By Tamica Garnett

EUPHORIA Dance Crew is now going be looked upon as the ‘go-to’ dance group in Guyana after the trio put some respect on their name by dancing their way to the $2.5M million inaugural win of the E-Networks/RED Entertainment talent show, ‘The Spotlight’ in the season finale last Wednesday night.After starting off with hundreds of acts from all across Guyana, the Euphoria trio of Carlus Persaud, Jemal Ellis and Seon Douglas bested their competitors, and, week after week, continued to stay on top in the competition to finally emerge as the show’s ultimate winners.
In Wednesday’s final episode, the dancers came up against, and outperformed singers

Delisha Wright and Trevaun Selman.
RUNNERS-UP
For her performance of Beyonce’s Dreamgirls’ classic, “Listen”, Delisha finished as runner-up, walking away with $500,000 in cash, and a trip to Jamaica, compliments of Fly Jamaica Airlines. But not before giving everyone a fright, and adding to the night’s drama, when she collapsed on stage just after her strenuous performance.
Trevaun was not too enthusiastic about placing third, but was nonetheless grateful that he was walking away $250,000 richer. If nothing else, his prize trip to the Baganara Resort will help him get over this loss.
The night saw one of the show’s more energetic episodes, and gave all of the eliminated acts from the top 15 finalists a chance to grace The Spotlight’s polished stage one last time for a collective performance of Bob Marley’s “One Love”.
Some of the acts even managed to perform better than they ever did while they were still in the running in the show. It would seem they all really did save the best for last.
The night also saw a performance by the sexy dreadlocked ‘Phillip 7’ out of Barbados. For anyone who cares to remember, Phillip 7 is one of the acts that performed at the ‘Back to the Future’ Concert in May of this year. Outside of that, we don’t know who he is either.
Each of the three finalists got to perform twice; first in an act where they each paired off with one of the three judges, and then they returned to do their solo numbers.

FAIR AS ALWAYS
The judges were fair as always, and hardly anyone could argue over Euphoria’s meriting their win. Alana did take the opportunity to tell both Trevaun and Delisha that they have a far way to go in their careers.
From the outset, it seemed that the fight for the top spot was going to be between Delisha and Euphoria.
Euphoria was paired with Alana, and Alana fit so well in the boys’ dance number you could hardly believe she wasn’t always a part of the group.
The Bollywood/Hip Hop medley was very well put together, and the moves flowed nicely.
When the boys came back out in their all-white matching outfits, you could tell they meant business, and were gunning hard for this win.

Earlier into the night, Delisha got the ball rolling when she partnered with judge Russel Lancaster for a duet cover of John Denver’s “Perhaps Love”.
After Russel hinted that the song was his choice, one could understand why the delivery flowed so smoothly: The man knows his music. Delisha, however, could use some work on her song choices.

A BIT SHAKY
Things were a bit shaky when Delisha returned for her solo performance. Delisha went hard on the high notes as if hell-bent on screaming her way to a win. The song itself was an impassioned appeal to self-liberation, but Delisha seemed to be arguing her song a little too strongly.
She later revealed that the song meant a lot to her because, as a singer, she felt the need to let persons know that they can’t dictate things for her.
Trevaun’s performance with  Christian was a noise-filled ‘throw down’, when he came back. Decked out in a formal suit, Trevaun gave a better performance, singing  “I Put A Spell On You”. The song was definitely better suited to his voice, but some of the judges did not believe it was the best that Trevaun could give.
All in all, the finale was a fitting close to what will unquestionably go down as the best locally-produced talent show Guyana has ever seen.