Not a moment of silence was found at the Opelika Bottling Plant Event Center Wednesday night as local comedians had the crowd roaring with laughter.
The Battle for O-Town continued April 4, with the first of four remaining comedy competitions hosted by the event center. The competitors had no limits on what they would say or do in order to win.
The night began with drinks and food, allowing guests and competitors to hang out and become comfortable with each other before the show began at 7 p.m.
The competition began with host Michael Statham welcoming everyone and telling a few jokes of his own. Statham introduced the first competitor of the night, which he continued to do for the 12 competitors to follow.
As the night went on, seats filled as people made their way into the show.
After all the comedians performed, Statham announced the winners of the night. The third-place winner of the night was Hollywood, followed by J Smiles as the second-place winner. The winner for the first round of competitions was Ernie Kennamer.
“He [Kennamer] was really good," Statham said. "After that, they had to all step up their game, so it was a good competition."
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Hollywood will be an alternate for the finale, and J Smiles and Kennamer will compete for the $500 prize at the finale.
Wednesday night is one of four competitions in April, with each competition on Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m. The last competition will be held on April 25, and the date for the finales are to be announced and projected to occur sometime in May.
As the event came to an end, all of the contestants showed their appreciation for the audience members and thanked them for their support. J Smiles said the audience's support was a rare quality.
“Go Opelika-Auburn for having an open-minded, kind of cool, casual comedy crowd that can really go with whatever the joke is,” J Smiles said. “You don’t get that everywhere."
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