The seven contestants posed, strutted, sang, and showed off their smoothest pick-up lines.
Tommy Tally, Raymond Arias, Santonio Watkins, Lary Lehman, Taylor Paul, Steinn Halldorsson, and Ricky Clark moved onto the auditorium stage at Smith-Cotton High School in a choreographed dance number.
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