“Apparently this guy is ranked second in the world at Guitar Hero, and he’s going to sing at the same time,” emcee and Junior Class President Jordan Ortruba said.

Anyone who’s ever played Guitar Hero, a music video game published by RedOctane which uses a plastic color-coded guitar controller, knows that “Through the Fire and Flames” (the final song on the bonus list) and “Expert” are a bad combination.

At Wednesday night’s “Lip-Sync Show” at Oak Harbor High School, senior Jonathan Nuqui not only played the metal ballad on the hardest setting from a small onstage TV, he did it in sunglasses. A large projector to his left showed his progress.

“That was off the chart,” junior Marquiesa Walker said.

As part of their fundraising for Senior Prom, the Lip-Sync Show was commissioned last month by the junior class ASB. The idea was first tried last year with amazing success, Ortruba said.

“It’s funny for people to watch and it’s something anyone can do,” Ortruba said.

Almost every seat in Parker Hall was filled that night.

The 12 performances mostly included Top 40 hits, ranging from rock, metal, acoustic, hip-hop and pop.

Along with hours of at-home practice, students brought their own talents to the imitation. The teens danced, sometimes in synchronization, used physical comedy and matched the clothes and showmanship of the artists.

Juniors Willysha Shaw and senior Ashley Bass said they copied dance moves from the Beyonce music video “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It).” Their group was made up of cheerleaders.

“I was so nervous, I forgot what to do,” Bass said. “Then at the last minute I remembered everything.”

Two students used classic breakdancing moves in the song “Yeah” by Usher and Lil’ John, and a group of juniors captured the fluorescent clothes and dancing of the late 80’s/early 90’s with “Boom I Got Your Boyfriend” by M.C. Luscious.

In handmade suits and prop guns made of cardboard, spray paint and duct tape, juniors Marcus Hedberg, Krissy Hodges and Marquiesa Walker enacted Will Smith’s “Men in Black.” Hedberg played an alien by racing across stage in a sheet.

The girls captured him at the end of the song.

“We were ready to go on, we had planned forever. We rocked it,” Hodges said.

Similar to its success last year, the show’s high turnout will translate to higher funding for the Senior Prom next spring.

“I’m just thankful for our class, the support and for all the acts,” Ortruba said.