From ’90s covers to acoustic performances, students saw it all at LSU Late Night.The Residence Hall Association, in conjunction with LSU Late Night, hosted Last Band Standing in the Cotillion Ballroom of the Student Union on Friday.The band MeloMania took first place with Radio Ink and Lucas Hernandez placing second and third, respectively.Other performers included Waiting on Yesterday, Josef Rowe, Austin Basham and The Chill.With performances going into the early hours of Saturday, the packed crowd never showed signs of slowing down.Kelli Cravey, finance sophomore, was excited to see student bands at such a packed venue.”It gives them the opportunity to play in front a bunch of people,” she said.Tyler Willis, business management sophomore, said he was excited to see a variety of acts performing.”I’m looking forward to listening to all the bands and see how they are,” he said. “I’m glad they’re able to do their own thing.”The bands also enjoyed performing at Last Band Standing. Chris Melhado, international trade and finance freshman and singer for Waiting on Yesterday, said playing at Last Band Standing gave him motivation to get better.”This band only formed a month ago, and this gave us something to shoot for,” he said.Brad Standige, finance senior and singer for Radio Ink, said Last Band Standing was the band’s first live performance.”We made this band two weeks ago and heard about this, so we wanted to play,” he said. “It’s a good way to meet other musicians.”Bands who wished to perform were required to have at least one member who was an on-campus resident, said Kandace Tyler, RHA Area Director, in an e-mail to The Daily Reveille.The first, second and third place winners won $150, $100, and $50 shopping sprees to Guitar Center, respectively. The top-three bands will perform April 23 at the RHA Crawfish Boil, Tyler said.——Contact Ben Bourgeois at [email protected]