for the top awards of the evening. i'd like to ask our six 2012 jimmy awards finalists to join us onstage. and now, the 2012 jimmy award for best performanceason why i'm doing this. >> it is my pleasure to present you each with a check for $10,000. (cheers and applause) (laughter) >> first off i'd like to say thank you all for coming out here tonight and supporting the arts. i want to thank mr. van kaplan. i mean, without him, you know... it's wonderful. the director. and most importantly, mr. nederlander and his organization for allowing high school students like myself and all of the people that you saw onstage today, allowing us to do this. i'd like to thank my mom and dad, my sister, my brothers. finally, i'd like to thank, most importantly, most dearly, my family back there. you know, the 59 other people that i got to know over these six days, and we cried, we laughed. so i'd like to thank you all, you know, for making me feel at home. thank you all for coming out here tonight. and this is truly a blessing, you know? thank god. thank you. thank you all. >> wow. i have to thank keisha and van. you two have made this the most incredible