On Tatoo's triangular stage, State College's lip syncers strutted their stuff this weekend, all trying to land a coveted appearance on the MTV show, "Lip Service," and have the chance to mouth the lyrics of their favorite tunes on national television.

The teams, made up of three or five aspiring performers, did their thing in front of the camera's unblinking eye, hoping that the big shots at MTV would select them to appear on the show's fourth season.

Tifany Nguyen (junior-business) said she and her friends wanted to have their shot at making the cut for MTV's "Lip Service." They got all decked out in black halter tops and cut off jeans to prove it, or at least the female members of the group did.

"I just thought it'd be a neat idea for my friends and I to get on MTV," she said. "Most of the guys here are friends of ours and it was really fun to have them all here."

Nguyen and her group, Back-the-Funk-Up, tried out for the show Saturday night at Tatoo, 420 E. College Ave., going through the motions twice to the sound of K7's "Come Baby Come."

Matt Bennett, who finished off Back-the-Funk-Up's performance with a back flip, said his only lip syncing experience comes from karaoke at his fraternity. The recent University graduate said the group practiced for a week-and-a-half, but he still had some on-stage jitters.

"It's a little rough up there," he said. "My feet were shaking, my calves were shaking."

But Bennett and Nguyen both said they could not wait to find out if they would get their shot to go to California and appear on the show.

"We're anticipating the response eagerly," Bennett said. All of the contestants will be notified by phone today or tomorrow about whether or not they made the cut.

Rich Korson, the MTV representative of "Lip Service," said he had been all over the northeast and the south during the past five-and-a-half weeks looking for the 150 teams needed to compete during the show's next season.

Korson said State College was their final stop on the search.

"We just go around and put as many teams on tape as we can and pick the best teams," he said. "We heard this was a good weekend to find young people."