Gimme 5 grand prize winner is Sandy Smith

On Friday night, Channel Five’s Gimme Five show came to an end with one lucky Belize City woman walking away with more than fifteen hundred dollars in cash and prizes. Here’s a recap of the week’s winners, starting with Tuesday night’s lucky caller and leading up to the grand finale on Friday.

TUESDAY

Caller
Gimme 5?

William Neal, Host, Gimme 5
?Congratulations Tracy Sabal! You know what you won??

Tracy Sabal
?No.?

William Neal
?You nevah mi di watch Channel 5??

Tracy Sabal
Wah radio.?

William Neal
?Just wah radio??

Tracy Sabal
Only that I remember.?

William Neal
?Because dah only that because it big.?

WEDNESDAY

Caller
?Gimme 5!?

William Neal
?Congratulations! Lucila Burgess, you won this phone courtesy of Venus Photo and Records, okay.?

THURSDAY

Caller
Gimme 5!?

William Neal
?All right! Congratulations! Sarita Barrera??

Caller
?This dah her cousin.?

William Neal
?What her cousin name??

Caller
Miguel?

William Neal
?Miguel, congratulations for winning for Sarita. Mek sure when ih go dah States ih bring you something back right? She has won a round trip ticket courtesy of Grupo TACA: Belize, Houston and back to Belize.?

FRIDAY

Caller
?Gimme 5!?

William Neal
?Congratulations Sandy Smith. Dah you di answer the phone??

Caller
No, Sandy Smith not here.?

William Neal
?I mi di send Stephen to pick her up.?

Caller
I dah her ma.?

William Neal
?Where is she??

Caller
?She gone dah church.?

William Neal
?Oh, we can?t tek her outta church. But she won herself five hundred dollars. You want to come collect it on her behalf?

Caller
Yes.?

American Airlines Rep
?On behalf of American Airlines, I present you with this free ticket.?

Mary Rhaburn, Producer, Gimme 5
?On behalf of Channel 5, I present you with five hundred dollars cash to go along with your ticket and I hope your daughter enjoys her trip very much and her spending money. Congratulations and thank you for being a part of the show.?

William Neal
?So my question is: how you feel??

Shirlette Hyde, Sandy?s Mother
?Hmm, excited.?

William Neal
?I like how you quietly excited. How many coupons you all sent in??

Shirlette Hyde
?A hundred.?

William Neal
?So how unu wah handle the five hundred; who wah get what since you answer the phone??

Shirlette Hyde
?I noh know, it up to she.?

William Neal
?So you di mek sure that since it?s her name that came up, the presents are hers??

Shirlette Hyde
?Yes.?

A great big thank you to all this year’s sponsors and participants. Later this week, the station will be handing over cheques to Youth Enhancement Services, Marla’s House of Hope, the Scouts, Helpage, and the Sister Cecilia Home for the Elderly.