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They really liked Mackenzie. She would have made it regardless. Though, after watching that season again, she should have been cut. By the last episode, her kicks still looked lower than everyone else's. I also noticed that Angela couldn't even do a split in tryouts. She shouldn't have made it to TC either.

Was the 2009-2010 squad the strongest, best all-around squad since the show began? I'm thinking yes. 2009 - 2010 Squad Veterans: Abigail Klein, Ally Traylor, Amy Reese, Brittany Evans, Brooke Sorenson, Cassie Trammell, Crystal Trevino, Jordan Baum, Jordan Chanley, Justine Phillips-Orf, Kaitlin Ilseng, Kelsi Reich, Kristen Gauthier, Meagan Sharp, Melissa Kellerman, Meredith Oden, Michelle Keys, Nicole Hamilton, Sarah Gourley, Sydney Durso, Tia Williams, Tobie Percival, Trisha Trevino, and Whitney Isleib. Rookies: Ashton Torres, Brandi Kilby, Carey DePasquale, Evan Anderson, Jacqueline Bob, Joannah Liad, Malia Morales, Meagan McVay, Mia Greenhouse, Sunni Cranfill, and Vanessa Jenkins.

Maddie looks good here. I like the longer hair on her, and she seems to be losing the baby face. Like the dancing, too.

The one Kat posted is better.

I wonder how useful these prep classes truly are. Are these the girls who go on to make the team nowadays? I feel like we follow a lot of them and the ones who end up making it and/or blowing us away come out of left field. Or, nowadays, outside of Dallas.

My absolute favorite "insider info" involved Holly. It was the person who came on here to said Holly was mean to her landlord and how that made her a terrible person and not qualified to be a DCC and how she deserved to be let go just based on that. Good times.

IMO, Alyssa was the most beautiful girl to have ever made the team.

I miss Michelle Keys’ choreo. It looked updated and fun. The stuff they’re using now from Sarah, Kashara and Jennifer is pretty dreadful.

Didn’t someone else twerk at finals and got vilified for it?

Wait, is my girl Brenda vindicated for being annoyed with Kat about the dress? 😊 Ultimately, I never thought the dress mattered much. Kat was destined to be cut.

I don’t get the Whitney love, either. She had showmanship, but so did most of the squad back then. And she did have a bland look. Took awesome photos, though. Like Caroline. Also never got the Holly Arielle love. Pretty girl, though. I will always wonder why she wasn’t asked to be an All-Star.

I'm not denying they all have a good sense of humor about it. My point is if your name is being called a lot at practice by the choreographer (so much so that your friend gets you a gag gift about it), you're probably making a lot of mistakes and that's not a good sign.

Taylor looks pretty bad in the video. This is recent, and she still doesn't know the dance? She's either behind, making mistakes or just flat. This is a Savannah-level performance. She's now on my potential cut list, along with Briana, Kat and Meredith. Kat and Meredith for obvious reasons. Briana worries me because she posted just recently about how Judy is always yelling at her. Not a good sign.

Yeah. Them asking TK is just bizarre. Do they ask the other DCC mothers if they can be moved up in the triangle? In some ways, I feel Kelli is in a tough spot. She's the boss of her best friend's daughter. I understand trying to keep the friendship intact by offering a few more benefits, but she's compromising the team in doing so. I can't see how it wouldn't make for a difficult work environment for the rest of the DCC. That said, at some point Victoria will move on. And Kelli will keep having her favorites. Despite the talk of a mass exodus, Victoria is not going to kill the team. They survived Cassie; they'll survive her.

Ashlee.

Is the DCC in motion series done? I feel like we didn’t see everyone. Or maybe it was show group only?

Gotta say, so far I like the one with Victoria the best.

I’d think Vivian was being genuine with her dissertation if she didn’t ask for people to donate to her to help stop bullying. (This was in her IG story which is now gone.) She tried to make herself stand out with that poem (more so for the TV audience, I think, than K and J), misjudged and was ridiculed. She was on TV! She should’ve known that scene wasn’t going to die. She wanted to be TV ratings gold and she was. She has the right to feel embarrassed, but I don’t consider this to be bullying.

She really seemed to be a locker room favorite.

Not sure if posted.

Kind of gross these guys who run around dating multiple DCCs.

All the girls looked boring in this to me. As for Meredith ... she's just a lost cause. I didn't think anyone could be worse than Savannah. I was so wrong.

Did the DCC have their Halloween party yet? Don't they usually have a few days before Halloween?

Interesting. So if the 37th DCC doesn’t take the field, she’ll probably receive only the appearance pay and not the game pay, I’m thinking. That would keep the budget and pay scale closer to the pre-Erica lawsuit rates. Pretty crafty of Charlotte.

If the audition were based on performance, Meredith would always be sitting. They'll never sit Victoria for any reason.