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You know who else didn’t use all of last year for pom classes? VK. She only started showing up a little bit before the auditions and she was mainly doing lyrical classes. Her cameo does look great, mainly because this is the first time i’ve seen her hair look great (plus photoshop as another poster said). If they can get her hair look like that in real life and teach her to keep her mouth shut, i can get behind her. Sorta. I thought you were exaggerating but holy crap that was a mess. She was WAY off. I can’t believe they chose this mess over a heather/gina/HONESTLY-ANYONE-ELSE triangle. Well most girls were completely out of line. I saw Lisa’s stories and the person in front of her was getting literally in front of her instead of being a bit to the left as she should be. I’m sorry but the sound system has nothing to do with them not making it to the correct placement. It’s difficult to dance to a song you can’t hear, but if you miss your spot then it’s all on you. I would love it to be some lowkey shading of VK aka the only one on the team with no real experience. I have to say that in the first part of ts i can’t spot Gina at all and then i lost Heather. Wtf? Anyway, I think that if 2nd years can get to the first 3 rows so fast and be ahead of all your 3rd years and vets, then maybe you haven’t been making great choices these past few years.

I’m sure that’s it, no way they suddenly decided Maddie isn’t a good dancer. But weight does matter too and they said that vets are always expected to improve. So for me at least Maddie shouldn’t be point. I always love it when judges other than Kelli and Charlotte talk about the dcc look. I think it’s fairly obvious that having the ‘dcc look’ means you need to be attractive according to k&c standards and there are no ‘guidelines’.

Insiders, please give us something because that just doesn’t make sense. She was placed in the rookie triangle for the christmas show so whatever she did to piss off Kelli it was later in the season but still not enough to get her cut? Well the fact that their point girl (or point girl no1) is so far down is even more amusing to me. Are the judges completely insane or maybe just blind? Give me one “entertainment expert” who would think that Savannah is a better dancer than Jalyn and Hannah? Is this squad really just about whomever Kelli considers attractive nowadays?

VK literally fell out of every turn she had to do and got a perfect score? Really? I really want to see Julia’s solo. She sure looked amazing.

I mean I don’t know why they thought placing Tess Maddie and Amy in the triangle was a good idea so i’m generally questioning their judgement. But if they’ve see this mess and decided that it looks good, tonight should be their last night indeed. I’m again mad though. They went by seniority and placed even Tess in the triangle over Heather? Tess? Over Heather? At least I gotta give it to her, she stuck around enough to see the powerhouses of her rookie class out and got a premium spot. In other seasons she would have been hidden further back than Jinelle ever was. #jinellewasrobbed

Yeah sure, you think Maddie is going to retire now that she got point? We’re stuck with this triangle for another year unless they see the light and uhm encourage her to move on. I don’t think this is the formation? i assume this means that one person will be out every game, unless this is just someone who is out on an injury and can’t do the kickline?

I just watched the preview and I have to say, Taylor is impressive. I watched some of her clips on insta as well and she looks amazing. Also, sorry, but when you look at Victoria dancing next to her you can see the difference. VK had been practicing this dance for a year and she was all spastic and out of control again. Taylor was great so she made VK look even worse. Also, mtt editors: pick a song that at least has the same tempo as thunderstruck and please please please, stop speeding up the dance segments. We barely get to see anything and if you’re going to be featuring VK, you shouldn’t be making things worse. She really did look like a storm in that segment.

I think this year’s vet move was a bit stupid. It looks completely out of place in lyrical pieces and i don’t think i’ve seen so far a solo that incorporated the move nicely.

I’m sure VK will end up in the triangle if not at point, but I don’t think k&j have lost it completely yet. Dear Charlotte, please make sure to check them into a nice facility if they choose VK for the triangle over Rachel, Bridget, Caroline, Ashlee, Hannah or Amber next year. We will all pitch in if needed.

I don’t think any other girl has even been demoted like Gina or kept her spot like Heather. As in, the girls who make the front usually move up but she stayed in the same place. So can k&j please explain why they were fine with removing Gina from her spot and ignoring Heather, but had to give point based on seniority? If they were able to move further back one of their most powerful dancers who also happens to be SG and 2GL to place up front 2nd years, they could have placed said 2nd years in the triangle. Even Lexie is outdancing the two points and Maddie’s hair looks awful again. Don’t tell me Heather wouldn’t have been far better up there. Also, I think it’s hilarious that Amber and Bridget got the best spots in the hip hop routine instead of resident hip hopper and point girl Maddie. They do change up the formations for SG, but the triangle is always the same and I think the rest of the diamond remains the same as well. Not sure about the rest.

I promised myself I wouldn’t comment on VK anymore, but jesus christ. We know they’re only asked 2 questions and all VK got was a question on social media which they wouldn’t have known to ask her about had she not confided into auntie Kelli. True hard hitting question would be even a simple what would you say to the people claiming you’re only here because of your mom, not tell us about how hard is to get negative dms which we assume you get because of reasons. And what was that crap about who would you cut? That was completely random and she would have to be a complete moron to not find an answer on that. Other girls have gotten actually tricky questions or were more or less attacked and yet we should praise VK for saying miss charlotte i haven’t seen you dance. And let’s not forget she’s been around these women all her life. Any other candidate getting that question would be scared to death of offending miss Charlotte (which ain’t that hard to do apparently).The bar is set too low this year for VK. And on a positive note, Ashlee was great! I can see improvement and I hope she sticks around.

I liked this season, but I was too attached to the original cast and I still can’t accept they chose to leave things open. They should have done one short season to end the original and then move on to this installment.

Don’t know if she actually quit, but considering that she was right next to the triangle last year and yet lost out to 2 girls who were behind her, I highly doubt she will get triangle and especially point after that.

I don’t understand why if it’s such a weak rookie class (and it definitely looks weak), why do they drag these last cuts out? I don’t see “drama”, I see a director who clearly needs to retire if she needs over 2 months to figure out that Malena won’t suddenly fix her memory issues or that VK can’t possibly get back into shape in one week and keep the weight off during the season. If she wants to play up the drama, she might as well try to invite truly good dancers into tc instead of a handful rockstars (if any) and multiple obvious cuts. Just saying.

Thanks for sharing this but for the record, you had me at ‘turns’.

In general I agree, but in this case I just think that seniority is another plus in Heather’s column. And they did seem to go with seniority for point, so it would make sense to do the same for the 3rd person.

Ok as someone who has been quite openly anti-Gina for point, i owe her an apology. I understand why they chose not to have her in the triangle-watch the Oxnard clip and it’s pretty obvious she looks out of place next to Maddie and Amy. Problem is, she looks out of place because she’s stronger than both of them. Plus, my main argument against was that I consider her unphotogenic but yeah, she still photographs better than both points. I hope she retires this year because honestly, if she didn’t get into this year’s triangle, no way she will next year when all current 2nd years will be up for point/triangle. Best case scenario she will have the exact same spot she had last year, so what’s the point for her? That being said, why did they pick Lexie over Heather? Heather is more senior, more natural looking, a GL and much more powerful than Lexie.

I don’t think the show is damaging to the dcc. It brings in a lot of money and while yes, a lot of girls will shy away from the team solely because of that, we’ve seen an increase in quality even if less people try out. So what? Less than 200 girls tried out last year and the group of rookies was amazing. This year they cut again stronger girls throughout the show and during finals. I don’t blame the show for that-we get to see how biased Kelli is in her decisions, but i’m sure dcc hopefuls would be able to figure that out without the show as well. And just my two cents; without the show, VK would have made it last year despite everything. At least having everything literally on tape means that they try to keep up appearances to a certain extent.

Totally agree! Just think back a few years; how many GLs were hidden away in the formation? You can’t just suddenly move them upfront without changing all formations and there must be a reason why they were placed there. I would probably go with rotating the girls in the triangle at best.

I was quite vocal about not wanting Gina for point, but daamn she was robbed. I believe the same for Heather-she is one of the most senior girls, photogenic, powerful even if not consistent enough and a great spokesperson. Then you get Gina who is stronger than both points and on the same level looks wise. How on earth do you end up with Amy and Maddie on point then? And for those who called Heather too vanilla for point, what would you call these two then? That’s because the upper vets are extremely weak (all 4 of them) and would never get chosen ahead of girls like Melissa/Kashara/Jenna/Erica/Holly. They got lucky and stayed longer than the rest. Then you have the third years who are nice but none of them is the total package. Then you have the amazing 2nd years who probably won’t get their chance to shine and we will lose most of them any way in the next 2 years. And then you have the new rookie class. Sooo is it really a coincidence that the last cuts are all blondes (plus redhead Shaina)? We don’t need competition for VK, right? That would show people that there are other blondes in tc who could dance without risking injuring themselves or teammates.

I honestly don’t see how that was snarky or the mean girl vibes. I just think that since 99,9% of the girls do drink the dcc kool aid, any girl that doesn’t yes ma’am them non stop sounds snarky disrespectful or whatever. I liked her answer because she seemed to understand that cutting people so close to the end must be awful for K&J as well. I’d rather have real humans on the team instead of all these yes ma’am robots. Also random, but daamn Erin’s glow up is amazing. She looks so poised even when she’s in the background of a photo minding her own business. Tess on the other hand looks scary-worse than Daphne. Her head looks huge on her tiny body now.

No offense to Marshall, but I think he implied he’s VK’s hairdresser when he said she has matured so much this year and blahblahblah. Anyway, why the hell is her hair just like a wig then? I know he’s a good stylist so I suppose it’s another case of no one being able to get through to her?

Exactly... in this case, she would deserve the respect to sit on her butt and heal while being given a spot on the team just to make her feel better. She could focus on appearances after all since I assume she finally found her words this year. I hate when K&J (and the guests) bring up them not picking up a completely random style. If they do more than fine in dcc style, who gives a damn about how quickly they pick up contemporary? It’s not like SG ever do anything new and yeah, the dcc moves are basically just about 8 different counts mixed and matched together. Not exactly rocket science.

Yes actually that’s it, but I can’t find it. It was a bit longer than the halloween deer in headlights moment and it was quite obvious. I don’t think Breelan was terrible but my point stands: when a girl spends the whole tc making the same mistake (for breelan, it was the deer in headlights face), you can’t expect her to overcome it once she puts the uniform on. If anything, moving from a studio to a turf and being constantly ‘on’ without knowing when you might end up on the jumbotron is a recipe for disaster. To be fair though, most other teams have mainly amateurs who aren’t going to spend all their spare time practicing for a low paid part time job. Dcc get trained dancers (for the most part) who agree on treating this as a full time job. Yes, they attract good candidates because of the dcc reputation, but the only reason the dcc are any good is that these girls are insanely talented. Say what you will Kelli, but try making a dcc out of all these other cheerleaders you’re laughing at.

You can spot some of the uhm not-dcc-looking girls making their way to their seats, so it is definitely filmed during the first round. I think one of the best examples of them putting someone unsuitable on the field is Breelan’s incident. She got cut on the jumbotron freaking the f out, you know, as she would routinely do during rehearsal. I actually like her and I think she looks amazing now, but she should have been cut that year. So yeah, kelli will absolutely put someone on the team just because she likes them, but it doesn’t always lead to public embarrassment for her (I’m sure Breelan got grounded after that incident). I’m not really sure... i’m on the fence as a loud and proud anti-Cassie person, but she wasn’t glaringly bad. I actually think that she was too much of a gymnast cheerleader for dcc, but she was never that noticeable as she wasn’t out of control and glaringly bad. VK looks prettier, but Cassie never had a weight issue. And VK’s personality is much closer to the peppy cheerleader (even if a bit maniac) than ms you don’t need to smile to be a cheerleader. Oh, i’m with you! I hope they get it on screen just like with Breelan... let’s see how Ms. kelli deals with that then.