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TCC Ava is back on TikTok which means she didn’t make the team. This sounds like a big illogical leap but when she joined TCC she suspended her TikTok account, not unlike Victoria who suspended her DCC membership. Both did what they had to do for different reasons but both had to deal with Kelli if they didn’t.
Now Ava is back on TikTok, trying to recuperate half of her followers.

I do not think Victoria will be back, but that is another discussion.

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14 minutes ago, aimeelou625 said:

I guess, honestly, not knowing what’s going on doesn’t really bother me.  It certainly doesn’t make me uninterested in watching the show.  Most reality TV works without people being in the know anyway, The Bachelor is an example of this.  I feel lucky when we get tidbits of info, but not angry when we don’t.  

I don’t expect us to know everything.  

Good for them if they can keep a cap on it this year.  I’m sure more info will come out as the show airs, behind the scenes stuff.

Just putting it out there… 

Thank you for your post. It is exactly how I feel.

I do not think I could stop watching just because TPTB are keeping it a secret.

6 hours ago, pancakes said:

Someone on Reddit said that Christina made the team.

I am very happy Christina made it. The DCC needs her glamour and beauty.

The rumors that Madeline Salter did not make it, makes my stomach hurt. I shudder to think.

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Now we are at the end of TCC we can rejoice that Ashlinn, Tori, Madeline Salter and Kristin are still there! TPTB cannot cut them all, so congratulations to everyone, we made it!

 

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28 minutes ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

Sadly, I think you're right.    I don't see anything that VK would do that would keep her off the team, and I wouldn't be surprised if she tries out next Spring that she'll go right into finals. 

I agree. Victoria can do anything whilst other girls get cut for the smallest infractions. There are so many examples…it is really sad. 

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47 minutes ago, Holly85 said:

That’s amber Dani Lexie and I think Rachel w

I see Amber, Dani in a Christmas outfit (lovely), Lexi in full uniform and Caroline during make-up.

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2 hours ago, ByTor said:

And definitely not Amy-levels of dull.

 

1 hour ago, UnicornKicksBack said: 

Not sure if it is possible to top that. 

That is definitely impossible. Amy is in a league of her own. The GOAT.

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41 minutes ago, KnyghtRyder said:

I always interpreted her “girls are jealous of me” as something that happened to her historically. Either back in San Diego or in college at Cal Poly. And so when KelFine was questioning Gina’s attitude and relationship with the other TCCs, she immediately thought “well if they are talking shit, it’s cause they are jealous,” because that was her previous experience. (Maybe you are saying that too, but I’m interpreting it incorrectly). 

I think KelFine did a good job of explaining that, yes this is an audition - a competition - but not at the expense of your reputation and your relationship with the other TCCs. So many who don’t make onto the squad still remain such close friends with those that do become DCC, that the competition aspect shouldn’t get in the way of the friendship. I think that once Gina realized that and was able to relax, she opened herself up to forming close bonds with the other girls. It much have been refreshing to realize those girls werent her enemies (for lack of better term).

I don’t know Gina’s situation. For me, looking at her pictures and videos, Gina seems unnaturally skinny. Whether it’s natural or not, it starting to not look attractive. I still love her as a performer, and by all accounts she’s a lovely girl.

Edit: Totally forgot to add that I 💯 agree with the bolded part of your post.   

For me, Lexi is difficult to figure out. She seems to have Resting Bitch Face, just unapproachable. Even when she smiles, she has one of those “I’m Better Than You” smirks.

But then when I really looked at her, it actually seems like the right side of her mouth droops down, giving her that smirky appearance. And she seems so sweet when she’s interviewed. But it could just be for the cameras. Or she could be super sweet to some people, and a nightmare to others. I don’t know how to feel about her. I do wish they give her hair some style though. 

The juxtaposition of small town overprocessed blond vs Dallas blond expressed by Kelli, doesn’t give me much hope for a better style for Lexi!

Great insight though, your analysis on Lexi. We all are different persons to others, who all push our buttons and look at us so very differently.

I think that it takes a couple of seasons for new girls to get to know Lexi, being one of the leading vets. The older Lexi gets, the longer it takes to know her, so for girls like Elli, Dani or Alora-Rose, interaction must end at shallow friendliness, which is no one’s fault ofcourse.

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2 hours ago, Manc.UK.DCCfan said:

Kelli put on her IG story about her dog and even did a close up of the chart she has of TCC’s 

 

they’re teasing us 😂😭 none of them were crossed off 

TPTB use a lot of the same headshots for their chart!

 

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41 minutes ago, Trixi said:

Its like they have their field performance make-up on for studio photos. Not a good look at all, I cringe at most of them and they’re prolly stunning irl. 

I think that this might be the reason but some did manage to photograph rather well!

 

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28 minutes ago, Spunkyyy said:

Dang that sucks! To feature everyone but two girls when some are featured multiple times just seems wrong. 

 

26 minutes ago, Holly85 said:

Very wrong 

Wrong is Kelli's middle name.

 

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28 minutes ago, PhoebeKelly1992 said:

So looks like there will apparently definitely not be a Calendar Shoot this year! But yay they are doing a cameo calendar - I've always thought that would be a great idea! 😊 And yay Amanda and Daphne are featured! 

 

 

If it wasn’t for Kat and Dani, I would have been devastated by the big loss of Amanda.

She should have left after she was point, VOTY and Pro Bowl cheerleader. Not like this.

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17 hours ago, Bellisima08 said:

I would only be speculating about what "direction" Brennan was referring to, but based on what I observe, I think some likely things would be the enforcement of rules (meaning how some are held to them and others are allowed to skate on by) and how some loyal hard-working vets are cast aside in favor of shiny new rookies who, while being pretty & way outgoing, are blenders or subpar. And if I recall correctly (and my memory may not be accurate about this), she also had an issue with Covid regulations for TC (which would be understandable because she had Covid and was probably being hyper-aware of the steps they were taking).

In Kelli’s world (the DCC) there are no rules, only pretexts!
So no change of direction if hard working, responsible, honest and good vets are cut for shiny new rookies! 
I agree with Brennan that this is not a good thing!

The direction was, is and will always be whatever Kelli comes up with. 

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1 hour ago, Bellisima08 said:

When Brennan said during cut that she didn't agree with the direction the team was going, I was amazed at her having the courage to say it.

I always wondered which direction Brennan was referring to. If you look at Kelli’s ‘decisions’ throughout the years there is hardly a direction to speak of, other than an incredible arbitrary or random direction. Having someone three times in Training Camp can hardly be called rational.  The girls auditioning, on the team and even off the team are subjected to the capricious whims of Kelli Finglass with her acting like the judge, jury and executioner.

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3 hours ago, StellaCL said:

OK, I finished seasons 1-16 of MTT, including both DCC and TCC names. There may be some errors in here but here is my tally of the most popular names for those seasons: 

The winner! Megan/Meagan/Meghan: 11 
Runner-up: Ashley/Ashlee: 9 (does not include Ashton or Ashlinn)
Third place: Jen/Jennifer: 6 (does not include Jennas)

Taylor, Christina, Amy, Lauren/Loren: 5 
Courtney/Courtni, Jessica/Jessika, Jordan/Jordann, Kelli/Kelly, Kelsey/Kelsi/Kelcey, Lea/Leah, Kaitlyn/Katelynn, Melissa, Rachel: 4
 

StellaCL: Thank you for this!

I have a feeling that the Ashley's, Christina's, Madeline's and the Jordann's will move up a place this year!

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5 hours ago, ShutterbugCAM said:

It's interesting and honestly kind of cool how we all see things differently.

I always thought Melissa & Ashley Pro were doppelgangers of each other, and Amy T, and Kat Rogers (although their bodies are VERY different) also had basically the same face. Also, Heather H. & current DCC Lisa look identical to me.

Queen Melissa also thinks that Amy Trader is Ashley to her Mary Kate

We all should be so lucky to have them back on the team!

 

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1 hour ago, Holly85 said:

Travis wall taught tonight 

 

32 minutes ago, PleasantSmile05 said:

This was at the Star? Interesting. He’s my one of my favorite guest choreographers!!

I also enjoyed his classes, except his blatant Victoria favouritism. Now she is gone, I think I can finally go through the epidode without yelling at the TV.

It is going to be hard to choose between the rookies. There are definitely some sets of girls with the same look.

The Christina’s (brunettes with high cheekbones), the Ashlinn’s (long wavey blondes) and the Ava’s (straight blondes).

Amber is a powerhouse and finally The Marissa is looking good in the group photo’s!

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7 hours ago, HitItHarder..BAM said:

I think Armani and McKenzie are both on the brink of being on show group. Armani performed with show group at the thing that was filmed for Salvation Army back in December. McKenzie recently performed with many of the SG members at 6 flags. I could see Jalyn going either way. 

This will probably be controversial, but I think Kat has a good chance of making SG this year.

1) Her teammates and TPTB all love her

2) She's always been considered a good entertainer, even if she's not the best dancer. So, I think she'll get a Kashara style edit where they justify her decision by talking about how fun she is to watch. 

3) She's stunning and I think DCC wants  to have her in performances as much as possible. 

 

I completely agree with you HitItHarder..Bam.

Armani and McKenzie should be in SG. And Kat, who has more charisma than some girls combined, should also be on SG. Everyone wants to talk to her and she wants to talk to everyone. She is a natural with people.

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41 minutes ago, lexie3248 said:

https://www.facebook.com/daniel.horner.12/videos/820312775519181/
 

Apologies, you should be able to view here.

Great to see them performing together! It has been quite some time and I haven't seen McKenzie dancing with Gina, Caroline, Rachel, Amber, Kelcey, Ashlee and Chandi.

I am really looking forward to see season 16!

It is great to see GIna as point, much better than the past seasons.

While watching I was comparing Gina with Rachel and I think Rachel would also be a great point. I don't think she is a racist or a right wing nut (or is this a pleonasm?), so I have zero objections.

Sure, Gina gives something extra in terms of dancing but Rachel has great awe inspiring hairography. Rachel is awe inspiring.

Perhaps the TPTB are giving Gina these moment at the point position to appease her and show some appreciation because they already have made up their mind and will go for Rachel during matches.

Gina or Rachel, they are both good for point. There is really a world of difference between them and the former points.

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7 hours ago, StellaCL said:

Yeah, looking at Rebecca's IG I cannot fathom them cutting her!

I don't know if all the vets are safe. I hope so for 3rd years on up. I would like Kat and Kristin to have the tenure they desire and leave DCC happy and content. I don't think any other senior vets are in danger, but you never know - last year the Hannah cut sure threw a curve ball. 

The second year vets, we don't have much to go on. I feel like I have no idea if anyone in that group is truly safe. Part of me wants Alora Rose to have this major comeback and prove everyone wrong .... am I alone on this? Yes, I probably am.

I also like Alora Rose! She is really what a cheerleader should be. Her Ultra career is basically what cheerleading will be in the 21th century. Alora Rose has a presence and is an asset for any organisation. She brings the X factor to the DCC.

Someone like Alora Rose is bound to have naysayers but they usually come around.

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4 minutes ago, StellaCL said:

Nine more cuts then to get to 36?

Ouch, that’s a lot!

These are my top 11 that should make the team:

1. Ava Lahey (avamarielahey)
2. Ashlinn Maze (ashlinnmaze)
3. Madeline Salter (mmadeline.grace_)
4. Tori Skillings (toriskillings)
5. Amber Laiche (amberlaiche)
6. Jordann Huppert (jordannhuppert)
7. KayDianna Davis (kaydiannamackenzie)
8. Christina Ostovich (christinaostovich)
9. Kelee Norris (xkmnx)
10. Kylie Dickson (kylie_dickson)
11. Kleine Powell (kleinepowelll)

This is of course, before I have seen them in action (except the former TCC's).

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1. Tyra
2. Erin
3. Bre
4. Kya
5. Amanda
6. Rebecca
7. Madisyn
8. Ava
9. Kleine (always connecting)
10. Lea
11. Ashley
12. Megan
13. Jordann

 

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1. Cayley
2. Melanie
3. Presley
4. Jensen
5. Amber
6. Ashlinn
7. KayDianna
8. Tori
9. Madeline Salter
10. Kylie
11. Kelee
12. Christina

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2 hours ago, PhoebeKelly1992 said:

Just leaving this here...no Amanda, Daphne or Kat among the Vets pictured😥😥😥 But I see Rachel W.!!

Thank God, Ashlinn (next to Jada) and Tori still there. And sweet Madeline Salter on the left edge. And my favourites: Ava, Amber, Jordann (behind Ashlee) and Kleine.

Kelee is also there, thank God.

Kat is definitely in the back of the picture, talking beyond Kelli and Judy.

Now Amanda is gone, I am happy that Dani is still on the team.

#TeamDani

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4 hours ago, Dr. Manhattan said:

Amanda. 

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Sorry, but for people who have to study hard to answer simple general questions to join the team, deciding not to take a vaccination is really a big overestimation of their ability to make sense of all the clinical data. There is also NO theological reason why someone would not want to be vaccinated. In short, there are just no valid reasons to not want to be vaccinated.
To veterans that don’t want to be vaccinated: bye bye and don’t let the door hit you on your way out!