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6 hours ago, go4luca said:

YAY!!!  I've missed you HUGE!

Right back atcha!

1 hour ago, Uk-Eve said:

I wonder if she completed this year before leaving? I wonder who the new Raiderettes Director would be.

The replacement listed on the Raiders website is Bailey Black. Bailey's LinkedIn says she's been Raiderette Coordinator since July 2020.

2 minutes ago, moonchild81 said:

heather was a director for a college team

She is the dance team coach for Vanderbilt University. There are half a dozen recent members of the Vandy dance team who made finals too, so she will be competing against young women she has coached.

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8 minutes ago, sleepyjean said:

Right back atcha!

It really is so bizarre you just reappeared.  Only a few days ago, I told @scorpio1031 that you were one of the regulars I've really missed.  So glad you've checked back in!

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16 minutes ago, sleepyjean said:

She is the dance team coach for Vanderbilt University. There are half a dozen recent members of the Vandy dance team who made finals too, so she will be competing against young women she has coached.

She looks good on the Titans Cheer IG stories 

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9 hours ago, KnyghtRyder said:

Agree with both of these. Little Heather, Allie, Megan Michelle, Jenna, Kamilah, Cassie Kathleen, Teri, Collin, Morgan, Ashley Pro, Gymnast Kat, the list goes on and on.

Speaking of Jenna Allison (cut in season 7, made finals in season 11), when is the last time a cut veteran made it back into training camp, or made the team? It seems like once you are gone, you are gone.

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5 minutes ago, StellaCL said:

Speaking of Jenna Allison (cut in season 6, made finals in season 11), when is the last time a cut veteran made it back into training camp, or made the team? It seems like once you are gone, you are gone.

Erica Perry was on the 2004 squad, cut in 2005 and back on for the 2006 and 2007 squad

Tina K was cut and made it back

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1 minute ago, scorpio1031 said:

Erica Perry was on the 2004 squad, cut in 2005 and back on for the 2006 and 2007 squad

Tina K was cut and made it back

Interesting. So it was all pre-MTT. I wonder if K&J would ever let a cut veteran back on the team now. Oh sure, they could do a whole storyline out of it in auditions and training camp, but officially earn a spot? Seems really unlikely.

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Just now, StellaCL said:

Interesting. So it was all pre-MTT. I wonder if K&J would ever let a cut veteran back on the team now. Oh sure, they could do a whole storyline out of it in auditions and training camp, but officially earn a spot? Seems really unlikely.

Yep, and I think the last one who left on her own and made it back was Whitney Ott, and that was shown during the 2 hour special.  I am trying to remember, but I think anyone who has tried since gets the "she's past her expiration date" speech.

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3 hours ago, sleepyjean said:

Right back atcha!

The replacement listed on the Raiders website is Bailey Black. Bailey's LinkedIn says she's been Raiderette Coordinator since July 2020.

She is the dance team coach for Vanderbilt University. There are half a dozen recent members of the Vandy dance team who made finals too, so she will be competing against young women she has coached.

Weirdly I wonder why Mandy would leave to come back to Texas. Wonder what she does now. I kind of did expect her friend Malloriet to leave the assistant Raiders cheer coach because she was pregnant and couldn't fly out due to the pregnancy etc 

1 hour ago, scorpio1031 said:

Erica Perry was on the 2004 squad, cut in 2005 and back on for the 2006 and 2007 squad

Tina K was cut and made it back

Wasn't Tina cut a few times after her rookie year before making it back about 3 years later? when it was Kelli's 4th/5th year as Cheerleader herself? 

 

Which one is Jenna Allison again? The one who got cut, came back, got to training camp, got cut again then made the Spurs dancers for one year before that team got disbanded?

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24 minutes ago, Uk-Eve said:

Which one is Jenna Allison again? The one who got cut, came back, got to training camp, got cut again then made the Spurs dancers for one year before that team got disbanded?

Not sure about the Spurs thing.... but she made DCC in season 6, was cut at auditions in season 7 for weight issues, I guess. She came back four years later and made finals in season 11, a lot of people seemed surprised she didn't get a training camp invite that year.
https://making-the-team.fandom.com/wiki/Jenna_Allison#Season_6
 

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1 hour ago, StellaCL said:

Interesting. So it was all pre-MTT. I wonder if K&J would ever let a cut veteran back on the team now. Oh sure, they could do a whole storyline out of it in auditions and training camp, but officially earn a spot? Seems really unlikely.

Jordyn Ketchum (Season 3, left on her own after 1 year) tried back out Season 6. She's in lots of shots at auditions in the 1st episode of Season 6. I think she made it to Semis, but something happened (not shown on cam) where she couldn't finish her audition. I wonder if she would have made it back. She was only 21 by Season 6, looked good and was already experienced, but I'm sure the judges probably would have found some way to keep her from making Training Camp too.

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46 minutes ago, Uk-Eve said:

Which one is Jenna Allison again? The one who got cut, came back, got to training camp, got cut again then made the Spurs dancers for one year before that team got disbanded?

 

18 minutes ago, StellaCL said:

Not sure about the Spurs thing.... but she made DCC in season 6, was cut at auditions in season 7 for weight issues, I guess. She came back four years later and made finals in season 11, a lot of people seemed surprised she didn't get a training camp invite that year.
https://making-the-team.fandom.com/wiki/Jenna_Allison#Season_6
 

StellaCL is right. Jenna tried out for, and made the Spurs Dance Team the same year she didn't make DCC training camp in season 11 and danced with them for 2 years I'm sure.

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10 hours ago, Pucca said:

She must have pissed someone off because there wasn't any justification for her cut. Megan Michelle from season 6 who got cut in season 7 also made no sense to me either.

It was Charlotte that said something negative about both of them during deliberations . She didn’t like either one of them so I guess that heavily factored in the decision making sadly. I thought they were both great too. Megan Michelle had such a bright face when she performed . Kelli said Heather was cute and spunky . Everyone else seemed to like them both but Charlotte . Yet I will never understand why they kept Jessika 🙄

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10 hours ago, vanillagum said:

well with jenna—blonde jenna from season 6, right?—her weight gain was really obvious in the midsection, no? and ashley pro had gained weight and seemingly looked terrible on the field. she was super weak to begin with. teri didn't come across well in her second audition/interview and wasn't that great to begin with either. she seemed like one who barely made it onto the squad. 

but the other ones with no clear cut reason...it's like they didn't really do anything wrong...they just suddenly got bored of them. 'they' mostly referring to kelli. especially with the ones that were her pets, like morgan, breelan, gymnast kat. hell, throw meredith in there too (even though she was by far the worst). they barely eked onto the squad, and since it seems the competition gets stiffer every year, they become real expendable real quick. i mean, allie—an alright cheerleader, boxy, kelli was never really a fan of her figure...in walks someone like savannah the following season. bye, allie!

the heather one is just super weird to me and stands out the most because she made one mistake that we could see...she didn't gain weight, right? but for some reason someone i had a back and forth with on another website said her weight was an issue. i never saw that on the show and they never mentioned it.

basically some prettier, shinier, newer things walk in and show them up. it sucks but i guess that's life. but with all the sisterhood talk, you'd think kelli would value time with the squad more and want to build upon that instead of trading them in so easily. kinda sad. they get you to buy into the whole family thing and then dump you.

i find the whole thing fascinating

haha 'begrudgingly make a DCC' made me laugh. you nailed it. 

with the season 7 rookie cuts though, like teri, it was especially weird, because there were some clear weaker ones in that class but kelli made the squad extra large anyway. like, why even take them on when you don't have to? it's not like you NEEDED to fill some more spots

chelsea was another weak season 7 rookie. if it weren't for the whole incident, they probably would've cut her anyway

I'll never understand why they filled the squad with extras that year. The only season I'd have had extra spots was season 12 to keep Heather H, Taryn and Brennan and season 13 to keep Lily and Tara. Then again, I'd have squads smaller than 36 most years to only keep 'the best of the best' and make other cuts during those seasons!

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4 hours ago, DCC-UK said:

I'll never understand why they filled the squad with extras that year. The only season I'd have had extra spots was season 12 to keep Heather H, Taryn and Brennan and season 13 to keep Lily and Tara. Then again, I'd have squads smaller than 36 most years to only keep 'the best of the best' and make other cuts during those seasons!

I'm with you on this.  Some of the girls they took in previous years should never have been in Training Camp to begin with and several girls they SHOULD have taken were passed over. 

However, we have heard Kelli say on camera something to the effect of "Judy looks for the girls who can dance over everything else, I look for the pretty face over everything else."  Essentially, Judy wants girls who can DANCE and being pretty, along with everything else, is secondary.  Kelli wants girls who are pretty/gorgeous (and have a "story") above all and being able to dance well is a bonus. 

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23 minutes ago, EricaShadows said:

I'm with you on this.  Some of the girls they took in previous years should never have been in Training Camp to begin with and several girls they SHOULD have taken were passed over. 

However, we have heard Kelli say on camera something to the effect of "Judy looks for the girls who can dance over everything else, I look for the pretty face over everything else."  Essentially, Judy wants girls who can DANCE and being pretty, along with everything else, is secondary.  Kelli wants girls who are pretty/gorgeous (and have a "story") above all and being able to dance well is a bonus. 

Whilst I always say dance is number one, they only dance for like 8 games a season (plus a couple of pre-season and play-offs, which the Cowboys barely progress in when they make it). I can understand picking people on other attributes. However, being pretty or having a story shouldn't be that.

I think that's why people like Kim T, Veronica L, Miranda, Alexis, Amy L, Savannah, Brennan, Taylor J etc are kept because they're okay dancers (relaible for the most part but not particularly technical usually) but they're great ambassadors. Surely 95% of their appearances are just speaking to people, not dancing. That's what show group is for.

To me, as much as I want to see more dancing, they should do more appearance + interview training, from veterans and hospital visits, school visits, in the local community, because that's ultimately what most of them will spend their time doing. How they interact with different people in different scenarios on the fly would be much better training. I doubt most of them will do many media interviews either so maybe scrap that too!

Probably why I'm more in favour of having two groups of cheerleaders: one on the field dancing + other performances. The other group purely for appearances who look great in the uniform as a bonus.

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3 hours ago, DCC-UK said:

I think that's why people like Kim T, Veronica L, Miranda, Alexis, Amy L, Savannah, Brennan, Taylor J etc are kept

Except they steel-toed her right off the team ☹️

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5 hours ago, DCC-UK said:

Probably why I'm more in favour of having two groups of cheerleaders: one on the field dancing + other performances. The other group purely for appearances who look great in the uniform as a bonus.

Some NFL cheerleaders have girls for perfoming and some for appearnces. KC Chiefs cheerleaders have 2  groups (Field performers, Ambassadors).

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On 5/4/2021 at 7:58 PM, Meleighsa said:

I don't think anyone will be able to top Megan Flaherty's scene telling them off, in part because they painted her as unpolished, yet she was able to school them on how to treat people and kept her composure to boot!

LMAO. Meghan Flaherty came off as an entitled loon to me. I wouldn’t even try to reason with her myself. I would just let her “go off” and laugh. Kelli was like girl bye. Also, that scene is not that dramatic or that big of a deal. Maybe for a show like DCC, but I watch Housewives as well so it was nothing to me.

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18 hours ago, filishtay said:

LMAO. Meghan Flaherty came off as an entitled loon to me. I wouldn’t even try to reason with her myself. I would just let her “go off” and laugh. Kelli was like girl bye. Also, that scene is not that dramatic or that big of a deal. Maybe for a show like DCC, but I watch Housewives as well so it was nothing to me.

The real problem with Meghan F is that she couldn't dance. She NEVER looked good. She was not a great public speaker or a stunner. Why was she in training camp?

I so hate to speak ill of the dead. But she was definitely not up to it, dance nor ambassador-wise.

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On 5/14/2021 at 2:23 PM, DCC-UK said:

Whilst I always say dance is number one, they only dance for like 8 games a season (plus a couple of pre-season and play-offs, which the Cowboys barely progress in when they make it). I can understand picking people on other attributes. However, being pretty or having a story shouldn't be that.

I think that's why people like Kim T, Veronica L, Miranda, Alexis, Amy L, Savannah, Brennan, Taylor J etc are kept because they're okay dancers (relaible for the most part but not particularly technical usually) but they're great ambassadors. Surely 95% of their appearances are just speaking to people, not dancing. That's what show group is for.

To me, as much as I want to see more dancing, they should do more appearance + interview training, from veterans and hospital visits, school visits, in the local community, because that's ultimately what most of them will spend their time doing. How they interact with different people in different scenarios on the fly would be much better training. I doubt most of them will do many media interviews either so maybe scrap that too!

Probably why I'm more in favour of having two groups of cheerleaders: one on the field dancing + other performances. The other group purely for appearances who look great in the uniform as a bonus.

Don't forget after Veronica's rookie year in the eyes of Kelli Veronica IS the "golden girl". Remember that year when she and Hannah gained weight and was called into the office? Kelli wouldn't release Veronica, we all know that, because it would mean Kelli would have to inform Nike that she had "physically cut" Veronica in training camping going into her fourth year and it means that Nike would have to remove the "Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader" from their adverts with Veronica's face and body on it.

 

If Hannah had her face and and/or body on an "good" advert with the "Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader" also written on that advert, she would have been given the (as I call it) "Veronica treatment" of "you gained weight, you need to lose it, but we will give you as much time because we see you as a valued member of this association". All because she has her image on advert that also has the Cowboys name on it. That was the entire difference between Veronica and Hannah that year, in terms of their weight warning that year. That advert was what saved Veronica.  Having said that, Kelli didn't exactly give the same "value" to Jasmine Goode going into her fourth year in terms of weight/dance etc.

 

On 5/15/2021 at 9:22 PM, hypeman said:

The real problem with Meghan F is that she couldn't dance. She NEVER looked good. She was not a great public speaker or a stunner. Why was she in training camp?

I so hate to speak ill of the dead. But she was definitely not up to it, dance nor ambassador-wise.

She wasn't brought in for her dance or public speaking ability. She was brought on for drama. Could have said the exact same as the Minchew sisters and then their replacement, Kaime, why bring one person on and not two person to replace two drop outs. It was more because of drama, and an "interesting entertainment" drama/story. I could have said the same as that year when that girl Rebecca emailed saying she was dropping out because she was "overwhelmed" with the TCC, no replacement was brought on for her. There was no replacement because Rebecca didn't have an "interesting enough background" to get the same treatments.

 

I respect Meghan F for speaking up but look at it from the point of the show and its main and number one thing about the show.

 

The show is NOT about the team/dancers. Its main and first priority is the ENTERTAINMENT FACTOR because it is a TV SHOW. I totally believe the show should be about the dance ability and being the ambassador of the team/brand, but if you add a tv show onto it, then in reality, that all goes out the window and the first and main priority is to create a drama/entertainment show to have people watch so that the people have something to talk about afterwards. It keeps the ratings high so that it gets renewed for another season/year so that team gets the money to fund the team.

 

If anything I really think Jenny should actually start promoting to Charlotte why DCRB should get their own show. I think DCRB are underrated for the Cowboys. I mean don't DCRB practise in a Gym and have "not as good" lockers as DCC? (Someone needs to correct me on that, I live in uk and never been to at+t so no idea about DCRB's locker room in the stadium)

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I wonder if the current squad members close to Lily will post about Lily making Denver Broncos Cheerleaders. They must be eager to send her love by posting a congratulation post but they probably are hesitant because Kellie might not like it. 

(since Allana Cici Briana are leaving technically only Chandi is still on the squad among that friend group but other girls love her too)

image.thumb.png.294bf77e82d090e6819a2bda65eb85f4.pngMaybe this post might be related to Lily making the team though.

https://www.instagram.com/stories/bri_channelle/2574373314360314870/

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16 minutes ago, Kamal said:

I wonder if the current squad members close to Lily will post about Lily making Denver Broncos Cheerleaders. They must be eager to send her love by posting a congratulation post but they probably are hesitant because Kellie might not like it. 

(since Allana Cici Briana are leaving technically only Chandi is still on the squad among that friend group but other girls love her too)

image.thumb.png.294bf77e82d090e6819a2bda65eb85f4.pngMaybe this post might be related to Lily making the team though.

https://www.instagram.com/stories/bri_channelle/2574373314360314870/

I’m sure Kelli knows abt her auditioning for them bc I’m sure she put them down on her dance experience and she used her dcc picture 

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5 minutes ago, DCCOracle said:

I hope the Broncos appreciate Lily as much as her former teammates do. ❤️

I saw a clip of her auditioning on ig story and they put her with a soon to be 6 year vet 

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48 minutes ago, Kamal said:

I wonder if the current squad members close to Lily will post about Lily making Denver Broncos Cheerleaders. They must be eager to send her love by posting a congratulation post but they probably are hesitant because Kellie might not like it. 

(since Allana Cici Briana are leaving technically only Chandi is still on the squad among that friend group but other girls love her too)

image.thumb.png.294bf77e82d090e6819a2bda65eb85f4.pngMaybe this post might be related to Lily making the team though.

https://www.instagram.com/stories/bri_channelle/2574373314360314870/

From what I saw, Taylor J, Chandi, Alanna, Daphne, Madeline (not Utah Madeline), Gina, Rachel W, Jenn Amburn, Sarah Idziak, Kelsey Lowrance, and Ally Traylor are current and past DCCs who congratulated Lily on the DBC Instagram announcing the team.

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8 hours ago, DCCOracle said:

I hope the Broncos appreciate Lily as much as her former teammates do. ❤️

I don't see any reason why they wouldn't. Our gals are quite civilized and they've always seemed very supportive of each other during and after their tenures with the squad. 

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On 5/14/2021 at 6:28 AM, DCCOracle said:

Who has the longest gap between when they left the squad and came back? Amber Gosdin had a six year break. Is there one that's longer?

I doubt this is ever going to happen. If Kelli cuts you, she won't be taking you back because it would prove she was wrong about you. If you leave on your own terms, you abandon the best of what the world has to offer, so she won't take you back either as you have clearly shown to be ungrateful and stupid enough to leave.

Unless you are called Kalina of course 🤔 Tina did come back and I'm sure Victoria could take a gap year if she wanted...

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I don’t necessarily disagree, @LilyD but I think she’d probably let someone like Courtney or Kaitlyn LeGrande come back if they had dealt with their personal issues for a year then returned. Kaitlyn was so young, if she had taken the rest of the year to focus on school, get her life back together, etc then come back I think she might have been okay. 
 

Not what happened, unfortunately, but I think that’s the scenario that would work. 

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54 minutes ago, kalibean said:

I think she’d probably let someone like Courtney or Kaitlyn LeGrande come back if they had dealt with their personal issues for a year then returned.

When Kelli cut Chelsea, she told Chelsea to take a year to mature and come back; I often wonder if she would have taken her back had Chelsea taken her up on that offer.

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2 hours ago, ByTor said:

When Kelli cut Chelsea, she told Chelsea to take a year to mature and come back; I often wonder if she would have taken her back had Chelsea taken her up on that offer.

Didn’t she also tell Brennan last season to take a year off  to recover and consider auditions next year ( or was that Meredith)? Kelli says these words, but it seems so far from the truth - not even a viable option for these women.

It’s also possible some of these cut veterans from long ago did try again and it never got any airtime. Just like the occasional man that tries out - not once ever a focus on MTT!

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2 minutes ago, StellaCL said:

Didn’t she also tell Brennan last season to take a year off  to recover and consider auditions next year ( or was that Meredith)?

I definitely heard her say it to Brennan, and I'm pretty sure she told Hannah the same thing. That was a "damned if they do, damned if they don't" choice.

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I don't see her ever taking a cut vet back or one who walked away (even if encouraged to take a year off and come back).

However, if you're listening Kelli, that would make a new and interesting "story line." So how about picking up the phone and calling up a few cut vets? You know, for the show's  entertainment value. 😜

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2 hours ago, ByTor said:

I definitely heard her say it to Brennan, and I'm pretty sure she told Hannah the same thing. That was a "damned if they do, damned if they don't" choice.

She might have said it, doesn't mean she really meant it. She'd have found a way to cut them the following year in TC. I saw the highlights from the episode last night and the way she talked to Hannah kind of annoyed me. She sounded dismissive when Hannah said she was crying daily and wasn't in a good place by saying we've all been there, when she knows her mental health struggles (diagnosed by a doctor).

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1 minute ago, DCC-UK said:

She might have said it, doesn't mean she really meant it.

And I imagine Brennan & Hannah knew that, which is why they stayed in TC.

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4 minutes ago, kalibean said:

Y’all, this post from Brianna gives me all the feels 😭😭 Brianna, Brennan and Alanna (and some puppers!) met Lily at the airport to congratulate her on making Broncos cheer. 
https://www.instagram.com/p/CO_kZVTsMSL/?utm_medium=copy_link

 

 

YES!! Their friendship seems to be incredible. Happy for Lily for having such sweet friends and for continuing her dance career where hopefully she’s valued for all she brings to the table.

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8 hours ago, Tuxcat said:

I don't see her ever taking a cut vet back or one who walked away (even if encouraged to take a year off and come back).

However, if you're listening Kelli, that would make a new and interesting "story line." So how about picking up the phone and calling up a few cut vets? You know, for the show's  entertainment value. 😜

Thankfully most of the gals really know Kelly and don't fall for the "we'd love to have you back" line. It would make for a good storyline though. (And yes, I know you were being sarcastic, lol)

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2 hours ago, SMP637 said:

This is the most beautiful picture of Lily I've ever seen.... she looks radiant.  I'm so HAPPY and EXCITED for her. 

I agree! She looks so much better than her DCC pics, looks natural and happy. 

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On 5/16/2021 at 1:19 PM, Kamal said:

I wonder if the current squad members close to Lily will post about Lily making Denver Broncos Cheerleaders. They must be eager to send her love by posting a congratulation post but they probably are hesitant because Kellie might not like it. 

(since Allana Cici Briana are leaving technically only Chandi is still on the squad among that friend group but other girls love her too)

image.thumb.png.294bf77e82d090e6819a2bda65eb85f4.pngMaybe this post might be related to Lily making the team though.

https://www.instagram.com/stories/bri_channelle/2574373314360314870/

So glad everyone is congratulating Lily!! 

image.thumb.png.4fb3031e7ed0726f53d4a9bccccd3029.pngAnd I guessed right about the instagram story post !!

https://instagram.com/stories/yomamaalanna/2576006965750738734?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&utm_medium=copy_link

surprised Caroline is in this picture but now I love her more !!

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