All Past Seasons of the Late Lamented Show

[DancingDina13]

Kalyssa .... yikes 😬 

[TB12]

4 hours ago, DancingDina13 said:

Kalyssa .... yikes 😬 

Sigh, she was naturally stunning and now she looks like a 45 yo castoff from the Housewives, i'll never understand. Girlfriend needs some self worth... 

[DancingDina13]

37 minutes ago, TB12 said:

Sigh, she was naturally stunning and now she looks like a 45 yo castoff from the Housewives, i'll never understand. Girlfriend needs some self worth... 

And a cheeseburger ASAP

[kalibean]

She’s still so beautiful but has gotten so tiny. Would love to see her focusing on strength training and building a little muscle and adding in the calories in to support it. Have a bulk cycle, lovely lady! 

[DCCFan2021]

I'm watching season 9 right now and just saw Erica's introduction. Her child/teen picture look so much like Erica who was called out for dancing in a younger age group on Dance Moms! I know DCC Erica grew up in Texas and is a little older than that Erica would've been, but every time I see those pictures I feel like it's the same person...

[Girl in a Cardigan]

I have this observation every time I see the end of season 8, but I just have to share it. Brittany Schram can't participate in the first game because she has herniated discs in her back. As someone who has suffered from herniated discs in the past (though in my cervical spine, not lumbar spine), I can attest to how absolutely teeth-clenchingly painful it is. (I used to wake up in pain in the middle of the night and cry.)

Brittany cannot dance even a little. And yet, there she is, in the matching sports bra and booty shorts with an ice pack shoved down her pants (been there, girl!) standing on the sidelines watching. While I almost understand why the DCC would need to come to rehearsals when sick or injured, so they can keep up with the material, why the hell are they making Brittany "dress out" (as we used to say in gym class) while she's in obvious pain from an injury during the rehearsal of a pre-game performance that she's done for two entire seasons at that point? Like sure, team unity or whatever, but seriously? I'm not a doctor, but it seems like making her drive to Valley Ranch, take the team bus to the stadium, watch rehearsal and then sit in the locker room for the whole game would make her injury WORSE and not speed recovery for her to be an active member of the team.

All that say, I respect the hell out of Schram because I could not have done it! It was hard enough for me to go to work every day and I have a desk job!

[Meleighsa]

12 minutes ago, Girl in a Cardigan said:

I have this observation every time I see the end of season 8, but I just have to share it. Brittany Schram can't participate in the first game because she has herniated discs in her back. As someone who has suffered from herniated discs in the past (though in my cervical spine, not lumbar spine), I can attest to how absolutely teeth-clenchingly painful it is. (I used to wake up in pain in the middle of the night and cry.)

Brittany cannot dance even a little. And yet, there she is, in the matching sports bra and booty shorts with an ice pack shoved down her pants (been there, girl!) standing on the sidelines watching. While I almost understand why the DCC would need to come to rehearsals when sick or injured, so they can keep up with the material, why the hell are they making Brittany "dress out" (as we used to say in gym class) while she's in obvious pain from an injury during the rehearsal of a pre-game performance that she's done for two entire seasons at that point? Like sure, team unity or whatever, but seriously? I'm not a doctor, but it seems like making her drive to Valley Ranch, take the team bus to the stadium, watch rehearsal and then sit in the locker room for the whole game would make her injury WORSE and not speed recovery for her to be an active member of the team.

All that say, I respect the hell out of Schram because I could not have done it! It was hard enough for me to go to work every day and I have a desk job!

I didn't even think about all of that. Reading your post clarifies one more bizarre thing about the world of DCC.  

[aeroluv327]

1 hour ago, Girl in a Cardigan said:

I have this observation every time I see the end of season 8, but I just have to share it. Brittany Schram can't participate in the first game because she has herniated discs in her back. As someone who has suffered from herniated discs in the past (though in my cervical spine, not lumbar spine), I can attest to how absolutely teeth-clenchingly painful it is. (I used to wake up in pain in the middle of the night and cry.)

Brittany cannot dance even a little. And yet, there she is, in the matching sports bra and booty shorts with an ice pack shoved down her pants (been there, girl!) standing on the sidelines watching. While I almost understand why the DCC would need to come to rehearsals when sick or injured, so they can keep up with the material, why the hell are they making Brittany "dress out" (as we used to say in gym class) while she's in obvious pain from an injury during the rehearsal of a pre-game performance that she's done for two entire seasons at that point? Like sure, team unity or whatever, but seriously? I'm not a doctor, but it seems like making her drive to Valley Ranch, take the team bus to the stadium, watch rehearsal and then sit in the locker room for the whole game would make her injury WORSE and not speed recovery for her to be an active member of the team.

All that say, I respect the hell out of Schram because I could not have done it! It was hard enough for me to go to work every day and I have a desk job!

I agree that she didn't need to "dress out" but we've also seen others do that when they were injured or otherwise couldn't perform.  I hope they at least get paid for showing up!

Brittany did song the National Anthem at that game, though, so her being there with the DCC at least makes some sense.

[vanillagum]

am i crazy or are there two lindsays who look eerily similar? there's one who's brunette—lindsay waldrop—kind of thicker. and the other one is lindsay something, blonde, a season 13 tcc...are they the same person? am i crazy? the world may never know

[vanillagum]

also i always lol when i see season 4 auditions and they follow 'jennifer hernandez' and give her a two-minute segment about being an army wife and mom and then she doesn't even make it to semis lol. what was the point? after the segment we see judy saying she wishes jennifer could dance lmao. just bizarre

[Pau84]

20 hours ago, vanillagum said:

am i crazy or are there two lindsays who look eerily similar? there's one who's brunette—lindsay waldrop—kind of thicker. and the other one is lindsay something, blonde, a season 13 tcc...are they the same person? am i crazy? the world may never know

You are not crazy and there are two "Lindsays" who have the same vibe but are two different persons:

• Lindsey Waldorp
• Lindsay Brady

[vanillagum]

9 minutes ago, Pau84 said:

You are not crazy and there are two "Lindsays" who have the same vibe but are two different persons:

• Lindsey Waldorp
• Lindsay Brady

omg thank you!!! they look so similar!!

[dariafan]

Ack !!!!  The fake crying. Or at least trying to make your self cry ....       Vivian.   Courtney    .....but still wish they could have tried to make the uniform work for Megan.  I mean it’s custom made.  Something could have been done    Hers just might not have been a continuous Wedgie 

Edited March 8, 2021 by dariafan
Needed to clarify a thought.

[dariafan]

The annoying twins from season 8 & 9 should have worn non identical outfits 

[ByTor]

22 minutes ago, dariafan said:

The annoying twins from season 8 & 9 should have worn non identical outfits 

But...but...double the trouble!

[Pucca]

21 hours ago, ByTor said:

But...but...double the trouble!

I thought those dingbats only tried out once! Now I need to go back and look. 

[dariafan]

I liked Morgan’s face in her pregnancy weight pictures.   Her makeup was too harsh.   Her eye make up color choices were not good for her 

[parrotfeathers]

9 hours ago, dariafan said:

I liked Morgan’s face in her pregnancy weight pictures.   Her makeup was too harsh.   Her eye make up color choices were not good for her 

She always looked "older" to me--not DCC at all.

[ByTor]

13 hours ago, dariafan said:

I liked Morgan’s face in her pregnancy weight pictures.   Her makeup was too harsh.   Her eye make up color choices were not good for her 

Her foundation always looked ashy to me, like she used too much green primer to counteract redness.

[aeroluv327]

3 hours ago, parrotfeathers said:

She always looked "older" to me--not DCC at all.

Same, she always looked much older than the others to me.  Maybe skin damage from tanning?

[DCCFan2021]

RaeLynn is adorable and a great country artist, but she was not a good choice to bring into a practice. Aside from when she was asked a specific question, all of her comments (at least the ones shown) were about trivial things, like Christina's hair and Lauren's abs, and never about the actual dancing.

[fozzen]

On 5/3/2019 at 3:51 AM, ByTor said:

Colby's IG is public

Wonder if she's lost her fake English accent yet. So annoying.

[CrazyMoon]

On 3/7/2021 at 6:25 PM, dariafan said:

    .....but still wish they could have tried to make the uniform work for Megan.  I mean it’s custom made.  Something could have been done    

It wasn't the uniform, she looked spectacular in it from the thighs up....her legs were too short and even though she managed to pare them down her lower leg was too short for the boots

 

[Holly85]

23 minutes ago, CrazyMoon said:

It wasn't the uniform, she looked spectacular in it from the thighs up....her legs were too short and even though she managed to pare them down her lower leg was too short for the boots

 

Which is Crazy bc there are several ladies on the squad now that are shorter then Megan was 

[go4luca]

13 hours ago, Holly85 said:

Which is Crazy bc there are several ladies on the squad now that are shorter then Megan was 

It depends on the body proportions.  Some, like me, are on the shorter side (5'3"), but short waisted with longer legs.  In this scenario, the uniform and boots can work.

Edited March 14, 2021 by go4luca
ETA picture

[Mabinogia]

2 minutes ago, go4luca said:

It depends on the body proportions.  Some, like me, are on the shorter side (5'3"), but short waisted with longer legs.  In this scenario, the uniform and boots can work.

I'd almost say those boots are more unforgiving than the uniform. A short let, no matter how tall, lean, perfect the girl is otherwise, is not going to look good in that boot. I think long torso short leg would be the worst for the overall look because the proportion will be way off and the legs will look very stumpy. 

That's not to say they would never take a short legged girl, but that girl would have something else unique to offer to make up for it. 

[go4luca]

3 minutes ago, Mabinogia said:

I'd almost say those boots are more unforgiving than the uniform. A short let, no matter how tall, lean, perfect the girl is otherwise, is not going to look good in that boot. I think long torso short leg would be the worst for the overall look because the proportion will be way off and the legs will look very stumpy. 

That's not to say they would never take a short legged girl, but that girl would have something else unique to offer to make up for it. 

I agree on the boot and visibility of leg.  The short, stumpy legs do not look good in the boots.

As for the long torso, shorter leg, Tara's body type was a perfect example showing this.

[Jess14]

2 hours ago, go4luca said:

It depends on the body proportions.  Some, like me, are on the shorter side (5'3"), but short waisted with longer legs.  In this scenario, the uniform and boots can work.

Yep. Jenna is a good example of this. She is short in terms of height but has a short waist and long legs, so the boots looked fine on her. Amy is the opposite in terms of body type- long torso, short legs. Lucky for her, she is a bit taller, so the boots still didn't swallow her legs.

[pinkandsparkly13]

Oh who cares! The uniform can look good on anyone.

"Oh no, the boot swallows her legs!" Puhlease. 

Edited March 15, 2021 by pinkandsparkly13
Add

[ByTor]

8 hours ago, pinkandsparkly13 said:

"Oh no, the boot swallows her legs!" Puhlease.

I completely agree! They're boots, not some special snowflake piece of clothing. If anything, I think the boots are too tall.

[scorpio1031]

16 hours ago, pinkandsparkly13 said:

Oh who cares! The uniform can look good on anyone.

"Oh no, the boot swallows her legs!" Puhlease. 

It's custom made, but yet they can't make one to fit a talented dancer with an alleged thutt.  Miss Lisa was probably thinking what's the big deal???

[CrazyMoon]

On 3/13/2021 at 11:11 PM, Holly85 said:

Which is Crazy bc there are several ladies on the squad now that are shorter then Megan was 

I know, it's bizarre...but it's all about proportion...Vivian's LOWER leg (below the knee) is proportionally shorter than her thigh...Tara's proportions are better, as were Mackenzie Lee's...and Mackenzie barely made the team.

[Mabinogia]

9 hours ago, ByTor said:

If anything, I think the boots are too tall.

That is why they swallow the short legged girls legs.

Are the boots custom made in a way that they could adjust the shaft to the leg it is for, like, instead of making all the boots the same shaft length make them so they fall at the same spot on each girls leg. I've never paid that much attention, I just know that some of the shorter legged girls just don't look great with the boots on. 

I think when they were the older more "go go" boot it wasn't as bad because they were tapered and more fitted to the leg, but the cowboy boots are a lot more straight up and down which just doesn't look as good to my eye. They look chunkier in general.  I get why they went with an actual cowboy boot, they are the Cowboys after all, but given the uniform they wear I liked the other boots better. 

[DCCFan2021]

1 hour ago, Mabinogia said:

That is why they swallow the short legged girls legs.

Are the boots custom made in a way that they could adjust the shaft to the leg it is for, like, instead of making all the boots the same shaft length make them so they fall at the same spot on each girls leg. I've never paid that much attention, I just know that some of the shorter legged girls just don't look great with the boots on. 

I think when they were the older more "go go" boot it wasn't as bad because they were tapered and more fitted to the leg, but the cowboy boots are a lot more straight up and down which just doesn't look as good to my eye. They look chunkier in general.  I get why they went with an actual cowboy boot, they are the Cowboys after all, but given the uniform they wear I liked the other boots better. 

I vote for ankle boots, they make everyone's legs look great! Although then Kelly would start complaining about "cankles" wouldn't she.

[Mabinogia]

38 minutes ago, DCCFan2021 said:

Although then Kelly would start complaining about "cankles" wouldn't she.

The reason I found her whole "cankles" thing ridiculous is that it's the one part of their body that is fully covered so as long as she can get the boot over her "huge cankles" no one would ever know. While "thut" was equally ridiculous, it is a part of the body that is exposed in the glorified underwear they call shorts, but no part of the ankle is at all seen in those boots. Unless your ankle goes up to your knees that should be the one part of your body that doesn't really matter beyond being strong enough to support you in turns and tumbles. And I would think a cankle would be good and strong so that should be seen as an asset. Just one of the many arbitrary, made up things they use to make fun of the girls they don't want on the team. 

[Teriyaki Terror]

On 3/12/2021 at 11:11 PM, fozzen said:

Wonder if she's lost her fake English accent yet. So annoying.

It wasn't fake. She lived there for 10 years and picked it up. It's the same as someone from Cali moving to NYC for a decade, their accent will change. 

[ByTor]

On 3/14/2021 at 5:24 PM, go4luca said:

I agree on the boot and visibility of leg.  The short, stumpy legs do not look good in the boots.

As for the long torso, shorter leg, Tara's body type was a perfect example showing this.

That picture absolutely amazes me, comparing where their hips are you'd think Savannah would be MUCH taller than Tara, yet they are the same.

[ByTor]

16 hours ago, Mabinogia said:

Are the boots custom made in a way that they could adjust the shaft to the leg it is for, like, instead of making all the boots the same shaft length make them so they fall at the same spot on each girls leg.

I guess they don't bother, that would be so much more costly & since they get the boots before the final team is announced, why bother spending so much when there are still cuts to be made.

15 hours ago, DCCFan2021 said:

I vote for ankle boots, they make everyone's legs look great!

I think boots like the Rangerettes wear would be perfect, nobody's legs are "swallowed" and no cankles!

14 hours ago, Mabinogia said:

The reason I found her whole "cankles" thing ridiculous is that it's the one part of their body that is fully covered so as long as she can get the boot over her "huge cankles" no one would ever know.

Like Rams Lacey having too muscular upper arms...the uniform has long sleeves!

12 minutes ago, Teriyaki Terror said:

It wasn't fake. She lived there for 10 years and picked it up.

I went to school with someone in an exchange program in Australia for 6 months, and she returned with an "accent." 🙄 I thought Colby's was faint enough that it seemed real. Plus, I can't stand how she was treated, I think she seems like a really nice person.

[vanillagum]

8 minutes ago, ByTor said:

I went to school with someone in an exchange program in Australia for 6 months, and she returned with an "accent." 🙄 I thought Colby's was faint enough that it seemed real. Plus, I can't stand how she was treated, I think she seems like a really nice person.

right? i have a soft spot for colby for some reason, so when people on here constantly drag her i get kind of annoyed. people act like she was such a terrible person...if the worst thing you can say about her is she has a questionable accent, meh. she seemed sweet and nice. kelli was such a you-know-what to her, it was disgusting. i thought she was pretty and upbeat. she could've benefitted from thicker eyebrows for sure, but whatever. 

it's actually even more frustrating knowing how many girls on the squad get plastic alterations—that's all good and fine, but if it's someone kelli doesn't like, she makes fun of them. colby handled it with such grace.

the fact she was 31 and going for it was admirable. if you thought she was that bad a candidate, why invite her ALL THE WAY TO FINALS to begin with? god. i also thought it was weird how they emphasized how 'underweight' she was, when 1) she didn't look that different from everyone else to me, and 2) kelli literally wants the girls to be underweight, based on the arbitrary ass number she gave courtney in season 9.

it's hard to watch the distaste TPTB had for 3 out of 4 of the fan vote winners. the only one they were okay with was loren. i feel like jackie and colby never got a real chance. she really didn't like them for some reason. vivian would've been fine to make the team in season 8, but they disliked her. every time i watch season 8, i feel bad for vivian. she's so fit, but gets crapped on for just not being skinny enough despite it. at one point judy says she doesn't like watching vivian, because 'there's something raunchy about it.' why, because she's not underweight? i guess shaking your ass in booty shorts is acceptable and 'wholesome' only if you're a blonde twig.

and she came back in season 9 even slimmer despite it. she was a bit of a loon in season 9, but the whole process would make me crazy, too. especially since i always hear that she lost the weight in unhealthy ways for season 9. yeah, i bet. i follow vivian on insta and she's been way bigger in recent years. i totally get the weight struggle, so no shame for that, but it's crazy how much work goes into being dcc size for most people. it's not easy, and for many, super unsustainable. i can't imagine how hard she was working at the time. 

this turned into a novel but anyway #justiceforcolby

[TB12]

3 hours ago, ByTor said:

I guess they don't bother, that would be so much more costly & since they get the boots before the final team is announced, why bother spending so much when there are still cuts to be made.

I think boots like the Rangerettes wear would be perfect, nobody's legs are "swallowed" and no cankles!

I went to school with someone in an exchange program in Australia for 6 months, and she returned with an "accent." 🙄 I thought Colby's was faint enough that it seemed real. Plus, I can't stand how she was treated, I think she seems like a really nice person.

I was watching Colby's season the other day while working, it pisses me off every time the way Kelli treated her, its like she legit didn't like her I attribute it to Colby prob reminded Kelli of someone in her life that she didn't like bc she truly seemed like a doll to me. It was infuriating the puss on Kelli's face with such disgust. And i couldn't wait to see Colby have her "breakthrough moment" she was just so sweet and pretty and her figure, wow! 

[DCC-UK]

4 hours ago, TB12 said:

I was watching Colby's season the other day while working, it pisses me off every time the way Kelli treated her, its like she legit didn't like her I attribute it to Colby prob reminded Kelli of someone in her life that she didn't like bc she truly seemed like a doll to me. It was infuriating the puss on Kelli's face with such disgust. And i couldn't wait to see Colby have her "breakthrough moment" she was just so sweet and pretty and her figure, wow! 

Isn't she still friends with some of the women from the squad? I thought I'd seen her on Kat and Jessica M's Instagram posts. 

[CrazyMoon]

7 hours ago, Teriyaki Terror said:

It wasn't fake. She lived there for 10 years and picked it up. It's the same as someone from Cali moving to NYC for a decade, their accent will change. 

I'm a born California girl, but my roots are Deep South...so I grew up around that accent. When I'm in the South for more than a week I sound like I just rode in on the turnip truck this morning...takes weeks to go away...I don't mind it at all...my kids think it's hysterical.

[kalibean]

11 hours ago, ByTor said:

That picture absolutely amazes me, comparing where their hips are you'd think Savannah would be MUCH taller than Tara, yet they are the same.

As lovely as Tara seems, I was surprised she made the squad the first year. Short legs and while I like a sporty cute vibe just fine, Kelli doesn’t always. Especially if they don’t kill it in every other way. Both her and Savannah were story line picks that worked out okay IMO. I’m surprised how long Savvy has made it through, but she’s still a decent dancer and so pretty. I was sad for Tara that she got cut, especially since she was a locker room favorite, but she wasn’t serving her best at the calendar shoot or camp. 

3 hours ago, CrazyMoon said:

I'm a born California girl, but my roots are Deep South...so I grew up around that accent. When I'm in the South for more than a week I sound like I just rode in on the turnip truck this morning...takes weeks to go away...I don't mind it at all...my kids think it's hysterical.

I was born in Virginia and moved to KC in high school...I was ridiculed for my accent so hard I busted my ass to get rid of it. All these years later, I’m generally accent free but a cocktail and/or back in the south it comes right on back. Lol. 

[fozzen]

16 hours ago, Teriyaki Terror said:

It wasn't fake. She lived there for 10 years and picked it up. It's the same as someone from Cali moving to NYC for a decade, their accent will change. 

Funny how I have friends from England who have lived in Oklahoma for 25 years and still have their English accents and haven't picked up any form of southern accent. Funny how Angela and Jinelle didn't lose their Australian accents after living here for years. You have to want to lose your accent. And by the way, I grew up in Oklahoma, lived in California for years, Nashville, TN, and a small town in east Texas (for 20 years) and never picked up any of their accents. And the east Texas accent is a doozy. Maybe I didn't pick up the southern accent because I didn't grow up with it and didn't want it. On the other hand, we Americans love English and Australian accents, so we might try a little harder to "develop" that accent. I also had a roommate who grew up in a small town in Oklahoma and moved to New York for 6 months - came back with a fake accent and calling her purse and pocket book. As for her being in London for 10 years - how do you know? I've seen that she hadn't been performing for 10 years and that she had lived in London. That does not mean she was there for 10 years. She may have been working here for 9 years before moving to London. I also know her small town in Texas very well. I had to drive through it when I lived in east Texas when I went back and forth to Oklahoma. She's proud of moving to London, because most of the people I met while living in small towns in east Texas have never left their towns. Not even for vacations. I lived around people who thought they had been to the mountains because they had been to Arkansas and thought IHOP was the best restaurant on the planet because they left the coffee pot on the table (they also had to drive 50 miles one way to get to one). Imagine growing up in a town like that and dreaming of getting out. Of course when you come back, you want to show how much better you are - just like my roommate. Also interesting how Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne can live in the U.S. for DECADES and not lose their accents - I can keep going.

Edited March 17, 2021 by fozzen

[bjo1969]

When I first moved to Denver from Chicago, everyone teased me about my Chicago accent. I now have "western drawl" as someone pointed out to me. To get back on the subject matter, I liked Colby and hated the way she was treated.

Edited March 17, 2021 by bjo1969

[fozzen]

3 hours ago, bjo1969 said:

When I first moved to Denver from Chicago, everyone teased me about my Chicago accent. I now have "western drawl" as someone pointed out to me. To get back on the subject matter, I liked Colby and hated the way she was treated.

So in other words, you had a motivation to lose your accent. As for Colby, she annoyed the hell out of me. The accent, the plastic surgery, the really bad dancing. They shouldn't have let her get past prelims. I mute the show when she's on. Her fakeness is really that annoying to me. Colby,Vivian and Ashley Paige top my list as THE most annoying TCC's.

Edited March 17, 2021 by fozzen

[ByTor]

6 hours ago, fozzen said:

They shouldn't have let her get past prelims.

That's what I don't get. Clearly Kelli didn't like her. Same with Whitney (Whitney who ended up with the Miami Dolphins)...Kelli told her in her TC cut the prior year that she should go after a different dream, then the following year she was cut at semi-finals. Again, why take her past prelims?

[EricaShadows]

1 hour ago, ByTor said:

That's what I don't get. Clearly Kelli didn't like her. Same with Whitney (Whitney who ended up with the Miami Dolphins)...Kelli told her in her TC cut the prior year that she should go after a different dream, then the following year she was cut at semi-finals. Again, why take her past prelims?

I think pre-lims is just to get a look at everyone and then cut the ones that aren't obviously going to make it for one reason or another.  The girls who are obviously never going to fit the uniform, the bad dancers, the ones who don't have the "look", etc.  Just get rid of them early and take a second look at who's left.  In previous years, there was a LOT of people to knock out (at least half to two-thirds of the group), but I think Season 13 had the fewest girls cut in pre-lims out of any season but 14.  While there's no OBVIOUS reason to take her (or girls like Kenley Minchew or any other girl they REALLY didn't like for one reason or another) to any further rounds, these girls will likely get to semi-finals for no other reason then they're pretty, have a good figure and can dance fairly well. 

[ByTor]

5 minutes ago, EricaShadows said:

I think pre-lims is just to get a look at everyone and then cut the ones that aren't obviously going to make it for one reason or another. 

Correct. And since Kelli obviously didn't like Whitney & Colby, they should have been cut at prelims.

[TB12]

Working with Pluto on in the background and poor Colby's season is starting now with prelims, poor, poor Colby...