2019 Auditions, Finals, and Training Camp Spoilers

[dreamcatcher]

10 hours ago, LincolnCentMe said:

Yeah I’m not so sure that an injury would keep her off of the team this year. 🙄 

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.

2 hours ago, parrotfeathers said:

Yes!  Some of those "choreographers" come up with the weirdest stuff that no DCC will ever do!  Sometimes I think that is the "signature" of a "famous" one--come up with weird stuff.  I do realize some of it is how quickly one can pick up choreography but DCC moves are pretty much cookie cutter.   Hopefully TPTB don't put a lot of stock in what guests think.

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.

[DCCFanInKy]

12 hours ago, MamaMia said:

 If one makes show group, Is that person pretty much on the team? 

It's my understanding that the rookies that make show group are considered "alternates" on show group and I would assume they are still eligible to be cut up to the very last minute.  Someone with more knowledge than I ( @ShellyB? )

[Opine]

1 hour ago, go4luca said:

☝️Nailed it.

Latest preview is up. 👇

So, since Chandi, Kat and Gina C all wore yellow.......I guess next year maybe 50% of the candidates will be sparkling in highlighter yellow?

[go4luca]

29 minutes ago, DCCFanInKy said:

It's my understanding that the rookies that make show group are considered "alternates" on show group and I would assume they are still eligible to be cut up to the very last minute.  Someone with more knowledge than I ( @ShellyB? )

@ShellyB responded to this not too long ago saying there aren't really alternates for SG per se.  Although not the norm, I would hazard a guess a rookie who made SG could be cut if warranted.

[Lily80]

On 8/3/2019 at 9:21 PM, Indy Shopaholic said:

I froze my DVR & counted. There were 7 rows of 16 girls in the stands. That’s 112 ladies trying out, so 101 made it to semis, only 11 were sent home.

Whoa... Seriously?!?

[chabelisaywow]

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I would hazard a guess a rookie who made SG could be cut if warranted.

I always got the sense that any TCC that made SG meant they had made the squad. Have any SG TCC ever NOT made the squad?

[TUOwl84]

17 hours ago, Donna S said:

The museum changes out and rotates the exhibits so people see different things when they go.

My husband did some research and the museum stated that the DCC donated some items but they're are hoping to have a new exhibit some time in 2020, but no guarantee.  Either way, Kelli shouldn't have bragged they were already featured in the new museum! Ha! It was last year they donated the items!  

Edited August 7, 2019 by TUOwl84

[scorpio1031]

11 minutes ago, chabelisaywow said:

I always got the sense that any TCC that made SG meant they had made the squad. Have any SG TCC ever NOT made the squad?

I thought someone said Sunni Cranfill made SG the first year she tried out, but was then cut.

[M1977G]

I don't recall any SG TCCs who then didn't make the squad their rookie year--and I don't think they showed much if anything about SG in season 3, Sunni's first time trying out--but I do remember Abbigal Klein and last year's rookie Amber both getting called out after making SG. Kelli told Abbigail not long after SG that if she danced like that at SG auditions, she wouldn't have made it and that she needed to remember making SG didn't mean making the team. And last year, they called Amber out for not performing well on media training day. She was the one who got chewed out for not knowing about the discussions around flag football as a means to reduce head injuries in the sport. It was kind of an unfairly phrased question, because Brenda just said "they're talking about" flag football, which sort of implied the NFL as the "they." Such a suggestion was kind of funny, because no way are they turning the NFL into a flag league; but, really, the discussion is around flag football instead of tackle for young people. I get it, DCC should be up on such things, but that definitely was the hardest and ambiguously phrased question I heard asked that day. Anyway, they told Amber they were weren't going to send her on SG appearances yet because they worried about her ability to talk with folks and represent and she needed to work on that. I feel like Amber gets overshadowed a lot mostly because she hardly appeared on the show last year, but she is a stellar dancer, and she has beautiful eyes and an amazing figure. I was a fan last year and still am.

[TB12]

Working at home have 1st epi on in the background how did I not notice Kat's really bad microbladed eyebrows? Can that trend just go away please? She is way too over the top with arrogance, again i know i'm in the minority with this one...  

[ClosetDCCFan]

I can't find who pointed this out, but I went back and rewatched the first episode and I agree that it was Kelli's voice that said "I hoped that she'd come back stronger" when they were deliberating about VK.  Of course we don't see her actually say this so this could be editing and she was actually talking about someone entirely different and they used the audio here.  It also could be "I had hoped she would come back stronger ... and boy did our girl deliver!"  Who knows.  

Also, with VK's spacial awareness issues, I'd be really interested in hearing an honest evaluation of how she does marking the entrance.  Girls really struggle hitting those lines every year.  

[Kayce]

Well I guess I offended MR 😛 when I left a response on the "who's your fave auditioner" post on IG from DCC MTT saying she, as a judge, was my least favorite thing. #sorrynotsorry

[Kmbaker]

9 minutes ago, ClosetDCCFan said:

I can't find who pointed this out, but I went back and rewatched the first episode and I agree that it was Kelli's voice that said "I hoped that she'd come back stronger" when they were deliberating about VK.  Of course we don't see her actually say this so this could be editing and she was actually talking about someone entirely different and they used the audio here.  It also could be "I had hoped she would come back stronger ... and boy did our girl deliver!"  Who knows.  

Also, with VK's spacial awareness issues, I'd be really interested in hearing an honest evaluation of how she does marking the entrance.  Girls really struggle hitting those lines every year.  

Me too, it sounds like Kelli to me.

15 minutes ago, M1977G said:

I don't recall any SG TCCs who then didn't make the squad their rookie year--and I don't think they showed much if anything about SG in season 3, Sunni's first time trying out--but I do remember Abbigal Klein and last year's rookie Amber both getting called out after making SG. Kelli told Abbigail not long after SG that if she danced like that at SG auditions, she wouldn't have made it and that she needed to remember making SG didn't mean making the team. And last year, they called Amber out for not performing well on media training day. She was the one who got chewed out for not knowing about the discussions around flag football as a means to reduce head injuries in the sport. It was kind of an unfairly phrased question, because Brenda just said "they're talking about" flag football, which sort of implied the NFL as the "they." Such a suggestion was kind of funny, because no way are they turning the NFL into a flag league; but, really, the discussion is around flag football instead of tackle for young people. I get it, DCC should be up on such things, but that definitely was the hardest and ambiguously phrased question I heard asked that day. Anyway, they told Amber they were weren't going to send her on SG appearances yet because they worried about her ability to talk with folks and represent and she needed to work on that. I feel like Amber gets overshadowed a lot mostly because she hardly appeared on the show last year, but she is a stellar dancer, and she has beautiful eyes and an amazing figure. I was a fan last year and still am.

I also don't remember a time that a TCC that made SC and didn't make the final cut.

[JerseyGirl]

16 minutes ago, Kmbaker said:

Me too, it sounds like Kelli to me.

I thought it was Judy who said "I had hoped Victoria would be stronger this year" and she was immediately talked over by Kelli, Charm and Melissa laughing about Victoria's fall.

[scorpio1031]

3 minutes ago, JerseyGirl said:

I thought it was Judy who said "I had hoped Victoria would be stronger this year" and she was immediately talked over by Kelli, Charm and Melissa laughing about Victoria's fall.

That's what I thought.  I mean, would Kelli really say something like that about VK?  She thought she was strong last year🙄

[bupbupbip]

7 minutes ago, scorpio1031 said:

That's what I thought.  I mean, would Kelli really say something like that about VK?  She thought she was strong last year🙄

It was Kelli, it was her voice pretty much

[lkxydhfinl ghsdv]

2 hours ago, Tulip86 said:

Wait.. did I spy Jackie (TCC fanvote)?

yes, she made it to finals...

[RockYou]

47 minutes ago, TB12 said:

Working at home have 1st epi on in the background how did I not notice Kat's really bad microbladed eyebrows? Can that trend just go away please? She is way too over the top with arrogance, again i know i'm in the minority with this one...  

I happen to agree with you.

Her eyebrows do not look natural and they are the first thing I see when they show her  up close.

The HoneyBees have a ton of beautiful girls just like Kat so she’s loving all this being the “special” dancer with her “special” ( and much needed I might add) look 

[lkxydhfinl ghsdv]

6 minutes ago, Tootie said:

yes, she made it to finals...

[RockYou]

I still think on the field Maddie will be just cute, fun fresh and dynamite as a point! 

This shot just posted on IG

[Kayce]

5 minutes ago, RockYou said:

I still think on the field Maddie will be just cute, fun fresh and dynamite as a point! 

This shot just posted on IG

Yes to that 100 times!! I think she will do just fine 🙂 

[lkxydhfinl ghsdv]

2 hours ago, Tootie said:

Legends are having a 2nd audition in August.

[scorpio1031]

Must be nice to have your best friend interning on the IG account🙄

[jlc]

1 hour ago, TUOwl84 said:

My husband did some research and the museum stated that the DCC donated some items but they're are hoping to have a new exhibit some time in 2020, but no guarantee.  Either way, Kelli shouldn't have bragged they were already featured in the new museum! Ha! It was last year they donated the items!  

So if they donated some things, does that mean the museum had no intention of making a new exhibit until the DCC "donated" some items? WOW!!

[LincolnCentMe]

3 hours ago, nmvrn said:

Is Lisa the one with the RBF?

Kelli too has a RBF. 

[dreamcatcher]

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?

[JerseyGirl]

1 hour ago, bupbupbip said:

It was Kelli, it was her voice pretty much

So in that clip Judy said nothing about VK's prelim audition?

[kevinrm45]

18 minutes ago, scorpio1031 said:

Must be nice to have your best friend interning on the IG account🙄

Last year I kept track of VK's faults during TC... now I'm gonna keep tabs on how often she shows up in thumbnails and other garbage:

1. Thumbnail for episode 1 on CMT.com
2. Thumbnail for episode 2 promo
3. At least three appearances as a thumbnail/photo on the official MTT Instagram page. (1 | 2 | 3)

[rl27rl]

Just now, kevinrm45 said:

Last year I kept track of VK's faults during TC... now I'm gonna keep tabs on how often she shows up in thumbnails and other garbage:

1. Thumbnail for episode 1 on CMT.com
2. Thumbnail for episode 2 promo
3. At least three appearances as a thumbnail/photo on the official MTT Instagram page. (1 | 2 | 3)

Alright!  Are we all ready for Cassie/Veruca 2.0?  And DCC Brides Veruca? (insert eye roll)

[TUOwl84]

10 minutes ago, jlc said:

So if they donated some things, does that mean the museum had no intention of making a new exhibit until the DCC "donated" some items? WOW!!

This article states that an exhibit is in development and is expected in 2020.  My annoyance is from Kelli already making it seem they are already on display, since last year 😆  Oh well...perhaps another trip in 2020! 

https://americanhistory.si.edu/press/releases/dallas-cowboys-cheerleaders

[PMDal]

I am not sure that those choreographer dots are the same as in the picture.  Those dots are much larger than what is in the picture. 

[DCCdreams]

Kelli looks fantastic!!!

[bupbupbip]

39 minutes ago, JerseyGirl said:

So in that clip Judy said nothing about VK's prelim audition?

Yeah, kelli said it and the Judy started to tal after her

[M1977G]

Judy's voice is the one that praises VK for her post-pom recovery.

[DCCFanInKy]

3 hours ago, go4luca said:

@ShellyB responded to this not too long ago saying there aren't really alternates for SG per se.  Although not the norm, I would hazard a guess a rookie who made SG could be cut if warranted.

Thanks.  I was thinking she had after I posted but not coming up with any posts.

Edited August 7, 2019 by DCCFanInKy
changed some wording

[Lona]

3 hours ago, M1977G said:

I feel like Amber gets overshadowed a lot mostly because she hardly appeared on the show last year, but she is a stellar dancer, and she has beautiful eyes and an amazing figure. I was a fan last year and still am.

BINGO! When the first season squad posting was made I had no idea who Amber was, and the show didn't help either in that department.  Throughout most of the season, I actually still didn't know who she was. But then I realized that maybe I was focusing too much on what I saw on the show, and not taking into account what was happening on the field.

At the end of the day, I'm slowly learning not to take too much from what I see on TV in terms of dancing ability.

[kevinrm45]

The Case Against VK - 2018 edition:

• Could not hold her turns during Finals
• Gained 11lbs since auditions (which were still obvious on the night she was cut)
• When her weight was brought up during Kitty's visit, Kitty said that VK deserves "the respect to get it off"... when we all know that Kitty would happily call any other girl on the squad overweight.
• Disrespected a member of DCC staff (who was also a well-respected 5 year veteran of the squad and current (now former) All-Star)
• and then only apologizes to Jinelle as an afterthought
• Had low kicks
• Missed the leg lift
• Had many other corrections from Kelli, Judy, KaShara to name a few
• stumbled through the Media Day training #therearenowords
• during the scene with the 4 group leaders, the only sticker she had was from Kitty (not Judy, Kelli, Melissa or Nick Flores)
• Her boot flies off during kickline practice, to which Judy replies, "you need a smaller boot!"
• Kelli cuts Tara for not "giving them her A game" and being "in a slump"...
• ...while not cutting Jenna and Holly for legitimately breaking the rules in 2017
• Had no problem cutting another DCC Legacy four weeks earlier for fewer reasons
• Had much more going against her when others simply had memory mistakes or were blending
• and when she is finally cut, the reasons are "comprehensive"
  
  ...but was not cut until 1 week before the first game and was not in any way a shoo-in even though she was the daughter of Kelli's best friend since 1984. Gotcha.

2019

• GIF used for the 13th season being on CMT.com promo
• Thumbnail/GIF for "The season premiere starts right now..." promo
• Thumbnail for episode 1 on CMT.com
• Thumbnail for episode 2 promo on Twitter
• At least three appearances as a thumbnail/photo on the official MTT Instagram page. (1 | 2 | 3)
• Loses her balance and falls out of bounds during pre-lims, landing on an innocent pom-pom and proceeds to laugh it off - anyone else would be scared to death about being cut... but not VK!
• Was placed directly in front of the judges table during Solos - resulting in another round of numerous appearances on the official DCC Instagram page
• By sheer coincidence, VK managed to squeeze in dead center, right behind KaShara and Sarah Gourley when they came to teach a routine to the TCC's

To be continued. Guaranteed.

Edited August 8, 2019 by kevinrm45

[go4luca]

1 hour ago, DCCFanInKy said:

Thanks.  I was thinking she had after I posted but not coming up with any posts.

No prob and happy to help.  I searched the forum for "alternate" and looked at Shelly's newer posts since I'd remembered her posting about it recently. 

[Bigfan123]

When will the team be announced in the newspaper? Pre season is coming up, do DCC perform at pre season games?  Can you tell me what week this is in TC? It goes for ten weeks, right? I am dying to know who the last 3 cuts are. 

[Holly85]

16 minutes ago, Bigfan123 said:

When will the team be announced in the newspaper? Pre season is coming up, do DCC perform at pre season games?  Can you tell me what week this is in TC? It goes for ten weeks, right? I am dying to know who the last 3 cuts are. 

The only preform at the pre season home games !!! And I’m not sure what week they are in bc they have had rookie week and such so not quit sure 

[JerseyGirl]

1 hour ago, kevinrm45 said:

The Case Against VK - 2018 edition:

• Could not hold her turns during Finals
• Gained 11lbs since auditions (which were still obvious on the night she was cut)
• Disrespected a member of DCC staff (who was also a well-respected 5 year veteran of the squad and current (now former) All-Star)
• and then only apologizes to Jinelle as an afterthought
• Had low kicks
• Missed the leg lift
• Had many other corrections from Kelli, Judy, KaShara to name a few
• stumbled through the Media Day training #therearenowords
• during the scene with the 4 group leaders, the only sticker she had was from Kitty (not Judy, Kelli, Melissa or Nick Flores)
• Kelli cuts Tara for not "giving them her A game" and being "in a slump"...
• ...while not cutting Jenna and Holly for legitimately breaking the rules in 2017
• Had no problem cutting another DCC Legacy four weeks earlier for fewer reasons
• Had much more going against her when others simply had memory mistakes or were blending
• and when she is finally cut, the reasons are "comprehensive"
  
  ...but was not cut until 1 week before the first game and was not in any way a shoo-in even though she was the daughter of Kelli's best friend since 1984. Gotcha.

2019

• GIF used for the 13th season being on CMT.com promo
• Thumbnail/GIF for "The season premiere starts right now..." promo
• Thumbnail for episode 1 on CMT.com
• Thumbnail for episode 2 promo on Twitter
• At least three appearances as a thumbnail/photo on the official MTT Instagram page. (1 | 2 | 3)
• Loses her balance and falls out of bounds, landing on an innocent pom-pom

To be continued. Guaranteed.

Last year, Victoria’s boot flew off her foot in the kick line. 

They showed her sitting on the grass in the kick line putting her boot back on and all you heard was Judy say something like “You need a smaller boot!”

[Bellisima08]

21 hours ago, scorpio1031 said:

We've heard that VK is a studio hopper - once someone tries to critique her, off she goes.  Has that included what happens when she doesn't stay in her space?  What I don't understand is why it is so hard to for her to understand that not only could she injure someone else, but she herself could get injured.  She could have very easily slid on that pom, twisted her knee or her ankle, and that would have been it for this year.

I can say right now that if news were to come out that VK injured herself or someone else while dancing I wouldn't be surprised. She could have easily hurt someone at the audition when she fell out of her turn. If the chairs had been a little closer to the dance floor she could have hit one of them and whoever was sitting in it. If she'd fallen in the other direction to her left, she could have hit the girl who was dancing next to her. She's so concerned with being bold in her dance moves she doesn't consider the possibility that she'll take someone else out. Of course maybe that's her master plan.

[BBK]

On 8/3/2019 at 8:51 AM, M1977G said:

Keep checking iTunes to see if episode 1 is up yet (of course, it's not), but the banner at the top of the Reality TV section says that the entire season of season 13 is free right now. So, if anyone wants to own season 13 who doesn't already, this is your chance! 

Doh! That’s what I get for procrastinating...I kept putting off getting S13 on iTunes (‘I’ll do it first thing Monday,’ he said...) & now it’s no longer free...

Blah! Oh well...

[Bellisima08]

14 hours ago, DCC-UK said:

If I remember, Brennan has no red sticker which means Travis Wall isn't a fan. He wasn't keen on her last year, was he?

God if Travis Wall is going to fawn over VK (a girl who is coasting through training camp on the strength of her mother's friendship with Kelli) & discount Brennan (who got into training camp multiple times on her own merits/talent, took the lessons from each attempt & came back better & did it all with a great attitude), then he has undermined himself & his objectivity as a judge & I consider his opinion tainted!

[scorpio1031]

2 hours ago, kevinrm45 said:

2019

Did I miss where you listed appearances in videos?  How about her being shown on Charlotte's IG account when she had pics from finals - all vets and of course, one of VK?  Ridiculous isn't it?  Should show different girls who are trying out.

2 hours ago, Lona said:

BINGO! When the first season squad posting was made I had no idea who Amber was, and the show didn't help either in that department.  Throughout most of the season, I actually still didn't know who she was. But then I realized that maybe I was focusing too much on what I saw on the show, and not taking into account what was happening on the field.

At the end of the day, I'm slowly learning not to take too much from what I see on TV in terms of dancing ability.

The only thing that helps me is to go back and re-watch.  By then I know who the girls are.  I do that now with the older seasons, and I watch the gals who weren't featured, and I see why they were cut or why they weren't.

[PhillyFan]

5 hours ago, Kayce said:

Well I guess I offended MR 😛 when I left a response on the "who's your fave auditioner" post on IG from DCC MTT saying she, as a judge, was my least favorite thing. #sorrynotsorry

I’m confused; why would you say that to someone?

1 minute ago, PhillyFan said:

I’m confused; why would you say that to someone?

Oh I see it wasn’t directly to her

Edited August 7, 2019 by PhillyFan

[EricaShadows]

10 hours ago, NotthebadVictoria said:

Don’t forget in season 13 Ep 1 Kelli said the legacies were held to a higher standard/judged harder (don’t remember the exact wording but it was something along those lines). So if that’s the case the heavier girls and the ones who “do shit they can’t do” should have all made TC.

The only legacies who are held to a higher standard are the ones whose names aren't Victoria Kalina.  If she was held to as high a standard as Dayton and Madeline S., then Victoria wouldn't have made Finals OR Training Camp last year nor would she have gotten as far as she did in Training Camp.  In fact, it could be said that Kelli LOWERED the standards just to get Victoria onto the squad, but then again, Kelli got offended when she thought "the fans" were telling her who to put on the squad and who should get cut.  Methinks she probably got some sort of communique (either letter or email) from someone giving her an earful about all of Victoria's shortcomings and why she shouldn't be on the squad and Kelli didn't want to read/hear it.

[scorpio1031]

1 minute ago, PhillyFan said:

I’m confused; why would you say that to someone on their personal page?

It was on the DCC MTT page.  And all Melissa said was sorry.  I'm sure she has learned by now to roll with the punches.  She's had some pretty good comebacks on her personal page:)

2 minutes ago, EricaShadows said:

Kelli got offended when she thought "the fans" were telling her who to put on the squad and who should get cut

Doesn't that mean that the fans have been paying attention since 2005 (the two hour special) and know the standards and expectations of being a DCC?  Have we not watched year after year and seen girls cut for less?  Like they said upthread, it's the hypocrisy of it all.

[lkxydhfinl ghsdv]

4 hours ago, LincolnCentMe said:

Kelli too has a RBF. 

So do I!

[LynneH]

4 minutes ago, Tootie said:

So do I!

me too.  Unfortunately, in my case it got worse as I aged.