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Speaker 1: You're listening to Jojasua Now with me Jojo Siua and

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Speaker 1: iHeartRadio podcast. Oh, welcome back to Jojasan Now. I am

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Speaker 1: still at my apartment in Atlanta. I'm still here, still

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Speaker 1: buckled down, still film and so you think you can dance,

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Speaker 1: And let me just say, it has been amazing. We

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Speaker 1: are we are about halfway through right now. We are

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Speaker 1: on week four. This is week four, and we got

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Speaker 1: halfway a little bit over halfway, and it's it's been amazing.

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Speaker 1: But what's interesting is being on this side of an

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Speaker 1: elimination show. So I my whole life I started actually

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Speaker 1: on an elimination show TV show, Abbey's Ultimate Dance Competition,

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Speaker 1: and then, you know, after that show, I was like,

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Speaker 1: I'm never gonna do an elimination show again. It's way

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Speaker 1: too stressful. And since then I have been a part

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Speaker 1: of so many elimination TV shows and it's all they've

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Speaker 1: They've all been somehow my favorite, except for Dance Moms,

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Speaker 1: that was not an elimination TV show. Havis also been

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Speaker 1: dance a Competition, Mass Singer, Dancing with the Stars, Special Forces.

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Speaker 1: All of these TV shows have been such a massive

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Speaker 1: part of not only my career, but such a massive

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Speaker 1: part of who I am, and they've really shaped me

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Speaker 1: to be the person that I am. But the funny

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Speaker 1: thing is with me and elimination shows, I have never won.

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Speaker 1: I have never made it to the end. I okay,

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Speaker 1: that's a lie, because Dancing and the Stars are made

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Speaker 1: it to the end. But he did not win. I

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Speaker 1: somehow always get eliminated. So today I'm gonna go through

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Speaker 1: talk about all the elimination shows I've been a part

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Speaker 1: of and talk about the eliminations of those shows. But

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Speaker 1: then also on the flip side, talk a little bit

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Speaker 1: about See You as Dance Pop Revolution, which is where

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Speaker 1: was on the other side of the elimination process. I

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Speaker 1: was the one who was doing the Eliminate teing. I

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Speaker 1: was not the Eliminate tour and then America's Got Talent,

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Speaker 1: where on that side of things, I was more of

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Speaker 1: my girl group's mentor and the choreographer and their creative

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Speaker 1: director versus me actually being the one competing. So kind

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Speaker 1: of living vicariously through them was a very interesting process.

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Speaker 1: And now most recently So You Think you Can Dance.

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Speaker 1: I was a judge last season on So You Think

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Speaker 1: which has been so wonderful, And I'm currently in the

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Speaker 1: process of the judging right now. We are getting close

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Speaker 1: to the finale and so it's very very hot, fresh

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Speaker 1: We are going to Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition AUDC for short.

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Speaker 1: Season one, I watched the show, I was not a

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Speaker 1: part of the show, and then season two I got

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Speaker 1: season one. So basically the premise of the show is

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Speaker 1: twelve ten to twelve dancers from all over the country

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Speaker 1: quite literally, Abby lea her Ultimate Dance Competition, and every

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Speaker 1: week we had a group dance challenge and then you

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Speaker 1: either a solo, a duo, or a trio. We added

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Speaker 1: because they were pretty lit. I'm not gonna lie because

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Speaker 1: I didn't know what I was getting myself into. But

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Speaker 1: I was very, very young, and so I was very naive.

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Speaker 1: I didn't know what it meant to go to Crafty.

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Speaker 1: What's crafty? Crafty is where like all the food is,

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Speaker 1: Like there was just so much that I didn't know

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Speaker 1: very clear. I did not have an easy journey on

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Speaker 1: But then also you know, dance wise as well, I

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Speaker 1: definitely not one of the better dancers, and it definitely

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Speaker 1: not an easy ride. There was a lot of weeks

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Speaker 1: I can remember all these Okay, Week one, I did

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Speaker 1: Week three, I did a dance called Hades and the

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Speaker 1: And then the next week we did this. It was

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Speaker 1: when we did Newsies, I think, and I was awful.

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Speaker 1: I was so bad. I was so bad during Newsy.

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Speaker 1: It's definitely thought I was going home, even Abby, because

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Speaker 1: she she was like, go back over there with your mother.

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Speaker 1: We'll see you next week. And I was like that

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Speaker 1: What that me thinking I'm going home? And she goes,

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Speaker 1: tricking me. Uh. Then the next week was my Rapunzel Dance. Nailed.

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Speaker 1: Diva Week. Somehow the Diva of the show went home

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Speaker 1: for eleven years, which is just crazy. But he's the

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Speaker 1: So eliminations on ADC no joke, because it was not

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Speaker 1: will cry thinking about it if I think about it

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00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:45,760
Speaker 1: too much, So I'm gonna get through this quick. But

427
00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,879
Speaker 1: it's basically me doing my like post show interview, and

428
00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:50,879
Speaker 1: then they bring in my mask. They bring in the

429
00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,119
Speaker 1: t rex head behind me, and they're like, do you

430
00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:54,919
Speaker 1: want to say goodbye to anybody? And I was like,

431
00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,359
Speaker 1: yeah to all the crew, but a little of everyone,

432
00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:59,360
Speaker 1: and they're like, but what about the thing behind you?

433
00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,399
Speaker 1: And I just started sobbing. I was like, why should

434
00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:05,439
Speaker 1: do that to me? Thoughts, I will cry if I

435
00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,800
Speaker 1: watch it. It's sometimes for jobs, I need to cry

436
00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,480
Speaker 1: on command and I definitely watch that clip. I need

437
00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,480
Speaker 1: how I need to crown Command. Anyways, Okay, I gotta

438
00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,359
Speaker 1: change the subject because I don't want to cry right now.

439
00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:20,280
Speaker 1: She was Dance Pop Revolution. So this was the first

440
00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:22,119
Speaker 1: time that I was going to be on the other

441
00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,720
Speaker 1: side of elimination show, so I was gonna be the

442
00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:29,760
Speaker 1: one actually making the decisions. So the thing with se

443
00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,640
Speaker 1: was dance Poper revolution Is. We searched high and low,

444
00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,960
Speaker 1: thousands of submissions from all over the country. I think

445
00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,960
Speaker 1: we even had a few internationals because I remember some

446
00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:41,160
Speaker 1: UK and in Australia. But anyways, we had a bunch

447
00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,680
Speaker 1: of submissions. We were looking to start a girl group,

448
00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:46,080
Speaker 1: and so many submissions, and then we narrowed it down

449
00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,240
Speaker 1: to twenty two that we did a twenty two person

450
00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:53,240
Speaker 1: in person audition, and then we did a Oh man,

451
00:22:53,280 --> 00:23:00,480
Speaker 1: did we start with? I think we started with eleven, twelve, twelve, eleven, eleven, twelve, twelve, eleven,

452
00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:02,720
Speaker 1: let me okay, hold on, let's do some math. Okay.

453
00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:19,880
Speaker 1: There was Brooklyn, Dallas, tiny T, there was uh Kaya Leah, Bella, Kinley, Tatum, Layle, Sadie, Emily.

454
00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:24,280
Speaker 1: I don't think I'm missing any am I missing anyone.

455
00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:30,400
Speaker 1: I don't think so, Layle, Sadie, Emily Tatum, Leah, Brooklyn,

456
00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:37,120
Speaker 1: Kaya Bella, Kinley, tiny T, Dallas, eleven. There was eleven.

457
00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,840
Speaker 1: I remember all of them. I remember everybody so seriously.

458
00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,880
Speaker 1: As Puper Revolution, we started with eleven, and truly, when

459
00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:46,040
Speaker 1: we started the show, we didn't actually know how many

460
00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:48,159
Speaker 1: members we wanted in the girl group. We loved the

461
00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,840
Speaker 1: number of four. We liked the number of five, We

462
00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,439
Speaker 1: like the number of seven, we like the number of six.

463
00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,080
Speaker 1: We kind of we kind of liked all of the numbers,

464
00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:58,760
Speaker 1: and it was it was kind of a fun, fun,

465
00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:03,000
Speaker 1: fun experience. I being on the other side of it

466
00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:05,480
Speaker 1: and getting to so I did all the choreography on

467
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,920
Speaker 1: that show, but then also you know, getting to work

468
00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,440
Speaker 1: with the kids and seeing them in rehearsals and seeing

469
00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:15,199
Speaker 1: their work ethic and seeing their ability to see if

470
00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:17,919
Speaker 1: they enjoy it or if you know, their mom is

471
00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,720
Speaker 1: forcing them to be there, because that is that's a

472
00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,680
Speaker 1: very common thing, especially in the dance world that you see,

473
00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:26,800
Speaker 1: and so I was very cautious about that. And we

474
00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:30,080
Speaker 1: started off to see his dance pop with just dancing,

475
00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,479
Speaker 1: and then we added the singing element in and it

476
00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:35,960
Speaker 1: was really fun. It was me, my mom and Luke,

477
00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:38,600
Speaker 1: and Luke's kind of the vocal side. I was kind

478
00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:39,960
Speaker 1: of the dance side, and my mom was kind of

479
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,240
Speaker 1: like the like captain of it all. And that show.

480
00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,040
Speaker 1: That show was a blast. Getting into the choreography was

481
00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,199
Speaker 1: so fun. The kids and I always had fun and rehearsals,

482
00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,320
Speaker 1: of course, it was a lot of hard work. There

483
00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,119
Speaker 1: was a lot of days where I showed up to

484
00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,720
Speaker 1: the studio very very early. I was still young on

485
00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,040
Speaker 1: this show as while I was I was eighteen, and

486
00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,480
Speaker 1: this was right after I had come out, So I

487
00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:05,360
Speaker 1: came out when I was like seventeen. Then I went

488
00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:07,040
Speaker 1: to film the J Team, and then as soon as

489
00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:09,159
Speaker 1: I came home from the J Team, it was my

490
00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,119
Speaker 1: eighteenth birthday, and then like the next day we started

491
00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:15,800
Speaker 1: filming s she was Dance Pop Revolution. And so there

492
00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,399
Speaker 1: was a lot of days though where I would show

493
00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:21,960
Speaker 1: up at six in the morning and I wouldn't leave

494
00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,520
Speaker 1: until eleven pm at night and do it all again

495
00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:27,640
Speaker 1: the next day. And that was just because I would

496
00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:30,199
Speaker 1: need to get into the studio to prep choreography before

497
00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:33,320
Speaker 1: the kids would come, and then after the kids would leave,

498
00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,199
Speaker 1: there would be like my obligations that I would have

499
00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:37,600
Speaker 1: to do, you know what I mean, for me and

500
00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,320
Speaker 1: for my career, and so it was a lot. And

501
00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:42,880
Speaker 1: then of course, you know, when working with kids in Hollywood,

502
00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:44,720
Speaker 1: there's a lot of child labor laws that you have

503
00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:46,960
Speaker 1: to follow that I know like the back of my

504
00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:50,240
Speaker 1: hand because growing up with them, I know them very

505
00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:53,600
Speaker 1: very very well, and I knew that the day that

506
00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,240
Speaker 1: they switched for me, cause there it's based off your age,

507
00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,879
Speaker 1: and so I remember being a teenager. I think I

508
00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:01,760
Speaker 1: was maybe twelve, and my hours switched because you can

509
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,040
Speaker 1: go from working a seven and a half hour day

510
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:05,159
Speaker 1: to a nine and a half hour day or an

511
00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:06,520
Speaker 1: eight and half to nine and a half. I don't remember.

512
00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:08,520
Speaker 1: It was a little bit long ago that change happened

513
00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,400
Speaker 1: for me, but I remember when that happened. And anyways,

514
00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:13,520
Speaker 1: child laws I know like the back of my hand.

515
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,359
Speaker 1: And so of course with the kids on set, you know,

516
00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,359
Speaker 1: you get a few hours of rehearsal and then they

517
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:18,639
Speaker 1: got to take a break, and then you get a

518
00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:20,199
Speaker 1: few hours again and they gotta take a break, and

519
00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:23,600
Speaker 1: then uh during dance pop. I believe, I believe we

520
00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:26,920
Speaker 1: didn't start in the summertime, but then like mid season,

521
00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:29,760
Speaker 1: it ended up being summertime. So when it's school time

522
00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:31,720
Speaker 1: on set, you know, the kids do three hours of

523
00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:35,080
Speaker 1: school with a set teacher, and that's off camera. That

524
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,600
Speaker 1: is just to make sure that the kids are getting

525
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:41,280
Speaker 1: their required school in and then most of them could

526
00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:43,760
Speaker 1: work based on their age, most of them could work

527
00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:45,240
Speaker 1: an eight and a half hour day. But we did

528
00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:47,960
Speaker 1: have one that could only work a six and a

529
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,359
Speaker 1: half hour day, and that was okay. I mean, you

530
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:51,760
Speaker 1: just gotta you just gotta do what you gotta do,

531
00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:55,359
Speaker 1: and you don't want to overwork, of course, but to

532
00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:58,560
Speaker 1: get a dance on stage in three days with barely

533
00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:01,560
Speaker 1: any time was all ready hard, and then now you're

534
00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,600
Speaker 1: putting a super super time restraint on it. It was.

535
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,920
Speaker 1: It was always tricky, and every week brought its new

536
00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,760
Speaker 1: juggles of challenges. I remember the uh it was like

537
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:14,159
Speaker 1: the second to last week, I had less time than normal.

538
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,800
Speaker 1: I had two days instead of three days, and I

539
00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:20,520
Speaker 1: had to do eight numbers. And I was like, oh, oh,

540
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,240
Speaker 1: this is cute. We're doing eight numbers. Got it eight

541
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:27,160
Speaker 1: numbers in two days. And at this point, I mean, yes,

542
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:29,760
Speaker 1: we were probably six weeks into the show, but like

543
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,800
Speaker 1: six weeks is still it's still a new group of kids.

544
00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:34,760
Speaker 1: They don't really know each other that well yet. Their

545
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,479
Speaker 1: dynamic is still new. My dynamic with them is still new.

546
00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:41,119
Speaker 1: We're all still getting to know each other. And it's, uh,

547
00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:44,000
Speaker 1: that was I'll never forget learning those eight dances. That

548
00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:46,000
Speaker 1: was that was normally, that was normally, But we got

549
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,000
Speaker 1: it done. The kids got it on stage. The kids.

550
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:51,760
Speaker 1: It was so special about seas Dance Proper Revolution is

551
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:55,920
Speaker 1: the kids always pulled it off. It was always chaos,

552
00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:59,480
Speaker 1: their mamas were always chaos, but uh, they always pulled

553
00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:03,359
Speaker 1: it off. And I am so proud of all eleven

554
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:07,440
Speaker 1: kids that stepped foot on Sea's Dance Pop Revolution. They

555
00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,159
Speaker 1: all are so special. They all, whether they made it

556
00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,119
Speaker 1: into the group or not, are off doing amazing things.

557
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:16,040
Speaker 1: I love following along on their journeys. I love watching

558
00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,440
Speaker 1: as an outsider getting to be the tiniest little piece

559
00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:21,240
Speaker 1: of their story. Even the kids currently that are in

560
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,080
Speaker 1: xom J pop like just getting to be a little

561
00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:25,439
Speaker 1: piece of their story and to help them and to

562
00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:29,159
Speaker 1: grow them. It's it's just it's been a really cool,

563
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:33,879
Speaker 1: fulfilling feeling. And now to talk about the eliminations on

564
00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:37,359
Speaker 1: that show, that was always so hard getting into the

565
00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:41,360
Speaker 1: elimination process. You know, me, my mom, it was always

566
00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:43,800
Speaker 1: our final say. But of course, you know producers, and

567
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:45,840
Speaker 1: we were producers on the show, and so we were

568
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:49,400
Speaker 1: looking at things from all different angles. But it was

569
00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:51,800
Speaker 1: always really hard because I was always coming from a

570
00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:55,239
Speaker 1: perspective of I've been the kid, I know what they

571
00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:57,880
Speaker 1: were going through I know how much they enjoyed rehearsals.

572
00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:01,320
Speaker 1: I know how much they enjoyed, you know, lunch break

573
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,360
Speaker 1: in school together, and so I knew that that's what

574
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:04,880
Speaker 1: they were sad to lose. I remember there was this

575
00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,400
Speaker 1: one week when Bella went home and I talked to

576
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,200
Speaker 1: Bella after and I said, I know how you're feeling

577
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:13,240
Speaker 1: right now. I said, you're you're you're you're not sad

578
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:17,240
Speaker 1: about losing this, You're sad about losing the fun. And

579
00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:19,720
Speaker 1: and we had a really really good talk and I

580
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:21,760
Speaker 1: was like, I can relate, like I know where you're

581
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:23,440
Speaker 1: coming from. I was like, but I promise you, like

582
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:27,280
Speaker 1: this is just a little piece of your journey. And

583
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:31,000
Speaker 1: so the eliminations on that show were always just so

584
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,640
Speaker 1: so tough. But the Mella ended up coming back, which

585
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,120
Speaker 1: was which was pretty cool. That was pretty fun. Uh.

586
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,440
Speaker 1: And then yeah, the the kiddos from the show made

587
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,720
Speaker 1: into the group, and now we have this awesome little

588
00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:44,640
Speaker 1: girl group XOMG Pop. They're so cool, so fun. They're

589
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:48,440
Speaker 1: going on tour this summer. They got the coolest little songs.

590
00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:52,280
Speaker 1: It as hard as it was dealing with eliminations, it

591
00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:54,680
Speaker 1: was worth it for the group. That we ended up with.

592
00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,040
Speaker 1: They're all superstars and like I said before, just getting

593
00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:00,080
Speaker 1: to be a little teeny part of their journey. It

594
00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:04,320
Speaker 1: has just been great. But yeah, being on the other

595
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:15,920
Speaker 1: side for the first time was definitely definitely strange. Now,

596
00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:19,760
Speaker 1: the one that I'm probably see it's between Dancing with

597
00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:21,920
Speaker 1: the Stars and Special Forces, which one I'm most excited

598
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,480
Speaker 1: to talk about. But let's do Dancing with the Stars.

599
00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:26,440
Speaker 1: Because I got the call to be on Dancing with

600
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:28,720
Speaker 1: the Stars while I was actually a sea was Dance

601
00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:32,920
Speaker 1: Pop Revolution, and literally the scheduling just worked out. Dance

602
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,960
Speaker 1: Pop ended two days later Dancing with the Stars started.

603
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:41,600
Speaker 1: So my, my twenty twenty one was absolutely nuts. I

604
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,240
Speaker 1: literally went from the j teen filming to Dance Pop

605
00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:47,040
Speaker 1: to Dancing with the Stars straight into Dream the Tour rehearsals,

606
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,880
Speaker 1: straight on Dream the Tour Quarter one of twenty twenty two,

607
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,160
Speaker 1: straight into So You Think You Can Dance Quarter two

608
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,880
Speaker 1: of twenty twenty two. Like it was a nuts run

609
00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,480
Speaker 1: back to back, but it's so worth it. Anyways, got

610
00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:01,120
Speaker 1: the call to Dancing with the Stars, and initially this

611
00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,880
Speaker 1: was a few months after I came out and the

612
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:06,640
Speaker 1: producer called and she said, hi, we have a great

613
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,400
Speaker 1: relationship with this producer, and she said, I want Joe

614
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,160
Speaker 1: to be part of Stars this season, and we were

615
00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:13,120
Speaker 1: kind of brainstorming and we have a little idea, but

616
00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:15,160
Speaker 1: we don't know if she would be uncomfortable about it,

617
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:16,120
Speaker 1: like we want to talk to you about it, and

618
00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:17,800
Speaker 1: I was like, yeah, I haven't called me like so excited.

619
00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:21,640
Speaker 1: And they pitched the idea of doing a same sex

620
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,920
Speaker 1: couple and doing a same sex partnering and I told

621
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 1: him I was like, honestly, I couldn't see it any

622
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,200
Speaker 1: other way. I was like, I I'd actually probably be

623
00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:31,080
Speaker 1: uncomfortable the other way around. So I was like, this

624
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:34,760
Speaker 1: is perfect, this is great for me. And then that

625
00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:38,000
Speaker 1: became the best weeks of my life. I think what

626
00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:39,640
Speaker 1: I love so much about Dancing with the Stars is

627
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:43,640
Speaker 1: how long it was. But again, it was an elimination show,

628
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,959
Speaker 1: and so the stress going into Dancing with the Stars

629
00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:50,400
Speaker 1: every single week, it was never it was never about

630
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:53,080
Speaker 1: winning the show. It was just about being there till

631
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:56,000
Speaker 1: the end. So I didn't miss out on anything. I

632
00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:57,960
Speaker 1: just and I told Jenna that all the time. I

633
00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:00,160
Speaker 1: was like, it's not I was like, I'm gonna of

634
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 1: course be sad if we don't win, but I'm gonna

635
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 1: be I'm gonna be distraught if we don't make it

636
00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,280
Speaker 1: to the end, because missing out on a week like

637
00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,120
Speaker 1: that's that is what I didn't want. I just wanted

638
00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:12,000
Speaker 1: to keep dancing. I just wanted to keep having fun.

639
00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:13,680
Speaker 1: I just wanted to keep being there with Jen. I

640
00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,920
Speaker 1: just I was like, it was my dream come true.

641
00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,400
Speaker 1: And so we survived eliminations every single week up until

642
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:23,040
Speaker 1: the finale. We're down it's the top two. I made

643
00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:26,000
Speaker 1: it through every week. I was just stoked about that.

644
00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:28,239
Speaker 1: Then I realized, wait, I made it to the end,

645
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,400
Speaker 1: but now I'm sad because it's just over. Instead, I

646
00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:32,480
Speaker 1: realized it's just gonna be over no matter what eventually,

647
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 1: and then I ended up getting second on Dancing with

648
00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:40,400
Speaker 1: the Stars. And honestly, the thing is, I never ever

649
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:44,200
Speaker 1: expected to win Dancing with the Stars, and so I

650
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:47,680
Speaker 1: didn't expect to win at all. But I think a

651
00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,920
Speaker 1: lot of people in the world expected that to happen,

652
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:52,760
Speaker 1: and so it was a little hard seeing the online

653
00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 1: reaction to things because I wasn't really ready for that.

654
00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 1: I was like, wait, I'm just happy that I made

655
00:32:58,040 --> 00:32:59,200
Speaker 1: it to the end. Why are we still mad that

656
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:01,240
Speaker 1: I didn't win? And I was like, I'm not even mad,

657
00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:02,880
Speaker 1: Like I'm chilling. Guys. We made it to the end.

658
00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:04,640
Speaker 1: I'm happy. I'm so happy. It could have been any

659
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:08,080
Speaker 1: other better. But the world, the world had a lot

660
00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,760
Speaker 1: to say about it. But I personally am very happy

661
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:13,200
Speaker 1: for a Mond and Daniella there who won my season

662
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:15,640
Speaker 1: of Dancing with the Stars. They deserved it. A mon

663
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:19,080
Speaker 1: deserved that, Daniella deserved it. They're both incredible people, and

664
00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 1: very very happy for them. Little salty, but very happy

665
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,400
Speaker 1: for them. Uh okay, cut to this one. This one

666
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:31,040
Speaker 1: will be quick. Agt being on the mentor side of things.

667
00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:35,040
Speaker 1: So my girl group in early twenty twenty three, late

668
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:38,360
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, maybe late twenty twenty two, I don't know.

669
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 1: I think it was late twenty twenty two, they were

670
00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:46,040
Speaker 1: on America's Got Talent. That was so fun. Honestly, it

671
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:49,560
Speaker 1: was just so chill. It was. They did two episodes.

672
00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:51,960
Speaker 1: It was so great. It was two weeks, but a

673
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,600
Speaker 1: lot more prep went into it than just two weeks.

674
00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:56,880
Speaker 1: We only we weren't winning. We were just there for

675
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,920
Speaker 1: a good time, Like we knew we had no shot. Basically,

676
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,240
Speaker 1: I mean, of course me, like I let me have

677
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:04,080
Speaker 1: my mom goggles on with the girl group, Like of course,

678
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:05,560
Speaker 1: I thought a little bit they were gonna win, and

679
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,160
Speaker 1: like their moms thought a little bit they were gonna win,

680
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:08,640
Speaker 1: and my mom thought a little bit they were gonna win.

681
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:11,440
Speaker 1: But like deep down we all were like, Okay, it's

682
00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 1: not happening, but like let's just have fun, and that's

683
00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:17,640
Speaker 1: what we did. Like it was honestly best time, no stress.

684
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:20,080
Speaker 1: It was just when the kids got eliminated. They were like,

685
00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:21,960
Speaker 1: can we gritty off stage if we get eliminated? And

686
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,680
Speaker 1: I was like sure, like just have fun, it don't matter.

687
00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:28,720
Speaker 1: And so that was a really good time. And now

688
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:33,759
Speaker 1: I get to talk about special Forces. This was this

689
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,760
Speaker 1: was an elimination show, but it was a by choice

690
00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:40,919
Speaker 1: elimination show, and I honestly thought about walking away from

691
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,800
Speaker 1: it all the time. Come day day one, I was

692
00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:45,400
Speaker 1: fin Day two, I was a fine, Day three I

693
00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,719
Speaker 1: was finday four, and day five six and seven, I

694
00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:50,560
Speaker 1: was like, all right, I could be done. I could tap,

695
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:52,440
Speaker 1: I could be I could I could I could be

696
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:56,399
Speaker 1: good now I could be satisfied. But it genuinely was

697
00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:59,920
Speaker 1: that fear of missing out that just kept me going.

698
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,240
Speaker 1: I was like, but wait, if I would have tapped yesterday,

699
00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 1: I would have missed out on this today, And as

700
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:08,200
Speaker 1: hard and tortuous as it was, I wouldn't have wanted

701
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:11,319
Speaker 1: to miss out on it. And so I at the

702
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,920
Speaker 1: very very last minute, I mean, there was four hours

703
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,200
Speaker 1: left on the clock, and I decided that it was

704
00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:20,920
Speaker 1: my time to shine, decided that I wanted to tap out,

705
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:22,759
Speaker 1: wanted to quit. I made it to the last day.

706
00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:25,080
Speaker 1: We were close enough to the end, and I just

707
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 1: I had a whole personal epiphany. I wanted to start

708
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:30,400
Speaker 1: living my life more. And I was like, you know

709
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:31,879
Speaker 1: what if I'm gonna start doing that, I'm gonna start

710
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:35,000
Speaker 1: doing it right here, right now, and I am going

711
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:39,040
Speaker 1: to leave and see him. I'm gonna quit. And now

712
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:43,760
Speaker 1: after that, I I do. In the beginning, I didn't

713
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:46,960
Speaker 1: have any regret when tapping out of the show for

714
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:52,160
Speaker 1: the first few few months. Honestly, it wasn't until recently,

715
00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:55,440
Speaker 1: maybe a few months ago, maybe like two or three

716
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:57,120
Speaker 1: months ago, where I was like, shit, I wish I

717
00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:59,239
Speaker 1: would have just finished, Like I was right there, Why

718
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,480
Speaker 1: I have to have the epiphany, like you could have

719
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:03,359
Speaker 1: started living your life in four hours you could have help,

720
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:05,040
Speaker 1: you could have you could have literally done that in

721
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:06,960
Speaker 1: four hours. Why did you feel the need to do

722
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,760
Speaker 1: it right then and there? But I mean it doesn't

723
00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:11,400
Speaker 1: make sense. I do know why I did. But I

724
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:14,960
Speaker 1: think again, I've just grown so much even just since

725
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:18,319
Speaker 1: then and sense that elimination process and uh, since I

726
00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:22,000
Speaker 1: left the show, since I left for a selection. Uh,

727
00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:24,880
Speaker 1: And so for me, I definitely have regret. I definitely,

728
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,680
Speaker 1: especially after watching the finale of the show and how

729
00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:29,759
Speaker 1: it ended. I wish I would have gone through that

730
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:34,120
Speaker 1: with the boys, Nick and Tyler and uh Aaron as well.

731
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:38,560
Speaker 1: I think that would have been like really a really interesting,

732
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:42,319
Speaker 1: even further bond than we already have. But I mean,

733
00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:43,960
Speaker 1: I'm so proud of my journey on that show, and

734
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:47,480
Speaker 1: I did walk away for a reason. But at the

735
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:51,920
Speaker 1: same time, the fomo in me is just like I

736
00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:55,799
Speaker 1: wish I would have experienced it so bad, but uh,

737
00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:57,480
Speaker 1: but I did it. I walked away, and it was

738
00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,800
Speaker 1: a good choice. It was for my own personal benefit,

739
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:04,480
Speaker 1: that is what it is. And now I am back

740
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 1: on the other side of the eliminations. I am now

741
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:10,160
Speaker 1: a part of this season of So You Think You

742
00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 1: Can Dance? Season eighteen. I was also a part. I

743
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:15,160
Speaker 1: can talk a little bit more about Season seventeen. I'm

744
00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:18,080
Speaker 1: say you Thinking and Dance, because that has all been aired.

745
00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:22,120
Speaker 1: I got to judge season seventeen with Twitch and Uh

746
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:25,760
Speaker 1: with Lea Remedy, and that was I mean, that season

747
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:29,560
Speaker 1: was so you think you can dance was so so incredible.

748
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 1: The dancers and the talent that we saw in the auditions,

749
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:36,200
Speaker 1: then in the top twenty, and then in the top ten.

750
00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:41,640
Speaker 1: I mean, it was just insane. Actually, I went on

751
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:45,839
Speaker 1: the winner of that show. The day that she won,

752
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:47,759
Speaker 1: I went on stage. We got to talk to them

753
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:49,320
Speaker 1: after and I went on stage and I talked to

754
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 1: her and I said, I have this special, special thing

755
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,600
Speaker 1: that I've been working on, and you are the person

756
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:57,879
Speaker 1: that I need to be in it. And I said,

757
00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:00,440
Speaker 1: I would love to have you as a part of

758
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 1: this project. This was this was in the beginning of

759
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:06,520
Speaker 1: this is like quarter two of twenty twenty two, and

760
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:09,480
Speaker 1: I said, this project is very far away, but we're

761
00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:13,279
Speaker 1: starting it. We're starting it now, and you are the

762
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:16,560
Speaker 1: perfect person. You are exactly who I envisioned to do

763
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:19,959
Speaker 1: this with. And she instantly was like, oh my gosh,

764
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:23,719
Speaker 1: I would love that I would be so down, please like, yes,

765
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:28,200
Speaker 1: count me in. And so her name is Alexis, and

766
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:30,200
Speaker 1: she is who won last season of So You Think

767
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:32,560
Speaker 1: you Can Dance. And I've gone on to hire a

768
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:34,719
Speaker 1: bunch of the cast of season seventeen of So You

769
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:37,400
Speaker 1: Think You Can Dance. But this one special project I

770
00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:42,480
Speaker 1: just had been like saving Alexis for and then cut

771
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,160
Speaker 1: to it. Actually, I'm gonna tell a little bit of

772
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:45,640
Speaker 1: a story because this is a good one. It came

773
00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:48,480
Speaker 1: time for this special project at the very end of

774
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:51,080
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three and I had a big dancer audition

775
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:54,400
Speaker 1: and I don't know why, it didn't even cross my

776
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:57,319
Speaker 1: mind just yet, but I had a girl audition and

777
00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:00,400
Speaker 1: a bunch of girls came and Alexis did come to

778
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,520
Speaker 1: the audition, and I was like, none of these girls

779
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:05,000
Speaker 1: are just like the right vibe, Like it's just not

780
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:07,360
Speaker 1: it's not it's not right. And then we were in

781
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:09,520
Speaker 1: a meeting and my mom asked me. She was like, wait,

782
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:14,040
Speaker 1: what about what about Alexis? And I was like, oh, wait,

783
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:17,200
Speaker 1: you're so right. And then literally that night I checked

784
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:19,399
Speaker 1: my phone and she had texted me being like I

785
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:22,080
Speaker 1: had no idea there was an audition. She's like, because

786
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:24,839
Speaker 1: Alexis is very She's like, she's like my little indie

787
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:28,480
Speaker 1: Vidi Angel. She's she's like five two and the audition

788
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:31,239
Speaker 1: was like five five and taller, and so she was like,

789
00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 1: I didn't get the audition because of the height requirement.

790
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:36,040
Speaker 1: She was like, but if there's anything like she didn't

791
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:38,400
Speaker 1: even know it was for that specific project, but she

792
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:40,239
Speaker 1: was like, if you're ever doing anything, like you know,

793
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:43,400
Speaker 1: I'm down, like count me in. And I was like, no, dude,

794
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 1: it is the project that I told you about a

795
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:48,080
Speaker 1: year and a half ago. I was like, it's finally happening.

796
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:50,120
Speaker 1: And I was like, can you come to the studio

797
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:52,600
Speaker 1: tomorrow night so we can just like dance together and

798
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:56,000
Speaker 1: like see if it's a vibe and long story short,

799
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:57,960
Speaker 1: it was a vibe. You will see that a little

800
00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:01,560
Speaker 1: bit later hopefully. Yeah, it's been a long project in

801
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:04,080
Speaker 1: the works, but that is that's it's the coolest special

802
00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 1: story to me because that is something that came from

803
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:11,320
Speaker 1: so you think you can dance And now this season

804
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:15,200
Speaker 1: I can truly talk about like the judging and being

805
00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:17,960
Speaker 1: on this side of the eliminations because it is happening

806
00:40:18,239 --> 00:40:22,440
Speaker 1: live in real time. I not today, not tomorrow, but

807
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:26,320
Speaker 1: the next day I will be on set doing this again.

808
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:29,160
Speaker 1: I will be we have to send somebody home. And

809
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:32,960
Speaker 1: it's it's so hard because at this point everyone is

810
00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:36,399
Speaker 1: so talented. And I think that's something that I've had

811
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:39,920
Speaker 1: to remember with me personally on elimination shows is once

812
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:42,680
Speaker 1: you get to this point, you're it's it is what

813
00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:44,160
Speaker 1: it is. You know what I mean. You made it

814
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:46,120
Speaker 1: to the end, you made it to you made it

815
00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:47,840
Speaker 1: to the show, you made it to the good stuff,

816
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:50,799
Speaker 1: and now you just have to enjoy the ride. But

817
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:53,759
Speaker 1: it's interesting because I look at these contestants, so you

818
00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:56,880
Speaker 1: think you can dance, and I see nine year old

819
00:40:57,040 --> 00:41:00,040
Speaker 1: me in them. It is their first TV show, so

820
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:04,760
Speaker 1: it is stressful. It's an elimination show. They're learning new dances.

821
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:09,319
Speaker 1: It's it's so hard, and I see that in this

822
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:12,520
Speaker 1: incredible group of dancers that is now competing on Safety

823
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:18,959
Speaker 1: Can Dance Season eighteen. Cast is absolutely unreal. I came

824
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:21,880
Speaker 1: into the show after they had casted, and and so

825
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:26,000
Speaker 1: I just was in a world of the best dancers

826
00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:29,640
Speaker 1: in this country. It is so insane how talented they are.

827
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:34,600
Speaker 1: What they've produced each week is unlike any season ever before.

828
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:37,640
Speaker 1: It's a whole new format this season, and so judging

829
00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:39,919
Speaker 1: criteria is a lot different and it's a lot more

830
00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:44,200
Speaker 1: involved and a lot more serious than just like watch

831
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:46,399
Speaker 1: a dance, give some comments and like call it a day.

832
00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:51,440
Speaker 1: It is very much so a serious, serious, serious process.

833
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:55,799
Speaker 1: And there's massive deliberations. I mean, the first week that

834
00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:58,200
Speaker 1: we filmed So you Think you Can Dance, we deliberated

835
00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:03,359
Speaker 1: for three hours. We were in the judges deliberation room

836
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:07,440
Speaker 1: for three hours just going over everything, what we thought,

837
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:10,160
Speaker 1: what we what we saw, what we didn't see, and

838
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:12,520
Speaker 1: like just going back and forth and back and forth.

839
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:18,480
Speaker 1: Three hours. That is the longest deliberation literally ever. And

840
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:20,759
Speaker 1: uh since then, it's been about an hour and a

841
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:23,960
Speaker 1: half to two hours for each deliberation. But yeah, it's

842
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:26,520
Speaker 1: I think one thing that I've learned being on the

843
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:29,840
Speaker 1: judges side of things is there is no easy answer

844
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:33,040
Speaker 1: on an elimination show. There is no clear answer. There

845
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:36,440
Speaker 1: is no clear this person's going home, this person's staying.

846
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:39,400
Speaker 1: It is it is, There's so much that goes into it,

847
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:42,040
Speaker 1: and it makes me truly reflect back on my past

848
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 1: being like Okay, why did this happen? Why did that happen?

849
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:47,520
Speaker 1: Why Why did I go home that on Mastering? Or

850
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:49,279
Speaker 1: why did I go home that on a UDC? And

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Speaker 1: it's it's about so much, and it's it's so it's

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Speaker 1: so cool to me. I think what's cool to me

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Speaker 1: is the only show that I've ever had in my

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Speaker 1: control was Special Forces. And I still made the choice.

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Speaker 1: I still made the choice to not win. I just

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Speaker 1: can't win an elimination show. Man. One day, one day,

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Speaker 1: I actually I got asked to do an elimination show

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Speaker 1: that was out of the country and it would have

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Speaker 1: crossed over filming with So You Think You Can Dance.

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Speaker 1: I wasn't able to accept the offer, but I'm so

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Speaker 1: excited to do it, and I told my family. I

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Speaker 1: was like, well, it goes for twelve weeks, but all

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Speaker 1: for sure only be there max eleven because we all

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Speaker 1: know I won't win. And so now it's like a

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Speaker 1: running joke in the family that like, I just no

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Speaker 1: matter what, I can't win an elimination show. But I

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Speaker 1: have one at life because I have a good little

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Speaker 1: life and I've got good people around me, and I

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Speaker 1: can't complain. I can't complain. It's just a funny joke,

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Speaker 1: so take it with a grain of salt. Anyways, that

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Speaker 1: was pretty much my debunk on my elimination shows and eliminations,

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Speaker 1: and I feel like that was very therapeutic for me

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Speaker 1: to talk about it. I'm not gonna lie. I am

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Speaker 1: very very happy that I got to get this out.

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Speaker 1: So thank you for listening to my elimination show rant.

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Speaker 1: this podcast is, and it's pretty fun. I've had some

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Speaker 1: fun experiences in life, and I'm having some fun experiences

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Speaker 1: now that I'm living and discovering and figuring out. It's

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Speaker 1: a It's been a good little journey, so be sure

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Speaker 1: to keep listening. I love y'all and I'll see you

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