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Speaker 1: On today's episode with Samantha Jade, who was amazing on
Speaker 1: this year's Dancing with the Stars. I was super excited
Speaker 1: to confirm a debrief session with sam because I absolutely
Speaker 1: loved her. And sometimes it's better to talk to the
Speaker 1: runner up than it is to talk to the winner,
Speaker 1: you know. Kudos to Lisa McCune. However, my guest today
Speaker 1: is very well known for being on X Factor. She's
Speaker 1: been on most reality shows, from Celebrity Apprentice, which I'll
Speaker 1: bring up at some point of the chat, to the
Speaker 1: whole list of other ones.
Speaker 2: I don't know.
Speaker 1: She's probably been in the jungle four times by now.
Speaker 1: But we are here to talk about Dancing with the Stars,
Speaker 1: and boy did she take to this competition like a
Speaker 1: duck to water. Who is going to forget that she
Speaker 1: sung that Christina Aguilira song like absolutely amazing. I will
Speaker 1: talk about how they filmed those two endings and how
Speaker 1: she found out whether she came first or second, plus
Speaker 1: what her reaction was to finding out that Lisa McCune
Speaker 1: had beaten her. You will find out about how the
Speaker 1: idea to actually seeing that Christina Aguilira's song came about.
Speaker 1: And also you'll find out whether or not doing Dancing
Speaker 1: with the Stars is going to level up Samantha Jade's
Speaker 1: ability to do live performances. You know, at the moment
Speaker 1: she does some small amounts of choreography, but I can
Speaker 1: imagine after doing this, you know, we should expect to
Speaker 1: see a little bit more. There's an opportunity to talk
Speaker 1: about the chemistry between the cast, why they connected this
Speaker 1: year so well, who surprised her, and what she really
Speaker 1: thought of Sonya Krueger's jokes this year, which is also
Speaker 1: quite interesting. Oh and I will ask about those judges
Speaker 1: and if the contestants actually take their critiques on board,
Speaker 1: which she's quite fascinating. There is so much to talk
Speaker 1: about with Samantha Jade, So sit back and relax as
Speaker 1: we unpack the wonderful world of Dancing with the Stars
Speaker 1: for twenty twenty five. Know, hey, how are you.
Speaker 3: I'm good, how are you going?
Speaker 1: I'm doing very well? But I can honestly say that
Speaker 1: I am so shocked the Channel seven didn't just call
Speaker 1: that a tie and get on with the day.
Speaker 3: To be honest, like, I just getting to the final
Speaker 3: was enough for me, you know, like it was such
Speaker 3: an amazing experience. And to be standing up there next
Speaker 3: to Lisa McCune, Like, what in what world do you
Speaker 3: lose to Lisa?
Speaker 2: That's very cool.
Speaker 1: I think that I read somewhere that like it was
Speaker 1: very competitive between the two of you, and I can't
Speaker 1: imagine that you two have ever even had a fight
Speaker 1: with anybody in your entire life. So was there any
Speaker 1: competitive spirit behind the scenes between the two of you?
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, not at all. Like that's probably the
Speaker 3: furthest thing from the truth that I've ever heard. She
Speaker 3: and I she was on my big sister on the show,
Speaker 3: her and Nikki, Like we.
Speaker 2: All got along.
Speaker 3: That's what was so nice about this experience. It really
Speaker 3: was like Lisa, we just did the morning show together,
Speaker 3: and she said it felt like a musical, you know,
Speaker 3: where everybody becomes very close and becomes friends and it
Speaker 3: becomes like a showcast. And it really was that feeling
Speaker 3: where everyone was just kind of driving each other to
Speaker 3: do better.
Speaker 1: Which is amazing. I think, you know, because you've done
Speaker 1: other reality shows before. And it's interesting because you know,
Speaker 1: we've been on this journey with you right from sort
Speaker 1: of X Factor days, and we've seen you do the
Speaker 1: shows that I can imagine at this point, you kind
Speaker 1: of get asked to do these shows and you wonder
Speaker 1: whether or not there's conflict, or there's drama that's there,
Speaker 1: or what you're signing yourself up here, And so when
Speaker 1: you say yes to doing something like Dancing with the Stars,
Speaker 1: which by nature is competitive, it's probably the last place
Speaker 1: that you think you're going to go to find everyone
Speaker 1: being very pg and play school.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and it really is that, because you're right, I
Speaker 3: have done other shows that it hasn't been like that.
Speaker 3: So yeah, it was so lovely. It was a really
Speaker 3: really good strength and.
Speaker 2: Everybody was really just there, I.
Speaker 3: Think to compete with themselves. I really felt that I
Speaker 3: think everyone wanted to just better themselves every week. And
Speaker 3: we've also got to be great for our dance partners,
Speaker 3: like we're stepping into their world, which is what they do,
Speaker 3: and we want to make sure that we do our best,
Speaker 3: you know for them, I mean the amount of hours
Speaker 3: they put into teaching us and you know, making sure
Speaker 3: that we feel and look good. It really is, you know,
Speaker 3: in testament to them, and also we just want to
Speaker 3: feel like we're we're doing our best for them.
Speaker 1: And I think you definitely did sort of slip into that.
Speaker 1: I'm trying to think though, there was one show where
Speaker 1: I remember watching you and maybe it's Celebrity Apprentice, but
Speaker 1: off the top of my head, I'm really free balling,
Speaker 1: which is bad for my way, yes, bad for my
Speaker 1: research team aka myself. And I just remember watching you
Speaker 1: when my television once where it was like you just
Speaker 1: were like looked almost at the camera to be like,
Speaker 1: why the hell am I here? Is that Celebrity Apprentice?
Speaker 3: It would have been Celebrity Apprentice, I'm sure, yeah. I
Speaker 3: mean just such a different show, completely different show, completely
Speaker 3: different energy, and you know, completely different goals at the
Speaker 3: end of the day.
Speaker 1: Absolutely. I mean, I think some of these shows that
Speaker 1: have gone now that we're sort of more about conflict
Speaker 1: have gone for that reason. I think we by nature
Speaker 1: here in Australia, the people that are still loving Free
Speaker 1: to Wear and that are turning up they want to
Speaker 1: have some escapism from their day and see something more fun.
Speaker 1: I don't think that they want absolutely the gotcha moment.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I think so too. Well. I just think,
Speaker 3: you know, that kind of gets old, like, you know,
Speaker 3: the kind of flick satan being and the you know,
Speaker 3: people being mean to each other and on purpose. It's
Speaker 3: just like, you know, there's enough going on in the world.
Speaker 3: There's enough hardships out there, people are going through enough.
Speaker 3: You know, let's watch something light. It's something fun and
Speaker 3: cheer people on.
Speaker 1: There was also some reports about there being sort of
Speaker 1: a couple of endings filmed, because you know, they shot
Speaker 1: the show a little while ago. When do you find
Speaker 1: out if they shoot multiple endings? When did they tell
Speaker 1: you the Seven Rings? Were you watching it on TV
Speaker 1: last night?
Speaker 3: I watched it live with everybody else. Oh yes, yes, yes, yes,
Speaker 3: so you know.
Speaker 2: I mean you watch it live with everyone.
Speaker 3: There's something nice about that, you know, you don't I
Speaker 3: really didn't know, and you just hope for the best, obviously,
Speaker 3: But yeah, I was nervous all days. There these weird
Speaker 3: little butterflies in my stomach. It was so funny. And
Speaker 3: then yeah, I just watched it live and I really
Speaker 3: didn't know which way it was going to go. I
Speaker 3: really didn't.
Speaker 1: But thanks good television as well. But I'm curious. Yes, Eve,
Speaker 1: it was me, and you know, maybe we're very different people.
Speaker 1: I don't know whether I would just smack the TV
Speaker 1: and have a tequila shot and go to and then
Speaker 1: just go to bed and turn off all the lines.
Speaker 1: I don't know, what does it look like. What does
Speaker 1: it look like for Samantha Jade when you find out
Speaker 1: that you didn't win, that you've come second.
Speaker 2: Oh my god, you know what?
Speaker 3: I just I just was happy.
Speaker 2: I really was, like, I truly was.
Speaker 3: I was I was cluppying.
Speaker 2: I was like, Lisa McCune was brilliant.
Speaker 3: She is a class act. If there's anyone want to
Speaker 3: lose to, it's the icon that is Lisa, you know,
Speaker 3: Like she's Australian acting royalty, you know. And I truly,
Speaker 3: honestly like, I was so happy a girl one because
Speaker 3: there's been a lot of male winners in the last
Speaker 3: few years, and I was like, this girl has to
Speaker 3: take it home this year. And I was really happy
Speaker 3: to see that. I was happy to be part of
Speaker 3: the season that we had a female winner. It's been
Speaker 3: too long.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree, I didn't. I did appreciate that. You know.
Speaker 1: What was also surprising for me was when we got
Speaker 1: the reveal that it was you singing that Christina Aguilera
Speaker 1: song that's so familiar to us, and you know, yes,
Speaker 1: one of the most complicated singers of all time. And
Speaker 1: after that you acknowledge that the what's it called, the
Speaker 1: not the rhythms, the yes, yeah, and you nail it.
Speaker 1: So no one knew until they told us. At the end,
Speaker 1: they were like, and by the way you sung that song,
Speaker 1: it blew my mind. But how many takes does it
Speaker 1: take to be in the recording studio to sound like
Speaker 1: Christina Aguilera to that sort of Well, I.
Speaker 3: Actually have I actually have the footage. I'm going to
Speaker 3: upload it tonight because I have all the footage singing yeah,
Speaker 3: because yeah, I mean, of course we're in the rehearsal
Speaker 3: and I can't remember it really was that came up
Speaker 3: with that idea, but they're like, would you sing the song?
Speaker 3: And I was like, I mean, if I'm allowed to,
Speaker 3: I would love to. They're like, oh my god, let's
Speaker 3: get you to do it. Then I just said yes, like,
Speaker 3: because I'm in the middle of a rehearsal. Absolutely, that's
Speaker 3: my bag.
Speaker 2: That's singing. That's what I do.
Speaker 3: And then I got into the studio and I was like,
Speaker 3: oh my god, I forgot how hard this song is
Speaker 3: to sing. I mean, Christina, She's like a vocal powerhouse,
Speaker 3: and every single line of the riff from the very beginning.
Speaker 1: No one knew. No one knew. Everyone was like, oh,
Speaker 1: this is Christina, like you know, so yeah, and then
Speaker 1: I even you know, when they did the playbacks where
Speaker 1: we got to hear it again. Then you're like, oh,
Speaker 1: I can hear the signature Samantha Jay. I can hear
Speaker 1: it now?
Speaker 3: Oh yes, yes, because I did try and make sure
Speaker 3: that I kind of, you know, played to obviously Christina's
Speaker 3: obviously definitely her rhythms and how she sings and put
Speaker 3: it in that kind of place in my voice which
Speaker 3: I don't usually sing from. So that was really fun
Speaker 3: to explore as well.
Speaker 1: Well, this was the most broin cast. We just talked
Speaker 1: about that before. Everyone brought something quite unique, Like even
Speaker 1: Shane Crawford was obsessed with watching him because he was
Speaker 1: sort of very fun and it was sort of that
Speaker 1: was playing into his lane of who he was, but
Speaker 1: totally who was it for you?
Speaker 3: Though?
Speaker 1: That really surprised you when it came to hearing about
Speaker 1: the cast and then seeing them dance, who really shocked
Speaker 1: you about what they brought to the competition.
Speaker 3: I mean, I really do think everyone did such a
Speaker 3: great job. Like it's so much harder than I think
Speaker 3: people think.
Speaker 2: It's.
Speaker 3: It's a real tough show to be on because the
Speaker 3: dancing is really really hard and getting out there and
Speaker 3: just getting on.
Speaker 2: Stage is really tough for a lot of people.
Speaker 3: I've got to say. Adam, like, I just thought he
Speaker 3: did such a beautiful job of the rumba. It was
Speaker 3: just it was so gorgeous. And he's such a cheery,
Speaker 3: smiley man, and so for him to not smile, I
Speaker 3: know that that's really hard because I was backstage with
Speaker 3: them all the time. He's firma smile, like constantly in all.
Speaker 3: So I loved watching that. I thought he was so great.
Speaker 3: I mean, Aunt's contemporary was so beautiful to watch. It
Speaker 3: was really hard to do and he did such a
Speaker 3: great job. Yeah, just everyone really to be honest, that
Speaker 3: first run through where you get to kind of watch everyone,
Speaker 3: I was like, oh my gosh, wow. I was always
Speaker 3: like how people are remembering.
Speaker 2: Steps because there's so.
Speaker 3: Many steps and choreography is really tough to remember and
Speaker 3: I was like, everyone's really doing that. That is really good,
Speaker 3: Like it's really hard.
Speaker 1: Does that mean that you will now? I mean, I've
Speaker 1: seen you live and you've always been quite amazing, but
Speaker 1: I just was so curious about whether or not this
Speaker 1: has given you some confidence into maybe incorporating more dancing
Speaker 1: in your live performances.
Speaker 3: Yes, definitely, I would absolutely love to do. I think
Speaker 3: now it's opened my whole mindset to a completely different style,
Speaker 3: so definitely. And I think now even when I went
Speaker 3: to afterwards filmed, I went to LA and I shot
Speaker 3: some footage for Itchy, and honestly, when I was doing so,
Speaker 3: it was like this routine that my choregrapher came up with.
Speaker 3: And usually I would be like, I'll do this part
Speaker 3: and then I'll step out for this step part and
Speaker 3: then I'll do this part, but I won't do that part.
Speaker 2: I was like, show me the whole thing.
Speaker 3: I can do the whole thing. It's really given me
Speaker 3: so much more confidence in dancing.
Speaker 1: And I think about, you know, all the comparisons that
Speaker 1: for Kylie Minogue, because we all did that when You're
Speaker 1: on X Factor, because we couldn't believe that we basically
Speaker 1: had two we had a hidden minogue this whole time,
Speaker 1: but she wasn't really a dancer when she started. You know,
Speaker 1: I think that we could see one of those big
Speaker 1: arena spectacular Samantha Jay performances. I think I'm up for that.
Speaker 3: Oh absolutely, I'm up for that too.
Speaker 2: Let me know where tells.
Speaker 3: Me There.
Speaker 1: Everyone was talking about Sonya Krueger and doctor Chris Brown
Speaker 1: being like, you know, they were so fun together. There
Speaker 1: was some criticism about some of the bawdiness and the
Speaker 1: banter that they had. But I was wondering, did you
Speaker 1: guys even notice that? Because as well as I know Sonya,
Speaker 1: and I know her quite well, her sense of humor
Speaker 1: is quite cheeky. And to me, I wouldn't even notice
Speaker 1: that she was being bawdy with her humor. But what
Speaker 1: was it like on the dance floor? Were you guys
Speaker 1: all in stitches? How was the reaction?
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, Sonya is so brilliant at what she does.
Speaker 3: I am in awe. That is not an easy job. Like,
Speaker 3: she's just brilliant, and she's so funny, and she's so witty,
Speaker 3: and I think, listen, everything come in cheap.
Speaker 2: It's a performance. It's a performance. Show.
Speaker 3: It's about dancing, its art, and it's about theater and
Speaker 3: the theatrics of it all. That's what makes it so great.
Speaker 3: So I think the way they host the show and
Speaker 3: the way those jokes come about, and the wittiness, I
Speaker 3: think that's all part of it. You know, it's a
Speaker 3: performing arts show. So yeah, I think, like, don't take
Speaker 3: it too seriously, guys, it's all in good fun.
Speaker 1: I honestly was laughing so hard at some of them.
Speaker 1: I mean there were some moments that I was like,
Speaker 1: am I watching Channel seven and smack the TV?
Speaker 2: But I but I liked it.
Speaker 1: I loved it. Yes, how much of the judge's critiques
Speaker 1: help you improve in this competition? Because I love watching
Speaker 1: them because they add so much to this show. They've
Speaker 1: got big personalities and they offer you advice, etcetera, etcetera.
Speaker 1: But I'm wondering, never being a contest on the show,
Speaker 1: I wondered how much you actually listen to what they're
Speaker 1: saying and then incorporate that into your next performance.
Speaker 3: Oh, I definitely would definitely take it on. Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2: Absolutely.
Speaker 3: I mean, those judges are all professional dancers. They when
Speaker 3: they're speaking, it's from a place of realness and if
Speaker 3: I was judging a singing show, I'm a singer, like
Speaker 3: you know that you know the language, and so definitely,
Speaker 3: whenever they would give me any kind of criticism, I
Speaker 3: would take it on board. We would go in and
Speaker 3: we would rehearse harder, we would, you know, add things
Speaker 3: into the routine. I definitely, I was very grateful for
Speaker 3: all their feedback.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's kind of a nice balance when you're
Speaker 1: getting those different personalities there. My partner was like, was
Speaker 1: obsessed with Shina.
Speaker 3: Oh my god, she is just gorgeous. First of all,
Speaker 3: she's so funny and gorgeous, and second of.
Speaker 2: All, such a great judge.
Speaker 3: It's like so articulate, always leaves with kindness as well,
Speaker 3: Like she's never mean, she's kind, but she still gives
Speaker 3: you constructive criticism.
Speaker 2: She's such a great judge.
Speaker 1: Yeah, now I'm obsessed with her. Would she be your favorite?
Speaker 1: I don't know who is your favorite? Who did you
Speaker 1: love getting the feedback?
Speaker 3: Oh, definitely, I think Shanna. Like she and also the
Speaker 3: look she was serving every week. I was like, absolutely
Speaker 3: to this glam like she's just stunning every week.
Speaker 1: I just want to go up and ask her whether
Speaker 1: she because she's now with Brian Austin Green from nine
Speaker 1: o two, or I just want to go and ask
Speaker 1: her questions about whether or not she just gets him
Speaker 1: to watch old episodes of nine o two or not.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, I do like DVD commentary, That's what
Speaker 1: I'd be doing. I mean, that's probably why be like.
Speaker 3: What what happened behind the scenes? Oh my god, I
Speaker 3: did the same.
Speaker 1: What was jenn and do Alerty really like you know
Speaker 1: all of those questions? Yes, I guess before you go,
Speaker 1: as I should ask you, like, what really surprised you?
Speaker 1: I think that's the probably what people want to know.
Speaker 1: What really surprised you the most about this competition?
Speaker 2: You know what?
Speaker 3: I guess For me on a personal level, I was
Speaker 3: so I was surprised I could do it. I truly
Speaker 3: in the very beginning was like, you know, oh god,
Speaker 3: I hope I can keep up. I hope I can
Speaker 3: do this because it's really not easy. And I think
Speaker 3: that that when I after the first week and I
Speaker 3: did it, I was like, okay, because you do rehearsal
Speaker 3: for ages. Once you get to the actual stage, that's
Speaker 3: and it really gets real, you know, because you're like, oh,
Speaker 3: my god, I can now there's an audience watching, there's
Speaker 3: judging that's going to happen.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 3: I'm in the costume, there's the hair, like, there's all
Speaker 3: new elements.
Speaker 2: And once I got.
Speaker 3: There, I was like, oh wow, And I was really
Speaker 3: surprised with myself that I could dance.
Speaker 2: And I think it's a beautiful thing that.
Speaker 3: This show gives to people, Like this gives people a
Speaker 3: whole new credential, a whole new talent, you know that
Speaker 3: we can say, like, God, if I go to a
Speaker 3: wedding and they're doing boramancing, I'll be like, hey, I can.
Speaker 2: Jump up and do a bit of that, So get
Speaker 2: me a whole new skill to have.
Speaker 1: I mean, you've obviously had got this natural ability that's
Speaker 1: just been lying dormant. And I wonder whether or not
Speaker 1: because of the way in which singers no music and
Speaker 1: understand keeping in time. I wonder if that is a
Speaker 1: bit of an advantage and that is why you were
Speaker 1: able to dance I think, so much better than everybody,
Speaker 1: because you know, you've been keeping in rhythm with your
Speaker 1: music for so long. I wonder if then that does
Speaker 1: lend itself to being able to you know, memorize or
Speaker 1: remember how to do the step.
Speaker 3: Well, I definitely think, yeah, picking up wise because obviously
Speaker 3: you know picking up wise, I do that, you know,
Speaker 3: pick up Corey. And also yeah, I can hear the
Speaker 3: little rhythms and beats that maybe some people can't because
Speaker 3: that's what I do. So yeah, I think that.
Speaker 2: Part of it for sure.
Speaker 1: What is something from behind the scenes? Can you tell
Speaker 1: us anything? Just like a behind the scenes secret that
Speaker 1: no one would know, Samantha Jade's behind the scene secret.
Speaker 1: Maybe it's a funny outdoate that happened.
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, I've got to think, what do I
Speaker 3: have for you?
Speaker 2: What do I have for you?
Speaker 3: I mean, the amount of red bullets behind the scenes
Speaker 3: is hilarious because we have to keep that in the
Speaker 3: juice up.
Speaker 2: How long is it?
Speaker 3: Actually?
Speaker 1: That's really good. That's interesting that you say that. I
Speaker 1: wonder because from doing television myself, it usually would take
Speaker 1: like whenever you get home, it takes a really long
Speaker 1: time to sort of decompress. How long, oh, it would
Speaker 1: it take to calm down from being on Dancing with
Speaker 1: the Stars before you can go to sleep at night?
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, the calmdown is real, Like the egg
Speaker 3: or thing, and then you'd be like, I can't wait
Speaker 3: to go to bed, you know. And then you come
Speaker 3: home and your mind's just racing, and yeah, you've got
Speaker 3: the adrenaline and you're like, okay, I can't sleep. So
Speaker 3: I would come home and I would have a shower
Speaker 3: and I would have that like make it easy and sleep, Yes,
Speaker 3: I have that, yep, try and chill out my body,
Speaker 3: and then I would look at whatever. My next chance
Speaker 3: was watch the videos over and over and over again,
Speaker 3: and then I would get four hours weep and sell
Speaker 3: all over.
Speaker 1: You'd be thinking at this point, I'm so glad that
Speaker 1: it's all over and done with. But I'm assuming that
Speaker 1: they do an all stars version of the show, so
Speaker 1: we'll definitely get to see you come back and get
Speaker 1: the mirror ball at some point. That's my vision. That's
Speaker 1: my vision.
Speaker 2: Boys.
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, I love this.
Speaker 2: I love this vision.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, no, definitely, if they invited me back, I
Speaker 3: would say yet, for a second, I loved it. It
Speaker 3: was an experience that I will never forget. I truly
Speaker 3: loved it.
Speaker 1: Well, I just love chatting with you. I think that
Speaker 1: you've always been such a bright spark and someone's so
Speaker 1: fun to watch on anything that you do. Thank you
Speaker 1: for chatting with me. Thank you. I'm disappointed I didn't win.
Speaker 1: I'm actually, you know, very upset about it. But I
Speaker 1: write a note to the people in the HR department.
Speaker 1: It's channel seven. I'm only drinking. But no, you were
Speaker 1: fantastic and thank you.
Speaker 3: Oh, thank you so nice.
Speaker 1: I built you nice to talk Yeah YouTube, enjoy chatting
Speaker 1: to the medium.
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