Your favorite fan questions series is back with part five! Listen in as our hostess, Cheryl Burke shares insights into the audition process for professional dancers, reflecting on her experiences conducting auditions alongside executives during her final seasons. Cheryl also discusses which season she found most competitive, explains why only a few Sambas were performed last season, and proposes a new solution for the upcoming season, contrasting it with previous approaches like the judges’ saves.
This is sex Lies in spray Tands with Me Cheryl Burke and iHeartRadio Podcast. Hey guys, welcome back to sex Lies in spray Tons the Fan Question Series. This is going to be part number five, I promised, as I have to get to all of your guys' questions, so let's get right to it.
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Question number one at Kinsey Brook, what season do you think was considered the most competitive? Well, I mean, I guess I can only say this from experience in having to have been in the finale. As far as the most competitive, I would say it was season eight when I danced with Gille Marini. Tony Develony and Melissa Ryecroft also made that final, along with Sean Johnson and Mark Ballas I have like those three celebrities, I feel like were pretty much at the same level but had different I guesses versus disadvantages. Right, So you had Jille really with no dance experience, Melissa she had her cheerleading, she was a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader. And then Shan Johnson she I don't know if she had dance experience, but she was an Olympian, right, a gymnast, and it was really competitive because it looked as if Jelle and I were gonna win, considering that we I think had the highest accumulative scores. However, this was when it really came down to the freestyle. So I believe now that I saw and witness like last season as well as a fan and viewer right from home, I noticed that when it's close, like when it's really tight, like anybody could win that mirror ball, it really is up to the freestyle. But like last season, you know, you kind of had your top two I would say, Chandler and Joey who had really been consistent with the scores from week one, and then you had the other three couples who may have not been as consistent. Right, So it's not really up to the freestyle round, I don't think when it comes to a final like we witnessed season thirty three.
However, in season.
Eight, because the three couples were so close, it was up to that freestyle round as far as all the pros go. In season eight, it was an interesting round because though people expected a lot for me, since I did, you know, win with Emmett and Drew and with those freestyles. But the difference from season two and three and eight is that Mark Ballas wasn't there. So there's that, and that alone got me into second place with none other than Jille Marini. So when it comes to season eight, and when it's that close, you kind of have to like way out the pros and who has had history of winning freestyles versus not. And it was season eight, Mark Ballas was there as supposed to. You know when I won seasons two and three, you know that was when Derek, Julianne and Mark were not there yet. So as far as like really the show evolving like this was definitely one of the moments when Mark Ballas and Sean just freaking nailed their freestyle and it was so cool, it was so different, and Gille convinced me because it was definitely his idea to do flashdance and it was just not the right freestyle because it didn't feature Jill right, it featured me, which was something I had brought up actually when he first suggested this, but he was adamant. So there's that any who. Okay, so let's move on to question number two at Amy c fits favorite dances you saw this past season Dwight's contemporary that was like chilling. Chandler her tango from like week one, I think it was the premiere at Ballroom Tango that is, and their finale jive, her and Brandon's. I loved Alona's Viennese waltz. I'm just like naming routines that I am thinking off the top of my head. Of course, Stephen and Riley's freestyle was amazing, Joey's Ballroom Tango so good, super impressive, and Danny and Whitney's contemporary and I think that is definitely up there with I would say a lot of people, considering that it was trending question number three at GEO sebios or dot sebios, what dancer or dance moved you or impacted you the most? Who wasn't your dance partner? I would say Amy Perdy. She really left a lasting impression for so many for so many reasons, not just because of the obvious, but she is the definition of resilient and she was working her butt off literally with Derek, and I'll never forget it, Like I witnessed her changing her legs depending on the dance, you know, and she was doing the quick set. But what I also admire from Amy is that she didn't take herself too seriously and she really fought hard, you know, to show up week after week. And just her movement and the quality of movement considering that she had both legs amputated, is pretty impressive. That and the hard work she put in day in day out. Like I I just really would watch from the sidelines and just watch an admiration and what an inspiration this woman is. She continues to fight and she continues to struggle, but she doesn't ever give up, and that is who Amy Pretty is in my mind.
So it is so.
It's inspiring, and I don't know, I wish I could interview her because of it.
You know, she is she has.
Such great strength and courage. It's already scary enough to do dancing with the stars, but to have done it when you're working with a disability, you know, your whole life for most of your life. It I can't imagine the stress. But I also saw how much presence she showed, but also gratitude as well. It really just puts everything into perspective. So when we're complaining how sore we are, you know, I would say that to my partners that season or my partner that season, Like, take a look around for a second. Here everything into perspective and just be in gratitude that we're still here. Next question at Drew Underscore Richardson one, was it a lift at the end of Joey's foxtrot. I've seen people say it was a lift and said it was a jump. Let me look, hold on, I just finished watching their foxtrot and I watched the last ten seconds about five different times because I was figuring out, like what part you meant as far as the lift goes. But no, that's a rondez. So a lift is considered when you do a move that you need assistance doing. So technically Jenna could do a rendez like that and jump in the air, so that would not be considered a lift because it would she can do it herself. Like for example, if I were to do that dirty dancing lift, for example, I can't do it alone right.
I would literally just like fall.
Straight onto my stomach if I was doing it right in the right form, or I'll just face plant one of the two. But that, no, that was not considered a lyft. Actually, what they did they followed the rules very much, so this was an American smooth foxtrot. There is no standard foxtrot on the show. I've never witnessed that or been a part of that if there was. But yeah, so you're allowed to break hold and that was just a rendez like a mini jump rendez. Now did he help her with her momentum? Yes, but that is part of partnering, and then you can just argue, well, then everything's a lift, but it's not.
No.
To answer your question, no, that was not a lyft. Okay, let's move on to question number five at Christy Davis on HFX Thoughts on Music. Why was every foxtrot this season so fast? Well, because either I would say, I mean, I didn't notice that the fox trots were fast, but I have a feeling that the pros may ask for the band to speed up the tempo or the music department a little bit, because it's a lot harder, as I've said before on this podcast, to dance slow than it is to dance fast, right, so you can get away with more and when you have those moments like a feather step where the timing is slow, quick, quick, slow, you have to have so much control and with just a short amount of time, it's really hard to execute the right technique. And if you only have let's say, one long step right a heel lead and you go across the floor, but you have two counts to do that one step, it is really hard. So I don't blame them, But like, for example, the foxtrot I just saw, I think it was the semifinals or finals with Joey Grazadae and Jenna that was. It may look and sound fast because there was a techno version of that classical song they danced to. However, when you really count out the foxtrot, you could actually you just slowed, so you just slow your movement down, you know. But with a tempo it may sound fast, but in actuality, the bpm is exactly the same as an typical foxtrot song, like a Frank Sinatra song. So it may sound like a techno version, but they're dancing to that slower beat. They're like, think about just that. Like I said earlier, that one long step is two counts, right, So it may look like that, but there's so many ways to execute music like that, and it's it could still be technically correct as far as the BPM goes. So hopefully that answered your question next question at Carolines dot Frenzy if you were to have had a dance featured on the five hundredth episode Tribute Dances, pretending that it was actually more heavily inspired by the original dance. Because I completely agree with what you said in the pod, which of yours would you hope performed it? Okay, So what Caroline is referring to I believe is when I said, you know, what was the point of doing these iconic dance is when you weren't paying homage to them? Basically, when all they were doing or the challenge asked for was just to dance to the same song, but they could change the whole routine. I would love to have seen somebody actually do our full routine, but do it their way. Jill's Argentine Tango or Pasado Blay, I'd say Argentine Tango Orjuanpablo's Argentine Tango. The reason why I choose those is because it's more about it's not so much about steps than it is about really dancing to that music and finding the not so obvious beat but also the not so obvious instrument. Playing those Argentine tango songs so I would say more Argentine tango than pasado blay, but yeah, because I would love to see how someone else would interpret for me those two iconic Argentine tangos. I would definitely I mean, I don't blow smoke up my own ass, but I definitely believe that those Argentine tangos were special.
So there's that.
Next question at Inspired Underscore at Underscore Heart, Hi, Cheryl, Hi, what are your three favorite dances that you and one of your celeb partners performed on the show. Well, Jill's pasadoble was definitely a highlight for me, Juan Pablo's samba and Rob Kardashian's freestyle that.
Was so fun, good memories.
What are your three favorite from the same person. What are your three favorite DWTS performances of all time? Well, I would say what comes to mine immediately, Nicole Scherzinger's Chatcha too that when we could dance to Prince was pretty amazing.
You guys should YouTube that.
Zendaiya and VAL's jive was great, though she wasn't wearing dance shoes, but that's okay because she was fab I'm kidding now. I would have preferred her and dancers. They don't know if she did she were I could be wrong. I think she wore sneakers, but anyway, Charlie Demilio's performance with Mark during the finale, I believe of last season when they came back and basically passed the torch down to Val and Sochi Danny's contemporary was up there. Like, I watched that multiple times and oh my god, it's just any dance I see that creates a type of vibe or feeling within me that gives me chills that just like you know, they're just performing and you can just feel their feelings. They're almost like and I would say Charlie's was just so musical, Like that performance was amazing, honestly. Next question at Madison K. Murdoch, what is the selection audition process like to be a pro on Dancing with the Stars. Good question, Well, I held a couple of auditions during the last part of my time on that show, or the last couple of years, And you know, it's different than it was when I auditioned, obviously, but now they hold auditions at the DWTS studios where you see everyone rehearse and you have a few of the executives, like you've got the show runner, You've got Dina Katz there along with a couple of other people, right, and then you then they choose a couple of pro dancers. One time, Kim Hershevek and I did it, and I believe Tony Deviloney and I did it as well one season. But they basically, you know, obviously handpicked and have I don't think that they've interviewed them. Maybe they have, but this was the time when I remember Ezra's sister Stephanie, she auditioned and I was like totally wanting her to be a part of the troupe. It was between her and Alexa. So basically, these people come in with somebody as far as like someone to dance with, and they dance one standard dance or one ballroom dance in one Latin, and then we asked them questions the person who is auditioning. So for example, I remember seeing Coco audition and she brought in Kiki, who chose not to audition, but he danced with her like they danced a full on, full out number ninety seconds and it was really early in the morning, and I felt so bad for them. However, I always wondered, like why, And I said this to the showrunner and executives, I said, why are we auditioning to see if they can dance? Like we know that they can dance, but can they teach? And I said, what would be a great part of the audition process would be to have a few like pas, or have a few people who are just hanging out there with us who have no dance background whatsoever. Give them an hour to teach them a thirty second shotcha routine or ran whatever they can pick out of a hat. Film it as if you're filming their rehearsal, and then you review the tape like the recording, because at the end of the day, it's ninety percent of the show is about your teaching ability. Like you see, there's barely any pro numbers, and even if there are, they hire troop for that, right, So, like I understand if the audition was mainly just troop, but the audition process that I were part of, they were for both. They were looking for both pro dancers and troop. So hopefully that's changed, because that's the thing. When I did my audition back in nineteen twenty. In two thousand and five. They just interviewed me and I was in a little tiny like room. I had my costume on, and I just turned and I was like, my name is Cheryl, and that was it. Like they didn't even care if I could teach or not. And I blatantly said to them, look, I just turned pro. I barely have any teaching experience. I had one student. But that's even more than some of the people who are on the show now or you know that have been on the show, Like some people have been like they started so young, like Derek, Julianne and Mark. They weren't professional yet. They came straight off the competitive circuit, but they were still amateurs, so they didn't really have a lot of teaching experience. And I'd say the same goes for Riley.
But that's okay.
Obviously it's working, right, So there you go. Here's another question from the same person. If you're a pro on a DWTS season, are you going to be a pro on the next season. It's not guaranteed whatsoever. It really just matters how I guess you are teaching your celebrity. It just it matters with how the audience is responding to you. Obviously, like for example, obviously Riley really made such a huge impact her first season when she danced with Harry Jowsey. Maybe her impact wasn't as much with like Harry as it was just introducing the world.
Of TikTok to the whole cast, right.
And really making a huge impact, and her following just growing so much right during the season that she started, but then also in between up until now, so she has really, you know, changed the I guess the camaraderie a little bit to inspiring the other pros who may not have been as familiar with the platform to be active. I mean, look at Gleb he's forty one, forty two, can't stop tiktoking. And I see Sasha, he's getting the TikTok itch. Hopefully that doesn't get banned, can you imagine. I think the whole trajectory of the show could change, and I think it could hurt Dancing with the Stars if the band actually happens January, come January nineteenth, which is crazy, right, Like I don't see us oldies like I tried going on Snapchat anyway, I discussed this. I already discussed this with Kristen for Headlines but that would be really scary for the show. I think though the show got on the bandwagon maybe a year or two late, but still, like I would say, a lot of the TikTokers, it's because of them. That's why the ratings have been so great, and they've been, you know, increasing in the demo that matters, which is eighteen to forty nine. Last question from this person, how are the pros chosen for the Dancing with the Stars tour?
Well?
And then she said I saw that Ezra will be a backup dancer on the tour instead of the troop, even though he was a pro this season. How does that work? Well, everyone, you get a choice, obviously they ask. I believe the people that they want to ask. They know the people that are wanting to do the tour. For example, Sasha, he hasn't done it the last two tours.
I believe so.
And also they ideally would love to have all the finalists a part of the because the goal is to sell tickets. You've got Emma who's a host, right, she's the main host this year. Steven ettar Ushik is also co hosting with her, and then you've got all five finalists will be there at some point. They're not gonna be there throughout the whole tour, but I know Alona will be like in La Per what Kristen told me when we did headlines last week. So it really matters when it comes to that.
Now.
For example, they ask Juan Pablo to be a part of the tour and I chose not to. I was getting married, I believe that year and so, but he's like, the celebrities don't have to dance with their pro partner, like if they're if they agree, they could dance with another person. So yeah, it's basically the people who obviously got to the finale due to their popularity, and they also kind of can tell as well the pros and which pros are the most popular. I think they're gonna I know that val and j or Jenna is doing a few dates with Joey, but you know, they usually are part of the whole thing from top to bottom, so I don't know how many dates they're doing, but that could take a little bit of a hit, you know, because those are the now the ogs of that group, and they're like the godfather of that new group of pros, right, So it'll be interesting to see for sure. They also need to have extra pro dancers because it's highly likely injuries just happen all the time, especially it's a winter tour. It's freaking cold in these venues. They're dancing their butts off, and most of the time, you know, you're not properly warmed up, like you just don't have the time, or it's so cold that you can't even freaking take off your robe if you wanted to and wear your costume and just warm up. It's just really freezing in some of these cities that y'all live in. Anyway, hopefully that answers your question at Vicki dot Rosenberg. What would it require for the DWTS pros to create and host a series of travel master classes?
Oh?
I love that the chance for them to visit studios across the nation and host weekend sessions for non celebrity amateur competitors. Well, there is a whole dance convention circuit now that have been really inviting the ballroom I guess industry in most of the time when it comes to these huge conventions, when it comes to dance at least, they feature really only contemporary jazz, you know, the dances you see on so you think you can dance, but now, like I know Ardam was a part of it. I know Jenna and Val were a part of it. Now Sasha does that instead of going on tour. He's a part of these conventions. But as far as I'm not so sure what you mean by a series of travel master classes, like are you talking about like the app masterclass? Because I have it, but I think Derek did that and I don't know if it did well or not. But look, these pros are very busy and you know, we're all trying to hustle in between the season and if you choose not to be a part of the tour, you do need to. You know, you can't just live off the money that you're being paid for for one season. Back in the day when we had two seasons a year and two tours a year, yeah, you're working every day of the year basically, But now how do you make the most money. It's not about doing private so like you make more money teaching huge like a huge group of people, like the conventions that go across the nation year round. So I would say check that out. I don't know, I'm not a part of that, right, so I just choose not to be. But anyway, let's move on to her next question. Is there gonna be or? She said, what would it require for the DWTS for a spinoff season with pros training non celeb pro am couples to compete? All I get this question a lot. I don't think that I'll ever happen, unfortunately, But why don't you find a local dance studio around you, like even in Arthur Murray or like a fred Astare, just to see if you even like it? Right, Like it's a great hobby if I were you. And there's also like group classes you can if you get intimidated by like a private then you can always go to like the salsa clubs where they I'm sure every salsa club has a group class prior to like the party starting. So in La there's a place called El Floridita where they do like two two hour or two one hour classes. One is at six pm, I believe, which is a beginner's class, and then they have another one at like seven thirty which is an advanced class, and then they have the party at nine pm with a live band. Like that's a great way just to see if you like it, because obviously whoever's asking this question is interested in learning, right, So I just it's gonna be hard to get one of the pros for sure, or it's gonna cost you. So if you have the money, hey, money talks, you never know. Okay, we've got question number ten. I believe at proud Bagel's knob.
Yeah, makes me want to have a bagel. Okay.
It seems like most of the celebs really enjoy learning how to dance. Do any of them hire their pro to keep teaching them even after they've been eliminated? Mentioned Joey asking Jenna to choreograph him and Kelsey's dance for their wedding. You know, I've had a couple of my celebrities who have either like invited me to like their charity that they were throwing or that they were a part of, and to like have me perform with them as far as like a wedding dance goes. You know, it just depends on your relationship with these celebrities. I know, you know Sasha and Jen. I heard an interview with Sasha not too long ago when he said, like, during these conventions, how he was maybe and he would have to talk to the person booking him for the convention, but maybe he was going to ask Jen to like do a fun number that they have dance on the show as a like you always do like these when you're done teaching your hour class and these conventions, you do a performance, right and most of the time, like with Val and Jenna, they'll just dance like, you know, full out and everyone.
Will go crazy.
Like the environment in these conventions are just kids who are so excited to be there and they're just yelling and screaming and they just you know, these people are their idols, right, the pros. So it just depends on the relationship. Like I don't think have I ever Yeah, I think with Emmett. Emmitt and I did a few appearances together. I think Drew and I did Jille and I definitely did this is when I had my dance studios. You know, he would come and perform with me. But as far as like continuing like really continuing to dance, no, no, I think that you know, it's never going to be the same because like you don't have necessarily a goal or a result, like and you don't have to rehearse every day all right, so let's move on to the next question at cy D Dolly Hassen, if you could choose a fellow OG pro that you want to see return to the show, which one would it be? Only one? Okay, so I'm gonna say OG means og like starting from season one, right Like I'm not an OG. I would say I'd love to see editor Edits is still an amazing shape. Honestly, I think that you know, she could still definitely move. She looks exactly the same. I also would love to trying to think who was a part of season one Alec. I would love to see aleck on as well, though he would definitely never do it, but I think Edita would. Yeah, because there's only six couples season one. So if you're talking OG's, I say, out of all the ogs, you had Ashley del or Ashley Costa, now Louis van Amstell, you had Charlotta Jorgensen, you had Jonathan Roberts, you have Alec and Edita, and I'm probably missing a couple, but I would love to see Edita back for sure. Let's move on at Judy Dot Funny ninety five, do you think they should bring back judges save. I think it should be like, you know, when they show America or when they air America's Got Talent, they have that like somebody could like they ring a gold bell or something like that. I think each judge should be able to like press on the mirror ball if they want to have a judge's save similar to America's Got Talent. It's like a golden I don't know, a golden buzzer or something where each judge has this like has this save basically if they if the judges, if the other judges like gave them an X and they didn't make it to the next round, a judge, one of the four judges that they have on that show, I believe, can press that golden nugget or button or whatever and that contestant goes to the next round. So I think there's a way where that could happen for the show. I'm literally thinking out loud, like I've never thought about this, but I believe it's a conflict. Though I don't think that the show was as successful as far as ratings go, when it ultimately it's up to the judges, right, If you think about it, and you kind of like compare where the show was as far as ratings and all of that. I don't think it's just one thing why the show is successful. I think it's a bunch of things. I think that you have to be able to leave basically the last opinion to the people at home, because you have to engage. We have to engage with you, or else what's the point of really being so invested in watching?
Right?
So no, I don't ultimately know. I don't think that they should or maybe like the judges on Dancing with the Stars has like one just one in general, not one each, but like one save for a couple that like may have unfortunately gone home. So for example, like if that happened with one Pablo and I, the judge could have used that one save if they wanted to for us, you know, and then maybe nobody goes home.
I don't know.
I haven't really thought about that anyway. At Laurie Jack, what is the deal with carrying Anne and her lift? Police policy? When her lift's allowed? And when can you not take your feet off the floor? Okay, so I kind of mentioned this, but lifts are allowed in specific dances, right, dances that are not necessarily competed in when it comes to the ballroom competitive world. So for example, salsa, you can do lifts that is not one of the five rhythm dances in the competitive world or Latin right, you don't see people compete salsa. They could do mambo in the rhythm style American rhythm style. You can do lifts in Argentine tango again, same like salsa, Argentine tango has its own world and you don't ever see an Argentine tango unless if it's a show dance. Ever, like no competition when it comes to Argentine tango. It's not within the ten international styles and not within the ten I believe it's ten or nine American styles.
So there's that.
And then freestyle you can do it Lindy Hop again not a competitive dance that you see in the circuit. You could do it for Charleston, you can do it for jazz and contemporary. So all of the dances that I am mentioning are ones that have never been competed necessarily in the world of ballroom dancing. There's more, but that's the gist. And when is so lifts Basically, the definition of a lift is when you have two feet off the floor, or you're doing like something where you need assistance in doing right. So if you're just doing a jump and a roun day, like I said in the beginning of this episode, that's not considered a lift. But if you were doing let's say, like if you were doing that dirty dancing lift, you can't do it on your own. You need assistance, right, So I kind of mentioned this in the beginning. Let's move on to the next question at Lily Klayne, did you know that you were going to be paired with Sam Champion when you returned for season thirty one? Well, actually, Lily, I know because my original partner was Dwight Howard. Funny enough, however, the very last second, when I was already packed, when I was about to be dropped off at LAX because I was going to be training him in Atlanta, that's where he lives and I believe was playing basketball at the time. We were going to be there for the duration of the rehearsals before the live show. So I had everything booked and then Dina Katz calls me and go says, turn around, we need to find you a new partner because Dwight is an no go, So no, I did not. But when I was told at the very last second, like I think there was only a few days left before the premiere, when Sam Champion was my partner, so yes, they told me then for sure, And then basically I met Sam Champion the same morning that Good Morning America, the cast announcement was happening. So mind you, everyone had already met everyone most likely already had definitely a week or even close to two weeks of rehearsal, and I hadn't met or I hadn't taught Sam a step and it was only a few more days until the premiere. So yeah, that happens. It happens. Look good, Sasha and Jen. Okay, so let's move on to the last question. Now, this person left a few questions. Okay, at Bailey, Catherine, I feel like there were hardly any sambas this season. Why do you think that was the case. I kind of mentioned this before, or I mean, I don't know, because like, honestly, samba is one of my favorite dances, and I believe samba is also one of the like the executives love that dance because they're like, oh, are you gonna do a samba? Roll? Like the role that samba role is always like the uh dun unduone moment in rehearsal right, if we're going to even attempt it or not. But I honestly believe that this is a show, and I think that production really tries to work with us. So for example, they're not going to give maybe a samba to Steven and Riley knowing that, look, they've had a couple of maybe rough weeks, let's say, and everyone at the end of the day wants, including the people behind the scenes one us all to succeed, Like it's not fun to see us all look uncomfortable. I've said this as well before, where I mentioned that they knew better than to give me a contemporary or jazz unless it was like one of those long seasons that I made it to the end and I had no other style to do because I had done them already. But yeah, for the most part, you know, they know what dance is to avoid for most couples, I would say, or for all the couples, especially towards the end of the competition, And I think maybe the choice was made intentionally, and maybe it was the best choice, Like samba would have not been easy, you know, for Steven, even for Danny. But they did do two sambas with the two couples, was it? No, did Chandler do a samba?
I don't think she did.
This is the thing because when you add contemporary jazz all of the other styles of dance, you just don't have the time within the ten week period to do all the dances. But if they would have just stuck to if they stuck to ballroom and like what it used to be, then you do end up, if you make it to the end, you end up doing all ten dances because the show's ten weeks.
That's it, okay.
Next question from the same person, Why is Charleston not assigned anymore? Well, I mean, I don't I it's not a ballroom dance, but it's not like they follow that rule anyway, And I don't know why. I don't know, but you can you do see a little bit of Charleston maybe in some of the quick steps since they break hold nowadays. Next question from the same person, what style is your favorite to choreograph? Argentine tango? Where was the podcast photo taken?
That was actually good question.
That was a photo that was taken for the tour that I did when I did a live stage show in Japan for two years called Love on the Floor show that I created with Paul Morenti and Jerry Slaughter. Shout out to them, and we performed at the ORB Theater in Shibuya and to sold out crowds and it was amazing, And that was definitely taken from one of the I would say one of the dances I did towards the end, like we had Meryl Davis a part of it, Christyamaguchi, Charlie White, and this ice skater Olympian dice Kate Takahashi, and he was the draw basically, but so were the other Olympians and each of us represented a stage of love.
Right, So ye had.
Christy Amagucci, she was the romance part of the show. Then you had Meryll who was the passion part of the show. You had Meryll, Oh sorry, Charlie White was hurt, like the different stages, you know, we all hurt through love. Love hurts. And then I was like the power. I believe it was power. And then dice k was the one dressed in all white.
He was the narrator, slash.
God, angelic voice slash the reason why we sold out the show every night.
Anyway, that was that photo.
How did you come up with the title of the podcast? Actually, funny enough, there was an US Weekly cover years ago when Derek and Max and me, the three of us, I think we made a comeback, right, So we came back. I was coming back from NBC when I did a show called I Can Do that took a couple seasons off. That was also during the time of my live stage show in Japan, and then Derek decided to come back, Like the three of us all decided to come back, not like intentionally. It just was a coincidence really, I think. But uh, there was an Usweekly article that had those like it was like sex or scandal lies and spray tans. And then my boss, the Big Boss here at iHeart, was like, what if it was like sex lies in spray tans. Actually it was considered first it was going to be love lies in spray tans. Now the words spray tans was always going to be there. But a lot of people were like, oh, is this a take on that I don't I've never seen it like sex love and videotapes or sex lies and videotapes. I don't even know. I don't know what the heck that is. I know it's a movie. This was so random, you guys like it was just like, what are three words that represent? I guess dancing with the Stars. I was going more towards the love part. However, in my boss's words, sex sells. Okay, there you go, not so deep, but there there it is. What cast was your favorite? I would say season seventeen. You're gonna hear, or you already heard, or it has dropped my interview with Billy Ingvall. But that was the season I danced with Jack Osborne Leah REMONI Season seventeen.
It was special.
The camaraderie was freaking special. That season memorable one for the books. Last final question, uh, Fan Questions, Part number five. Favorite costume, I would say, good question, hmm, there's so many costumes, I warn. I would say I loved my Egyptian jive costume with one Pablo. I also loved my Argentine tango costume with one Pablo. I also loved let me see here, oh my Free style costume with Jack Osborne, and oh my Green costume with mister Emmett Smith, when we danced our final samba in the finale, when it was only two couples Mario and Karina versus Emmett and Cheryl. And that's a wrap. Thank you guys so much. I appreciate all of your guys's questions and until next time, goodbye,