Jessica Marie

Total: 12

Season 7: 8

Season 8: 2

Season 9: 1

Season 11: 1

* This is my mirror. Nobody’s touching this mirror.
* [Semifinals] When I first stepped on the field this morning, I was blown away. It was amazing.
* So intimidating to see the vets here. They’re all so beautiful.
* [Makes training camp] I am one step closer to my dream. Don’t pinch me, because I don’t want to wake up.

**(7.5)**

* [About getting called in] My first time getting called into the office. Thinking that I was doing pretty good and that… I don’t know, now I’m kind of really surprised by this. So, we’ll just see what happens.
* [Before office] This is my first time getting called into the office, and I actually was getting praise from Kelli and Judy, that they like my style and I was fun to watch, so I was thinking that I was doing pretty good, and now I’m really surprised by this.
* [After office] Got a little emotional. It’s the hardest, just like realizing that they are gonna make more cuts, and so it’s just becoming really real, because we’re getting so close to the end now. So, it’s just getting really scary. It’s so much harder than I ever thought it would be.

**(7.7)**

* [With Jordan Elizabeth] We’re finally Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders!

### **Season 8**

**(8.1)**

* [With Tessa Christine before preliminaries] I’m bringing my roommate Tessa and I’m dropping her off and I’m wishing her the best of luck. I know she’s going to do awesome.

**(8.2)**

* I definitely feel a lot more pressure this year. Last year it was kind of a hopeful excitement, and this year it’s almost like a feeling of dread. Like, what if I don’t make it back?

### **Season 9**

**(9.2)**

* So, today’s panel interviews is the first time the veterans are coming in and joining the rest of the finalists, and we’re just as nervous as everyone else. We have even more to prove.

### **Season 11**

**(11.4)**

* So beyond thrilled to be chosen as a group leader. It’s something that has been a goal. I always wanted to do DCC for 5 years. Yes!

## **Commentary**

### **Season 7**

**(7.5)**

* Jessica chooses when she wants to go hard. – J
* You’re selective. You decide when you want to dance and when you don’t want to dance. And that’s just not acceptable. You have got to give 100%. You’ve got girls who are giving 100% the whole time. – Kitty Carter
* Jessica has been completely off my radar, so it surprised me when Kitty started in on her that she didn’t think she was performing big enough. – J

**(7.8)**

* Don’t skip, Jessica!

## **Office Visits**

### **Season 7**

**(7.5)**

* [Mid episode, second of three, with Kitty Carter and Judy] Judy remarks that this must be awkward for Jessica, who admits it is. Kitty tells her that what concerned her tonight was watching her, she felt like she ran out of gas. For her to get a spot on the team, she needs to step it up a level and stay full throttle into the last pose. Judy thinks she came in really strong, and that she’s a quick learner, but now she seems averages instead of one of the best. She needs to go back to being one of the best. Kitty says they just want to light a fire under her now. Jessica says she’s glad, because she’s going to come back tomorrow and have so much energy and stamina. Judy says she’s a hard worker and not lazy. She just needs to keep pushing. As they dismiss her, Kitty asks why she’s tearing up, and Jessica doesn’t know, and thinks it was when they suggested she hadn’t been working on things. She has placed her whole heart into this. Judy says they recognize that she’s been working hard. Kitty says there’s no reason for tears because Jessica’s adorable, and has her high five her. [*Jessica leaves*] Kitty says she’s so cute and so little. Judy adds that she has a great attitude and is a hard worker.

## **Other**

### **Season 7**

**(7.1)**

* She's the first one invited to finals
* At panel interviews, she says she’s a financial analyst at a Fortune 500 company

**(7.3)**

* She opts out of doing the jump split on the night they first learn it

**(7.5)**

* She’s briefly shown posing at cameo shoots right after Kelli gives a confessional that some of them will be stiff during their cameos

### **Season 8**

**(8.1)**

* She drops off Tessa Christine to preliminaries

**(8.2)**

* At panel interviews, she’s asked what she’s learned about herself since being on the team. She says that she’s definitely become a more confident person, and thinks they can all say that.
* She’s shown performing her solo in a segment where Kelli talks about veterans having showoff in them and knowing when they’ve nailed something

**(8.3)**

* Has a segment of looking at an apartment with Tessa Christine, where they play rock-paper-scissors over their favorite room, and Jessica helps teach Tessa some of the moves.

### **Season 9**

**(9.5)**

* At the Belk session, she models what’s appropriate to wear to a luncheon

### **Season 10**

**(10.4)**

* If you pause, you can see a list of the scores she received at auditions: she was ranked #21 and received 15 yeses and 1 maybe

**(10.6)**

* She’s shown stumbling during a solo performance at show group auditions
* Though not shown being announced on the show, she can be seen standing in the group of those who were selected for show group

**(10.7)**

* In Kaleigh’s office visit, she mentions that she’s been working with Jessica

### **Season 11**

**(11.4)**

* Announced as group leader for Group 4

### **Season 12**

**(12.2)**

* Mentioned as a retiree by Kelli

## **Misc.**

* **Veteran of the Year** in Season 11
* Former Indiana Pacers Pacemate