Jalyn

Total: 25

Season 13: 23 (5th most)

Season 14: 2

* "I just recently finished a season with the New York Jets, and now I’m down here in Dallas chasing my DCC dream."
* [Prelims] "Definitely plan on doing some hair whips today, so hopefully all this stays intact."
* "The judges are walking in and I’m getting chills. It really is a surreal moment."
* "The competition is very stiff. Like, everybody’s been an NBA cheerleader and NFL cheerleader."
* [Invited to semis] "I’m very excited. I’m a little bit in shock right now. Still letting it set in."

**(13.2)**

* [Semis] "The kickline is definitely a big deal, and in the auditions today, it’s really a make it or break it."
* [Kickline on field] "It’s just one kick at a time. You can’t think about the last six kicks. You can’t think about the left split at the end. Just one step at a time to really stay in the moment."
* "If (Kelli and Judy) call my name today (finals), I’m probably going to cry, first and foremost."

**(13.3)**

* [Finals] "I think the excitement is taking over some of the nerves. We just got our numbers, and now we’re just fixing our hair, getting our makeup, getting our costumes ready for solos."

**(13.5)**

* [Makeover] "I really love my red hair. It’s just something different. It kind of stood out from everyone. I just fell in love with it and everybody else has always liked it, so I’ve just kept it this way."
* [New hairstyle] "I’m feeling really good about the makeover. I do feel like I’m much closer to really honing in that DCC look."
* "Like flesh and blood, (Jason Garrett)’s standing right there."

**(13.6)**

* "I’m a little nervous to do the jump split today. Gotta be aware of everybody around you and make sure the timing’s right as well."
* [Jay’ Johnson's fitness session] "You really only have one shot and they’re ranking us today, so you definitely don’t want to be coming out on the bottom of the ranking."

**(13.7)**

* [Falls during show group auditions] "I think, even on the ground, and even as I was getting up, I still tried to stay in the moment, keep my stage presence performance up so that they can see it was just a little slip on the stage. But, you know, I got right back in it."

**(13.11)**

* [Wearing no makeup] "Today we kind of come bare faced. They’re going to do our hair and our makeup for us."
* "Jinelle gave a great pep-talk. It was kinda like an extra little energy boost to kinda spice up the rest of the photo shoot. If you’re going to take tips from anybody, it’s definitely Jinelle. She’s been in our shoes hundreds of times."

**(13.12)**

* [Practice at stadium] "I do feel like from the second we walked out of the tunnel, that we were for sure dancing for our lives tonight."
* [Before office visit] "Unfortunately, I heard my name called. So, I feel like everybody’s immediate reaction is to get upset. So, you kind of just have to dial yourself back in. You never really know what they’re going to talk to you about."
* [After office visit] "I was definitely a little worried. I keep telling myself, I was like, “You’re not a pretty crier, so you cannot cry right now.” They are kinda wanting just to fine-tune my hair color. It’s nice knowing that they’re in our corner. They really want everybody to look their best on game day."

**(13.13)**

* [Game Day]"Well, my eye, I woke up this morning, and it’s been a little irritated and burning, and as you can tell, it’s getting a little worse right now. But I just finished rehearsal with half vision in one eye right now. And it’s not really how I wanted to start the morning, but we’re here, everybody’s super excited, and I’m ready to get the game started."
* "Nothing’s going to take this day away from me. I could do these dances with my eyes closed. Hopefully it will not look too crazy while I’m out there today."
* "Nothing’s stopping me now. You know, all this time during training camp, this is what we’ve been looking forward to getting ready for and here it is. You don’t need two eyes to dance. They may need two eyes to catch a football right now, but I can deal without this one. You could call this my “Rocky” moment."

### **Season 14**

**(14.3)**

* [Finals] "There is more at stake for veterans coming back and re-auditioning, because they’ve seen this before. They know we can do those double turns, they know that we can do the jump split. They want to see you be better than you were last season."

**(14.7)**

* [After office visit] "That was scary as a veteran. You’re always wondering, “what are they thinking?” Maybe they didn’t put me on show group because they don’t even know if they’re going to give me a uniform back this year. My goal now is just to keep up in the game, just hoping I can put those boots on again and be back out on the turf."

## **Commentary**

### **Season 13**

**(13.1)**

* [Preliminaries judging] Certainly the audition year of the eyes. Dynamic eyes. – Charlotte/ Her hair color was a little aggressive. – K/ Extreme, I think. – Charlotte
* Jalyn’s one of those girls who is kind of on the fence. – J
* Jalyn puzzled me today. She’s a clean, technical dancer. She has nice form. Her hair is distracting.

**(13.2)**

* [Semifinals judging] Y’all remember our little Jet with the violet hair? – K/ I thought on camera, she has big, beautiful eyes./ She does. – K/ Yeah./ She just needs to be toned down./ Marshall, what would you do to that color? – K/ You could take her to a really pretty auburn. I mean, just to get… – Marshall/ To get the violet out? – K/ To get the violet out. – Marshall

**(13.4)**

* I do see potential in you. You’ve got nice power. – K

**(13.5)**

* I’m actually really excited about Jalyn. She is coming in with this violet hue, and while it’s really pretty, it’s not DCC, so I’m ready to make that one completely different. – Marshall
* [*Kelli shows Marshall a picture of Jalyn with red hair*] It actually looks really good dark, too. Just not purple. – Marshall
* Very strong. Very, very clean. – K
* We’ve talked about your hair since auditions, and everybody agrees it’s too violet. It’s a little severe for this kind of bouquet we call the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. – K/ I’d like to see more of a pretty gingery red, and Irish red. Something that kind of brightens you up, but doesn’t distract from how good of a dancer you are. – Marshall
* I think Jalyn’s going to be a little powerhouse. – K

**(13.7)**

* I really like Jalyn. She was really great. – Travis Wall
* I like Jalyn, KaShara, and Bridget in this a lot. – K/ I would say yes on them right now. – J
* [After fall] Wow, that was pretty on Jalyn. – K/ Yeah, it was. She recovered. – J
* [Show group judging] I don’t know about y'all, but to me, she was the best rookie up there./ She’s a standout./ She was great.

**(13.8)**

* I think Jalyn and Rachel were closest to game-ready. – K

**(13.10)**

* [Triangle] Bridget, Daphne, and Jalyn are some of the training camp candidates dancing in front of some veterans, but they’ve been great in rehearsal so far, and I’ll think they’ll do a good job. – J

**(13.11)**

* [Cameos] You’re super sexy. You’re awesome, you’re confident. You need to know that now, this is your moment. – Jinelle
* Jalyn is big and clean. – K

**(13.12)**

* Does it look like Jalyn’s leading with her chin? Just staying rigid? – K
* You need to give it something extra. It’s missing a punch because you’re trying to be so perfect that it almost looks mechanical. Loosen up a little bit. – J
* Oh my gosh, her red has gone orange. – K

**(13.13)**

* Jalyn’s eye is clearly irritated. I don’t think in Jalyn’s mind, not dancing is an option right now. – K
* Things happen at the last minute, and today’s proof of that. We hope she can get through out pre-game performance, at least, but we’re going to have to make the decision at game time whether she does the entire game. – J
* We’re going to go through pre-game with Jalyn in it, and then afterwards, we going to go find her and see how she feels. If it doesn’t look good and she’s feeling bad, then we’re gonna pull her from the game, and KaShara’s group will just have to make that adjustment as they’re out there. – J

### **Season 14**

**(14.7)**

* [Show group judging] Liked her. – Pamela Purcel/ I didn’t make one note on Jalyn. – K/ Was Jalyn on show group last year? – Jacie/ Mmhmm. – K
* [After not selected for show group] Did Jalyn just go back to the locker room?/ Yup. – K
* I think probably the biggest disappointment was Jalyn during show group announcements. She got up and kind of made a beeline for the locker room. But we’ve got too many other people that are in this where we don’t need to chase somebody down. – K
* Jalyn delayed coming out for rehearsal because in her case it was a big disappointment to go from show group to non-show group. It’s unprofessional. We always encourage the cheerleaders to be supportive of each other and their achievements. If Jalyn has a toxic attitude, then I absolutely will call her into the office. – K
* She has a different disappointment because she’s been on it before. – J/ But someone like Savannah sits with a smile on her face. – K
* [Jalyn returns] Guess who’s here? – K
* I’m calling Jalyn into the office. Jalyn was upset for not making show group and walked out of rehearsals. – K

**(14.8)**

* [Giving stickers] Yes. – Tyce Diorio

**(14.10)**

* Jalyn was real disappointed about show group. Now she’s rallied, and I think come back really strong. – K

## **Office Visits**

### **Season 13**

**(13.12)**

* [End of episode, first of two, at AT&T Stadium] They want to discuss something the big board revealed tonight. After a dramatic pause, Kelli says it’s her hair color, and Jalyn appears somewhat relieved. Kelli says her red is too vibrant, and having to fine tune it is very normal for reds. Jalyn feels like when she leaves the salon, it doesn’t look quite as vibrant, but they agree the screen accentuates it. Jalyn isn’t sure how to fix it, and Kelli tells her they’ve put out a “911” to Marshall. They do love the cut and how the hair moves. They love the way she dances. This is just fine-tuning. Kelli asks Judy if she has anything, and Judy suggests that Jalyn’s stiff and that she loosen up a bit. Kelli says she’s a good dancer, and to entertain and show fun. It will be easier performing for the crowd rather than the two of them in an empty stadium. Jalyn says she’d never say that out loud, but thinks it’s true.

### **Season 14**

**(14.7)**

* [End of episode, during rehearsal, first of three] Kelli asks if they’ve gotten past last night, and Jalyn says they have. Kelli says that she tried to give her the benefit of the doubt about last night that she needed to process and decompress. However, she thinks staying inside the locker room while they started the routine was unprofessional. Kelli adds that if she lets this stick in her head, then she’s got a problem. Jalyn says that last night she was concerned that they’d thought she’s gotten worse. She was worried that she’d done something outside of the show group audition, and didn’t want them to think any less of her. She was scared about her spot on the team. Kelli says that Jalyn’s the only that knows if she still has the passion and enthusiasm. Jalyn confirms she does, and Kelli suggests this serve as a moment to dial up and appreciate this. [*Jalyn leaves*] Kelli remarks that it went as well as it could go.

## **Other**

### **Season 13**

**(13.1)**

* After Nick Florez mentions everyone having a signature move, she performs hers for the camera
* Shown introducing herself to the judges at preliminaries: last year was on the New York Jets Flight Crew

**(13.2)**

* Shown being invited to finals

**(13.3)**

* Shown being invited to training camp

**(13.5)**

* Makeover glamour shot (before and after): hair changed from a purplish red to and orangish red

**(13.6)**

* She wins a Power Squad t-shirt from Jay Johnson

**(13.7)**

* She falls to the ground during show group auditions
* Shown being announced as a member of show group

**(13.10)**

* Her media training interview with Brenda is shown – she had a full-grown pig that lived in her house.
* Shown being placed in the fifth row of the triangle

**(13.11)**

* On the board, it can be seen that she’s received stickers from 5 of 6 evaluators (everybody but Kitty Carter)

**(13.13)**

* On the day of the first game, she has an eye infection, but is able to perform

### **Season 14**

**(14.4)**

* She’s revealed to be tied for 30th (with one other) based on how the TCC’s were scored at finals
* Shaina mentions that Jalyn gave her and Kelcey access to her studio so they could practice

**(14.7)**

* After she is not selected for show group despite making it the previous year, she briefly returns to the locker room, earning Kelli and Judy’s ire.

## **Post Season 16**

* The 2022 season was her last season as a DCC.
* For the 2022 season, she is a fifth-year veteran. She is also named the group leader for Group 2.

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## **Misc.**

* Despite having the most confessionals of anyone successfully making the team in Season 13, she is one of two rookies from that class to not have a biography during either that or a prior season (along with Amber).
* Former New York Jets Flight Crew cheerleader