Mia Greenhouse

### Other

During Season 4, she initially tries out with her sister, Nina, who is cut at preliminaries.

## **Confessionals**

Total: 28

Season 4: 17 (T7th most)

Season 5: 2

Season 6: 0

Season 7: 7

Season 8: 2

### **Season 4**

**(4.1)**

* [Nina speaking, with Mia] I tried out last year, and this is Mia’s first time to try out. We’re both sisters from Texas.
* My sister was in front of me when we were trying out, and so I was halfway looking at her and halfway trying to concentrate what I was doing. This is my first time, and I believe this is her third time.
* [Nina speaking after she was not invited to semifinals, with Mia] I’m not as disappointed because she’s here and she made it, so it’s like mixed feelings. I’m so excited for her.
* I’m excited and sad at the same time. My sister didn’t make it through, so it’s kind of a bittersweet feeling, but we’re all okay.
* [At semifinals] I expect it to be a little bit tougher than yesterday, but I’m not going to get myself nervous.
* I’m kind of struggling with getting it on count, on time.
* I had a couple of things I was planning to do, and I think I did those to my fullest.

**(4.2)**

* I feel better being here and having Kitty critique me. She really gave me some really good tips on my kicks, which I can use now to work on and practice before Saturday.
* I think that Kitty’s advice on kicking technique definitely helped.

**(4.3)**

* I just graduated from high school on Friday, and now all the sudden I’m here in Valley Ranch, having my first day of training camp. And it’s just – it’s been such a great experience.

**(4.5)**

* [Bungie jumping] I am so scared.
* [Bungie jumping] Oh my gosh, that was the scariest thing I’ve ever done. I don’t even know what happened. I don’t – I thought I’d die.
* I know my kicks aren’t as high as most of the other girls, so I’m just going to really have to stretch and try to get them up there.
* [Before office] You never know what to expect. You don’t know what they’re gonna say, so I’m not gonna try and make any prejudgments. I’m just gonna go in there and just stay positive. Whatever happens happens.
* [After office] I am so grateful that I’m still here. I’m so grateful they gave me another change and that they told me what I need to work on so I can just break things down and focus on it.

**(4.8)**

* God, next time we are on this field, it’s gonna be full of fans screaming, cheering.
* [In the tunnel] I think a big adrenaline rush just came over me, so…

### **Season 5**

**(5.5)**

* [Show group auditions] I love how every year, you can do something more and build on what you’re doing and this is just the next step that I want to take.
* [Makes show group] I’m so… I think I’m just in a state of shock right now. I don’t know what to feel. I’m really excited, but I’m nervous, anxious, all that good stuff.

### **Season 7**

**(7.7)**

* Kelli sat me down next to Kyle Orton, who is our backup quarterback. He was actually one of our study people of the week, a few weeks back. He started quizzing me about what teams he played for. So, it was real exciting to sit next to him, right there in person, talk to him and kind of get to know a little bit more about him.
* Training camp is one the most exciting events that we get to do in the summer, and it’s a true honor to be here to kick off the season.

**(7.8)**

* [After concert, with Whitney Isleib] They were right there next to us really loud. The lights were in our face.

**(7.9)**

* Walking down the catwalk, and you have to smile and use your hips, and try to think of all those things that we did at practice to make it look perfect and like we are naturals.

**(7.10)**

* I was extremely surprised. I was not expecting that at all. I thought we were just having dinner, and then all of a sudden, the calendar’s on the screen, so it was definitely a treat for all of us.
* When I saw my calendar photo, I was really excited that I had Lauren next to me. We were just squeezing each other the whole time.
* We are going to be in the Fairmount Hotel in downtown Dallas. We are the surprise event for a huge corporation.

### **Season 8**

**(8.3)**

* Being a fifth-year veteran, I feel like it’s my job and my gift back to all the years that I’ve been in the organization to help the new girls and to help make the best team that we can this year.

**(8.8)**

* It’s definitely nerve-wracking to be dancing on a completely new stage. It’s a little big smaller than what we’re used to, and with 18 girls on show group and an entire team of 39, we’re going to have to really focus.

## **Commentary**

### **Season 4**

**(4.1)**

* [Unclear if about her or her sister] I have “cute, articulate” and a “yes.”/ I gave her a yes. She had eight yeses from judges, three maybes
* [Semifinals judging] I wrote “long legs and average dancer.” – K [She asks for no’s, and a few judges raise their hands]

**(4.2)**

* [In response to her kicking] Oh. Come on. Kick, come on. Come on, get that bottom leg straight. Okay, whoa. I almost broke you on one work. Tears – your eyes just went mmm. Do not let that happen. You take yourself out of the game. Go home and cry. We don’t want to see it here, okay? All right, here we go, do it again. – Kitty Carter
* [Kitty Carter helping hold her leg in the proper position] Get your leg straight. See, this is where you could be if you were stretching every single day. So, you can improve that, okay?  – Kitty

**(4.3)**

* Straighten up, Mia! – J

**(4.5)**

* Ooh, Mia’s kicks are tight. – K
* Mia, I have some concerns. But tonight, concerns me with your kicks. Be aware that there’s no going back on that. – K
* Swing arm right, right. Is there a head on that, Mia? [*Mia says no*] You did a big head twice. – J

**(4.7)**

* [Kitty Carter asks Trisha Trevino to pick one rookie she thinks should make the team] I would pick Mia. – Trisha/ No! Trisha, no. – Kitty [*Who then picks Malia instead*] I’m going to make her choice for her because she made the wrong choice. – Kitty
* [Shown on screen after she is one of the TCC not selected by Kitty Carter or the veterans as someone that should be on the team] The rest of you, in my personal opinion, have a long way to go. – Kitty
* See, Mia just looks like trouble waiting to happen. She looks to me like a young Tyra Banks. – K

**(4.8)**

* [Kicking] Mia, get ‘em up. – J

### **Season 7**

**(7.5)**

* [About Jenna Lene at cameo shoot] She’s definitely a little Mia. – K

**(7.10)**

* Are Mia and Jackie supposed to be even? They should be even. – K

### **Season 8**

**(8.6)**

* Whoo!

## **Office Visits**

### **Season 4**

**(4.5)**

* [Second of three] Kelli tells Mia she likes watching her, and has liked her since her interview. She liked her at auditions. She has a great presence about her, great dimples, great showmanship. She’s fun to watch. She didn’t expect her to make it into training or even go this far. Having said that, tonight it concerned her watching her go-go past the room. Her kicks all of a sudden were like, oh my God. Not kick quality. So, that is a huge assignment and maybe a wake-up call for both of them. She wants Mia to do everything she can to increase her flexibility. Mia says she absolutely will. Kelli tells her she has her homework, and the meeting ends.

## **Other**

### **Season 4**

**(4.1)**

* Nina is not invited to semifinals, whereas Mia is
* Shown introducing herself to the judges at semifinals
* Shown being invited to finals

**(4.2)**

* Shown practicing her solo for Kitty Carter
* Fourth to last shown being invited to training camp

**(4.6)**

* Is one of seven training camp candidates at the jump split clinic

### **Season 5**

**(5.5)**

* Is shown making show group

**(5.8)**

* One of three cheerleaders on the cover of the 2011 swimsuit calendar

### **Season 7**

**(7.5)**

* She is part of the “Party Animals” with the other Group 3 veterans for the bowling outing (Emma Mary, Katy Marie, Mackenzie Lee, Sydney Durso)

**(7.7)**

* She’s one of eight veterans to fly to Oxnard, California, for the start of Dallas Cowboys training camp
* She has an interaction with backup quarterback, Kyle Orton, where she shows off her knowledge of him, correctly naming all the teams he had previously played for.

**(7.10)**

* She’s shown to be on the cover of the swimsuit calendar (with Alexandra Caroline and Brittney Schram)
* She’s revealed to be in the swimsuit calendar for April

### **Season 8**

**(8.2)**

* She’s shown performing her solo in a segment where Kelli talks about veterans having show-off in them and knowing when they’ve nailed something

**(8.3)**

* Alongside Lauren Williams, she leads the informal practice at the Verandah Club
* In response to a question, she tells the rookie candidates that if they perform for themselves, they won’t be as distracted by Kelli and Judy whispering. Later, when asked what they should do if they get lost in a routine, she recommends practicing so they don’t get lost.

**(8.8)**

* She is discreetly asked by Kelli at practice whether she believes in Morgan (Mia thinks it’s some memory issues, but also largely nerves)

### **Season 9**

**(9.1)**

* She helps Judy teach the semifinals routine (along with Lauren Williams)

### **Season 10**

**(10.1)**

* She helps Judy teach the semifinals routine (along with Emma Mary)

### **Season 12**

**(12.4)**

* Participates in alumni workshop
* Tells the TCC’s that they can’t go through the summer trying to be who they think Kelli and Judy want them to be. They need to get through being who they are.

## **Misc.**

* **Group Leader** in Season 8
* **Point** in Season 8
* She is invisible during Season 6
* Chosen to be one of several DCC featured on a life-sized wall graphic made by Fathead.