Kelsey Lauren

Total: 48

Season 6: 4

Season 7: 38 (2nd most)

Season 8: 0

Season 9: 5 (T18th most)

Season 10: 1

* Right now, we are all anxiously awaiting the numbers to come up to see who made it to semifinals.
* With the time pressure that’s going on, it makes everyone a little nervous and throws us off.
* I knew it perfectly before going in there, and I walked in front of the judges, and everyone’s staring at me, and I just blanked.
* My number was not called, which means I will not be back next week. If I had made it to the next round, I honestly don’t know if I could have put in the time and commitment that it is to be a DCC.

### **Season 7**

**(7.1)**

* Look how many people there are trying to use the same mirror. There’s like six of us.
* Last year when I tried out, I made it to the semifinals round [*Flashback shown*], and I completely choked and froze and stood there in horror. So, I’m back this year, hoping to make it past that. But I’ve been in the hospital on-and-off for the past month. I’ve had a lot of random bacterial infections in my intestines which caused all this internal stomach bleeding. It was a really scary time, and I’m so blessed to be back right now.
* My goal from here on out is just not to psych myself out and forget it on the floor in front of the judges.
* [Semifinals] This year, I thought I actually did pretty well. I didn’t stand there, so that was my main goal. I gave it 110%.
* My goal this year was just to make it to finals, so I have officially completed my goal this year, so I’m really excited.
* Tonight, we’re here at Kitty Carter’s dance studio, and she’s going to take a look at our solo routine, and the routine that we learned last week at semifinals.
* Kitty was really hard on us. She definitely pushes us to our limits.
* [Solo] It’s a total blur out there. I know I finished it, and I know I didn’t miss anything, but I hope I brought it.
* I really need to show the judges my personality today. I think I just need to bring it. I think I need to go 110%, have a lot of energy, hit all of my moves really sharp, and just have fun with it.
* I made it to training camp! Eeeeeeeeh!

**(7.2)**

* Today is the first day of training camp after our first meeting, so we’re actually going to dance tonight. It’s five o’clock right now, and I’m going to try to race over to Valley Ranch from Fort Worth and get over there and get changed before practice starts.

* [Driving to practice] In DCC time, we’re supposed to be there at 6:30, half an hour early. Hopefully, won’t have too much traffic… I definitely have a lot on my plate right now, trying to balance a full-time job/career, my health, because I just got out of the hospital not too long ago, and training camp. My days are about to become really long – from 6:30 in the morning, all the way ‘til 2 or 3 AM with minimal amounts of sleep. That reality just set in. [She eats a peanut butter pretzel, and says it’s her dinner]
* Well, I just got here to Valley Ranch, and it is 6:35, so I’m a little late. So, I’m a little nervous to see what they have in store for us.
* I went to work all day today, so I didn’t get a chance to practice. Right now, I’m trying to just get by on pure talent and memory and hope that it’s enough to just get by this week.
* Tonight, Kelli said that I danced better, which was great news to me, especially considering that I didn’t have a whole lot of time to practice really at all.

**(7.4)**

* [Makeovers] Today is a really, really big deal. I think it’s the next step to becoming a DCC.
* I love my makeover. They darkened my hair, they gave me lots of layers and framed my face. It makes me just more excited about the whole DCC process.
* Dancing on the stage was really nerve-wracking. There’s all these lights and you can see the people below, and it’s such a different environment.
* They said that I was looking a little rigid or a little stiff, and I wish that I had the mirror in front of me to try to move my body to look differently, but since it’s not in front of me, I can’t tell what I was doing wrong.
* [About being called into the office] I know that I made a lot of mistakes tonight, and it’s too late in the game to be making these kinds of mistakes, so I definitely think that they’re going to warn me about that and hopefully not cut me.
* [Before office] You know, it’s hard getting called into the office just because they do make it so intense. It’s not a casual environment at all.
* [After office] I still work full-time. I am definitely not able to practice as much as I would like to with my schedule, so it probably is a little bit a part of it, but I’m just gonna have to find time and make it work.
* I definitely tried to give it 100%. Last night, not enough energy; tonight, almost too much and spastic, so I think they want me to polish it and find that happy medium.

**(7.5)**

* [Cameo shoot] Ooh! I’m excited and nervous all at the same time.
* [About being called into the office] My heart is racing, I’m really nervous. I’m an emotional mess right now. You know, I’m so close to the end here. And it would just be really heartbreaking. I just feel like I let myself down.
* [Before office] I’m kinda feeling defeated. You know, I took my comments from last time I got called into the office and thought that I improved. And then now today getting called in again is kind of like, shot to my confidence.
* [After office] My heart was racing, I had a pit in my stomach. I was just an emotional wreck because at this point, all of us have just worked so hard and it would have been really heartbreaking to go home tonight. So, I’m glad it was something to help me.

**(7.7)**

* I’m officially a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader! And there it is! [*Referring to portrait above her locker*]
* [Gets uniform] Mine, mine, mine! And we got our stars.
* Walking into the studio all together with 39 of us was such a cool feeling.
* Today is our first game. It’s the preseason game, and I am pumped to get on the bus and dance.
* It’s only, like, 1:30 right now, and we have a really long day ahead of us. We’ll go to the stadium and do a full-out practice, and the game isn’t even until 7:00 tonight.
* I’m so happy. I’m actually really sad that we’re done with our first game, but I’m so excited for the rest of the season.

**(7.8)**

* Today is important because all of the true fans that don’t normally have tickets to the game, they get to come see us up close and in person. So, it’s really cool for them.
* It was so much fun. I want to do it again.
* During the appearance today, we get to do the guest arrivals, and it’s so exciting to wear the uniform and have everyone see that we are Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.

**(7.10)**

* I actually feel a little bit more pressure, just because now we are Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, so if we screw up, it looks bad for the whole organization.
* It was an adrenaline rush and just this surge of energy that we felt from the crowd. It is an extreme privilege to be up there and dancing in this uniform, and now I’m just ready to get on the field and do it again for 85,000 fans.

### **Season 9**

**(9.4)**

* [With Angela] It can definitely be scary when you have people that know where you are at all times and know what you’re doing at all times, and for girls, it can be a scary situation.
* I learned a lot tonight, actually. I went into it thinking it was more for the rookies, and then it ended up being more for the veterans.

**(9.8)**

* [Retreat] There’s a trophy at stake this year, and I am so excited because the trophy will be mine.
* [Tent-building] I am 125 percent confident that we’re going to win.
* [Loses tent-building competition] I’m frustrated. I’m going to take that anger and internally condense it and focus into winning the sniper challenge. We’re going to win that trophy.

### **Season 10**

**(10.5)**

* [Fashion show] Time to go. Here we go. Start the show.

## **Commentary**

### **Season 7**

**(7.1)**

* [Preliminaries judging] I thought she had a good sparkle. Remember her pretty eyes. – Charlotte
* [Semifinals judging] I thought this one was a little powerhouse out there. – K/ Oh my God, she left it all out there. – Charlotte/ I put down, “she sells herself.”/ She does. Did everybody feel that way? – K/ She came strong. I liked her a lot.
* Kelsey, come on. That’s not getting it! – Kitty Carter
* Kelsey, you need to come out like a bulldozer when you come out. – Kitty Carter
* [Solo] Here comes the energizer. – K
* I like all three of these here.

**(7.2)**

* Once you know it, we want to see that firepower you had at auditions, where you were just, like, taking the semifinal routine by storm. – K
* Better tonight than last night. – K

**(7.3)**

* Kim’s big. I mean I like watching her. – K/ Yeah. – J/ And Kelsey. – K
* I know you haven’t built your stamina up yet, but you faked it by your face being so bright, which is a good thing. – J

**(7.4)**

* Kelsey’s lost her curve in her dance. – K/ I agree. – J/ She’s kind of… – K [*moves arms robotically*]
* You started out in training camp really strong, so don’t let… I don’t want to say, “Don’t let everybody catch up to you,” but they kind of are now, and you need to keep pushing. – J/ Kelsey, you’ve gotten kind of rigid. In drill team, that would be proper, but this is more body language, more curve in your back, more fluid. – K
* [Confessional after office visit] Kelsey does need to step it up to make the team right now. She needs to show us that she has what it takes. – J
* Oh, Kelsey’s trying to bust it. – J
* I could tell that you were really trying to show us that you have energy. – J/ You kind of almost took it overboard. There were a couple of expressions and a couple moments where you were kind of spastic. So, there’s a happy medium in there. – K
* Kelsey’s inconsistent. Last night, she was pretty boring and flat, and tonight, I actually found her performance kind of annoying. – K

**(7.5)**

* I love Kelsey. – Kitty Carter
* Kelsey, I love you. I mean, you’re just having so fun in the end. – Kitty Carter
* [Cameo shoot] She almost looks anorexic to me, her head is so big. It’s out of proportion. Some veterans have asked me that. – J/ You think that’s all part of that stomach stuff? – K/ I think she may really have had that problem, but once you get skinny, sometimes you go overboard. – J/ But there is an anorexic quality. – K
* Kelsey, talk about a face. – K/ I never thought it was that pretty. – J/ I think I don’t like the look. – K
* Kelsey was overexaggerating and trying so hard to be noticed that her facial expressions are just all over the map. So much so, that it distracted me and I did not want to watch it. – K
* Amy, smile more instead of showing us your… you and Kelsey both are showing us your molars. – K
* You’re doing that angry growling. It’s a hard habit to break, but it looks aggressive. – K/ On the field, instead of “oohs” and weird faces, they don’t look mature and sexy and pretty. A pretty smile goes a long way. But don’t do all the open mouth and growl and “yah.” – J
* I’m not a big Kelsey fan. – Shelly Roper-McCaslin/ I’m not either. I couldn’t watch her tonight. There’s something about her body and the way it moves. – K/ [Her face] just puts the punctuation mark on it for me. – Shelly

### **Season 8**

**(8.2)**

* I’ve got Kelsey next to me, who’s an absolute powerhouse, and she’s got great high kicks and a big smile. – Jinelle Esther

## **Office Visits**

### **Season 7**

**(7.4)**

* [Mid episode, third of three, takes place at Gilley’s] Kelli asks if she was okay tonight, because she seemed off. She wants to know if Kelsey is healthy and okay? Kelsey says she thinks she felt uncomfortable with her body. She doesn’t know if it was just an off night, but she didn’t just feel right. It was very mechanical. She could feel like she was being stiff, and like Kelli had told her she wasn’t using her hips – she doesn’t need a mirror to see that – but she thinks she needs to think about it. Kelli tells her she seems to have lost her mojo. She needs to be making progress, and her inconsistency concerns them. If they were making a cut tonight, it would be her. She may be psyching herself out, and if tonight’s a bad night, then bury tonight, and she needs to come back really fresh tomorrow.

**(7.5)**

* [End of episode, first of two] Kelli tells her that Kelsey does have her energy back, but what concerned her tonight was her facial are just distracting. She’s growling and if she can bottle that energy in other parts of her body. Kelsey is glad it got called out because it’s not out of habit. She can try to do more cutesy. Kelli says to just do a pleasant smile. Kelsey says she was trying to do it because she’s seen some of the girls, and they’ll do the open mouth. She guesses she thought that was cute, so she was trying to do that. Kelli says it doesn’t work for her. Also, sometimes she looks too thin to her, like not healthy. Kelsey says the issue is since she had her intestinal infection, she was in the hospital and it caused a lot of internal bleeding, so they had her on a liquid diet for a week and a half. And once she got off of that, her food was having problems digesting. Right now, she’s on medication to help with digestion. She thinks since she’s been practicing so much trying to get in her head and work on her confidence when she’s working out six hours a day… Kelli tells her to just make sure she’s eating and not trying to be thin. Kelsey says no, she’s been trying to gain weight. Kelli tells her to make sure her doctor’s watching her nutrition. She tells her to bring smiles tomorrow, and that they don’t want to see her dental fillings. [*Kelsey leaves*] Kelli remarks that it’s rare for them to tell somebody to fatten up.

## **End of Journey**

### **Season 6**

**(6.1)**

* Makes it to semifinals, but is not invited to finals

## **Other**

### **Season 7**

**(7.1)**

* Shown when Kelli mentions recognizing a few familiar faces during her introduction speech at preliminaries
* Shown introducing herself to the judges at preliminaries:  just graduated from TCU last year, and does marketing and recruiting for a law firm
* She’s shown dancing after Judy mentions there being a lot of great dancers who stood out at preliminaries
* Shown being invited to finals
* Shown being invited to training camp

**(7.2)**

* The events before the first rehearsal take place from her prospective, with the show following her from work in Fort Worth to Valley Ranch as she discusses her life

**(7.4)**

* Makeover glamour shot: hair is darkened and cut shorter

**(7.5)**

* She’s shown being sad to have to turn the uniform back in following the cameo shoot

### **Season 9**

**(9.5)**

* At the Belk session, she (alongside Holly) models what not to wear to a luncheon

**(9.8)**

* She presents Group 4’s yoga-themed tent to Kelli and Judy
* She’s the Group 4 representative to compete in the shooting competition, and as she’s about to compete, and in a bit of fancy editing, a miniaturized version of her appears above her head telling her to “win that trophy,” however, she does not perform well.
* As Group 3 is celebrating their victory at the retreat, Kelsey steals the trophy and runs away

### **Season 10**

**(10.3)**

* She’s shown introducing herself at the opening meeting: she holds the franchise record for most hair colors within a season.

**(10.4)**

* If you pause, you can see a list of the scores she received at auditions: she was ranked #14 and received 14 yeses and two maybes

**(10.6)**

* She’s shown singing the national anthem for show group auditions, before pausing and admitting it was bad. She asks the judges if she should stop, and Kelli and Judy, jokingly, but matter-of-factly say “Yes.”
* Though not shown being announced on the show, she can be seen standing in the group of those who were selected for show group

## **Misc.**

* While Season 6 uses the first and middle name format for the new cheerleaders, it only uses first names before training camp starts, so she is only referred to as Kelsey during this season.