Ashley Marie

Total: 15

Season 7: 15 (T12th most)

Season 8: 0

Season 9: 0

* Seeing the vets here tonight is really intimidating, but we’re all here for the same reason – for training camp.
* Expectations are really, really high for every girl that’s here. You have to be on your game here every night, eady to go, and it’s demanding. It’s intense.

**(7.3)**

* [Uniform fitting] It’s been something that I’ve been thinking about since the very beginning of the tryout process, and so, for this day to be here is really exciting.
* [About being called into the office] When Kelly called my name, I was actually kind of expecting it. I’ve been feeling kind of tense and nervous, and I feel like I’m not performing to my potential right now.
* [Before office] Right now, I’m feeling a little bit nervous and anxious to go into the office. It’s been a tough start to training camp. The style’s a little different for me, so I’m having a little bit of a hard time adjusting.
* [After office, teary] They gave me another chance, but I am feeling a little emotional, a little bit stressed, but I think a little bit more time and we’ll see.

**(7.4)**

* The first week of training camp, I was called into the office by Kelli and Judy, and they really warned me about needing more power in my dancing. [*Flashback*] Today I wanted to get some advice from a veteran, so I called Brittney Schram, and she came to meet me, and I’m hoping that she has some advice for me.
* I’m sure I’ll still be a little bit intimidated, but if I just breathe and think about everything that Brittney and I talked about today, I know I can get my head in the game and do what I need to do.
* Tonight, we’re here at Gilley’s Dallas, and we haven’t really been prepped on what’s going on, so anything could happen. Somebody could definitely get cut.
* It means so much to me that I got some positive feedback and some praise from Kelli and Judy. It doesn’t come very easy, so I feel like my hard work is paying off.

**(7.5)**

* Dancing alone in front of the mirror right in front of Kitty with her right there in my face was intimidating. I know that they’re gonna be making those final cuts, and I think I just really let myself get scared and intimidated.
* [Before office] I’m feeling nervous. I think somebody could get cut tonight. I mean, anything’s possible. Haven’t ruled it out. Could be me.
* [After office] This is so hard, because I want it so bad, and I know that it’s in me somewhere. It’s just sometimes, some nights, it’s hard to find that confidence to really sell it, because they’re looking for everything that’s wrong, and so when you’ve got that rolling in the back of your head, it’s hard to put it aside and just be fun and showy and dance. But other people are doing it. Obviously, it’s possible. I just need to find that in myself.
* [Cameo shoot] Today is a huge day for me. Every night we are analyzed, scrutinized by Kelli and Judy, and it’s really intense. You just hope that you’re doing enough to make it through

**(7.7)**

* It’s really early. It’s like 7:30 in the morning. And we’re showing up to get our hair and makeup done. Girls are going to be coming in groups of four all day long, and then the actual photo’s going to be taken later on this afternoon.

## **Commentary**

### **Season 7**

**(7.2)**

* This one is asleep at the wheel. – K
* You’re pretty and you’re boring. – K

**(7.3)**

* I’m not sure about Ashley, she’s kind of awkward. I haven’t figured it out yet, but I think I like her. – J
* On your entrance, and this is a style thing, the whole time you’re dancing, dance with your elbows out or something. It’s real stiff. – J/ And, Ashley, I’m gonna say, “Turn it up,” I’m gonna say, “Dial it up.” You’re next to Kali and she’s kind of a power dancer and Mackenzie’s in my view and so you got two little dynamites over here and you got to keep it up. – K
* Ashley barely made it into training camp. I think she’s beautiful. I’ve liked her look from the first round of auditions, but I’m not 100% sure she can morph into a power performer. – K

**(7.4)**

* [*Flashback to office visit, previously unaired comment about her lack of power*] It’s a serious weakness, if you will. – K
* After meeting her and seeing where her heart’s at and where her head’s at, I’m really pulling for her, and I want her to do well. – Brittney Schram
* Ashley’s trying to come to life. – K/ She did come alive. – J
* You were a very pleasant surprise tonight. – J
* She stepped it up a bit. She seems brighter on the stage, and it was kind of like a new Ashley out there. – J
* Megan, I didn’t notice you, but I’m not sure why, except that I was distracted tonight by Ashley. Ashley, that’s a stronger, cleaner dancer than I’ve seen this whole summer. – K

**(7.5)**

* I already don’t like Ashley. – Kitty Carter
* Bad for you that you’re dancing next to her. When you’re dancing, there’s something immature about your dancing. You’re not commanding the strut of a DCC. – Kitty Carter
* Kitty was very tough on Ashley tonight. She was giving her a lot of corrections, and she really was trying to pull out the performer in Ashley. – J
* [*Kitty has her dance in front of her by herself, close to the mirror*] Your face has not changed one time since you started. So, do it again and show me maybe two or three different looks on your face. [*Ashley dances again*] Wow! Okay, we need everybody demanding attention. So, you’ve got to step it up. – Kitty Carter
* [Cameo shoot] Britney Spears body. Sexy. – J/ She’s good. – K
* I was pleasantly surprised with Ashley. I thought she was very pretty on the camera, very poised. And she was very comfortable in front of the camera in a kind of soft and smoky way. – K
* [Cameo shoot] This was a moment of truth for Ashley. She was great! I mean, it just shows me more potential out of her. – K

**(7.6)**

* Ashley is actually very entertaining. – J

## **Office Visits**

### **Season 7**

**(7.3)**

* [End of episode, second of three] Kelli says they’ve given her a lot of feedback in the rehearsals, but they wanted to have an honest assessment. Truthfully, she’s where she was at auditions. She’s not a powerful performer. They brought her to training camp to see if she could develop that. She hasn’t yet, so she’s still not strong enough to make this team. Kelli doesn’t expect miracles, but she does think developing power is something that is achievable, and they still have a little bit more time. Ashley says she’s definitely willing to put in the time and the work to improve on her power. [*Ashley leaves*] Kelli mentions to herself to give her a little bit more time.

**(7.5)**

* [Mid episode, third of three, with Kitty Carter and Judy] Kitty asks if she’s been in the office before, and Ashley tells her she has. Kitty asks what it was about, and Ashley says that early on, she was boring, just like tonight. And she feels like she’s just kind of lost her mojo and took herself out of the game. Kitty says agrees that she did, and asks how she think’s she’s going to get on to stay on? Ashley reiterates that she truly believes that she can do it. She has enough technical training, and that’s just not coming through in her dancing yet. Ashley is frustrated because she doesn’t know if it’s a confidence thin right now, or what’s going on. Kitty tells her that no one’s going to be able to do it for her. She has the choreography; she’s just not selling it. Judy says she’s smart, and she does know the dances. It’s just hot and cold. Kitty says Ashley’s married, so she has to emphasize sexiness. Ashley laughs, saying she thinks that’s part of the problem, because she hasn’t tried to for hot for anybody except for her husband in a really long time. She tells herself that she can, and she just needs to get out of her head. Kitty and Judy agree with her.

## **Other**

### **Season 7**

**(7.4)**

* She meets Brittney Schram at a restaurant to get advice on training camp, where they discuss how she needs to just have fun and not be in her own head

**(7.6)**

* She’s one of the rookie TCC’s that meet up at a coffee shop before rehearsal

### **Season 9**

**(9.3)**

* Introduces herself at the opening meeting: she has a bachelor’s degree in psychology, and a master’s in counseling.

**(9.4)**

* At the social media seminar, she says she and Jacie were talking about maybe starting up with articles on the website as opposed to just having a picture. Because currently, she feels like it’s like they’re an object without showing that they’re all multi-faceted, well-rounded women. She thinks that could go into the Facebook page. This is met with approval by the powers.

## **Misc.**

* She's invisible in Season 8