Kim Nicole

Total: 11

Season 7: 9

Season 8: 2

* [First rehearsal] Ah! Super nervous. I feel like I’m going to throw up, but it’s good. It’s a good nervous, so I’m excited.

**(7.6)**

* I feel the pressure out here only because, when it’s new choreography for me, I have to think about it a whole lot. When I think about it a whole lot, I don’t quite get the style in just right.
* I think I’m just letting nerves get to me. I just know that it’s the end of everything and I know that they’re making their final cuts, and I need to let that go.
* [Before office] I haven’t ever been called into the office. I would be devastated if they cut me. I’ve worked really hard. And I’d be crushed.

**(7.7)**

* There’s definitely a lot of nerves going on tonight. This is a really crucial night, and so I think you can feel the tension, and what I’m trying to do is just try to stay as calm as possible and not let my nerves get to me.
* It is tough when Kelli and Judy are giving me a lot of critiques, but I have to stay positive and I have to stay tough, or they’ll just eat me up alive.

**(7.8)**

* Kelli did say that my kicks were… she felt like I was marking them. So, this time I’m really gonna kill it.
* Jenny opened our fridge, and was like, “Oh, what do we have here?”
* I used to eat whatever I wanted. Now that I’m 28, I notice I eat something, and something will shake for like a week.

### **Season 8**

**(8.4)**

* [Tessa Christine’s injury] Just from my physical therapy background, I knew that RICE – which stands for rest, ice, compression, and elevate – was the first think I had to do.

**(8.6)**

* [After office, teary] Kelli and Judy always want the best for all of us for the team, so it’s not personal when they do what they do. But we take it personally because we do care.

## **Commentary**

### **Season 7**

**(7.2)**

* Boring. – K

**(7.3)**

* Kim’s big. I mean I like watching her. – K/ Yeah. – J

**(7.6)**

* Kim’s kind of little. – J/ Yeah, you’re right. Kim has some little moments now. – K
* Until the end there, we really didn’t see you, and then all of a sudden, we went, “Oh my gosh, what is she doing?” And it’s rushing, it’s stopping and starting. – J
* Kim’s tiptoeing through the tulips… Kim, you’re tiptoeing! – K/ Don’t second-guess yourself. – J/ Kim’s scared to death. – K/ This is not that difficult, but you have to commit it to memory tonight. That first game is in two weeks. – J
* You’re hesitating again. – J/ Would you rather me be honest out here and have me call you into my office and be honest three hours from now? – K/ Honest. – Kim (and others)/ Kim, you’re boring. Stop it. Even at the end, you’re just barely doing this. You’re tiptoeing. Blow out every single thing you have this time and show us your potential. – K
* Kim is not getting the choreography right, she’s not getting her space on the lines, and she has no showmanship because she’s scared, so she’s four strikes tonight. – K
* You get to do it with the next line because you still haven’t convinced me. – K
* That was a smidge better, but we want you to go with the next line, too. – K
* Kim, do you know what you did? Do it with this next group. – J
* [*Montage of Kelli and Judy yelling “Kim”*]
* You were early again. – J
* Just keep on doing it all night. – K
* Kim should really be concerned tonight because she is performing really poorly, and it could be a reason to cut her if we don’t think that she’s capable. – J
* I could say goodbye to Teri, Kim, maybe Emily. And be at 36. – K
* Kim looks awkward. – K/ Very. – J
* Man, Kim is nothing in this. – K/ No, she’s horrible. – J
* Tornado arms, Kim, was weird. It was when you were facing the front. – J/ Kim, nothing on that. Flatline. – K
* She’s scared to death, but I think she’s pretty. Do you? – K/ Yeah. – J/ Oh! – K/ Did she mess up? – J/ No, she [*shimmies her chest*]. – K

**(7.7)**

* Kim made a mistake. – J
* [Kim goes well past her yard-line before backing up] Who was that, that overshot? Kim? Was it Kim? – K/ Does everyone know what they’re stopping? – J/ She’s scared to death. – K/…Kim, do you know what you did? – J
* Tonight, Kim looks scared to death. I really think Kim’s totally freaking herself out. I think she needs to decompress and either perform or come back next year. – K
* Kim, wave your poms. You look beautiful on the big board. You look scared to death. Boo. Okay, now smile. – K

**(7.8)**

* Is Kim marking it, or that’s it? Kim, kicks ugly. Flexed foot, and low. – K
* Kim, you got to jump up higher on the jump split. You were low. – J
* Kim’s kicks were low... – J/ Your face was bright, you look pretty. Thank God [*your face*] is all bright. Now you need to get those kicks up to par. – K
* [Talking with nutritionist, Jenny Williams] We also have rookie roommates that are from out of state, like Kim and Jennifer. Neither one of them have a weight issue, but they’re curvier. They come to Dallas, and all of sudden hit the scene and… sometimes rookie roommates can have parties and gatherings and late-night meals. I almost wonder what’s going on in their own refrigerators. – K
* I want to make sure that bad food in their kitchen is not contradicting all of the hard work they’re putting in here in our studio. – K
* Kim and Jennifer are on an elite squad. Their bodies are under a lot of stress every day. They cannot eat whatever they want. – Jenny Williams

### **Season 8**

**(8.6)**

* [*Kitty calls her name (among others) to step forward*] Every one of you either need to tighten it up or tone it up. Just, you look heavy. And that means not fat, obviously, but you look heavy. And I think you need to do something about it. – Kitty Carter
* [About veterans called out for weight] I think Kitty’s concern is valid, and this is, are you guys getting lazy or complacent just because you’re veterans? Because if Kitty had been the only judge in the room, several of those veterans wouldn’t have made the team. – K
* [Confessional before office visit] I’m disappointed, because the veterans know what the expectations are, and they need a wake-up call. – K
* It’s very difficult to pull four veterans from our cameos. I knew it would be an emotional decision. My bigger concern is that they make the necessary adjustments in nutrition and fitness to be ready for our squad photo and our first game. – K

**(8.8)**

* The weakest one in this group is Kim. – K/ Right! I mean, I totally agree. – J
* Kim? [*Kelli whispers her feedback in private to Kim*] You were the weakest one in that group. Do you want to be known as the weakest one in the group? Then prove it. Okay? Seriously, show us. – K
* Kim’s flat tonight, and I’m disappointed. – K

## **Office Visits**

### **Season 7**

**(7.6)**

* [End of episode, first of four] Kelli says tonight was not Kim’s best night, and Kim agrees. Kelli says she has some strong moments, and she has too many small moments. Her entrances tonight were a disaster, so she’s a concern. One day she’s hot and one day she’s not. She asks, “who is Kim, the performer?” Kim knows she can perform – she’s got this and can do this. Kelli says they’re not sold. They can decide now she can’t handle the pressure. Kim says she can handle it. Kelli says then they’ll see her tomorrow. [*Kim leaves*] Kelli didn’t want it to get to this point that they scare them so much that they shoot themselves in the foot. Judy thinks it’s kind of sad.

### **Season 8**

**(8.6)**

* [Mid episode, second of two, with Chelsea Elizabeth, Danielle Marie, and Jennifer Alexis] Kelli tells them it’s quality control time: all of them have gained weight from last year. All the judges noticed it at auditions. They’re starting to notice it more here. They have made the decision not to photograph them for cameos. They’d be wasting everybody’s time. Chelsea asks if they don’t want them to show up for cameos at all, and Kelli confirms this, saying they have last year’s pictures. Some of them are 8 pounds heavier than last year, so while this conversation may be shocking, Kelli’s tired of hearing about this from other people. She adds the next conversation would be that they’re like a rookie and not making the team. They should take this seriously, and until they hear otherwise, they won’t be doing appearances in uniform.

## **End of Journey**

**(2.2)**

* Not invited to training camp

## **Other**

### **Season 2**

**(2.2)**

* Shown answering a question during panel interviews

### **Season 7**

**(7.1)**

* Shown dancing after Kelli gives a confessional about there being a few great performers at preliminaries
* At panel interviews, she says she’s half-Israeli, and half-Chinese. Kelli seems impressed, and Kim speaks Hebrew

**(7.2)**

* Introduces herself at the opening meeting: she has a twin sister

**(7.4)**

* Makeover glamour shot: hair is curlier

**(7.6)**

* While Judy gives a confessional saying some of the TCC’s are crashing during the DCC field entrance, a clip of Kim is shown, followed by Judy yelling, “Loosen up!” which is followed by a shot of a cringing Kim
* She has a long sequence of her entrance getting critiqued by Kelli and Judy

**(7.7)**

* Judy has her and Jasmine repeat the entrance after they mess up the yard lines

**(7.8)**

* Nutritionist Jenny Williams comes to her and Jennifer Alexis’s home for a nutrition “home call” at Kelli’s behest.

### **Season 8**

**(8.4)**

* Kelli and Judy have her assist in managing Tessa in the immediate aftermath of her knee injury

**(8.6)**

* Despite being involved in the office visit that directly leads to Chelsea Elizabeth’s eventual cut, the show makes an effort to clear her of any insubordination by showing her as contrite about being called in for weight

**(8.8)**

* She is one of three flashed on screen while Kelli gives a confessional saying they’ll have tough decisions to make if they announce the team tonight

## Misc.

* Former Dallas Mavericks Dancer