DCC on Idol Tonight
Tonight on American Idol open auditions move to Dallas, Texas. You know what that means! Previews for tonight’s show included a snippet of the the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. I expect they’ll be part of the intro, and you never know, they may show up in other parts of the show. Hey, maybe one of will audition for Simon and the Crew. (Not hardly.) Anywho, check your local listings and tune in tonight.
These two dressed up like DCC for the audition.
(Something tells me they don’t make it to Hollywood.)
The real thing!
Last week, veteran Cheerleader Ally Traylor blogged about their “Idol” Experience on DallasCowboysCheerleaders.com. Here’s what she had to say about the experience:
The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have been on multiple reality TV shows but never did I expect to actually be a part of the most watched series American Idol! Trisha, Tobie, Ally, Abigail, Jordan Baum, Kaitlin, Mia, Malia, and I were all given the amazing opportunity to greet some of the judges and host of the show at The W hotel in Victory Park. As they drove up, we stood in a miniature form of our player introduction lines and sparkled our poms as each walked down the middle.
Randy Jackson rolled in first and had the most excited reaction after noticing us. His first words were, “The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders?! They are known all over the WORLD!!!” He took the time to walk really slow and make small conversation with many of the girls and his enthusiasm was contagious! He requested us to do a cheer so we did our traditional “sexy hips” step that is performed at every game. Trust me, it was a big hit! He lingered for a few minutes but could not stay and have real conversation since he needed to go get ready for the next round of auditions.
After Jackson left we were caught by surprise to see Kara Dioguardi and Neil Patrick Harris. Dioguardi is a new judge in the place of Paula Abdul and Harris was the guest judge. We weren’t expecting them since they came out of the hotel just to say hello to all of us but both were genuinely sweet and down to earth. They wanted to walk through our lines so we did a couple dance moves for them too; they loved it! We enjoyed conversating with the two and even managed to take a couple photos with them.
The next celebrity to arrive was Ryan Seacrest. He made all of us crack up laughing when we strolled between our greeting lines. Stopping at the end, he turned around to say “This will be the best shot of the day!” He walked a little further, turned around a second time and said “Can we do that shot just one more time?” All of us girls loved meeting him; especially since he plays a huge role in the public but acted just as normal as anyone else.
Prior to greeting the American Idol celebrities, we had the chance to meet Simon Fuller, the Executive Producer of the entire show. Not only did his British accent make us giggle, but his one-liners were hilarious. One time he said a joke then Trisha replied back by simply saying “That’s so funny!” He turned to her and responded, “You Americans! You say something is so funny, but then why don’t you laugh? In England, if something is funny we merely laugh to show it rather than just say it!” We never even realized that previously, but we all do that way more than often. I am sure you will catch yourself doing it now.
I bet you are wondering where Simon Cowell was during this time! We heard he was already staying at The W hotel so he just went straight to prepare for the auditions. He didn’t have to arrive, but it definitely would have been a treat to meet him!
Greeting the stars of American Idol was an experience that I will never forget. At the time, I kept my cool but afterwards I thought to myself, “Did I really just meet those same people I watch on Television; the ones everybody goes crazy for?…Yes, yes I just did!” The best part about the whole incident was how genuine everyone was to speak with us. Appearances like this make me realize that I have the coolest job in the world!
