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Unpacking The Ballroom

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Unpacking The Ballroom

This episode of *Brook and Connor Make a Podcast* offers a deep, behind-the-scenes look at Connor Wood’s journey on *Dancing with the Stars*, focusing on the intense preparation, emotional highs, and nervous moments leading up to and during his performance. The recap begins with a discussion of how Connor felt after making his national TV debut, describing a mix of excitement, anxiety, and pride. The narrative details the grueling rehearsal process, where they faced technical hurdles like an added four seconds in the song, missing the mechanical bull, and lacking stairs and props in the studio. Despite early mistakes during dress rehearsals—such as missing beats and a slip in his boot—Connor and Riley ultimately delivered a confident, heartfelt performance in the ballroom. The live show was emotionally charged, with Connor describing a moment of surrender and connection, and the audience’s positive energy reinforcing his success. Judges responded with praise, especially for the authenticity and chemistry between Connor and his partner Riley. The episode also touches on the psychological stress of live performance, including an unexpected negative omen (Tim McGraw’s fall) and the difficulty of trusting oneself under pressure. A central theme is the contrast between rehearsals and reality, where live band acoustics and unpredictability disrupted their timing. The conversation ends with a lighthearted reflection on their partnership, clarifying that they have never competed together and instead view their bond as one of mutual support and fun. Throughout, the podcast blends personal vulnerability with professional insight, offering both a realistic and heartfelt account of the experience.

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you ready this is gonna be a good one are you ready yeah i'm like i'm like oh sorry i can't believe like to me this is like the start of something new because like now i'm podcasting with like a cast member of my favorite show and i feel like crazy hi guys welcome back to brook and connor make a podcast um yeah we're in like we're in a different studio today because we had to um um schedule the scheduling has been just well we had to recap nights one and two of the ballroom and we couldn't do that with our regularly scheduled programming so we are recording on a different day which brings us to a different studio right totally fine right um anything literally anything at anything for dwts that's so fun genuinely yeah not to accidentally shift gears into a dancer of the stars podcast that is what it is that's what that's what it's gonna be for the time being sometimes things are out of your control this is a dancing with the stars recap podcast we have tried welcome to the dancing with the stars recap podcast starring connor wood and his co-host my partner and and his partner in double senate which we'll get into all that we're gonna unpack all of that yeah things you can look forward to in this episode shit like that yeah we're gonna yeah you think we're gonna leave it in the box no we're unpacking it i'm gonna leave it in the box i'm gonna leave it in the box i'm gonna leave it in the box but i want to take us back way before that sure i guess i kind of want to take us back to just i mean you you freaking made your national tv well i guess you were on good morning america when did we do this we did this what are you when did the last time we recorded this podcast last week here right yeah yeah but i'm just saying you made on tv yes since you were since we recorded this podcast you've made your debut sure on like a in a massive platform on national television yeah excluding your appearance on good morning america yeah you're you're a tv star beloved by the nation the young it is sweeping the young nation you've completely swept inside of the hearts of the young nation since we last spoke how does it tell me how that feels what did you say last flicking the beans of the young wait cute you can okay i don't want you to police yourself just because you the beans of the young nation all right screw it yeah yeah i did it yeah i did it and i don't care who knows it you like okay how just like very quickly like how are you feeling there's no time to there's no time there's no time there's no time to talk you'll have to email me i feel like you haven't even been like on your phone you've been on your phone a lot what are you yeah oh i just feel like you've interviewed my instagram stories oh my no we're probably having one of those things where it's just like i don't know i don't know i don't know i don't know i don't know it's not coming up it's not coming across my desk first like i'm already shadow banned to the guy wait wait i'm completely like wait first double tennis now shadow man no that was out of my control do you want to just should we just do that first that part first double tennis yeah stop doing it okay so number one yeah no every so tell them what happened well they don't know let's let's just do the whole we'll just start when that comes chronologically we could do that for the people that are tuning in for the first time for like an organized chronological recap yeah okay if you're tuning in for the first time first of all welcome wear shoes wear shoes off household yeah no we're not leave your shoes on do whatever you want we're a do whatever you want household but like some people might take off their shoes sometimes and they might fiddle with their toes if they want connor is doing hobby honest yeah i have flip-flops on today you got to put yourself first also people like havianas are coming back in i do want to say i was i was on the forefront of the havianas renaissance and the flip-flops are coming back in it may be uncomfortable for you but that has nothing to do with me completely i totally agree i think you can wear jeans and havianas now and or maybe even pants i think so too and i also think you have you have nice feet in terms of like the kind of feet that men have yeah so i think you have some leeway thanks i appreciate it like for so long i had been in foot jail because i i wouldn't allow myself to to be out in public because truly since college actually since i busted my toe oh yeah remember when i busted my toe yeah and then i go to class i could only wear havianas flip-flops on my left foot my left foot and they had wrapped up almost in like a cartoonish way my my bloody toe because i busted it open and i remember getting on yik yak if you know you know and this girl that was definitely in my class and he was like this is there's this disgusting guy like that only wears one flip flop and his toe is bleeding every day which he can do and it was like baby you think i'm putting my bloody toe into a slip-on checkerboard van no i'm able i'm willing but i'm unable completely and so i had this big like genuinely it looked like when tom would drop like an anvil on jerry's toe and it would get i mean i'm sure you're gonna get some more busted toes as the season goes on yeah such as in addition to when i the night before the premiere i think we should start chronologically okay all right take us back to the night before the premiere how you were feeling during rehearsals etc and shit like that okay i'll just say like we've we've been in even when we were like not announced yet that's when we were going to the studio right every single day and i had to wear this freaking addison ray take us back to the visor mask every day driving in and i do want to also really quickly say like the the everyone's like oh they leaked like why did they even do that i was undercover i don't know who the whisperings of like me being on it was definitely someone in the industry it was not me i mean yeah you were good and you were like the first to know um but i was so good because i was mostly because i was like i know people are gonna be like and who is that you know like wild card it's okay to have a wild card it's fun it's okay to be the wild it's okay to be the wild card and i want to touch on being the wild card having zero expectations is a beautiful place to live yeah not an athlete never claimed to be one no to answer your answer never never said i did you can only exceed expectations what an amazing like this is what i said last week i think they had a lot to look forward to i think they had a lot to look forward to to lose by having me on i had only gain yeah you know only meet or exceed yeah and i wanted to like because i knew people were gonna be like and why did we do that with this young man and i want to be like i'm gonna show you yeah and show us all you i'm gonna prove to you that i'm in there every day working my took us off but anyways we were showing up every day it was 115 degrees i had to get into my hot car and they made me wear a hoodie cover my face and then the visor and it was and finally dumois leaks conor wood leaked and i was kind of like you know part of you is like i'm on dumois yeah i'm on dumois and it was like this is 100 conor wood my name conor wood i look at it closer everyone's like how do you know this conor wood his hand his hand the hand in question completely couldn't be more of a woman's hand it had french tips it didn't have french tips but it wasn't your hand french ass tips anyways it was a woman's hand it couldn't couldn't be more of a feminine hand do we know whose hand it was i think tatiana's but um 100 are you being serious yeah that one was me this one was me because i wore i wore a different color hoodie every day because i didn't get the like the bat the box with all the gear to be hidden the whole time i was bringing my own hoodie to work i didn't know that everyone else was given a free hoodie but i brought my own and uh i appreciate dumois always dumois been here since the beginning days they have always been there for you and they they called me comedian which i appreciate and said because i know that i'm the influencer on the season which i take pride in there's nothing wrong with being an influencer i feel like um uh you sarah sierra no no no oh never mind sarah jane yeah um she's a reality star and model okay because they have their own hulu i feel like there's no like true influencer this season like there's no alex earl yeah she's you're the comedian you're the comedian well yeah so that happened and then what was i what were we talking about how did this end up i was just asking you about like what rehearsals were like what you were feeling the night before like how you felt like you were doing how was dress rehearsal you saw i think you should tell us about what happened during dress rehearsal yeah and i and i'm i'm glad too because of where we're at yeah tell us what happened so we practiced the same thing we practiced the same thing we danced so so much that like riley made this video right before that was just like day one rehearsal versus now and you see this day one version of us practicing this dance which is like no dance experience I don't know how Riley like got up then the following day and was like time to go to work only Riley could because I was a lost cause truly like I was stepping on my foot when I saw your footage of very early practices I didn't think you were bad at all but seeing them compared to where you landed was insane I know it was bizarre to see that yeah she posted that um we have been working on this dance for like three or like two and a half weeks and then some most lead up you get like for a dance it's the first dance you get two and a half weeks and we had it nailed like I genuinely I sent you a rehearsal video I was like this is like nuts I can't wait to do this on the stage right now when we're practicing in the studio we don't have the mechanical bull was a late ad sure we don't have the mechanical bull in the studio you know so that adds if you think about the song that we've been practicing to nailing it to the beats now we've got an additional four seconds added to the top of the song so now it's like and every second matters and then so in the what you don't hear on the tv is it goes click click click click and it's like I'm getting off the bull I have to think of where I have to be per click and it's at the beginning of the song so we've only got two days on the bull and then the stairs which we don't have stairs in the studio and then the hat we never we weren't practicing with the hat so it's like four things before the dance started and then you have to hit that first beat on the floor on the flow on the way to the lick of stow so it was like all new stuff so we go in for camera blocking is what it is and that's when like what you guys see on tv it's like there's 12 I don't know how many there's gotta be 12 cameras and so when you look you cut and you look and they're close on your face this way and then you cut this way and this is a far out you to look at the cameras while you're dancing it's it's it's I think it's it I'm making this up by the way that I didn't ask any questions but like I think it's a twofer they don't want to show bad dancing on tv that would just be like a nothing burger you know tv like no one wants to watch bad I feel like they would want to show someone mess up if they mess up pretty badly you know I don't really I don't think that that would benefit them at all people would be like I'm not you know like this is not this person's not taking it seriously no like if someone falls or something that's good tv that's like what I'm saying it's a replay it's good tv yeah but like just messing up flopping a whole dance like which is I'll just get there so you you get three tries on the Saturday leading up to it was Saturday this week I don't know when it's going to be but um moving forward because it was a twofer two two night special but the camera blocking one you get to be like okay for this this is a close-up on my face I really want to look because that's everyone watching and voting is like you know if I'm going I like it I want to go I like it you know like I like it turn boom and then two I love it I like it here I love it here and then what if I want some more of it agreed so that would be like kind of a push out and then they're also like spinning around you um so there was that I you guys we got three tries there is not a chance on the planet I couldn't have I could have messed these up more by the way these like I'm missing the first beat I'm skipping like I don't know how many how many like sections of the dance there were probably 15 I was missing like seven like of this dance that we have nailed to perfection 100 times you got the yips I got the yips badly for dress rehearsal etc camera and like I don't have performance anxiety like I've never had that in my life there was not even that many people in the room when I did this I mess it up and that gets sent out to everyone and I'm just like oh they're all gonna get this and they're gonna be like we made a pretty massive mistake um and then we come in day of the show after practicing I'm like okay that was like that was it was the day after my it was the day after my birthday so we had done karaoke and stuff and like I'm like maybe it was a sleep thing like I don't really know because that wasn't until late afternoon it definitely wasn't like a okay like early morning wake up it was late afternoon so like it wasn't like a I was just trying to like make up an excuse of why that could have happened yeah and then the day of the show we go in and we had a couple tries not in our costume and I nailed it I was like oh my god it was the it was the yips and where was where were you this is in the ballroom this is in the ball you're practicing the day of the show okay you nailed it in the ballroom nailed it with the stairs with the ball with the hat and then we put our costume on mm-hmm what do you think it's gonna be like I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know where did you go wrong 10 second Tom like genuine 50 first dates Drew Barrymore hi where am I hi Connor Riley's like who why are you introducing yourself 100 brand new to me dress rehearsal so we do it I'm like I mean there's when you get up there's always like we have one more rehearsal like I'll just get it that time and then I'll feel good it's making me sweat again even thinking about it there was no more rehearsal I was like I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know one more try the next try was 5 TV you're in the crowd my parents are in the crowd I was like oh my god like I blew it you know like you he had texted me this that like he he he completely messed up I couldn't I was so sick to my stomach I I'm I'm sorry to say this for the new listeners but like I was I was made I couldn't get off the toilet all day I was sick to my stomach we started leaving to go to the ballroom Connor we had to turn around as I was sick no I was sick in my chair at the ballroom you came out you couldn't look at me I couldn't look at you like it was like I was sick I mean I was just like this isn't even funny you know like I wasn't funny you know like a lot of times you're like oh if I mess up it's like oh you know that one time I blew it round you know round one of Dancing with the Stars but it wasn't funny I was like I don't think I'm gonna look I don't truly like I've never been to war totally I was on the line of fire like I I was genuine like I feel like everyone I meet lately is trying to be smarter with money myself included cash back here coupons and points there but why does it take so much effort we all just want to make our money 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I think that I could have been a heavy, heavy smoker since I was six years old. And I think that I would have lived longer than whatever show day did to me on my longevity of my life. I really can't imagine. Come out. I'm talking to everybody. It's just like, I was just like, I got, went nonverbal. I was like, like, I had accepted that. Okay. Like, it didn't look that bad on camera blocking because they did help me out. But like, you know, like, I don't know this dance that I know. When you think you know someone and it turns out you don't. Vibes. Turned on me. Yeah. And then you're like, oh my gosh, what's that next part? Because you're thinking of it in your head. And then I'm like, oh my gosh. And now I'm going to think of it when I get up to that part. And then when you're thinking of what's the next part, you miss the part that you're doing. It's pretty gnarly. And the cha-cha that we were doing is like a very, it's a harder dance. That's why, like, I think people like to do that one at the beginning when expectations are lower. Can you explain, like, did they tell you to do the cha-cha or you pick it? No, the songs, you know, a song lends itself to a style of dance. Okay. So. I didn't even know that. Yeah. So, like, if I tell Riley. Uh, this, you know, all I wanted was, all I wanted was you by Paramore. Yeah. What song, what is that? And she's like, oh my gosh, that's a samba. Like, she can just be like. Whoa. Put beats in her head and do that. And now can you do a cha-cha again or you're done with doing cha-chas? I hope I never have to do, I'm just kidding. No, it was fun. I enjoyed it. I will never listen to Tim McGraw again. Sure. No fault of his own. But I think it would, I think it would genuinely, like, PTSD me. Unfortunately, now it's one of my favorite songs. The other thing. The other thing that happens is the live band plays the song. So, it's not the song that you've been practicing for. Right. It's a live band. And it, like, you're in a room with different acoustics and it, because of the adrenaline, you feel like you're, they're, they're playing slower. And so, you're going faster. It's very bizarre. But, got out there on the bowl. Yeah. Look straight at my. Well, how, rewind for a second. How were you feeling, like, as all the other guys were performing before you? Because you were sixth. I didn't care for that. Like, I wanted you to go pretty early because the anticipation was, like, really challenging. I would have loved it gone first. How was the anticipation? What was the anticipation for you and, like, watching all the other guys? It was fine. Riley's done a really good job of being, like, stay in your lane. Like, there's nothing, that has nothing to do with you. Everything scoring is all things considered, you know? Like, someone that comes in that's a professional dancer, they're considering that. Yeah. They're going, how can you, how are you elevating that and how are you getting better and what are you bringing presentation-wise? All this. And then, for someone with no dance experience, they're like, from where you came to now, that's what they're judging and, like, what you did out there. So, they are grading on a curve. It's curved per individual. It's not. It's not. I don't think it's even, like, blanket statement curved. I think it's, like, based on, it's, like, pretty tailored. Yeah. Okay. I'll just tell you. So, I went out there and I walk by you. I throw, it's, like, closing. Yeah. It's, like, really hard to talk about. I know how the story ends. Ah! So, walking out there and, like, I'm looking at Riley. We're walking out together and then we get up on the bowl and I'm looking and it's, the package is playing. It's my first time seeing the package and, honestly, truly. Can I ask what the package is? Voice to God. Me being, like, hey, I'm Connor and this is me and Riley meeting and it's on the screen and playing. Oh, that's the package. Okay. And you have to watch that while, for the first time while you're going out there and I'm just going out there, like, shut up for a second. Were you feeling, like, surrendering, like, whatever or, like, you were still, like, nervous to the gods? There wasn't a better situation that had to happen where you truly were, like, letting go and letting God right there. Being, like, whatever happens right now just, like, is going to happen. Like, that is just it and the best thing you can do. The best thing you can do. Yeah. The best thing you can do is be, like, just, like, stand up sometimes if I'm, like, oh, there's a big crowd. I'm, like, it's 7 p.m. right now. You have a 40-minute set or whatever. By 8, you will be heading home and getting in bed. And I'm thinking about Dancing with the Stars. I'm, like, in one minute. In one minute. You will be backstage and people will have moved on. Yep. Although, now, with everything, I don't think people move on as quickly as you would like to think. Especially the people that watch dancing and how online everyone is and it seems like everyone is actually recording the show on TV. Yeah. Like, they're, like, filming their TV. Yeah, like a concert. Yeah. Yeah. Which is just, like, okay. The cha-cha is very individual. So, like, there's a lot of parts where, you know, I'm moving on my own and then Riley and I will meet up and then we switch. You just are switching. It felt like switching into different styles every single time. But I'm up on the bowl. Up on the bowl. I look straight, see my dad. He's laughing. Which is just, like, come on. Don't laugh. He was so proud of you. I know. It was really amazing to be in that space. I'm sure it was great for my dad that was in the military to watch his son dance. Connor, it was. Like, it genuinely was. And he has known that you have been able to work this crowd since you were five years old in the school play. That's what I'll say about that. What did he tell you? That when you were five years old in the school play, not only did you memorize all of your own lines, you memorized the lines of everybody else. Yep. Yep. And then he knew. You're born to entertain. I'm an entertainer, baby. That I completely agree. That's my entertainer. There was, so we're doing the dance. There's a part of the dance floor where if you said today, like, you caught the beat. Did you say that today? I caught the beat? No, that, like, I was, oh, no. I don't think I've ever said that. I don't have a sense of beats. There's a part where, like, I kind of lost it for a second. I slipped. Oh, I didn't know that. My toe slipped. And, like, I'm supposed to do a sharp stop. And I did a sharp stop. And my toe took, like, six more inches and was out. And then I did. In your boot? In my boot. Yeah. In your heeled snakeskin cowboy boot, your toe was out? In my true Mayflower Stepas, I slipped a little bit. And I told them, too. I was like, this part is, I'm slipping every single time, only right here. And no one was really using that portion of the dance floor. No one was taking you seriously. No, they were. But, like, I think I might have just been, like, using so much of my toe that it was actually my top of my shoe that was catching. So, I caught it. And we got to, like, towards probably, like, 75% of the dance. And I smiled at Riley. I was, like, about to start laughing. I was like, this is, like, the one that we get all the way through. And I know there was some, like, timing issues and stuff. But, like, I was truly just, like, overjoyed to have gotten through the dance. Joy on your face when you finished. Like, it was mirrored in the crowd. Like, it was, like, you could tell how happy you were that you did it. It was, I mean, it was so good, Connor. But I smacked. I didn't even catch one second. I didn't catch one second that you were off, by the way. I smiled so big. And she goes, not yet. I saw her go, not yet. And we got through. And then she fell down on the ground because she really. Riley's the most positive person in the world. She was kind of, like, stone-faced. Like, you know, next season will be my season. Unfortunately, Riley, this season is your season because we're going all the way, baby. Oh, my God. You're going all the way. We're going to. Yeah, we're going to go all the way. Oh, I know that. You are going. How was the crowd? Connor, I was, like, legitimately, like, I don't know. Like, I was so in my own body only and, like, so freaked out and, like, only looking at you. And just, like, experiencing probably not all of the nerves that you were, but, like, pretty much all of them. Let me make sure I say it. Like, I don't know how the crowd was. I think good. Really? Probably good. If I had to guess, yeah, probably great. I'm so scared. There's this girl that keeps posting, I was in the crowd at the Dance with the Stars premiere. And I'm like, oh, I can't watch that. I don't want to know. Oh, no. I'm sure the crowd loved you. We were screaming. I do want to say, too, I can't explain to you what it feels like to mess up the dressers and being like, and they're all watching. They're like, what are you doing? You know, and just being like, I know I can do this dance. Two, I'm feeling fine. And then, like, right before our dance, while we're getting ready, I get a push notification on my phone. I am not signed up for push notifications from Google. The app. I don't need an internet push notification. What did she say? Page six. Tim McGraw falls on stage while performing I Like It, I Love It in Las Vegas. I have an image. I screenshotted it. Tim McGraw takes hard fall on stage at Cincinnati concert after arriving 40 minutes late. I'm like, that is a horrible omen. That is bad. That's bad. Honest to God, that's bad. But you didn't let that get you down. No, I did let it. get me down i was really in my head but um wow that was living all of that just like no and then watching last night and just picturing like when we went to get our scores i was like they could give me one so i'm okay with that like we got through the dance and that's what we well that's what i wanted to do my favorite part of the dance if i may oh yeah like you were like sexy sexy really and i don't use that word lightly wow like the way when you were behind riley and you were like you had your hand like going up her leg when i was slaying you were like slaying the house down snakeskin boots slipping your toe out like that i was like oh my god oh my god oh my god that was funny it was like connor i was like like freaking out oh like i and i keep thinking about like if i was in an alternate universe for like i didn't really know you like i would be like i like him i would be like texting connor w like pretty pretty freaking frantically but you know me yeah but i'm just saying like if i didn't like i would have i would have latched in that i would have latched which is pretty scary to think about room from my couch at home i would have been latching onto you from the ballroom like it's scary to think about like what could what could have happened in that alternate universe wow and like what my dms to you could have looked like in that space isn't that scary and chilling isn't it bone chilling yeah that's like kind of like the movie in time it's like the movie in time and then you called me last night and i was like oh my god connor what is calling me stop bro i'm serious like oh my god it's like really crazy i'm serious oh well seeing you guys in the crowd i was just like that was nice good except i can't ever look at you guys again because i could tell you guys are freaking out you guys were doing this smile because i i know what you're capable of yeah and i know the way you can act under pressure our dance next week is gonna be really fun like i'm i'm i could have performed our dance next week today are you doing any sexy move moves next week pretty sexy is it sexy or is it sexier the whole thing is sexy like it's like and like i keep saying sexy it's just a more sensual dance i'm so excited i do want to say so like when i really started getting in my head about the dance it was when riley was like now it's time to look at time to use your face and like someone like jackson olsen the savannah banana he can he's like a big like uh-huh yeah smile like wink like so i'm like i gotta wink i gotta get a wink in i look right in during that freaking line dance at carrie ann and i go and i wink at her and you did not give her the when you did it okay we got to talk about the delivery on that line let's i would love to get into that so wherever the judge first one that we talked to carrie ann usually when people move their body in a strange way that i've never heard her deliver a score like that usually this is literally why you're tooth brown i've never heard anyone speak like that usually when someone moves their body in a strange way and i'm like this y'all hearing this yeah i'm like what could she say and i are both sitting there going okay okay okay yes it gives me the ick and i'm so like how are we gonna land this plan yeah i want to help you land this plane together she goes did not give me the ick but what i'm hearing out there is like when someone moves their weird body like you are moving your strange weird body ew you know like that's what i'm hearing when i'm up there like usually that would have been it oh but the way you did it you know i i'm sure they hear like whisperings of the dressers on the rehearsals that like i wasn't performing well at and so i'm sure that she was ready to deliver like a different message and then so i think that she was like i was pleasantly surprised because she was basing it and then derrick huff also said i was pleasantly surprised like i think that they were like oh we got to change our tune because of turn it on i don't remember what bruno said oh did you re-watch and watch the judges you should i don't think i will i think you should they were like loving it really yes um the funniest thing i ever came out i was talking to him on the side because we go we were going up together at the beginning and i was like he was like i don't know anyone's name man and i was like do you know the judges he's like carrie ann i was like yeah and then i go what's the guy's name and he goes daryl hug i go yep oh he's in it for a good time not a long time i love i don't i don't know like kind of andy rick during his ass i don't i don't think so as much as i love he like deeply he jokes around a lot like he's like proud of himself it's very awesome like he literally comes up to me he's you know when you're down there and like you get up and like then you hit it you know like and then i looked at him the other day and i saw him down the hallway and he was practicing and oh he wants it like no he's working hard he's he i think he's got a definitely a few more shows left for sure yeah i love him let me just see yeah and then so i mean i was sweating out of my head which i i've never really done i i want to look into sweating out of the head like what do you mean out of your head it was coming from here down it was it was literally like in a movie when someone's nervous when they're like counting cards at a casino it was sweating from here yeah my noggin from your scalp my scalp yeah um everyone was so good too but in terms of like watching people obviously like ezra is my brother on the show like that is who i like spend like a lot of my time with yeah and we just hit it off like day one in the lot when we were doing my promo shoot and he was just phenomenal like he's a phenomenal one i want to say he's he's phenomenal like he's he's made for this obviously like athlete obviously handsome as hell like beautiful man hey guys we want to take a break to 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the fall pieces you'll reach for most at quince download the quince app for app exclusive offers or go to quince.com slash bnc get free shipping on your order and 365 day returns now available in canada and the uk too that's quince.com slash bnc bnce.com slash bnc i mean he has got it all entertainer he's got it all she's so great love him to death he has the best family too connor i was sitting we were sitting next to them and i was like sobbing watching them watch him i know i'm like always talking to his mom his mom is like every his mom like most beautiful woman i've ever seen stunning that whole and then his brothers come up hi we're azra no i know they all look the same different heights brother i'm azra's brother i go i thought you were azra yeah i was like how did you change so fast i thought he was doing i thought sorry now that i'm a dancer there's a car horn going off and i'm like five six seven eight um you're starting to hear the beat yeah everything no but when i saw azra's brother in the car i was like oh my god is he doing like like a secret crowd piece like is he doing like a flash mob with like lookalikes oh i thought he had lookalikes scattered with that the guy and i was like oh those are his brothers but i mean that dance was the last dance i saw before i went out yeah so i was kind of like what if i fell down the stairs like would that be so bad and then i was like yes because they would play my dress rehearsal as my like if you get hurt they play your dress rehearsal as the thing they score for and so i was like no i need to go out and kind of do this thing and it happened and then it was good um and then it was amazing thank you that's very very nice okay so then we go to the press line the press line so funny i like i'm sitting no you went to do your interview up on the platform that's what i want to talk about my interview yeah okay let's talk about the interview i was so happy that we finished the dance that like everyone was like this is the chance like for people to get to know you and for jules to be like how is the competition so far and i said competitive you're doing jules jules and i okay i didn't know you're doing jules jules goes how's the competition been so far this is that your time to be like i am here doing this for my daughter yeah i am here doing this for this community of people i am here because they said i couldn't be here i go she goes how is it i said good i mean you didn't you didn't lie no i mean i wasn't up there to lie i was on such a high that like the questions being asked were just like let me let me go let me let you let me go let me let you let me go i didn't like the scores i was like i am so content with what we did out there that i don't you can score me one i could go home tonight like i'm good with it but like the story that i'm telling was not told up there that last that evening do you know the story you want to tell i think so i think yeah i'm excited you helped me with it yeah i'm excited to see your next yeah yeah and i think i can start saying it here it's just like everything that i've ever done has been kind of like a joke and i laugh at everything and this is something that i i care about and i'm taking seriously and i think it's just like telling a different side of myself vulnerable and earnest very vulnerable very earnest you know it for me the other day what timothy chalamet posted a photo dump from his hike with his dad okay and i was like yeah you connected to that the caption was hike with my dad yeah and i was like yes and and i'm dancing you know like yeah timothy chalamet is hiking with his dad and i'm dancing and i'm working hard and i'm stretching and i'm lifting and i'm going to the physical therapist timothy that was weirdly like this is the year of being earnest in our work you know and not just being like i'm very stupid vulnerable things this is the year this is the year saying i'm very capable i'm very very good at what i do and i can try new things too if i want to i can i can and i went and i will yeah last year i was on the the other side of that obstructing pole this year i'm on the other side of the pole baby on the floor tonight we're gonna get on the flow yeah awesome anything else you want to address about the interview yeah address what do you mean one like i totally see you and hear you about like being in the zone about the the the work that you have been invited on to promote and then the podcast coming up and being like let me get back to like but like when someone was like or whenever they brought up partner i don't think they did sweetie i think you brought that up whenever they brought up like where's your head at i was talking obviously competitively i think that this is the funniest thing in the world because now we and i'm gonna we're gonna go to that in a second but when they're like where's your head i'm like i've just never had just thinking about how riley is just as like in this competition tell tell them what you said and then sport and then i've never had a partner before before like except in doubles tennis no doubles tennis came later oh well okay i don't remember what i said up there okay it was black let's play it let's play it no let's roll the tapes okay go ahead i don't want to no i don't i don't care about this if you could even pull up his transcript i don't care about what i said i can't see myself from that night okay it's fine it's like triggering but i will say like i am not i was not i was thinking in sport you know like i wasn't and i've never we've never called each other my coat my my podcast partner i feel like i've called you my partner i don't think we've ever said well i've called you partner and and like a life my life partner you are my safe space and you are my partner here in our home when we're sitting here and when we're working you know like this is great and like as in in life as well like but like we've never been in a competitive situation i don't think we would i knew what you meant to say i don't think we would i knew what you meant to say i don't think we would i don't know what you meant i know you coming up right away and being like never had a partner and i was like what are you talking about like i literally had no idea what you were talking about i'm sorry and i'm sorry i'm sorry to make a joke about that and i was like i don't know what you're talking about like i genuinely had no memory of from the end of the dance i remember carrie ann and then i don't remember being up at the sky deck and or anything after that like it's weird what blacked out but anyways now we have now we're even because i had done something similar similar and specifically when you were on good morning america yeah today show today show and it was so now we have so would you rather yeah uh oh it's nothing oh it's nothing daughter or i never had a partner partnerless son partnerless son someone said that that we didn't coin that someone said that on tiktok yes shout out to her yes so you and i have we're gonna do merch for the first time we're gonna do timely merch for the first time ever but the fun the funniest part about no partner to me was that you did a second interview where you also said i've never had a partner corrected yourself and you said oh well except for in doubles tennis that was my favorite part yeah so that's well now you understand like in terms of like you were at a sports mindset you and i i also want to say like we are dream team truly like doing this i don't think we would compete well together i don't think we would uh-uh because i just don't think that we would like yeah i wouldn't want to because like that's just not like i would it wouldn't be fun and we're just like in this house we're all about fun yeah i love you to death you came up about 1100 times and other like in other parts of the interviews of course what they clipped was partnerless son partnerless son because obviously and by the way that was very very fun up until the one person that needs to ruin it by being so strange like you guys were having fun y'all can rest easy knowing that we we're we were laughing about it we are not only we we are not it is not only everything but partnerful here's what i'll say about that i did i really i did react live time and cat elbowed me so hard because i didn't realize there was a camera in our face oh wait is it on camera no it's not on camera but if it was you would have seen me go never had a partner before like okay this is one of those things we're truly like i like do not make that connection because i don't like i don't know competitively we've never maybe we should try to be in a competition together i think we could do something like we should do traders or something wait i want to talk about traders because well i think we could do something like are you smarter than a fifth grader together we tried and that did not work no but i'm saying we wouldn't like hate each other based off of that i think we would hate each other if if something like dancing if i was your dancing stars partner who was i but oh like you're like gonna be on traders i don't know that's just how that's how it works baby like you're gonna be on i would love to be on traders but i don't know would be fun like that's awesome speaking of maura hagan's dance last night was amazing incredible and wait and rob was there and lisa you spoke to rob yeah how was that rob's just like he's just like cutest little like i i love that he I don't know if I want to say this, but he's like playing a character. He's a very, very sweet guy. And like, he's like kind of like solemn, like, yo, what's up? Yo, whatever. He's like a very nice outgoing. Is he like, like, is there like bubble to him? Yes. He's a little bubbly. Yes. He's bubbly. Wow. Um, so I'll judge her. See, well, she had so much kind, so many kind words to say about my dance. What did she say? She was just like, I was here in the ballroom one, but two, I watched it on TV and I got home and like, usually someone has like one or the other, you know, like they were, it worked really well on camera. She was like, you did both. And I'm hugging her. And that was the first time I had gone, Oh my God, Joe, just see what smells bad. And then I go later on, I go, Oh my God, it was me. It was my first time lifting my arms. They made us put our outfit back on from the night before. And they didn't clean it. And remember how much I would make you do that. The girls had two different outfits because the girls did an opening number for ours. And we didn't do an opening number for theirs. But I feel bad for, for even a millisecond of thinking, Joe, just see what smelled bad. When I smelled like salt and vinegar chips from my armpits, it was disgusting. I literally hugged her and I was like, Whoa, no one's expecting you to smell good. So you're wondering if they wash the outfit or like if it smelled bad, it was, it was rank. It was disgusting. It was like sharp cheddar. I don't even know how to describe it. It was like, not like a, Oh, this is BO. It was like pungent. And then we went up and did the thing with Rob or one last night. And, I couldn't lift my arms in front of him. So like, you'll see I'm next to Ezra and Jackson. And these are like two like big broad shoulder guys. And I'm like this. I have a few questions to ask you. Okay. Well, first of all, I want to talk about voting. What? Also Kate Flannery in between me and Riley with P and she's running out. She goes, grab me. You are fucking awesome. Oh my God. I was like, Kate Flannery. That's Meredith. Meredith from the office. That's awesome. Yeah, it was pretty, it was amazing. This is just like the coolest thing in the world. Wait, what was, what was the question? I just like, just about the show in general, like the voting just like pisses me off beyond belief because the show airs live only on the East coast and airs at 8 PM LA time. And so the, we have to vote assuming you're not in the ballroom without watching you. Yeah. So like for the women, like I didn't know, like I didn't have a fan favorite. Yeah. Because like I didn't know them until I walked last night. So like I had, like I couldn't vote based off of performance at all, which like is the only thing that I would have wanted to wanted to vote on. It's crazy. I didn't think about that. Like I completely, I didn't vote last night. Cause I'm like, I don't, what would I be voting on? I don't, I don't know. I can't answer that. I don't really understand. I should like, I should be able to base my votes off of the dance shirt. Yeah. I think Whitney Carson said something really good about this. She was just like, you do vote for your favorite. But it should, you should be able to factor in the performance shortly. Like it's not right to not be able to do that. I can't answer the question cause I didn't ever think about it. I'm just like, it makes zero sense. The other thing that I don't like, if you don't mind me shitting on the show that you're on for a second, which is, it is my favorite show by the way, just a few qualms. You have feedback. I don't think that you should, there should be eliminations on the first night. I think everyone should get the chance to establish any fan base that they can on the first night. Let that marinate for a second. Have the chance to improve. Sarah Jane and Haley. Like I was like, that's Haley's first year as a pro. It was her first season as a pro. And I was just like, I was also like, Oh, like based on the first dance and the first choreography, like I just thought that was a little crazy cause I liked the dance. I did too. I don't think anyone should go home. I won. Um, I'll say that about that. Oh, by the way, when they put you in like the quote unquote bottom three, even though I know it's no specific order, like there's no, like you weren't in the bottom three. You just like, they placed you in the last three people that happened to be on stage. Did you think for one second that like you were at risk? It's impossible to not think that I was at risk. I like, it truly didn't even cross my mind. Well, even from judges scoring, like it was not in no particular order. I like they do what they have to do. But like, um, like even judges score, we were, we were fourth, but they did that like for the Connor of it all. So they could be like Connor. I don't know. It reminded me of David and David Archuleta and cook. I think he came to the show. David Archuleta. Yeah. I'll reach out. You should reach out to my buddy. Oh, you guys do need to reconnect. Happy. Yeah. Oh, well that's that. Now we got this week. Well, let me tell you my fan favorite. Oh yeah. And Oh, here's what I wanted to ask you. Can I give, like if I gave 10 votes to you and 10 votes to, I don't know, say Ezra, I can do that. Like I can give 10 votes to different people. I think I can Connor. I don't think it's 10 votes total. I think it's 10 votes per cup. No, you have to split five and five. No, I don't think so. Which is, which I don't understand. I think I could give, no, I don't think you do. Cause I didn't understand this either. I could give 10 to you and 10 to Ezra. I think crap on my sweatshirt. I don't know. There's no crap on your sweatshirt. Yeah. It's per couple. It's per couple. So that doesn't make sense to me either. Oh, so someone could vote for every couple. Yes. Like if every person voted for every couple 10 times, like it would just cancel out their vote. I don't get it. Huh? But so like, would me voting for you 10 times and then voting for Ezra 10 times hurt you? It wouldn't hurt me. Cause I want Ezra to win, but like it would hurt. It would, uh, it's tough. Cause like, obviously, I mean, I'm only voting for you, but if it was neck and neck, if it was neck and neck, I guess that's, that's where it makes it. But I don't think it will be neck and like neck and neck, like unless I was, well, I mean, there's always a chance if I really, really messed up and I was at the bottom at the chopping block, I guess it wouldn't. I know. No, then it wouldn't matter. It would never matter if you voted for both of us and I would, your vote would still be in counted for me. So I was, I was just thinking if I was like at the tail end and you gave your, the five, I think it does make a difference. Cause it gives him more votes. I confuse myself. I confuse. I confuse just in general. I confuse. But I think like dancing with the stars, like you guys need to think about like a few things that make no sense. If you can, if you've time, it's been on the air, but if you've time, a lot of stuff, this, this show has been on the air for like 20 plus years, right? There's like a lot of people I've talked to. People that work behind the scenes and stuff that are like, I've been here for 17 years. I'm like, I can't imagine doing anything for 17 years. Yeah. That's a lot of years walking for 17 years. I'm like, I've been doing stairs for 17 years. Crazy. Let me just tell you my fan favorites really quickly. Cause it's my favorite show. Yeah. You obviously are my, my mirror ball champ. Obviously. Like I'm like completely addicted to Ezra. That like goes without saying. Of course. I'm a little bit torn with Harry. Shum. Cause he's like, just like so good. And like, you saw me, if you saw it, Panda, I did pan to you. And like, that's Mike Chang. So I'm like a little bit confused. Cause like in my mind, he could be one of the pros, but also at the same time, like absolutely fabulous to watch and like greatest guy. I'm happy to be in the room with him. Sure. So torn on that leaning toward like, I'm addicted to him. Of course. Maura was out of this world. Like that was like freakish. Like the way her face was angled. I was like, that's a, that's a dancer. That's a dancer. I, I think she was exceptional. Yeah, she was great. Um, who else am I obsessed with? I mean, everyone was fabulous. That goes without saying, but I, I think those are my, those are my big ones. I'm missing someone big, aren't I? I liked, I really liked Taylor Hanson. Yeah. Yeah. He's great. I really liked him. Um, name a woman, name one more woman, bro. Jen DeJuan. She's, she, she's, I'm having another sort of like Harry situation with her. That was, I mean, that was the big talk. Is that like, yeah, those are pro dancers. Yeah. The craziest thing in the world is like, it is impossible to feel competitive with these people because they are 360 degree. Great people. Yeah. I enjoy their company. Totally. There's like, I enjoy all these people. Amber Glenn. She's, she's the ice skater. Yeah. Fabulous. Fabulous. The women are just out of this world. I don't think anyone younger than us should be on the show. So agree as there's an exception, but like you can be super young, but you can't be like 26, 27, 28. Like that's like, that's mean. That's mean to be, but I mean, everyone's fabulous. Jada, the chef, she's the one that during show until she broke her toe. And I was like, that is really unfortunate because I don't know if I could recover from broken toe. And she danced the whole, she did the whole dance, which I think she was stressed about, but she's awesome. I fricking love her. That's great. I'm kind of obsessed with Allen Allen. Like, I feel like I never before, like really thought about the pros, but now I am. And like, there's something about Allen that like, I'm like really drawn to came all the way to my birthday party. I was at your birthday for me. I w I got really nauseous at Connor's birthday party. So I had to excuse myself fairly early. So I didn't get to really meet anyone. I thought it was funny. Like thinking about like Taylor, Hanson, Taylor Hanson came to my birthday party. I didn't, I don't think I saw, isn't that fun? Like, and like, went up so we're at karaoke and he's like you need to skip the line it's weird that taylor hansen was like you needed to get up and sing your birthday party sing karaoke and i go to sing karaoke it was must have been the mic or something but i was horrible it was the mic it was the mic and i had given the young man at the front 20 dollars and he said okay i'll put you to the front and taylor hansen was like did you put did he put you to the front and i go he said he would but it's been three songs he's like uh-uh pushes his way past his daughter up to the front he was brought his kids that's awesome 21 oh wow he looks younger than me that's extremely confusing to me to a girl like you yeah he's i don't know but he is 21 i think he's 38 just based off that i've googled everyone's ages he's a little bit older but i don't think he is actually forced the guy to put my song next and then i went up and not forced but he coerced how old is he 43 wow i'm wrong someone's 38 but it i mean he yeah not that 43 is like old but like i didn't he's young he's my age i mean he's very young he's a young man he's he's a very young age but i love him he also he had a good idea on the side of the um when we were watching last night he was like there should be a tv show called i'm an influencer get me out of here and it's where you put a bunch of influencers on an island with no phones so traitors no it'd be like survivor but like just surviving no wi-fi yeah that's really good i'm sorry that's good i mean that's really good sex but um it would be too hot to handle yeah too hot to handle never mind done i want to go i want to go with you to traitors fuck boy and partnerless daughter peninsula fuck boy and i can't believe you're gonna be on traitors brooke what are you talking about it's just like i want everyone to know like this isn't like completely it's just the pipeline unfound unfounded commentator i don't know what i don't know what pipeline you're talking about no one i don't think anyone does dancing this are two traitors oh everyone does well i most people do traitors to dancing most people do traitors dancing but you're you're the exception mark ballas i guess you're the exception as you've always been you're the only exception on the clip don't okay what anything else i'm checking i'm checking my notes no i mean i feel like i probably had shit i hope people want to hear this they they're i mean they're gonna have to because they'll have to yeah um i'm excited for our merch that's gonna drop that's gonna be fun partnerless son except for doubles tennis and that's nothing daughter but i wrote oh that oh that's oh that's nothing oh that's nothing but i wrote a book and except for doubles tennis yeah so front of the shirt and then back of the shirt that's funny do we need to contact the girl who made that tiktok and be like we're we're stealing your idea thank you so much like how does that work like it's her is it her intellectual property okay but we will sadly we'll credit her of course we yeah we'll send her some rights oh that's a good idea yeah yeah i mean we did we did uh 55 minutes on dwts do you want to spend the next the last five talking about the girl that had diarrhea down her legs what are you talking about the that's that what's that called is he high rocks oh no i don't want to talk about this really why would you not want to okay sure i mean what do you mean what do you mean why why did this why is this the thing that you were like okay let's do the last five minutes on this young woman oh i this was like my headline what this is like the only thing i've seen in the past week the young woman that had diarrhea an australian woman athlete poops mid-race it's not that is not poop that's like a protein shake athlete poops mid-race in china but keeps going and finish it anyway you know what there it's a level of like it's okay baby you did too much you're doing too much my thing that i will say about this like imagine me middle of i like it i love it being like can't stop now no here's the thing like you know i'm the most like poop positive person in the world yeah especially when it's when it's liquid base sure and even i am like it gets to a point uh-huh like if you have diarrhea running down your legs and slipping in your socks you it just gets you have to excuse yourself that's just what you have to do like you legitimately i think that like especially because she was actually doing shared equipment the motto should always be do exactly what makes you feel good unless it affects other people negatively negative you or yourself yeah when you're getting diarrhea on the equipment that other people have to use that would be the definition of affecting someone so i negatively so she was in the the high rocks is you just like i don't know exactly what it is i do know there's like a shared equipment that is used let me read this australian high rocks athlete and i'm going to say her name because you this should be joanne joanne joanne joanne no actually i'm not gonna say reportedly pooped during the it's not poop high rocks pro women's race in beijing on september 12th despite the incident the melbourne athlete continued competing across multiple stations and finished first so then that adds a new element the young woman did finish first well i'm sure like it did affect the other people competing in the sense that like i'm sure almost threw them off a little bit oh so that's how you finished number one and number two in the same race legendary perfect what else uh not cool okay so the people have spoken they say it's and then someone said jeet parhug dia which is like that's why i was gonna say so yeah you have when something like that happens like you have to excuse yourself because you have to look at her she's like look at those like medicine balls on the ground she has diarrhea in her in her socks and her on her arms this feels to me like bioterrorism okay well i'm not gonna grab that poopy poopy poopy dumbbell yeah so i can't like i or if there's a moment of hesitation you're now affecting others you know that is literally like i'm gonna poop all over the thing so that i win oh are you saying that there's a chance it could have been intentional that is like you can't have diarrhea like that intentionally oh oh you know like that's that was that was that slipped out you know unless she took something to soil the competition literally quite literally she quite literally soiled the competition you know what joanna i don't have anything to say to joanna actually that's this is foul and and really bad yeah you you have to excuse yourself because you just have to um let me try to think let me try to play devil's eye can you take it my new favorite thing is like hating something and being like i'm gonna play devil's advocate i mean if you i don't know if there is one for this because you're getting poop on the equipment that other people are using honestly i think it would be different if it was like a track race right what do people usually poop them oh marathons yeah i think that's what that's one thing that's a little bit different i'm just like if you if you so she's obviously like a world-class athlete hyrax is what is this but by the way this is like a nothing burger right it's like a crossfit this is like a i've never heard i think that this no you have to see what this stands for and then you'll be like oh my gosh hyrax is an indoor fitness race that combines eight one kilometer runs with eight functional workout no it stands for can we see what it stands for what does hyrax stand for hyrax stands for nothing oh no it does then what do you fall for what is the acronym okay that's not what i heard okay whatever if this is a world-class athlete say you work for the brand team at new balance you have signed the number one australian hyrax competitor in the world and she goes to take a photo of the finish line your new balance and issues are completely shit covered how are you supposed to be like this is our girl you know like how how are your brain how is how are your sponsors supposed to be like there's our poopy girl i think they they don't address it i don't think there's a way to be like that's our poopy girl like like unless it was just like a marathon that didn't involve shared equipment nike the shared equipment's bad really bad nike just do it woman full of poop oh that could that could work just free idea free idea for nike they are looking for free ideas out here um that is not what hyra like i i promise is there another one there's something i think it's american because it's a hybrid so i thought it was a hybrid no wait maybe it starts with an r i think there's an r in it oh my gosh i gotta figure it out hang on what are you talking about it's not it's like explicitly oh hyrax stands for hybrid rock star but it keeps saying on the website like it doesn't well it's because they're probably trying to hyrax doesn't stand for anything they're an originally name was q rocks curious rock star all right whatever so that's that okay who gives a rip literally um we'll wrap it up i guess i have to i i for one joanna take a page out of my book i'm going to end the podcast so that i can stand up and walk to the bathroom good job because i'm wearing white linen something joanna hopefully does not and we applaud you thank you joanna joanna pulled a max on the plane oh yeah okay thank you guys for listening if you're new here that's it's not typically a dancing the stars recap like the way that it's working now is like we will have the competition on tuesday so it'll be kind of impossible not to touch on it will be a dancing with the stars recap podcast for the time being yeah but i don't think it will be to the extent it was we haven't really talked in it like at length about stuff and i don't i don't want to bore anybody you won't you won't but just a reminder also you we have a bonus promo code so we do a bonus episode after every main episode it's more of this bs plus we get to like bro can i get really comfortable yeah we kind of let our hair down we might like switch seats but we have a bonus promo code that's still active for new members at tmg it's a dancing with the stars bonus promo code this is at tmg studios that's tmg studios.tv slash bncmap one month free bonus content with code dwts so it's pretty easy to find if you go to tmg studios.tv slash bncmap okay thank you guys yeah i'm gonna go use a little girl's room peace out oh so next week if you want to vote i know it's it's a little confusing especially if you're in you're in pacific time just dumb as rocks it is it's hard but if you want to please vote for me i believe at this specific time it's going to be a bonus content with code dwts so it's pretty easy to find if you go to tmg studios.tv it is just c-o-n-n-o-r connor to 21523 at 5 p.m psc you can start voting which whether you get that tattooed on my neck whether it makes sense to you or not because you won't have seen it if you love me trust that i'm putting in the work every week to make sure that you if you were just like walking across the street you would be like i want to vote for that based on the work that he's putting in because i am heading out from here to go to the rehearsal studio so trust me you're going to want to vote at 5 p.m pst and i'm going to vote for you and i'm going to vote for you and i'm going to vote and elsewhere connor c-o-n-n-o-r to 21523 thank you so much seriously thank you

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. Connor reflects on his journey to becoming a national TV star after making his debut on *Dancing with the Stars*, feeling both overwhelmed and proud by the public's reaction.
  2. The podcast features a detailed, chronological recap of rehearsals leading up to the dance, highlighting the intense pressure and technical challenges, including limited practice time and unexpected changes like the mechanical bull and stairs.
  3. Connor and Riley struggled with the choreography during dress rehearsals, missing key beats and experiencing physical slips, but ultimately delivered a strong performance in the live show.
  4. The live performance was emotionally charged, with Connor describing a moment of vulnerability and surrender, and the crowd reacting positively despite his nerves and early mistakes.
  5. Judges gave positive feedback, with Carrie Ann and Derrick Huff expressing surprise and appreciation, especially for the authenticity and connection in their performance.
  6. The episode touches on the psychological toll of live performance, including anxiety, the influence of external events (like Tim McGraw’s fall), and the difficulty of trusting one’s own abilities under pressure.
  7. A recurring theme is the contrast between preparation and reality—how the live environment, including live band acoustics and audience energy, disrupted their practice and led to unexpected challenges.
  8. The conversation ends with a lighthearted reflection on their partnership, clarifying that they have never competed together and view their dynamic as one of fun and mutual support, not rivalry.

Summary:

This episode of *Brook and Connor Make a Podcast* offers a deep, behind-the-scenes look at Connor Wood’s journey on *Dancing with the Stars*, focusing on the intense preparation, emotional highs, and nervous moments leading up to and during his performance. The recap begins with a discussion of how Connor felt after making his national TV debut, describing a mix of excitement, anxiety, and pride. The narrative details the grueling rehearsal process, where they faced technical hurdles like an added four seconds in the song, missing the mechanical bull, and lacking stairs and props in the studio.

Despite early mistakes during dress rehearsals—such as missing beats and a slip in his boot—Connor and Riley ultimately delivered a confident, heartfelt performance in the ballroom. The live show was emotionally charged, with Connor describing a moment of surrender and connection, and the audience’s positive energy reinforcing his success. Judges responded with praise, especially for the authenticity and chemistry between Connor and his partner Riley.

The episode also touches on the psychological stress of live performance, including an unexpected negative omen (Tim McGraw’s fall) and the difficulty of trusting oneself under pressure. A central theme is the contrast between rehearsals and reality, where live band acoustics and unpredictability disrupted their timing. The conversation ends with a lighthearted reflection on their partnership, clarifying that they have never competed together and instead view their bond as one of mutual support and fun.

Throughout, the podcast blends personal vulnerability with professional insight, offering both a realistic and heartfelt account of the experience.

FAQs

The podcast serves as a detailed recap and discussion of the Dancing with the Stars season, focusing on performances, rehearsals, behind-the-scenes moments, and the experiences of the cast and crew.

Connor practiced extensively over several weeks, including daily rehearsals with his partner Riley. He faced challenges like adapting to a new song, the mechanical bull, stairs, and a hat, all before performing in the ballroom.

During the dress rehearsal, Connor missed several beats of the dance due to performance anxiety and technical issues, including a moment where his toe slipped in his boot, causing him to lose rhythm.

The live performance was more stressful due to the live band, different acoustics, and added adrenaline, which made it harder to stay in time with the music compared to the controlled rehearsal environment.

Yes, Connor experienced significant nerves, even though he has no performance anxiety in other settings. He admitted to being overwhelmed, even to the point of being unable to get off the toilet and feeling physically unwell.

Judges were pleasantly surprised by the performance, with Carrie Ann and Derrick Huff specifically praising their execution. They noted the chemistry and effort, despite the technical challenges.

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