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5 min readUnpacking The Ballroom
Connor Wood made his Dancing with the Stars debut, and the experience nearly broke him before it started. During dress rehearsal the day before the live show, he completely forgot the cha-cha he and pro partner Riley had been practicing for two and a half weeks. "I'm missing the first beat. I'm skipping like seven sections of the dance," he recalls. "Of this dance that we have nailed to perfection 100 times." He got the yips badly, and the footage got sent to everyone. The day of the show, he nailed it in costume during final practice. Then the live band started playing, the mechanical bull clicked through its countdown, and he had to perform for real.
The Yips and the Recovery
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:24) **Welcome to the DWTS Recap Podcast** - Brooke and Connor explain they're in a different studio to properly recap the first two nights of Dancing with the Stars.
- 2 (02:50) **Connor's National TV Debut & The "Double Senate" Moment** - Brooke asks how it feels to have made his debut on a massive platform since they last recorded.
- 3 (04:41) **Setting the Record Straight: Javianas and Foot Jail** - A digression on flip-flop fashion and a story about a busted toe from college.
- 4 (06:11) **The Night Before the Premiere: Undercover and Leaked** - Connor describes the secrecy of rehearsals, wearing a hoodie and visor to avoid being seen.
- 5 (09:49) **Dress Rehearsal Disaster: The Yips** - Connor details how he completely messed up the dress rehearsal despite nailing the dance in practice.
- 6 (14:49) **Show Day: Nailing It, Then Forgetting It** - Connor describes nailing the dance in the ballroom before the show, only to completely forget it after putting on his costume.
- 7 (16:12) **Fight or Flight on Live TV** - Connor describes the intensity of the live performance, saying he has never experienced anything like it.
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Back from his big ballroom debut, Connor gives his post cha cha debrief. He tells Brooke about getting the yips during rehearsals, hopping on that bull, and embracing the year of being earnest. Plus, Brooke might have a new crush on Connor W.
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