Monday, October 30, 2006
Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders - Making the Team - CMT Series
CMT is running a series on making the team of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders. The show will chronicle everything from the brutal try out process to performing at the first game. Filmed over a four-month period, it covers the initial 1000 women with a dream of being one of "America's Sweethearts" to the hard working, talented 36 women who actually make it. It's a behind the scene series of the judging process to be one the chosen few who will wear the well-recognized white and blue, star spangled uniform of a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader. If you missed the first episode last Friday, it will be re-airing all week including again on Thursday (10/5) at 8 and 11 PM, and again on Friday (10/6) at 7 PM, right before the second episode.
Bigtime Cheerleaders
CMT goes behind closed doors to witness the sacred tryouts of one of the nation's most beloved institutions in DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS: MAKING THE TEAM, premiering Friday, September 29 at 9:00 -10:00 p.m., ET/PT. Each year nearly 1,000 women descend upon Texas Stadium with the dream of wearing the world-famous blue and white uniforms. Following a successful two-hour special which aired on CMT last fall, the new eight-episode series captures the entire selection process as cheerleading hopefuls struggle with rigorous fitness standards, intricate dance routines and the signature "kick-line" to become one of the 36 chosen in DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS: MAKING THE TEAM.
From open auditions to the first home game, the series follows a grueling four-month process as hopefuls are grilled, groomed, tested and trained in their quest to become a world-famous Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. A former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader herself, Director Kelli Finglass demands only the best from her girls and ultimately, their fate rests in her hands. With unprecedented access, DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS: MAKING THE TEAM goes onto the field and into the judges chambers to find out just what it takes to become one of the most elite cheerleaders in the NFL.
DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS is produced by Triage Entertainment. Executive producers are Kelli McGonagill Finglass, Stu Schreiberg, Stephen Kroopnick and Eugene Pack. Melanie Moreau serves as executive producer for CMT.
For exclusive outtakes and more, visit Loaded at CMT.com. CMT will also carry more than 30 mobisodes of the series on CMT Mobile and debut it on CMT VOD later this fall.
DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS: MAKING THE TEAM premieres Friday nights this fall at 9:00 p.m., ET/PT on CMT. Episodes one and eight are special hour-long episodes, with the remaining episodes two through seven as half-hour shows.
CMT, America's No. 1 country music network, carries original programming, specials, and live concerts and events, as well as a mix of videos by established country music artists and new cutting-edge acts, including world premiere exclusive videos. Founded March 6, 1983, CMT, owned and operated by MTV Networks, reaches more than 83.2 million households in the United States. Go to country music's biggest web site at www.cmt.com.Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team
It is arguably the most famous uniform in all of professional sports. The white and blue star-spangled outfits of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders have unquestionably become an iconic symbol of America.
Since their first championship days in the 1970s, the Dallas Cowboys have been called America's Team and their famed cheerleaders, America's Sweethearts. The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have been often imitated throughout the league but never equaled in terms of beauty, style, athleticism and worldwide popularity.
They are the only cheerleading squad to make history, making countless appearances in film and television. Their television movie, The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (1980), remains the second highest rated television movie of all time. This year, the DCC has had invitations to appear in over 30 countries and have performed with everyone from Beyonce to Shania Twain. Simply, they were the first true dancing troupe of beautiful women to perform in the NFL, and they have remained a phenomenon.
In Texas, where football is religion, the opportunity for a woman to make the team is akin to winning the lottery. It brings instant celebrity and career opportunities. It changes your life.
In this series, CMT will bring you the inside story of selecting this year's Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad with all the emotion and drama as thousands of women hope to fill the 36-member team.
It is an intense, grueling four-month process that begins in April as thousands of hopefuls descend on historic Texas stadium for the open calls and ends in August as the final team greets the players at the first preseason home game in front of 50,000 fans.
The DCC is not just looking for another pretty face. This is a precision dance troupe that must master jazz to hip-hop. Each Sunday, they are in nonstop action. Hence they are searching for women who are true athletes.
There are three main characters who will ultimately decide each woman's fate. Director Kelli Finglass, a former DCC, is the heart and soul of the organization. She knows what it takes to be a DCC. She knows what she needs from each girl. And she demands it throughout every moment of the audition process. Judy Trammell, the DCC choreographer, challenges the women to learn routines and perform as a team. She knows early on if a woman has got game.
And then there's Jay Johnson, a former Army drill sergeant, who makes Lou Gossett in Officer and a Gentleman seem like a wimp. Johnson is in charge of DCC boot camp, an intensive schedule of strength, conditioning and attitude training, based on how it's done in the U.S. Army.
These three characters will judge which girls continue to make the cuts as the field is reduced from 1,000 to 300 to 75 to the approximately 45 who start boot camp and the 36 who will make it to the first game.
This is not your mother's beauty contest. Sure, each girl has to be attractive but, most important, they have to prove themselves in a range of categories that include: athleticism (specific requirements for everything from crunches to running the mile), dance (a range of performances, from freestyle to being able to interpret a tightly choreographed routines), football knowledge (yes, you have to prove you know the game via a variety of tests), personality (you are representing the Dallas Cowboys, the NFL, and a 50-year history of tradition) and overall style.
In this series, we will primarily focus on eight to 12 women (including first-time hopefuls and veterans hoping to re-qualify for the team) through the selection process. We want to drive the show with a personal, sound-on-tape, in-the-moment voice. And we want to tell great stories as candidates fight off their own fatigue and insecurities, the pressures from family and friends, the camaraderie and conflict as the selection process accelerates. In short, we want to know who these women are and care about them.
The DCC has never been covered in such an intense, personal way. CMT will have full access to all activities and behind-the-door decisions. It's this year's story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, a big slice of American pop culture, told from the inside out.
Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders - Making the Team - CMT Series
CMT is running a series on making the team of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders. The show will chronicle everything from the brutal try out process to performing at the first game. Filmed over a four-month period, it covers the initial 1000 women with a dream of being one of "America's Sweethearts" to the hard working, talented 36 women who actually make it. It's a behind the scene series of the judging process to be one the chosen few who will wear the well-recognized white and blue, star spangled uniform of a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader. If you missed the first episode last Friday, it will be re-airing all week including again on Thursday (10/5) at 8 and 11 PM, and again on Friday (10/6) at 7 PM, right before the second episode.
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