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Dancing Queens Episode 4 — Placements Don’t Matter, Except When They Do
For the first time on Dancing Queens, we get to see all six of the ladies on the competition dance floor. Sabrina, Donie, Colette, Gaëlle and Pooja are facing each other at New Orleans Open, while Leonie tests out her partnership with her pro partner Koysta at American Star Ball. Episode 3 showed us how mindset comes into play in the final moments before stepping onto the floor. This past week’s Episode 4 gives us the opportunity to ask the question: do placements matter?
Leonie had a lot riding on her performance at American Star Ball. She saw the results of that event as being a key deciding factor on whether she and her pro partner were ready to compete at bigger events. Doing well was also a matter of self-confidence for her personally. After a minor misstep in her Samba, her teacher reminded Leonie that the judges don’t know her routine. I was told that key fact many times. If you don’t show that you’ve made a mistake in the choreography, then they’ll never know! Turns out Leonie had nothing to worry about because she danced away with 1st place!
The five ladies in New Orleans competed against each other and the results were as follows:
- Sabrina
- Colette
- Gaëlle
- Donie
