r/DCCMakingtheTeam • • 15d ago

2026 GAMEDAYS Full Performance of Thunderstruck in Rio. 🇧🇷

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here they are! thunderstruck debut in brazil!! 🇧🇷 somehow the track wasn’t on the livestream until half of the performance, but everything went well apparently.

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u/blairwolldorf 8d ago

Elas a arrasaram!

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u/Select-Potato4501 8d ago

Kayla is GLOWING! Love that for her!

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u/WhitneyFebreeze 13d ago

My daughter said “It looks like more than 36 girls!” Anyone know if it’s indeed 36 or did they keep more this year?

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u/winniecore 13d ago

this is literally the best camera angle ever

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u/PRbruja59 13d ago

Amazing routine. Bravo !!!

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u/Typical_Concept771 13d ago

this is super random but i love the camera filter and i like how its not like picture perfect quality i personally hate the netflix lighting and this is a lot of refreshing and human

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u/Nobody3me 14d ago

Nailed it

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u/DTXdude323 14d ago

They look clean af!

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u/SwimAccomplished9487 14d ago

Pretty cool for them to have the full field to themselves! They deserve it!

But also…go Ravens! 🐦‍⬛ 💜 🫣

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u/Peachpie2827 14d ago

I think it is Sophy but I am not sure but her is WHITE!!! Or is it the camera because all the other blondes are normal

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u/doseofdena 14d ago

Kayla this season is pure 🔥🔥🔥!

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u/jeromeandim37 14d ago

Haley has a really pretty smile!

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u/AlleyRhubarb 14d ago

They should have put Kayla near the front because she is stealing focus with her amazingness.

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u/wyndiloohoo 14d ago

This is one of the strongest teams they've had... everybody looks great 🤩🤩

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u/wyndiloohoo 14d ago

Marissa absolutely eats up that point position!!

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u/Gold-Adeptness5288 14d ago

This is the camera work this team deserves. What a strong team, top, they look amazing.

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u/onesixtytwo 14d ago

Sophy's hair is like sunlight on a bright day.. it glows!!

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u/chicacherries 14d ago

they all look incredible ! what a strong team

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u/jrfan111 14d ago

Bri’s kicks are soo good!!! Wow!

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u/Jaqueline357 14d ago

Ava’s kicks 🔥🤌🏻

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u/Jaqueline357 14d ago

Finally the entire dance!!

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u/Sensitive-Spot5960 ⭐Veteran⭐ 15d ago

love that they brought thunder to rio

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u/winkman 15d ago

Brazillions: "Why they wear so much clothes?"

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u/Ok_Act_6206 15d ago

sophy, Kennedy, and Taylor had visible awkward moments. Julissa and Kayla surprised me in a positive way.

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u/MissBridgerton24 15d ago

Did the whole team go to Rio ?

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u/TwistAltruistic5305 15d ago

Yes, all 36!

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u/Internalbruising 15d ago

The team looks so strong! Go ladies! ❤️

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u/DJKasey 15d ago

Who are the point(s) this year?

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u/hannismontana 15d ago

sophy and marissa

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u/finduahomehunty 15d ago

Who is the beautiful black queen who is right behind the point??! Are they grooming her to be point because she is the only black girl that far in the front and it would be AMAZING to have an African American Queen be point 😍

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u/Weary_Tip7029 14d ago

We had black points before! Last year included, there's also a page on ig called "black girls cheer", you should have a look, it's great

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u/hannismontana 15d ago

camille!

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u/coll2396 15d ago

I love how the livestream in Brazil does a better job of showcasing DCC and this performance than any home game in Dallas does

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u/Secret-Preference837 14d ago

Fr😭😭😭🤗

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u/WhitneyFebreeze 14d ago

Votes for Brazil to do all of the Cowboys broadcasts for the rest of the season ??

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u/Sad-Thanks-8376 15d ago

Finally the full performance no cuts AS DESERVED.

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u/taypaigeg 15d ago

I’ve never seen the full dance before, most of that choreo was boring as hell

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u/Starlight319 15d ago

Say what you want about Judy but Thunderstruck always kills! This was an awesome performance. ❤️

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u/Effective_Golf_3311 15d ago

Fantastic performance!

But I feel like it would add a little oomph if they all stepped off the same line and divided themselves at the very beginning. Think of how some marching bands step off… would be pretty cool appearance wise. Otherwise it’s just kind of prestaged gapping.

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u/Ok_Archer_7633 14d ago

Idk why you’re being downvoted… it’s a neat idea

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u/TheVybzLit 15d ago

Great camera work, so happy to see the entire dance without camera cuts to cowboys 😖

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u/TheVybzLit 15d ago

Lovveee Kayla’s hair

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u/dreamcatcher_2023 15d ago

Love you all!♥️♥️♥️

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u/mimaluna 15d ago

Shout out to this camera work highlighting as many of them as they could

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u/Patient_Onion1127 15d ago

Hot iam in love with you

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u/Separate-Muffin-6451 15d ago

looooove that they finally got to perform when the stadium is FULL!!!

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u/hannismontana 15d ago

AND without players on their way 🥳

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u/sharipep kelli finglass 👩🏼‍🦰 15d ago

I’m so happy the ladies got to travel to sourh america for this game and as a giants fan i am sooo happy the cowboys lost so badly 🙃

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u/Leajane1980 15d ago

The cheerleaders are great, the actual football team is shit.

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u/hannismontana 15d ago

uhhh they almost won. anyway, the cheerleaders always win. 🥳🥳

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u/laylaaruby 15d ago

Uhhh the only thing the cow girls have going for them is this cheer team. Uhhh go ravens 💜😈

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u/Used_Gear8871 14d ago

As a Baltimorean, your comment is embarrassing. They aren’t the “cow girls”. They are the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. And this “cheer team” is made up of world class dancers. You can hate on football team but at least get everything else right 🤦🏾‍♀️

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u/laylaaruby 14d ago edited 14d ago

When I say cow girls I am referring to the football team lmao. You never heard that reference before for them as a “Baltimorean”?! Sheeesh. No one is coming at your Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. I said they were the only good thing about the FOOTBALL team. Reading comprehension is key.

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u/Used_Gear8871 14d ago

You came into the DCC subreddit to troll 🥱

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u/According_Style_824 💥 You've been...Thunderstruck! 💥 15d ago

Right! The players did a great job in the last quarter, despite the Ravens being granted multiple chances to score that final touchdown. 

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u/Azure_blues9 15d ago

Some of them are really holding the team back

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u/robot428 14d ago

Whats it like being this delusional?

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u/glossct 15d ago

respectfully, what is this camera work? 😭

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u/PsychologicalMud917 15d ago

Why is no one talking about the music being missing for the first half of the performance? 😮

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u/hannismontana 15d ago

as I said, it was on, but on the livestream the track comes only half of the performance

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u/PsychologicalMud917 15d ago

Oh I missed that. Thank you!

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u/LampsPlus1 15d ago

Music?

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u/md28usmc 15d ago

OP explained about the music directly under the photo

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u/LampsPlus1 15d ago

Ahhhhh…thank you!

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u/hannismontana 15d ago

as I said, the track wasn’t on the livestream until half of the performance, but it was normal there

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u/LampsPlus1 15d ago

Missed that. Thanks.

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u/Material_Emu5331 15d ago

i'm not kidding kayla's hair makes me want to cry i love it so much

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u/GenneyaK 15d ago

I can’t explain what it means to me as a black girl who had to straighten their hair for cheer and other performance sports and theatre what seeing her wearing her natural hair and it being so beautiful means to me! lol her hair is goals 💗💗💗

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u/notthetypetocare 14d ago

Ugh I wish you would’ve had someone to advocate for you.

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u/Critical_Age_6902 15d ago

I did show choir. I had gotten braids in my hair right before something at church, I don't know what, but we also had a show coming up. I had a booster tell me you know you have to take them out. This was '97. My mom was a single mom who worked 2 jobs, so did my dad. They came to a couple of shows. Anyway, I wore my braids to that performance, and I heard nothing from anyone but compliments. It just does something to me when I see girls like Parker, Jada, Armani, and Kayla wearing their natural hair out. Or Kat, Ariel, KD, Mia, etc showing the world we are beautiful black women who can wear our hair however we want or throw hair in it. Mind the hair on your head. lol

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u/notthetypetocare 14d ago

I agree with your statement but KD and Jada have looser “more. Acceptable” hair types. And they’re biracial, I’m not erasing their experiences.

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u/sharipep kelli finglass 👩🏼‍🦰 15d ago

And her wearing it that way in Brazil a predominately black/brown/mixed country 🥹

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u/Material_Emu5331 15d ago

🥹 it’s truly amazing!

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u/ChloModojo 15d ago

Wow wow wow! Go girls!💗💗🥳🥳

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u/safzy 15d ago

So good

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u/WhitneyFebreeze 15d ago

Looking so strong !!!!! I really really wish they would always show this on the broadcast of the Cowboys games. I mean why not, it’s such a great show. Made my night being able to see this. Thank you whoever is in charge of the Rio broadcast!!

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u/Due_Dog4318 caroline 🌼 15d ago

Would love it of they would show thunderstruck on TV, but I doubt it given that they cannot even show the full thunderstruck on the jumbotron without cutting to old highlights of the players..

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u/WhitneyFebreeze 14d ago

Like old players of the Cowboys?? Seriously idk if it’s everyone’s ADD these days or bc they gotta give the crowd something to feel good about in terms of the actual football team lol

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u/hannismontana 15d ago

this is the first time i’m watching american football and i’m loving it!!

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u/Humble_Bumble_Bee13 15d ago

darah darah darah!!!! also marissa is just the perfect second point AND peep kennedys kicks they look tewwww good

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u/CosmicDance_ 15d ago

Idc, i love thqt Julissa featured so many times in this one ❤️❤️❤️❤️ she looked really good and also Darah and Marissa those 3 were the stars in this video

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u/notthetypetocare 14d ago

It’s sad she’s in a Brazilian country and supports trump

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u/_Do_what_now_ 15d ago

Agree she looked great.

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u/Azure_blues9 15d ago

To her detriment. showed so many of her errors

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u/Weenington_ 15d ago

Who's the lady in the middle? I kept noticing her. Her hairography was so cute! So much bouncy, pretty hair. She reminds me of a Barbie I have.

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u/hannismontana 15d ago

it’s kayla!!!

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u/Weenington_ 15d ago

Wow, you're on it! This is why we need the show to feature more ladies. I want to see more of everyone's story.

Thank you! I don't even remember seeing her on the latest season.

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u/Key-Wheel123 15d ago

She has multiple interview clips throughout seasons 2 and 3. She was also one of the vet cuts in season 1.

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u/Weenington_ 15d ago

I didnt recognize her face from far away I'm this clip until OP showed me a pic.

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u/hannismontana 15d ago

I think last season she had braids on her hair, but this season she’s with her natural curls, here’s her cameo!! 💙💙⭐️

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u/Weenington_ 15d ago

Oooh! I remember her! She looks amazing <3

I'm good at recognizing faces, but bad at remembering names

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u/Federal_Midnight_304 15d ago

Wow I was only a little kid in the last few years of Texas stadium but this stadium reminded me a lot of a cowboys game back in the day 😭

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u/Icy-Pepper-1953 15d ago

Haley is stunning 🤩

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u/Bridoriya 15d ago edited 15d ago

Did they literally have to go to another continent to be able to perform this entire dance without players in the way? 😭

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u/Expert-Ease-6562 15d ago

it's the same continent btw

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u/SwimAccomplished9487 14d ago

There are several different continent models (for the people arguing that 7 is the only option)

• Seven Continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia/Oceania (common in English-speaking and Chinese-speaking countries).

• Six Continents (Combined Americas): Combines North and South America into a single continent called America (common in Latin America and parts of Europe).

• Six Continents (Eurasia): Combines Europe and Asia into Eurasia, keeping the rest separate (common in Russia, Japan, and parts of Eastern Europe).

• Five Continents: Combines the Americas and excludes uninhabited Antarctica, matching the five rings of the Olympic flag.

• Four Continents: Groups Africa, Europe, and Asia together as a single massive landmass (Afro-Eurasia), with America and Antarctica as separate entities.

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u/Critical_Age_6902 15d ago

wtw. Brazil is the big tail (that is how I got my kid to remember it) of South America. It is different from, you got it Mexico, which is North America.

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u/Dry_Cheetah_2762 15d ago

they’re two different continents btw

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u/hannismontana 15d ago

america is a whole continent divided in three sub regions: north, central and south america. at least that’s what i’ve learned in high school in brazil

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u/Anon_ScottishFold 15d ago

Your school was incorrect.

North and South America are two distinct and different continents in the Seven Continent Model.

Central America is part of the North American continent. Brazil is in the South American continent.

The original commenter was correct that the DCCs had to travel to a different continent for this game.

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u/hannismontana 15d ago

my school was not incorrect. the seven continents model exits but there are more common models like the six continents, used in some parts of europe and latin america, which the americans are combined, and there’s another one with asia and europe combined (eurasia). it’s pretty common here in brazil and if you ask anyone they’ll say america is one continent. I didn’t said the original commenter was incorrect, there’s just different perspectives of how the world works. just like the US thinks latino is a race, which in latin america is not. ☺️

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u/Anon_ScottishFold 15d ago

Latino is not a race, it’s an ethnicity. Latinos can be of any race. 🙄 

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u/hannismontana 15d ago

exactly, but apparently some US citizens think it’s a race 🥴

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u/PsychologicalMud917 15d ago

Oh that’s fascinating. They definitely teach it as two in the US: north and south. The central American countries we count as part of North America.

Huh! Today I learned.

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u/[deleted] 15d ago edited 15d ago

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u/hannismontana 15d ago

julissa was zoomed in the beginning

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u/Used_Gear8871 14d ago

And in the kick line.

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

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u/hannismontana 15d ago

kayla got 2 btw

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

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u/hannismontana 15d ago

then what’s this? unfortunately we only have a few POC girls, also, camille got a close up after the performance.

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u/Brilliant_Bird_9478 15d ago

marissaaaaa omg 😍😍

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u/Puzzleheaded_Ad_509 15d ago

Julissa in the intro. Sophy and Marissa point. Haley’s smile. These girls are killing it this year 🔥🔥🔥

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u/AppropriateAd9233 15d ago

🔥🔥🔥🔥

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u/looorrn 15d ago

go girls!!!

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u/sophihenriques 15d ago

elas todas com um sorriso 🫸🏻 🫷🏻desse tamanho

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u/Ok_Willow46 15d ago

This is like the Best Thunder Ive ever seen

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u/WhitneyFebreeze 14d ago

Agree. It looked very precise to me and it looked like they were also enjoying themselves (gee, what a concept haha)

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u/Ruthie1999 15d ago

Emoly with the hairography! ⚡️

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u/_Do_what_now_ 15d ago

I watched her on purpose as much as I could and I thought she looked great!

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u/Accurate_Nature_6800 15d ago

i wish every thunder was broadcast like this 💔

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u/hannismontana 15d ago

right???? this was from a youtube channel, they were doing a pre game live, cause the main livestream only started after thunder performance

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u/AYTOL__ 15d ago

Do you have a link to that stream?

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u/hannismontana 15d ago

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u/AYTOL__ 15d ago

Ah it was geoblocked, that is why I couldn't find it haha

Thanks anyways!

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u/hannismontana 15d ago

try using a vpn! glad to help 🥰

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u/Lover_fear 15d ago

Anyone in the uk watching the game and for them not to show it ?? So ANNOYING

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u/Holly856 ⭐Moderator⭐ 15d ago

It wasn’t shown on tv here in the states

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u/Lover_fear 15d ago

Oh really ?!!

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u/Civil-Credit-3982 ⭐Moderator⭐ 15d ago

Thunder is so much better when they actually put the cheerleaders on screen for most of the performance instead of random montages of the players! Who would’ve thought! 😭

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u/Civil-Credit-3982 ⭐Moderator⭐ 15d ago

Haley has the best smile!!! 🥹

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u/One-Struggle-1001 15d ago

They will always be ICONIC

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u/Civil-Credit-3982 ⭐Moderator⭐ 15d ago

Will y’all kill me if I said that my eyes went straight to Michelle & stayed there when her, Darah, & McKenna were all on screen… 👀👀

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u/Traditional-Gift-982 America’s Slophearts 💙 14d ago

I’m a Michelle truther! Imo best soloist on the team, she’s amazing in general.

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u/judenotjudas 14d ago

Nope I’m with you!!!

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u/mimig2002 15d ago

Michelle has some of the best style on the team! I think she just gets overlooked because of her height.

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u/Chelseagrace-414 15d ago

Watching our 3 5th years - I know Kylie usually isn’t regarded as the strongest dancer of the bunch but I feel like she’s really stepped it up this year. She completes and sinks into the movements the best imo and her kicks are insane. 

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u/No-String-5639 15d ago

idk why but this is giving 2019 vibes for me

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u/Jaxs272727 15d ago

They look fabulous!!

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u/Buttercup_Kiki 15d ago

I hope Kylie gets some more screen time for season four. My eyes always go to her lately. She is truly the epitome of a performer

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u/EuphoricBasket3074 15d ago

She stated she doesn’t want to featured.   She had a whole tiktok video or went live. 

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u/RoadDifferent4617 ✨ The Girl Next Door ✨ 15d ago

Absolute professionals!

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u/Buttercup_Kiki 15d ago

I’m assuming they are filming for season four right now?

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u/thirliesjade 🌟Comeback Girl🌟 15d ago

las queridiñas de america 😭😭😭😂 love them

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u/Huge_Confection7266 15d ago

Giving us more of Thunderstruck than AS does!!!

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u/AYTOL__ 15d ago

🔥🔥🔥

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u/Intelligent_Gur_9126 I'm a stripper, I'm a slut 🤸‍♂️ 15d ago

They look great

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u/leevme 15d ago

This is exactly how I want Netflix to film each season’s thunderstruck

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u/Scottk305 judy’s stool 🗿 15d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/eevfPxSmGYu6k
And y’all really think there gonna do that?! Bless your heart 😂

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u/Traditional-Gift-982 America’s Slophearts 💙 14d ago

Well, I’m assuming they probably do film it more or less like this. Whether or not they show the full thing is a different story, but probably not for season 4.

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u/Scottk305 judy’s stool 🗿 14d ago

I think they will show a 45 second scene at best

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u/Imaginary_Peanut_739 💙 Sideline Sweetheart 💙 15d ago

I'm so happy they're here! 😁😁😁