Q&A Meets Twirl'd

Summary

Pod Meets World – “Q&A Meets Twirl’d”

Episode Date: October 26, 2025
Hosts: Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle ("Will Danyet"), Rider Strong ("Ryder Danyet")

Brief Overview

This episode of Pod Meets World delivers a unique Q&A format, blending behind-the-scenes insights from Danielle Fishel’s current stint on Dancing With The Stars (DWTS) with the familiar Trio's signature wit and warmth. Listeners' questions guide the discussion, providing an intimate look at Danielle's dance journey, the technical and emotional realities of live competition, and the supportive, comedic camaraderie between the former Boy Meets World stars. The conversation also touches on the specifics of TV production, fandom, viral meme culture, and the personal bonds that make both the show and podcast special.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Behind the Scenes on Dancing With The Stars

Rehearsal Realities

• Always On Camera: Danielle explains rehearsal is entirely filmed, with both fixed and roaming cameras, leaving no private moments with her pro dance partner.
  • “When you're rehearsing, the entire time we're there, there is a camera that lives in the corner…there is also a cameraman…and they roll around…So there's no downtime.” (Danielle, 04:43–05:09)
  • Will and Ryder reflect how invasive this would have felt on Boy Meets World.

Song Selection Process

• Contestants fill out a detailed music questionnaire before the season begins, hinting at possible themed weeks.
  • The music department runs selected songs against an internal algorithm—reviewing for repetition and clearance issues.
  • “...They make suggestions to you. The music department says, what about this and, and what about that?...You have, it's a process and a lot of factors are at play.” (Danielle, 08:55–09:14)

Pairing Pro Dancers with New Celebrities

• Danielle would pair Will with Emma Slater (“...such a wicked, wonderful sense of humor...she is very good at social media...”) and Ryder with Britt Stewart (“She learns about [her partner] and almost takes on who you are so that I can choreograph from the inside out to showcase your vibe, your personality...”). (09:36–12:43)

2. Emotional Moments and Scoring

Dedication Night and Crying On Camera

• Listener asks about seeing Danielle cry after her performance.
  • Danielle describes being moved by a fellow contestant’s baby announcement, then immediately feeling like she let her partner, Pasha, down after a missed step.
  • “...the worst feeling of screwing something up in your dance is not, oh, the judges are gonna judge me...The only thing I care about is that I feel like I let pasha down.” (Danielle, 23:40–23:53)

Dance Scoring Nuances

• Danielle discusses the tough judging standards and the impact of early-season scores on perceived progress.
  • “...once they've given Andy sixes three weeks in a row, if there's any improvement. How do they say that's a five?...it's really hard for them to pull out a four.” (13:13–13:58)

Choreography Challenges

• Danielle recounts last-minute choreography changes:
  • “I just got it...don’t kill me, but I want to change eight counts...He said, if you want to do it, we can do it, But I'm gonna tell you right now it's not good.” (26:22–26:57)

3. Life Impact & Workload of DWTS

• Danielle’s schedule is all-consuming: filming, rehearsal, promo shoots, podcasting.
  • “Dancing with the Stars and podcasting is literally all I do. I don't sleep, I barely eat...I haven't seen my children. I barely get to see my husband. I have no more friends, and I just live in a microphone and then on a microphone. I'm miked all day long.” (32:35–33:10)
• She notes the expectation was for more scheduling flexibility, but reality is “44 days since my last day off.” (36:57)

4. Dance As Personal Growth

• Despite the hard workload, Danielle is hooked on dance and aims to continue:
  • “I love it so much. I wanna start taking ballroom lessons. I wanna find a partner. I wanna practice. Yeah, it's great exercise. That's the serotonin boost.” (38:01–38:10)

5. Judges’ Process and Show Production

• Judges typically only see dress rehearsals (not the day-to-day practice), but this does influence their live scoring and comments. (52:10–53:28)
• Production is “a full-blown production...Of course, the judges also need prep, so they watch dress rehearsal so that they have an idea of the storytelling...”

6. Dance as Emotional Storytelling

• Ryder finds a new appreciation for expressive contemporary dances, feeling more drawn to dance as storytelling than ever before.
  • “...I just love the expressiveness. And it just made me realize that I really do enjoy watching dancing. The expressive, emotional storytelling part I really love.” (49:51–50:36)
• Will’s most emotional moments come from watching Danielle:
  • “...the most emotional thing for me is watching you...I know what you've been through over the last year, year and a half...” (50:51–51:08)
• Danielle is moved by the response from listeners and her friends:
  • “The way people love the way you guys love me is just so...It's just so sweet.” (51:08–51:29)

7. Audience Questions: Humor, Fandom, and Meme Culture

• Questions range from “who’d win a mirrorball on TGIF?” (Mr. Feeny is the popular answer, 43:33), to viral memes (“six, seven” TikTok trend explained, 14:24–15:31), to whether any pro/celebrity romances are developing (answer: pros date each other, not celebrity partners). (56:13–57:48)

8. Thematic and Creative Brainstorms

• If the hosts could invent a theme night:
  • Ryder suggests “Memory Songs” night—songs that transport the dancer back to a specific memory. (54:34–55:12)
  • Will proposes “Movie Score Night” or “First Love Night,” dancing to music associated with a first love. (55:27–56:10)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On rehearsing reality TV vs. sitcom:
  • Will: “Can you imagine us on Boy Meets World, every single rehearsal, being miked and having cameras in our face for every time? That would be horrifying.” (05:28–05:37)
• On DWTS song selection:
  • Danielle: “...They want detail about why would this be your anthem song? Why was Kelly Clarkson stronger important to me?” (07:44)
• On the toll of the show:
  • Danielle: "It's been 44 days since my last day off." (36:57)
• On why Danielle cried on air:
  • Danielle: “The only thing I care about is that I feel like I let Pasha down.” (23:53)
• On continuing to dance:
  • Danielle: “I love it so much...That's the serotonin boost...I couldn't possibly say enough good things about it.” (38:10)
• On partnership and support:
  • Danielle: "Who could have predicted that me doing Dancing with the Stars was going to showcase a side...our friendship...now it's...a real, like, testament to this love and deep devotion we have to each other. It's just, like, shocking." (51:30–52:08)
• On meme culture:
  • Danielle: “It's just became a thing that now in any. For no reason at all whatsoever, you just say, six, seven.” (14:52–15:01)
• On bonding with co-stars:
  • Danielle (on friends for life): “Dylan is stuck with me. Absolutely.” (44:41)
• On live shows and adrenaline:
  • Danielle: “...you know what that's like after a Pod Meets World live show where you're just, like, wired. I go to bed at 1, I get up at 5...” (35:49–36:05)
• On learning the art and science of lifts:
  • Danielle: “...just a bunch of trial and error and like, me being a sack of potatoes and him tossing me around and...I really need to hold myself firm, which is why my pec muscle hurt.” (48:36–49:10)
• On dance as narrative:
  • Ryder: “...telling story through dance. I get very connected to it.” (50:17)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• [03:18] – Q&A framework; setting up the episode’s roles and listener interaction
• [04:36] – First questions: Reality of dance rehearsal filming
• [05:52] – DWTS song selection explained
• [09:36] – Danielle picks DWTS pros for Will & Ryder
• [13:13] – Scoring controversies and judge dynamics
• [21:13] – Emotional impact of Dedication Night; Danielle discusses crying live
• [32:35] – Life consumed by DWTS; time management (and lack of)
• [38:01] – Continuing dance post-show
• [49:51] – Ryder’s newfound fascination with dance as performance
• [52:10] – How much judges see; the importance of dress rehearsal
• [54:24] – DWTS theme night ideas brainstorm
• [56:13] – Are there DWTS showmances?
• [58:18] – Episode wrap-up and outro

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The Original Tone & Dynamic

Throughout, the episode maintains a warm, candid, and distinctly playful tone—full of friendship, self-deprecating humor, and deep affection among Danielle, Will, and Ryder. Danielle’s responses are detailed and transparent, often blending technical TV details with heartfelt emotional honesty. Will’s skepticism and comic pessimism, plus Ryder’s curiosity and earnest reflection, keep the dialogue engaging and accessible for listeners regardless of DWTS familiarity.

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In Summary

“Q&A Meets Twirl’d” is a deep-dive into the realities of competing on Dancing With The Stars, viewed through the unique lens of the Boy Meets World trio’s enduring friendship. They tackle questions both technical and silly, reveal untold backstage and emotional stories, and end by celebrating their mutual support—making it a must-listen for fans of TGIF nostalgia, reality dance shows, and genuine podcast chemistry alike.

Transcript

[Danielle Fishel]

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[Danielle Fishel]

Well, this week we have once again asked for your cues to our A's, but now in completely different roles. We aren't the three former child stars of Boy Meets World partaking in a weekly journey of unpacking our experiences and facing what will undoubtedly be a painful final season. But we are. Danielle, the current contestant on season 34 of Dancing with the Stars, and her two best friends, the Dan Yets. What do you want to know about dance from someone who as of a few months ago, had never even walked onto a ballroom dance floor? And how about questions from the TV show Dancing with the Stars from two guys who had never watched it before and still spend most of their waking hours trying to figure out the scoring system?

[Will Danyet]

Doesn't make any sense.

[Danielle Fishel]

Well, you sent them to us and now it's time to answer some while proudly wearing our dancing shoes. Hilariously, half of the questions we received from listeners were just more detailed thoughts about the way Dancing with the Stars incorporates scoring. But I do think you two have that covered. So we selected from unique inquiries. First, maybe I ask you the Dan Yets. Do you have any questions for me? And maybe I have some questions for you that we can get out of the way.

[Ryder Danyet]

I have a question.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay.

[Ryder Danyet]

When you. Okay. The pre show package or the pre dance packages.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Ryder Danyet]

Do they come to every rehearsal with a camera crew? Are you always on?

[Danielle Fishel]

Basically, when you're rehearsing, the entire time we're there, there is a camera that lives in the corner that's recording the entire thing. And from the moment we walk, walk in, we're miked. And so that records every second of our rehearsal. And then on top of that, for a majority of it, there is also a cameraman and a. Or woman and a camera. And they roll around so that they can get all.

[Ryder Danyet]

So there's no downtime.

[Danielle Fishel]

Zero. Zero.

[Ryder Danyet]

You don't have any time with Sacred Space. Yeah. Just with your partner. That sucks, man. I was wondering about that because I was just like, man, like I would want like everyone out, just me and my partner and a chance to like, talk and dance and like kinks and stuff and just be like, whatever.

[Will Danyet]

Yeah. Can you imagine us on Boy Meets World, every single rehearsal, being miked and having cameras in our face for every time? That would be horrifying.

[Danielle Fishel]

It's essentially doing rehearsal on a press line.

[Will Danyet]

Yeah, well, you're just. You're essentially, you're on a reality show.

[Danielle Fishel]

That's exactly what it is. Yeah, it's a Reality show.

[Will Danyet]

Okay, I have a question 2. Okay. First of all, because Ryder and I have gone back and forth on this.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay.

[Will Danyet]

How much input do you have in picking your song?

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay.

[Will Danyet]

And the second question is, what is the fastest animal on the face of the earth?

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay. I think. I think cheetah is the fastest animal. I'm gonna answer that one first. Okay. Song and style. So when the season started, they sent us a music questionnaire. That music questionnaire was hints. We didn't know for sure, but hints about what the theme weeks were going to be. So, like, the first question was, if you had to pick an anthem song, what would give me some. Give us some suggestions.

[Will Danyet]

Okay.

[Danielle Fishel]

And then I had to write favorite songs that would. I would consider to be an anthem song. Now this is me, the celebrity who knows nothing about song selection and style of dance or anything. Just they want to know what are some of your favorite songs for that?

[Will Danyet]

Gotcha.

[Danielle Fishel]

And then the second week was, you know, for if. Do you tick tock or whatever, you know, tick tock week, which maybe was week three. And. And then do you have any connections to Wicked? What's your favorite songs? Do you like Halloween? What are some of your favorite Halloween songs?

[Ryder Danyet]

But they're ask. They gave you this questionnaire up front for the entire season.

[Danielle Fishel]

For the whole season, Correct.

[Will Danyet]

Oh, so it's not every week. Okay, gotcha.

[Danielle Fishel]

They gave it to me before the season starts.

[Matt Rogers]

Okay.

[Danielle Fishel]

And you go through and start filling in, and they. They say, give us as many as you can. Okay.

[Will Danyet]

Right.

[Danielle Fishel]

So that's what they start with. The music department then goes through and collects all those questionnaires from all of the celebrities, and they then run it against their algorithm of which of these have we already used? And it doesn't mean that if a song's already been used, you can't use it again. But they certainly don't want to do, like, you know, a song that's really been overdone. They want to.

[Matt Rogers]

Right.

[Danielle Fishel]

And then they also want detail about why would this be your anthem song? Why was Kelly Clarkson stronger important to me? And that. So they start from that place with taking songs that all of the celebrities have written down as being things that are special or important to them. Then they compare them to the other celebrities, and then they share all of that with your pro. Then the music department and your pro are able to say, hmm, I see you wrote this song down. And it's possible that we could clear it, because that's the other thing. Is it something going to be that we're going to be able to clear. So, yeah, that is kind of the process. And then of course, things like we can't get something cleared. And so then the. They make suggestions to you. The music department says, what about this and, and what about that? Like, they're like One Hit Wonder week. There were a couple of songs I really wanted to do for One Hit Wonder Week, and they pushed back a little bit, saying that one of the songs I wanted to do wasn't technically a one hit wonder, even though it definitely was. And, and also other people's songs were absolutely not one hit wonders.

[Will Danyet]

So, yeah, that was a weird week.

[Danielle Fishel]

Some sometimes you don't have control and you kind of just. They'll send you a playlist. They'll say, here are five songs. Tell us if any of these work for you. And I could have said no to all of them.

[Will Danyet]

Right.

[Danielle Fishel]

But you know, so it is a, it is, you have, it's a process and a lot of factors are at play in it.

[Will Danyet]

Okay, I have one more question for you.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay.

[Will Danyet]

And this is, this is important. It's a question that I'd like answered that we would like to talk about on Pod Meets World, but we don't know. And now that you know everybody and you've become close with everybody, if Ryder Danyet and Will Danyet went on Dancing.

[Danielle Fishel]

With the Stars, Right.

[Will Danyet]

What pro would you put each of us with?

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, this is such a good question, Will. I would put you with Emma.

[Will Danyet]

Is Emma with Andy?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Will Danyet]

Ah, that makes sense.

[Danielle Fishel]

Emma has such a wicked, wonderful sense of humor.

[Will Danyet]

Okay.

[Danielle Fishel]

And she and you, first of all, would really get along in the sense of humor department, which I think is going to be important for you specifically in order to feel like you're gonna, to be able to get through this and to want to, want to even be there.

[Will Danyet]

Yeah, yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

And I think she also has an ability. You are not a social media person at all. And she is very good at it. And it is a weapon that you can use. Not in a bad way. It is a tool in your arsenal to be good at social media on this show. And since you do not have that experience and Emma does the same way, she is using it as to her advantage with Andy. I think she would do it with you.

[Will Danyet]

And I'd have to get on social media. I don't think they'd let me come on without being on social media. I think it's part of the show.

[Danielle Fishel]

It is part of. It is part of the show. It's part of part of the deal. And by the way, you could still have somebody like they're the Dancing with the star social team. Marlinda is the head of the social team over there. They are wonderful. You could have them. You could have your own account and they run.

[Will Danyet]

They do everything right.

[Danielle Fishel]

They would, they could do it for you if you wanted so that you didn't have to be participating or, you know, you could not read comments or choose to if whatever. So that I also think height wise, so much of this is going to be about height and I think Emma is one of the taller pros and I think you. I think, I think you guys would be a good height match. So I would pair you for sure with Emma Ryder. I would pair you. Gosh, I'm torn between Brit and Daniella.

[Ryder Danyet]

Which one is Brit?

[Danielle Fishel]

Brit was with Baron Davis.

[Ryder Danyet]

Oh, okay.

[Will Danyet]

Yeah.

[Ryder Danyet]

So she was only there for like one week.

[Danielle Fishel]

She was only there for one week.

[Will Danyet]

But she dances on stage there all the time now, right? Yes.

[Danielle Fishel]

She's in the pro numbers.

[Will Danyet]

Yep.

[Danielle Fishel]

And she is just wonderful. Jensen just said my pick is Brit. She is. She is wonderful. She's really the thing I think you would really love about Brit that everybody loves about Brit. She really gets to know her partners and is not like, she really like. I don't know how to say this. She learns about them and almost takes on who, like, I want to embody who you are so that I can choreograph from the inside out to showcase your vibe, your personality. And she like, she really learns about her partner. She treats it like. Like a science experiment almost. How much can I absorb about who you are and what your life is like and how can I highlight that.

[Ryder Danyet]

Authenticity too in order to just embrace it and commit to it? If I was being told, like, you need to wear a sparkly tuxedo because that's what's hot this week, I would be like, nope, not me.

[Danielle Fishel]

No. And that's it. That's it exactly. She really celebrates who the person is to showcase and highlight that. So I think Brit would be my pick for you. Yeah, that. That would be my choice, man. Boy, could you imagine how, how freaking excited I would be if you guys. Oh, my gosh.

[Will Danyet]

I literally just hurt my hamstring talking about it.

[Ryder Danyet]

So.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay. So I hope that answers some questions.

[Will Danyet]

Yeah, it's. It's just a lot of it, especially with some of the judges stuff, which again, I'm. I don't know if you're aware of this. I'm a dance. I'm a dance Expert. But a lot of it just some of the numbers just seem very arbitrary.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, well, there are definitely things where it's like, you know, once they've given Andy sixes three weeks in a row, if there's any improvement. How do they say that's a five?

[Will Danyet]

Right?

[Danielle Fishel]

You know, it's like. And that's why when we were talking about the very beginning of the season, I know Derek was really trying to set the precedent. We are not going to be scoring super high out of the gate. But then when you're out there and you're seeing how hard everyone's working, I just think in general, it's really hard for them to pull out a four.

[Will Danyet]

You know, it's true.

[Danielle Fishel]

But had they started at fours for certain dances, we could have now seen improvement and still be at a six.

[Will Danyet]

Right, right, right.

[Danielle Fishel]

But when, you know, some people are at a six and other people are at a seven, you're like, but, but. But six, six, seven. That it becomes. It becomes. They're also young and cool.

[Ryder Danyet]

What is.

[Will Danyet]

What is that? What is that that you're doing?

[Ryder Danyet]

It's the latest meme speak, man. Brain rot.

[Danielle Fishel]

Are you team 7 saying it right? Or are you team 7 7?

[Ryder Danyet]

I don't know. I don't.

[Danielle Fishel]

I just.

[Ryder Danyet]

Indy says it all the time.

[Will Danyet]

What is that? Please, people.

[Ryder Danyet]

It's what people are saying. But what is it?

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[Danielle Fishel]

Okay. O TikTok thing about a guy, and he was talking about how tall a basketball player was, and he was saying he was 6, 7, and he did this.

[Will Danyet]

Okay.

[Danielle Fishel]

And it just became a thing that now in any. For no reason at all whatsoever, you just say, six, seven.

[Ryder Danyet]

There was also a video that I. That Indy thought was the origin, which is like, there's a basketball game going on, a pants of the audience, and these two kids turn to the camera and they're like, six, seven.

[Matt Rogers]

Just so you know, hilariously, this meme is. Is truly from a rap song called Dud dude by Skrilla. And he says. He says six, seven in the song. Funny. Then a bunch of people used it in Tick Tocks and now no one knows the song exists.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, yeah. No one's ever heard of the song. It's just from.

[Ryder Danyet]

I tried to listen to the song and it was awful. No, it didn't suck. So, yeah, yeah. But we just say six, seven all the time now.

[Will Danyet]

I weep for us as a society. Thank you.

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[Danielle Fishel]

Let's jump into our. Unless you have another question for me. Let's jump into our pod meets.

[Will Danyet]

No, let's do it.

[Ryder Danyet]

Let's do it.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay, great. This one is from Carly g. During dedication night, when they returned from a commercial break before Danielle got her scores, she looked like she had been crying. What was going through her mind at that time? P. S. She gets all 20 of my votes, no question. You're making us all so proud, Danielle. So sweet. Thank you, Carly. So, yes, I did start crying. So a couple of things happened. One, I had not seen Scott since they had announced in their dance previous to mine that they were having a baby.

[Will Danyet]

Okay.

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[Ryder Danyet]

Oh, and you didn't know that ahead of time?

[Danielle Fishel]

I did not. It was a surprise. So I was. I, you know, a few dances before your dance. So say I'm number seventh in. In the lineup at around dance four.

[Will Danyet]

They pull you.

[Danielle Fishel]

They pull us from the skybox to go warm up. We. You know, you cannot. People think it's just like, okay, now get out there and dance. You're. If your muscles are not stretched and warm and you. You know, you want to refresh your. You want to refresh your routine. You want to make sure you're absolutely focused. You're not being distracted by. My friends are in the audience, and my package is on the tv, and my friend is dancing down there. Like, you really need to, like, lock in with your partner and get focused. So they take us out of the skybox. But Scott's dance had been right before ours. So I was down, like, hiding behind the curtain, and I heard the scream and was like, did they just announce they were having a baby? So Scott was right behind me in the box, and we went to commercial break. And then I turned to Scott and I said, oh, my gosh, by the way, congratulations. And his husband Mark, regularly, if not every single day most days, went with him to rehearsal. And so I got to know both of them, and I started talking to him about being a parent and how happy I was that they were going to be fathers and what good fathers I thought they were going to be. And then I got emotional the way I got emotional just now talking about it. And that then turned into. When I turned back to Pasha, me saying, I'm sorry I missed that step in our. In our drive. I missed a step that we had worked on many, many times, and I messed it up. And I. You know, the worst feeling of screwing something up in your dance is not, oh, the judges are gonna judge me for it. Or america saw me make a mistake or even. I'm so mad at myself. The only thing I care about is that I feel like I let pasha down.

[Will Danyet]

You let your partner down. Sure.

[Danielle Fishel]

And so I had just finished talking to scott and was emotional, and I turned and looked at pasha, and I was like, I'm so sorry. And the minute I said, I'm so sorry, I was just like, ooh, all these tears. And then. And we're back. Oh, my God. So then. Yeah, then I was, like, trying to hold it together.

[Will Danyet]

Was any part of you upset over your scores?

[Danielle Fishel]

You know what?

[Podcast Promo Announcer]

I.

[Danielle Fishel]

No, I'm not upset at the scores. I'm upset that I felt like those were the right scores. I'm upset that I don't feel. I felt based on the way I did in that dance, I. That, to me, was a seven. I didn't do. I didn't do what I wanted to do. I don't. I mean, bruno really enjoyed it. That dance was hard. And, by the way, talking about stuff you don't see in a package, I'm actually appreciative. They didn't do it because it was dedication night, and it was a. It was about bill. That was my hardest week on this show.

[Will Danyet]

Right.

[Danielle Fishel]

Forget injuries for. Forget anything. The jive is hard, and it is so fast and so physical and so upbeat, and you just have to. Your rehearsals are just runs. And we started with a sprint, and we ended with a sprint, and then trying to dance in between and remember all of the steps and do all of the things. And then in that dance, we adjusted something on, like, the first day, Something pasha had originally taught me. And then just a few hours later, he's like, I don't like this as much. I want to change this. And I said, great, let's change it. Then we rehearsed it that way Thursday, we rehearsed it that way Friday, we rehearsed it that way Saturday. And Saturday night, I was like, this jive is good. I can't believe it. I can't believe where we started on Wednesday. I felt like I was never going to get it. And here we are Saturday night. I had all the confidence in the world. Pasha seemed really confident. He was like, this is. This is great. We're in a really good place. Tomorrow we have a full day. And I just want to clean. I want to perfect. I want to make sure every little movement is. Is exactly what it's supposed to be. I want to work on your retractions. And I was like, awesome. I don't sleep well Saturday night for some reason, just, you know, stress of life and whatever. I don't sleep well. I wake up on Sunday and I'm a little tired. And I'm like, but at least I know what we're doing today. I watch tape. We have like a 1pm rehearsal. I watch tape in the morning. I practice in my mirror at home. The part that. That, you know, is like this big side by side part. I practice all of it, and I show up to rehearsal and pasha goes, don't kill me, but I want to change eight counts. And I go, what?

[Will Danyet]

I just got it.

[Danielle Fishel]

I go, what part do you. What part do you want to change? And he's like, this part. The part that I said is the most important part of the dance. I want to change it. And I'm like, why? Why do you. Why do you want to change it? And he's like, I don't like it. I watched it last night. I don't like it. I don't think the judges are gonna like it. And I don't. I don't want to do it. I want to change it. The rest of that day was just on that. Was just on that.

[Will Danyet]

Now, could you have said no? Could you have just been like, dude, I've got it?

[Danielle Fishel]

He said. He said, if you want to do it, we can do it, But I'm gonna tell you right now it's not good.

[Matt Rogers]

Wow.

[Danielle Fishel]

He said, if you want to do it, let's do it. Let's commit to it. Fine. You want to do it, let's do it. It's not good. And the judges are going to tell you it's not good, but if you want to do it, it, let's do it.

[Will Danyet]

Now, wait, here's. But you also said that there's 15 dances to pick from and you don't have to do them all. Are. Are there going to be contestants that won't do the jive at all, or are there some that are compulsory?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. No, there. There. There may be some that don't do the jive at all. And, like, there. There's a possibility Pasha and I may not do jazz. Like, there's. There's only so many weeks, and, you know, if you don't have it or your song doesn't go with it or whatever, you just don't end up doing that. There are a lot of people who aren't going to do rumba. Like, rumba's really. So, you know, Emma is probably not going to do a rumba with Andy with Andy.

[Will Danyet]

That makes sense.

[Danielle Fishel]

You know, like, there's.

[Will Danyet]

Watching her with him where she's literally talking to him the entire time is pretty fun to watch.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Will Danyet]

Because she's literally during the dance and.

[Danielle Fishel]

Probably counting, and she. Yeah, she says words that, you know, hands and. Yeah. Things to remind him of where they are in the dance. Yeah, I mean, they.

[Washable Sofas Spokesperson]

They.

[Danielle Fishel]

And we do that all throughout the week. Pasha's really big on me knowing how to count the entire dance. So I learned that in. In the first week, and now I have to count everything. And this week, we're doing a Viennese waltz, which is on three counts. And so, like, it goes like this.

[Ryder Danyet]

It goes 2, 3, 1, 2, 3.

[Danielle Fishel]

But in the way the music is cut, sometimes there's only four counts of three, and then it starts back over at one, and then there will be eight counts of three, and then it starts back over at one, and then there are ten counts of three. Then it starts back over at one. So in order to keep track of where we are, I have to count like this. One, two, three, two, two, three, two, three, four, two, three, one, two, three, two, Three.

[Will Danyet]

And then.

[Danielle Fishel]

And then when I get back to 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3. And then the way I help using the count to help me with what I'm supposed to be doing is when I'm supposed to have something like a move on a certain number, which in the waltz is usually on the. The one. So I go, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3. So, like, those numbers, those things that are. Or sometimes I change it out the number for a word. So it'll be 1, 2, 3, hand, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, foot 2, 3, 5.

[Will Danyet]

It's like.

[Matt Rogers]

And then.

[Danielle Fishel]

And. And then you're just literally running around the room screaming numbers on video and then watching it back like an athlete.

[Will Danyet]

There you go. Yikes.

[Danielle Fishel]

So, okay, great question, Carly G. That's why I was crying. We have a. Oh, a question from Connecticut, Rachel Will. Do you know her?

[Will Danyet]

I do.

[Matt Rogers]

Of course.

[Will Danyet]

Everybody knows Rachel from Connecticut. What's up, Rachel.

[Ryder Danyet]

We call her Rachel.

[Will Danyet]

We call her Rachel.

[Ryder Danyet]

Parchment quill pen. She sent it by Sparrow.

[Will Danyet]

I have a query for Ms. Fishel here.

[Ryder Danyet]

Yeah, yeah.

[Will Danyet]

If Duff does not protest. Yes.

[Danielle Fishel]

Her question is, will, what would it take for you to do Dancing with the Stars? A lifetime supply of superhero undies. Going back in time and guest starring on mash. Jokes aside, do you think it is actually possible with some sort of gigantic offer?

[Will Danyet]

I don't see how. I go to the same. I go To a different reason than Ryder. Because the social media stuff I could have fun with and do all that kind of stuff. I truly. And this is not hyperbole. I truly do not believe there's a teacher in the world that could teach me how to dance. I don't think it. I don't think they exist. I don't think they're wrong.

[Ryder Danyet]

You are wrong, dude.

[Will Danyet]

I don't think they exist.

[Danielle Fishel]

You're wrong. You heard Carrie Ann last week.

[Will Danyet]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Everybody can dance. But is there something somebody could convince you? Is there something going back in time, being able to guest star on Match?

[Will Danyet]

Well, yeah, If I could have time travel, then yes, I would do just about everything.

[Ryder Danyet]

Of course.

[Will Danyet]

Yeah, of course. Okay.

[Danielle Fishel]

All right, there. So there is an offer out there.

[Ryan Seacrest]

All right.

[Danielle Fishel]

Just want to know.

[Will Danyet]

I'd rather do traders. Okay.

[Danielle Fishel]

I know you love that show. All right. From Jessica M. Hey, Danielle and the Dan Yets. As our resident lobster finder, will I have to ask, during dedication night for Danielle, when the legendary Bill Daniels was there, was there really a lobster on the garage stage or have we all lost it?

[Will Danyet]

Was there. I didn't even notice.

[Ryan Seacrest]

No.

[Will Danyet]

If somebody did that, it's a genius. Absolute genius. But I did not even notice.

[Danielle Fishel]

We have to go back and watch.

[Will Danyet]

They cut to Bill so seldom, and when they did, he had that huge smile on his face. I know. Oh, my gosh.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, he. Bill. So somebody was. Somebody was like, I feel awful that they made him get on a plane. Bill did not have to get on a plane. Bill was a. Bill was a car ride away 15 minutes from there. He lived 15 minutes. He didn't have to show up until dress rehearsal. He never had a moment of rehearsal. He showed up for dress rehearsal, and they. Yeah, they didn't even have to drive themselves. We had a car. He. Yeah. And his son Michael was there and took such great care of him. And.

[Will Danyet]

Yeah, and I was sitting with Bonnie, who was loving it. It was.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, there were so many there. The problem is that, you know, we are used to really being able to see the cameras when we're in a multicam. We're like, yeah, they're all right there. This is obviously much more like a single cam, except there are just eight single cameras. Everything's a little farther away, especially where he was in the garage. And so other than the music playing, I don't think he ever knew when he was on camera or really, you know, what he was supposed to be doing when he was just kind of sitting there. But, yeah, it was.

[Will Danyet]

I'M not a huge fan. When they build the set on the.

[Danielle Fishel]

Other side, the Garage. I know it's called the Garage. And it's hard to. It's hard to see, and it gives. It gives on. It looks great on tv, but when you're there, it makes you feel disconnected.

[Will Danyet]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. This one's from Jeffrey from Louisiana. Question for Danielle. Has Dancing with the Stars consumed your whole life as far as scheduling and time commitment, and did you expect this? Dancing with the Stars and podcasting is literally all I do. I don't sleep, I barely eat. I haven't been to the bathroom in three weeks, and I have not seen my. That's true. I haven't seen my children. I barely get to see my husband. I have no more friends, and I just live in a microphone and then on a microphone. I'm miked all day long. Yeah.

[Matt Rogers]

I mean, I also mic you when you're in the house, but that's just like.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, yeah, that's just for fun.

[Will Danyet]

Yeah, that's just a boom mic. He's just following you around. You're not. You're not laughed or anything?

[Danielle Fishel]

No, exactly. It's not allowed.

[Will Danyet]

You're fine.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, my God.

[Ryder Danyet]

So you're just always on. You feel like you're always on.

[Danielle Fishel]

I'm always on. I'm always on. And, you know, the. Did you expect this? I knew it was gonna be a crazy schedule. I really did. But, no, I did not expect this. Mostly because what I had heard in all the other years, they asked me, I would always say, well, no, you know, I'm. I'm. I'm doing, like, there was some sort of work. And they always said, we work around your work schedule. You can do anything you want, and we will come to you. Oh, you're. You're going to be directing an episode. No problem. You're working in Glendale. We'll get you a studio in Glendale. So in my mind, it was like, great. I would do a normal workday, pop over there for an hour or two. You have dance for 20 minutes and go home then. And then go home. What? No, I. They're like, today we are shooting a cold open for an episode that's coming up, and they have a very specific aesthetic, and they sent us a board of like, so bring your own wardrobe. And it needs to fit into this. It needs to fit into a murder mystery theme. You need to be hair and makeup ready on you. Not. We do not provide glam. So pick a. Pick wardrobe for a 1930s old Hollywood look. Come hair and makeup ready. We will shoot something with you for five to ten minutes. Then you have your master interview, which is the part where I'm talking directly to camera that you see in our packages. We do an hour of that every week. We do a master interview there for a week. Then I have four hours of dance rehearsal. And this week we have to learn three dances because we're doing something called a monster thon, where the floor is going to be divided up into a grid, like a tic tac toe grid. And all nine of us have a square we have to dance in. The judges are going to walk around and tap us out as we dance the hustle, a dance none of us have danced before. We dance the hustle for two minutes. And as. As they see us, if they catch us in a moment where we're doing something they don't like or we screw up a move, they tap us out. You get eliminated. And then if you stick around until the end, after two minutes, we go switch over to Lindy hop, which is the big jumpy part of a quick step. We have to do that for two minutes. And if you last the longest, you get five extra points added to your score. So this week I have to learn.

[Will Danyet]

So it's squid game.

[Danielle Fishel]

The Viennese waltz. Yes.

[Ryder Danyet]

Dancing with the squid games. Squid game.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, my God. So I have three dances to learn this week. When normally I would have a one and a half minute dance to learn. I have to learn two more dances that I have to be able to do for two minutes each. Each.

[Ryder Danyet]

Oh, my God.

[Danielle Fishel]

And then a minute and a half long dance. And so at this point in the competition, even your regular four hour long rehearsal isn't really enough. So now you have to rehearse outside of your allotted window on your own time. And then like, we tape the show on Tuesday nights. Then after that, I have 30 minutes where I spend just some time with my people. Pasha Jensen, Danny Dylan, Dylan's girlfriend. We sit in the trailer, we eat food, we recap. We have like a little, you know, post mortem. Like, how do you think? How'd you feel? What about the scores and this and what do you think of that person that this and that? We sit and we, you know, do that for a little bit. Then I record Danielle with the stars in my trailer. Then I get home and I'm still, like on an adrenaline rush. You know what that's like after a pod meets world live show where you're just like, wired. I go to bed at 1, I get up at 5, I get the kids ready for school and then I'm on this podcast from 9 to noon. And then I go to rehearsal and learn a whole brand new dance. And I rinse and repeat every week. It's been 44 days since my last day off.

[Ryder Danyet]

Oh, my God.

[Will Danyet]

Yeah. So, no, there's nothing that would make me do that.

[Danielle Fishel]

That.

[Will Danyet]

It's nap time in like an hour, so. Oh.

[Danielle Fishel]

So I guess I. What?

[Matt Rogers]

I.

[Danielle Fishel]

To answer your question, I did not expect that.

[Will Danyet]

Well, how could you? And it's also got to be one of those things where it sounds so stupid, but it's. It's a good thing if you're this busy because it means you're going farther on the show, so.

[Danielle Fishel]

Correct.

[Will Danyet]

Yeah.

[Ryder Danyet]

This is the goal.

[Will Danyet]

Getting is what you wanted. This is a good thing.

[Ryder Danyet]

Imagine how you're going to feel when like. Like you have a day off. You're gonna be, like, so anxious and weirded out.

[Danielle Fishel]

You're gonna be like, what am I missing? That's why when Will said, I have to go take a vacation after this, I'm like, I'm gonna have to go away for a long time because you.

[Will Danyet]

Need to sit on a beach for a while.

[Danielle Fishel]

Because I'm gonna. It's gonna take me days to go. To go into some normal sort of like. What do you mean? I'm done.

[Matt Rogers]

What do you mean?

[Danielle Fishel]

I'm done working.

[Will Danyet]

Yeah. Normal rhythm again.

[Ryder Danyet]

Here's my question. Do you think you're gonna dance after this?

[Danielle Fishel]

For the rest of my life next week.

[Will Danyet]

Are you really?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Ryder Danyet]

I was wondering if it's just gonna be like, workout.

[Danielle Fishel]

It is.

[Ryder Danyet]

Because I could totally see that you've just, like, clicked.

[Will Danyet]

Yeah. You really like it.

[Ryder Danyet]

And I love it.

[Danielle Fishel]

I love it so much. I wanna. I wanna start taking ballroom lessons. I wanna find a partner. I wanna practice. Yeah, it's great exercise. It's.

[Ryder Danyet]

Oh, my God.

[Danielle Fishel]

That's the serotonin boost. The, like, just. It is so. It is so great. I. I couldn't possibly say enough good things about it, so. Love it.

[Ryder Danyet]

And you're gonna go on tour with.

[Danielle Fishel]

The show and I'm gonna go on tour. Yeah.

[Ryder Danyet]

You're gonna have to keep.

[Danielle Fishel]

Hell yeah. You guys want to see me at Radio City Musical?

[Will Danyet]

Yes, of course. We're gonna go to Radio City Music Hall. Are you kidding? Yes.

[Danielle Fishel]

Cool.

[Will Danyet]

We also need to do some videos where you're teaching Ryder and I how to dance.

[Danielle Fishel]

No.

[Will Danyet]

No. Well, if it's Danielle teaching us, I mean, it's not like some professional.

[Ryder Danyet]

It's Danielle Teaching why don't we do it audio only if it's not on camera.

[Danielle Fishel]

Wow.

[Will Danyet]

I want you to teach me how to do some stuff. I want you to try to teach.

[Danielle Fishel]

Me how to do it. I'll teach you some of my dances. I mean, I only know my dances, but that's fine.

[Matt Rogers]

By the way, this idea is so.

[Will Danyet]

Hot people would love it.

[Matt Rogers]

Even audio.

[Will Danyet]

That's true.

[Ryder Danyet]

It's true.

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Limu is that guy with the binoculars watching us.

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[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Ryder Danyet]

Dude. Mr. Feeny.

[Danielle Fishel]

Are you kidding me?

[Ryder Danyet]

His test of dance. He killed it.

[Will Danyet]

He did.

[Ryder Danyet]

It's become a meme.

[Will Danyet]

He did.

[Ryder Danyet]

And it's like. And everybody would. I mean, think about him doing ballroom like Mr. Feeny back then. Obviously it was 98. So if we're taking 65 year old Feeny, he would be Amazing. And everybody would be cheering for him. He would have the popular vote, and it would be the best.

[Will Danyet]

There's no. There's no better answer, and that's 100% right. It's got.

[Danielle Fishel]

I'm going to say Matt Lawrence. I think between Matt Lawrence and Bill Daniels. Yeah.

[Will Danyet]

They would get two different votes. You know what I mean? Like, yeah. Matt would get, like, the Dylan vote, and Feeney would get, like, the. The Raw. Yeah. Oh, God, that's tough. That's tough. That's tough. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

And then we have Gabriel from Petaluma, California. Danielle, is there an individual on the show that you have become friends with that you planned on spending time with when the show wraps? Dylan is stuck with me. Absolutely. Dylan and I have actually talked about the fact that if we do go on tour, we're gonna sync our days so that we go on tour together just to make sure that we, you know, have a buddy.

[Will Danyet]

Replace me as your travel buddy. I will be so pissed at you, Danielle. I have so little in life, and you as my travel buddy is one of my.

[Danielle Fishel]

Let me tell you something. I suspect that no one could ever replace you as my travel buddy because Dylan is more like Ryder in how he travels.

[Will Danyet]

Oh, okay.

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[Will Danyet]

All right, then I'm fine.

[Danielle Fishel]

And I will never not be bougie as. Okay, so.

[Will Danyet]

Okay, good.

[Ryder Danyet]

You and I, you're not gonna be splitting a Chinese chicken salad and a matzo ball soup with Dylan.

[Will Danyet]

I mean, I know Dylan and I, we look so similar. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Especially your bodies.

[Will Danyet]

The bodies, the body. It's like. I get. It's like looking in a mirror, but you can't replace me for that.

[Danielle Fishel]

Also, eating with Dylan, not nearly as fun.

[Ryder Danyet]

No, he's not getting McDonald's with you.

[Danielle Fishel]

No, he's not getting. He tried. Last week was his week to buy, and he got us all burgers and French fries and pastas. And I see him trying.

[Will Danyet]

Oh, God. Oh, no, it's not the same.

[Danielle Fishel]

No, it's not the same. It's not the same, but I love it.

[Will Danyet]

Eat a kettlebell, buddy.

[Danielle Fishel]

He's just in such good shape. Yeah.

[Will Danyet]

It's horrifying.

[Danielle Fishel]

From Jared. Does Pasha already have the entire series planned out and choreographed, or does he and the other pros learn the song and style and have to choreograph it all in a week's time? So we have, as I mentioned with the songs, we have the rough outline of things. Once we know things are approved, it's usually about. We're running about a week ahead, so right now he is teaching me the Viennese waltz. But next week is rock and roll hall of fame week. He does not have the official song yet, but he has already choreographing some of. Some of his thoughts. So he has to teach me this current week's dance while choreographing the next week's dance.

[Ryder Danyet]

Does he?

[Will Danyet]

Please tell me that he and his wife help each other where they like. He. She plays the your role, and he plays Dylan's role to work out all.

[Danielle Fishel]

The dances they do. Everybody, all of the pros, they call it working with a body, having a body, which sounds, truthfully, almost as offensive as calling a model a hanger, but it is that you need another person to be the body in the dance. And so obviously, Danny and Pasha can be that for each other. Except if he needs Danny to help him choreograph, let's say it takes him two hours to choreograph a dance, and then Danny needs his help. That's four hours of their time that they need to help each other versus if they both go get different bodies, they can both be done in two hours.

[Will Danyet]

Yeah, that's true, too.

[Danielle Fishel]

So sometimes, though, it really works out. Like this week, for example, Dylan is also doing a Viennese waltz.

[Will Danyet]

Oh, that's perfect for them.

[Danielle Fishel]

He can learn. Pasha can learn Dylan's moves and work with Danny throughout. So if Danny wants to be like, let me try this with you. Let me try that with you. If Pasha knows Dylan's steps, they can do that. And then vice versa. If Danny knows my steps, they can work together. So in some cases, it works out, but ultimately. And then, of course, every single night, they are showing each other tape and looking at things and getting examples. I mean, for last week with all those lifts, Danny came in and would do some of the lifts with Pasha because he's like, I. Even for me to teach you, I don't know what the girl is doing up there. All I know is what I'm supposed to do to help you get up into the air. And now I. I don't know what she's thinking when she scissor kicks and she does, you know, and how. Like, I don't know. He's like, I don't know how to tell you what to do. And then she came in, and she was like, I've never had to teach a girl, so I also don't really necessarily know what to say, what I'm thinking. So then she's like, let me try it. And she's like, okay. And she doesn't. She goes, all right, so I'm actually thinking, whack. Like, I'm thinking, you know, I gotta. I gotta. I gotta do this. I gotta lift my head and kick my leg at that time. And then it was just a bunch of trial and error and, like, me being a sack of potatoes and him tossing me around and. And then figuring out, like, oh, I really need to hold myself firm, which is why my pec muscle hurt. Because, like. Like, you know that lean I did where we lean, like, all the way? It's like, one of my favorite moves ever. And I was only holding on to this part of his shoulder, so, like, my entire body weight is just like that. And then I can't put any weight on that right toe as it drags around, because otherwise it'll get stuck. So it's literally one leg and me holding on and him obviously supporting me in the lean. But then just so that I can lightly drag my foot around, he's just.

[Will Danyet]

And. And her. They're both just crazy strong, aren't they?

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, my gosh.

[Will Danyet]

Yeah. Like, crazy strong.

[Danielle Fishel]

So strong. And. And. And, you know, so much. It's also not just, like, muscling into it. It really is like, no, I have to be in a deep squat, and I he. You know, you don't lift with your back. You lift with your knees, and you use your quads. And there's a. There's a real science to it, but it's.

[Ryan Seacrest]

No, you always lift with your back.

[Will Danyet]

In a quick jerking motion. Your lower back. Everybody knows. Yeah.

[Ryder Danyet]

Grab, yank, grab a mechanic.

[Will Danyet]

Lower back, everybody. Lower back.

[Danielle Fishel]

We have, from Savannah, from Huntsville, Alabama, Will and Ryder. Since this is your first season watching Dancing with the Stars, what's been the most unexpectedly emotional or addictive part for you when watching?

[Ryder Danyet]

Yeah, I just love the actual. I mean, especially the contemporary dances, like on Dedication Night. I just love the expressiveness. And it just made me realize that I really do enjoy watching dancing. And I just never quite realized. I mean, I just never thought about it. It's like, I go to musicals, I go to theater, I go to concerts, but I don't go to dance shows. And now I'm like, no, I should start going to dance shows, like ballets, anything where people are doing, you know, telling story through dance. I get very connected to it. And so all the. I mean, obviously, I appreciate the ballroom dancing and the technical, like, physicality of that, but the expressive, emotional storytelling part I really love. Like, Whitney and Mark's dance with her husband.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, yeah.

[Ryder Danyet]

The storytelling was just so beautiful. And I was like, the way that this is actually living out the thing that they're trying to tell through dance, I was like, that's the coolest way to tell this story. And, yeah, there's been a few of those that I just really love.

[Will Danyet]

Obviously, the most emotional thing for me is watching you. I mean, just because. Well, just because I know you and I know you've been through over the last year, year and a half, and I know how difficult a decision it was to even do the show in the first place and whether or not you're gonna do it and how busy you are. And so, yeah, that's certainly the most emotional thing for me is watching you.

[Danielle Fishel]

Reading all of the comments from when you guys do POD meets Twirled. And the way people. I mean, it's gonna make me cry. The way people love the way you guys love me is just so. It's just so sweet. It's like the fact that people. I.

[Ryder Danyet]

Who could have.

[Danielle Fishel]

Who could have predicted that me doing Dancing with the Stars was going to showcase a side. Our friendship, you know, like, what a. What we. That was not ever. That was just like, oh, I'm gonna do this reality show, and we're gonna all try to make it work with podcasting and figure it all out. And then it's like, what if we do a show? And it's like, that's great. And now it's not just a jokey show about two people who don't know anything. It's become a real, like, testament to this love and deep devotion we have to each other. It's just, like, shocking. It's so crazy, and I love it so much.

[Ryder Danyet]

Me too.

[Will Danyet]

Yeah, it's pretty great.

[Danielle Fishel]

So here's a good question. Michelle wants to know, do the judges see any of the practice the dancers do or do they only see what happens during filming. So when we are there on Tuesdays, the day of the show, we do two camera blockings. And we're usually just in our rehearsal clothes. And then right before the live show, we do a full dress rehearsal. They do not make sure that the monitors in the judges dressing rooms or trailers are off. They could be watching our camera blocking when we're in our rehearsal clothes, but they're not supposed to. It's not like there's a rule against it, but they're not like, actively watching that. However, they do actively watch dress rehearsal. So when we are all dressed up and we get to go out there and do it once before the live show, they get to watch dress rehearsal. And similarly to anyone else who has a job on that show, you require prep in order to do your job. The director needs wides on Thursday afternoon so that he can start prepping his shots and how he's going to shoot things and where things. Where the cameras are going to go. The hosts have to read the teleprompter. They need to put together their questions. We get camera blockings and dress rehearsals. The sets.

[Will Danyet]

I mean, my God, the sets, the.

[Danielle Fishel]

Running in, the timing, the pyrotechnics. There's none of that that happens. Like, well, this is the first time. Let's just see how it goes. We've had to test everything out. It's a full blown production. Of course, the judges also need prep, so they watch dress rehearsal so that they have an idea of the storytelling, the dance that's being done and how people are doing. And I believe they get the opportunity to start formulating what some of their thoughts are. And then, of course, they watch it live. And depending on how it goes live, it could have changed the opinion they had during dress rehearsal. But there is the ability to see dress rehearsal and the live show. I want to ask you both one last question, if you could. This is from Jerkwell from Florida. If you could create a theme night for Dancing with the Stars, what would it be? Wow.

[Ryder Danyet]

So the theme nights are usually either like, song selection based.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yep. Or Rock and Roll hall of Fame.

[Ryder Danyet]

Or like personal narrative based, like anthem.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right.

[Ryder Danyet]

You know. Oh, you know what?

[Will Danyet]

I would.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay.

[Ryder Danyet]

I have a series of songs.

[Will Danyet]

Ryder would say, what? I think I know what other things you're gonna say.

[Ryder Danyet]

I always have a playlist that I call memory songs. And so there's songs from my life that relate to a specific memory or like a summer or whatever. And sometimes they're not even, like the best songs, but they make me. They take me, they transport me back, and they just capture a time. So I would love to see everybody's memory song, like someone from your life. Because then it would combine the personal narrative, but then probably be a hit song from the 90s or, you know. Cause it's usually a song that was on the radio when something was happening.

[Will Danyet]

I don't know.

[Ryder Danyet]

So I would love to just leave that one open and be like. Cause it's kind of like dedication night, but not just about one relationship. Be about a memory from your life. I would love to see.

[Matt Rogers]

See that.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right, right.

[Will Danyet]

Oh, I guess. Tara says they used to do your most memorable year night.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, okay.

[Ryder Danyet]

That's similar.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay. Memory. Memory night's really good. Writer. I like that. Will, would you do a hoosker dooo.

[Will Danyet]

I would. I would do hoosker do and Hootie gurus. No, I. I'm sure they've done this. So I imagine they had to have done movie score Night there. Had to have done famous. Famous songs from movies. I mean, that's great that they had to have done that at some point. Right.

[Ryder Danyet]

Because then everybody could do an homage to a movie they love.

[Danielle Fishel]

Song from the movie or something.

[Ryder Danyet]

Or.

[Will Danyet]

Any of these movies. So if they haven't done that yet, I don't know why they wouldn't do a movie score night. Yes. So that would be Somebody do Dirty Dancing. Other one I would do would be first love night. Oh, and it's the music that you were listening to the first time you fell in love.

[Danielle Fishel]

Ooh, that's a good one too.

[Will Danyet]

That would be the. That's. I would do that as well.

[Danielle Fishel]

I love that you guys both had really good ones.

[Will Danyet]

Thanks. Hey, are any of the dancers and their partners hooking up?

[Ryder Danyet]

Up?

[Will Danyet]

No. Damn it.

[Danielle Fishel]

Gosh, no. There are no showmances between pros and.

[Will Danyet]

Partners, But a lot of the pros are dating each other or with each other. Married to each other.

[Danielle Fishel]

So Alan and Emma are together. Jenna and Val are together. Danny and Pasha are married.

[Ryder Danyet]

Did they all meet on the show or did they come?

[Danielle Fishel]

No, Danny and Pasha have been. They were. They've been married for 11 years.

[Ryder Danyet]

Wow.

[Danielle Fishel]

So. And they've only been on the. He's been on the show for seven. So they've been married for 11 years. Alan and Emma did meet on the show. Jenna and Val did meet on the show. I'm trying to think of who else, but. Yeah, so no, everybody's, like, married and stable and just having a great time. That doesn't mean. I don't think people have some grudges.

[Will Danyet]

Well, of course. I mean, it's so intimate. I mean, it's just so intimate with you and your partner. How could you not? I mean, obviously wouldn't go anywhere or do anything, but there's gotta be moments of, like, you're. You have to be sensual with somebody. You know what I mean? It's gotta be for hours at a time. Yeah. It's gotta be crazy.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. The amount of Listerine strips Pasha and I consume on a daily basis, as a matter of fact. In each other's faces. In each other's faces. Right before we did. Right before we did our Argentine tango, we were like in the back, warming up. And I said, do you have any Listerine strips? And he was like, your breath is totally fine. Don't worry about it. And I went, no, I don't think I know how to do this dance without the taste of Listerine in my mouth.

[Will Danyet]

Like, it's literally at this point.

[Danielle Fishel]

It's Pavlov's dog. Give me a history.

[Will Danyet]

Argentine tango brought to you by It's Dance with the Stars brought to you by Gingivitis. Nice.

[Danielle Fishel]

Thank you all for joining us for this episode of Pod Meets World. It was our Q and A episode for Pod Meets World and Danielle with as always, you can follow us on Instagram Pod Meets World show. You can send us your emails. Podmeetsworldshowmail.com and we've got merch.

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Danielle, during this interview, you gotta roll your shoulders back. Shoulders, Daniel, shoulders.

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