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Melissa Rycroft

Note: Starting in Season 9, she returns as a recurring guest mentor/judge/assistant. This article is focused on her time as a cheerleader. Since following her return, she functions more like a squad administrator, and as most of her commentary and confessionals at that point pertains to others, they will not be included in this article, nor count towards her total count.

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Season 1[]

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• Was told she seemed as if she “crumbled” due to pressure. Stated the issue was confidence.

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• Called into the office due to a low-energy practice. Admits she isn’t up to par due to recent illness.

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Seasons 9-16[]

• She makes appearances from S9 on through the end of the series as the performance coach. Her job is to coach the TCCs in group rehearsals and one on one to perform their best in order to make the team

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• She's largely considered to be the most famous former DCC from the show era based on her time on other television shows (The Bachelor, Dancing with the Stars). If interested, you can read her Wikipedia page here.

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• Shown as a finals judge in the America’s Sweethearts Netflix documentary

American television personality, host, and dancer

Melissa Katherine Rycroft-Strickland (born March 11, 1983) is an American television personality, host, and dancer. She is a former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and television personality. She has participated as a bachelorette on the thirteenth season of ABC'sThe Bachelor, on the CMT reality TV series Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team, and on the eighth and fifteenth seasons of ABC's Dancing with the Stars. Rycroft went on to host reality competition shows such as Bachelor Pad and Redneck Island.

Early life

Melissa Katherine Rycroft was born on March 11, 1983, in Dallas, Texas. She studied dance from an early age and served as first lieutenant of her high school drill team. She majored in marketing at the University of North Texas after transferring from the University of Oklahoma, where she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega.

Career

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

After graduating from the University of North Texas, Rycroft auditioned for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. She danced for the team from 2006 to 2008. As a cheerleader, she made regular appearances on Country Music Television's reality show Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team. She also appears on the judging panel for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders auditions and is also a showmanship mentor to the training camp candidates .

The Bachelor

Rycroft appeared on the 13th season of The Bachelor as one of the 25 bachelorettes competing for bachelor Jason Mesnick. In the season finale, Mesnick c

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Melissa Rycroft, born in Dallas, Texas, is a reality TV star and former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. She participated as a contestant on CMT reality TV series Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team ABC's The Bachelor, and Dancing with the Stars, and is the co-host on The Bachelor Pad and a special correspondent for Good Morning America.

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