Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team

Professional cheerleading takes hard work, determination and nerves of steel as the new crop of recruits quickly finds out in the second season of CMT's DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS: MAKING THE TEAM. CMT's eight-episode series reveals all the behind-the-scenes action of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleading try-outs as girls struggle to make the team, survive boot camp and make their big debut as one of the most famous cheerleaders in America. In the one-hour season premiere, hundreds of excited and anxious Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders hopefuls arrive at Texas Stadium for the preliminary auditions. After performing their freestyle dance routines for the judges, only half make it to the semi-finals. At semi's, they are taught the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders' style of dance, along with the legendary kick line. Amid tears of joy and disappointment, only half the girls are called back for the finals, where they'll compete against the seasoned veterans to earn a spot in the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Training Camp.

Competition heats up in the final audition as surviving candidates go head-to-head against experienced veteran cheerleaders to secure one of the coveted spots at the DCC Training Camp.

The group of 43 hopefuls celebrate moving on in the selection process and adjust to the physical demands of Training Camp, and DCC Director Kelli Finglass reminds them there will be cuts.

Only two weeks into training camp, it's time to start making cuts in the second season of CMT's DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS: MAKING THE TEAM. While "veteran" cheerleaders model bikinis for their upcoming calendar shoot, anxious training camp "rookies" dance their hearts out to prove to Kelli and Judy that they deserve to stay another week. One girl battles weight issues, while several others struggle with dance technique. In the end, whose blood, sweat and tears just wasn't enough?

After saying goodbye to one of their own on DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS: MAKING THE TEAM, reality sets in for the remaining training camp candidates: nobody's position on the squad is secure. The girls are fitted for the revealing DCC uniforms, and then sweat their way through a punishing physical workout. Two girls struggle to perform dance kicks, while another learns the hard way what DCC Director Kelli thinks about punctuality. Evaluations in Kelli's office can mean only one thing: another girl is getting cut from the squad.

In the sixth episode of DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS: MAKING THE TEAM, the training camp candidates don't know what hit them when tough as nails and brutally honest guest choreographer Kitty Carter teaches a class. Then, the rookies get one step closer to transforming into Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders with professional beauty makeovers. After another brutal Jay workout, there's a surprise cut that nobody saw coming.

The rookies get to wear the iconic Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders uniform for the very first time during a professional modeling shoot this week on DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS: MAKING THE TEAM. Then, the girls have a life changing experience skydiving with the legendary Army parachute team, the Golden Knights. However, tears flow later in Kelli's office when another girl is cut from training camp.

On the finale of DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS: MAKING THE TEAM, training camp comes down to the last grueling rehearsals and whose long legs fit into the famous kick-line. The cheerleaders attend a poolside bikini boot-camp for last minute toning. Then, amid tears of disappointment and shock, Kelli makes the final cuts for the 2007 squad. Big Texas smiles come easily as the cheerleaders pose for their Squad Photo and a very famous guest reveals herself in the DCC uniform. The girls head to Texas Stadium for their very first Cowboys football game, where they wow 65,000 fans with a wild and rowdy opening dance number.