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00:00Hi, my name is Jennifer Marquette and we are here with the 20th anniversary of Dancing with the

00:04Stars with Deadline. I'm a lead talent stage manager at Dancing with the Stars and I make

00:17hair and makeup schedules and just get the talent to where they need to be within the body of the

00:23show. I am everywhere. I am with the talent and quick changes. I am downstage for bumpers. I am

00:30in the skybox. I'm trying to shuffle people in the skybox because no one likes to go there, but

00:35I'm everywhere. I think what's surprising is a lot of couples, they don't necessarily like to go to

00:43the skybox because they get so nervous about the dance and even though they're all super, super

00:49supportive, it kind of gets them out of their, you know, zone for competition. So I feel like I'm,

00:57you know, peddling. I'm like, can I get you to the skybox? Can I get you to the skybox? You know,

01:00and once they're there, they're supportive and excited, but it just, if they haven't already

01:05performed yet, it kind of takes them out of their zone. And then also some of them don't eat

01:10before they dance. So after they dance, they want to eat and they want to, you know, just kind of

01:16relax a little bit because their dance has been done. I've been here for 17 years. Um, so I

01:21definitely have been here for some dramatic moments. Um, the quick changes, the minute quick

01:27changes. I remember one particular, I don't know if Conrad's going to laugh for this, but one

01:32particular quick change I was making with Emma and she was like, slap my face, slap my, like, she's

01:37like, just to, you know, get her riled up for her dance. And, you know, I was like, I can't slap your

01:43face and she was like, do it. And I'm like, I never did it. But Rebecca, the costumes just went

01:47like this because she wanted to get just amped up for her dance. And it was funny. Um, I've been

01:54here for a lot. I've been here with all of, you know, when the, cause they were kids, Derek and Mark

02:02when I first got here. Um, and then when Val came in very, they were all very, very competitive.

02:08And it's been so nice to see, uh, their growth, you know, life happens, kids happen, relationships

02:17happen, and it was fun back then, but it's even more fun now. Um, just watching them mature

02:25and grow up and seeing them with their families and other dancers. It's, it's awesome. It's

02:31very emotional. Um, just the live aspect of it. Cause it's that energy, that feeling that

02:38you get. Um, but yeah, during competition is, is very emotional. Um, sometimes their dances

02:48are very emotional and just the process of dancing with their celebrity, you know, sometimes

02:54it's great for them. And sometimes, you know, you just see their, uh, emotional process and it's,

03:02it's fun and interesting to watch. I'll never forget, uh, Daniela with Iman. We were, I think

03:09it was towards the end of COVID. So everyone had to do their quick changes in the trailer. And I was

03:16there and Daniela busted the door open. She goes, I'm going to win this. But she, I mean, there was

03:23nothing, it was like clear as day. She's like, I'm going to win this. And I was like, I felt that

03:27energy. I was like, yo girl, like you, you got this. It was the finale episode and everyone had

03:32done their dance and she was coming out for voting. And she was like, I'm going to win this.

03:37I mean, just watching the opening number this week, I got teary eyed so many times. I'm like,

03:42oh my God, this is so beautiful. Um, and just the process, everybody's grown up and,

03:49um, and it is emotional. It is. It's been a lovely place.

Jennifer Marquet | DWTS 20th Anniversary

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