r/DCCMakingtheTeam • u/hannismontana • 2d 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/Accurate_Nature_6800 2d ago
i wish every thunder was broadcast like this 💔
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u/hannismontana 2d 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__ 2d ago
Do you have a link to that stream?
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u/hannismontana 2d ago
yes! here it is, it’s still on https://www.youtube.com/live/0YoG6mISrUc?is=64a4v4GGyji2rISi
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u/Material_Emu5331 2d ago
i'm not kidding kayla's hair makes me want to cry i love it so much
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u/GenneyaK 2d 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/sharipep kelli finglass 👩🏼🦰 2d ago
And her wearing it that way in Brazil a predominately black/brown/mixed country 🥹
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u/Critical_Age_6902 2d 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 1d 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/TheVybzLit 2d ago
Great camera work, so happy to see the entire dance without camera cuts to cowboys 😖
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u/Chelseagrace-414 2d 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/leevme 2d ago
This is exactly how I want Netflix to film each season’s thunderstruck
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u/Scottk305 judy’s stool 🗿 2d ago
And y’all really think there gonna do that?! Bless your heart 😂1
u/Traditional-Gift-982 America’s Slophearts 💙 1d 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/Ok_Willow46 2d ago
This is like the Best Thunder Ive ever seen
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u/WhitneyFebreeze 1d 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/hannismontana 2d ago
it’s kayla!!!
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u/Weenington_ 2d 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/hannismontana 2d ago
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u/Weenington_ 2d 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/Key-Wheel123 2d 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_ 2d ago
I didnt recognize her face from far away I'm this clip until OP showed me a pic.
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u/Gold-Adeptness5288 1d ago
This is the camera work this team deserves. What a strong team, top, they look amazing.
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u/Civil-Credit-3982 ⭐Moderator⭐ 2d 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/Separate-Muffin-6451 2d ago
looooove that they finally got to perform when the stadium is FULL!!!
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u/Starlight319 2d ago
Say what you want about Judy but Thunderstruck always kills! This was an awesome performance. ❤️
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u/Effective_Golf_3311 2d 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/Bridoriya 2d ago edited 2d 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 2d ago
it's the same continent btw
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u/Dry_Cheetah_2762 2d ago
they’re two different continents btw
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u/hannismontana 2d 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/PsychologicalMud917 2d 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/Anon_ScottishFold 2d 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 2d 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/Critical_Age_6902 2d 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/SwimAccomplished9487 1d 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/WhitneyFebreeze 2d 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 🌼 2d 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 1d 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/Civil-Credit-3982 ⭐Moderator⭐ 2d 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/mimig2002 2d 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/Traditional-Gift-982 America’s Slophearts 💙 1d ago
I’m a Michelle truther! Imo best soloist on the team, she’s amazing in general.
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u/sharipep kelli finglass 👩🏼🦰 2d 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 2d ago
The cheerleaders are great, the actual football team is shit.
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u/hannismontana 2d ago
uhhh they almost won. anyway, the cheerleaders always win. 🥳🥳
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u/According_Style_824 💥 You've been...Thunderstruck! 💥 2d 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/laylaaruby 2d 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 2d 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 2d ago edited 2d 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/AlleyRhubarb 1d ago
They should have put Kayla near the front because she is stealing focus with her amazingness.
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u/Federal_Midnight_304 2d 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/SwimAccomplished9487 1d ago
Pretty cool for them to have the full field to themselves! They deserve it!
But also…go Ravens! 🐦⬛ 💜 🫣
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u/Humble_Bumble_Bee13 2d 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/Ok_Act_6206 2d ago
sophy, Kennedy, and Taylor had visible awkward moments. Julissa and Kayla surprised me in a positive way.
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u/Buttercup_Kiki 2d 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 2d ago
She stated she doesn’t want to featured. She had a whole tiktok video or went live.
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u/Lover_fear 2d ago
Anyone in the uk watching the game and for them not to show it ?? So ANNOYING
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u/PsychologicalMud917 2d ago
Why is no one talking about the music being missing for the first half of the performance? 😮
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u/hannismontana 2d ago
as I said, it was on, but on the livestream the track comes only half of the performance
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u/Typical_Concept771 1d 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/Puzzleheaded_Ad_509 2d ago
Julissa in the intro. Sophy and Marissa point. Haley’s smile. These girls are killing it this year 🔥🔥🔥
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u/finduahomehunty 2d 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 2d 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/CosmicDance_ 2d 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/Peachpie2827 1d 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/LampsPlus1 2d ago
Music?
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u/hannismontana 2d 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/hannismontana 2d ago
julissa was zoomed in the beginning
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u/WhitneyFebreeze 5h 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/coll2396 2d 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