Hey, guys!

Well, I am relieved from last night. The elimination is quite nerve-racking, I must say. The judges gave us great scores and we were at the top of the scoreboard, but you never know. Half the votes come from the viewers. America decides, so anything can happen. My stomach was in millions of knots.

For me, doing this show is a little girl’s dream. I did ballet when I was 5. When my mom, my sister and I immigrated from Poland, we didn’t have much money, and I had to give that up. So in a way it is a little bit of reliving that dream. I am having such a blast doing it, but this is definitely harder than I expected. I like to go dancing at nightclubs, so I figured, how much harder could it be? But it is!


In the beginning, we had 4 1/2 weeks to prepare for the first show, but now it’s every week we have 4 to 5 days. I have a great partner, Derrick. The most we can rehearse is 5 hours a day because of all the injuries last season. I haven’t been so sore in my life, from head to toe. I am sore in places that I never knew could be sore! By the time I am done with the rehearsals, I am exhausted. I come home and I am a zombie. I just do nothing.

One of my biggest problems at first was posture. In my business, it is all about arching your back and sticking out your bum. And here, Derrick keeps telling me to stand straight, and I’m like, “I am standing straight!” When I am standing straight the way he wants, I feel kinda like I am bending over. So that was challenging the first couple of rehearsals, and I know he was like, “Oh boy, can I get this girl to stand straight?” So he’s been proud of how far we’ve come.


People ask me a lot about my costumes. Every week we have a consultation with the wardrobe department. I can agree or disagree a little with their guidance, but overall I trust them. I have noticed that my outfits are getting smaller and smaller, so if we get to the fourth week, it might be like, okay, this is a little much!

You would think there’d be a lot of drama backstage, but so far everyone is getting along. But get back to me at week 7! All of the competitors have potential—anything can happen. Obviously, I think Mya and Aaron Carter might have some advantage because they’ve been performing their whole lives. It’d really hard to remember your steps, so anyone who has that experience, it’s an advantage.

Okay, well I’m on my way to rehearse our samba, which Derrick says is one of the hardest dances. We have a few long, hard days ahead of us, so wish me luck!