Jenna Waller always wanted to be a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader, but she waited to audition until after CMT’s long-running reality series “Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team” ended in 2021.

“Prior to the show ending, I was like, ‘I don’t think I could audition for DCC, because I don’t want to be cut on TV,’” Waller tells TODAY.com.

So, when she arrived for her first DCC audition in 2024, what surprised her wasn't the toil — but the cameras. “America’s Sweethearts,” the Netflix series following the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders from auditions through the season, was filming its second season.

“I go into auditions and turns out, there’s a Netflix show,” she laughs, explaining that the series’ first season hadn’t been released yet.

Jenna Waller finally makes the Dallas Cowboys Cheer

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