just because she's been on broadway doesn't mean she's nice. She was probably made out to be the villain because she was the bitchiest one there. Showbiz is inherantly cutthroat, go to any theatre school and you'll find mean girls like her trying to tear others down for their 15 seconds.
They actually were peddling for 8 hours straight, no joke. I just watched a 12 year anniversary with all the girls and the real experience they had on the show.
+Shelby Taylor I disagree. Lauren was my favorite on the show and I thought she was so talented. BUT....she was so young. Put her next to Christian Borle and it would have been too odd.
+Shelby Taylor She ended up playing Elle on the tour, so she did get to play at Elle eventually (I actually think I saw her as Ella when I was like 13, i don't have my playbill, so i am not 100% sure but i think it was her)
LMAO Cassie was singing a different part than all the other girls! She was mostly correctly singing a different harmony from way later in the song, the dodgy editing makes it seem like she's way off the mark. Yikes!
k so I know Emma is ridiculously talented, but there is no doubt Lauren was the best performer in that challenge, her technique was stronger and she went for the most challenging part in the song and WAS AMAZZIINNGGG!!!
Seth has a RU-vid channel & he said he gave Cassie a super difficult harmony part and "she nailed it", but it was completely twisted in editing to make it look like she was supposed to be singing Elle's part (and doing so completely off key).
I remember watching this when it first released and hated Cassie. Now that I know reality shows are heavily edited/produced I appreciate her much more. Cassie was being real, and the producers made her look like a real b* compared to the others. It's a shame because she's really talented, and this is proof that editing made her look horrible.
Winning an advantage? That's not how show business works. You are even playing field with everyone else, all that matters is your talent not any sort of advantage.
well show business, the whole industry is basically who has connections. I mean yeah you need talent but there are millions of girls just the same who will never get into the industry because they don't have people to give them info on castings or use their influence etc. I mean that's what ive kinda heard and grown up with. ^^I don't mean this as rude btw just my opinion
The best contestant to have won should have been Lauren. She had the voice and dance skills. Had she been older, she would have won. My second choice would have been Autumn. She was the best singer but lacked in dancing. I never would have chosen Emma, she was an entitlement princess. She felt she should win because she was older and had more experience. And Bailey was the one who won...
She had so much stamina, she was keeping her breathing steady AND her voice sounded amazing like she was standing still instead of exercising so intensely. She's amazing.
I was rooting for either her or Lauren. They were both brilliant and made it to the top 4, but Rhiannon reallllyyy lacked stamina. She wouldn't have survived it.
Lulz, "sing and dance through the ENTIRE show, she never stops." Especially during intermission, and get whipped into shape, shes TOTES dancing backstage.
Red Leather, Yellow Leather / Sit Chair warmup is so iconic!!!! He later did it with Kathy Griffin on an episode of her reality TV show MY LIFE ON THE D-LIST. Thanks Seth Rudetsky.
Harmonies don’t sound good without the melody. I was a delta nu in my high school’s production and that was the harmony I had to sing. She did it super well.
Except two other girls sang the same thing, she just didn't belt it and was VERY off. The part she was singing was pilar/margot/serena's part. I know this is 2 years ago I just wanted to counter. No doubt Cassie had some talent in her other songs, just not enough to be bragging like she did
Holy shit, can you be THAT insensitive? It's nice that you're glad she quit smoking, but it's this sort of talk that makes people relapse into smoking.
No matter what people said, I do think that Bailey was the best suited to play Elle. Although, I was so disappointed that she quit to do a country cd she was totally Elle Woods.
+Celestestarlet She didn't quit, the show closed before her run was even up. And I respect your opinion but I disagree with it, other than the right look, I don't think Bailey was best suited for the role. I think Lauren or Emma should have won.
Celestestarlet that was Laura Bell Bundy who quit to work on her second country album and because her vocal cords were wrecked. Bailey Hanks took over for her and was horrendous😩 But if you were talking about Laura then I agree with you she was totally Elle!! 😍
Celestestarlet Laura Bell Bundy is the one you're talking about. And she didn't quit to do a country album, she was the original Elle Woods on Broadway and they replaced her with Bailey because her contract was already ending and her voice was seriously starting to get damaged.
Molly Donahue It's because she was singing a harmony part, but they cut when it was explained out. It makes it look like she was really bad, but she actually nailed the harmony :)
That’s a real shame, I wrote this comment when I was a lot younger and I know now that she is actually very talented and they edited the show to make her look nasty, adding the crunchy harmony just to make her look worse :( poor girl
doiconfuseyou Laura bell bundy played the original Elle. This show was to find her replacement when she was leaving. Bailey Hanks ended up winning and took over for Laura. She was horrible though
Seth deconstructed it, and she sang it correctly. If it's not perfectly supported--well, they rode those bikes for about 7 or 8 hours, according to the women.
She was edited to look mean. If you watch the reunion, you'll see the girls were all mad at how the editers portrayed Cassie S. She was actually really sweet. Also, she was told to sing a harmony, all of them were. She was the only one who got the harmony correct. They just edited her to be bad and mean
So what if she’s an ex smoker? That doesn’t make her any better than the other contestants. In my opinion, Lauren had more energy and more of what the song needed than Emma.
Cassie shouldn't be mad she got picked on charity. Didn't the guy also say something about her being awful? She is awful... I can sing Elle better while cycling with water up my nose
Don't you just hate when the worst one of the bunch is the cockiest and most arrogant? A prime example is that brunette girl at 3:29. She sounded a hot fucking mess and had the audacity to say it was a piece of cake for her.
