If you fall again, I'm going to replace you!

So last night was a new episode of Cheer Perfection. The show is only in its first season, so it’s still fairly new to the TLC network. It’s based on the cheer gym Cheer Time Revolution in Sherwood, Arkansas: an elite cheerleading gym that only accepts and produces the best and most talented cheerleaders. The show focuses on five or six of the girls that belong to Cheer Time Revolution, their competitive moms and their head coach, Alisha Dunlap. Even though the name of the show would lead you to believe that it’s mainly a cheerleading show, the focus tends to lean more toward the moms and their drama with one another. I wasn’t too sure if Cheer Perfection has what it takes to make the cut, but this season has been surprisingly intriguing.

Maybe it’s because this show has the perfect mixture of everything I love in a good reality TV show: cute outfits, extreme talent, parents living and competing through their children, some completely unrelatable morals and beliefs, and a female in the power seat. What’s not to like? I have never had a special interest in cheerleading, so that’s probably why I don’t mind the fact that it only accounts for about 35-40% of the actual show. The drama is hilarious and it had me picking sides from the very beginning. All I can say is that I didn’t like Ann from the moment I heard she named her daughter by combining her name with her husband’s name. Torry + Ann = Torrann? I have no words.

On last night’s episode, Alisha was only choosing five of the girls for a duo and trio competition in Chicago, so you can only imagine how extra crazy the moms were. As the team mom, I know Ann thought her daughter was going to go. But Torrann didn’t make it, so obviously Ann was furious and this caused even more drama with the moms. That, combined with the fact that the girls chosen couldn’t get their routines down, caused tons of drama and ridiculous mom-fights. In the end, the girls nailed their routines though, (as if we ever doubted them?!) Both groups won their divisions and Cheer Time Revolution got to live up to its team cheer one more time. 

 

“CTR, the number one team! We’re the orange and the black, the best you’ve ever seen!”