JoJo Siwa could also be competing on Particular Forces: World’s Hardest Take a look at, however the actuality present took her again to her first days as a dancer.
“I think something that’s interesting is everything in my past I’ve had to be in charge of,” Siwa, 20, solely instructed Us Weekly. “I go on tour and I’m in charge of the 60 crew members that are there and I’ve got to be the boss. But here, it was weird because I was the furthest thing from in charge.”
She continued: “All of us were the furthest thing from in charge, and so kind having to sit back and work hard and just be told what to do, I mean, I kind of liked it. I don’t know. I think it’s the dancer in me that just felt like I was back to my roots of just sit there, shut up and do what you’re told.”
Siwa first got here into the general public eye at 9 years outdated when she competed on the Dance Mothers spinoff Abby’s Final Dance Competitors in 2013. Siwa has since gone on to launch a YouTube channel, launched a number of songs and a film in addition to launched into a tour. She has additionally been a contestant on The Masked Singer and Dancing With the Stars, the place she fashioned the primary all-female partnership with professional Jenna Johnson.
Now, Siwa is a part of a bunch of celebrities being led by ex-special forces operatives who hope to move a grueling choice course of mirroring actual life. Finishing the coaching workout routines in Particular Forces: World’s Hardest Take a look at wasn’t her solely aim throughout her time in New Zealand – the YouTube star shared she additionally aspired to be a cheerleader for her fellow contestants.
“I think one of my very big priorities while I was there was keeping everyone else’s vibe up and happy,” Siwa mirrored. “And I think that’s just been something that I’ve done my whole life.”
Whereas competing on season 2 of the Fox actuality present, which premiered in September, Siwa made robust friendships with fellow contestants, together with Bachelor Nation’s Tyler Cameron and Nick Viall.
“I remember Nick and I had a moment where it was just him and I in the accommodations, our bedroom, and that’s when I was like, ‘This man now feels like family,” Siwa recalled. “And then I feel like on day six is when you kind of became family. When we were at the helicopter submersion towards the beginning though, I mean it was just kind of like a free-for-all. Everybody felt pretty close, but definitely towards the end.”
Siwa has additionally been vocal about her friendship with Cameron, 30, whom she mentioned would “probably” be the perfect man at her future wedding ceremony. Whereas Siwa thinks the previous Bachelorette contestant is “hot,” she famous that she’s not curious about pursuing him.
“I tell my friend Tyler Cameron all the time, I’m like, ‘I’m the only girl in America that would not want to be with you,’” she instructed Bustle throughout an interview earlier this month.
Particular Forces: World’s Hardest Take a look at airs on Fox Mondays at 9 p.m. ET.