
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team
The team travels to Mexico for their annual swimsuit calendar photo shoot.

The team travels to Mexico for their annual swimsuit calendar photo shoot.

A bad rehearsal brings a warning that cuts can still be made.

One final rehearsal is run before the DCC squad is announced.

A rehearsal on the field could determine who makes the squad and who gets cut.

In week five, Kitty Carter fills in for a sick Kelli and calls out girls with messy routines.

In week four of training camp, the rookies are brought in for a makeover.

The candidates must run through the signature kick line and jump split.

Training Camp begins, and it's clear that if the candidates screw up, they'll get cut.

600 hopeful candidates arrive at Cowboys Stadium for the preliminary auditions.

Some dreams are made and others broken as Judy and Kelli make their final decisions.

Candidates who are not DCC ready will be exposed at the only field rehearsal.

Rehearsals start with a bang when DCC director Kitty Carter makes a surprise visit to Valley Ranch.

It's week three of training camp; the rookie candidates get their DCC makeovers.

The girls are expected to master the world famous DCC kick line and jump split.

The candidates struggle to rearrange their schedules and secure living arrangements in Dallas.

Eighteen veteran cheerleaders join the competition for an invitation to training camp.

Five hundred candidates dream of making the 2011-2012 Dallas Cowboy Cheerleading squad.

The squad is finally set and the new team performs.

Kelli announces who she wants to see.

The training camp candidates and veterans are readied for their photos. Technical director Kitty Carter directs the girls through rehearsal and points out a wide array of lingering problems with the class.