It’s no secret that preparing for Dancing With The Stars (DWTS) involves long hours of physically challenging rehearsals — but how does that compare to training for the Olympics?
Well, according to Olympian and now-eliminated cast member Nova Peris, DWTS ain’t got nothing on the Olympic preparation regime.
“It’s not even in the same league,” Nova told Chattr, adding that there were a few slight similarities between the two.
“You’re going to training. You meet your partner at 7:30am – 8am in the morning, and you finish at four or five in the afternoon, and you’ve just got to keep pushing through,” she explained.
Training for DWTS kicks off about seven weeks before the premiere and involves full days five times a week.
“It’s intense in the intensity of the training. You’re trying to learn something that’s totally foreign to you. But no, I wouldn’t go as far as to compare it to preparing for the Olympics.”
Nova, who is currently commentating at the 2024 Paris Olympics, said that her experience with training for the Hockeyroos and the Olympics helped her adapt to the Dancing With The Stars rehearsal schedule.
“It was hard, but it was easy for me to suck it up, go and have an ice bath, have a Panadol, have a Celebrex and then get up and wake up and do the same thing the next day.”
Nova had no dancing experience before DWTS
Nova confirmed to Chattr that she’s been asked to join Dancing With The Stars in previous years but “couldn’t commit the time” until this season.
“It’s nine weeks of your life that you have to commit to,” she explained.
Fortunately for us viewers, Nova found the time to compete on DWTS 2024 and said she went into the competition with no experience.
“The Hockeyroos girls were all cheering me on and they’re like, ‘The only time we’ve seen Nova dance is after we’ve won a world championship,” she laughed.
Watch Dancing With The Stars Australia 2024 on Sundays from 7pm on Channel 7 and 7plus.
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