okay we know that when you hear the name
twitch one person comes to mind dancing
down the aisles and pumping up the fun
at the ellen degeneration
now the dj and dancer is heading back to
his roots he's a judge on the new season
of the show that first launched his
career so you think you can dance we got
a sneak peek from the season premiere
where twitch battles it out with a
contestant take a look
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i mean he's so talented so here he is
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you were just like sunshine in a bottle
man you walk in the room and we feel
good and you did that to ellen's
audiences for nine years absolutely it's
coming to an end
just tell us how you're feeling in this
moment i mean honestly it's it's it's a
mix of things but mostly celebratory you
know what i mean because over nine years
uh you know listen i got married uh
expanded the family um and you know did
a lot of great things like you know got
to dance with a lot of great people uh
got waxed from head to toe
once in a lifetime situation you know oh
my gosh
yeah it was it was you know in hindsight
it probably wasn't the greatest decision
um
can you just explain a little bit of the
backstory in that yeah so i was um i was
in magic mike uh double xl and i i
understood that we had to be hairless uh
so
in rehearsal i was telling ellen you
know i had to get waxed she was like why
don't you do it on the show and you know
ellen kind of has this thing just like
you know it's just like before i knew it
i was in it like i was like you know it
was just like i was like yeah why don't
we do it on the show and then we did it
on the show and it was yeah this show's
full of laughs but i can't imagine after
all these seasons to say goodbye and i
know some of these shows are already in
the can right yeah
how was how was it closing out that
it was it was so emotional and what was
crazy though it was like
you know it was a lot of the the little
things that started to really get me not
even the big moments but like when she
would walk out and just seeing how the
audience would react to her for people
that have waited you know she was on the
air for 19 years yeah people that have
waited for literally 18 or 19 years to
come and see the show to see the
connection and the and the bond that she
has created um with people that really
love her show is something that's so
special just to look in people's eyes
you can tell that she's put in so much
love and so much kindness into the world
and to see that reflected back um that
that what was really getting me in the
livestream i know and like it's a family
there i know y'all are all really close
so it's like closing that chapter but we
have to ask
what's next you already have as we
showed absolutely a new gig so it seems
like something you can dance does it
feel good to go home i know you were on
that show it does it's like the ultimate
full circle moment because i i met ellen
from so you think you can dance we did
we did it yeah we did a dance together
on season seven so you think you can
dance and then now as the ellen show is
is coming to a close i'm going back to
so you think you can dance so that full
wrap around it's all serious did you
always love dancing since you were a kid
i loved it yeah dancing has just kind of
always been
my thing you know there's some there's
people that just love sports and love
that like dancing has always been
that thing for me and your wife's a
dancer yes right
by the way your tick tocks and your
insta reels are incredible there's so
much i mean the dancing is yes but we
also i mean is it true that twitch was
your nickname as a little boy because
they said you couldn't sit still yeah so
not as a little boy but when i first
started i started dancing relatively
late like around
14 15. like yeah who knows and so uh the
style popping um there's a contraction
in your muscles when i got a hold of how
to do that i would kind of be in church
and in school just kind of
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um yeah i mean my mom has all has always
believed in everything i was doing
always like my mom's always been a
champion for everything i'm doing no
matter what no matter what was she
surprised to see your success um i think
she was surprised but then also just
real really blessed man i think you know
anytime you see um you know hard work
and sweat and tears and blurring cuss
words you know
rewarded you know i think that's a good
thing you know wow okay well we're going
to have more you you're going to show us
some of your moves or health benefits
yes i'm so excited okay okay twitch is
going to hit the dance floor with us yes
right after this
we only have one move
we are back with dancer and dj twist
he's also a judge on the new season up
so you think you can dance okay before
we start dancing we have to ask you one
quick question okay it's wedding season
yes if you can't dance and i'm speaking
really for myself what's one well yeah
we you can kind of dance what's one move
we can bring to the to the for anyone
what's an easy you just have don't don't
be afraid of the two-step though you
hear the music right here right just two
steps i decide this
you don't have to do anything impressive
look keep your hands right here right
look at if you're really trying to flex
see somebody crossing will be like
what's going on wow there you go now you
see what i'm saying you see i'm pointing
at the camera man right now we
immediately connected that's all you
need right there and if it hit look
what's the person let's see
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easy okay
usually our mouths are open okay so
a little dance competition i didn't
realize it was a competition it's called
switch with twitch okay here's how it's
going to work twitch is going to take
turns dancing with each of us he's going
to have 15 seconds to do one type of a
dance with hoda then he's gonna switch
and he'll dance with me all right we're
each gonna tackle three popular dances
jen and i don't have any idea what dance
this is and we only know one dance i was
gonna say which is the same one it's
gonna be great anyway shall we do it
this is gonna be great put the trust in
me
she's feeling good right now come
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so we're just going to
what's the box
this is just a wave whoa
wait look at that bow oh my god there we
go
pretty good no pretty wow
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yeah so you know we can just share the
humility on this one because
i'm not gonna lie to you and i apologize
for people that didn't know how to do
this step it might be offensive okay bye
okay okay
oh you know this look
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right here let's go okay there we go
go to the ground she could have done the
ground
that's it
last one okay here we go
the robot slow very slow ready slow
oh look out
you're oh you vogue about it
you vote robotic
vogue robot oh wow
wow wow my god whoa
i'm not gonna lie both of y'all won okay
or both both of you won
we voted
we love you yeah you won twitter you can
catch twitch on the season premiere of
so you think you can dance tomorrow
night on fox
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