Ashley stood barefoot on the stage, spun several times, and waved her slender arms.
She performed the grand jeté again.
Spontaneous apuse erupted from the audience.
This was because Ashley’s dance movements were incredibly graceful and light, yet powerful, achieving the perfectbination
of strength and beauty!
On the stage, afterpleting a difficult move, Ashley suddenly leaped into the air, executed a perfect split, and lightlynded on
the floor.
Surprisingly, she managed to execute another perfect split whilending.
Upon witnessing this breathtaking scene, some excited audience. members in the back rows couldn’t help but stand up.
Ashley’s dance moves were truly stunning, and the dancing was. undeniably difficult!
Even the judges on the judging panel had their eyes widened in
amazement.
Megan fixedly stared at Ashley on the stage and looked irrepressibly astonished.
Executing a sequential split required not only profound dance skills but also exceptional aerial control. Ashley not only
aplished these feats but also managed to maintain a sense of aesthetics.
When shended on the floor with a split just now, she was like a drop of rain dropping into theke, creating a diffusion like a
ripple on theke’s surface, incredibly beautiful and breath-taking.
Without exaggeration, Ashley’s skill reached the pinnacle of dance...
Even after Ashley finished her performance and answered the curtain. call, the audience below was still immersed in the
previous awe, unable to recover for a long time.
The barrage in the livestream was flooded withments.
[Oh, my! Grand jeté! And a perfect split in the air! Ashley, you always
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[That is seriously amazing! Especially when shended on the floor lightly, the scene looked like a painting!]
[I thought the grand jeté could only be seen in TV dramas but didn’t expect someone to be able to make it...]
[The perfect split in the air is quite difficult. Very few dancers can do it!]
Backstage, Jessica was so angry that she clenched the water bottle in her hand, almost deforming it.
“The grand jeté... | never expected that Ashley would have a trump card. My performance just now suddenly seemed worthless
after Ashley''s show! She thought.
Jeremy looked at Ashley on the stage with aplicated expression.
Even though he disliked Ashley, he had to admit that she danced really well. Shepletely outshone Jessica.This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org.
‘Bribing the judges to make Jessica a winner... Is it a bit unfair to Ashley?” He couldn’t help thinking.
“Jeremy...”
Upon hearing this, Jeremy turned around and saw Jessica’s eyes tr red. She looked so aggrieved that he immediately hardened
his h “Jessica, don’t cry. Ashley danced horribly. She’s nothingpar you!”
Jessica shook her head, tears hanging on her eyshes on the verg falling. “Jeremy, don’t say that. | think Ashley danced really
well. | cpare to her at all. Even if she gets first ce today, I''ll be happy i her. | just don’t understand why Ashley dislikes me
so much...”
Jeremy felt a pang of heartache. “How could shepete with you? Ashley just knows she isn’t as good as you and is jealous!
Jessica, you’re. definitely going to be the winner in today’s finals. The judges are about start scoring. You''ll be able to go on
stage and receive your award soon!”
On the stage, the judges began scoring.
The four judges Jeremy had bribed exchanged a few whispers, hesitant.
“| initially wanted to give Ashley the lowest score, but her performance today was just too good. Giving her a low score would
easily arouse
suspicion among the audience.”
“How about we don’t give Ashley the lowest score? She really danced well. this round. | don’t bear to give her the lowest score.”
“Hey, are you smitten with Ashley just because she looks good?”
“Enough. Let’s get on with it!
We''ve taken the money and have to do the
job!”
“Exactly, we''ve already taken Mr. Ramos’ money and can’t just give it back, right?”
“Then let’s just score Ashley lower than Jessica.”
After a brief discussion, the four judges raised their dry erase paddle.
(9.2 points.]
(9.3 points.]
9.1 points.]
(9.2 points.]
Seeing these scores, online audience was bewildered.
(What’s going on? 9.1? So low?]
(What? How did they score? It seems a bit too low. | remember Jessica got 9.9!]
[The judges must have their reasons. They’re professionals. We''re just the audience. How can we understand as much as the
judges?)
Exactly. The judges must know more than we do!]
Seeing these scores, the host was also stunned for several seconds. Then, in a hurry, he raised the microphone and said, “Next,
let''s have Ms. Rice. give her score!”
Megan had already set her score and raised her dry erase paddle.
10 points.]
She gave Ashley a perfect score again!
The host quickly asked, “Ms. Rice, can you exin the reason for giving Ashley a perfect score?”
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Megan nced at the four judges and then at Ashley on the stage. She said calmly, “The highest score is only 10, so | could only
give you 10. Ashley
As Megan finished her words, the whole venue was in an uproar.
Although Megan gave Ashley a perfect score, after the program team’s. calction, Ashley''s total score was 46.8, Jessica’s total
score was 49.2, and Miranda’s total score was 41.6. The other five contestants had even lower
total scores.
Therefore, the contestant with the highest total score for this round was. Jessica.
The host invited all the contestants onto the stage, preparing to present the trophy to the first-ce winner.
Miranda walked to Ashley’s side, feeling indignant for her. There must be something shady going on. Ashley clearly danced
better than Jessica. but she only got lower points. It was too abnormal, Miranda thought.
However, the judges had already finished scoring, and as a contestant, she had no right to question.
With her head held high, Jessica nced in Ashley''s direction arrogantly, feeling incredibly proud.
“So what if you danced well? The first ce is still mine, she said inwardly.