Take us through your experiences right after the competition ended.

We had all the interviews the next day after partying hard that night, a few weeks after that was the peak of people noticing me which was interesting, and obviously I hadn’t been home for a few months, 4-5 months by that point.

That was my first thing, I really wanted to get home and see my family, see my dog and do a couple of normal things again, the show is beyond normal!

I came back to Sydney, taught for a bit, had a bit of fun with the media train! I don’t feel any different, but from the time I started till the end, I didn’t change. People suddenly knew me, so that was a bit weird. I didn’t mind talking to complete strangers because it’s a show of talent as well, it’s not just reality. People really appreciate what you did. They say: “wow you really entertained me and I thank you for that.” That was amazing, to get that for doing what you love.


What have you been up to since leaving the comp? What are you working on?

We went straight into rehearsals for the tour, which was awesome. That was the kind of the next big thing, it was great to have a break from each other, and then come back with the Top 10 and get into it with the director, William Forsythe.

We hit the road, it was crazy! It was like 18 shows in 18 days, so it was all over the country and was over in a blink of an eye. But that was ok, because some of the guys filmed a lot of it! So we could look back and enjoy the moment.

After that I hit the audition trail really hard. I always said I wanted to get into musical theatre, so I wanted to keep to that. I went full on with those for a good 10 weeks, had 2 a weekend.

Amongst all that, Amy, Timomatic and I scoured the county and did a lot of workshops, which was really good fun. It was great seeing all of the kids who really look up to us and you can see how much you inspire them. The enthusiasm and the excitement in their eyes was awesome. To see the people, who actually picked up the phone and voted was cool.

During that period we auditioned for Fame and Merry Poppins. The one I booked was Fame, that was awesome.



I found that out in late October 2009. Then I realised it didn’t start till March this year! So I had to fill in the time. I just picked up little stuff. BJ’s company booked me some gigs, then I did a show with an up and coming dance group, ‘The Next Step’, which was really cool. One hundred thousand little little things really!

Then I did a new year’s gig with Jason Coleman. After that I went home and had a bit of a holiday in January for a bit, more workshops, more teaching. Now I’m back here assisting choreographers!

How has SYTYCD developed you as a person/dancer?

In terms of dancing, it’s funny, you realise how many different performance skills you pick up having to pitch it to a camera instead of a normal audience. The intricacies of all that are much different from the Eisteddfods I’m used to! You learn little things, even from a Ballroom routine, you know how to perform it different ways than you’re used to. You break your normal energy threshold and take it to a new level.

As a person, it didn’t really change me that much, but it teaches you how to talk to people. Public relation skills if you will!

What plans do you have for the future?

Originally when I did my audition run, I did the Cirque Du Soleil audition, which was cool. They come out about every 3 or 4 years and do a massive audition. I got to the ‘Top 20’ if you will, out of about 400 people who rocked up that day which gets put into a database and they look at you later. So there’s always the opportunity for that in the future. That could take me elsewhere in the world; that would be another cool thing that I would like to do in the future, but other than that I have no idea.

Obviously this is my home; I would like to make it here. I feel like I have done the two things I wanted to do in my career, do a musical and be on SYTYCD.

I kind of did them really quick! And now I’m like, ‘re-assess’!

Do I want to do another musical? Do I want to head overseas? Let’s just see where the wind takes me!