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Amanda Carbajales is a 23-year old former dancer and former contestant on Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition.
Profile[]
Amanda was enrolled in dance because her mother thought it was important to be involved in after school activities. Amanda's favorite style of dance to perform and watch is lyrical. If Amanda won the $100,000, then it would be put towards her dance training and college. If Amanda doesn't become a professional dancer, then she would like to teach dance.
On Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition[]
Amanda was in the final fourteen but landed in the bottom three in the Casting Special. Amanda moved on to the main competition and was complimented for her performance in week one. Amanda made it by week two and week three. Amanda won the group challenge against Lennon and won a solo, which made her the best performance of the week. Amanda continued on and was placed in the hip-hop group in week five thanks to Hadley and Yvette, but she still continued on and out-danced Hadley in their duet, according to Robin, in week six. Amanda almost won the group challenge in week seven but lost to Madison. She was praised for her expression in their duet and moved on. Amanda was given a Latin solo that was right in her element. Then Amanda was set play a contortionist in week nine but failed to execute the facial expressions the judges wanted from Amanda for many weeks. Amanda was sent home but returned for the finale.
On Live to Dance[]
In 2011, Amanda was one of many dancers competing in the short lived competition show "Live to Dance." Amanda was in a duo called D'Angelo & Amanda with her partner D'Angelo. The pair were Latin ballroom dancers and made it on to the show. D'Angelo and Amanda eventually made it to the top three and were voted the winners, winning the title of 'Best Dance Act in America' and $500,000.
On America's Got Talent[]
Amanda has once again appeared on another competition show, competing with D'Angelo on Season 8 of America's Got Talent. Amanda and D'Angelo went under the name "D'Angelo and Amanda" and competed mainly against "Ruby and Jonas", another ballroom dancing duo. Ruby of "Ruby and Jonas" happens to be D'Angelo's sister. In their audition, they revealed they had broken up four times. They made it past the audition and in to the Vegas round, and then made it past the Vegas round and on to the main competition. The duo made it all the way to Top Twelve but did not make it into the Top Six.
AUDC Performances[]
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Solos | ||
|---|---|---|
| Episode | Dance Name Song Name |
Dance Style |
| In A New York Minute | New York Runaway New York |
Lyrical |
| Bend it Like Abby | Latin Da Club |
Latin |
| Cirque du Solos | Freakshow Contortionist Beast of the East |
Jazz |
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Duets | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode | Dance Name Song Name |
Dance Style | Dancer(s) |
| Get Into Character | Technology Addiction Internet Legend |
Hip-Hop | Jordyn |
| Dancing Through the Decades | 1950s Swing My Little Tina |
Swing | Hadley |
| Happily Never After | Snow White and the Evil Queen Mirror Mirror |
Contemporary Ballet | Madison |
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Trios | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode | Dance Name Song Name |
Dance Style | Dancer(s) |
| Let the Dancing Begin | Lonely Hollywood I'm Not Perfect |
Contemporary | Brianna Elisabeth |
| Unleash The Monsters | Vampire Mystique Femme Fatale |
Jazz Funk | Brianna Kyleigh Jai |
| Sabotage | Military Nation Grind Fury |
Hip-Hop | Elisabeth Lexine |
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Groups | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode | Dance Name Song Name |
Dance Style | Dancer(s) |
| Casting Special | Richy's Combo | Unknown | |
| Robin's Combo Push It (La La La La) |
Unknown | ||
| Abby's Combo Don't Catch Me |
Lyrical | ||
| Let the Dancing Begin | Let the Dancing Begin Good Girl/Bad Girl |
Unknown | |
| Unleash The Monsters | Unleash the Monsters Like a Monster |
Unknown | |
| Get Into Character | Get Into Character It's Good to be Me |
Unknown | |
| In A New York Minute | In a New York Minute | Unknown | |
| Sabotage | Warriors | Unknown | |
| Dancing Through the Decades | Dancing through the Decades Rise to the Top |
Unknown | |
| Happily Never After | Happily Never After Mystic Tryst |
Unknown | |
| Bend it Like Abby | Harajuku | Unknown | |
| Cirque du Solos | Circus Spotlight |
Unknown | |
| Dance for Your Life | Mama I Made It | Unknown | |
AUDC Episode Results Table[]
| Episode | CS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom | Safe | Safe | Safe | Top CW |
Safe | Safe | Top | Safe | Eliminated CW |
Post AUDC[]
After AUDC, Amanda continued competing at various dance competitions such as Starpower and The Dance Awards. In 2017, Amanda was a contestant on World of Dance.
During high school from 2014 until 2018, Amanda was part of the National Honor Society for Dance Arts at New World School of the Arts PTSA.
After high school, Amanda attended Florida International University and graduated in 2022 with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Government. During her final year of college, Amanda worked as a Paralegal for Dennis Gonzalez Jr.
Since 2022, Amanda has been working towards her law degree at St. Thomas University College of Law. During this time she was briefly an intern law clerk for Vargas Gonzalez Baldwin Delombard, LLP, and she is now a Judicial Intern for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida.
Trivia[]
- Despite getting eliminated, Amanda C (along with Asia, Madison, and Brianna) made a physical appearance in every Season 1 episode.
- Amanda C has ballroom dancing experience.
- Amanda C competed in two other competition shows, Live to Dance (which she won) and America's Got Talent (where she placed in the Top 12).
- In both America's Got Talent and Live to Dance, Amanda competed with her ballroom dancing partner D'Angelo.
- She is so far the only dancer to win a challenge and get eliminated in the same episode.
External Links[]
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