Lindsey Stirling

It was an exciting season and brought us a finale where any of the three final contestants could have won, and so today I am talking to one of them, a fan favorite who defied the odds and took it all the way to the end despite lacking extensive ballroom experience, yet flanked by two genuine experts in the field.

She's performed with Doechii, Lindsey Stirling, Somber, and Derek Hough, and appeared on Lip Sync Battle.

But you may know her from the wildly viral Cat's Eye GAP commercial that took the world by storm last year.

And now she may not have won Next Pro, but her infectious smile, never-give-up attitude, and exceptional dance skills are ready to take her to the next level.

I've rather unimaginatively labeled my Spotify playlist for this instrumental energy.

It includes musicians such as Lindsey Stirling and Vanessa May, who are electric violinists, high energy instrumental music that often combines classical influences with a rock beat.

So as I said, those two I mentioned are electric violinists, and since we don't have an electric violin in the house, I've asked Frank to play a piece that's representative of this style and a favorite of mine on the playlist.

He's going to play this as our special music in the middle of my talk.

They went out with Volbeat.

Then they took out Lindsey Stirling.

Then they're going to play Dates with Lainey Wilson coming up.

And then they're going to go out with Babymetal in the fall.

So it's way different than anything Hailstorm's ever played in front of.

It'll continue to expand their audience.

You know, we saw it work with Lindsey Stirling.

She plays violin.