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Dancing Lessons with Fifth Harmony’s Normani Kordei

Dancing Lessons with Fifth Harmony’s Normani Kordei

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YH catches up with Fifth Harmony's Normani Kordei and her partner Val Chmerkovskiy as they rehearse for their big finals dance on "Dancing With The Stars"! Normani tells us how she balances her DWTS schedule with making music with her group, plus she reminisces about watching the show with her grandmother back in the day and teaches us a little dance move!

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Young Hollywood

What's up, guys? Leslie Robbins here for Young Hollywood, about to crash another Dancing with the Stars rehearsal. This time, I'm with Fifth Harmony superstar Normani Kordei. I'm hanging out with you guys. We're buddies now. I saw you guys doing a move. You have to teach me that move. What was that?

Normani Kordei

It was, yeah.

Young Hollywood

Oh, you're going to teach me the pivot? Okay. Give me some pointers here.

Dancing Lessons

So, go forward with your right foot. See, that's around. Through him. There you go. What's good? That was actually really good. So, that's instinctively, I guess. You see a body and you want to go with it. Yeah. For us to pivot, you need to go through. There you go. And I will pivot us as you move us. So, we work together. So, I rotate us and you move us.

Young Hollywood

Okay. I feel like that scene in Dirty Dancing. You know, when when she's behind the hips? Uh-huh. Here we go. Ready? Sorry for touchi—

Normani Kordei

I love No, touchi

Young Hollywood

You're touching my butt. Normani's touching my butt. This is good. This is a nice butt.

Normani Kordei

There. Good girl. I love it.

Young Hollywood

Okay. That's a nice That's a nice butt. Sorry, I had to. It's inspiration. Inspired, now let's do it. Now, Normani, we're here at your rehearsal, and we're starting to stretch a little bit. I know, I have to. You're on tour with Fifth Harmony. You're rehearsing. Talk about the scheduling. How are you keeping up?

Normani Kordei

It was very wild on top of us recording our third album. It's It's been very tough.

Young Hollywood

Give us the goods on the album.

Normani Kordei

I can't.

Young Hollywood

Why? You're not going to watch it?

Normani Kordei

No, you'll just have to wait.

Dancing Lessons

It's worth waiting though. What do you think of the music? I think it's amazing. I'm excited for them. I'm excited for the world to hear it. I I'm a fan. I'm a Fifth Harmonizer now.

Normani Kordei

He's the biggest fan.

Young Hollywood

Wow. Now, talk about your dancing together. How's it going? You made it to the finals. Need I say more?

Dancing Lessons

Yeah, that was perfect. It's almost over. Okay. That really hurt right here. Oh.

Young Hollywood

Now, when you were watching Dancing with the Stars with your grandmother back in the day, could you ever imagine you'd be here?

Normani Kordei

No, I mean it was a dream, but I didn't think I'd actually be in the finals. And it's a really big moment for her too, just because she's out there every single week. She was actually part of my performance last week too when I did my my jazz routine. And I got to give it to my city, which was New Orleans. So, it's It's really cool to see that I'm able to be part of the reason and blessing, you know, my family and making them so proud.

Young Hollywood

You think you're going to take home the Mirrorball again? Because you are the reigning champion.

Dancing Lessons

This season is about Normani, and I want to give her the trophy so she can cherish it for the rest.

Young Hollywood

You're lying. You want the trophy again.

Dancing Lessons

I mean, that wouldn't that wouldn't hurt. Why not? It is just a better number. Amen. Forward. Nice. Woo! There you go. And then a dip. Beautiful. You can kick that leg higher. And kick. There you go. Nice. Good job. Girl. Yeah.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Normani Kordei

    Featured artist, contestant on DWTS

  • Val Chmerkovskiy

    DWTS dance partner

  • Leslie Robbins

    Interviewer for Young Hollywood

  • Fifth Harmony

    Normani's musical group

FAQ

Who is Normani Kordei's dance partner on "Dancing With The Stars"?+
Normani Kordei's dance partner on "Dancing With The Stars" is Val Chmerkovskiy.
What is Normani Kordei balancing alongside her DWTS schedule?+
Normani Kordei is balancing her "Dancing With The Stars" schedule with recording Fifth Harmony's third album.
What city did Normani Kordei represent in her jazz routine?+
Normani Kordei represented her city, New Orleans, in her jazz routine on "Dancing With The Stars."
Did Normani Kordei's grandmother watch "Dancing With The Stars" with her?+
Yes, Normani Kordei reminisces about watching "Dancing With The Stars" with her grandmother.

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