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|image = File:Kenzie Ziegler.jpg

|age = {{age|2004|06|04}}

|hometown = Murrysville, Pennsylvania

|height = 5'5"

|eye color = Brown

|hair color = Brown

|profession = Singer <br> Dancer <br> Model <br> Actress

|dance studios = Reign Dance Productions (2006-2015) <br> Abby Lee Dance Company (2006-2016) <br> Dance Mechanics (2016)

|parents = Melissa Ziegler-Gisoni (mother) <br> Kurt Ziegler (father) <br> Greg Gisoni (step-father)

|siblings = [[Maddie Ziegler]] (sister) <br> Ryan Ziegler (half-brother) <br> Tyler Ziegler (half-brother) <br> Mathew Gisoni (step-brother) <br> Michelle Gisoni (step-sister) <br> Paige Hillen (step-sister) <br> Tori Hillen (step-sister) <br> Christian Hillen (step-brother)

|friends = [[Nia Frazier]] <br> [[Chloe Lukasiak]] <br> [[Kalani Hilliker]] <br> [[Brooke Hyland]] <br> [[Paige Hyland]] <br> [[Olivia Ice]] <br> [[Jessa Kinter]] <br> [[Brooke Kosinski]] <br> [[Nina Linhart]] <br> [[Molly Long]] <br> [[Areana Lopez]] <br> [[Sophia Lucia]] <br> [[Gianna Martello]] <br> [[Sarah Moore]] <br> [[Asia Monet Ray]] <br> [[Brynn Rumfallo]] <br> [[JoJo Siwa]] <br> [[Kendall Vertes]] <br> [[Ryleigh Vertes]] <br> [[Auriel Welty]] <br> [[Tati McQuay]] <br> Lexi Jayde

|pets = Ivy (dog) <br> Boots (dog) <br> Maliboo (dog) <br> Molly (dog; deceased) <br> Peanut (cat; rehomed)

|nicknames = Kenzie/Kenz <br> Kenny/Ken <br> Kenzie Boo <br> Mack Z (stage name)

}}'''Mackenzie Frances Ziegler''' (known professionally as '''Kenzie Ziegler'''), (born on June 4, 2004 to Melissa Gisoni and Kurt Ziegler), is an American pop singer and was a dancer on Lifetime's reality television series ''Dance Moms''. She is also the real life sister of [[Maddie Ziegler]].

At the young age of 2, Gisoni enrolled Mackenzie in dance classes at Reign Dance Productions, where her sister [[Maddie]] already danced. Later, she became a member of the Abby Lee Dance Company. In 2011, the Zieglers were signed onto ''Dance Moms'' and starred in the show for six seasons. Mackenzie is a well-rounded performer. She acts, sings, dances, and models. To make time for all this, she began the 2013-2014 school year by being homeschooled with Maddie for the first time.

Mackenzie had been in many solos including her first one aired on ''Dance Moms'' entitled Mouse Trap but didn't place.

In early 2014, it was announced that Mackenzie would be recording her first studio album under the stage name Mack Z and filming a music video for her very first single, "It's a Girl Party." The music video was premiered on the ''Dance Moms: Girl Talk Reunion'' episode. Ziegler shot another music video for her song "Shine," in which Maddie played herself. The video showed Mackenzie's feelings of always being compared to her sister and wanting to be as talented as her. In November, Mack Z released a single entitled "Christmas All Year Long," as well as a music video for the song. The video was popular enough to reach the Billboard Top 100. Mackenzie later interviewed and performed for Billboard, along with Maddie. Mackenzie and her ''Dance Moms'' costars were supposed to star in kid rapper Matty B's music video "Turn Up the Track," and Mackenzie was supposed to be a featured singer. But due to Melissa's failure to fully read the contract with Matty B's manager, Mackenzie and a few of her friends were cut from the video. This conflict was shown in season 5 of ''Dance Moms''.

In April 2015, Mackenzie announced via her social media and website that her fans had the chance to send in their own fan-made music videos. She would pick her favorites to go in her music video for "I Gotta Dance."

Mackenzie and her family left Dance Moms in 2016 mid-season six to pursue other professional jobs.

In 2016, Mackenzie was nominated for a Teen Choice award for #ChoiceMuser but lost to Baby Ariel. In the same year, she released a music video for a new single with Johnny Orlando, "Day and Night." Shortly after, Johnny and Mackenzie began announcing North American tour dates for their Day and Night Tour. Then in 2017, the tour began. Not long after, Mackenzie released her first solo single in two years, entitled "Monsters (aka Haters)," which had a corresponding music video. Another new music video is Teamwork by Justice.

For two years from 2018 to 2020, Mackenzie starred in a web series for Brat called ''Total Eclipse''.

In 2018, Mackenzie was selected to be one of the 12 junior celebrity participants on the new ''Dancing with the Stars Juniors'' and made an appearance at the ''Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade''.

In 2021, Mack Z was a contestant on ''The Masked Dancer'', a spin-off of ''The Masked Singer''.

|High Gold<br />Bendy-Wendy<br />Best Costume

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| rowspan="10" |2012

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|iHollywood (Hollywood)

|3^rd in Mini Hollywood Solos

|If the Shoe Fits

|[[Abby Lee Miller]]

|Nexstar (Upland)

|10^th in Age 8 & Under Nexstar Solos

|It's a Perfect Day for Fun

|In10sity (Hollywood)

|1^st in Elite Mini Solos

|Killer Bee

|Energy Nationals<br />(Beverly Hills)

|Shoulda Coulda Woulda

|did not place

|-

| rowspan="2" |The Party Starts Right Now

| rowspan="2" |[[Abby Lee Miller]]

|-

|Starbound (Long Island)

|U No U Luv It

|-

|-

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

|1^st in Small Wonders Solos<br />Platinum Award

| rowspan="4" |Boys Like You

| rowspan="4" |[[Jennine Wedge]]

|-

|Masters of Dance Arts<br />(Coraopolis)

|1^st in Mini Solos

|-

|1^st in Small Wonders Solos<br />3^rd in Platinum Awards

|California Adventure

|In10sity (Syracuse)

|1^st in Elite Mini Solos

|Dance Doctor

|Masters of Dance Arts<br />Nationals (New Orleans)

|Dancing Barefoot

|In10sity Invitational<br />(Woodbridge)

|3^rd in Elite Mini Solos

|Earthquake

|Xpression (St. Louis)

|-

|In10sity (Denver)

|1^st in Elite Mini Solos

|Lemonade

|1^st in Junior Solos<br />2^nd in Level II Solos

|Love is War

|Xpression (Bernardsville)

|2^nd in Mini Solos

|Old West

|Powerhouse Invitational<br />(Fort Wayne)

|Reach for the Stars

|In10sity (Buffalo)

|1^st in Elite Mini Solos

|Cry

|[[Gianna Martello]]

|World Class Talent<br />(Rockville)

|2^nd in Junior Solos<br />2^nd Overall

|Little Angel

|Lyrical acrobatic

|Masters of Dance Arts<br />(Buffalo)

|1^st in Mini Solos

|Love Overdose

|Masters of Dance Arts<br />(Atlanta)

|2^nd in Mini Solos

| rowspan="2" |Out of My Mind

|3^rd in Energy Junior Solos<br />2^nd Runner-Up for<br />Junior Miss Energy

|-

|Sheer Talent<br />Nationals (Las Vegas)

|1^st in Junior Solos<br />National Junior Miss Sheer Talent

| rowspan="3" |Red

|Masters of Dance Arts<br />Invitational (Fort Wayne)

|-

|NUVO (Pittsburgh)

|1^st in Mini Solos

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

|Take It to Go

|In10sity (Orlando)

|Watch Me Fly

|Sheer Talent (Wheeling)

|1^st in Junior Solos

|Bat Crazy

|Sheer Talent (Spokane)

|1^st in Junior Solos

|Boom Boom

|In10sity (Providence)

|1^st in Junior Solos<br />3^rd Overall

|Disco Dude

|Dance Kids USA (Los Angeles)

|Dreamer

|Center Stage<br />Nationals (Lancaster)

|4^th in Junior Solos<br />1^st Overall<br />National Junior Miss Center Stage

|Sink or Swim

|Center Stage (Anaheim)

|1^st in Junior Solos<br />1^st Overall

|Superstar

|[[Gianna Martello]]

|Sheer Talent (Westminster)

|1^st in Junior Solos

| rowspan="4" |Take That

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|3^rd in Age 9-10 Solos

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|The Dance Awards<br />Nationals (Las Vegas)

|14^th Runner-Up for Mini Best FDOY

|Who Are You

|World Class Talent (Cleveland)

|2^nd in Junior Solos<br />3^rd Overall

|All I Want

|Sheer Talent (Las Vegas)

|Bully

|Rumer Noel

|Xpression (Sacramento)

|1^st in Junior Solos

|Don't Take My Fire

|Dream NDC (San Diego)

|I Just Wanna Sit on the<br />Couch and Eat Chips

|4^th in Junior Solos

| rowspan="2" |The Hero

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|did not place

|-

|Twilight Blue

|-

|[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|Runaway Barbies

|[[Vivi-Anne Stein]]

|Starpower (Providence)

|did not place

|-

|Snake Charmer

|[[Nia Frazier]]

|iHollywood (Los Angeles)

|1^st in Mini Oscar Duet/Trios

|Summer Boy

|[[Vivi-Anne Stein]]

|Starpower World Championships (Uncasville)

|did not place

|-

|Why Can't We Be Friends

|[[Vivi-Anne Stein]]

|StarQuest (Lancaster)

|did not place

|-

|Abba Dabba Honeymoon

|[[Brooke Kosinski]]

|Nexstar (Akron)

|1^st in Petite Duet/Trios

|Circus Circus

|[[Nia Frazier]]

|Energy NDC (Chicago)

|1^st in Energy Petite Duet/Trios

|Reservation for Two

|[[Kendall Vertes]]

|Starbound (Myrtle Beach)

|1^st in Junior Duet/Trios

|-

|Run from Mother

|[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|Xpression (Grand Rapids)

|1^st in Junior Duet/Trios

| rowspan="3" |Together Wherever We Go

| rowspan="3" |[[Brooke Kosinski]]

|Onstage NY (Pittsburgh)

|-

|We Hit Harder

|[[Asia Monet Ray]]

|Masters of Dance Arts (Charleston)

|1^st in Mini Duet/Trios

| rowspan="5" |Big Finish

| rowspan="5" |[[Brooke Kosinski]]

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

|-

|-

|WCDE (Pittsburgh)

| rowspan="3" |[[Brooke Kosinski]]

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|-

|1^st in Junior Duets

|-

|The Dance Awards Nationals (NYC)

|Lucy and Ethel

|[[JoJo Siwa]]

|Starbound (Fallbrook)

|4^th in Junior Duet/Trios

| rowspan="2" |The Little Girl Who Lived Down the Lane

| rowspan="2" |[[Nia Frazier]]

|Energy NDC (Detroit)

|1^st in Energy Junior Duet/Trios<br />2^nd in Overall Duet/Trios

|-

|The Long Goodbye

|[[Nia Frazier]]

|Fierce NDC (Augora Hills)

|1^st in Junior Duet/Trios<br />5^th in Duet/Trios

|Girl Fun

|[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Paige Hyland]]

|Energy NDC (Highland)

|did not place

|-

|Nothing's Gonna Stop Us

|[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Paige Hyland]]

|Starbound (Atlanta)

|5^th in Junior Duet/Trios

|-

|The World is Ours

|[[Kalani Hilliker]]<br />[[Brynn Rumfallo]]

|Xpression (Anaheim)

|1^st in Teen Duet/Trios

====with Abby Lee Dance Company (Outside of "Dance Moms")====

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! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Competition

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|[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]<br />and others

|Fire and Ice (Pittsburgh)

|-

|Sarah Canobbio<br />Regan Check<br />[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Paige Hyland]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />Bella Saccamano<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]<br />and others

|-

| rowspan="2" |[[Alex Biery]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />and others

|DEA (Pittsburgh)

|-

|DEA Nationals (Las Vegas)

| rowspan="2" |[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />and others

|DEA (Pittsburgh)

|-

|DEA Nationals (Las Vegas)

|[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />and others

|[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />and others

|-

|[[Alex Biery]]<br />and others

|[[Nina Cerniglia]]<br />[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]<br />and others

|DEA (Pittsburgh)

|-

|[[Nina Cerniglia]]<br />[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />[[Anastasia Rose]]<br />and others

|[[Alex Biery]]<br />[[Nina Cerniglia]]<br />[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Anastasia Rose]]<br />and others

|DEA (Pittsburgh)

|-

|[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Anastasia Rose]]<br />and 1 other

| rowspan="2" |[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Brooke Hyland]]<br />[[Paige Hyland]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|DEA (Pittsburgh)

|-

|-

| rowspan="2" |[[Jennine Wedge]]

| rowspan="2" |[[Nina Cerniglia]]<br />[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Nick Dobbs]]<br />[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Sarah Hunt]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Keara Sweeney]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Haley Vrolijk]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]<br />and others

|-

|-

| rowspan="4" |[[Alex Biery]]<br />[[Nina Cerniglia]]<br />Ryann Coleman<br />[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />Brooklyn Ginsburg<br />[[Sarah Hunt]]<br />Amira Jackson<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Sammie Lenzi]]<br />Natalie McKela<br />Kira Pleska<br />Jillian Porter<br />[[Anastasia Rose]]<br />[[Keara Sweeney]]<br />Alison Taylor<br />[[Eve Vinkler]]<br />[[Haley Vrolijk]]

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|2^nd in Junior Extended Lines

|Onstage NY (Pittsburgh)

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

|2^nd in Preteen Lines

|-

| rowspan="4" |[[Jennine Wedge]]

| rowspan="4" |[[Alex Biery]]<br />[[Nina Cerniglia]]<br />[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Sammie Lenzi]]<br />Natalie McKela<br />[[Anastasia Rose]]

|-

|-

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

| rowspan="2" |[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Keara Sweeney]]

|Onstage NY (Pittsburgh)

|did not place

|-

|Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)

|-

|[[Nina Cerniglia]]<br />[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Sammie Lenzi]]<br />[[Anastasia Rose]]<br />Alison Taylor<br />[[Eve Vinkler]]

|-

| rowspan="4" |[[Molly Long]]

| rowspan="4" |[[Nina Cerniglia]]<br />[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Sarah Hunt]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Sammie Lenzi]]<br />[[Anastasia Rose]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Haley Vrolijk]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|-

|-

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

|1^st in Junior Lines

|Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)

|[[Gianna Martello]]

|[[Payton Ackerman]]<br />Mariah Aivazis<br />[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Olivia Ice]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Kassidy Leon]]<br />[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />[[Hope Roberts]]<br />Ian Schmoke<br />[[Keara Sweeney]]<br />Alison Taylor<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Ryleigh Vertes]]<br />[[Eve Vinkler]]<br />[[Auriel Welty]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)

|-

|[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Sammie Lenzi]]<br />[[Kassidy Leon]]<br />[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />Ian Schmoke<br />[[Keara Sweeney]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Ryleigh Vertes]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|-

| rowspan="3" |[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|1^st in Mini Groups<br />1^st in Mini/Junior Tap<br />Mini Best of JUMP Award

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

| rowspan="2" |[[Alex Biery]]<br />[[Nina Cerniglia]]<br />[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />[[Sarah Hunt]]<br />[[Sammie Lenzi]]<br />[[Anastasia Rose]]<br />Alison Taylor<br />[[Eve Vinkler]]<br />[[Haley Vrolijk]]<br />Carolyn Whitney<br />and others

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

|-

|Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)

| rowspan="4" |[[Gianna Martello]]

| rowspan="4" |[[Nina Cerniglia]]<br />[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />[[Sarah Hunt]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Sammie Lenzi]]<br />[[Anastasia Rose]]<br />[[Haley Vrolijk]]

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|-

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

| rowspan="2" |[[Gianna Martello]]

| rowspan="2" |[[Kamryn Beck]]<br />[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

|-

|-

|[[Gianna Martello]]

|[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Kalani Hilliker]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|-

| rowspan="4" |[[Molly Long]]

| rowspan="4" |[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Sarah Hunt]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|-

|-

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

| rowspan="3" |[[Gianna Martello]]

| rowspan="3" |Alivia Bella<br />[[Nina Cerniglia]]<br />Alivia Cooper<br />[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Sammie Lenzi]]<br />[[Anastasia Rose]]<br />Alison Taylor<br />[[Eve Vinkler]]

|Hollywood Vibe (Pittsburgh)

|-

| rowspan="4" |[[Gianna Martello]]

| rowspan="4" |[[Payton Ackerman]]<br />[[Kamryn Beck]]<br />[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />[[Keara Sweeney]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|NUVO (Pittsburgh)

|-

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

| rowspan="4" |[[Gianna Martello]]

| rowspan="4" |[[Kamryn Beck]]<br />[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Kalani Hilliker]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|-

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

| rowspan="6" |[[Jennine Wedge]]

| rowspan="6" |[[Sarah Hunt]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Anastasia Rose]]<br />[[Haley Vrolijk]]

|Hollywood Vibe (Pittsburgh)

|1^st in Junior Small Groups<br />1^st in Junior Groups

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|NUVO (Pittsburgh)

|3^rd in Mini Groups<br />1^st in Mini/Junior Specialty

|-

|World Class Talent (Rockville)

| rowspan="4" |[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|-

|-

|Sheer Talent Nationals (Foxwoods)

| rowspan="3" |[[Gianna Martello]]

| rowspan="3" |[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Sarah Hunt]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Ryan Nogy]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|-

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

| rowspan="3" |[[Gianna Martello]]

| rowspan="3" |[[Payton Ackerman]]<br />Maddie Bennett<br />[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Sarah Hunt]]<br />[[Olivia Ice]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Kassidy Leon]]<br />[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />[[Ryan Nogy]]<br />Madison Porter<br />[[Hope Roberts]]<br />Ian Schmoke<br />[[Keara Sweeney]]<br />Alison Taylor<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />Carolyn Whitney<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|2^nd in Teen Extended Lines

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

| rowspan="3" |[[Gianna Martello]]

| rowspan="3" |[[Nina Cerniglia]]<br />[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />[[Sarah Hunt]]<br />[[Jessa Kinter]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Anastasia Rose]]<br />[[Haley Vrolijk]]

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|-

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

|2^nd in Junior Lines

|-

|[[Alex Biery]]<br />[[Nina Cerniglia]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />[[Sarah Hunt]]<br />[[Jessa Kinter]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />Dotson Ramey<br />[[Anastasia Rose]]<br />[[Haley Vrolijk]]

| rowspan="3" |[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Kalani Hilliker]]<br />[[JoJo Siwa]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]