Tess

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Tess
Title	Assistant captain (former)
Awards	Third place Nationals small group Third place in trio competition
Nicknames	Jamie (former)
Friendships
Best Friends	Shantel
Former Best Friends	Amanda
Friends	Cierra, Jen, Mackenzie, Max, Nick, Regan
Enemies	Emily, Giselle, Michelle, West
Affiliations
Studios	Elite Dance Academy (former)
Physical traits
Skin	Light, freckled
Eyes	Brown
Hair	Brown
Gender	Female ♀
Production
First appearance	"Good Girls Go Bad"
Latest appearance	"How It Ends"
Portrayed by	Jamie O'Leary

Tess (formerly Jamie) is a former Elite dancer and the former assistant captain at Elite Dance Academy.

Biography

Before the Show

Tess was a member of Elite Dance Academy as well as Amanda's assistant captainer. She went to Absolute Dance Regionals and Absolute Dance Nationals thrice.

Season 1

Tess competes with her team at Absolute Dance Regionals, but loses in the finals to The Next Step Dance Studio.

Season 2

Tess collaborates with Amanda and Lucien in their attempt to make sure The Next Step Dance Studio does not make it to Nationals. She is content when her team is able to sneak into a Regionals competition in another region and win, thus setting their plan into motion.

Tess dances in her team's small group routine at Nationals and helps them advance to the next round of the competition.

Tess is ordered to mess with Michelle.

On Lucien's word, Tess frames Michelle for shoplifting at the mall so that Michelle will miss her solo back at the Nationals venue, but the plan backfires and she is presumably arrested for shoplifting.

Season 3

Tess participates in a plan with Lucien and Daniel in which, after James is picked for the dance battle, she switches the hat to one with all Riley's name.

Despite her over-confidence, Tess loses against Amanda in the dance battle.

Personality

Tess is conceited, sneaky and deceitful. She is an integral often a part of Lucien's plans to bring down The Next Step Dance Studio.

It is probable that Tess's spiteful character does not stem from herself, but from the ideals that Lucien has pushed on her during her time at Elite. Tess' harsh words are often conveyed in a mechanical manner, as if she doesn't mean what she is saying, but is merely spewing such messages because she is expected to.

Physical appearance

Tess has brown hair, light freckled skin, and a nose piercing. She is quite short.

She wears black dance wear.

Relationships

Amanda

Main article: Amanda

Amanda was allegedly Tess's best friend when they were both a part of Elite. Despite their past, Amanda has realized Tess's negative nature and has since unfriended her.

Shantel

Main article: Shantel

Shantel and Tess are best friends; they both are assistant captains at Elite.

Appearances

Season 1

• "Good Girls Go Bad"
• "Love Story"
• "We Are Family"
• "Come Back... Be Here"
• "I'm So Excited"
• "Fancy Footwork"
• "This Is How We Do It"
• "Winner Takes All"

Season 2

• "My Boyfriend's Back"
• "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better"
• "Sing"
• "Hello Trouble"
• "Just Dance"
• "Re-Match"
• "I Don't Know"
• "What You Waiting For?"
• "Danger Zone"
• "Rewind"

Season 3

• "Coming Home?"
• "Game, Set, and Match"
• "Secrets"
• "Let the Games Begin"
• "The Fallout"
• "The Times They Are A Changin'"
• "How It Ends" (on-video)

Trivia

• Tess is only seen in Talking Heads once.

Quotes

Main article: Tess/Quotes

Gallery

"Look at that painting!" To view the Tess gallery, click here.