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Pro dancer Emma Slater, whom he competed alongside during the season, commented: \"Both cut but you can see dancing really defines everything. Especially when you worked as hard as you did! In every way you are a huge advocate for dance @vanderjames!!!\"

Van Der Beek also opened up on his competition diet in the comment section of the post.

\"Lot of fruit, vegetables, lot of smoothies, salads. I danced early in the day so pretty much ate vegan until dinner,\" he shared. \"Had to keep it light fare because we didn't really take breaks. Not so much a diet ... more like only wanting to eat what I knew would make me feel good under the workload.\"

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