West Island kids buzzing after dancing with Justin Bieber
23K fans encouraged the young dancers while the pop star stepped aside so they could take centre stage
Four West Island kids aren't sorry they skipped sleep so they could show 23,000 Beliebers at the Bell Centre their dance moves Monday night.
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"It doesn't feel real," Kirkland's Alessandro Nicolosi, 11, told CBC Montreal's Homerun.
He joined Sienna Mazzone, 9, Victoria Kupracz, 11, and Rosemarie Duschene, 12, onstage to dance with Justin Bieber as part the Purpose Tour.
'you killed it dude' look how cute he is with kids <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PurposeTourMontreal?src=hash">#PurposeTourMontreal</a> <a href="https://t.co/5MmZ7EK9m5">pic.twitter.com/5MmZ7EK9m5</a>
—@itscharliesMazzone said she was really nervous until she got on stage.
"It was just us, no one to help us, just us supporting ourselves," Mazzone said.
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—@PTChildrenThe two couldn't contain their excitement when telling Homerun host Sue Smith about their cameo performance.
"We pointed at him, and crowds of fans were reaching out and we touched their hands," Nicolosi said.
They were selected to join Bieber on stage after submitting videos of their dance moves to a contest being run by choreographer Nick Demoura. All the winners are members of the Pierrefonds H4L Dance Studio.
For now, it's back to reality.
"We go back to school for five weeks, then back to dancing," Nicolosi said.
with files from CBC's Homerun