Dominic Kyle Sandoval (born October 15, 1985), better known as D-Trix, is an American

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personality, television personality, and actor. He is a member of

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and former member of Fallen Kingz. Sandoval was a contestant on the third season of ''

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'', in which he placed in the Top 8. He then won the third season of ''

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'' as a part of Quest Crew. After his win, he became a judge on the show. In 2012, Sandoval became the host of the online web series ''

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''. In 2019, Sandoval returned to ''So You Think You Can Dance'' as a judge on the 16th season. He was also one of the choreographers for the ''

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'' season 2 winning team, The Lab along with Valerie Ramirez, the owner of The Lab Creative Arts Studio, Carrie Calkins, and several other crews.

Early life

Sandoval was born in Roseville, California to

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parents. He was adopted by his step-father Conrad Pete Sandoval at the age of two. However, the documents were mixed up and he became Conrad Pete Dominic Sandoval. He changed it his current name when he was 16. He grew up in Roseville and graduated from

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in 2003.

Dance career

He began

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at age 13 and has performed at

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and WNBA games, as well as won the 2005 "Evolution 2" competition held in

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with his breaking crew, ''Flexible Flav''. Three months before the

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auditions, in order to prepare, Sandoval took hip-hop and choreography classes. He lists Ivan "The Urban Action Figure"—who has appeared on ''

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''—as his favorite professional dancer. Sandoval aspires to learn all styles and genres of dance and to be known as a dancer, rather than just a breaker.

''So You Think You Can Dance''

On the dance show ''So You Think You Can Dance'', he was known for having a crush on host

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, his humor and seemingly constantly dropping his partner,

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in Hairspray group routine, where she was accidentally dropped on her head. He was eliminated on August 2, 2007 and went on tour with the show. He was an All-Star in Season 7, and returned in 2019 in season 16 as a guest judge.

''America's Best Dance Crew''

Sandoval was a part of the

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Quest Crew, who won America's Best Dance Crew Season 3. Sandoval later announced that he would join '' America's Best Dance Crew's'' judging panel for its sixth season. Dominic rejoined Quest in 2014 and participated along with the rest of the crew in ''America’s Best Dance Crew All-Stars: Road to the VMAs''. Quest Crew was voted America's Best Dance Crew for the second time. He also recently choreographed for The Lab, a team from West Covina, California, which participated in and ultimately won World of Dance 2018. He has also appeared in the music video for 'Ready To Go (Get Me Out Of My Mind)' by Panic! At The Disco as a background dancer.

YouTube career

Sandoval goes by the name "Dtrix" in his YouTube career. He has two YouTube accounts: "RANDOMinicSHOW" and "theDOMINICshow". As of July 2021, "theDOMINICshow" has over 3,450,000 subscribers. The defunct second channel, "RANDOMinicSHOW", now "RANDOM GUYS" had over 850,000 subscribers. Sandoval has appeared in several

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videos, along with fellow Quest member Victor Kim. He often collaborates with friend and fellow YouTuber,

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. Sandoval published a song in October 2013 called, 'The Worst Babysitter Ever', to go with his new iTunes record deal. Sandoval was a guest judge on the first season of ''

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'' and is the host of the online web series ''

''.

Acting career

Sandoval starred as the main antagonist, Melvin, in the 2010 short film ''

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'' by

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. Two years later, he starred alongside

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in the 2013 film ''

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'', which was released on September 20. He also appeared in '' Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel'' as a background dancer. He also appeared in Smosh: The Movie as a nearby student every time

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hits someone using a mop.

References

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