Amid her separation from Gerard Piqué -her partner for more than a decade and the father of her two children, Milan and Sasha-, Shakira was encouraged to be part of a popular American reality show. Sitting in the jury chair, the Colombian singer joined a well-known dance competition.

Days ago, a rumor was born in the Spanish media and began to sound more and more strongly: Shakira and Gerard Piqué had separated and she had left the family home. The couple who spent twelve years in a relationship starred in dozens of news headlines and their names were trending for days.

With more questions than answers and many theories but few certainties, the news spread around the world. When the situation did not give more, the Colombian singer decided that it was time to go out and face the insatiable press and she issued an official statement confirming the end of the relationship. “We regret to confirm that we are parting ways. For the well-being of our children, who are our top priority, we ask that you respect their privacy. Thank you for your understanding ”, read the letter they sent to the media. Neither in her networks nor her following public appearances did they make more comments about it.

Amid the maelstrom that the news unleashed and the pain involved in putting an end to a relationship of so many years, Shakira never stopped working. In addition to being present on social networks – not to mention the separation – and continuing to create new music, she also continued to stand firm on the reality/talent show broadcast in the United States called Dancing with myself.

The proposal that follows the success of The Voice (a format that was replicated in several countries, including Argentina ), is a creation of the NBC company. It is about a competition that not only presents certain characteristics of the singing contest but also includes the new dance trends that are so successful on social networks, more specifically on TikTok. For that, they convened a group of experts on the subject to play the role of judges or “creators”, as they were called in the cycle. They are the influencer Liza Koshy, the singer Nick Jonas and Shakira herself.

The program, which premiered on May 31 and is broadcast every Tuesday, is a competition in which twelve players must recreate complex choreographies -which are presented by the jury- and, in turn, add something extra to be able to broadcast their personality. Each one of them must go through six rounds that will involve a different challenge and, whoever passes all the tests, will take home the large cash prize.

Happy about the new proposal, Shakira expressed: “I am excited to be part of a dance competition that places such a high value on creative movement and how it translates into personal expression, not to mention how it contributes to a sense of community.” And she added: “I have been impressed by some of the talents that I have seen thanks to people having access to their platforms through social networks. Dance has been an incredibly powerful force throughout my life, and I can’t wait to show the world how transformative, empowering, and fun it can be.”

For her part, she shared some of the best moments of the show on her Instagram profile so that her 74 million followers could be part of it. Thus, between dances and lots of laughs, Shakira manages to go through a hard personal stage.