Brodie's proud mum Jo 'I RAISED A STRONG, SASSY WOMAN!'

The Dancing with the Stars broadcaster had the best life coach growing up

- Fleur Guthrie

As the judges held up their paddles, scoring Brodie Kane's foxtrot a mere 17 out of 30, a loud, long “Boooo!” could be heard echoing from within the Dancing with the Stars audience.

"Yeah, that was me," admits her gregarious mum Jo. “The booing just came out like a lion roaring from the a den,” she laughs. “It sounded like it was several people, but it was just me.

“I have never been able to stop my impulsive behaviour and I was not happy after hearing the judges' criticisms, as it didn't seem balanced. So afterwards, I barrelled straight up to judge Elektra Shock and said, 'You look beautiful but you're very mean!'"

Proudly watching her daughter perform with partner Enrique Jones was emotional, tells Jo, 66, who was "blown away” on a quick visit up to the live show in Auckland from her home in Christchurch.

It's 6am when the pair welcomes the Weekly into Brodie's North Shore flat - to fit around dance training and Jo's morning flight home and as they sip on an energy drink, Brodie is bright-eyed and beaming. Jo, not so much.

But despite one being a morning person and the other not, their humorous banter is on form.

Hot to trot! Brodie and Enrique lighting up the DWTS dancefloor.

"I'm coming to terms with being a mean mum who wouldn't let four-year-old Brodie continue on with dance classes as a child,” says Jo wryly. “All her friends were doing ballet and I was not going to put her in a tutu, so I compromised and I took her to jazz dancing for a term.

“But at the recital, Brodie went left and everyone else went right, so we stopped that and I put Brodie into music and swimming, which she was naturally talented in." So it could be said DWTS is somewhat of a dream come true for the 35-year-old former Breakfast and Fair Go journalist.