Maddie Ziegler (center) did not compete with her team during Season 6, episode 1 of "Dance Moms." Also pictured: Lifetime reality stars (from left) Kendall Vertes, Kalani Hilliker, Nia Frazier and ...

Along with her mother Melissa Gisoni and her sister Mackenzie Ziegler ... show comes to a close, Maddie, who first joined the TV world in Dance Moms Season 1 at the age of 8, has become a bonafide ...

A natural-born performer, Ziegler began dancing at the Abby Lee Dance Company when she was 4 years old and quickly rose to fame on Season 1 of Dance Moms after winning all but one dance ...

Melissa, Maddie and her sister, Mackenzie Ziegler, made their reality TV debut during season 1 of Dances Moms in 2011. At the time, the girls were competitively dancing at the Abby Lee Dance ...

Melissa, Maddie and her sister, Mackenzie Ziegler, made their reality TV debut during season 1 of Dances Moms in 2011. At the time, the girls were competitively dancing at the Abby Lee Dance ...

But it turns out that it took years for the Zieglers to walk away from Dance Moms ... Maddie explained how the frequent drama led to her family wanting to exit the show as early as season 3.

Maddie Ziegler had absolutely no idea how much her life would change when she was cast in Dance Moms. Prior to starring in the hit Lifetime reality TV show, she was just an ordinary 8-year-old.

Maddie Ziegler‘s Dance Moms days are long behind her ... “When I was doing the show, in the first season [in 2011] I was seven, and there were male producers saying, ‘This is what you ...

“Dance Moms” alum Chloe Lukasiak has a positive outlook on her made-for-TV childhood rivalry with Maddie Ziegler ... memorable scene from an early season of “Dance Moms.” ...

Former "Dance Moms" star Maddie Ziegler said her mom ... "Dance Moms" also shot "almost 30 episodes a season," which she said "consumed our lives." Ziegler said when she was little she wanted ...

Maddie Ziegler is apologizing for her past actions, which she says were "ignorant and racially insensitive." The 17-year-old professional dancer and former "Dance Moms" star took to her ...

Maddie Ziegler's mom recently ... One example of her negative Dance Moms experience came when Ziegler was filming the first season of the show. "When I was doing the show, in the first season ...