--- --- # Gymnast Known for 'Whip Nae Nae' Routine Performs on _The Ellen DeGeneres Show_  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Feb 17, 2016 10:46 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Feb 17, 2016 10:46 PM UTC UCLA gymnast [Sophina DeJesus](http://time.com/4213627/ucla-gymnast-sophina-dejesus-dance-routine/), 21, performed an encore of the floor routine that went viral on social media on _The Ellen DeGeneres Show_ Wednesday_._ Her Feb. 6 routine, in a competition against Utah, garnered attention for her dance moves and because she incorporated aspects of the dance in rapper Silentó’s music video “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” and “the dab,” (moves made famous by athletes like Carolina Panthers quarterback [Cam Newton](http://time.com/4207376/super-bowl-2016-cam-newton-touchdown-celebration-dance-moves/)). DeJesus told Ellen that she worked with her sister, a fellow dancer, to put together the routine so she could close our her senior year with a “bang.” And looks like she did just that, since footage of her moves, which helped UCLA beat its rival by 0.025 of a point, has been viewed nearly over 40 million times on Facebook and YouTube. During a [commercial break](http://ellentube.com/videos/0-77fkiklx/), actor Stephen “tWitch” Boss, a regular on Ellen’s program, tried his best to copy the viral floor routine with DeJesus and her UCLA gymnastics teammates. Gymnast Known for Whip Nae Nae on Ellen DeGeneres Show ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4228278/gymnast-ucla-whip-nae-nae-ellen/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4228278/gymnast-ucla-whip-nae-nae-ellen/"},"headline":"Gymnast Known for 'Whip Nae Nae' Routine Performs on The Ellen DeGeneres Show","datePublished":"2016-02-17T22:46:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:12.451Z","description":"Watch her flip. Watch her Nae Nae","url":"https://time.com/4228278/gymnast-ucla-whip-nae-nae-ellen/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4228278/gymnast-ucla-whip-nae-nae-ellen/","name":"Gymnast Known for 'Whip Nae Nae' Routine Performs on The Ellen DeGeneres Show"}}]}] ```