Lisette Bustamante, a dancer and choreographer who has worked with Madonna and Britney Spears, is now mentoring small town talent on AMC's new original series Showville. In an interview with AMC she talks about the mad scientist who auditioned for the show and the act who made her laugh the hardest.

Q: Have you ever been in a talent show before?

A: Yes! I was on a cruise ship and I was 13. My mom said, "You should go. You're a dancer. You'll win. You're amazing." And I was like, "Oh, yeah. I got this in the bag." I went out on the dance floor and totally slipped and fell. A lot of dancers are klutzes and I can be one as well. I came in third place. I was devastated. And I think that scarred me for life because I never did another talent show after that. It was a humbling experience... I learned early on, "OK, girl. You're not all that."

Q: Do you think that experience affects the way you judge for the show?

A: Absolutely! Because I've been onstage so many times in my life, I can see through nerves. I can see what a person truly has to offer, even if they don't have the best audition. Some of the people were awesome and some of the people were very nervous. They had Hollywood coming to them. This was their big chance to become a local celebrity. I tended to pick people who may not necessarily have had the best audition, but I could really see doing well in the talent show -- being able to work with them and give them the confidence boost to get up there and kill it.

Q: There are a lot of interesting acts in Showville. What's the craziest one you saw?

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Alec Mapa, the former star of Ugly Betty and Broadway's M. Butterfly is now mentoring the small town talent on AMC's new original series Showville. In an interview with AMC he talks about the scariest acts from the series, and the different flavor of talent each town had to offer.

Q: You and your fellow coach Lisette Bustamante have great chemistry together. Did you two know each other before Showville?

A: We were complete strangers and from the moment I met Lisette, I immediately liked everything about her. And that's important because we were gone on the road together, like for eight weeks. So if we didn't like each other this would have been really hard job. [Laughs]. She is an amazing teacher. She has so much experience, but she never used her resume as a way to feel superior to anybody else. She was always immediately generous with her gifts.

Q: There are a lot of interesting acts coming up on Showville. What's the craziest act you saw?

A: One of the most fun things we saw was a puppeteer in Rhode Island who had a sheep puppet who sang "Girls Just Want to Have Fun." To obscure himself as the puppeteer, he put this black hood over his head to cover his face. So the whole time, it looked like we were getting this puppet show from a bank robber or a terrorist.

Q: Was there any act that really scared you?

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