<Li> Cierra (portrayed by Cierra Healey) A contemporary dancer who spent the first two seasons at Elite with Max, Shantel and Amanda . She is the older sister of Skylar and has to compete against her for a spot on the Internationals team . Cierra makes it to A-Troupe whilst Skylar switches from Elite to B - troupe . She does not make it to the team in Series 4 . </Li> <Li> Shantel (portrayed by Shantel Angela Vailloo) A dancer who is a single player and does not care what anyone thinks about that while she spent the first two seasons at Elite with Cierra, Max and Amanda . She left The Next Step after losing to Giselle in the Dance Captain competition with a lot of jealousy . </Li> <Li> Noah (portrayed by Myles Erlick) A contemporary dancer who was in J - Troupe in season two with Richelle but moved up to A-Troupe in season three with Richelle (until she lost to Max in the battle .) He was in a band with James in season two . In season three, he develops a crush on Elite dancer Abi, and when she transfers to The Next Step, he starts to talk to her more, but is unable to explain his feelings, or even talk to her properly . However at the surprise party of Amanda coming back to The Next Step, he gets to know Abi more and they kiss whilst dancing together . In Season 4, he makes it onto A-Troupe again . However, he has a severe back injury which meant that The Next Step lost the first qualifier for Regionals . He dates Amanda during this season, however, during the Off Season, they break up . In Season 5, he falls in love with Jacquie after meeting her at a dance workshop led by Daniel . However, Jacquie is Henry's ex-girlfriend and Henry is Noah's best friend . After realising Michelle's troupe is the better of the two, Noah decides to leave TNS East and join TNS West . </Li> <Li> Richelle (portrayed by Briar Nolet) Acro dancer, Ballet dancer, Contemporary dancer who is determined to become dance captain of A-Troupe one day . She has a crush on Noah in season 3 . As a J - Troupe Member, Auditions for "The Challenge". After Emily leaves The Next Step because of her knee Kate put Richelle on A-Troupe but lost to Max in the battle and went down to B - Troupe with new member Skylar, Gabi and Shannon . Richelle is then moved to B - troupe, where she befriends Abi, an ex-Elite dancer, and unfortunately, Noah's crush . Richelle first likes Noah in season 3, but she gives up on him . However, at one point in Season 3, Phoebe tells the B - troupers to partner up with an A-trouper . Noah and Richelle are put together, and after Richelle sees Noah blow raspberries and gets chocolate spread around his mouth, she strongly dislikes him . In Series 4, Richelle joins A-Troupe for the Regionals team but loses dance captaincy to Skylar . In Season 5, she becomes dance captain of TNS East . </Li>

The cast of the next step season 5