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0:02Who would like to be on this team of the Abby Lee Dance
0:05Company?
0:05Should we get our cat claws ready?
0:08Well, welcome.
0:09CATHY: The boys are just amazing.
0:11I need to beat her.
0:12That's why you guys are here.
0:14JILL: Cathy, no one wants you here.
0:15Shut your mouth!
0:17JILL: Shut your mouth!
0:17Woo!
0:19ABBY LEE: Asia will be joining the Abby Lee Dance Company.
0:21I have been officially invited to be on "The View."
0:24Who's gonna be in the dance?
0:25ABBY LEE: I'm not sure yet.
0:26KELLY: I have to fight for my daughter.
0:28You called my daughter--
0:29[arguing]
0:30You should not get in my face.
0:32Never has anyone been given a solo the day of the [bleep]
0:36recital!
0:37You're out.
0:38You say that is not your seat, I want Kelly back,
0:41when she constantly runs out on this team.
0:43Payton, welcome to the team.
0:45I don't want that.
0:46[gasps] Bitch.
0:47ABBY LEE: Christi, you're out.
0:48Chloe is gone for this week.
0:49Leslie, you have to take Payton home.
0:51ANNOUNCER: And your highest scoring
0:53Elite Junior Small Group is "Home Again" from the Abby Lee
0:55Dance Company.
0:56ABBY LEE: Congratulations.
0:58Kendall, nipping at Maddie's heels.
1:01JILL: Woo-hoo!
1:02[cheering]
1:04ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): Coming up on "Dance Moms"--
1:06ABBY LEE: I am holding open auditions
1:07in three major cities--
1:09Orlando, Atlanta, and New York.
1:12And you can bet I'm gonna find some talent.
1:16Everyone's replaceable.
1:18Maddie, if this team isn't gonna support you,
1:20I'll find people for you to dance with.
1:22Go forward and Chloe attacks you.
1:25JILL: Oh, no.
1:27ABBY LEE: Freedom in paradise.
1:29At the beach, like Kendall.
1:31Kendall should-- should have a solo.
1:32You don't think Payton has pressure?
1:34It has nothing to do with you!
1:35ABBY LEE: You have an opportunity here.
1:36Don't blow it, kiddo.
1:38Mackenzie, see what it looks like when you cry like a baby?
1:40[theme music] Get up.
1:41Get on the floor.
1:43My world is with my girls, living on the dance floor.
1:49Living on the dance floor.
1:55Living on the dance floor.
2:00[upbeat music]
2:08ABBY LEE: Come on, girls! Let's go!
2:09Let's go! Let's go!
2:10Get in here. Hustle up!
2:12Hustle up!
2:13New season, new year, new energy, come on.
2:15Yay!
2:15No moms!
2:17Woo!
2:18Ugh.
2:19No!
2:20Sorry, I'm here!
2:21ABBY LEE: The Abby Lee Dance Company is back.
2:24This is the beginning of a brand new season.
2:26I'm about to change the face of the Abby Lee Dance Company.
2:30Things are not going to be the same anymore.
2:33Congratulations to all of you that
2:35participated in "Home Again.
2:37You did it.
2:37You won.
2:38[applause]
2:40CHRISTI: It's really weird to be back with the team.
2:42Chloe and I weren't here for nationals.
2:44And, you know, life goes on without us.
2:45I really want this season to be different for Chloe.
2:48I really want to stay out of, like, all the mama drama.
2:51I want Chloe to focus on dance.
2:52And I want Abby to recognize that.
2:54This is the fourth year that the Abby Lee Dance Company's
2:57Elite Competition Team has been going out every single weekend.
3:03And it might not be the same kids too much longer.
3:06We have some that have other opportunities, others that
3:09can't follow the rules, people that are working diligently
3:12and improving faster than ever, and other people that
3:15are too lazy to take class.
3:17So something's got to give.
3:19Everyone's replaceable.
3:20I am holding open auditions in three major cities--
3:23Orlando, Atlanta, and New York.
3:27And you can bet I'm going to find some talent.
3:31KELLY: It's the first day back of a new dance season,
3:33and already Abby has blindsided us
3:35with her having auditions to replace everybody on the team.
3:39ABBY LEE: All right, girls, I'm gonna get right to the pyramid
3:42Chloe, you weren't there.
3:43I just wanted to say I'm sorry I let the team down,
3:45and I wish I could have been at nationals.
3:47But I know that wasn't what happened.
3:51But I just want to let you guys know
3:53that I'm going to be working really hard this season.
3:55And I-- it won't happen again.
3:56Good.
3:57Good to hear it.
3:58And next, Payton.
4:01You apologized.
4:03You worked your butt off.
4:04Let's see if you can stay out of trouble.
4:06CHRISTI: The fact that Payton is above Chloe on the pyramid
4:08is absolutely ridiculous.
4:10Leslie is here, when all she brings to the team is trouble,
4:14is annoying.
4:15Why doesn't she just pack up her bags and leave?
4:20ABBY LEE: Nia.
4:22I'm seeing this face on the bottom row
4:24and I'm thinking, that has to be a mistake.
4:27If there was a class, Nia was there.
4:29If there was Booty Camp, Nia was there.
4:31If there was a private to be had, Nia wanted it.
4:35I'll come back to you.
4:38And next we have Brooke.
4:41Can't get a ride to come to dance class?
4:43We missed one day because we were in New York for Fashion
4:45Week.
4:47She has been here every single day that we have had class.
4:49And next we have Paige.
4:52You know, for years we've said, when Paige is a teenager
4:56it's all gonna click and she's gonna be amazing.
4:58Well, sweetheart, you're almost a teenager.
5:03And next, Mackenzie.
5:06You were second.
5:09I'm sorry.
5:10I think Asia would have won.
5:12Asia pushed your buttons.
5:14She made you cry.
5:16She made you pout.
5:18Then sit, Kenzie.
5:19If you don't want to dance then sit.
5:22What happens when I send you to an audition in LA
5:24for something and they say improv?
5:27You're gonna make me look like a fool!
5:28But she made you better.
5:30She made you work harder.
5:33And Kendall-- oh, this is what's wrong.
5:45[suspenseful music]
5:52That's more like it.
5:59So Kendall comes in second--
6:01ABBY LEE: Kendall--
6:02--and comes in behind Paige and Nia,
6:05who didn't dance at nationals?
6:06Paige wasn't at Booty Camp.
6:07Excuse me, Nia did dance at nationals.
6:09Who didn't do a solo at nationals.
6:10HOLLY: But she did dance at nationals.
6:12ABBY LEE: Kendall has really disappointed me.
6:14She took five days off to go on vacation.
6:17But it was the exact same five days of Booty Camp, which
6:20is mandatory, which she knew about six months in advance.
6:24I think you're very disrespectful.
6:25Why is that disrespectful?
6:26ABBY LEE: You're disrespectful for not being here.
6:29Your kid gets a solo, she gets the opportunity,
6:31she's at national, she's doing this and she's doing that.
6:33Well, she earned the solo.
6:34And then, pfft, forget on you.
6:35She got it by default.
6:36Forget all about you.
6:37JILL: Nowhere did it say if you didn't attend Booty Camp
6:40everything you did at nationals is null and void.
6:43Kendall was second at nationals.
6:45ABBY LEE: And at the top of the pyramid,
6:48the reigning national winner, Maddie.
6:52[applause]
6:56ANNOUNCER: And you're highest scoring Elite Junior Soloist,
6:59Maddie, with act number 32, "Amazing Grace."
7:01[cheering]
7:06ABBY LEE: Now, this week we are traveling to Wheeling, West
7:11Virginia to attend Sheer Talent.
7:14Maddie, we have you doing a solo this week.
7:18CHRISTI: No big surprise that Maddie has a solo right out
7:20of the gates.
7:21But Melissa is sitting here smug as ever, because she knows,
7:24even though Abby is holding open auditions, she's safe.
7:27And my other solo, which you would think
7:29would probably go to Kendall, it's going to Nia.
7:37[cheering, applause]
7:43You have worked hard, so I'm rewarding you with this solo.
7:48JILL: I'm happy for Nia, but it really should
7:50have been Kendall's solo.
7:52Kendall had earned it, she deserved it,
7:54and now Abby's punishing her.
7:56ABBY LEE: I have a trio.
7:58Paige, you have to cut the mustard.
8:00Chloe, you're gonna bookend Paige,
8:03and you're both gonna back up Kendall.
8:05[applause]
8:08Everybody is in the group routine as of right now.
8:11The group routine is entitled "Girls Night Out."
8:14Payton, you think you're up for a fight?
8:18ABBY LEE: Interesting.
8:19All right.
8:20Moms, I'm gonna send you upstairs.
8:22The rest of you, you're gonna spread apart, shoes off.
8:25Grande plié in second, hands on both knees.
8:28Let's get started.
8:30Hello.
8:31How are you?
8:36ABBY LEE: Five, six, seven, eight--
8:39[upbeat music]
8:42ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): The group routine
8:44is called "Girls Night Out."
8:45Stay out, Kendall!
8:47ABBY LEE: This routine is going to be a reenactment of Leslie
8:50and Christi's disgusting behavior last season
8:54in New Orleans.
8:55In my version, it's going to be Payton versus Chloe.
9:00I want Christi and Leslie to realize
9:03that they are an embarrassment to the Abby Lee Dance Company.
9:09Girls, we have days to learn this number,
9:11and you're on stage trying to defend your honor
9:14as the national overall high score winners.
9:16Maddie, I know that you want to go out on that stage
9:19and be amazing.
9:21And if this team isn't gonna support you and be amazing,
9:28I'll find people for you to dance with.
9:30Got it?
9:31All right, let's go.
9:33Can't we just have a nice start to the season?
9:36There's a sense of apprehension.
9:38Because when you add someone to the group, does that mean,
9:41someone has to be taken off the team?
9:43Well, how did you feel about the old switcheroo?
9:45That's to hurt me, but ultimately she's
9:47hurting Kendall.
9:49HOLLY: I did not like that Abby switched the photos of Kendall
9:51and Nia.
9:53I thought that was cruel to do that to another child.
9:54- It was. - Sure.
9:55I do think that was wrong to do that.
9:56But still--
9:57After she had just praised Kendall.
9:58I agree with that.
9:59But you threw Nia under the bus too.
10:01It was like, well, how does Nia get ahead of Kendall?
10:03I mean, you have-- you always kind of resort back to that.
10:06She was going through everybody's everything
10:08but not Kendall.
10:09And that's great. And I'm only asking--
10:10JILL: It's not great.
10:11And all I'm saying is, based on my experience
10:13as a mother, what Nia was able to do at Booty Camp,
10:16and since then, and at nationals--
10:20I don't think it warranted being on the bottom row.
10:22Was I throwing any other child under the bus?
10:24No. JILL: No.
10:25I don't either.
10:26HOLLY: But you did-- but you did that.
10:26I'm just saying.
10:27And I'm just saying.
10:28OK.
10:29So if you're gonna go there, I'm gonna stick up for my kid.
10:31That's all.
10:32HOLLY: I'm not one who likes to stir the pot,
10:33but I definitely will advocate more for my child this season.
10:36That's better.
10:40Don't you think it would be funny
10:41if Chloe started something, trouble, and then Payton like--
10:46you know, a little girls' night out, like happens that girls
10:48get in arguments.
10:49JILL: Oh.
10:49MELISSA: Oh, my god.
10:52Go forward, and Chloe attacks you.
10:57LESLIE: It's hard enough sitting next to Christi, 'cause I just
10:59don't like her, let alone sit here and watch our kids
11:02re-enact our fight.
11:03And I feel really bad for Payton.
11:05ABBY LEE: Angry on that!
11:07Shut their mouths!
11:08LESLIE: Is that why she asked Payton if she's ready to put up
11:10a fight? - Yes.
11:12Payton has to be me.
11:13That's why.
11:14She's gonna win.
11:21[upbeat music]
11:23AABBY LEE: When need: Comingto focus, boom.
11:25And then take your hands away and get all excited,
11:28like they come out pretty, and then like--
11:31and you're gonna make your wish.
11:33And then you start and you go--
11:34[blows]
11:37The name of Maddie's solo this week is "Birthday."
11:40And I want to celebrate Maddie.
11:41Maddie was my big winner at nationals,
11:44and she's the kid that really wants to do this.
11:47She's the only girl on this team that I
11:50know I won't be replacing.
11:51Make your mouth-- [blows] If you spit, it's OK.
11:56Music.
11:57[cheering]
12:00Congratulations Maddie, 2013 national title winner.
12:03Practice.
12:04[blows]
12:05ABBY LEE: Yes!
12:06Perfect!
12:07JILL: It's just so typica of Abby.
12:09Maddie's the best and all the other girls
12:12are just along for the ride.
12:14Kendall was second, right behind Maddie.
12:16Where's Kendall's cake?
12:17Get Nia in.
12:18OK.
12:19Go to that corner.
12:20Start a big place with your right foot back.
12:22Walk, and walk, and reach, and reach.
12:25Sit back.
12:26You're on the wrong foot.
12:28Sit back.
12:29ABBY LEE: The name of Nia's solo is "Freesom in Paradise."
12:31Nia proved herself over the break.
12:33She was here all summer long, and at Booty Camp
12:37she was a rock star.
12:38So, Nia, go out there and prove to those judges
12:42that you deserve a win.
12:44"Freedom in Paradise" sounds like an ad for a vacation
12:48at the beach, like Kendall.
12:51Kendall should-- should have a solo because she earned it
12:54at nationals.
12:55Think of it this way.
12:56Had Maddie not gotten a solo, Kendall
12:58would have won nationals. - Right.
12:59I mean, you have to look at it that way.
13:01How dare she think that Kendall deserves Nia's solo?
13:04Nia has worked hard all summer for that spot.
13:08And Nia deserves the solo, not Kendall.
13:10ABBY LEE: OK?
13:11Got it?
13:12See ya.
13:15[upbeat music]
13:22Hello.
13:24No Brooke?
13:26No phone call?
13:27No text?
13:30OK.
13:31- Where's Brooke, Kel? - Oh, goodness.
13:32Ava's here. - She's coming.
13:33She should be here in about 10 minutes.
13:34I get a call from Brooke's music producer.
13:36And he tells me that Jana Kramer, who is a country
13:39singer, wants Brooke to sing at her concert.
13:42And I think it's a great opportunity for her to further
13:45her singing career.
13:47But I think what I'm most excited about is that someone
13:50asked her to do that and Abby Lee Miller
13:53had nothing to do with it.
13:54I just want to share some information with you.
13:58This is an email from a friend of mine.
14:02"I have a client who is on tour.
14:05She loves you and thought it might be
14:08fun for you to go to a concert.
14:10Would you want to choreograph a routine to one of her songs?"
14:14Jana Kramer.
14:15She's saying that if she--
14:16It was her idea but somebody--
14:17CHRISTI: Exactly.
14:18Let's just get this all clear, that Abby did not
14:21ask for my daughter to sing.
14:22She asked for all of your children--
14:24Right.
14:24KELLY: --to dance.
14:26This is Jana Kramer asking Brooke to sing.
14:28Abby did not get Brooke this gig,
14:30and Abby wants her fingers in everything everybody does.
14:34And you know what?
14:35We don't want it.
14:36ABBY LEE: Let's take it from the top one more time,
14:38and I think we're good and we can dismiss this.
14:41Brooke, you're late for rehearsal.
14:42It doesn't work that way.
14:43CHRISTI: She looks nervous.
14:45Well, 'cause she's gonna get screamed at.
14:46I don't think Brooke wants to do the dance.
14:48What do you think, girls?
14:52And you're standing there covering your crotch like you
14:54just wet your pants, with your foot sickled.
14:59Let's go from the top.
15:01Brooke and Payton are dancing.
15:02ABBY LEE: I am having Brooke and Payton dance head to head.
15:06I want Kelly to see it with her own eyes.
15:08When Brooke misses rehearsal, it shows.
15:12What are you doing?
15:13CHRISTI: She's upset.
15:15KELLY: Of course she's upset.
15:16Because she's got-- wait.
15:17You don't think Payton has pressure?
15:19It has nothing to do with you!
15:20Don't talk to me about it.
15:21It has something to do with me.
15:23My daughter's going up against your daughter right now.
15:24Well, are you afraid of it?
15:25Let me tell you what.
15:26I'll put my daughter up against your daughter
15:28any day of the week.
15:29Go ahead.
15:30LESLIE: I mean, it's unnerving to Payton
15:31because she's always being replaced by someone.
15:33Nobody cares how Payton feels.
15:35I'm just tired of Abby using Payton
15:37as a pawn in her little, like, dance game.
15:39I'm gonna give it to you.
15:40Your daughter's legs and feet are amazing.
15:42KELLY: They're amazing.
15:43LESLIE: As far as performance, Payton blew her out
15:45of the water.
15:46Do you want to compete about singing to?
15:47Payton will sing right next to Brooke.
15:49OK. 'Cause I heard her singing at the recital a couple
15:51of years ago.
15:52It was like a sick cow.
15:52[laughs]
15:53She's come a long way.
15:54You know what?
15:55You better watch what you're saying
15:56'cause it might come back to bite you in the ass, Kelly.
15:58Well, you should shut your mouth once in a while.
16:00KELLY: I think Leslie's jealous of Brooke.
16:02Just the way Leslie acts upstairs it's like she's
16:05jealous.
16:06I know you all want to see Brooke sing on stage.
16:09So go.
16:10There's just two days left before we
16:13go to our first competition of the season.
16:15And now the girls are gonna miss a whole rehearsal
16:17to go to Brooke's concert.
16:19This is not the way defending national champions practice.
16:23JILL: I guess I'm put at the bottom of the barrel with you
16:25two now.
16:26Why?
16:27Just saying, 'cause the trio's not finished and everything
16:30else is.
16:33[upbeat music]
16:38[chatter]
16:41JANA KRAMER: Girls!
16:42Hi!
16:43I'm Jana.
16:44Brooke!
16:46Come here, girl.
16:47You're singing tonight.
16:48KELLY: Before the show, Jana was talking to Brooke,
16:51and she was telling her to always believe.
16:54And always be yourself.
16:56Do you want to do both then when you get older, like, you
16:59want to do dance and music?
17:00Yes.
17:01Like, I used to do acting stuff and now I'm, you know,
17:03been on tour and everything.
17:05And people are always like, you have to choose between one
17:07or the other, one or the other.
17:08But, honestly, you can do both and you can be amazing at both.
17:12She's good at giving advice.
17:13[laughter]
17:15I'll be your big sister. OK?
17:16There you go.
17:17KELLY: I like who Brooke is.
17:18And I like who she wants to become.
17:21And I always feel like Abby is trying to change the kids.
17:24You know, Abby's always trying to say,
17:26you know, you don't do that like Maddie
17:28or you don't make Maddie's expressions.
17:29Well, because she isn't Maddie, she's Brooke.
17:32CROWD: Jana!
17:33Jana!
17:34Jana!
17:35Thank you all so much for coming outside tonight
17:37to hang out with us.
17:39I love all of y'all, Pittsburgh.
17:41So I never want it to rain on any of you.
17:47["i hope it rains" playing]
17:50(SINGING) I hope it rains on you.
17:54Maybe a little bit of lightning, too.
17:58And I hope it comes, a flood, lots of mud,
18:02messing up your whole day.
18:05BROOKE: I'm really excited to perform but I'm a little bit
18:07nervous.
18:09Because the only time I've ever been on the stage was to dance,
18:11and I'm going up there to sing with one
18:14of my favorite singers.
18:15So--
18:16JANA KRAMER: I have a very special friend here tonight,
18:18and I love her.
18:19And she's going to sing her new song for y'all.
18:21So please give a warm welcome to Miss Brooke.
18:24[cheering]
18:28What if she forgets the words?
18:29She has so much going on in her head with dance,
18:32and school, and--
18:33I don't know.
18:33What if she freezes?
18:35[cheering]
18:38[music playing]
18:42[suspenseful music]
18:54CROWD: Brooke! Brooke!
18:55Brooke!
18:56Brooke!
18:57Brooke!
18:58KELLY: I'm excited for Brooke to sing with Jana Kramer,
19:01but I'm actually sick to my stomach.
19:03I'm nervous.
19:05Brooke has never done something like this before,
19:07and I don't know how she's gonna react.
19:10Hey.
19:12KELLY: You know, it's one thing to be on a stage dancing,
19:15and it's another one to be up there singing.
19:17[cheering]
19:18["wonder" playing]
19:27(SINGING) Every day I think about you.
19:30There's no way I'd ever get through.
19:32Life can feel just like a tidal wave.
19:37You were there to keep me floating.
19:40And your smile just kept me going.
19:42And your arms, they always kept me safe.
19:46I want you to know Didn't want you to go.
19:51You mean more to me than I've ever shown.
19:56Can you hear me when I call out your name?
20:01BROOKE: At first I was really, really nervous.
20:03But then I saw all my friends and family
20:06and started to get a little bit comfortable.
20:08And, yeah, it went really good.
20:11(SINGING) Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na,
20:15na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
20:21[cheering, applause]
20:22Give it up for Brooke, y'all!
20:26KELLY: I think she's perfect.
20:28I think she's amazing.
20:29Now, I mean, I am biased because I'm her mom.
20:32But for her first time I thought it was great.
20:36KELLY: Brooke is reaching for what she wants
20:38without her dance teacher.
20:40[music playing]
20:44ABBY LEE: Today is the last day to rehearse before we leave
20:47for West Virginia.
20:48I have a ton of work to do.
20:50These girls are still in party mode
20:52from their concert with Brooke last night.
20:54But I don't have time to waste.
20:56I have to rehearse two solos, a group routine, and a trio
20:59that I haven't even started.
21:01And, remember, I'm holding an open call audition
21:04and I might just have to replace the whole team.
21:07Why don't you go get a drink, and breathe, and let's
21:08go through your music once.
21:10OK?
21:11MELISSA: Oh, how does Nia like her dance, Hol?
21:13There are some challenging pieces to it.
21:14MELISSA: Good.
21:15And so she's excited about it.
21:17You know, she's 12.
21:18She's right on that cusp.
21:20It has to click.
21:21Like, I'm hoping that this is the year that everything clicks
21:23for her.
21:24HOLLY: Abby has overlooked Nia for years.
21:27And, finally, Abby is giving Nia the credit and the opportunity
21:31she deserves.
21:31You know, I asked for it.
21:32I want this for my kid.
21:34My child wants it.
21:36But there's a sense of am I adding too much pressure on Nia
21:39right now.
21:41ABBY LEE: Freeze.
21:43Big back bend-- just knees stay straight.
21:46Good.
21:46Very nice.
21:47[applause]
21:48Abby actually clapped!
21:49Oh, my gosh, I'm clapping that Abby clapped!
21:51ABBY LEE: All right.
21:53All right, girls, we finished the group.
21:56We did not finish the trio.
21:57It's typical.
21:58Yeah.
21:59I don't know why it's not finished.
22:02I mean, Gia pulled the girls in for their solos, you know,
22:05early.
22:06She-- all she had to do was ask.
22:07I could have come.
22:09CHRISTI: It's kind of funny to watch Jill all green with envy
22:11over Nia's solo.
22:12But it's also kind of sad because that was me.
22:15And now it's Kendall and Nia vying for that number two spot,
22:18and Chloe's totally out of the picture.
22:20They're competing it in less than 24 hours
22:22and they don't know it.
22:23And they don't have a costume.
22:25JILL: I need for Kendall to nail this trio.
22:28I need her to show Abby the five days she missed
22:31isn't gonna change anything.
22:33Ready?
22:345, 6, 7, and--
22:361, 2, 3, 4--
22:38Kendall, go downstage.
22:38--5, 6, 7, 8.
22:41ABBY LEE: The trio is called "Buckle Up."
22:43Now, this is really fast paced choreography.
22:45It takes a lot of energy, a lot of stamina.
22:48And getting these three to move together in perfect harmony--
22:52that is some task.
22:535, 6, 7, 8.
22:551, 2, 3-- but I think when they get up they
23:00need to be really hot.
23:02They're not hot enough.
23:03Like, they're too athletic.
23:05KELLY: I think this number is cute.
23:06I think it's fast.
23:07- I think the number's cute. - It's very fast.
23:08I think it's fast.
23:09And I think their timing needs--
23:11I think they need to work.
23:14KELLY: I'm just happy that Paige is in a dance.
23:16[laughs] I don't care if it's competitive or what.
23:20I'm just happy she's going to do an extra dance on stage.
23:23JILL: I'm happy that Kendall has the trio with Chloe and Paige.
23:27However, it's bittersweet because Abby's not
23:30real fond of Chloe and Paige.
23:32And I don't want Kendall to get stuck in that rut with them.
23:36I want more for her.
23:37I want her to have solos.
23:39I think she's earned her right.
23:41Axle! Up.
23:42Move! Move!
23:43Move!
23:44Move!
23:45Hop, chaigne, up!
23:47Plie through.
23:51Stronger arms behind you.
23:58I'm-- I'm going to be selfish and say I'd like to do the trio
24:02again because they just finished the choreography.
24:05They did the dance once the full time
24:07through from start to finish.
24:08They need to do it more than once.
24:09ABBY LEE: We have one more day before we get on the bus
24:12to the first competition of the season.
24:14Don't let me down.
24:16And you, you're not doing a solo.
24:20Your mom gave it to Nia.
24:28[upbeat music]
24:31[cheering, screaming]
24:41ABBY LEE: When we pulled up to that beautiful theater
24:44in Wheeling, West Virginia, there was a huge crowd outside.
24:48People were chanting my name.
24:50It was a little crazy.
24:51I felt like Justin Bieber for a minute.
24:53Think about that.
24:54See, girls, that's what I try to tell you.
24:56You're the Abby Lee Dance Company.
24:57Everybody knows who you are.
24:59They expect greatness, so you can't be one bit less on stage
25:05today.
25:06The pressure is on.
25:08This is the first competition of the new season,
25:11and every one of these girls needs
25:13to realize that I am looking for new talent.
25:15So they better prove to me that they
25:17want to be part of the Abby Lee Dance Company,
25:20that they want to win.
25:23I don't know, Nia.
25:24Your mom was pretty pushy.
25:26HOLLY: As Abby opened up the box of costumes,
25:29I just see that glimmer of yellow.
25:31[cheering]
25:33Look at Holly.
25:34Oh, I love it.
25:36HOLLY: I know it's a winning costume.
25:38I just want Nia to prove to Abby, prove to herself,
25:42to everyone that she's worked hard, she's an amazing dancer,
25:45and she really deserves this solo.
25:47So you're doing your job.
25:48Your job is out there, to go out and show--
25:50bring a win home for Abby and do your personal best.
25:53Abby said you got it.
25:55You can do it.
25:57[upbeat music, cheering]
26:05ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, next up to this stage
26:06would be number 116.
26:08This is a Preteen Jazz Trio.
26:11This is so fast and it's so hard.
26:12Don't be nervous, guys.
26:13We have to do this.
26:14We can do this.
26:15ABBY LEE: Kendall missed Booty Camp.
26:17That was a slap in the face to everyone.
26:20Kendall needs to prove herself worthy of the Abby Lee Dance
26:23Company.
26:24She needs to lead this trio to a victory.
26:27ANNOUNCER: Please welcome Chloe, Paige, and Kendall,
26:29dancing to "Buckle Up."
26:31[cheering, applause]
26:38["buckle up" playing]
26:45(SINGING) The smell of perfume--
26:49but it isn't mine and neither's the wine.
26:53I look in your eyes, telling me lies under the disguise.
26:59So much to do--
27:03shrouding my tears, counting my fears.
27:07I spent so long trying to make you happy.
27:11Now, for once in my life it's gonna be about me.
27:14Hey, buckle up now.
27:19I'm taking the world by storm.
27:23Not gonna stop now. 'Cause you had your chance and blew it.
27:27And now I'm my new woman.
27:29Let's go for a ride.
27:31Buckle up, 'cause you're not safe by my side.
27:35I've had enough.
27:36Don't like it tough 'cause it's about me.
27:39Watch your world.
27:41Buckle up.
27:41[cheering, applause]
27:48JILL: Kendall lit up the stage just like the star that she is.
27:52I can only hope that this trio scores well, because Abby will
27:55never stop punishing Kendall for missing Booty Camp
27:58unless these kids win.
28:00ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, next up to the stage
28:02we're going to move to number 115, judges,
28:04number 115 in your program.
28:06MELISSA: Kendall and Nia are nipping at Maddie's heels.
28:09So it's really important that, with Maddie's first solo,
28:12that she wins and she proves to Abby that she is her number one
28:15girl.
28:16ANNOUNCER: Please welcome Maddie to the stage dancing
28:18to "Birthday."
28:19[cheering, applause]
28:26["birthday" playing]
28:35(SINGING) Every single birthday I promise I am gonna change.
28:39But I can never take the first step.
28:45Every single New Year's I promise
28:48there'll be no more tears.
28:50I can only take what I get.
28:53What I get is that you will never, never, never let go.
29:03What I feel is that you may never, never, never want
29:09to know me for who I really am.
29:23La, da, da.
29:25La, da, da.
29:27La, da, da, da.
29:29Thank you.
29:30Look, she's crying.
29:32[cheering, applause]
29:42Woo-hoo!
29:46ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, up next to the stage
29:48will be number 117, number 117.
29:51This is a Preteen Contemporary Solo.
29:54HOLLY: My biggest fear is that I will look on stage when Nia's
29:56performing and not see the improvement,
30:00not see that transformation.
30:02I have yet to see Nia perform on stage since she has invested
30:07all this time, and hard work, and energy.
30:09ANNOUNCER: Please welcome Nia dancing to "Freedom
30:11in Paradise."
30:12[cheering, applause]
30:15["freedom in paradise" playing]
30:27(SINGING) Yesterday washed up in the tide.
30:34Tomorrow are the waves that I ride.
30:39But tonight the ocean's so calm.
30:44And I feel safe from harm.
30:53'Cause it never rains, and nothing to remind you.
31:03All you want's inside you.
31:08And all you need will find you.
31:12No one can take that away.
31:22[cheering, applause]
31:29ABBY LEE: I thought when Nia stepped out on stage
31:30she was stunning.
31:31She was in control when she started the routine.
31:33But as time progressed, she got a little more
31:36into the performance and less into the technique.
31:40The aerial walkover, you still have
31:42to cut under your supporting foot when you land.
31:44And you can't change your face on the tricks.
31:48I told you at the pyramid, and I think it went in one ear
31:51and out the other and you weren't really paying
31:52attention.
31:53I am scouting new talent.
31:55I'm looking for a girl that is 12, someone short,
32:01petite, extraordinary legs and feet, the ability
32:06to work both sides, and somebody that does all genres.
32:12None of that was Payton.
32:13Not one single thing.
32:13ABBY LEE: Right.
32:14Not one thing I said was Payton.
32:16CHRISTI: Abby's threatened us in the past,
32:17just to kind of light a fire and get things going.
32:20But this time it sounds like she's
32:22looking for someone permanent.
32:23And I'm afraid that's a replacement for Chloe.
32:26You can't put it right there.
32:27Why?
32:28It doesn't go in.
32:29LESLIE: It's gonna have to go in, honey.
32:30If you let me hurt you, it'll go in.
32:32MELISSA: Here, why don't you let me hurt you so you don't fight
32:35with your mother?
32:36OK?
32:37You're good.
32:38OK?
32:39OK, girlfriend, let me see your lips.
32:42You're beautiful.
32:42Stop it.
32:43LESLIE: I know my daughter and she
32:44doesn't cry over nothing, especially
32:46over hair and costume.
32:48You know, after Abby gave that checklist of what she's looking
32:50for in a dancer and it's not Payton,
32:52it made her feel very uncomfortable.
32:54And she feels unsupported on this team.
32:56[upbeat music]
32:59Brooke's in the best outfit?
33:00Payton, didn't you tell me you had that bra top at home?
33:02LESLIE: Are you ladies worried about her replacing your kids?
33:06'Cause I'm a little nervous.
33:07ABBY LEE: Oh, you know what?
33:08I'm sick and tired of it.
33:09Shut up!
33:10You know what?
33:11Your kid is 16 years old.
33:12LESLIE: Right.
33:13And I put her on this team this weekend
33:16because we're doing a dance that she looks great doing.
33:18She's in the middle, and you're still bitching about stuff.
33:22ABBY LEE: I need dancers that I can count on.
33:24I thought I had Brooke, but she proved me wrong.
33:27So I bring in Payton, but she's having a meltdown
33:30and boo-hooing over her hairstyle.
33:32Really, Payton?
33:33You're the oldest, most advanced person in this group.
33:36During the "Lion King," did the bird's mom freak out
33:39because they didn't have the monkey suit?
33:42No.
33:44They're wearing the bird outfit, 'cause they're the best bird,
33:45'cause they do the best leaps.
33:47Did their mother show up and whine and complain?
33:50Did the person cry and have a hissy fit?
33:51No!
33:54They said thank you for the job.
33:59This is your job.
34:00You don't want to be here?
34:02I have four kids standing in the hall
34:04right now that I looked at on stage
34:08earlier today that could take any one of your places.
34:15Payton, you can't even look at me.
34:17You're looking everywhere else.
34:18Stop acting like a baby.
34:19You're 16 years old, and everybody's watching you cry.
34:22Save your tears for the pillow.
34:23You have an opportunity here.
34:25Don't blow it, kiddo.
34:29Mackenzie, see what it looks like when you cry like a baby?
34:36[upbeat music]
34:42ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, a round
34:44of applause for your prop help.
34:47ABBY LEE: There's some amazing talent at this competition.
34:50And I have my eye on a few kids.
34:53My girls better get their act together, because they're all
34:56replaceable.
34:58ANNOUNCER: This is a Preteen Jazz Group.
35:00Please put your hands together for "Girls Night Out."
35:03[cheering, applause]
35:07["girls night out" playing]
35:14(SINGING) We don't care what our boyfriends say,
35:17'cause we're gonna do what we want to anyway.
35:22We don't mind.
35:23But if you get antsy, don't psycho-analyze
35:27where we've been.
35:29Uh-oh.
35:31Walking down the street like a gang of supermodels on a runway
35:35beat.
35:36Every girl around the world, tell your boyfriend
35:42to shut their mouths.
35:44Girls night out.
35:46Ain't no boys allowed.
35:48Girls going wild.
35:51Oh, girls night out.
35:53That's what it's about.
35:56Go shout out loud.
36:00G-N-O, girls night out!
36:08[cheering]
36:10(SINGING) We can't wait for Friday night,
36:14when we put a lipstick on, pink electrolyte.
36:18We're ready now to hit this town.
36:21We're gonna rock it like an earthquake
36:23and shake the ground.
36:25It's G-N-O, girls night out.
36:29Let's go!
36:30[cheering, applause]
36:35I thought it was a hot mess.
36:37The girls looked hot, but the routine was a mess, especially
36:43Brooke.
36:44She made so many mistakes.
36:46I think she ought to stick to the singing thing.
36:48Let's hope the judges didn't notice.
36:50[cheering]
36:54Dancers, when you hear your name, and your title,
36:57and your reward, please collect your trophy.
36:59Yes, this is our division.
37:01[suspenseful music]
37:03ANNOUNCER: In third place, number 75, "On the Edge."
37:08I'm on the friggin' edge.
37:10ANNOUNCER: My second place in Preteen Trio--
37:13"Swinging Birdland," Madison, Haley, and Morgan.
37:17And, ladies and gentlemen, taking our overalls in Preteen
37:20Trio, first place belongs to-- drum roll, please--
37:26"Buckle Up," with Chloe, Paige, and Kendall.
37:29[cheering, applause]
37:30ABBY LEE: I am very happy that the trio was the first place
37:33overall high score.
37:35One down, three to go.
37:36ANNOUNCER: All right.
37:38We're now gonna move on to our Junior Solo Division.
37:40HOLLY: I really put the pressure on Nia this week to win.
37:42I just hope and pray that Nia gets a high score and at least
37:45places in the top five.
37:47ANNOUNCER: In fifth place, Veronica with "The Attic."
37:51[applause]
37:54Fourth place goes to Michelle, "Almost There."
37:59Third place goes to--
38:03HOLLY: They announced fourth place, third place, and still
38:06no Nia.
38:08ANNOUNCER: Second place goes to Lauren with "You Raise Me Up."
38:11[applause]
38:15it's OK.
38:16She's about to cry.
38:20ANNOUNCER: First place in the Junior Solo Division--
38:23drum roll, please--
38:28Maddie with "Birthday!"
38:29[cheering, applause]
38:36HOLLY: Of course I'm happy for Maddie, that she won.
38:39But I'm also heartbroken for Nia because she's worked so hard.
38:43I just hope Abby won't give up on her,
38:45and that she'll give her another opportunity in the future
38:47to have a solo.
38:48ANNOUNCER: To our final category in Overalls,
38:50this will be Preteen Group.
38:52In fourth place, "Geek Squad."
38:58[applause]
39:02In third place in our Preteen Group Division,
39:05"Girls Night Out."
39:07[cheering, applause]
39:11ABBY LEE: I haven't groomed these girls since they were
39:12babies to get third place.
39:14I had two routines win and two routines lose.
39:1850%, that's an F. To me, that's failing, and this team failed.
39:24So starting out the season with the big bang and a big win!
39:31What happens when you get there and everybody's good?
39:35You have to be better.
39:36You can't take a vacation.
39:37I got it.
39:38You can't take time off.
39:39It doesn't help, it hurts.
39:43Brooke didn't want to learn that dance.
39:44And she could have known it.
39:45She missed a whole step.
39:47She specifically came there before she went to her concert
39:51to learn the dance.
39:52Her performance skills are weak.
39:54Well, you know what?
39:56She had a better opportunity and she took it.
39:58We all know she has that opportunity because of me.
40:01And the performance skills there sucked too.
40:03I don't care what you think of her performance skills, Abby.
40:05I really don't.
40:07Whenever she dance with you, you do-- you put all your eggs
40:10in one basket.
40:11Your kid was the basket.
40:14Your child was the one I put all my eggs in--
40:16Yeah. And she got nowhere with you.
40:18She got nowhere with you.
40:19--years and years ago.
40:21And where did it get Brooke?
40:22Nowhere.
40:23'Cause she had a mother that was a bitch.
40:25[suspenseful music]
40:28MELISSA: Here comes the kids.
40:30CHRISTI: You guys look cute.
40:31MELISSA: You did so good in that group dance, girl.
40:34Good job on the trio, girls.
40:36I don't usually announce where you're going until pyramid.
40:42But next week we're going to Ohio,
40:45and you all know who's in Ohio.
40:49So being third overall high score has me
40:51a little bit worried--
40:53a lot worried-- about next week.
40:58ABBY LEE: You're welcome.
40:59You don't need to thank me.
41:00Just win.
41:03ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): Next on "Dance Moms"--
41:05ABBY LEE: We will be attending the Believe Talent Competition
41:08in Columbus, Ohio.
41:10You know who's going to be in Ohio.
41:13Kendall, Chloe, I'm trying to figure out who's
41:15gonna be my number one star.
41:18We cannot walk in there again mediocre.
41:21I don't need any brats on this team.
41:24DANCER: Who are we? TEAM: Apple Core!
41:25Apple Core!
41:26Apple Core!
41:27Woo!
41:28You were wrong, Abby.
41:29That is not your place.
41:30Pay your bill for the rest of the year and go!

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