Cathy and Christi Get Down and Dirty! (S2, E26) | Full Episode | Dance Moms — Transcript

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1. 0:01ABBY LEE MILLER: Previously, on "Dance Moms"--
2. 0:02This is the competition that determines
3. 0:04who is dancing at Nationals.
4. 0:06Do I have a solo? ABBY LEE MILLER: Toughen up.
5. 0:08I have to worry about what's best for the Abby Lee Dance
6. 0:10And if that means some people not dancing,
7. 0:11Company.
8. 0:12that's what it means.
9. 0:13- I forgot the whole dance. - I know.
10. 0:15What happened?
11. 0:16ABBY LEE MILLER: Coming up, on "Dance Moms"--
12. 0:17Girls, this is for Nationals.
13. 0:19The Candy Apple Dance Center can't wait to beat your ass.
14. 0:22ABBY LEE MILLER: Don't you understand
15. 0:23they should be afraid of you?
16. 0:25I was talking about how my daughter's come 3,000 miles
17. 0:27to do three steps.
18. 0:29ABBY LEE MILLER: And be lucky she's doing those three steps.
19. 0:31I can't take it.
20. 0:32[THEME - NIKKO LOWE, "LIVING ON THE DANCE FLOOR"]
21. 0:34THEME: Get up.
22. 0:35Get on the floor.
23. 0:37My world is with my girls, living on the dance floor.
24. 0:44[MUSIC PLAYING]
25. 0:49Let's go.
26. 0:50Let's go.
27. 0:51Get in here.
28. 0:52Isn't this nice?
29. 0:54Lots of space, we can run our numbers.
30. 0:57Hello, everybody.
31. 0:58Good morning.
32. 0:59Hello.
33. 1:00intensity Dance was intense.
34. 1:04I saw lots of mistakes.
35. 1:05And yet this was the week where every solo needed
36. 1:09to strive for perfection.
37. 1:12This was the last competition before we go to Nationals.
38. 1:16You were duly warned.
39. 1:18We won that 2011 National Title.
40. 1:21I want to win it again.
41. 1:22Now this week, we're going to stay right here in sunny Los
42. 1:27Angeles.
43. 1:28But we are going to the most famous zip code.
44. 1:3590210.
45. 1:37Sorry.
46. 1:37I'm sorry.
47. 1:39I'm sorry.
48. 1:40We are going to 90210, Beverly Hills.
49. 1:45[MUSIC PLAYING]
50. 1:48We are going to the Energy Dance National Invitational.
51. 1:52Several competitions are doing this now,
52. 1:54where they invite you to come to their nationals.
53. 1:57So it's very prestigious and quite an honor to be invited.
54. 2:00So let's get to the pyramid.
55. 2:03Paige, you know you were going to be there.
56. 2:06You forgot your dance.
57. 2:07You have so much more talent than you're able to show--
58. 2:11A, because of an injury and B because you don't remember what
59. 2:14you're doing.
60. 2:15Next, Nia-- I thought you could have been better.
61. 2:21I need you to be just as strong at the end
62. 2:23as you are at the beginning.
63. 2:26Next, I have Chloe.
64. 2:30AWARDS ANNOUNCER: 6th place is Miss Chloe with act number 59,
65. 2:33"Ghost."
66. 2:37ABBY LEE MILLER: Chloe, you've been consistently in the top 5
67. 2:40for most of your life.
68. 2:426 is not good enough for you.
69. 2:46Kendall, you came out there strong.
70. 2:49You were exciting.
71. 2:50You were energized.
72. 2:52Your tricks were clean.
73. 2:53Your movements were sharp.
74. 2:54You attacked them, everything a great jazz dance needs to be.
75. 2:59When you started your turns, they were a bit sluggish.
76. 3:01Even your mother pointed that out to me.
77. 3:03Kendall beat Chloe this week.
78. 3:04That's huge.
79. 3:05Kendall deserves to be higher on that pyramid.
80. 3:08ABBY LEE MILLER: Moving along--
81. 3:09Brooke.
82. 3:11You won.
83. 3:12You were in the overall high scores.
84. 3:14I was proud of you.
85. 3:15But you know what?
86. 3:16You are capable of doing more.
87. 3:19And you're lazy.
88. 3:21And you're sitting there saying, this is good.
89. 3:23I can coast.
90. 3:24I'm still winning.
91. 3:25I'm still getting the platinum.
92. 3:28I can just step out there and do one chin stand
93. 3:30and get a platinum.
94. 3:31That's what I see happening.
95. 3:34Next, Mackenzie-- it's the easy stuff that you mess up.
96. 3:40The roundoff back handspring was great.
97. 3:42The side aerial was great. aerial walkover was great.
98. 3:45This?
99. 3:47Come on.
100. 3:48And Maddie, you're on top of the pyramid.
101. 3:53Are you glad to be there?
102. 3:55Abby's already defined Maddie as her National winner.
103. 3:58ABBY LEE MILLER: Was it better to win,
104. 3:59or better to sit in the audience,
105. 4:00while everybody else gets better?
106. 4:04Maddie is on top of the pyramid, of course.
107. 4:06Her performance alone put her there.
108. 4:09Now everyone is in the group routine.
109. 4:12And this group routine is very disturbing.
110. 4:15And the title is "My Last Text."
111. 4:19This routine should leave the judges feeling something.
112. 4:24This week, we're doing a group number called "My Last Text."
113. 4:26And it's really weird and scary.
114. 4:29ABBY LEE MILLER: Energy Dance is allowing us
115. 4:31to do four additional routines.
116. 4:34Mackenzie, you're doing a solo this week.
117. 4:36Maddie, you will have a solo because you just
118. 4:40won the overall.
119. 4:42Brooke, you will be doing "The Diary of Anne Frank."
120. 4:45Paige, you will not have a solo this week.
121. 4:48I want you to concentrate on the group dance.
122. 4:50And I want you to remember it.
123. 4:51Nia, Kendall, and Chloe, we're going to teach all three of you
124. 4:56the same choreography.
125. 4:59Originally, I thought that Chloe would
126. 5:01be my fourth solo selected.
127. 5:03But after she ended up sixth and Kendall beat her and Nia looked
128. 5:08great in the group dance, I don't know if Chloe's
129. 5:12the right choice, or not.
130. 5:14So you three, get your game faces on.
131. 5:19And remember, they're not your friends.
132. 5:21They're your competitors.
133. 5:22JILL VERTES: Abby gives out the solos.
134. 5:24She has one solo left to give out.
135. 5:26And the three of them are going to have to compete
136. 5:29for this final solo position.
137. 5:31I think this is ridiculous and unfair.
138. 5:33I really, really want for Kendall to have a solo.
139. 5:37She deserves it.
140. 5:38[MUSIC PLAYING]
141. 5:39Moms, you are dismissed.
142. 5:40Girls spread apart-- grand plié in Second,
143. 5:44heel stretch in front.
144. 5:50So here's a car seat.
145. 5:52OK, Maddie, get in the passenger seat right there.
146. 5:55This number is called "The Last Text."
147. 5:58I have this vision.
148. 5:59We're going to put the kids in the car,
149. 6:01even though they're really a little young to be driving.
150. 6:03Now you're in a car.
151. 6:05So when she turns, everybody-- everybody has to lean.
152. 6:09I'm going to use Paige as the driver.
153. 6:11She doesn't have to do too much.
154. 6:13Kelly will probably hit the roof.
155. 6:14But Paige is beautiful to look at.
156. 6:16They're on their phones.
157. 6:17And they're taking pictures of each other.
158. 6:19That's what little kids do.
159. 6:20And then in the music, boom.
160. 6:22There's a car crash.
161. 6:23On each tink, they're not hearing this.
162. 6:28If Maddie can pull this number of with her acting skills,
163. 6:33it's going to win.
164. 6:33It's going to win everything.
165. 6:35Paige, for God's sakes, you haven't even danced yet.
166. 6:38Sit up straight.
167. 6:39I think having Nia and Chloe and Kendall
168. 6:42dance against one another for a solo is crappy.
169. 6:45Naturally, all the kids want it.
170. 6:47And you have to beat your friend to get it.
171. 6:49My thought is that I think it's ridiculous
172. 6:51that she already has someone picked or that solo.
173. 6:55And I'm pretty confident Abby doesn't
174. 6:58want Nia to do that solo.
175. 7:00Push, 2, 3, 4.
176. 7:03Now grab her and pull her away from her, away.
177. 7:06Last week, she made it crystal clear to all of us.
178. 7:09What you do this week-- that's why she gave everybody a solo--
179. 7:13is who gets what at Nationals.
180. 7:14Everybody who came in score wise got a solo, except for Kendall.
181. 7:20So how I see it is--
182. 7:22KELLY HYLAND: She's giving Chloe another chance.
183. 7:23Yep. She's giving it to Chloe.
184. 7:25But that's [BLEEP].
185. 7:26Kendall beat Chloe.
186. 7:27It was Kendall's week.
187. 7:28So give it to her, then.
188. 7:29I'm worried your three kids are
189. 7:31going to be not focused now.
190. 7:33Because they're doing a group dance right now.
191. 7:35And they're going to be worried, oh, my god.
192. 7:37I have to compete against my friends to get a solo.
193. 7:37Oh, my god.
194. 7:39But I also wonder if that is another motivating factor
195. 7:42to try to teach those kids, you need to want it.
196. 7:44But that's just not in Chloe's nature.
197. 7:47ABBY LEE MILLER: Were you?
198. 7:48Did you almost-- who almost tripped over her?
199. 7:50All right.
200. 7:51Guys, go grab a drink.
201. 7:52JILL VERTES: Vivi got a lot of solos.
202. 7:54MADDIE ZIEGLER: Oh, my gosh!
203. 7:56[INTERPOSING VOICES]
204. 8:01So the mom's and I are all sitting outside.
205. 8:03And all of a sudden, the girls burst through the door.
206. 8:05And everybody's, like, freaked out a little bit.
207. 8:07And they're like, oh, the music's really creepy.
208. 8:08And Mackenzie gets ejected from the car.
209. 8:10And I'm thinking, like, what the hell kind of dance is this?
210. 8:13So like, we're all, like, dying throughout the dance.
211. 8:16JILL VERTES: Who's texting?
212. 8:17Who's the culprit?
213. 8:18- We all are. - No.
214. 8:19Paige dies first. JILL VERTES: Who's driving?
215. 8:21PAIGE HYLAND: I don't dance at all.
216. 8:22Chloe takes pictures of me.
217. 8:23CHRISTI LUKASIAK: What do you mean, you don't dance?
218. 8:24She sits like this the whole time.
219. 8:24No.
220. 8:25HOLLY FRAZIER: What do you mean? You don't stand up?
221. 8:31[MUSIC PLAYING]
222. 8:32Doing what?
223. 8:33Just ignore her, Paige.
224. 8:34She's just doing it to be a mean person.
225. 8:44Oh, my god!
226. 8:47"Hi, Abby.
227. 8:48The Candy Apple Dance Center can't
228. 8:50wait to beat your ass at Energy's National
229. 8:53Invitationals.
230. 8:54XOXO, Cathy."
231. 8:56ALL: No!
232. 8:58Gianna gets a tweet from Cathy, saying,
233. 9:01like, the Candy Apples are on their way to Nationals
234. 9:03to kick the ALDC's ass.
235. 9:05This is a whole new ball game.
236. 9:08They're going to be hungry for it, though.
237. 9:10I know.
238. 9:11And they've probably been working on this dance
239. 9:13for, like, how long? - Months.
240. 9:14And we're learning ours in two days.
241. 9:16I think knowing that the Candy Apples are going to be here,
242. 9:18Abby is going to push the girls more.
243. 9:20So all the girls need to step it up this week.
244. 9:28[MUSIC - KINGMAKERS, "HONEY BEE"]
245. 9:28KINGMAKERS: (SINGING) Tastes so sweet,
246. 9:30from her head to her feet.
247. 9:32You know that's something that can't be beat.
248. 9:35ABBY LEE MILLER: Mackenzie has a solo.
249. 9:36It's music I've used before.
250. 9:38KINGMAKERS: (SINGING) Ain't no honey sweeter
251. 9:40than my honey bee.
252. 9:42Ah, can't you see?
253. 9:43It's called "Honey Bee."
254. 9:44But I think Mackenzie is more of a killer bee.
255. 9:48Beautiful.
256. 9:50She's going to go out there and sting her competition.
257. 9:53If Vivi-Anne happens to be waiting in the wings and gets
258. 9:55stung, oh, well.
259. 9:58I hope she's not allergic to bees.
260. 10:02Girls, this is for Nationals.
261. 10:05I'm giving Brooke "The Diary of Anne Frank."
262. 10:08Now Brooke learned this routine about four weeks ago.
263. 10:11So she should have it down pat.
264. 10:15She can do these tricks in her sleep.
265. 10:17She's going to get out there.
266. 10:18She's going to be beautiful.
267. 10:20And she's going to nail it, or she's going to be sloppy
268. 10:23and she's not going to win.
269. 10:25It's up to Brooke.
270. 10:26You have to realize that nobody from Cathy's is going
271. 10:31to come close to you.
272. 10:32If you do this dance the way I taught it to you,
273. 10:35you're going to win.
274. 10:36She has everything required to be a National Title holder.
275. 10:39[MUSIC - SAMI AKBARI, "TELLING MYSELF"]
276. 10:41Hold, boom, run, run, run, stop, spin, spin, spin.
277. 10:46Maddie's doing another contemporary solo called
278. 10:49"Telling Myself."
279. 10:50And it's telling herself, I am back in the game.
280. 10:53I want to win.
281. 10:55I want it.
282. 10:58She's almost being a little cocky and telling the judges,
283. 11:01I'm too good for you.
284. 11:02You don't deserve me.
285. 11:04SAMI AKBARI: (SINGING) You don't deserve me.
286. 11:06That's what I keep saying.
287. 11:16I know.
288. 11:17But the other girls were dancing, too.
289. 11:18- They're not sitting in a seat. - There's a turn.
290. 11:19Is there a turn right there?
291. 11:27Who's ripping on her?
292. 11:29We didn't say anything about Maddie.
293. 11:30And Abby, by the way, I was not talking about Maddie.
294. 11:33I was talking about how my daughter's come 3,000 miles
295. 11:35to do three steps.
296. 11:37ABBY LEE MILLER: And be lucky she's doing those three steps!
297. 11:39ABBY LEE MILLER: After she forgot and screwed up her dance
298. 11:40Why?
299. 11:42and didn't do it and forgot again a 11 years old?
300. 11:45What?
301. 11:46I'd get back to the pediatrician
302. 11:47and find out what's wrong, Kelly.
303. 11:49For real, find out what's wrong.
304. 11:51Go.
305. 11:56Let's go, Paige.
306. 11:57Brooke, you can leave class, too.
307. 11:58ABBY LEE MILLER: You know what?
308. 12:00It's getting kind of old, Kelly.
309. 12:01You need to figure some new tricks.
310. 12:03Because this whole little temper tantrum from
311. 12:05a 40-something-year-old woman is pathetic.
312. 12:08CHRISTI LUKASIAK: I've seen Kelly storm at a time or 20.
313. 12:11And this time it just feels different.
314. 12:13Abby said something so rotten about Paige,
315. 12:16I can't blame Kelly.
316. 12:17I would have done the exact same thing.
317. 12:21I get it.
318. 12:23We all get it.
319. 12:23We know exactly what you're thinking.
320. 12:25You're thinking you're the world's worst mother
321. 12:26because you're allowed this to happen.
322. 12:28Has she done one thing with Paige for Nationals
323. 12:33this entire time that would make you think that she wants her
324. 12:36here? JILL VERTES: No.
325. 12:37And I said one word about it.
326. 12:39And she tells me I need to take my daughter to the doctors?
327. 12:42I don't know how much people think I can take.
328. 12:44I can't take it.
329. 12:45HOLLY FRAZIER: Lean on us.
330. 12:47If you can't do it, lean on us and we will do it for you.
331. 12:50This woman is going to give me a nervous breakdown.
332. 12:52I can't do it.
333. 12:53HOLLY FRAZIER: Kelly is a puddle of tears right now.
334. 12:55She's distraught.
335. 12:56She's distressed.
336. 12:57She's had to watch Paige being overlooked week after week.
337. 13:00And I'm not sure she can take much more of this.
338. 13:02You can not let this woman win.
339. 13:05We need you.
340. 13:06That's fine.
341. 13:07They can do it.
342. 13:07But I can't do this anymore.
343. 13:10This is just one more reason why I
344. 13:13think I need to pull my kids out of this studio.
345. 13:17[MUSIC PLAYING]
346. 13:25CHRISTI LUKASIAK: We walk into rehearsals this morning
347. 13:27and Kelly is nowhere to be found.
348. 13:29If Kelly doesn't come back, Abby can
349. 13:31feel free to replace me too.
350. 13:32Because you know what?
351. 13:33We're a two-for-one.
352. 13:35No Kelly, no Christi.
353. 13:36Because I'm not putting up with these people alone.
354. 13:39Hey!
355. 13:40Hi!
356. 13:41Look what the cat dragged in.
357. 13:43The party is here.
358. 13:47I talked to my kids.
359. 13:48And they want to go back to practice.
360. 13:50They really want to do Nationals.
361. 13:52So I'm going to toughen up.
362. 13:54And we're going to finish out the year.
363. 13:56HOLLY FRAZIER: How are you going to react to Abby, once you see
364. 13:57her? - I don't know.
365. 13:58I'm nervous.
366. 13:59So you haven't talked to her at all?
367. 14:01HOLLY FRAZIER: You know, I know her comment's going to be,
368. 14:03well, you left.
369. 14:04But I keep leaving because she keeps doing things
370. 14:07to make me leave.
371. 14:08Like, what am I supposed to do, just sit there and, like, take
372. 14:11it? - Hello.
373. 14:15I need all of you.
374. 14:16We're going to do the solo audition final.
375. 14:18[MUSIC PLAYING]
376. 14:19I'm going to have an audition.
377. 14:21But Holly, Christi, and Jill will be judging.
378. 14:24So the girls are actually going to audition
379. 14:27for their own mothers.
380. 14:28[MUSIC - ALYSON GREENFIELD, "I LOVE ONLY SILENCE"]
381. 14:30ALYSON GREENFIELD: (SINGING) I love only silence here.
382. 14:33There is noise all the time.
383. 14:37I love sunny landscapes.
384. 14:40I love the sky.
385. 14:44HOLLY FRAZIER: Abby maintains that the moms will decide who
386. 14:46gets the fourth solo.
387. 14:48But we all know who has the final decision, when it comes
388. 14:51to any dancing at the Abby Lee Dance Company.
389. 14:53ALYSON GREENFIELD: (SINGING) The great woman who will save.
390. 14:58ABBY LEE MILLER: OK.
391. 14:59We're going to start with Jill.
392. 15:02I pick Kendall.
393. 15:03I'm sorry.
394. 15:04To me, a no-brainer.
395. 15:05ABBY LEE MILLER: Christi.
396. 15:06I obviously pick Chloe.
397. 15:07She's been with you since she was two years old.
398. 15:09I think Chloe has been a team player for a long time.
399. 15:13ABBY LEE MILLER: Holly?
400. 15:14I would say Nia.
401. 15:16I really enjoyed watching her perform the piece.
402. 15:19ABBY LEE MILLER: All right.
403. 15:20So we have a three-way tie.
404. 15:22JILL VERTES: This is a big waste of time.
405. 15:24Because ultimately, we all know that Abby's going
406. 15:27to pick who gets the solo.
407. 15:28So Melissa, you get to break the tie.
408. 15:31Oh, my god.
409. 15:34ABBY LEE MILLER: I put Melissa on the spot.
410. 15:36Because I am sick and tired of her being goody-goody
411. 15:39and playing sides to everybody.
412. 15:41She's this one's best friend one day and this one's best friend
413. 15:43the next day, talking about that one.
414. 15:45That's what she does.
415. 15:48I think that Nia should get this opportunity because she
416. 15:52goes 100%.
417. 15:54And she has shown us that she can do different.
418. 15:59Based on that performance, you would put me on that stage?
419. 16:02And I'm not saying you wouldn't.
420. 16:04I'm not a judge. I'm a mom.
421. 16:05You asked us to base it on that performance.
422. 16:07HOLLY FRAZIER: But she gave her opinion, so rest.
423. 16:09I'm sorry if that hurt your feelings.
424. 16:11HOLLY FRAZIER: No, it doesn't hurt my feelings.
425. 16:12JILL VERTES: I didn't want to know about all the weeks
426. 16:14[INAUDIBLE] in the past. - Silence.
427. 16:15JILL VERTES: I think this is ridiculous and unfair.
428. 16:18Kendall beat Chloe fair and square.
429. 16:20Kendall deserves the solo.
430. 16:22ABBY LEE MILLER: Melissa, all personal issues aside,
431. 16:24who do you think is going to give us the most points?
432. 16:29ABBY LEE MILLER: And that's what a judge needs to do.
433. 16:30Chloe.
434. 16:31MELISSA ZIEGLER: I just said it. And I'm not saying it again.
435. 16:32Because I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings.
436. 16:33It's already done, Melissa. We already knew.
437. 16:35Kendall, I think you were wonderful.
438. 16:37I do. I think you were great.
439. 16:40Of course we knew.
440. 16:43This whole thing It's not fair.
441. 16:45It's not fair.
442. 16:46It's just not fair.
443. 16:47Oh, my gosh.
444. 16:49It's a solo, Jill.
445. 16:50Relax.
446. 16:51JILL VERTES: That's right.
447. 16:52You relax, Holly.
448. 16:53Then relax.
449. 16:54I'm not dealing with this anymore.
450. 16:55This is ludicrous, absolutely ludicrous.
451. 17:03ABBY LEE MILLER: You know what, Kendall?
452. 17:04You don't have to worry about it.
453. 17:05I would love for you to go and beat
454. 17:07the crap out of Candy Apples.
455. 17:08I'm not allowed to do any more solos.
456. 17:11KENDALL VERTES: Thank you.
457. 17:12You're welcome.
458. 17:13CHLOE LUKASIAK: Good job, Kendall.
459. 17:15ABBY LEE MILLER: Congratulations.
460. 17:20[MUSIC PLAYING]
461. 17:26Hello, everybody.
462. 17:28Why does everybody keep warming up?
463. 17:30It's just going to be a long day.
464. 17:32[MUSIC PLAYING]
465. 17:33This is the last day of the rehearsal.
466. 17:35I don't want to be cocky.
467. 17:36There's a lot of people coming to this competition.
468. 17:39Some really, really tough schools in the California area
469. 17:42have been invited.
470. 17:44And I know that I always have a target on my back.
471. 17:47I don't want any excuses.
472. 17:48[MUSIC - ALYSON GREENFIELD, "I LOVE ONLY SILENCE"]
473. 17:49Nobody's forgetting and running off.
474. 17:51CHLOE LUKASIAK: My new solo is called "Silence."
475. 17:53And it has a lot of emotions and I really like it.
476. 17:56I'm going to work the hardest that I've ever worked on a solo
477. 17:58before.
478. 17:59Because I really want to make Nia and Kendall proud,
479. 18:01since they didn't get their opportunity.
480. 18:05ABBY LEE MILLER: OK, breathe.
481. 18:07Listen to her breathing.
482. 18:08ABBY LEE MILLER: Breathe.
483. 18:10You OK?
484. 18:11You got to breathe.
485. 18:12You're not breathing the whole time.
486. 18:14And there's breaths in there.
487. 18:15CHRISTI LUKASIAK: I don't think Chloe is going into Nationals
488. 18:17with the confidence that she should have.
489. 18:20I mean, Chloe got sixth last week.
490. 18:21And to be beat by Kendall, I think,
491. 18:23was a little bit of a blow to her confidence.
492. 18:26I'm always the first to hug her and say, oh, you know,
493. 18:28it doesn't matter.
494. 18:29But I want her to do great at Nationals.
495. 18:31So maybe it's time that I push her a little more than just
496. 18:34coddle her.
497. 18:35Honey, you learned that dance yesterday, OK?
498. 18:39And the difference between what you did yesterday and today
499. 18:43is amazing.
500. 18:44You are not messing up everything.
501. 18:45OK?
502. 18:47Like, I know that you could go do that dance, Chloe.
503. 18:49I know you can.
504. 18:51I know you can.
505. 18:53It doesn't matter what I know.
506. 18:55You have to know it.
507. 18:57OK?
508. 18:58[MUSIC PLAYING]
509. 19:01CATHY NESBITT-STEIN: Let me just give you a little bit
510. 19:03of background about this place.
511. 19:04It's a little under our budget.
512. 19:07This is a wonderful opportunity.
513. 19:09We're here in LA.
514. 19:10The owner of the dance competition has seen us.
515. 19:13She gave us a personal invite.
516. 19:15Oh, there's people in here--
517. 19:17ay, ay, ay, ay, ay.
518. 19:19That's a butt I don't want to see.
519. 19:20Didn't want to see that.
520. 19:22MACKENZIE ZIEGLER: Oh, my god, Cathy.
521. 19:25Oh, my god.
522. 19:27What the heck?
523. 19:28Are they test crash dummies?
524. 19:30What are they doing?
525. 19:32What's she trying to do?
526. 19:33What are those nails?
527. 19:34Ew. OK.
528. 19:35Well, you know what, guys?
529. 19:36Studio B?
530. 19:37Yeah.
531. 19:38Now I know why this was under our budget.
532. 19:40CHRISTI LUKASIAK: Obviously, anybody
533. 19:41can crawl into Beverly Hills, these days.
534. 19:43Because they're even letting Cathy in.
535. 19:45ABBY LEE MILLER: Girls, those dancers walked in
536. 19:48and immediately, you fell into it.
537. 19:50Don't you understand they should be afraid of you?
538. 19:53CATHY NESBITT-STEIN: Yeah.
539. 19:54Since this is all about him and Chloe--
540. 19:56CATHY NESBITT-STEIN: Clean Chloe's Clock.
541. 19:57Clean Chloe's clock.
542. 19:58Clean Chloe's clock.
543. 20:00Clean Chloe's clock.
544. 20:01ABBY LEE MILLER: Time to get ready, solos.
545. 20:03Let's do it.
546. 20:13CHRISTI LUKASIAK: Oh, give me a break, please.
547. 20:15OK, Justice, what are you supposed to look like?
548. 20:17You are telling a story, also.
549. 20:19ABBY LEE MILLER: Go out there and beat Justice.
550. 20:23[MUSIC PLAYING]
551. 20:26Girls, listen to me.
552. 20:27Do not even associate with Cathy.
553. 20:31Just turn and walk away.
554. 20:32So here we are.
555. 20:33It's Nationals.
556. 20:35We walked into Energy Dance with our heads held high.
557. 20:37And I think that this is going to be a great day.
558. 20:40Girls, come on.
559. 20:42This is Nationals.
560. 20:43You worked all year.
561. 20:45Every single day that you've been in that studio rehearsing,
562. 20:48every weekend that we've flown to a competition
563. 20:51has led up to this point today.
564. 20:53What you do on that stage could change the rest of your life.
565. 20:57Understood?
566. 20:57Maddie, you were up first.
567. 20:59Chloe, I'm going to have to get ready.
568. 21:01Because we need to do some psyching out with Justice.
569. 21:04Come on.
570. 21:05Let's go.
571. 21:06Listen, Nationals-- this is it for us.
572. 21:09OK?
573. 21:10We go home after this.
574. 21:11And it would be nice if we could leave here with a National win.
575. 21:16We have a confidence level that knows that we're a classy act.
576. 21:19We have a wonderful routine that is very heartfelt, that I think
577. 21:24that, finally, we may be able to possibly beat Abby.
578. 21:28This is Nationals.
579. 21:29It'd would be great if we could pull out a win.
580. 21:31C-A-C-D, C-A-D-C, C-A-D-C.
581. 21:37ABBY LEE MILLER: Sure enough, its Cathy,
582. 21:39making a complete idiot out of herself and those poor kids.
583. 21:42How do they put up with it?
584. 21:43I would be mortified if my teacher ever did that.
585. 21:46No matter what the wide load has to say about us,
586. 21:49we were invited.
587. 21:50And we have every right to be here.
588. 21:52ABBY LEE MILLER: Don't forget, Chloe, you're
589. 21:53going backstage with Maddie.
590. 21:54Find Justice.
591. 21:55Get in his face.
592. 21:56Do one right turn.
593. 21:58CATHY NESBITT-STEIN: All right, Justice,
594. 22:00in the event that anybody is backstage from Abby Lee
595. 22:03and they comment--
596. 22:04I say, good luck.
597. 22:05Good luck, that's right, smart boy.
598. 22:07And they comment-- don't let it rattle you,
599. 22:10if she would say something to you.
600. 22:12ABBY LEE MILLER: Let's do it. come on.
601. 22:17[MUSIC PLAYING]
602. 22:24MADDIE ZIEGLER: I'm kind of nervous because it's
603. 22:27a really hard competition.
604. 22:28And it's Nationals.
605. 22:29And I really, really want to win.
606. 22:31COMPETITION EMCEE: Please welcome to the stage entry
607. 22:33number 9A.
608. 22:34This is Maddie, performing "Telling Myself."
609. 22:40[MUSIC - SAMI AKBARI, "TELLING MYSELF"]
610. 22:42SAMI AKBARI: (SINGING) Now's the time you change your mind
611. 22:48and say that you don't want me.
612. 22:54Even though I cry sometimes, I know in the back of my mind--
613. 23:03ABBY LEE MILLER: Maddie is on the money.
614. 23:07She's hitting everything.
615. 23:08She has those judges in the palm of her hand.
616. 23:11It's like watching a 25-year-old professional on that stage.
617. 23:15SAMI AKBARI: (SINGING) At least that's
618. 23:16what I keep telling myself.
619. 23:26[APPLAUSE AND CHEERS]
620. 23:31MELISSA ZIEGLER: Maddie went out on stage
621. 23:33and did exactly what Abby wanted her to do.
622. 23:35She wanted the emotions to be there, her technique.
623. 23:38It was amazing.
624. 23:41COMPETITION EMCEE: Moving now to entry number 31B.
625. 23:45Please welcome to the stage Justice performing "Never
626. 23:49Surrender."
627. 23:53[MUSIC - BIG SOUND MUSIC, "CONFLICT"]
628. 24:17ABBY LEE MILLER: I'm going to be livid if Justice beats
629. 24:19these two girls.
630. 24:20I mean, I saw tons of flaws in the choreography.
631. 24:33CATHY NESBITT-STEIN: Justice's kicks are amazing.
632. 24:35His technique is flawless.
633. 24:37I mean, I think he's doing a fabulous job.
634. 24:39And I couldn't be more proud of him.
635. 24:41[MUSIC PLAYING]
636. 24:42Woo-hoo!
637. 24:44Good job.
638. 24:45Maddie, that was a National award-winning solo.
639. 24:50You just set the bar really high for everybody else that's
640. 24:52going to dance today.
641. 24:53This is Nationals.
642. 24:54And the Abby Lee Dance Company came to win.
643. 25:01Stay in on the words.
644. 25:04Abby is so sidetracked with Cathy being here.
645. 25:08Like, my daughter ran her dance 10 times.
646. 25:09And not once did she even look at her.
647. 25:11Like, she's on stage next.
648. 25:13Brooke is going for a National title.
649. 25:15And nobody's working with her.
650. 25:17ABBY LEE MILLER: This is it.
651. 25:18You've come a long way.
652. 25:19And you're going out there to put Vivi-Anne in her place.
653. 25:21If you don't win, it defeats the whole purpose
654. 25:24of doing the bee dance.
655. 25:25And I look like an idiot.
656. 25:26And that's not going to happen around Cathy.
657. 25:28Come on, girls, game faces.
658. 25:29Let's do it.
659. 25:30[MUSIC PLAYING]
660. 25:36COMPETITION EMCEE: Please welcome to the stage entry
661. 25:38number 43A, Brooke, performing "Diary of Anne Frank."
662. 25:49[MUSIC - BRIAN CRAIN, "SOUR GRAPES"]
663. 26:22KELLY HYLAND: I don't know if I'm coming back.
664. 26:24But on the same token, I'm hurting my kids
665. 26:28by pulling them out of there.
666. 26:29Because they love to dance.
667. 26:32And so I don't know what's worse.
668. 26:35It's going to be a tough decision.
669. 26:38[MUSIC PLAYING]
670. 26:42Brooke was just gorgeous.
671. 26:43Everything she did was perfect.
672. 26:45And for once, Brooke actually used emotion.
673. 26:54MACKENZIE ZIEGLER: I'm really excited about my dance,
674. 26:56"The Killer Bee."
675. 26:57Except I'm really nervous because I don't know
676. 27:00Cathy and Vivi-Anne are going to do to me.
677. 27:03COMPETITION EMCEE: Please welcome to the stage Mackenzie,
678. 27:05performing "Killer Bee."
679. 27:07[APPLAUSE AND CHEERS]
680. 27:10[MUSIC - KINGMAKERS, "HONEY BEE"]
681. 27:11KINGMAKERS: (SINGING) Tastes so sweet,
682. 27:12from her head to her feet.
683. 27:13No, that's something that can't be beat.
684. 27:17No word of a lie.
685. 27:19So don't even try.
686. 27:21Ain't no honey sweeter than my honey bee.
687. 27:25Ah, can't you see?
688. 27:27Ain't no honey sweeter than my honey bee.
689. 27:30Ah, can't you see?
690. 27:32CATHY NESBITT-STEIN: That stupid bee solo--
691. 27:34I'm not a big fan of this dance, at all.
692. 27:37KINGMAKERS: (SINGING) Ain't no honey sweeter
693. 27:39than my honey bee.
694. 27:41ABBY LEE MILLER: Mackenzie loves her costume.
695. 27:43She loves the dance, loves the hair bows.
696. 27:46She loves it all.
697. 27:47And you can tell that when you're watching her dance.
698. 27:50She stepped out on stage like that killer bee.
699. 27:53And she'd buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, buzzed around that stage
700. 27:55like there was no tomorrow.
701. 28:04I think she gave those judges a good sting.
702. 28:07And they know all about Mackenzie.
703. 28:10Woo-hoo!
704. 28:10Oh, my gosh.
705. 28:11Congratulations.
706. 28:16CHRISTI LUKASIAK: It's time for Chloe to do her solo.
707. 28:19And this isn't going to be easy.
708. 28:21You know, Chloe's dancing against Maddie.
709. 28:23And Maddie's amazing.
710. 28:24And she's dancing against Justice.
711. 28:26And he's pretty amazing, too.
712. 28:27You dance for Kendall.
713. 28:28And you dance for Nia. And you dance for Chloe.
714. 28:30Because they wish they had the same chance you did.
715. 28:32OK?
716. 28:34OK.
717. 28:35It's coming down to these 2 minutes on stage.
718. 28:37You can either do it, or you can choke.
719. 28:46[MUSIC PLAYING]
720. 28:47Hey, listen to me.
721. 28:48Maddie went out there--
722. 28:50nailed her number.
723. 28:51Brooke went out there--
724. 28:52nailed that number.
725. 28:53I need you to do it, too.
726. 28:55OK.
727. 28:55Justice beat me last time.
728. 28:57And now the pressure's on that I have to beat him.
729. 28:59And I think "Silence" will do that.
730. 29:02COMPETITION EMCEE: Please welcome to the stage Chloe,
731. 29:04performing "Silence."
732. 29:11[MUSIC - ALYSON GREENFIELD, "I LOVE ONLY SILENCE"]
733. 29:13ALYSON GREENFIELD: (SINGING) I love only silence near.
734. 29:18There is noise all the time.
735. 29:22I love sunny landscapes and I love the sky.
736. 29:31HOLLY FRAZIER: I'm very happy they Chloe won the solo.
737. 29:34She has worked hard.
738. 29:35And I think she has something to prove to Abby, that she's
739. 29:37a great dancer.
740. 29:38And she can beat Justice.
741. 29:41I think Chloe needs this solo, probably more than anybody else
742. 29:44at that studio.
743. 29:46ALYSON GREENFIELD: (SINGING) --woman who will save.
744. 29:56[MUSIC PLAYING]
745. 29:59CHRISTI LUKASIAK: No matter what happens with the outcome
746. 30:02of this competition, Chloe went out there
747. 30:04and she danced as well as she can.
748. 30:08And she didn't choke.
749. 30:09And she believed in herself.
750. 30:11So she won, no matter who gets that crown.
751. 30:195, 6, 7, 8--
752. 30:21CATHY NESBITT-STEIN: I think that my bushel of Apples
753. 30:23think that it's fun to go up against Abby.
754. 30:26Do they want to see some more victories
755. 30:28underneath their belts?
756. 30:29Of course.
757. 30:30You have to pull it together now.
758. 30:31OK?
759. 30:32This is Nationals--
760. 30:34National Invitation Energy Dance.
761. 30:36You got to pull it together.
762. 30:38We don't want to go home big time losers.
763. 30:41Everybody got their umbrellas?
764. 30:43Let's do it. Let's go.
765. 30:44CATHY NESBITT-STEIN: All right. Let's go, guys.
766. 30:46[MUSIC PLAYING]
767. 30:51COMPETITION EMCEE: Please welcome to the stage Candy
768. 30:53Apples Dance Company with "The Storm."
769. 31:02[RAIN STORM SOUNDS]
770. 31:09CATHY NESBITT-STEIN: I'm really excited about our group number.
771. 31:12It's creative.
772. 31:13And it's original.
773. 31:15And pieced all together, it's very well done.
774. 31:17[MUSIC - MISS KRYSTLE, "RAINCOAT"]
775. 31:18MISS KRYSTLE: (SINGING) Take, take me from life.
776. 31:20It's pouring.
777. 31:22And there was life.
778. 31:24And there was pain and peer pressure once again.
779. 31:30My heart is flooding.
780. 31:31My soul is drowning.
781. 31:32My tears are flowing.
782. 31:33I go out.
783. 31:34Be my raincoat, my raincoat, my raincoat.
784. 31:40[APPLAUSE]
785. 31:42COMPETITION EMCEE: Thank you.
786. 31:43ABBY LEE MILLER: If I was judging,
787. 31:45there is no way that this routine would be winning.
788. 31:47But I'm not a judge.
789. 31:49And I don't know those three people.
790. 31:50Let the talent speak for itself.
791. 31:52All right.
792. 31:53Come on, girls.
793. 31:53I need you to focus. [MUSIC PLAYING]
794. 31:55This is Nationals.
795. 31:56We came all this way and worked hard and rehearsed
796. 31:59in crappy little studios to get to this point.
797. 32:04Don't blow it right now.
798. 32:06Don't be the kid that ruins the entire number.
799. 32:09I'm confident.
800. 32:10The girls are confident.
801. 32:11But you never know.
802. 32:13This is a national competition.
803. 32:15Everybody came to win.
804. 32:17Let's go.
805. 32:19[MUSIC PLAYING]
806. 32:24COMPETITION EMCEE: Please welcome
807. 32:26to the stage "The Last Text."
808. 32:29Go, girls.
809. 32:31CHRISTI LUKASIAK: I'm a little afraid that something called
810. 32:32"The Last Text" may be a little too bloody
811. 32:34and gory for a national title.
812. 32:37[MUSIC - JOHN BALCOM, "DESCRIBING THE CAR CRASH"]
813. 33:41CATHY NESBITT-STEIN: Abby's these girls come out.
814. 33:43And you know, at first, I'm thinking,
815. 33:46she's dragging out this crappy-looking car seat.
816. 33:50Did that come off of Christi's front porch?
817. 33:53I don't know.
818. 33:55But I have to tell you that her piece was just absolutely
819. 33:58brilliant.
820. 34:00ABBY LEE MILLER: There came that moment where it was silent.
821. 34:03And in a choreographer's life, or a dance teacher's life,
822. 34:07those moments are few and far between.
823. 34:09Nobody knew whether to clap, or cry, or what to do.
824. 34:14That was a great moment in my life.
825. 34:16[MUSIC PLAYING]
826. 34:17COMPETITION EMCEE: Wow.
827. 34:18OK, thank you, ladies.
828. 34:20Big round of applause for our t-shirt throwers.
829. 34:26All right, everybody.
830. 34:27In third place, Energy Petite Solo goes to entry number
831. 34:312, "Black Betty," Diego from Beach City Dance Center.
832. 34:36Our second place Energy Petite Solo goes to entry number 31,
833. 34:42"It's All About Me," from Beach City Dance Center.
834. 34:45And our first place top-scoring Energy Petite Soloist goes
835. 34:51to entry number 52A, "Killer Bee," Mackenzie from the Abby
836. 34:56Lee Dance Center.
837. 35:02Mackenzie is also our title winner for Miss Energy.
838. 35:07So we would like to crown her now.
839. 35:09Congratulations.
840. 35:13She's not Maddie.
841. 35:14But she's Mackenzie and she's an amazing little dancer.
842. 35:17I'm just very proud of her.
843. 35:19COMPETITION EMCEE: We're going to move over to the Energy Teen
844. 35:23Our fourth place top score goes to entry number 66, "Essence."
845. 35:23Solo.
846. 35:29Our second place goes to "White, Blank Page,"
847. 35:34Dominique from [INAUDIBLE].
848. 35:39In our first place Energy Teen Solo,
849. 35:42Miss Energy being crowned for our 2012 National Finals
850. 35:46here in LA goes to Brooke Hyland, [INAUDIBLE] Abby Lee
851. 35:54Dance Center.
852. 35:56Brooke won this national title without Abby's help.
853. 36:00Brooke worked her butt off in that dressing room
854. 36:02all by herself.
855. 36:03She did that without her dance teacher.
856. 36:07COMPETITION EMCEE: Moving on to our Energy Junior Solo
857. 36:10Division.
858. 36:12In fourth place is entry number 31A, Mary,
859. 36:17performing "Can't Touch It," from SMCB Dance Center.
860. 36:21So we're down to the final three.
861. 36:23And the last three dancers standing
862. 36:25are Justice, Chloe, and Maddie.
863. 36:27Any spot that she gets, I'm going to be proud.
864. 36:30She couldn't have danced better.
865. 36:31COMPETITION EMCEE: Third place goes to "Never Surrender,"
866. 36:36Justice from the Candy Apple Dance Center.
867. 36:41CHRISTI LUKASIAK: Hallelujah.
868. 36:42Chloe beat Justice.
869. 36:45And second place during Junior Solo--
870. 36:48which was very, very close, by a fifth of a point--
871. 36:52goes to "Telling Myself," Maddie Ziegler from the Abby Lee Dance
872. 36:56Center.
873. 37:00CHRISTI LUKASIAK: As soon as they announced Maddie
874. 37:02as the second place winner, everybody there knew Chloe won.
875. 37:08COMPETITION EMCEE: And our first place Energy Junior Solo
876. 37:13for our Nationals in Beverly Hills,
877. 37:15also been crowned Miss Energy, goes to Chloe from the Abby Lee
878. 37:21Dance Center.
879. 37:22Congratulations.
880. 37:26And we are going to crown Chloe Miss Energy today.
881. 37:32It feels really good to be winning Junior Miss Energy
882. 37:35and getting the crown and plaque and the trophy.
883. 37:37And this is a really good step in my dance career.
884. 37:41And I just hope that Maddie's happy for me, too.
885. 37:43Because I'm always happy for her when she wins.
886. 37:45COMPETITION EMCEE: Congratulations, Chloe.
887. 37:46So how do you feel about Little Miss Energy?
888. 37:49Really good.
889. 37:50COMPETITION EMCEE: Well, everybody did a wonderful job.
890. 37:52Take a bow.
891. 37:53ABBY LEE MILLER: Chloe--
892. 37:54outstanding in her performance.
893. 37:56She was the winner.
894. 37:57She stood there very proud to win that crown.
895. 38:00And I'm thrilled.
896. 38:01COMPETITION EMCEE: We're going to move over to the Energy
897. 38:03Junior Small Group.
898. 38:06In third place, "The Story," Eight Count Dance Academy.
899. 38:13Second place goes to the "Troop Beverly Hills," Eight Count
900. 38:17Dance Academy.
901. 38:19And our top scoring National winner for the Energy Junior
902. 38:23Small Group goes to entry number 130A--
903. 38:27[MUSIC PLAYING]
904. 38:34Good job, girls!
905. 38:37Woo-hoo!
906. 38:39We did it.
907. 38:40We came to Nationals.
908. 38:42We won.
909. 38:42Abby Lee Dance Company!
910. 38:47ABBY LEE MILLER: The Abby Lee Dance Company remains a force
911. 38:50to be reckoned with.
912. 38:56[MUSIC PLAYING]
913. 38:57CATHY NESBITT-STEIN: There are few dances,
914. 38:58in my lifetime, that I have literally walked away
915. 39:02and thought about days later.
916. 39:04And I just wanted to keep reliving Abby's "Last Text"
917. 39:08number because it was brilliant.
918. 39:14Nothing.
919. 39:15I just-- it's hard to watch your kids on stage
920. 39:18and think it's the last time you're
921. 39:20going to watch them dance.
922. 39:24I just don't want to come back.
923. 39:26It has been a really hard year.
924. 39:28I-- I'm just tired of Abby and just the way she treats them.
925. 39:32Personally, I don't want to get into an argument.
926. 39:34But I think a lot of things are taken for granted.
927. 39:37And I think you don't know how lucky you have it
928. 39:39and how lucky your kids are.
929. 39:41How can you really say that my kids are lucky, really?
930. 39:43They're here.
931. 39:44Every other dance studio, they're back in Pittsburgh
932. 39:46already.
933. 39:47People think I'm cold.
934. 39:48They don't realize the hell that that woman has put me through.
935. 39:53Find somebody else that's going to do what I've
936. 39:56done for your children.
937. 39:57I thought Brooke was outstanding.
938. 39:59But Brooke was outstanding because Brooke went over there
939. 40:00Yeah.
940. 40:02and practiced on her own.
941. 40:03Right, Kelly.
942. 40:04She's 14 years old.
943. 40:06And she should.
944. 40:07The entire day.
945. 40:07She finally wanted something.
946. 40:09The reason she's third, or fourth, or sixth
947. 40:11is because of her face.
948. 40:13She wised up.
949. 40:14She went out there and she should--
950. 40:15she did what she should have been doing in September.
951. 40:18[GIRLS CHEERING]
952. 40:19JILL VERTES: Congratulations! [MUSIC PLAYING]
953. 40:21Congratulations. You were beautiful.
954. 40:23Everybody's back in the dressing room.
955. 40:25The kids are celebrating.
956. 40:27They know they went out there and nailed it.
957. 40:28They felt the response of the judges and the audience.
958. 40:32Congratulations.
959. 40:33Everybody that danced the solo, you were outstanding.
960. 40:36You beat Justice.
961. 40:38Brooke, you beat all this girls that were 2 feet taller
962. 40:38Woo-hoo.
963. 40:40and their legs were up to here.
964. 40:41And the group number--
965. 40:42everybody did what they needed to do.
966. 40:44And everybody was an integral part of it.
967. 40:46And I thought it was wonderful.
968. 40:48We did it.
969. 40:49Justice--
970. 40:50Has been served.
971. 40:51ABBY LEE MILLER: Congratulations.
972. 40:53JILL VERTES: Thank you, Abby.
973. 40:55I really hope, sincerely, from the bottom of my heart,
974. 40:58that you put some time and space between yourself
975. 41:01and this situation, and you think things through.
976. 41:03[MUSIC PLAYING]
977. 41:04I never really thought that the time
978. 41:06would come that Kelly would make a decision that she's done.
979. 41:10Nobody here wants to see any of you leave.
980. 41:14MELISSA ZIEGLER: The team definitely
981. 41:16won't be the same without Kelly, Paige, and Brooke.
982. 41:18Dysfunctional as it may be, we're definitely a family.
983. 41:21This team is not a team without you guys.
984. 41:25It's not.
985. 41:26You're my sister.
986. 41:27And you're my family.
987. 41:28You cannot leave me here.
988. 41:32You can't.