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0:02ABBY LEE MILLER: You're auditioning
0:03for a spot on the Abby Lee Dance Company's competition team.
0:05I've seen everybody dance.
0:06230, congratulations!
0:07[laughter]
0:09Your first day.
0:10My first day.
0:11Your reputation precedes you.
0:13You save those tears for your pillow in your room, alone.
0:15You know what?
0:16The kid needs somebody.
0:18She's not that swift.
0:19How dare you?
0:20Girls, you have to get it together.
0:21How come I'm the only one who gets aggrevated?
0:23Because you're the only that hasn't had a child.
0:26No, but I had a mother and a father,
0:28and if they looked at me one time, I knew.
0:31Oh, don't even go there, you whore.
0:33ABBY LEE MILLER: Coming up on "Dance Moms."
0:34This weekend we are headed to Columbus, Ohio.
0:38You know who lives in Ohio?
0:39Candy Apples.
0:40[applause and cheering]
0:42ABBY LEE MILLER: I want you to make applesauce.
0:44It's going to be the battle of the turns, versus the inchworm.
0:47This is about you getting an Abby Lee Dance Company jacket
0:50or going back to the regular classes.
0:53You think those girls were nine and 10 years old?
0:55No, I don't think they were nine and 10,
0:56and I'm a little worried.
0:57I think you should be worried too.
0:59[theme music]
1:01THEME SONG: Get up, get on the floor.
1:05My world is lit by girls living on on the dance floor.
1:10[music playing]
1:13Girls, let's go.
1:15Come on, girls.
1:16Let's go.
1:17All in all, I would call North Carolina mediocre.
1:20They were cute, the costumes were adorable,
1:23they were sloppy.
1:24I want to start off talking a little bit about the dance
1:27troupe in Greensboro, North Carolina.
1:29[music playing]
1:32That was not the group in Lake Tahoe that just
1:35won a national championship.
1:37Obviously, cute still works in the Carolinas.
1:40Kendall, you did your solo.
1:42Scared to death.
1:43That face was not an Abby Lee Miller face,
1:45that's for certain.
1:46Abby, that was her first time.
1:48Uh-oh, we don't get to talk.
1:49It's my turn.
1:51This weekend we are headed to Columbus, Ohio.
1:56You know who lives in Ohio?
1:57Candy Apples.
1:58[applause and cheering]
2:01ABBY LEE MILLER: We are going there,
2:03and she will be at the competition.
2:05Cathy--
2:05You guys.
2:08She's like a cold sore that just keeps coming back.
2:10She's like, I'm here, I'm here, I'm here.
2:11And you're like, God, go away already.
2:14I don't want any squabbling squawking between the mothers.
2:17You all on the same team, and we're
2:19all going to take a bite out of that big apple.
2:21[laughter]
2:22All right, we're going to start with the pyramid.
2:23[music playing]
2:24On the bottom, Kendall.
2:27You are on probation.
2:28That means that I am watching you like a hawk.
2:31Do you understand me?
2:32I'm really sad that I'm at the bottom of the pyramid,
2:35because I thought I did my best.
2:37Mackenzie, I keep giving you little parts.
2:40Your dancing is not up to where the rest of the girls are.
2:43When Maddie was seven, she could have done the choreography.
2:47Brooke, you knew the number, but the crying and the hysteria--
2:52that's not a young adult. Paige, you did a nice job
2:55this weekend.
2:57Then on the bus coming home we told you to sit down 32 times.
3:01I counted.
3:02That's 31 too many.
3:03Every single one of them were playing on the bus.
3:05But it doesn't make it right.
3:06She's your daughter.
3:08You should yell at them too.
3:09No matter what I do, my kids are always
3:11going to be at the bottom of the pyramid.
3:12I just think it's Abby's way of torturing me.
3:16Nia, I left you here in the same spot
3:18that you were in last week.
3:20Maybe somebody Nia's family could
3:22show up at the competition and watch her and clap for her.
3:25Next we have Chloe.
3:28Chloe, you did a great job.
3:29And at the top of the pyramid is Maddie.
3:31You did a great job, I've seen you dance better.
3:33I want you to be exactly where you are in Lake Tahoe.
3:37Every single person is going to be in the group dance.
3:39It is called Bad Apples.
3:42[laughter]
3:44It's a little '40's, has a little novelty,
3:47but it's a little Katie Perry.
3:49It's a little ticked up.
3:51So I want to pin-up girl look.
3:53We have the wrap, we have the snood.
3:56I'm not putting a wrap in my hair.
3:57And a snood?
3:59What's a snood?
4:00If you don't know what a wrap or a snood is, go Google it,
4:03figure it out.
4:04When you go on stage for that competition,
4:07you better be on fire.
4:08Brooke, you're doing a solo.
4:11Cathy has a girl entered your age.
4:14I want you to make applesauce out of that kid.
4:17Backstage, freak that kid out.
4:20I want that kid in tears before she ever steps on that stage.
4:23All right, Candy Apples, applesauce.
4:28Squish 'em.
4:29All right moms, you're dismissed.
4:31Girls, spread apart.
4:32Let's up and start doing the number.
4:34Let's go.
4:35Music.
4:39Good lord.
4:40I just want to say, stand up tall.
4:42So what did you think of your first pyramid?
4:45Yeah, you never know.
4:46I didn't know what to expect.
4:48I really didn't think she'd be on the bottom.
4:51Mackenzie--
4:51It's because you're new.
4:52I know, I know.
4:54But still, I thought that was a lot of pressure
4:57on a little kid.
4:58Kendall absolutely should be on the bottom of that pyramid.
5:00I think Kendall should take up permanent residency
5:02at the bottom of the pyramid.
5:03We've been dealing with this one for a long time.
5:06You've got like three days under your belt, sister.
5:08Get used to the bottom row.
5:09I do this.
5:11Big.
5:14Little.
5:15The number we're doing for a Rising Star
5:18is called the Bad Apples.
5:20It's a 1940s number.
5:22A little Andrews Sisters, a little Katie Perry.
5:24And also a little jab to Cathy from Candy Apple.
5:29In three days she learned a solo, they switched the music
5:32the night before.
5:33That's what we do every week.
5:34My kid still has no music.
5:36I just don't understand why she couldn't have thrown her
5:39a little bone.
5:40Jill was up there bitching, because Kendall
5:42was at the bottom.
5:43I just don't get it.
5:44I've been in Abby's studio for 30 years,
5:46and my kids are always at the bottom.
5:47She's already starting off on a bad foot.
5:49I don't think it's fair for her
5:50to put a new kid who did a solo and did well
5:55at the bottom of the pyramid.
5:57But do you think it's OK for a kid who's been here for nine
5:59years to be at the bottom of the pyramid?
6:01Basically Nia, Chloe, or Maddie
6:05have to be bumped down in order for it
6:06to be OK is what I'm hearing.
6:09Well, sort of.
6:10That's what I'm hearing.
6:12In order for Kendall to go up, someone on top has to go down.
6:17Who has to go down?
6:18Is it Nia?
6:19Is it Chloe?
6:20Is it Maddie?
6:21I had an idea of who she suspects should be
6:25at the bottom of the pyramid.
6:26it's so subjective.
6:27Do you think Kendall's better than Nia?
6:29Well, I think had Kendall and competed directly
6:31against each other, I do.
6:34I mean, that's just--
6:36I'm just being honest, Holly.
6:37Kendall was the star at her studio,
6:39and now she's not the star.
6:41And I think that's really hard for Jill to handle.
6:43You say you want to be accepted
6:45and you want to be part of the group,
6:46but then you come in here and--
6:48you can't lay down the gauntlet saying my kid's better than all
6:50of your kids.
6:51I kind of think of this group as a little bit like a sorority.
6:53Like you pledge a little bit, you kind of like, you sit back,
6:56you pay your dues, and then you get to the top.
6:58Like I don't think you can come in here expecting to be like,
7:01boom I'm at the top because I say so.
7:03I think she deserves it.
7:04[interposing voices]
7:05We all work.
7:07I can't worry about your kids, I've got to worry about mine.
7:09Don't worry about my daughter.
7:10I'm just telling you, she's not going to give you everything,
7:13because she doesn't give me everything,
7:14and I've been here a whole hell of a lot longer than you.
7:16So wait a minute, you're in your honeymoon period.
7:18You probably could get away with talking to her,
7:20where the rest of us can never say a word.
7:22You might be able to get her ear and like and speak your piece.
7:25Do I interrupt this class?
7:27I suggested that Jill go down and talk to Abby, because I
7:31think everyone needs a little initiation when you join
7:33our group, and the best way to get that is to go right
7:36in there and tell Abby Miller how you feel.
7:37Hold eight, flick at one.
7:39Point your feet, Mackenzie.
7:46Ready, go.
7:48Abby, I need to talk to you.
7:50Can we have two minutes?
7:51Two minutes?
7:52You shouldn't even be in here with those shoes on.
7:53Jill doesn't understand how the dynamics in my studio work.
7:57She's been at this a long time.
7:59She spends thousands of dollars on competition entrance fees
8:02when she should have been spending all that money
8:05on technique classes.
8:06Does anybody have any popcorn?
8:09You really need to go stay with other mothers.
8:11I just wanted to talk to you about Kendall.
8:14Give me a minute.
8:15Maddie, [inaudible].
8:18We've played by your rules.
8:19Right?
8:20I'm a little disappointed that Kendall's
8:22at the bottom of the pyramid.
8:23Abby, I need to know what you need for me to get her up.
8:27I don't need anything from you.
8:30Ladies, I didn't hear anybody counting.
8:32One, and two, and three, and four and.
8:35Look at her feet, they're not even together.
8:38Look at her feet, they're still not together.
8:40Kendall, squeeze your feet, honey.
8:41Put your ankles together.
8:43We can't have honey, honey, honey.
8:45Leave it up to me.
8:45I will.
8:47She will sink, or she will swim.
8:48And I'm counting on you.
8:49Right.
8:51And I have faith on you.
8:52You're going to pay a lot of money to go to Harvard.
8:54Someone's going to be the valedictorian,
8:56and thousands of other people aren't.
8:58I liked watching Abby shut Jill down, just because Jill
9:02definitely has ulterior motives.
9:03I think she'll do anything to get Kendall ahead.
9:05Does everyone wants to be at the top of pyramid?
9:07Yes.
9:09Well--
9:10- OK? - All right.
9:11Let's go.
9:12All right, work it.
9:15[music playing]
9:20Now is the time for us to show our technique.
9:23Keep our toes pointed, straight knees,
9:25keep everything nice and tight.
9:26We're going to get busy.
9:28I haven't seen any of the dance moms
9:30since we came back from LA, and LA was really humiliating
9:33for me.
9:35But you know, I had to brush myself off and get a game plan.
9:38And when the dance moms from Abby Lee Dance Center see us,
9:42they are going to be blown away.
9:44Higher!
9:46Yeah, see, that's beautiful?
9:53[music playing]
9:55How about Jill?
9:57Being mad that Kendall's at the bottom of the pyramid.
9:59I know.
10:00Hello, you're brand new.
10:01Oh, I'm a team player, but I can't worry about your girls.
10:05Kelly and I are at lunch, and of course, the main topic
10:07of conversation is the new girl.
10:08Oh.
10:11I forgot, I brought something to show you.
10:13[music playing]
10:14I have a book from a competition from a few years ago.
10:17Oh, you're kidding me.
10:19No, because I keep my books.
10:20Chloe, Maddie, and Kendall all danced in the same age group
10:23against one another solos.
10:24And Jill never remembered our girls beating her daughter.
10:29I remember.
10:30Chloe was actually three, Maddie was one, Kendall was 10.
10:36Are you going to take that and show her tonight?
10:37I might.
10:38Oh, I think you should.
10:39She doesn't know what she's messing with, because I've got
10:41these books from years back.
10:43So if she wants to play that game, I'll pull them all out.
10:46I think there's more to Jill's story than meets the eye.
10:49I think that we all need to do a little digging
10:51and find out why she's a studio hopper and why all of a sudden
10:54she's knocking on our door when she's lived down
10:56the street from us for years.
10:58I there's a lot to be learned about Jill.
11:01And I think it's better to know what you're dealing
11:04with than to be blindsided.
11:06Anyone who talks like this all the time just can't be trusted.
11:12[music playing]
11:19ABBY LEE MILLER: Brooke's routine, Garden of Eden,
11:21is a lyrical acrobatic routine, and she's really
11:24going to impress the judges.
11:25She's going to leave everybody wanting more.
11:27That head is like the drop.
11:29What is that?
11:30The word on the street is that Cathy has entered somebody
11:34directly against Brooke as far as age goes.
11:38So Brooke needs to go out there and show everybody
11:41that she is flawless.
11:44[music playing]
11:45As you know, we've just added the Abby Lee Dance Company
11:48as part of our repertoire of enemies.
11:52And particularly Brooke.
11:54Brooke is a title winner just like you.
11:57Is she a two time title winner like you?
11:59No.
12:00I think that my main message to Abby
12:03is yes, she's a very good dance studio, and so are we.
12:07You're wondering what's going on, head.
12:10Is Abby the only person that has a dance studio that
12:13is successful?
12:14No.
12:15Cathy has a dance studio that's very successful too.
12:18Brooke over here, I think her forte
12:21is like laying on the floor and then crawling around
12:26on her neck.
12:27But you, on the other hand, have these amazing combination
12:30pirouettes.
12:31And Miss Vivi, Erika is going to look at you,
12:35she's going to look at you.
12:36That's your cue, OK?
12:38Don't be sitting over here sleeping.
12:40You've got to dance like you want a puppy,
12:42you've got to earn your puppy.
12:43Now's the time.
12:45OK?
12:46That was our deal.
12:47Yes.
12:48Now's the time to earn our puppy.
12:50Oh, I'm sorry, honey.
12:51OK.
12:52We ready?
12:57Oh my God, I did that?
12:58Yeah.
13:01I hope I can still dance.
13:03OK, let's go.
13:05Just a minor tragedy.
13:06[music playing]
13:15ABBY LEE MILLER: Five, six, seven, eight.
13:19Pliet when you land.
13:21Turn out, turn out.
13:24Oh my God, I know what I wanted to show you.
13:27I was going through Chloe's shelf,
13:30and I found the book from the competition
13:34that we were talking about.
13:35Oh, which one?
13:36The one that we were saying--
13:37yeah.
13:38And I have all the scores written down
13:39from that competition.
13:41Chloe was third, Maddie was first, but Kendall was tenth.
13:44So--
13:45Christi brought the program book to show it to Jill,
13:48because she wants her to know--
13:51my daughter is going to be a threat to you.
13:53But you don't care about winning.
13:54I'm not going to let them get to me.
13:56Even if they're intimidated by me or my little eight-year-old,
14:00I'm going to make it work.
14:02I like these ones.
14:03Yeah.
14:04You guys want to see the snoods?
14:05That's just like starting.
14:06Where did you find snoods?
14:07Oh, that's the rat.
14:09Ew.
14:11I did not want us to be able to find these things.
14:14Abby has us wearing a rat.
14:16A rat is a foam thing that you roll your hair in,
14:20and it makes you look kind of like George Washington.
14:23The ugliest thing ever.
14:25When you saw how ugly those were,
14:26why would you purchase them?
14:28You go, you tell her you looked, and they didn't have them.
14:31Let's go show her.
14:32Jill needs to learn.
14:33You just tell Abby, we don't know where they're at,
14:35we can't find them, and then you don't have to wear them.
14:37Like oh, if this is what Abby wants, if I get it,
14:39maybe I'll move up the pyramid.
14:40Exactly.
14:41All the other moms will complain about it.
14:43And these two are like, do my hair.
14:44Are we at a junior high sleepover?
14:46Can you do my hair?
14:47[giggling]
14:48I think Jill is really trying to make an effort
14:51to appear as a team player at this point,
14:52because it's all she has.
14:53She wants to be a member of the team,
14:56and her position is very precarious.
14:58So I think once she becomes a member of the team,
15:00the tides are going to turn a little bit with Jill.
15:02[music playing]
15:06ABBY LEE MILLER: Stop!
15:09Paige, what are you doing?
15:12OK, let's just go again.
15:14I'm going to go in and give my kids the props.
15:16And then--
15:17Oh, can I have the hat?
15:18Yes.
15:19And I'm just going to say--
15:21They're lining up, Kell.
15:22ABBY LEE MILLER: Maddie, no more stupid mistakes up there.
15:24What are you doing?
15:26Are they running solos?
15:28I'm going to put these props in here.
15:29Kelly, if she's 13, let her carry it herself.
15:32Next time, you can come up-- she didn't know I brought
15:35a hat. - Whatever.
15:36[interposing voices]
15:36--wasting more time.
15:38You want me to run the solos--
15:39You're yelling at me for bringing them
15:41the stuff that they need.
15:42Do you want us to be hands-on moms?
15:45Because you just told Nia her mom didn't love her.
15:47I want you to be gone, and I want to get the two
15:5014-year-olds that came to the audition and put them
15:52in the dance.
15:53Throw me out, throw me out.
15:54Go ride ahead.
15:55Go
15:57Kelly has absolutely no right to interrupt the classroom.
16:01Nobody pays that much money.
16:03No one.
16:19Who the hell is she to ask me if I'm drinking?
16:21In front of a dance class.
16:22That's where it crossed a line.
16:26Whether I was drinking or not is none of her damn business.
16:29And to say it in front of my children.
16:31What did you
16:32watch the glass turn it out
16:35she wonders why my kids want to do other things I mean would
16:39you want to go to your extracurricular activity
16:41and do nothing but get yelled at?
16:44it's supposed to be fun.
16:45I was so frustrated.
16:47I feel like I should stick up for myself,
16:50but no matter what I do, she still keeps torturing me
16:54and torturing my kids.
16:56I kind of feel like I'm between a rock and a hard place.
16:59I want my kids to stay there at the studio
17:01because they love it there, but I'm not doing my job as a mom
17:04by letting her treat them that way.
17:06I just can't take it anymore.
17:10I just don't know why I let my kids do this.
17:17I'm torturing my kids.
17:25One, two, three, four, five, six.
17:26One, two, three, four, five, six.
17:28OK, stop.
17:29Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
17:31I want to talk about that.
17:32From you two, I'm getting this.
17:35That's not what I want.
17:37I want the shoulders down so you would stick your hip out
17:40instead of giving me this which looks really stupid.
17:43I came up with a new plan to come back with a vengeance.
17:46This competition is on my home turf,
17:49and those dance moms aren't going to know what hit them.
17:51Stop looking at me.
17:52Look at me with your ears.
17:55[music playing]
17:57ABBY LEE MILLER: Girls, come on, listen to me.
17:59Tomorrow you are leaving for competition,
18:02and you're all acting like a bunch of three-year-olds
18:04at your first recital costume.
18:05Stop, get over there, and start working on the number.
18:09I'm feeling kind of happy that we get to go to Ohio
18:12and compete against the Candy Apples.
18:15I mean, I don't really care if we don't win.
18:17But I think we will win.
18:21Ew, are those our costumes?
18:23Not my favorite.
18:25Wait till we put the snood on.
18:27Oh.
18:29Ugly.
18:31That's not very Katie Perry.
18:32Now we're going to hear a snood and a rat?
18:36Abby wants us to go and make applesauce out of the Candy
18:39Apples, but here we are with an ugly costume, rats and snoods,
18:43and we're doing '40's moves.
18:45You think she'll be rude to me?
18:46Yes.
18:47Oh, absolutely.
18:48I think it's guilty by association.
18:50She'll be like, you're replacing me in the group.
18:54I would expect nothing less from Cathy than her shenanigans
18:58that she pulls.
18:59I wouldn't be surprised if she comes backstage and tries
19:01to like steal costumes off of our kids
19:03backs that we paid for.
19:05Or if she tries to get out of us what music we're using.
19:07Like although those are last year's tricks.
19:09I'm sure she'll have something new up her sleeve.
19:11Well, she's after Brooke this week, so--
19:14Oh.
19:16Bring it.
19:17[music playing]
19:20ABBY LEE MILLER: Nia, your [inaudible] directions--
19:25What's the word?
19:26What about the world's ugliest mushrooms.
19:28Nothing about that, but Abby wants Jill and Holly
19:30downstairs.
19:31Why?
19:33Crap.
19:34We're going to find out.
19:35Rehearsals aren't going as well as I would like.
19:37I had to call Holly and Jill down.
19:39I wanted them to see with their own eyes
19:42what Nia and Kendall keep doing wrong.
19:47Watch Nia, watch this show.
19:50It's a split jeté change stretch.
19:52You see that front foot?
19:54Completely flexed.
19:56And watch, look at Kendall's-- they never are together.
20:01So did you find anything out about Jill?
20:04She's down there.
20:05You can speak freely.
20:06Did she mention to you like, why all of a sudden
20:08she decided to come here?
20:10[music playing]
20:11She said she's wanted to come here for years.
20:13But I said, why--
20:14I don't believe that for one minute.
20:16She lives down the street, and yet she
20:17drove an our in each direction.
20:19She's been to three studios in six years.
20:21I just think she gets tired of studios.
20:23Me too, but somehow I stick it out.
20:24I don't know, I've heard some stuff,
20:27and I don't think it's getting tired of studios.
20:29Really? What have you heard?
20:30If anything, it's--
20:34[music playing]
20:36Thank you.
20:41ABBY LEE MILLER: Bus driver Jim, why didn't we
20:44jump on the turnpike and hit 79 the other way so we wouldn't
20:47miss all this traffic?
20:48She yells at the bus driver every time we get on the bus.
20:50Apparently that little navigation system in front
20:53isn't good enough.
20:54You need to put Abby Lee Miller on your dashboard
20:55so she can give you the directions.
21:02In a shocking turn of events, Melissa and Jill
21:05announced that they went shopping
21:07and they bought a gift for Abby, because that's
21:10what I think about when I'm shopping-- what can I bring
21:13Abby?
21:14It's just a little something that Melissa and I--
21:16[laughter]
21:18--we saw it and thought of you.
21:20Ooh.
21:23Pretty.
21:24Now I need a gold outfit to go with it.
21:26And gold earrings and a gold necklace.
21:29You can get that next week.
21:30Well, keep it up.
21:30[laughter]
21:31Beautiful, look.
21:34Hey, ladies, I'm going to put this away, but thank you very
21:36much for thinking of me.
21:37How about the next time you're out, I need a husband.
21:41[music playing]
21:44Girls, come on.
21:45Let's go.
21:46This is a very important competition,
21:47there's a lot at stake.
21:49We have a group number against Candy Apple and Brooke's solo.
21:52Never a dull moment in the Abby Lee Dance Company.
21:56Oh, I got mail.
21:58So we arrive at the hotel in Columbus,
22:00and as we're checking in, Kelly gets a note.
22:02We are cordially invited to a soiree
22:04in the presidential suite downtown Columbus.
22:07Cocktail attire encouraged.
22:09What kind of event is this?
22:11[squeals] - What is it?
22:13Let me see.
22:14Oh no.
22:15A freaking apple.
22:16[laughter]
22:18I just don't know what Cathy is trying to provide inviting us
22:21to a party, but we're going to go.
22:23[music playing]
22:29Hi, you're not wearing a gown.
22:31Thank goodness you're not wearing a gown.
22:32We thought you'd be wearing a gown.
22:34You know how you're supposed to keep your friends close
22:35and your enemies closer?
22:37Well, these ladies need to see the way my studio travels--
22:40its first class all the way.
22:43Something Abby Lee doesn't know anything about.
22:45Have you guys missed me?
22:49I am actually excited to see Abby, I hate to say it.
22:52Do you think she's a good leader?
22:54She just wants our kids to be the best they can be.
22:57I just feel you guys would be so happy if you were someplace
23:01where you had a good leader.
23:07I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
23:08How many fights have you had with her already?
23:11Oh God, I don't even know.
23:13It seems like it's a negative experience for you guys.
23:16Why don't you go somewhere where you're going to be happy?
23:18Never in a million years did I ever
23:20think Cathy would try to poach us from Abby.
23:22I thought she hated us.
23:23Abby is still playing her games.
23:27That's too bad.
23:32[music playing]
23:36Get them up, get them up.
23:38When we got off of the bus, I told my girls
23:41and their mothers--
23:42game faces on.
23:44Abby Lee, she draws on abs.
23:47We have real abs.
23:49Keep going.
23:50There they are.
23:51Keep your heads up high.
23:54And remember, no running, hugging, kissing.
23:56Just hi, how are you?
23:57Guys, guys, guys, guys, come here.
23:58Don't even look at them.
24:00Do not look at them, keep your eyes on me.
24:02Hey.
24:04How are you?
24:05You forgot a curler?
24:06[laughter]
24:09Very fashionable.
24:10Nobody could tell me?
24:13[interposing voices]
24:15Let's go girls.
24:18I'm going to overturn that apple cart.
24:21Cathy is going to go after the jumps, the turns, the tricks.
24:24I'm not going to do that.
24:25I'm going to go with entertainment value.
24:26I'm going to pull my bow and arrow,
24:28and I am going to be right on target.
24:30Ladies, think of everything I yell at you about five
24:33days ago, four days ago, three days ago, two days ago,
24:36yesterday.
24:37Go over that dance in your head.
24:38This is really important to me personally,
24:41it's really important to your moms.
24:43JILL VERTES: Kendall's a competitor,
24:44but I'm not sure she fully understands what's
24:47at stake here.
24:48ABBY LEE MILLER: Kendall, this is about you getting an Abby
24:50Lee League Dance Company jacket or going back
24:53to the regular process.
24:54You understand?
24:55Yes, mom?
24:56You understand that?
24:57I do.
24:59In order to do that, I expect--
25:00I want your corrections that I've corrected fixed.
25:04Kendall forgets that she is still on probation.
25:07And unless these technical issues get cleaned up quickly,
25:12her days are numbered.
25:13Ready for a snood?
25:17Let me go over this whole hair thing.
25:19HOLLY FRAZIER: I think the most stressful part
25:21of getting the girls ready for the competition is the hair.
25:24If your snood or your rat comes undone on stage,
25:28that is not going to be good.
25:33ABBY LEE MILLER: Wait a minute, wait a minute here.
25:35This is a snood.
25:36I know.
25:37We have to-- we can't wear different things on stage,
25:39you guys.
25:39Why am I finding out this now?
25:41You know, these moms may not know the difference
25:43between snoods, but I can tell.
25:45Some are thick crocheted knitted scnoods,
25:48and the other are really thin nylon almost like a hairnet.
25:51Every one of these snoods has to be exactly the same.
25:55Details could make or break a number.
25:57But why didn't you buy seven new ones of that?
25:59Because when I left yesterday morning,
26:03I searched around four different stores Saturday morning.
26:06That's what I got.
26:07But nobody told me, I would've said, hey Holly,
26:08don't buy something different.
26:09Where you?
26:10Where were you?
26:12Four different stores, four different stores,
26:13four different stores.
26:15Holly, go to 14 different stores and then start complaining.
26:18I said, buy seven of the same thing.
26:21You know, I'm getting sick and tired about hearing
26:23these snoods, OK?
26:24I want the thin ones that Holly
26:27bought in everybody's hair, and I want this in Nia's hair.
26:31We have the same thing.
26:33I'm the choreographer.
26:34Yoo-hoo, I'm over here.
26:36I designed the costume.
26:37The rats and the snoods make the number.
26:43What do you mean last night?
26:46We had a soiree, and she was the only person there.
26:50Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute.
26:52When I left last night, you all didn't go up to your rooms?
26:55No, we went and changed.
26:58Well, I think that's really going behind my back,
27:00and I don't appreciate it.
27:01But what does she have to say?
27:02Because that's solicitation.
27:04She was asking us why we stay at your studio.
27:07She just had some not so nice things to say about you.
27:09I would never go and invite a bunch of moms
27:13from another dance studio to my room
27:14and then talk about their teacher.
27:15I can't believe that Cathy went behind my back
27:19again and invited my dance moms to a cocktail party.
27:23Who does that?
27:24That just goes to show you coffee is underhanded tricks
27:28again thinking it's going to get her out in the competition.
27:31Not.
27:32All right, girls.
27:33Let's go right.
27:34Break a leg!
27:35[interposing voices]
27:40Are you the new new little girl?
27:42Yeah.
27:43Are you the one that said hi to me?
27:44That walked by?
27:45I don't think.
27:46Oh, well, good luck.
27:47Thank you.
27:49ABBY LEE MILLER: You know, I didn't appreciate coffee
27:51going up to Kendall in the wings and wishing her good luck.
27:55Oh, you're the new girl?
27:56Good luck.
27:57She's a grown adult, why would you do that to a little kid?
27:59What's up with your guys' hair?
28:01It's interesting.
28:02OK, have fun.
28:04We are going to just slaughter the Candy Apples.
28:07[music playing]
28:11PA: Next up, Abby Lee Dance Company with Bad Apples.
28:16[music playing]
28:23[applause and cheering]
28:28(SINGING) Honey, won't you meet me at the apple tree?
28:31[inaudible]
28:34Honey, won't you meet me at the apple tree?
28:36[inaudible]
28:45Oh.
28:53CATHY NESBITT-STEIN: So I'm watching the Abby Lee dancers,
28:55and all of the Apples.
28:57I was clearly represented.
28:59I love it.
29:00[applause and cheering]
29:02Honey, won't you meet me at the apple tree?
29:04[inaudible]
29:07Ooh.
29:13[applause and cheering]
29:16[music playing]
29:17I really think that their faces,
29:19and their facial expression, and kind of that old fashioned look
29:23really stood out during the performance.
29:25I thought they did great.
29:26PA: Next up, Candy Apples Dance Company with Baile Española.
29:31[applause and cheering]
29:36Go girls!
29:38[music playing]
29:52These girls totally look a lot older than our kids.
29:56They look 14, 15.
30:01[applause and cheering]
30:03They were well trained, their technique was beautiful,
30:06they were doing five and six terms together as a group.
30:09I am really concerned.
30:12[interposing voices]
30:14[applause and cheering]
30:23[music playing]
30:28After watching the number, I'm not certain that our girls are
30:31going to pull it off.
30:35Yeah.
30:36They looked really old.
30:37Some of them were almost my height.
30:42And I really questioned Cathy's integrity,
30:44because you don't want to be known as somebody that
30:47lies about kids' ages at a competition.
30:50Well, that went down the tubes, didn't it?
30:53What?
30:54Well, when Kendall goes early, it doesn't hold and doesn't
30:56listen to the music.
30:57Kendall, do you play an instrument?
31:00You need to.
31:01You need to learn to read music.
31:02You need to learn to hear it.
31:04You have to step up the face if you're standing next
31:05to this one.
31:06She was over the top with this face.
31:08Girls, this was an easy, baby dance.
31:11I'm very upset with the girls.
31:13This was an easy piece, and they blew it.
31:15Abby, don't think those girls were much older than ours?
31:18They looked much older.
31:19That's my job.
31:20I need to worry about that.
31:22Do you think those girls were nine and 10 years old?
31:23No, I don't think they were nine and 10.
31:25However, I look like an idiot that I just
31:27can't win on our own talent, and choreography, and costuming--
31:30I think we can win.
31:31--that I have to call somebody out,
31:33because I think their kids are too old.
31:34I'm going to have to walk out of here
31:35with my tail between my legs getting
31:37beat by Cathy from Candy Apple.
31:40And I'm a little worried.
31:41I think you should be worried too.
31:47[music playing]
31:49[applause and cheering]
31:51It's not Amish.
31:53Yes, it is.
31:54No, you should know that.
31:55It's '40's.
31:56You know what, Cathy?
31:57Why don't you go think of something
31:58good to say and then come back and talk to me.
32:00Because if that's all you got, it's not that good.
32:04[applause and cheering]
32:06ABBY LEE MILLER: They're about to announce the group awards,
32:08and I'm dreading it.
32:10Cathy's girls are good.
32:12I think this might be the one time that Cathy beats us.
32:17ANNOUNCER 1: Third place, number 47, Dock of the Bay.
32:20[applause and cheering]
32:24Second [inaudible],, number 44, Baile Española.
32:28[applause and cheering]
32:32[inaudible] small group number 43, Apple Tree.
32:36[applause and cheering]
32:43I guess that Abby was right about the wrath of the snood,
32:46because we did win first place.
32:48I guess the judges liked that.
32:49It went with the theme of the dance.
32:51I think it's time for some pork chops and apple sauce.
32:54[applause and cheering]
32:55How do you like them apples, Cathy?
33:00It's beyond words for me.
33:01I am totally irritated with this whole situation.
33:05It's an outrage that she won.
33:07Our dance was far superior.
33:09Did you see how pissed Cathy was?
33:11She was.
33:12I would love to see the scores on that one.
33:14I'm sorry, and you know me, I don't ever rock the boat.
33:18But that was a no-brainer.
33:21She's got a 287, Baile Española scored a 275.
33:25Oh my God, that is utterly ridiculous.
33:27Abby Lee has barely beaten us in this group number,
33:30but right now I don't have time to just sit and brood
33:33about that.
33:34I've got to focus on Erica, because Erica is going up
33:37against Brooke in a couple of minutes,
33:38and I think we can still win this.
33:40They were sitting behind us, and I heard them saying,
33:43we're sweating bullets.
33:44So you know what?
33:45They were nervous, their knees were knocking,
33:48their butts were shaking.
33:50Brooke, warmed up?
33:52Nothing sloppy, don't worry about the apple.
33:54I am relieved that that group competition is over.
33:57I was really worried that we were going to lose.
34:00Now I need to concentrate on Brooke, because those older
34:04girls up against her are very talented.
34:06We're on 102, so you have one more, and then you're up.
34:09Thank you.
34:10The Candy Apples did a great job, so at that point,
34:13I was getting really nervous.
34:15[applause and cheering]
34:20Beautiful.
34:21PA: Next up, Abby Lee solo--
34:23Garden of Eden.
34:25[music playing]
34:54[applause]
35:22[applause and cheering]
35:30Abby look at me and was like, she did great.
35:33For Abby to say that, Brooke had to do pretty good.
35:37Good luck.
35:41It's all up to Erica right now to bring us some justice.
35:45PA: Next up, Candy Apple solo--
35:47Through the Looking Glass.
35:49[music playing]
35:50(SINGING) If you had a chance to see, more than
35:53you could ever see.
35:56If you had a chance to know, all that people really show.
36:01Peep behind the curtains, take a look inside, the secrets
36:05that the world don't know.
36:07What we try to hide, what we can't define.
36:13There are things you can't explain,
36:16[inaudible] in the rain.
36:24[applause and cheering]
36:29ABBY LEE MILLER: I think Brooke gave an amazing performance,
36:31but I'm a little bit worried, because that other girl
36:33from Candy Apple was much more mature than Brooke.
36:37[clapping]
36:37You made it look fabulous.
36:38Go hug your mommy.
36:40It was fabulous.
36:42Aw.
36:42Yay.
36:44It doesn't seem like she was from Cathy's studio at all.
36:45Exactly.
36:47She's at least 15.
36:48Yeah.
36:49There's no way that kid's 11, 12.
36:50I don't think so either.
36:51Hi there.
36:52Hello.
36:53I was just wondering if we could talk to Cathy and Erica's
36:55mom.
36:56Sure.
36:57If you guys could come upstairs with me?
36:59Mm-hmm.
37:00They're questioning Erica's age.
37:01Who is?
37:02The competition.
37:03Yeah, because I was back there,
37:04and the girl walked over and goes,
37:05we need birth certificates for Cathy's students.
37:08Hi, Cathy. I'm Leigh with Rising Star.
37:10Hi. Nice to meet you.
37:11We've got a lot of people questioning--
37:12Erica?
37:14- Yeah. - Erica's age.
37:15Yeah.
37:16We have people complaining that they have seen her perform
37:19in the 14 age division at other competitions.
37:23OK, so I don't have birth certificates.
37:24I didn't have to have a birth certificates at the last--
37:26Let me ask you a question-- how old is Erica in her date
37:28of birth?
37:29Erica is 14, January 17, 1997.
37:33So '97, she's 13, 14, then?
37:36All right, she is in the wrong age division.
37:37And so is Brooke.
37:39OK, I'll take that up in a minute with--
37:41We definitely need to take that up, OK?
37:43I promise you, OK.
37:45Hi, Abby.
37:46Hi, how are you?
37:47Good.
37:48We got somebody questioning Brooke's age.
37:51ABBY LEE MILLER: OK, she's 13, and she turned--
37:53When is her birth date?
37:54January--
37:55Of what year?
37:57I don't know.
38:01Our ages go as of the first of the year, so she would have
38:05been 12 the first year she turned 13 in January.
38:08Right.
38:10I can call and get it faxed.
38:12That'll do.
38:13Some of the people at the competition
38:15thought that Brooke wasn't in the correct age category.
38:19Is one of them Candy Apple, Cathy Nesbitt?
38:22Yes, she is.
38:23I mean, that girl that she had in there,
38:25there is no way that she's 12.
38:28No, she is not.
38:28She is 13, 14.
38:30We've already moved her out--
38:31ABBY LEE MILLER: --I was going to say.
38:32I mean, you know how long I've been doing it.
38:33I have never seen a dance instructor blatantly
38:37lie about a kid's age to try to beat me.
38:39Erika is a beautiful dancer.
38:42Had her teacher entered her in the right age division,
38:45she probably would have won the whole thing.
38:47But, instead, she was disqualified.
38:49CATHY NESBITT-STEIN: But you know what?
38:50It doesn't matter.
38:52Those people who ruin it are just the ones that are jealous.
38:55Brooke just competed, and they're questioning her age.
38:59COMPETITION DIRECTOR: OK.
39:00Brooke is 13 years old.
39:02She was born in January of 1998, which
39:05makes her 12 for this particular cutoff date.
39:09They need her birth certificate.
39:10Is there any way you could take a picture with your phone
39:12and send it to the judge?
39:14I have the judge's phone number.
39:16COMPETITION DIRECTOR: I have it right here.
39:17Thank you.
39:18ABBY LEE MILLER: I called my competition director.
39:20She faxed over the birth certificate.
39:22Everything was good.
39:23My apple seeds are all lined up in a row.
39:26PA: [inaudible], age 11, 12.
39:28At second place, platinum score number 103, Desert Rain--
39:32[cheering]
39:33Our first place Platinum score number 104, Garden of Eden
39:36from Abby Lee Dance Company.
39:40ABBY LEE MILLER: Good job.
39:41Great job.
39:41I'm proud of everybody.
39:42You worked hard.
39:43Whoo.
39:44BROOKE: I ended up getting first, overall.
39:46And I was really excited.
39:49And I just hope Abby's proud because I really worked hard
39:51for this.
39:52CATHY NESBITT-STEIN: Hi, guys.
39:53ABBY LEE MILLER: Hello.
39:54How are you?
39:55ABBY LEE MILLER: Good.
39:56CATHY NESBITT-STEIN: I just wanted
39:58to tell you that your red was such a nice tribute to Candy
40:01Apples.
40:02And--
40:03My colors have been black and red since 19--
40:07whatever-- 80--
40:08Oh, better give me a birth certificate on that.
40:10[boom]
40:11CATHY NESBITT-STEIN: Mine have been red and white since--
40:14mine have been red and white--
40:16That woman went right to nasty, rotten to the core.
40:20The moms were telling me that you were really--
40:23Oh, you know what?
40:24--dissing me.
40:25Wondering why they're still with me.
40:27CATHY NESBITT-STEIN: Just questioning--
40:28Cathy, something tells me that you would love to have us.
40:30Oh, you think way too highly of yourself, especially the way
40:33you dress. - Listen, Granny.
40:34You know what, Christi?
40:35- Take it out to the hallway. - All right.
40:36Listen, Nose--
40:37[boom]
40:38CHRISTI LUKASIAK: Leave it to Kathy to take it to
40:40below the belt level.
40:42You've done nothing but complain about her forever.
40:46You need to take your cheap dress and mosey on out.
40:50--Ralph Lauren there, Honey.
40:51CATHY NESBITT-STEIN: Oh, I highly doubt it.
40:52Awe.
40:53CHRISTI LUKASIAK: Go back to Junior High, Grandma.
40:54Cathy is the geriatric mean girl.
40:57Be gone, Witch.
40:58You have no powers here.

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