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0:02[music playing]
0:04ABBY LEE: We are going to--
0:06Starpower!
0:07Maddie, you have one number to dance and that's it.
0:09You're going to deal with it.
0:11Be a grownup.
0:13ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER) Nia missed a big glissade.
0:15I corrected her over and over, and she still did it wrong.
0:17I want her in Afro.
0:19Do you have one?
0:20Oh, just like she's the token Black kid.
0:22I did not say that.
0:23But for $250 bucks a month, go somewhere else.
0:25Think closely about your words.
0:27ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): Coming up on "Dance Moms"--
0:29Well, here we are at Starpower in Orlando.
0:32Where's Cathy?
0:34Where's Vivi-Anne?
0:35We're-- we're getting off the party train.
0:37Well, you're a quitter.
0:40Hi!
0:42We heard so much about you.
0:44Good luck.
0:46[theme music]
0:49THEME SONG: Get up.
0:51Get on the floor.
0:52My world is with my girls, living on the dance floor.
0:58[music playing]
1:03ABBY LEE: This week we're starting on the road.
1:05We have a long road before we get to nationals.
1:10Here we are, at Starpower in Orlando.
1:12It's, like, their toughest competition.
1:14These people do not mess around.
1:16I'm so glad to be at a dance studio.
1:19You have no idea.
1:20Girls, let's go!
1:22Come on!
1:23All right.
1:24Where's Cathy?
1:26Where's Vivi-Anne?
1:28MELISSA: Don't know.
1:29ABBY LEE: The first thing I noticed--
1:30no Cathy, No Vivi-Anne, no show.
1:32Right now I am at the end of my rope with Cathy.
1:35KELLY: It doesn't surprise me at all that Cathy's not here
1:37for assignments.
1:38You know, she picks and chooses what she wants to come to.
1:41Mackenzie, now, you and Vivi-Anne are supposed to have
1:45a duet, but no Vivi.
1:48So you might be doing "Summer" by yourself.
1:52Chloe, you're going to take a week off.
1:55I'm not going to do a new solo for you.
1:57I think you need to work on your technique.
1:59CHLOE: I would have been OK if Miss Abby would have picked
2:01another week for me to work on technical stuff.
2:04But I don't think it was really that fair,
2:06because I was the only one.
2:07And this was, like, kind of a big week.
2:10I was happy with fourth place.
2:12Your mother was not.
2:14And I don't think you were, either.
2:16CHRISTI: I'm shocked that Chloe's on the bottom.
2:17I thought Chloe was fabulous.
2:19Abby needs to remember that she has a problem with me,
2:21she needs to take it up with me and not
2:23punish my nine-year-old.
2:24ABBY LEE: Nia--
2:27After Nia performed "Laquifa" in Connecticut,
2:29I am not surprised at all that she's in the bottom row.
2:32Actually, I think it's a good thing that the judges did not
2:35find "Laquifa" to be exceptional.
2:37I think kudos to them.
2:39I was happy with you.
2:40Your mother is not happy with the choreography,
2:43so we're going to work on that.
2:44Mom, I don't want any more altercations like Connecticut.
2:49It was a conversation.
2:50I don't want any more conversations like Connecticut.
2:53HOLLY: An altercation-- I think of it as being something that's
2:56really threatening.
2:57And my conversation, just calling her
3:00on issues of accountability, is not anything of an altercation.
3:04It's a conversation.
3:06ABBY LEE: Maddie, you won.
3:08It was great.
3:09Costume was gorgeous.
3:10Everything clicked.
3:12I just don't want to see tears.
3:14You're at the top of the age scale.
3:15You did a beautiful job.
3:17You did the title.
3:18This is your year.
3:19Maddie has been on this winning streak,
3:20and she just wins everywhere we go.
3:23So, hopefully, she can repeat her performance
3:26from Connecticut and win another title here.
3:28Let's talk about the group number for this week's
3:30competition.
3:31The number is called "Snapshot."
3:33You're all models.
3:35So who's modeled before?
3:36You've all modeled.
3:37Perfect.
3:38So, now, you know what the runway is.
3:40What else is at a fashion show?
3:43A photographer.
3:44I've got a lot to think about over the last 24 hours,
3:47and I think we need to bring a boy in to be the photographer.
3:50What do you think?
3:51Brooke?
3:52Yes.
3:53[laughs]
3:55I have a surprise for all of you, a big surprise.
4:01Here's our photographer.
4:02[suspenseful music]
4:08It's Brandon!
4:10He looks so weird!
4:12[laughter]
4:13Brandon and I used to like each other a couple of years
4:16ago, but it never really went anywhere.
4:18Is he here?
4:19[music playing]
4:20Brandon!
4:21No!
4:22ABBY LEE: Diane?
4:23[cheering]
4:28I brought Brandon in because he's a good looking guy.
4:31He's very masculine on stage, which all of my boys are.
4:34I pride myself on that.
4:36And he's getting to the point where
4:37he's old enough and strong enough to do overhead lifts.
4:40Hi, Diane.
4:41Come stand in the line.
4:43My name is Diane.
4:44Brandon has been one of Abby's best answers for years.
4:47Abby told me she needed a boy to spice up one of her numbers,
4:49and that's why we're here.
4:50[chatter]
4:52KELLY: Brandon and Brooke got paired up as duet partners.
4:55They used to do great together, and then they started
4:57liking each other and dating.
5:00Once they started dating, they lost that connection
5:03in their dancing.
5:04Because I think they were, like, embarrassed of each other.
5:06Brooke, Brandon, you used to have a duet.
5:08[laughter]
5:12Well, guess what?
5:13You're going to be doing some partner work.
5:15Brandon, you're not used to this pace that we've been on.
5:18You have four days to pull this number together.
5:21It's not about laying in the sun.
5:22It's not about riding a ride.
5:24It's about the dancing.
5:25Everybody, five minutes to warm up and then choreography.
5:29Let's go.
5:30[camera shutter clicking]
5:31[music playing]
5:34ABBY LEE: Chin up high when you face upstage.
5:38CHRISTI: Welcome to our world.
5:40And home away from home.
5:42Oh, god.
5:43I cannot believe we're in Orlando and I'm sitting in a--
5:46I know.
5:47--damn dance studio.
5:48[music playing]
5:49ABBY LEE: I'd rather her do a tumble flat grand jeté instead
5:51of the trick.
5:53"Snapshot" is our number.
5:55It's about models and a photographer,
5:57and the relationship grows from there.
6:01I felt that the chemistry between Brooke and Brandon
6:03would be good.
6:05I think they used to have a little fling at the studio.
6:08All right, Holly, it wasn't an altercation.
6:11It was a conversation.
6:12Oh, you're too funny.
6:13It wasn't.
6:14I'm just sick and tired of her always making something
6:17more dramatic than what it is.
6:18It was a conversation.
6:19I'm not a person that has altercations with people.
6:21CHRISTI: Wait.
6:22I got to tell you--
6:24Pointing foot's turned in, Nia.
6:29Stay on that outside, Brooke.
6:31Chloe, when you arch back, square your shoulders off even.
6:34And then she's making Chloe feel bad like, oh, no solo
6:36for you this week.
6:37We have to work on your technique.
6:38I was happy with fourth place, but your mother wasn't.
6:40HOLLY: I know.
6:41I never said that.
6:44I can't stand it.
6:45I can't stand it.
6:46I'm sitting around with these moms
6:47and I'm thinking, what the hell did I get myself into.
6:49The surest way that you will be at the bottom of the pyramid
6:51is if you speak up for anything about your child.
6:53CHRISTI: Yeah.
6:54HOLLY: You will go to the bottom.
6:55Like, Chloe didn't deserve to be
6:56at the bottom of the pyramid.
6:56MELISSA: No, not at all.
6:57GIANNA: In a line. In a line.
6:58It's ahead, straight ahead. GIANNA: In a line.
7:00ABBY LEE: That was nothing.
7:00That was silly.
7:01Passé, get that leg up.
7:03Sloppy arms.
7:04You two aren't even looking at each other.
7:06Come on!
7:07I wonder if she's nice.
7:08They better connect.
7:09Brooke and Brandon are acting really weird during the group
7:11number, doing their partnering.
7:13I think, personally, that they both still like each other.
7:16That's why they're acting that way.
7:17Brandon, when I say the word I want chemistry between you,
7:20what does that mean?
7:21I mean, you have to have, like,
7:22emotion between each other and just the passion
7:25that you would feel something.
7:26Right.
7:27Like, this girl makes your heart stop.
7:30Yes.
7:31What does it mean to you?
7:33ABBY LEE: [laughs]
7:35She's talking about Brandon and Brooke
7:36having the chemistry.
7:37I don't know if you have that much chemistry.
7:39No.
7:41And how are we going to get that in four days?
7:42You're getting older.
7:44You need to step up to the plate and bring the performance.
7:46She's said you're getting older, step up to the plate.
7:48Well, 13 isn't old enough to have that kind of chemistry.
7:52Now do the arch back.
7:55And look back at him, and slide slowly down.
8:00Ooh, lovely.
8:01[laughs] I think some of the moves in "Snapshot"
8:04were a little risque.
8:05I mean, I felt like I was watching "Dirty Dancing."
8:07Both of you need to use your stomachs and engage.
8:09Go.
8:10Watching Brooke and Brandon in rehearsal
8:12is like waiting for paste to get sticky.
8:14Chaine out.
8:15There's nothing happening, nothing.
8:18Kelly, Diane, come down here for a minute.
8:20I need to talk to you.
8:21Ha, ha!
8:23You guys take five.
8:25Brooke, Brandon, come on over here.
8:27Kelly, Diane!
8:28We're coming! ABBY LEE: I need to see you.
8:29Come on down!
8:30We have to walk there.
8:32Brooke, you and Brandon are carrying this number.
8:37So I need chemistry.
8:38I need something.
8:40And, if you two wouldn't mind, I'm gonna send 'em on a date.
8:44Oh.
8:45[laughs]
8:47But you two need to butt out of it.
8:49Don't get a table for four.
8:50Get a table for two and another table for two you.
8:53You let them do their own thing.
8:54Brandon and I never even really dated.
8:57We just liked each other and hung out all the time.
9:01I've never even really been on a real date before.
9:05[music playing]
9:09ABBY LEE: Holly, come on down!
9:10I told you I wanted you to come in on the private.
9:12Here I am.
9:14Come on in.
9:14Have a seat right here.
9:16HOLLY: After I requested that dance be put into the routine,
9:19Abby made it very clear that I had
9:21to be a part of that rehearsal.
9:23ABBY LEE: Do it again.
9:25Soutenu.
9:26Don't-- don't rush.
9:27Plié.
9:28Use your stomach.
9:29Do you see how she bobbles all over the place?
9:31She doesn't engage her abdominals.
9:32I made Holly come in and watch the rehearsal,
9:35because she does not have a clue that that kid cannot correct
9:42herself.
9:43Got it?
9:43You're on, kid.
9:45[music playing]
9:49[non-english singing]
9:54Face.
9:57Elbows lifted.
9:58HOLLY: I love it when Nia has an opportunity to demonstrate
10:00her talents individually.
10:02I'm not sure, however, that I would have picked
10:05another ethnic dance for Nia.
10:06This leg has to be over your head.
10:09Stretch this foot.
10:11Ooh, stretch it.
10:13HOLLY: I think Abby is definitely making a statement.
10:15I think she's setting Nia up for failure, to be quite honest,
10:17because I asked for it.
10:18I demanded it.
10:19Go!
10:20HOLLY: And Abby's going to give it back to me
10:22tenfold, by putting Nia in a situation where she is almost
10:26at the impossible level of being able to pull off
10:30a dance of that magnitude.
10:32ABBY LEE: No?
10:32Is that hard?
10:33Yeah.
10:34ABBY LEE: Hmm.
10:35I just don't understand with parents
10:38why these bombs don't get that I want everyone to win.
10:44[music playing]
10:47ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): It's been two days since anyone's
10:49heard from Cathy.
10:51In all my years of teaching dance,
10:53I have never had a dancer not show up.
10:56CATHY (ON PHONE): Hello? - Hello, Cathy.
10:57This is Abby.
10:58Do you think you could come to my room?
11:00CATHY (ON PHONE): Sure.
11:03[knock on door]
11:06Come on.
11:08Is this my last rites before execution?
11:10Yes.
11:11I've had it.
11:13If you don't want to be part of the team,
11:15don't be part of the team.
11:16That's ridiculous, Abby, because--
11:17- No, it's not. - --stuff happens.
11:19You flew all the way here and I'm pulling that duet.
11:22End of story.
11:29If you don't want to be part of the team,
11:32don't be part of the team.
11:33You flew all the way here and I'm pulling that duet.
11:34End of story.
11:35That's ridiculous, Abby, because--
11:36No, it's not.
11:37--stuff happens.
11:38CATHY: I have a lot going on back home.
11:40I was preparing my students for a competition
11:42that they're going to, and at that particular moment
11:45they were my top priority.
11:47So you're going to hurt Mackenzie then.
11:49You're hurting Mackenzie.
11:51I didn't hurt Mackenzie.
11:52I was there.
11:53I had music, I had costumes, I was prepared.
11:55But you're making--
11:56You didn't show up.
11:57But you are making the ultimate decision.
11:59I have to set an example for the rest of the team.
12:01If it's OK for you not to show up to the meeting,
12:04then it's OK for everybody not show for the meeting.
12:07CATHY: Abby is not happy with me and she
12:10wants to set an example of me.
12:13She wants to make sure that the other moms are seeing what
12:17happens if you defy the great Abby.
12:21ABBY LEE: Well--
12:22It's a big mistake.
12:23You're not a team player.
12:24Well, then I'm not a team player.
12:26[music playing]
12:31KELLY: Abby told Brooke and Brandon
12:32that they had to go and make a connection.
12:34So Diane and I took Brandon and Brooke to the Fun Spot.
12:37[music playing]
12:40BROOKE: I haven't seen Brandon in a while,
12:41and now we're on a date.
12:43And it's really weird.
12:44That looks fun.
12:46DIANE: Would you ride that?
12:47Will I ride that?
12:48Yeah.
12:49I'll ride that.
12:51How about we meet you in an hour?
12:52I think Brandon wanted to spend some time alone,
12:56so he told our parents to go.
12:57Oh, my god!
12:59[screams]
13:04Was that fun?
13:06Yeah.
13:07Well, that means I can drive you around when
13:08I get my license, right?
13:10I won't try to crash like I did in that.
13:11I'll die.
13:12[laughs]
13:13So I can't believe you're here.
13:15- I know. - I'm so excited!
13:16I know.
13:17I missed you.
13:18It's been weird.
13:19It's just dance.
13:19That's all that matters, dance.
13:21Yeah.
13:22But if you're at the dance studio, you're with Christi.
13:24If you're going somewhere, you're with Christi.
13:28Kelly has been my best friend for a long time,
13:30and it's been difficult because she's hanging out with Abby
13:34and these crazy dance moms all the time.
13:36So I don't see her very often anymore.
13:39I'm home every day.
13:41You know what, Kelly?
13:42I call.
13:43You don't answer.
13:44You know, it's just easier for me to stay away from there.
13:46I just stay away.
13:48You know, Chloe is in Paige's age category, so like,
13:51our classes are always at the same time.
13:53And--
14:01What do you think about Abby sending us here?
14:03She's weird.
14:05I mean, but you can understand where she's coming from,
14:07though. Right?
14:08No.
14:09BROOKE: If Brandon thinks anything's
14:10going to happen between us on this date, he's crazy.
14:14All she wants us to do is just have, like she was saying,
14:17chemistry or whatever.
14:23Yeah.
14:24I do.
14:25Hopefully, they can connect doing their duet.
14:28Oh, my god.
14:29I still think they like each other.
14:36Miss Abby told me and Brooke that we have to go and build
14:39chemistry.
14:40But, hey, we're doing the best we can.
14:43What do you think happened?
14:44I don't know.
14:45Can't we talk about something else?
14:47Like, look how high that roller coaster is.
14:48See? Look.
14:49Look. Look.
14:50Look.
14:52I think Brandon likes me, but I've moved on.
14:55I'm not really the same person I was when I was nine years old.
14:58Let's go ride a ride or find our moms.
15:01Whatever.
15:02Go find our mamas.
15:03[music playing]
15:10This week my is "Universe."
15:12Each week I compete, it gives me another chance
15:15to win another title.
15:16[music playing]
15:24Sometimes I feel a little pressure,
15:26but I'm a perfectionist.
15:28My mom always tells me that, and she
15:31said I keep trying until I win.
15:34And that's what I've been doing for a long time.
15:40My dream is to continue dancing forever.
15:43I want to be a professional dancer on Broadway.
15:46There's nothing else I ever do except for dance.
15:50[music playing]
15:55HOLLY: When we're on the road, away from Abby's studio,
15:58we have to rehearse any time and any place.
16:02Holly, are you working again?
16:04Well, actually, I'm not doing work-work.
16:06I'm trying to help Nia.
16:08I'm writing things down on this notebook--
16:10[laughs]
16:11HOLLY: --my official notebook of Abby's corrections.
16:12Your dance notebook.
16:13My dance notebook.
16:14When I signed up for dance, I expected a dance teacher
16:16to do this.
16:18But, since a dance teacher is not doing it, I have to step in
16:21and I have to give her whatever I can give as an educator
16:26to help her.
16:27I'm so out of my element.
16:28This is not what I'm used to doing.
16:30So my soutenu plié is written down here somewhere.
16:33[laughs] It's like you're speaking Chinese over there.
16:37Legs should be together.
16:42This week I'm not Dr. Holly, I'm not Principal Holly,
16:45I'm Dance Mom Holly.
16:47You're in Holly's Boot Camp.
16:48You're funny, Holly.
16:52[music playing]
16:55ABBY LEE: We're here at Starpower
16:57in sunny, muggy, hot Orlando, and they have a pageant.
17:01Every one of you have been registered.
17:03We don't know who's going to qualify.
17:05So right now we're all going to rehearse as if you made it.
17:08And then whoever makes it will be ready.
17:10Brooke, stand up.
17:11Go ahead upstage.
17:13Look at her walk.
17:14Look at her walk.
17:15Eh!
17:16I'm going to show her.
17:19Turn, catch that end judge.
17:22[giggles]
17:24Abby doesn't look like a model to me.
17:27Mackenzie, tell me your favorite acrobatic trick.
17:30[blows whistle] Look down.
17:32Nia, tell us the heritage of your name.
17:37May I please ask you what that word means?
17:43ABBY LEE: I don't think any of my students
17:44are great at the whole pageant thing.
17:46We spent so much time on technique,
17:49that I never really get a lot of time
17:52to do the interview skills.
17:54If you get up on stage and you freeze or you stutter,
17:58you're going to look like an idiot in front
18:00of all those people.
18:01The most important thing is that you do not panic.
18:06Pull your thoughts together, take a deep breath,
18:09and answer the question.
18:10Does everyone understand?
18:11[blows whistle] We are adjourned.
18:14Go find your mothers and start working on this interview.
18:17[music playing]
18:27MELISSA: I've been trying to get a hold of Cathy for two days
18:30now.
18:31I really want to know where she and Vivi are.
18:34[music playing]
18:38Hello.
18:39[music playing]
18:48So what's been going on?
18:59[music playing]
19:00Hello.
19:01So what's been going on?
19:03So Abby pulled the duet because you
19:05didn't come to chalkboard and you weren't at rehearsals.
19:08And Mackenzie was so upset.
19:11Well, I'm sorry for Mackenzie, but I missed my flight.
19:15And we're doing the same choreography,
19:17so I don't think it's a big deal.
19:18But wasn't that two days ago--
19:20Yeah.
19:20--that you missed your flight?
19:21CATHY: So when was chalkboard?
19:22Two days ago? - Two days ago.
19:24So where have you been the last two days?
19:25I don't think it's a big deal.
19:26I missed my flight.
19:28Two days ago!
19:30I think it is a big deal because we always
19:31have to be there. - You know what?
19:32It's the same choreography over and over and over,
19:34so I am over it.
19:37And it doesn't affect you guys.
19:39KELLY: But it does affect us. - It does affect us.
19:40KELLY: 'Cause we're a group.
19:41'Cause we have to show up, regardless.
19:42But you're not in the duet. Right?
19:44You're not in the duet.
19:45Here we go again as a group.
19:46OK, you guys are not in the duet.
19:49It's between Melissa and I. And if Melissa and I
19:51have to discuss it with Abby, then we will.
19:53But you know what? CATHY: I understand this whole--
19:54We're in this room and it's a team.
19:55Yeah. But you're not in--
19:56HOLLY: You don't get to dictate what--
19:57We were here the last two days,
19:59Mackenzie being upset because she didn't get to do a duet.
20:01OK.
20:02Then maybe you guys should have donned your tights
20:03and got on stage with her.
20:04Because I get so sick and tired of hearing you guys--
20:07it's a team. It's a group.
20:08It's a team.
20:09It's a group.
20:10Yet, Vivi is not really in any of your numbers.
20:13And I don't classify sitting on a swing being
20:16in part of your numbers.
20:17So I'm not on your team.
20:20I'm not your friend.
20:20Why are you even yakking?
20:22That dance won twice over all, both times we did it.
20:24CATHY: You know what? MELISSA: At nationals.
20:26And the only reason your daughter was on the swing
20:27was because she couldn't do with the other kids were doing.
20:29Well, she's also six years old, Kelly.
20:31Well, you said she isn't in our dances.
20:32We put her in.
20:33Why am I even arguing with you?
20:35I don't care what you have to say.
20:36OK. HOLLY: I have a comment.
20:37Then if you don't care what I have to say--
20:38HOLLY: I don't care what you have to say.
20:39Then you need to be quiet.
20:40Because this has nothing to do with you.
20:41No one tells me what to do, Cathy.
20:43You may as well stick your hand up her butt
20:45and beat her ventriloquist.
20:47Well, then do something about it.
20:51I'm frustrated for Melissa, because she is not sticking up
20:53for herself.
20:54I don't believe in being a doormat.
20:55It's frustrating to see other people be doormats.
20:58But if Melissa wants to be a doormat
21:00and have people walk all over her, so be it.
21:02I am done.
21:03Even though Abby pulled a duet and the duet didn't dance,
21:08I'm here right now to support your teams.
21:12That's all that matters.
21:13Come on, Vivi, let's go.
21:14Thank you very much, Cathy.
21:15MELISSA: Right? - I'm here for the awards.
21:17HOLLY: Thank you.
21:18KELLY: Oh, yay.
21:18Don't bother next time.
21:19HOLLY: Your presence is noted.
21:20Thank you.
21:23[music playing]
21:27ABBY LEE: I love Florida, so I bought a house in Orlando.
21:30Come on in!
21:32Hello!
21:33I had the kids and the moms come on out
21:35to my house to enjoy a day at the pool and have lunch.
21:38My mom, the one and only Maryen Lorrain, is home.
21:42Hey.
21:44ABBY LEE: My mom is a gracious lady to everybody
21:49in the world but me.
21:51Grab a plate on that end.
21:53Go through the line.
21:54Take your food.
21:55[music playing]
21:59I understand that Cathy's busy, but like, you invite someone
22:04to your house, she could at least call me and tell me
22:06she wasn't coming.
22:07Who's going in?
22:08[screaming]
22:11I have no idea how to make a martini.
22:13Oh, just pour some in there.
22:14[music playing]
22:21Ah!
22:22I love the big watermelon game.
22:23KELLY: You got the biggest watermelon you could find.
22:25CHRISTI: Oh, my! - OK.
22:26Just go.
22:27ABBY LEE: You put grease all over the watermelon
22:29and you throw them in the pool.
22:31[screams]
22:33ABBY LEE: The goal of the game is to grab the watermelon
22:35and get out of the pool with the watermelon in your hands.
22:38They fight like cats and dogs trying to hold on,
22:40and it keeps slipping out.
22:42Come on!
22:43[excited chatter]
22:45Come on, girls!
22:46Pull it!
22:47CHRISTI: It's amazing.
22:48We go to Abby's house, and the kids aren't allowed to be kids.
22:50It has to be turned into a competition.
22:52ABBY LEE: Get it! Get it!
22:53Get it! Get it!
22:54HOLLY: Now the watermelon just hit her there.
22:56MELISSA: Maddie got it.
22:56ABBY LEE: Run!
22:57Run! CHRISTI: Ew.
22:58[laughs]
22:59HOLLY: That looks like a disaster waiting to happen.
23:01Where do I go?
23:02ABBY LEE: You got to get up the steps without holding it.
23:04HOLLY: Why don't you just all walk up together?
23:05MELISSA: She's fine.
23:06Just leave her alone.
23:07HOLLY: All of a sudden, Maddie starts to cry.
23:11And she says that she was somehow injured.
23:14But, from my vantage point, I'm looking at the game.
23:17Maddie was not kicked.
23:18What happened?
23:19Tell me.
23:22OK, then stay away from it because it's ridiculous.
23:24You're a girl.
23:25You're not a boy.
23:26MELISSA: Nia's pretty rough, but Maddie does not
23:29like getting rough at all.
23:31[excited chatter]
23:32ABBY LEE: Winner!
23:33MELISSA: Come on.
23:35It's all swollen.
23:38Maddie cried because she didn't win.
23:40She didn't win the stupid watermelon game.
23:42Somebody else got three seconds of glory in front of four moms.
23:47MELISSA: We're freaking girls, not boys.
23:49HOLLY: The child was not injured.
23:51Melissa needs to get a better balance on how
23:54to deal with these situations.
23:58[music playing]
24:02GIANNA: Shoulders down.
24:03Too tense.
24:05MELISSA: We're really excited that there's
24:06more competition in Orlando, especially for Maddie.
24:09Because it's going to challenge her a little bit.
24:11And, you know, she's very competitive,
24:13but she likes when there's a challenge.
24:16GIANNA: Up and over.
24:17Hold.
24:18MELISSA: While Maddie was rehearsing,
24:20there was a little girl practicing as well,
24:22about 10 feet away from her.
24:23Her name is Juliana and we've seen her at other competitions
24:27a lot of people think that Juliana
24:29is Maddie's big competition.
24:30Don't get me wrong.
24:32She's a sweet girl and a great little dancer,
24:33but Maddie has no competition.
24:35GIANNA: Do you want to grab a drink
24:36and go get your costume and everything?
24:38Sure.
24:39GIANNA: OK.
24:40Let's go get a drink.
24:42Juliana is probably the toughest competitor here.
24:46And I think she's a really good dancer.
24:48But I think I have a good chance of beating her.
24:51[music playing]
24:55MELISSA: Hold on Do you want to meet her?
24:56Just go up to her.
24:58Hi.
25:00We've heard so much about you.
25:01Hi.
25:02I'm Melissa.
25:03So you're tiny like my Maddie.
25:05Are you a good tumbler?
25:06Yes.
25:07MELISSA: Well, Mackenzie is a good tumbler too.
25:12And does it really matter who wins or does it really
25:14matter who has fun?
25:15That's right.
25:17What's the answer?
25:20I don't care if I don't win.
25:21MELISSA: Good luck.
25:22It was so nice meeting you.
25:24Nice to meet you, too. Good luck.
25:25Oh, thank you.
25:26Good luck to you, honey. - Thank you.
25:27Maddie, good luck,
25:28Maddie.
25:35[music playing]
25:38[applause]
25:39ABBY LEE: Maddie was the only one
25:40who qualified for the pageant.
25:42I would expect nothing less from her.
25:44[applause]
25:48MADDIE: Today I'm doing my solo for the pageant.
25:51And I'm kind of nervous because my rival, Juliana, is also
25:55competing against me.
25:57[music playing]
26:02(SINGING) There's a secret hiding in my hear.
26:06Don't know where it ends or where it starts.
26:10Though I haven't any clue, and there's nothing I can do,
26:18'cause I'm so in love with you.
26:25[cheering and applause]
26:29MELISSA: Normally we don't have a titled pageant
26:32at any competition that we've ever gone to.
26:34This is something new that we've seen here,
26:36and it was kind of exciting.
26:38[applause]
26:39ANNOUNCER: And now please welcome back,
26:42performing to "Listener."
26:43[music playing]
27:07[applause]
27:13I know that when I dance I'm a winner.
27:15And I don't let the competition get to me.
27:17But now it's the interview part in the pageant
27:21and I'm super nervous.
27:22You've been in the pageant for a long time.
27:25You know how to do this.
27:26Some of them have probably never spoken in front of judges
27:28before. Right?
27:29Mm-hmm.
27:30Just stop it.
27:32Hi.
27:33My name is Juliana.
27:34I'm from Saddle River, New Jersey.
27:36I'm so honored to be here tonight.
27:38I'd like to thank my mom for supporting me in all I do.
27:42Starpower, thank you so much for this opportunity.
27:44[cheering and applause]
27:54Good evening, ladies, gentlemen, and judges.
27:57My name is Maddie.
27:59I am eight years old, and I'm from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
28:02I hope you enjoyed my--
28:04eve-- my performance this evening.
28:08[suspenseful music]
28:12Thank you.
28:14[applause]
28:17She did good, didn't she?
28:19She walked gorgeous.
28:20Did she speak well?
28:21She did speak perfect.
28:23Aw!
28:25Juliana is a good speaker and she didn't mess up once.
28:28And I kind of mumbled once or twice.
28:31So I'm not sure if I'm going to win or not.
28:34Ladies and gentlemen, our first runner
28:36up with an outstanding score, Juliana.
28:40[cheering and applause]
28:41Ladies and gentleman, your winner tonight--
28:44Maddie!
28:45[cheering and applause]
28:47Maddie, congratulations to you.
28:48Good job.
28:50Who's your teacher?
28:51Abby Lee Miller.
28:52Congratulations.
28:53[cheering and applause]
29:01[music playing]
29:09ABBY LEE: Let's go.
29:10Come on.
29:11You ready, Nia?
29:12Brandon, Brooke, what's going on over there?
29:14You both look miserable.
29:16You should draw the judge's eyes over to you.
29:18That's the choreography.
29:19If they look over and see vanilla paste drying,
29:23they're not going to keep looking over.
29:24It's obvious that Brooke and Brandon are not
29:26having the connection.
29:27Abby's not happy about it, but she should have expected this.
29:31This is why we didn't do a duet last year.
29:35BRANDON: With the dance, I've been trying to connect
29:37with Brooke the whole week.
29:38But she's been pretty cold towards me.
29:41[music playing]
29:43GIANNA: We do the turns one time.
29:45Turn.
29:46Strong arms, Brooke.
29:47Your hands are so lazy.
29:50It's the only thing I'm worried about, when she's
29:51sliding down.
29:53You cut me.
29:54Shut up.
29:55You're fine.
29:56It's a belt.
29:58One, two, three--
29:59model it!
30:01[music playing]
30:02(SINGING) Shiny lipgloss photo shoot.
30:04Dress me up in peek-a-boo.
30:06I don't think so.
30:10Make pretend, twist and bend the camera lens.
30:13Come on, let's go.
30:16We'll Photoshop with air brush strokes.
30:19We'll join the dots with dirty jokes.
30:21We'll show what we've got.
30:25A shameless mannequin.
30:27Pink petals hide her sins.
30:30ABBY LEE: I'm watching "Snapshot."
30:31It was a mess.
30:33Brooke's legs were bent.
30:34Her feet weren't pointed.
30:35It was just the technique, you know?
30:37Hit or miss.
30:41Brooke and Brandon were supposed to be falling in love,
30:43and I thought they couldn't be any more disconnected.
30:47[cheering and applause]
30:55MELISSA: Good job!
30:56HOLLY: Oh, girls!
30:58You were so good.
30:59HOLLY: You were so good.
31:00Girls, come on.
31:01I want to get you in the dressing room
31:02and talk about this down there.
31:04Let's go.
31:05Brandon can't be with you till we get downstairs.
31:08No. We have to leave.
31:10We have to leave.
31:17The group number was a disaster.
31:19Brandon and I don't have time to stick around for this.
31:22I know Abby is going to be looking for a fall guy,
31:23and Brandon is going to be it.
31:28[cheering]
31:33Four place champion is number 679, from Stepping out.
31:38Second place champion is "Fly to Your Heart," Next Generation,
31:43number 645.
31:45Champion of today in our small division
31:48will be "About That Walk."
31:52[cheering and applause]
31:56[ominous music]
32:03ABBY LEE: "Snapshot" did not even place in the top 10,
32:06and that's unheard of for this group.
32:08This is like, the dream team.
32:11We are rehearsing Nia's solo.
32:14I want Nia to put her Bollywood costume on.
32:16Holly's always upset because Nia doesn't have enough time
32:19to learn things.
32:20Come on.
32:21I-- you know what?
32:22Let me just have her rehearse.
32:23Get over it, you know, man up.
32:24Get over it.
32:25Learn the number, go out there, sell it.
32:27And, you know, quit giving in to that.
32:29I just think that she's weaker instead of stronger.
32:33Are the feet flexed or pointed?
32:35See, you can't decide once you get there.
32:38Arms straighter!
32:40Bigger!
32:41Bigger!
32:41Bigger!
32:44Give me something!
32:45You're, like, at a funeral.
32:46Nia's name is screamed out constantly.
32:48ABBY LEE: Nia!
32:49Boom!
32:50Hip!
32:51It's in a nasty, barking way.
32:54It's really mean.
32:56ABBY LEE: Do it.
32:58Kick.
32:59See, this is-- this step--
33:00Yeah, but she's getting frustrated now.
33:02That kick-- kick, catch has been in every one
33:05of your dances.
33:06So that should be perfect.
33:08HOLLY: If you hear it one way, I think she's feeling it another
33:11way. 'Cause it's--
33:12Yeah.
33:13But, Holly, we're right back to the same thing.
33:14I don't need to be here doing this with her.
33:17Holly has to stop questioning my every move.
33:21It's always this little underlying dig,
33:24like Nia's not good enough.
33:26Nia's not tall enough.
33:28Nia's not skinny enough.
33:29Nia's not this enough.
33:30Get over it.
33:31Trust me.
33:33As a teacher, we give them the tools, we do our job.
33:36It's up to them to go out in the world and use them.
33:38I disagree with that.
33:39If I need to wipe her butt all the way there,
33:41that's ridiculous.
33:42It's vicious at times.
33:44And sometimes I don't think Abby realizes the way that she says
33:48things, and how hurtful her words are.
33:51And I'm not asking you to wipe her butt.
33:52I'm asking you to do your job.
33:53When you talk to Maddie and you're giving her corrections,
33:56you're not barking at her and yelling at her.
33:58Wrong!
33:59How many times did I tell you this?
33:59Time and time again.
34:00You never talk to her that way.
34:01Because I have to tell her once.
34:03I don't know what Holly's problem is this week.
34:05But she said to me, you're just barking orders at her.
34:09You're just barking at her, which
34:11was like calling me a dog, which I do not appreciate.
34:13Go out there, flex, point, do what you're supposed to do.
34:18And we'll see if the judges like it.
34:19Thank you.
34:24[music playing]
34:33What's wrong?
34:34It's OK.
34:46[music playing]
34:48When you talk to Maddie, you're not barking at her.
34:50'Cause I have to tell her once.
34:52What's wrong?
34:53It's OK.
34:55MELISSA: Deep breath.
34:56Come on.
34:57You're our rock, honey.
35:01CHRISTI: I've spent a lot of time with Holly.
35:03I have never seen her get emotional.
35:04She's a stone mountain, and she was crying her heart out.
35:07Because when it's your daughter it hurts.
35:11HOLLY: I was OK until I saw her sitting there and she's upset.
35:14I know.
35:16I never thought I would let dance get to me.
35:18I know.
35:19CHRISTI: I think Holly finally stepped back
35:21from that educator's stance and she became a mother.
35:24And she saw what I go through every week.
35:29All of a sudden it just hit me.
35:30Like, I have allowed it to get to this point.
35:33And I felt bad.
35:35Like, I feel so responsible.
35:36I know.
35:37But how many times do you apologize?
35:38I subjected her to this.
35:39I know.
35:40I subjected her to Abby.
35:41And Abby doesn't get it.
35:42I'm like-- [sighs]
35:43Wipe your tears.
35:44We can't go out there looking like this because we have
35:45to go out there and look intimidating.
35:48So that's why we have to be dressed up.
35:50Goodbye.
35:51HOLLY: [laughs]
35:52Bye, Nia.
35:55Bye, girls.
35:56CHRISTI: By, Hol.
35:57Bye.
35:58[music playing]
36:01OK.
36:01How you doing, OK?
36:03You know the dance?
36:04Mm-hmm.
36:06I love you.
36:07HOLLY: I'm feeling better right now
36:09after having a conversation with Christi for a little bit
36:12and checking in with Nia, who unfortunately was giving me
36:15the support I'm supposed to be giving her.
36:17So I felt bad about that.
36:19I'm supposed to be the person who's supposed to be her rock,
36:22and I fell apart.
36:24Let's go.
36:25Let's go.
36:30[music playing]
36:38ANNOUNCER: Please welcome to the stage Nia.
36:41[cheering and applause]
36:53HOLLY: I'm in the audience when Nia comes out.
36:55I'm thinking of all the corrections
36:56that she needs to made.
36:57She's either going to do the corrections
36:59and forget the routine or she's going to do the routine
37:02and not do the corrections.
37:03Her little head, her brain, can hold but so much information.
37:08[music playing]
37:19[non-english singing]
37:59[cheering and applause]
38:03She did a great job.
38:05She should be really proud of herself.
38:06I was happy with her.
38:07I was thrilled, actually.
38:12[ominous music]
38:15I think she might be next.
38:17ANNOUNCER: We have some special awards to give away.
38:20Here we go.
38:22Nine to 11 Full Floor.
38:24With a 441-A, Nia with "Bollywood," for her stars
38:29and first place trophy.
38:32Nine to 11 Hip Hop, number 442, Tessa--
38:36ABBY LEE: Nia was first place in her category,
38:38and that hasn't happened all season.
38:40I was really proud of her.
38:41She looked beautiful.
38:42She did a great job.
38:43I think Nia has really come a long way.
38:46HOLLY: [squeals] You won!
38:49I knew you could do it.
38:51You're so awesome.
38:53So "Laquifa" didn't win, but Nia did.
38:56I am so happy.
38:57I'm thrilled.
38:59Yes!
39:00[chatter]
39:03What do we think, girls?
39:05We have had an amazing competition season.
39:08The Dream Team has been doing so well.
39:10Maddie is undefeated with her solos.
39:13So I have a little more news.
39:17I think your mothers are going to fall off their chairs.
39:19Oh, god.
39:20What?
39:21We're going from here to Vegas, to Los Angeles,
39:27California, and to Lake Tahoe.
39:30I'm not gonna fall off my chair.
39:32I'm gonna shoot myself.
39:33And you better be the overall high scorer.
39:36Do you understand?
39:37I don't think the moms are so excited.
39:39We're doing a world tour.
39:41It's ridiculous.
39:42No moms! No moms!
39:43KELLY: We'll hang at the pool while you have the kids.
39:44No moms!
39:45No moms! Come on.
39:46Help me out here.
39:47CATHY: This is not possible for us.
39:50We did not bargain for this kind of travel.
39:54I've got committed things happening at home for my dance
39:58studio, so it's not possible.
39:59We're not doing it.
40:00ABBY LEE: You don't look very happy.
40:01OK, well, we're not going to go to Las Vegas.
40:05OK.
40:07We're getting off the party train.
40:08We just are not going to be able to--
40:11to accommodate this.
40:12And there's nobody-- like, your mom can't just bring her
40:13or-- - No.
40:14No.
40:15And you know that Vivi's not going to go with anybody
40:16but me anyhow. So--
40:17I thought maybe your mom.
40:18Yeah.
40:19No, she's not going to do that.
40:21Just not gonna work for us.
40:23Hey, everyone's replaceable.
40:25You know that.
40:26Yep, even dance teachers.
40:29If I'm going to go on tour, I'm going
40:31to go on tour with my students who are winning platinums.
40:34I respect you as a teacher.
40:36I think you're wonderful.
40:37I'm not going to Vegas.
40:39Well, you're a quitter.
40:40Whatever.
40:44It's the people that you just bend over backwards for,
40:47you give the opportunity to, you don't stick to your rules,
40:50and this is how it turns out.

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