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0:01ABBY (VOICEOVER): Previously on "Dance Moms"--
0:02[music playing]
0:03[music skips]
0:05MELISSA: Keep going.
0:06Keep going.
0:09[cheering]
0:12Christi is taking Chloe out of school,
0:13and then she's taking her to the movies.
0:15ABBY: You know what the rule is.
0:16You're not in class, no solo.
0:17She was at the doctor.
0:20ABBY: Done!
0:21[bleep] you.
0:22PAIGE: [crying] I want to go home.
0:24We are.
0:25ABBY (VOICEOVER): Coming up on "Dance Moms"--
0:27ABBY: Foul language or unsportsmanlike behavior
0:30by a dancer or parent will risk expulsion from the Abby Lee
0:34Dance Company.
0:35MELISSA: Mackenzie can't do this solo.
0:36She's not ready.
0:37ABBY: If I was competing in two days,
0:38I'd have a headset on and I'd be doing that dance in my head
0:41a million times.
0:42She'll have one wear a costume too big
0:43and one wear a costume too small,
0:45just so my daughter doesn't stick out.
0:47MELISSA: These mothers are calling my daughter
0:49a cheater for last weekend.
0:51They said that she practiced her dance with that music.
0:55Did you cheat for my daughter?
0:58[theme music]
1:01(SINGING) Get up.
1:02Get on the floor.
1:04My world is with my girls, living on the dance floor.
1:11[music playing]
1:15ABBY: Come on, girls! Let's go!
1:17Let's go! Let's go!
1:18Come on, girls!
1:18Hustle up!
1:20Last week, the Abby Lee Dance Company
1:21was a real hit in Chicago at Energy Dance.
1:24Finally, Overall High Score, Junior Groups.
1:27[cheering and applause]
1:32I'm really proud of my girls.
1:34But now it's a new week it's time for my favorite thing.
1:37Let's move on to the pyramid.
1:38KELLY: I'm sure that my kids will be on the bottom
1:40of the pyramid this week.
1:41But I'm back because my girls want
1:44to dance with their friends, and that's
1:45what they're going to do.
1:48ABBY: First, we have Brooke.
1:49Probation-- no solo this week.
1:52Paige, same thing.
1:55BROOKE: I don't think it's fair that Abby put my sister and I
1:58on probation because we had nothing to do with the argument
2:01my mom and her had.
2:02Brooke, Paige, you didn't do your routines.
2:05Nobody got to see them.
2:06ANNOUNCER: Please welcome Paige.
2:07Thank you.
2:08Judges, please skip ahead to entry number 42A.
2:10This is Brooke performing "Paint the Pictures."
2:15KELLY: I think that Abby thinks that she's hurting me
2:18by putting my kids on probation.
2:20They didn't not do their solos because they weren't prepared.
2:23Where are the stoppers?
2:25I'll have them for the competition.
2:29Done! HOLLY: Go get Paige.
2:30I'm going to [bleep] kill her. HOLLY: Aw.
2:32ABBY: You're-- you're finished.
2:33Neither of my kids are doing your group dance.
2:35You're not doing a solo.
2:36Let's go, Brooke.
2:38They didn't do their solos because of unfair treatment.
2:41Well, regardless, it doesn't matter.
2:43Kelly was out of control.
2:45She used vulgarity and profanity in the dance studio, therefore,
2:50those two kids were on probation.
2:53Chloe.
2:54CHRISTI: For two weeks, my daughter
2:55has been at the top of the pyramid.
2:56And she misses one rehearsal and she goes straight
2:58to the bottom row.
3:00Sure, Abby, that's fair.
3:01Last Monday you went to the doctor,
3:03then you went to the movies.
3:05That's ridiculous.
3:06You need to be in class, not at the movie theater.
3:08I don't know if Chloe really went to the doctors
3:11or if she was playing hooky and went to the movies.
3:13All I do know is you're on the bottom row, kid.
3:17Mackenzie did a great job, but it's still wasn't your best.
3:23You need to be in more ballet classes.
3:28Nia, you're here because you worked very well
3:33with Mackenzie.
3:34I gave you a role.
3:35You were the ringmaster in a circus.
3:36Some may say it's a little immature for you,
3:39but I love the fact that you embraced it,
3:41that you had fun with it, and you were
3:43entertaining to the audience.
3:45HOLLY: Nia's place on the pyramid, it means a lot to her.
3:48And seeing herself on the second row, I'm happy for her.
3:51I'm happy to see that joy in her eyes.
3:53ABBY: And, at the top of the pyramid, we have Maddie.
3:56CHRISTI: I'm really not surprised that Maddie's
3:58at the top of the pyramid.
3:59Abby has been looking for a reason
4:01to put her back up there.
4:02ABBY: You stepped out on stage, you started your routine,
4:05and your music skipped.
4:06[music skipping]
4:09[cheering and applause]
4:11You didn't let it get the best of you.
4:13You stayed out there, you kept going,
4:15and you finished without missing a beat.
4:17You really had the audience behind you.
4:19So I don't know what happened with the CD.
4:20It just scratched.
4:23But we need to move on.
4:25Abby has been in the dance world long enough
4:27to know that when that happens, you win.
4:30So the second Maddie's music stopped,
4:33I knew what was going on.
4:34ABBY: Now, this week we will be attending Energy Dance
4:37Competition again.
4:39It's in Waterford Township, Michigan.
4:41Last week when I called to enter the routines, Gina, the owner--
4:46she told me there are two studios specifically coming
4:50to beat the Abby Lee Dance Company.
4:53The director of the competition was kind enough
4:55to tell me that two studios called to register,
4:58determined to take down the ALDC.
5:01I'm going to have to pull out all the stops.
5:03Let's talk about the group number.
5:05It's called "Silver Spoon," silver meaning the finest
5:10quality flatware, meaning the luxuries of life,
5:15the country club, the finest schools.
5:19So this is a pretty dance.
5:20We also have a prop.
5:23We have a big giant spoon, and you pass the spoon around
5:27throughout the routine.
5:28I want to talk about the rest of the numbers for this week.
5:30Maddie, you and Chloe will be doing a duet.
5:33It's called "Inside of Me."
5:37And you need to work together.
5:39You need to be a team.
5:40I want to see that teamwork, once again.
5:42Understood?
5:43MADDIE: Chloe and I make a great team for our duet
5:45because we're always in sync and we're really good friends.
5:49So I think it helps out with that.
5:51Nia, you're going to have a solo this week.
5:53It is called "Bound."
5:57It means you're being held back while you're
6:01trying to chase your dream.
6:04Mackenzie, you're doing a solo.
6:07Your dance is called "Daisy Chain."
6:09You're like a flower, and you're thinking, "He loves me,
6:12he loves me not.
6:13He loves me, he loves me not."
6:15And it's not Justin Bieber, it's the judges.
6:17Understood?
6:19MACKENZIE: I wish Justin Bieber was one of the judges.
6:21He's cute.
6:22[laughs]
6:24ABBY: Maddie, you will be doing "Helen Keller."
6:27You will be deaf, you will be blind, and you will be mute.
6:31I am using an old routine that was undefeated,
6:34that was absolutely beautiful.
6:36And it's about the actual character of Helen Keller.
6:39I'm really putting a lot of pressure on Maddie.
6:41I need those judges to be right on top of her,
6:43so they get the story and it touches a nerve.
6:46So you need to be in character and you need a rag doll
6:50to bring to rehearsal.
6:51KELLY: I'm surprised that Maddie is at the top of the pyramid.
6:54Maddie wasn't even supposed to have a solo last week.
6:57And, as far as I'm concerned, that shouldn't even
6:59have been considered as part of the placement on the pyramid.
7:02Like, that's the unfair treatment.
7:04All right, moms, you can go.
7:05All right.
7:06Spread apart we're going to do a warm up.
7:08I'd like your legs right out in front of you.
7:09While the girls are stretching and getting
7:11ready for rehearsal, I need to have a little chat with Kelly.
7:14I need to remind her that I'm the boss.
7:17I wanted to talk to you about a few things that happened
7:19last week.
7:21Done!
7:22[gasps]
7:25[bleep] you, Abby.
7:26ABBY: You don't need it for the competition.
7:28I told you to do it today.
7:29[bleep] you.
7:31I can't have the loss of self-control or the language go
7:35on when there's other customers in the studio.
7:37Yes.
7:38You threw a chair and scared my 10-year-old.
7:39Well--
7:40It goes both ways.
7:42Yes, but this contract doesn't go both ways.
7:45I want to take her contract that she signed
7:48and make her read it.
7:50I don't think the woman reads.
7:52Foul language or unsportsmanlike behavior by a dancer or parent
7:57will risk expulsion from the Abby Lee Dance Company.
8:00I don't care how much time and energy
8:02I've invested in her children, if she opens that filthy mouth
8:05one more time, those kids are going to be shown the door.
8:08Yeah.
8:09How'd that go?
8:10Well, she put out the contract and was like--
8:11Oh, you mean at the top of the contract that says,
8:13"We will provide a nurturing and safe positive learning
8:16experience?"
8:17KELLY: Yeah, yeah.
8:18I will stay here just to torture her.
8:20HOLLY: [laughs]
8:21ABBY: All right, ladies, we have three days--
8:24three days to put an entire routine together
8:26that is completely different than anything you've ever done.
8:29The group number this week is called "Silver Spoons,"
8:31kind of a play on you were born with a silver spoon
8:35in your mouth.
8:36I want them to look like they were born and raised
8:38at the country club.
8:40I think we have a good shot at a winning number.
8:44Come on, girls!
8:45We are not going to lose to those two other teams.
8:48HOLLY: You know what's interesting?
8:50Last week, Chloe went to the physical therapist
8:53and the doctor.
8:54Mm-hmm.
8:55HOLLY: So how come there was an issue this week?
8:59CHRISTI: Somebody told her that she went to the movie.
9:01KELLY: Chloe didn't show up for class last week.
9:03She was at the movies.
9:04Who rats out a 10-year-old?
9:06I didn't tell her.
9:09MELISSA: Typically, I never tell Abby things that the people do
9:12behind her back.
9:13But I was just so sick of all the moms saying that I don't
9:16follow the rules, so I let her know that Christi
9:20had no intention of bringing her child to class on Monday.
9:23So who told her?
9:24I told her that.
9:26If Melissa really had a problem with Chloe going
9:29to the movies, I don't know, I would think that she would come
9:31to me and ask me about it instead of going to tattle
9:34to the dance teacher.
9:35So why is it your business to tell her
9:37that she went to the movie?
9:38She wasn't allowed to dance, so what do you care where she is?
9:41I just told Abby because I was just pissed off because--
9:44Do you need to make sure that you get on Abby's good side?
9:46I'm not on Abby's good side.
9:47Yeah, you are, Melissa.
9:49She claims that she and Abby are no longer friends.
9:51But, man, you're really working hard to get back
9:53on her good side, aren't you?
9:54Do we need to talk about all the other lies?
9:57We were told, by you on the phone to Kelly,
10:01that Maddie practiced with her music
10:02like that she knew to keep dancing.
10:04KELLY: The day after Maddie's music skipped,
10:06I talked to Melissa on the phone.
10:08And she admitted to me that if Maddie's music skipped,
10:11she was instructed to keep on dancing.
10:13So make my daughter look bad again.
10:15CHRISTI: No.
10:16We're telling you that you look bad.
10:17OK.
10:18Because you have said that it's OK to lie and cheat
10:22as long as you win and you get your way.
10:24And, you know what?
10:25That's not something that any of us want to teach our kids.
10:29My daughter did not practice to music like that.
10:32KELLY: Melissa, I really have a hard time believing you.
10:35HOLLY: Well, someone here is lying.
10:36And if Abby set that up, that would be pretty despicable.
10:38That's cheating. KELLY: But how can you do that?
10:40- It's cheating. - I don't know.
10:41I would have no idea. MELISSA: How can you--
10:42- You cheated. - But that would be pretty low.
10:43I didn't do anything of the sort.
10:45I would never cheat.
10:47The moms accused Abby of causing my daughter's music to skip.
10:51That's, like, sabotage.
10:52Go back.
10:53Let's try it one time.
10:55I need to speak to Abby about the situation,
10:57and I need to get to the bottom of it.
10:59You'd have to ask her.
11:00Oh, I will.
11:01I guarantee it.
11:02I'm not happy about this.
11:11[music playing]
11:16[duet music]
11:21Left shoulder.
11:23Maddie and I have a duet this week called "Inside of Me,"
11:25and I really like it.
11:27And we only have three days to learn it, clean it, and perfect
11:30it for the competition.
11:34OK, come on.
11:35Maddie and Chloe have several challenges
11:37in the routine "Inside of Me."
11:39There's partner work.
11:41They have to work together.
11:42They have to trust each other.
11:43They have to be technically correct.
11:45All of those things go into this duet.
11:48I want to see that partner work.
11:49I want to see that together stuff.
11:51I want to see the timing.
11:54It's really, really important.
11:55The kids need to leave.
11:56I really need to talk-- ABBY: I need to--
11:57I am so pissed.
11:58Abby, I don't care.
11:59I need to talk to you, please.
12:00Girls, go real quick, very quickly.
12:02Go.
12:03I walk into the studio, and Maddie and Chloe
12:06are practicing.
12:07Maddie is mad at me that I walk into the studio.
12:10And I really don't care.
12:11I need to get to the bottom of this.
12:12Melissa's in there talking to Abby.
12:14CHRISTI: Oh, great.
12:15Go and tattle on us.
12:17What do you think we're-- what do you think she's saying?
12:19Maybe she's not talking about it.
12:20Sure. KELLY: Oh, god.
12:21After we just finished saying don't talk--
12:23And she's going to say they're just jealous.
12:25Melissa, once again, storms off to go tattle on us to Abby.
12:28If she really felt strongly that she didn't
12:31do what Kelly was saying she did,
12:33then stay and defend yourself.
12:34Don't go run and tattle on us to Abby.
12:36These mothers are calling my daughter
12:38a cheater for last weekend.
12:39They said that she practiced her dance with that music.
12:43Did you cheat for my daughter?
12:44They're calling me--
12:45Absolutely not.
12:46You would never send a child intentionally onstage
12:50with a bad CD.
12:51That makes me look bad.
12:53I've been doing this for 32 years, women.
12:56Wake up! - That could ruin--
12:57I have some stickers all over my--
12:59MELISSA: --my daughter's career.
13:00I would never-- ABBY: Whoa!
13:01MELISSA: --let my daughter dance.
13:02Wait a second!
13:03Your daughter's career?
13:04How about my name? MELISSA: I know.
13:05- How about my reputation? - I know it's your reputation.
13:07But my daughter's nine.
13:08ABBY: Look at what's labeling her!
13:09You just fell into the same pot with them.
13:11MELISSA: I'm sorry, because they're calling my daughter
13:12a cheater.
13:13I don't want my daughter to be labeled as a cheater.
13:15ABBY: She's not.
13:16MELISSA: I don't want you to keep her special treatment or--
13:19I'm pissed.
13:19I'm done.
13:21ABBY: Melissa, she's once again jealous that your kid won.
13:24Don't you get it?
13:25MELISSA: Well, OK.
13:26Well, I'm-- I'm not happy.
13:28ABBY: Toughen up, Melissa.
13:29MELISSA: I was mad.
13:30I was mad at Abby, but I wanted to make sure
13:32that she wouldn't do this.
13:33And she said, "I would never do that, ever, ever, ever."
13:35And I believe her.
13:37What were you talking to Abby about?
13:38I asked her if she did something to the CD.
13:41She's pissed that I even thought that she would do that.
13:44[music playing]
13:47ABBY: Come on, girls!
13:49Let's go!
13:51All right, girls, listen!
13:53We have two days--
13:54two days to get this number finished and clean,
13:57and it's a mess.
13:58We have two days until the competition,
14:01and I'm really feeling the pressure.
14:03We have two teams gunning for us this week,
14:05and my group number is not looking good.
14:08I need to fix it and fix it fast.
14:10[music playing]
14:16I'm really nervous for the "Silver Spoon" dance because I
14:19don't want to drop the spoon.
14:21ABBY: OK.
14:22Just set it down.
14:23Does anyone have to turn with that spoon?
14:26Why can't we just use a little spoon?
14:27It is one big spoon.
14:33Whoa!
14:34The prop is fabulous.
14:36I mean, it looks great for pictures.
14:38But the girls could not dance with it.
14:40They can't even get off the floor.
14:42I'm trying to find something that's not so heavy for them
14:46to work with.
14:47It's very difficult to rehearse
14:48with that big, giant spoon.
14:51All of us are having really hard times because we can't really
14:54lift it.
14:54It's bigger than us.
14:56Can we try it with this trophy and see
14:58if it's easier for them?
14:59OK, Maddie, let's go.
15:01[music playing]
15:09All right.
15:10That's a wrap.
15:11Nia, solo, you're up.
15:12HOLLY: Now I'm watching Nia's solo
15:14and I'm already noticing it is so different than any solo she
15:18has ever done before in her life.
15:20It has a more mature tone to it.
15:24It could be a defining moment for Nia, as a dancer.
15:28Stretch that bottom foot.
15:33This is his first solo since the whole Miami debacle.
15:39[applause]
15:43She needs to prove to me that she is a competitor.
15:46She needs to warrant more difficult choreography.
15:51Face.
15:52You're dying.
15:54If I was judging, I would say losing momentum, losing energy.
15:57Come on, stamina.
15:59Stamina.
16:00Keep it up.
16:01Face.
16:06[applause]
16:09I think Nia looks really great doing this number.
16:11I think it's good for her.
16:13It shows strength.
16:14She has some good jumps at it.
16:15I think it's a really nice number for her.
16:17Maddie, when you get a drink, get your ragdoll
16:20and get it back in here.
16:21Oh, we have a doll!
16:23Someone did their homework.
16:25OK, well, this is cute.
16:28But this is, like, a boy doll.
16:30So this is perfect.
16:32During the Helen Keller number, Maddie dances with the doll.
16:35This is more than just a prop.
16:38It's a very important part of the piece.
16:40[music playing]
16:45For this routine to be a success,
16:47Maddie needs to know where the doll is at all times.
16:51She's supposed to be blind.
16:52If she breaks character, the judges are going to know it.
16:56No.
16:57I want to put the aerial in.
16:58I forgot you did it at the end.
17:00I want you to aerial over the doll.
17:05I'm not really nervous for my "Helen Keller" solo.
17:07I think this is a good dance for me
17:09because I'm good at playing parts.
17:12[laughs]
17:14[music playing]
17:21ABBY: Mackenzie slipped at Nexstar in Upland, California.
17:24She left the stage, and I don't want the same thing
17:26to happen again.
17:28Stay out there and do what you were taught.
17:29So that's our lesson with her for this week.
17:31Cross your fingers, or that kid's going to be mincemeat.
17:39Do you know what to do next?
17:42MELISSA: Mackenzie can't do this solo.
17:43She's not ready.
17:44She doesn't remember it.
17:45She can't do solos.
17:47It makes me so nervous for the competition
17:48because Mackenzie needs at least two weeks to learn a dance, not
17:52two days.
17:55[music playing]
17:57I'm going to lunch today with Holly,
17:59and I just want to talk to her about this music issue,
18:02and get it out in the open.
18:04I feel like I can talk to Holly without her screaming at me.
18:07My daughter or I did not do anything wrong, Holly.
18:09I-- I'm just trying to figure out What is going on.
18:12Because that exploded quickly.
18:14It escalated really, really fast.
18:17The fight we had upstairs about the scratched CD in Maddie's
18:21solo was driving me insane.
18:23It was like World War II erupted over this scratched CD.
18:27In this dance world, there's so much coming out
18:29with different directions. - Mm-hmm.
18:31And you feel like you don't know what's going on.
18:33I only have the dance moms to rely on.
18:35That's why it's really important for me
18:38to be able to trust you and trust the other moms, too.
18:40We have to be able to trust each other.
18:42Mm-hmm.
18:43Something's going on and we have to resolve it.
18:45We're calling each other liars and cheats,
18:48and that's not a team.
18:56ABBY: Good morning, everyone.
18:57All right.
18:58I have a new spoon.
18:59Let's try it with this.
19:00This is the last day we have to rehearse, ladies.
19:02So, come on.
19:03I need 100% in there.
19:04Let's do it.
19:05This is our last chance to rehearse.
19:07I've already had to replace our silver spoon prop,
19:09and I'm not thrilled about that.
19:11I just hope nothing else goes wrong.
19:12We need to utilize this time. Let's go.
19:14Let's go. Let's go.
19:15We have a lot to do today.
19:16We have three solos, a duet, and the group number
19:20to rehearse, plus costume fittings.
19:22There is no time to waste.
19:24Let's do it.
19:26[music playing]
19:29Smile!
19:31Smile!
19:32Smile when I yell at you!
19:33ABBY: Do you want those two other teams to beat you?
19:35What's wrong with you guys?
19:37Come on!
19:38Don't sickle your left foot on that développé parallel!
19:42We have two teams coming to beat us this weekend
19:44at this competition.
19:45This would be a number that we would
19:46do in Ohio against the Candy Apples,
19:49not against two teams that are coming to kill us.
19:51ABBY: Grand plie, Chloe, plie!
19:54Turn your feet out!
19:57I'm watching the dance.
19:58It's a disaster.
19:59None of the girls know it, and they're going on stage
20:01tomorrow. It's a mess.
20:03This week's dance does not compare to last week's dance
20:05at all. - Not at all.
20:06CHRISTI: I know. And they have a chef spoon.
20:07KELLY: Look. You can't even tell what it is.
20:09I think Abby's smaller spoon it's going to be easier
20:11for the girls to dance with.
20:13I don't know what it's going to look like on stage.
20:15It's sort of just looks like a wand.
20:16Let's grab a drink, and then we'll
20:18go into the other numbers.
20:19One of my favorite things is seeing the girls
20:21try their costumes on for the very first time.
20:23Costumes can really make or break a performance.
20:27CHRISTI: I like Nia's costume.
20:28I think it's cool.
20:29That looks like the first, like, mature costume she's had.
20:31It's not, like, a cutesy costume.
20:33When I first heard Nia's costume, I was so happy.
20:36It's not a cutesy kind of costume.
20:38It has a bunch of ropes.
20:40I really think that Nia's stepping up
20:42this week with her costume and performance.
20:46ABBY: Great.
20:47Get your butt down there.
20:48All right, Nia, it's good.
20:49I'm still not seeing a lot of face.
20:51Sometimes you're amazing.
20:52Other times you're sloppy, sloppy, sloppy.
20:54All right, let's go, daisy head.
20:56I think Mackenzie's costume's adorable.
20:58Mm-hmm. It's cute.
20:59Just keep dancing.
21:01It doesn't matter what-- nobody knows the dance.
21:03Mackenzie is so cute in her "Daisy Chains" costumes.
21:05But if she doesn't remember her solo,
21:08cute can only take you so far.
21:09ABBY: And stand up and off.
21:14You did it.
21:16Is that all we have?
21:18The girls come in in their "Silver Spoon" costumes,
21:22and something's just not right.
21:23I have two pink, two blue, and one green.
21:26Go to your formation.
21:27Let's see.
21:31CHRISTI: There's five girls in the dance.
21:32There's two pink costumes, two blue costumes, and one green.
21:36So, obviously, the girl wearing the green
21:37is going to stand out, and that was Paige.
21:40And, apparently, that couldn't happen.
21:42Paige, put the pink on that your sister has on.
21:47HOLLY: The pink is too big.
21:48CHRISTI: Oh, the pink is too big.
21:49Way big. CHRISTI: It's too big.
21:50That's, like, a large.
21:51HOLLY: Yeah.
21:52The green one's the right size for her.
21:54But it's Paige.
21:55She doesn't matter.
21:56ABBY: Paige, turn around.
21:57Let me see that on you.
21:59What size is yours?
22:01I'm not fixing that costume.
22:02ABBY: Chloe and Brooke, switch.
22:04So the obvious choice was to take Chloe,
22:06who starts the routine stage left all by herself,
22:09and put her in the different color.
22:11She has to wear the green dress.
22:13The green doesn't fit Chloe, either.
22:14It's too small. - Yeah.
22:15KELLY: No.
22:17But she'll have one wear a costume too big
22:18and one wear a costume too small just so my daughter doesn't
22:22stick out.
22:23MELISSA: I don't know what these moms would do if they didn't
22:25have something to complain about.
22:26I'm so glad that Abby didn't give Maddie that green costume
22:29or I know those moms would go ballistic.
22:31So, ideally, we needed, like, three and two
22:33or all the same color.
22:35All right, that looks the best.
22:37PAIGE: Abby switched my costume with Chloe's, and I'm
22:39a little bit upset.
22:41But now the problem is my costume doesn't fit
22:45and it's kind of falling down.
22:47Of course Paige can't stand out.
22:49HOLLY: Well, I thought it was nice that she did stand out.
22:52Yeah, so did I. So Abby would rather two girls
22:54go on stage in costumes that don't fit, rather than have
22:58my daughter stand out.
23:01Why?
23:01It's too small?
23:04I kind of want to trade back dresses
23:06to that Paige can finally have this special part,
23:09and so that I have a dress that fits me and that fits her.
23:11I-- I really think it would have been nice if Paige could
23:14have kept the green.
23:16I don't know how Abby expects to meet these two studios that
23:19are coming to beat us.
23:20Our costumes are ugly.
23:21The spoon is too small.
23:23The dance is doomed.
23:24[laughs]
23:25I'm tired of fighting with her.
23:26I'm not fighting with her over a pink or a green costume.
23:28Either she can get your costume that fits
23:31or you'll wear the one that does not fit.
23:32I don't know how much longer I can take this, to have a dance
23:35teacher, like, sabotage and--
23:40KELLY: Honestly, I don't know how much
23:41more of Abby trying to sabotage the group numbers I can take.
23:44But I know she's just switching Paige's costume to hurt me.
23:47And, you know what?
23:48It worked.
23:49That woman is just evil.
23:50She is an evil person.
23:52It's making me sick.
24:00[music playing]
24:01ABBY: We've arrived at Energy Dance.
24:03While my girls are getting ready,
24:04I'm backstage checking out the other teams.
24:07Supposedly, they came to take us down, and I'm a little worried.
24:10These kids are fierce.
24:11[cheering and applause]
24:17We've got three solos, a duet, and a group number.
24:20I hope these girls don't let me down.
24:23[cheering and applause]
24:30So our first routine is number 39, the duet "Inside of Me."
24:35Approaching this competition, I know that I have people gunning
24:39for me.
24:41So I am using Chloe and Maddie's duet, "Inside of Me."
24:44It's a very difficult routine, level-wise.
24:46I think it's packed full of all the right elements
24:48to be a winning number.
24:49All right, you guys are ready. - OK.
24:51Come on, girls. You coming?
24:52Come on, Kenz.
24:53ANNOUNCER: Once again, we ask you please remain seated.
24:56[cheering and applause]
24:57I'm a little bit nervous because there is pretty tough
25:01competition out there.
25:02So we'll just hope for the best.
25:04ANNOUNCER: Judges, please welcome to the stage entry
25:07number 39, "Inside of Me."
25:09[cheering and applause]
25:13[music playing]
25:18(SINGING) Everybody has to try.
25:21That's what they say.
25:23But sometimes I don't know if I got what it takes
25:28to make the world come alive.
25:32But then I close my eyes.
25:39I put my foot upon the ground, listen to my heart
25:46but it don't make no sound.
25:49Inside I know if I don't turn this thing around,
25:54I'll never live it down.
25:58Don't back down.
26:00[cheering and applause]
26:01(SINGING) Inside of me, I find my wings.
26:07'Cause I can be most anything.
26:12Inside of me is all I'll ever need--
26:22is all I'll ever need.
26:32[cheering and applause]
26:40That's the best they ever did it.
26:42They have never danced that well before.
26:44Everything was right on the money.
26:45[cheering]
26:48Good girl!
26:50Chloe, so good.
26:51Really projected.
26:52Emotionally, the connection, their facial expressions
26:55on stage, working together--
26:58I thought they did an exquisite job.
27:00Good job.
27:01You should be very proud of yourself.
27:02Did it feel good? CHLOE: Yeah.
27:03CHRISTI: It looked great.
27:04ABBY: OK, ladies.
27:06We're going to go for the group.
27:07Moms, we need to get the hair done.
27:09KELLY: Well, Paige gets to put her big costume on.
27:11It's unfortunate, because I thought the green looked great
27:13on her.
27:14I know.
27:15Paige has to put on a dress that is two sizes too big for her,
27:17just because Abby doesn't want her to stand out in the group.
27:27Both girls are wearing costumes that don't fit.
27:29It just doesn't make any sense.
27:33ABBY: Make a big deal out of the spirit spoon.
27:36Smile.
27:37Shoulders, down.
27:39KELLY: I just don't know how much more I can take of Abby.
27:41I have had it with her.
27:42Brooke's putting her hand in.
27:44That's a valiant effort.
27:45One, two, three, etiquette!
27:48ABBY: The girls are gorgeous in their costumes.
27:50The spoon has a bow on it.
27:53We just have to hope and pray that this number comes
27:55across the way I want it to.
27:58ANNOUNCER: Judges, please welcome to the stage entry
28:00number 53, "Silver Spoons."
28:03[cheering and applause]
28:06[music playing]
28:37ABBY: Judges like to see something new and something
28:39different.
28:40I don't care what those mothers think.
28:41I think this is a winner.
28:43[music playing]
29:00[cheering and applause]
29:03From a judging point, I think it was a breath of fresh air.
29:06I think the routine was light and pretty, and certainly
29:09different than anything I saw.
29:11Do the judges think so?
29:13I don't know.
29:13[music playing]
29:14[cheering and applause]
29:16ANNOUNCER: Welcome, again, to Energy Regional Competition.
29:19We're going to get right to the awards.
29:22All righty.
29:23And the Energy Junior Duet/Trio--
29:27we have a top three.
29:30In third place, entry 16, "Stars on Your Grave Stone."
29:34[cheering and applause]
29:36In second place we have entry number 39, "Inside of Me."
29:42[cheering and applause]
29:47ANNOUNCER: First over all is entry number 21, "Don't Y'all?"
29:51[cheering and applause]
29:55CHRISTI: We have some serious competition here,
29:57and I think that Abby's substandard choreography is
29:59just setting us up to fail.
30:02We have the Energy Junior Small Group top three awards.
30:08In third place we have entry number 121, "Party."
30:12[cheering and applause]
30:16And, our second place, entry number 53, "Silver Spoons."
30:21[cheering and applause]
30:26ANNOUNCER: And our top Energy Junior
30:28Small Group goes to entry number 131, "Dream Girls."
30:33[cheering and applause]
30:36The studios who made the trip just to beat our girls--
30:39it was a trip well worth it.
30:40They beat us, hands down.
30:42So that group, they brought that trio
30:44and then they brought a junior small group
30:45to compete against "Silver Spoons,"
30:47and they brought three junior solos.
30:49They're here to beat us.
30:50Girls, last week you won.
30:53Today studios came specifically to beat the Abby Lee Dance
30:57Company, and they did just that.
30:59You win and then you don't have to work anymore because you
31:02think you're winners.
31:03These girls are not behaving like we're at a competition.
31:06I don't know what's going on with them,
31:07but they better start behaving like competitors.
31:10Girls, this is so sloppy, you might as well
31:13have the other teams the trophies.
31:14Maddie, Nia, Mackenzie-- you all have solos.
31:17If you're aiming for second, save yourself the aggravation.
31:21Save me the time.
31:23Get it?
31:27Is there anything else she could have barked
31:29at before they left?
31:30Because there's nothing wrong with second place.
31:33I don't know.
31:34But I really hope that they checked and made sure Maddie's
31:36music didn't skip this week.
31:37[laughter]
31:39This scratched CD situation has gone too far.
31:42I'm sick of hearing about it.
31:44Either that or make sure it did.
31:46[laughter]
31:48MELISSA: I trust Abby when she says that no one cheated.
31:57[music playing]
32:00So far, this entire competition has been a bust.
32:03It's all coming down to my solo routines.
32:05Let me have Nia, Mackenzie, Maddie, right here.
32:08Let's go.
32:08Now, what's done is done.
32:10You can't go back and do it again.
32:11But we are not about to lose to those two other teams.
32:14So either win or lose big.
32:17What?
32:19Maddie needs to emote to those judges.
32:22Nia's routine is really mature.
32:24I need her to pull it off.
32:26And Mackenzie-- come on, kid.
32:28Just remember the dance and stay out there do it.
32:30Please?
32:31You need to prove that your technique is up to the standard
32:33to do this number, because there's a lot of amazing girls
32:36out there.
32:36Understood?
32:38This is Nia's first solo since the whole Miami debacle.
32:41And, I'll tell you what.
32:43If that kid forgets this dance, there are no second chances.
32:46I need to do that to my stomach.
32:49MELISSA: We're in the dressing room,
32:50and Abby is helping Maddie with her makeup.
32:52She never helps my girls with their makeup.
32:54I don't feel like I'm getting the best treatment and the best
32:57training for my kids right now.
32:59And I'm going to fight with Abby until I get it.
33:01ABBY: All right, let's go.
33:02Don't dance too far down stage.
33:04Last week, my music skipped.
33:06And hopefully, this week nothing will happen to my solo.
33:09[cheering and applause]
33:10ANNOUNCER: This is Maddie performing "Helen Keller."
33:13MELISSA: Maddie's really been working hard on her "Helen
33:15Keller" solo this week.
33:16I think it's a really good thing that Maddie is being challenged
33:19this week by Abby.
33:20[music playing]
34:07[cheering and applause]
34:09ABBY: Maddie went out there, she looked great.
34:12Thank God nothing went wrong.
34:14Now, Nia is up next.
34:15I just hope she can pull this off.
34:17[cheering and applause]
34:18ANNOUNCER: This Nia performing "Bound."
34:19[cheering and applause]
34:23[music playing]
34:38(SINGING) Starts out sweet and then it tastes bitter.
34:46And the coolness of your fingers makes me blush and want
34:55to try to find it, so hot.
35:02It's hot in here.
35:08And I gotta get out, gotta get out, gotta get out,
35:13gotta get out.
35:17[applause]
35:21[music playing]
35:25ABBY: Nia's solo was good, but not great.
35:28I don't think she's even going to make the top five.
35:31Good job.
35:32CHRISTI: Good job, Maddie!
35:33HOLLY: Hey, Maddie! - Oh, honey, it was beautiful.
35:35How did you feel? - Good.
35:36Did you love it?
35:37[cheering]
35:42I was really pleased with Nia's performance,
35:45and she's come such a long way.
35:46I think Abby's finally taking her in the right direction.
35:50You're a better dancer now, right?
35:51Don't you think?
35:52Mm-hmm.
35:53I'm so proud of you.
35:55ABBY: All right.
35:56Come on, Mackenzie.
35:57Now, listen.
35:58Twice in a row you've exited that stage
36:01without doing your whole number.
36:02You have to say on the stage until the music is over.
36:04Do you understand? - Yes.
36:05ABBY: When Mackenzie steps out on stage,
36:08I will be in the wings.
36:09And if she tries to run off, I'm serious,
36:12she is going right back out on that stage.
36:14Come on, let's go.
36:19She knows the dance, you know, but Abby freaks her out.
36:22Every kid has forgotten dances,
36:24and she's never helped them backstage.
36:27I'm really nervous about my solo
36:28because I might forget the moves, again.
36:31And Abby would totally yell at me if I forgot this dance.
36:34ANNOUNCER: Entry numner 185, Mackenzie, "Daisy Chains."
36:38[cheering and applause]
36:47ANNOUNCER: Please welcome to the stage entry number 185.
36:50This is Mackenzie performing "Daisy Chains."
36:53[music playing]
36:59(SINGING) La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
37:04La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
37:07You're the taffy apple of my eye, sweeter than a sugar
37:13daddy.
37:14You're the sun that brightens up my sky, even when the storm is
37:20making it hazy.
37:22Ring around me, daisy.
37:24You're messy and you're lazy.
37:26You drive me bloody crazy, but I still want you.
37:30La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
37:34La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
37:38[cheering and applause]
37:41HOLLY: Aw, Melissa.
37:44Mackenzie remembered every move in her solo.
37:47She remembered everything.
37:48I'm so excited.
37:49She really made Abby proud.
37:51ANNOUNCER: All righty.
37:52We have a top scoring Energy Petite Solo and Miss Energy
37:59being awarded to entry number 185, Mackenzie, "Daisy Chains."
38:05[cheering and applause]
38:12Aw!
38:15Mackenzie won first place, and she got her first crown.
38:20She was so tickled on stage.
38:21Maddie was so proud of her.
38:23And I just can't wait to hug her.
38:25ANNOUNCER: We have the top Energy Junior Solo, top 10.
38:31We have in ninth place, entry number 238,
38:34going to Nia, "Bound."
38:38[cheering and applause]
38:45In fourth place, entry number 226, Maddie,
38:50dancing to "Helen Keller."
38:52[cheering and applause]
38:56ABBY: Thank goodness that Mackenzie pulled out
38:59a win in her age division.
39:01Who knew the kid had it in her.
39:02But fourth and ninth?
39:05I'm not happy about that.
39:06[cheering]
39:09CHRISTI: Oh, good job!
39:10MELISSA: I'm so proud of you!
39:12CHRISTI: And I'll hug Nia.
39:13MELISSA: I love it!
39:14CHRISTI: Good job, Kenz!
39:16I don't know what to think.
39:18KELLY: Now that the competition is done and over with,
39:20I want to go give Abby a piece of my mind.
39:22Between the costume fiasco and the scratched CD,
39:24I've had it with her antics.
39:26Abby, can I talk to you for a second I just
39:28wanted to see-- it it, like, your goal in life
39:30to make Paige feel bad?
39:31Finally once she had the odd costume
39:34and was going to have a second to shine,
39:36and then you take it from her.
39:37And then you gave her one that didn't even fit.
39:39And it was, like, no big deal.
39:40I'm not setting out to hurt a kid's feelings.
39:42You have to understand that.
39:44Chloe was the obvious choice.
39:45I needed all eyes to go over to her because she started
39:48with the spoon. - And I realize that.
39:49Kelly, come on.
39:50The dance is over.
39:51We already did the competition.
39:53They were second.
39:55Who cares about the dress?
39:57God forbid you would see Paige stand out just a little bit.
40:00There's five kids.
40:01You can see them all on stage.
40:02Whatever, Abby.
40:03I mean, it's something different every day.
40:06That's it.
40:07I will not take these accusations and finger
40:10pointing, anymore.
40:12I've had it.
40:13Girls, every single one of you know the reason
40:17we change things is because it doesn't look right.
40:21That's why we change routines.
40:22Don't go accusing people of doing things
40:25that they didn't do.
40:27Win or lose, I'm not going to send somebody out there
40:29with bad music.
40:31And if any one of your mothers have something to say about it,
40:33come to Abby and find out what happens with the CD when it
40:36skips.
40:37And we'll tell you exactly what to do with it.
40:47MELISSA: Come on, girls.
40:48We're getting on the bus.
40:50Finally, Abby has put an end to the CD skipping issue.
40:53We both said our piece.
40:55And if the moms don't believe it, that's their problem.
40:57I'm not discussing it anymore.

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