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0:01ABBY LEE MILLER (VOICEOVER): Previously on "Dance Moms."
0:02Line up, soldiers.
0:03I don't think some of you want to be here,
0:04and I certainly don't think any of you work hard enough.
0:08I can't believe you were tattle-telling
0:09on a seven-year-old.
0:11People know how my child dances.
0:12Do you really think anyone who goes to the dance competition
0:15knows how your child dances?
0:16ABBY LEE MILLER: Kendall, you're chasing her.
0:19Second place, entry number 74, "Free the People."
0:22Sometimes you have nothing intelligent to say.
0:24You should just be quiet.
0:25ABBY LEE MILLER: So today, you will
0:26be voting on Maddie or Chloe.
0:28Maddie wins.
0:30ABBY LEE MILLER (VOICEOVER): Coming up on "Dance Moms."
0:32We're getting beat by teachers that I've never even heard
0:34of before. - Here it comes.
0:35Whoo.
0:36But it's not funny or cute to throw a kid on stage
0:38and them not be warmed up.
0:39I have been officially invited to be on "The View."
0:42[applause]
0:45My foot doesn't hurt anymore.
0:46And?
0:47It's about this whole charade. Don't let her rehearse.
0:49- What charade? - The charade about the foot.
0:51What the [bleep] is wrong with the foot?
0:52I want to know where the miracle came from, because--
0:55She rested.
0:56Don't take it out on me that Abby pulled your kid
0:58from a dance.
0:59Why don't you call the [bleep] doctor and ask him?
1:01[MUSIC - NIKKO LOWE, "LIVING ON THE DANCE FLOOR"]
1:03Get up.
1:04Get on the floor.
1:06My world is with my girls living on the dance floor.
1:13[music continuing]
1:17ABBY LEE MILLER: Let's go. Let's go.
1:18Let's go.
1:19Come on, girls.
1:20Get in here.
1:21On the presidential campaign, this means peace.
1:24But here at Abby League Dance Company, it means seconds.
1:27Not only are we getting beat by Kathy's brilliant team
1:31of imports, we're getting beat by teachers that I've never
1:35even heard of before.
1:37We were the losers.
1:38ALDC lost again, two weeks in a row.
1:42How are we going to recover?
1:45How are these dancers going to get better?
1:47How do they improve in a week?
1:50Put the effort forth.
1:51You get out what you put in.
1:53All right, I want to get to the pyramid.
1:56First, I have Mackenzie.
1:58You didn't dance.
1:59Next, Paige.
2:01That flag was a symbol for everybody in that audience.
2:06[music playing]
2:12Don't do a disservice to this country.
2:16Abby puts Paige at the bottom of the pyramid
2:18because she held the flag upside down the wrong way.
2:22That's why we didn't win, because Paige
2:23held the flag the wrong way.
2:25And next, Kendall.
2:28We've worked on your facial expressions.
2:30They've improved.
2:31We've worked on your stamina.
2:33That's getting there.
2:35Now focus.
2:37Wherever your eyes go, that's where the judges' eyes go.
2:40You can't watch Maddie like a member of the audience.
2:45And next I have Brooke.
2:48Brooke, during rehearsal, you did an outstanding job.
2:51Then we get on stage and you go right by Asia and the flag
2:55and then you have to wait four counts.
2:58You have to think on stage.
3:01Chloe.
3:02Chloe, you did a solo.
3:04You did a nice job.
3:05You were second only to Maddie.
3:07Corrections.
3:08Hyperextending the elbows.
3:10Not lengthening the back of the knee.
3:12You can fix all of those things, but you have to want to.
3:17And next, Nia.
3:19You did an outstanding job.
3:20I thought you looked good in the group.
3:22I noticed you in the group.
3:23I also noticed that you were smart
3:25and you figured out you couldn't live Asia until she got there.
3:29Finally Abby notices Nia.
3:31She's making it to the middle of the pyramid.
3:33That's a good thing.
3:35And next.
3:37Asia, you won the overall high score in the petite division.
3:42I think that you're a little firecracker,
3:45and I think you step on stage and you cause an explosion.
3:48So Asia's number 2.
3:50I'll take the 2 for this time, as long as she doesn't drop
3:53lower than that.
3:54And on top of the pyramid.
3:57Maddie, you were the overall high scorer
4:00of the junior division.
4:01And in first place, entry number 30, "I'm Trying."
4:04Yeah, Maddie.
4:05Whoo-hoo.
4:07Your friends voted for you, too.
4:09It was a good performance.
4:10You are the type of personality that this country was built on.
4:15You all know that song "America the Beautiful?"
4:17Maddie, you are America the Beautiful.
4:19Thank you.
4:20You're welcome.
4:21People have accused me of playing favorites.
4:24Maddie gets what she deserves.
4:26She puts in the time.
4:27She puts in the energy.
4:29She wants it.
4:31Why wouldn't she be the favorite?
4:33Now, before I get started on this week's assignments,
4:35I want to ask Mackenzie where your cast is.
4:37You should have an air cast on that foot.
4:39My foot doesn't hurt anymore.
4:41And?
4:43What's your doctor's excuse?
4:44Did you go to the doctor again?
4:46No.
4:47I mean, yeah.
4:48No, you did not, Kenz.
4:49You didn't go back to the doctor.
4:51Tell her exactly what the doctor told you.
4:54He said that it's OK to dance.
4:56And how did he look at your foot again?
4:58He didn't.
5:00So over the phone?
5:01He said that she has to rest it until it feels 100%.
5:04She knows her own body.
5:06She knows her own body?
5:07She can't even create a sentence to answer me with.
5:11I'm sorry.
5:12The doctor said two weeks and I don't feel comfortable
5:15going against his wishes.
5:17It has not been two weeks.
5:19I don't want Mackenzie dancing because she's eight years old.
5:22She's little.
5:23Those tiny, little bones in her feet are fragile.
5:26And Mackenzie has the potential to go the distance in her dance
5:30career.
5:32I don't want to do something now that's going to prevent her
5:34from having a career further down the line.
5:37Let's talk about this week.
5:38We are headed to Energy Dance Competition in Youngstown,
5:42Ohio.
5:43I'm sure that Kathy is going to be there.
5:45I'm sure her boy group will be back in full force.
5:49But I'm really not too concerned with Kathy.
5:51I'm worried about the other studios in Youngstown, Ohio.
5:54The group number is entitled to "Hear No Evil."
5:57Everyone is in it, except Mackenzie and Maddie.
6:01Maddie, you will not be dancing with the group in the group
6:05routine.
6:06You will be assisting me with the choreography.
6:10I don't think the rest of the group is as serious as Maddie.
6:13They just say, well, Maddie will figure out the counts.
6:15Maddie will know the music.
6:17So I want to teach them a lesson.
6:19They all need to be the leaders.
6:20They all need to know what's going on.
6:23Maddie, you will be doing a solo.
6:25The name of your solo is "They'll Never Change."
6:30Asia, you will be performing a duet with Nia.
6:34[applause]
6:36The name of your routine is "Move You Too."
6:40And Asia, I'm expecting my little firecracker
6:43to light Nia up.
6:46We're going to get Nia moving faster, jumping higher.
6:50Nia, when Asia's leg is up here, her leg better be up there.
6:55You can't be any less than Asia is on stage.
7:00It's going to be hard for anyone dancing with Asia
7:02to match her energy, but Nia can hold her own,
7:05and she can definitely bring it to the dance floor.
7:07I think Nia will be just fine dancing with Asia.
7:10I have one more solo.
7:12It's going to Chloe.
7:13It's contemporary.
7:15And the name of the routine is "About Mother."
7:18Moms, you are dismissed.
7:20Ladies, spread apart.
7:26I'm taking you out of that group because I think
7:28they're dragging you down.
7:29And if you had a bunch of people to dance with that were
7:30on your level that wanted it, you would be first place
7:32all the time.
7:33You have to worry about you, understand?
7:36Maddie's solo is called "They'll Never Change."
7:39Who is she referring to in "they?"
7:42I don't know.
7:43Maybe the other girls in the group.
7:46Maybe they're not going to change.
7:47Maybe they're not going to try to work harder.
7:49Or maybe it's the other moms.
7:51Maybe they'll never change and they'll always
7:54be jealous of Maddie.
7:56I think if Abby thinks that Maddie is so much more mature
7:59then Maddie should move up to the senior group.
8:01That's exactly-- then what's she doing dancing the weekends,
8:03week after week after week if they're holding her back.
8:04KELLY: Exactly. Move her out of our group.
8:06If Abby thinks that Maddie is too good for this group,
8:09pull her.
8:10Have her dance with your seniors.
8:12We don't need her.
8:13[music playing]
8:14On your left.
8:158, 4, 5.
8:18Maddie is demonstrating this week because she's not
8:21such a second place performer.
8:23She's a winner.
8:24She's a champion.
8:25She's an artist.
8:26She wants to do this 24/7.
8:28It's totally unrealistic and illogical to make it
8:33so that Maddie is the only one that has goals, aspirations,
8:37and everyone else--
8:38And talent.
8:39And talent and ambition.
8:48The group routine is entitled "Hear No Evil."
8:51It's going to be a challenge for the girls.
8:52The music is difficult to count to.
8:55So I'm going to pull their leader, the one
8:58with the great musicality, out of the group
9:01and see how they handle it.
9:05Every one of these girls need to be the Maddie.
9:08Melissa, are you comfortable with Maddie
9:11being the assistant choreographer of our group?
9:13I heard her say she's going to be assisting.
9:17Yeah, don't be calling her assistant choreographer.
9:19What is the difference between choreographing and assistant
9:22choreographer?
9:23What's the difference?
9:24And it really doesn't make a difference to me
9:26if Abby pulls Maddie out of the group dance.
9:28I mean, Abby tells us every week that Maddie is so much better
9:30than our girls, so take her out of the group then.
9:34Asia.
9:36But I have to say, I know these girls have been dancing
9:39together for a long time, but I don't know.
9:41Does she pick up choreography fast?
9:44Right here in rehearsal, she might be--
9:46Oh, I know what you're saying.
9:47Yeah, but on stage, it comes together.
9:49Asia isn't keeping up well with this group.
9:51They're a well-oiled machine.
9:53Asia's new to the group.
9:55She's several years younger than most of them
9:57and she's half their size.
9:59It's not a good fit.
10:00So what happens when Kenzie's put in a group?
10:02Is she behind the choreography with the older girls
10:04because she's small, or you're--
10:07Not wrong, not off, not slower, but the timing.
10:11Speaking of Mackenzie, I have a question.
10:14What changed with Mackenzie that now she's 100% ready to go?
10:18Because her foot feels better.
10:19Either Mackenzie really wasn't that hurt to begin with
10:22or she's really still hurt now.
10:24But one way or the other, you're lying.
10:27This is what the doctor said to me, Christi.
10:30Kenzie can dance when she feels 100% confident in her foot.
10:34She knows her body.
10:35You have been going on and on and on for weeks
10:37that she can't dance, she can dance, she can't dance.
10:39But she rested for a whole week doing literally nothing.
10:42A week really isn't that long to rest.
10:45Well, you know what?
10:46Mackenzie feels better and she's fine.
10:54[phone ringing]
10:55Hello?
10:55It's Teresa.
10:56I got some really super, exciting news for you.
11:09[laughs]
11:12That is crazy.
11:17Oh my god. Oh my god.
11:18I want to sit next to Whoopie.
11:19I am so excited to be going to "The View."
11:22But me sitting there next to them,
11:24I'm a little bit nervous about that.
11:37I am super stoked about my kids performing on "The View."
11:41Come on, that is amazing advertisement for my studio.
11:46I'm guest-hosting "The View."
11:48[laughs]
11:52She's wooing, whooping, and hollering.
11:54[wooing]
11:55She's distracted by a phone call.
11:57I think Abby calls a 900 number, I swear to God.
12:01I need everybody in studio A. Everybody, come on.
12:06I have a big announcement to make.
12:09I just got a phone call and I have been officially
12:12invited to be a guest host on "The View."
12:16[cheering]
12:19Oh, oh my god.
12:23So I will be hosting the entire hour of "The View."
12:27I think Abby can hold her own, but I am a little bit worried
12:30about what's going to come out of her mouth.
12:32Of course, I am going to have the Abby Lee Dance Company
12:36competition team, one of our winning group routines
12:38perform on "The View."
12:40[applause]
12:45Excited?
12:45Yes.
12:47I'm excited to go to New York.
12:48This is a great opportunity for the girls to be on "The View."
12:52As far as the moms go, if Abby doesn't want the moms to go,
12:54I love to shop in New York.
12:56So I'm excited.
12:58So next week, we will be traveling to New York City.
13:01[applause]
13:03Unfortunately, the lady from "The View"
13:05said I need to submit the routine that they're
13:07going to be performing tonight.
13:10So we need to do something that is exciting
13:13and something that lets people think.
13:16You like that one?
13:17That's beautiful.
13:19I'm excited about co-hosting "The View," but you know what?
13:21There is no rest for the weary.
13:23We still have a big competition this weekend.
13:26We need to perfect the group number and get the solos ready.
13:29All right, spread apart. Let's go.
13:31Let's go.
13:31Let's go.
13:33I want to know how long this happiness will last for Abby.
13:36That's big news, so that means she'll
13:38ride that high for, I don't know, the rest of the night
13:40would be nice.
13:42It's one thing being a guest, but she's an actual host.
13:44- I know. - Come on.
13:45Let's go from the top, Maddie.
13:46You ready?
13:47[MUSIC - WE THE COMMITTEE, "THIS WON'T END QUIETLY"]
13:49You told me we were fighters, fighters.
13:54Watch with the knuckles when you push forward, Chloe.
13:56The group can win without Maddie.
13:58It should win without Maddie.
14:00The problem is they rely on Maddie.
14:02Girls, you need to step up to the plate.
14:05You need to listen to the music.
14:07And you're not.
14:08You're letting Maddie do the work.
14:10Kendall and Brooke obviously were doing a different time
14:14and they felt they were right, and the other people
14:17were way ahead.
14:18They kept going because they thought they were right.
14:20Maddie, who did you think was right?
14:24All right, let's go again.
14:25Maddie told me she's happy and sad about assisting.
14:29She said she loves doing it, but she's sad
14:32because she wants to be in the dance
14:33and she doesn't want any of her friends to get angry with her.
14:36Melissa, do you think that Maddie
14:38is uncomfortable with Abby leaving her
14:39in charge of her friends?
14:41Yeah.
14:42She said that she's happy and sad at the same time.
14:44Do you think Maddie misses being in a group
14:46dance this week? - Absolutely.
14:48Whatever Abby wants her to do, you
14:49know she's going to listen to that.
14:51Is Mackenzie frustrated after the pyramid
14:53yesterday, because Abby has been doing absolutely nothing again
14:56this week and she feels like she can dance.
14:59Melissa said that Mackenzie had to be off of her foot, doctor's
15:03orders, for two weeks.
15:05And I don't think Melissa really thought that Abby was going
15:08to take her for her work, and two weeks is two weeks.
15:14I went round and round with some of the numbers
15:16and I think that we should do "The Last Text" for "The View."
15:26I think that it's an important piece,
15:29and I think we have a message to send out to all the viewers.
15:38All I need you to do is a roundoff back
15:40handspring to that corner and fall to the ground.
15:43What number is this?
15:45It's called "The Final Text?"
15:46HOLLY: "The Last Text."
15:47KRISTIE RAY: What is Asia doing?
15:48Replacing Mackenzie, it looks like,
15:50but she won't let Kenzie dance.
15:52Mackenzie is not dancing right now
15:54and we need to rehearse this routine, so
15:56why wouldn't I put Asia in the number?
16:00JILL: She doesn't dance.
16:01She does a roundoff back handspring and done.
16:02CHRISTI: Back handspring and done.
16:04Oh my gosh.
16:05So do you think Abby won't let her dance?
16:07Well, maybe it's just for rehearsal.
16:08We'll see.
16:10I mean, I think Asia could be a backup for Mackenzie,
16:12but she's not a team member.
16:15Mackenzie is a team member.
16:17Well, Mackenzie is injured, right?
16:19She was. You saw her crying.
16:20OK, but she's better now.
16:21I want to know where the miracle came from because--
16:24She rested.
16:25- OK. - Please.
16:26It's really none of your concern.
16:28She's not in the dance so be happy, because that's
16:30what you want. - No, that's not true.
16:31Absolutely it is.
16:33Melissa made such a big deal about Mackenzie can't dance.
16:35She's crying in pain.
16:37It hurts so bad.
16:38Now all of a sudden the girls are dancing on "The View"
16:40and Mackenzie had a miraculous recovery.
16:43It just doesn't jive.
16:44She's fine.
16:45Ask her yourself.
16:45How?
16:47Why don't you call the [bleep] doctor and ask him?
16:49Don't take it out on me that Abby pulled your kid
16:51from a dance, because my kid and the rest of our kids
16:53have been listening to Abby talk about how wonderful
16:56your children are and your daughter is all week,
16:58and we haven't told you to go F yourself.
17:01Listen, this is for "The View."
17:03Millions and millions of people are watching that.
17:06There will be no mistakes.
17:14[music playing]
17:19KELLY: She's here.
17:20Hey.
17:20Hi.
17:22Hillary.
17:23I'm Brooke.
17:23Nice to meet you.
17:25Oh, look, we got the keyboard all set up.
17:27We're ready to go.
17:28Brooke loves to sing, and I feel
17:30like this is a great opportunity for the girls.
17:32I mean, we're going to be on "The View,"
17:34and I just feel like while I'm out there in New York City,
17:36I want to take advantage of this and have Brooke go meet
17:40with a music producer and have her, you know,
17:42see about doing another song.
17:43So before we go, I want to have Brooke
17:46meet with a vocal teacher and have her have a lesson
17:48so when we go to New York, she is completely prepared.
17:52I just keep telling her this, being in dance,
17:55she has a lot of opportunities to get out there and sing.
17:58Absolutely, 100%.
17:59Of course.
18:00You already have an audience to your dance.
18:02You opened that door for being a fantastic dancer,
18:05and now you can branch out and do other things as well.
18:08The hardest part is being a person who will work hard,
18:12and you're a hard worker.
18:13And so you apply that to your singing,
18:15you're going to get stuff out of it.
18:23How are you doing?
18:25You have to go this weekend.
18:26If I leave you at home and you dance all weekend,
18:29what if you get hurt again and you're not good for New York
18:31City?
18:32Then Asia's going to be doing "The View."
18:34Like right now, Asia is rehearsing your spot.
18:38This is Mackenzie's number, "The Last Text."
18:41She deserves to be in the number.
18:50You know, Asia just came up to me
18:51and she goes, oh, I'm rehearsing the group thing for "The View,"
18:54but Kenzie had Maddie tell me that I was out of it
18:57because she's perfectly fine.
18:59But wait, why would Maddie go and tell her that?
19:01That's not her job.
19:02Well, that's what I told her.
19:03I said, Asia, I said just wait.
19:04It's Abby's decision, not Melissa's.
19:06- Yeah. - This is her team.
19:07It's not Asia's team.
19:08I understand, but then let's compete.
19:11If Mackenzie can't compete, then she can't do "The View."
19:14I know you want to dance.
19:15I know.
19:17OK.
19:19I don't think Mackenzie should be taken out of the dance.
19:21Mackenzie does a roundoff back handspring.
19:23That's all she does, so she needs to let Mackenzie dance.
19:27Tell me, what did you learn from the whole Maddie/Chloe
19:31thing?
19:32Maddie, Maddie, Maddie.
19:35Take that sadness and put it into your dancing.
19:39Well, the corrections that Maddie gave me,
19:42I'm trying to really use them.
19:44The whole voting thing, it should
19:46have been five people voting for you
19:47and five people voting for Maddie.
19:49Like they couldn't decide.
19:50So you need to toughen up.
19:52You need to get a thick skin, because this business
19:56is ruthless.
19:57Chloe wants to be a star, a celebrity.
19:59She wants to sign autographs.
20:01That is not making her a better dancer.
20:03All of those things need to be put on hold until her dancing
20:07is to the level that it should be.
20:09[music playing]
20:17I'm actually really surprised that Abby is giving Chloe
20:20a solo again this week after the whole voting
20:22mishap in the dressing room.
20:24I think what really hurt Chloe more than anything was the fact
20:27that her peers, whom she respects, voted against her.
20:30So I'm really glad that Chloe has a chance
20:32to go out and redeem herself.
20:34Do you know what this is about?
20:35It's about all that we've been through together.
20:38It's about mother, everything we've been through.
20:40Let me tell you about my mama, she's a bitch.
20:42[laughter]
20:43The dance teacher hates her.
20:45That's true.
20:47Her partner in crime.
20:49I like that Chloe's solo this week is called "About Mother."
20:51You know, Abby always tries to make it be a negative thing,
20:53but I'm going to look at this as a tribute
20:55to my relationship with Chloe, not as a negative thing
20:58about our relationship.
20:59[music playing]
21:00(SINGING) 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, and 4.
21:04I've got something to tell you and--
21:07Asia and Nia are doing a duet this weekend
21:09entitled "Move You Too."
21:11Asia has an over the top personality, especially when
21:14she steps out on stage.
21:16And the only other performer that I think of
21:18is a drag queen.
21:19They're just that over the top persona.
21:22They're bigger than life, and that's what I want Nia to be.
21:27Oh, here, Abby's going to do her drag queen walk.
21:31She's revving up from head to toe.
21:34Mama's in the house.
21:35Oh, Lord.
21:37Look, she's got her foot beveled.
21:39Oh, the head's bopping.
21:40Oh, god.
21:42The torpedoes are out.
21:46Abby loves herself a drag queen dance.
21:49Oh, Lord, help us all.
21:50Watch out.
21:52Everybody get out your mental scrub brush.
21:53OK, here she goes.
21:55I hope she didn't do that for her date.
21:57Oh, the wrists are limp.
21:59Oh, gross.
22:00Whatever that move is.
22:01Here it comes.
22:04[laughs]
22:07Oh my god.
22:08I think she thinks she looks good doing that.
22:10I don't think that looks good.
22:13ABBY LEE MILLER: Come on.
22:15Point those feet.
22:19This is going to be a tough duet for Nia this week.
22:21Not only does she have to match Asia's facial expressions
22:23and her energy, there's an extremely difficult lift
22:26in the middle of the dance.
22:29Asia, although a small girl, she's muscular
22:31and she's no lightweight.
22:33Usually, it's Chloe and Maddie,
22:36they compete against each other.
22:37Asia and Kenzie, they're not competing against each other.
22:40They're competing against each other for a spot on "The View,"
22:44so yeah, they are competing against each other.
22:46I'm really torn who I think should dance in the group dance
22:50on "The View."
22:51I mean, it's not fair to the group
22:53to have them practice with Asia and then at the last second
22:56throw in Mackenzie.
22:57Mackenzie, is she feeling resentful to Asia?
23:00No.
23:01Oh, and now Asia is a bully.
23:02Is Asia being a bully?
23:03No.
23:04I want them to resolve this on their own.
23:06OK, but I would like to know how my child's being a bully.
23:10She dropped a block on Mackenzie,
23:12dropped a block on her foot on purpose.
23:14I'm like, why would a kid drop a block on her?
23:16No, Asia told me that because she knew
23:18that's how it would be relayed.
23:19She said Kenzie was walking by.
23:21When it dropped, when she was picking it up,
23:23it didn't drop on Kenzie's foot.
23:25It hit the side of her foot.
23:27I can say a lot of things about Asia.
23:29I really don't think one of them would be that she's a bully.
23:34I just think Melissa is trying to think of any excuse
23:37to make Asia look bad.
23:39My child will not pick up a block
23:41and just throw it on someone's foot.
23:42Well, I wouldn't think that.
23:45Next.
23:46Melissa's being passive aggressive about the "bully"
23:49comment.
23:50I don't know what she's doing, but it makes no sense.
23:52I'm not going to argue with stupid.
23:53I got to ask you something.
23:54Asia came up to me and said the girls told her
23:57she's out of the show on "The View" instead of Abby
24:00telling her.
24:01Abby said Mackenzie was on "The View."
24:02OK, well, I wish there was not this whole charade about her
24:05rehearsing it and then now not in it.
24:07Things change all the time, Kristie.
24:09I think it's safe to say that Kristie Ray has two sides.
24:12She has the I'm so perfect dance mom side
24:17and then she has on the I'm a stage mom bitch.
24:19It's not about Asia not being in the group.
24:22It's about this whole charade.
24:23What charade?
24:24The charade about the foot.
24:25What [bleep] is wrong with the foot?
24:28There's nothing wrong with it now.
24:29It's fine.
24:30OK, then what's the charade?
24:31Compete.
24:32She was crying.
24:33Get it X-rayed and a doctor's note,
24:35with a real doctor's note, with an X-ray with the written,
24:37instead of bringing the note and saying two weeks rest.
24:39I mean, it gets kind of ridiculous.
24:46[music playing]
24:49JILL: We're here at the Energy Dance Competition
24:52in Youngstown, Ohio, and there are a lot of amazing dancers
24:56here.
24:58The skill level is set really, really high,
25:01so we have to be on our game.
25:03We have to be focused.
25:04And we have to win.
25:09I cannot believe that we are in Youngstown,
25:12Ohio and there's no applesauce.
25:17[cheering]
25:20Thank God Kathy is not coming.
25:21This is the best news I've heard all week.
25:24Whoa, whoa.
25:25Mackenzie, what are you doing?
25:28This is hard cement.
25:29I need you to get a shoe on.
25:30This is the end of two weeks.
25:32Like the doctor originally said, the doctor with the iPhone
25:36that can see through the phone to your foot
25:38and touch it and feel it.
25:40Abby still hasn't decided who will be dancing on "The View"
25:43yet, whether it's Mackenzie or Asia,
25:45but if Melissa wants Mackenzie to dance,
25:47she would be wise to tell her to sit down and stay off her foot.
25:52Shoulders even.
25:53The right arm's as high as the left.
25:56When the girls are rehearsing in the green room,
25:59I think that Maddie is watching Chloe dance.
26:01And I think that Maddie knows that Chloe is dancing extremely
26:04well today, and I think she feels a little nervous
26:07that Chloe might be real competition.
26:11Nail that.
26:14Use the plié.
26:15Glide through fourth, up to relevé.
26:16Think about all those things you're doing wrong.
26:19Today, it's anybody's game.
26:22Chloe can step out on stage and beat Maddie any day,
26:24anytime, anywhere.
26:26That's what this game is all about.
26:27That's why it's called competition.
26:29Where are Asia and Nia?
26:31[cheering]
26:34Oh my god.
26:39Love that.
26:41Shangela would be proud.
26:42Can we see the drag walk now?
26:49I'm really excited Nia and Asia have this duet this week.
26:52They look really great together.
26:54But this is the first time they had a duet,
26:55and so I know they're going to need to run it a few times
26:58before they go on stage.
27:01All right, let's go.
27:02Let's go. - They're not going on.
27:03The duo's not going on.
27:04Not yet.
27:05We've got to get moving.
27:06But we'll come back to the duet?
27:08Yes.
27:09'Cause I didn't have a chance to get pins.
27:10they're not finished getting dressed.
27:12Maddie and Chloe's solos are coming up next
27:14and we're all rushing to try to get out of the room,
27:17but we haven't run Nia and Asia's duet yet
27:19and I'm getting really nervous.
27:21[music continuing]
27:30Before I go on stage for my solo,
27:32I'm just a little, tiny bit nervous,
27:35but I just want to go out there and show to Miss Abby
27:38that I can do it.
27:41ANNOUNCER: Our next entry is entry number 27, Chloe,
27:44performing to "About Mother."
27:46[applause]
27:54[MUSIC - CLAIRE HAYEK, "WHAT ABOUT (MOTHER)"]
28:00Mother, tell me, Mother.
28:06How do silence my mind?
28:12Show me, show me, Mother, how to, follow the signs.
28:23'Cause you see right through me and you can heal my pain.
28:35What about the air we breathe?
28:38All the pain we feel?
28:41What about you and me?
28:44What about?
28:45What about?
28:47What about green and the blue, all that we've been through?
28:53What about you and me?
28:56What about?
28:57What about?
28:59What about?
29:00What about?
29:02What about?
29:04What about?
29:09[cheering]
29:13I think Chloe should be really proud of herself
29:15because I think it would be so hard to hear just
29:17negative things all the time and go out there and rise
29:20to the occasion and dance your heart out.
29:22So I give her a lot of credit for this dance today
29:24because I think she looks amazing.
29:27There's always pressure on Maddie.
29:29I mean, there's pressure on all the kids.
29:31But you know, she wants to please Miss Abby.
29:34ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, our next entry
29:36is number 30, Maddie performing to "They'll Never Change."
29:40[cheering]
29:43[MUSIC - TATIANA MOROZ, "THEY'LL NEVER CHANGE"]
29:45Another day, another way to get thrown out of home.
29:54But does it really matter what we say or who started it all?
30:03No, they'll never change, even if we want them to.
30:14They'll never change.
30:21I don't want to disappoint, but really what's
30:28the point when we're not getting very much love at all.
30:33I'm not getting very much love at all.
30:40They'll never change.
30:52I think Maddie's beautiful on stage and it was flawless.
30:57ANNOUNCER: All right, our next entry is number 44,
31:02"Move You Too."
31:05All of a sudden I hear the competition announce
31:07that the duet is up next, and there
31:10was supposed to be 14 numbers between Asia
31:12and Nia's duet and Maddie's solo.
31:14Asia and Nia never had a chance to rehearse a duet.
31:22They didn't run the duet.
31:24I think they ran it backstage.
31:25No, they did not.
31:27In this duet, Nia has an extremely difficult lift
31:30with Asia where she picks her up over her head.
31:33She hasn't even had a chance to practice it.
31:35They haven't even stretched.
31:36They are totally unprepared.
31:46The competition skipped ahead to the duet
31:48and the girls are totally unprepared.
31:50They are totally caught off guard,
31:51and there's this extremely difficult lift
31:54in the middle of the dance.
31:58We didn't even warm up or anything.
32:00We didn't practice at all, and that's not fair to Asia and I.
32:06ANNOUNCER: Our next entry is number 44, "Move You Too."
32:10[applause]
32:11[music - lacy baby, "move ya"]
32:131, 2, 1, 2, 3, get funky.
32:17I've got something to tell you and I think ought to know.
32:22It's time to get down to business.
32:24Come on, ready, set, go. 'Cause we grinding.
32:27No, not yet.
32:29We putting out the show.
32:33You think you know, but you have no idea me and the band,
32:39we about to make you feel something so, so unreal.
32:45We are the real deal.
32:48Whoo.
32:49Y'all ready to have some fun and let everything else go?
32:58Ha.
32:59I like that.
33:01Me, too.
33:02Let me show you how we do it, do it, do it.
33:05[applause]
33:06Way to go, girls.
33:10The duet ended up looking pretty good.
33:12Was it their best?
33:14No, but Nia was able to lift Asia with no difficulty,
33:18so I'm pretty happy with that.
33:21What I'm not happy with is with Abby.
33:23She was reckless and she totally was
33:25unprepared in rehearsing those girls
33:27before they went on stage.
33:29Holly and Christi are really upset right now
33:32because Abby was so busy having them do their drag queen walk
33:35that she forgot to have them run the dance.
33:37I think they did a nice job.
33:39I think they could have been better prepared.
33:41- They weren't stretched. - They weren't stretched.
33:43They weren't stretched.
33:44I could tell they weren't stretched.
33:45Being in a costume does not mean
33:47that you're ready to perform. - I agree.
33:49There was time for the girls to rehearse
33:52and she didn't use that time.
33:55Hey, hey, hey, hey.
34:02What?
34:04Who told the girls to go on if there were like 14 numbers?
34:08What?
34:09They never practiced in their costume like everybody else.
34:11They didn't even run anything. They didn't even stretch.
34:13Most importantly, they weren't warmed up.
34:15Regardless, the ability to adapt quickly to change,
34:19they need to be on that.
34:20Because when your kid goes to an audition,
34:22they could be number 185, and 183 and 184 dropped out
34:28and your kid's saying, well, wait a minute.
34:29I have six more minutes before I step out
34:31there to do my audition.
34:33No, you don't.
34:34When you're in an audition, you just need to be ready,
34:38and that's a fact.
34:40I was worried about the lift.
34:41The lift was great.
34:43They practiced the lift backstage.
34:45What else did they do that required all this warm up?
34:47A roundoff back handspring.
34:48Well, a back handspring, since you know everything, Dr. Holly,
34:51is done with a straight back.
34:52But it's not funny or cute to throw a kid on stage
34:54and them not be warmed up.
34:56Once again, Abby deflects the blame
34:58and turns this all into a lesson about being prepared.
35:01Regardless, this lesson could have been disastrous.
35:04Abby is lucky the duet performed as well as they did.
35:07[music continuing]
35:11ABBY LEE MILLER: One more time, this is it.
35:13Passion.
35:14Intensity.
35:16The group dance is up next.
35:18Abby's bold experiment of taking Maddie out of the group number
35:21and using her as an assistant is about to play out
35:24in front of all of us.
35:25I just hope that this experiment doesn't blow up
35:28in front of all of our faces.
35:30Maddie is going to go backstage with you.
35:32Listen to her.
35:33All right, game faces on.
35:34Let's go.
35:35Maddie, if they don't do well, I'm
35:38going to need a new assistant.
35:41[music continuing]
35:52It's going to be a challenge for the girls
35:54to dance without Maddie.
35:56This is a lesson.
35:57This is to say, girls, you need to be together.
36:00You need to be on your A game, and you're not.
36:07[chatter]
36:08How are we walking on?
36:18I think Abby puts all of her eggs in one basket
36:21and she depends on Maddie.
36:23And I think that this is their time to go out and show Abby
36:27that we can do this without Maddie.
36:28We don't need her.
36:30ANNOUNCER: All righty, our last dance for the day
36:32is entry number 57, "Hear No Evil."
36:36[applause]
36:39[MUSIC - WE THE COMMITTEE, "THIS WON'T END QUIETLY"]
36:41Fighter, fighter.
36:44You told me we were fighters, fighters.
36:49We let the night get away to something better than here.
36:58We let the night get away.
37:07Fighter, fighter.
37:09You told me we were fighters, fighters.
37:16This won't end quietly.
37:20This won't end quietly.
37:25This will be beautiful, my love.
37:40[cheering]
37:46I think I've accomplished my goal.
37:48The girls learned to survive without Maddie.
37:56All right, our Energy Junior Solos Division.
37:59In third place, "Titanium."
38:02There is one point separating first and second.
38:05And second place, Chloe performing to "About Mother."
38:11And our top overall Energy Junior Solo is Maddie,
38:16"Maybe They'll Change."
38:19Now Chloe is second only by one point.
38:24Maddie, Melissa, you better wake up.
38:27Chloe has learned her lesson and she is hot on your trail.
38:30We have our top Overall Energy Petite Duet Trio.
38:34In third place, "On Broadway."
38:38And second place, "Follow the Leader."
38:42And our top Overall Energy Petite Duet Trio,
38:47"Move You Too."
38:48[applause]
38:50I'm so proud of Nia.
38:52The duet came in first place and they didn't run the dance once.
38:56They adapted to the situation and they persevered,
38:59and I hope this shows Abby that Nia can tackle any situation
39:03that comes her way.
39:05Our Power Petite Small Group top award goes to entry number
39:0933, "Runaway Babies."
39:14Our Energy Junior Small Group top overall winner
39:19goes to "Hear No Evil."
39:24I'm thrilled.
39:25The girls learned not to rely on Maddie.
39:29Now, if they can learn not to rely on their mothers
39:33and think for themselves, I might have a whole new team
39:36on my hands.
39:37[cheering]
39:40Congratulations.
39:41Congratulations.
39:42Congratulations to everybody.
39:45Everybody did well.
39:46I think you got lucky.
39:47I think it's hysterical that the group dance got
39:51first place.
39:52I just would like to rub it into Abby's nose that, see,
39:56our girls can dance without Melissa's kids in it
40:00and still do well.
40:01In the clothes that you're on right now,
40:02I'd like you to run "The Last Text" since we're doing it
40:05next week.
40:06I want to see if I want to make any changes.
40:07We are going to New York City next week
40:09and we're going to be on "The View" doing "The Last Text."
40:12So I need these kids to run that number at every opportunity.
40:16I need to look at this routine and I need to look at it now.
40:19Sickle feet.
40:21You do that, I will literally grab that hand
40:23and drag you off the stage.
40:25Is it clear that she's going to be on "The View,"
40:28or should I--
40:29- You never know. - Asia's been running the dance.
40:31She's been rehearsing.
40:32She knows the part.
40:33So at this point, I think Asia should be on "The View."
40:35Does that mean Asia's doing "The Last Text?"
40:38Mackenzie's definitely bummed.
40:40She wants to dance.
40:41She wants to dance in the worst way.
40:44We'll see.
40:50ABBY LEE MILLER (VOICEOVER): Next on "Dance Moms."
40:52Here we are, New York City.
40:56[inaudible]
40:57Oh.
40:59What do I have to do to get Mackenzie to dance again?
41:02I really think that she needs to go on "The View."
41:04We are holding an open audition
41:06for a contemporary dancer.
41:08I danced with Mariah Carey.
41:10Wow.
41:11Who's going to be in the dance?
41:13I'm not sure yet.
41:14I have to fight for my daughter.
41:15Let it die.
41:17This is my decision.

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