Are we feeling good, everyone?
Cameras set? Can't you see that Kendall's
eating garlic knots? [funky, upbeat music playing] -Mark.
-Hey, guys. It's Chloe. Hey, guys. It's Kendall. Hey, guys. It's me, Kalani. -[laughs]
-Hey, everyone! I'm JoJo, and we are looking back
at some of our fiercest rivals. [funky music continues] [dramatic music playing] Up, down, over. Yes. Maddie, isn't it nice
to look in the mirror and see everybody's foot
doing the same thing? [Holly]<i> I could have predicted</i> <i> that Maddie was going
on the new team.</i> I think the writing's on
the wall of who's gonna win, <i> and I don't think
it's our girls.</i> Honestly, I love rivalries. They spice things up
a little bit. I've been telling you
for months now that I'm going
to form a new team. The moment is here. [dramatic music playing] Girls, let's go! Come on in! [dramatic music intensifies] I honestly think
I was most nervous when Abby would bring
dancers on <i> specifically to compete
against us,</i> hoping that they would
you know, come out on top. I think Abby's reasoning
for this was to just make us work harder. Maybe she needed to put
a little match under our butts and get us...
get that fire back again. There will be
one new team member to go up against each of you, to challenge you. The Select Team was not a team
of Abby ALDC dancers. They were pooled
from all over the country. So, of course they were
probably going to be put on a higher pedestal
than us. [dramatic music playing] Up, down, over. Yes. Maddie, isn't it nice
to look in the mirror and see everybody's foot
doing the same thing? [Holly]<i> I could have predicted</i> <i> that Maddie was going
on the new team.</i> I think the writing's on
the wall of who's gonna win, <i> and I don't think
it's our girls.</i> If you're a dancer
or a dance teacher, you really know what's gonna win
at a dance competition versus what's not, and Abby would play that
to her advantage. I think having a rivalry
is good and healthy, even on the same team, but you have to have
an even playing field. And when you don't have
an even playing field, there's really no rivalry. <i> ♪ Ain't no angels ♪</i> <i> ♪ To push me ♪</i> <i> ♪ Trying to steal some love ♪</i> <i> ♪ So we can sing ♪</i> <i> ♪ I gave everything up
for all we could be</i> ♪ <i> ♪ I'm all I need ♪</i> <i> ♪ I need to know 'cause
this is the last chance ♪</i> [emcee] And in first place, we have entry #252,
"The Good Life." -[cheering]
-[dramatic music playing] [bright, upbeat music playing] [gentle vocalization] <i> ♪ So I'm gonna stand
my ground ♪</i> <i>♪ Got something to believe in ♪</i> [emcee] And in first place,
can I have a drumroll, please? Entry #62,
"The Rapture." -[cheering]
-[dramatic music playing] [Holly]<i> Can't believe
we've gone up against</i> <i> the Select Team three times,</i> <i>and we've lost all three times.</i> Things, obviously,
are not looking good for us for nationals. [Abby]<i> The time has finally come
for nationals.</i> Maddie, please move over here
with your mom. [Holly] I was gonna ask,
since Kalani's gone, would Maddie take back
the space? Absolutely. -[gentle music playing]
-[applause] All of the girls
are super, super nice, <i> and I guess they're friends
to me,</i> <i> but I'd rather be
with my team.</i> -[dramatic music playing]
-[cheering] Now it's the moment of truth. <i> It's been 24 competitions.</i> <i> Hundreds of lessons.</i> <i> Who's it gonna be?</i> The Select Team or the Junior Elite
Competition Team? ["Hollywood" by Nik Ammar
playing] <i> ♪ Oh, it's the dead
of the night ♪</i> <i> ♪ Hush, little dove,
till the time is right ♪</i> <i> ♪ Oh, oh, you can run
all you like ♪</i> <i> ♪ I'll give you some room
to hide out for some time</i> ♪ <i> ♪ Sleep it off,
lay down for a while ♪</i> <i> ♪ Dressed up for a fight ♪</i> <i> ♪ Welcome to Hollywood ♪</i> <i> ♪ Hollywood ♪</i> <i> ♪ Where the fame
is only 15 seconds ♪</i> <i> ♪ Every face is like
a glittering weapon ♪</i> <i> ♪ Hollywood</i> ♪ ♪<i> Hollywood</i> ♪ <i> ♪ Where the fame
is only 15 seconds ♪</i> <i> ♪ Every face is like
a glittering... ♪</i> <i> ♪ Welcome to Hollywood ♪</i> -[music fades]
-[applause] <i> ♪ Where did you come from? ♪</i> -[lyrics echo softly]
-[gentle dramatic music playing] <i> ♪ Where did you go? ♪</i> [music continues] [echoing]<i> ♪ Where did you... ♪</i> <i> ♪ In those backstreets,
I'm gonna play ♪</i> <i>♪ I'm gonna run, I'm gonna find
my own sweet way ♪</i> <i> ♪ Where did you come from? ♪</i> <i> ♪ Where did you go? ♪</i> <i> ♪ Lost in this city ♪</i> <i> ♪ Nobody knows ♪</i> I think it mattered
so much to me because if I didn't
perform well, and if I did end up coming behind them in the scores, it would, I don't know,
almost prove Abby right. [music continues] [gentle vocalization] [music and
vocalization continue] [dramatic music playing] [music continues] [whispers] -[music fades]
-[cheering] Ladies and gentlemen, with a score of 286 points, your national champion, act #63, "Amber Alert," from the Abby Lee Dance Company. I think Abby brought in
the Select Team to psych us out, but then her plan failed, because we ended up winning
that day. So... congrats to us. Wow. [dramatic music playing] Tumultuous ending. The Select Team did its job. Yes, you pushed the Junior Elite
Competition Team to the next level. And now, today, after that victory on stage, it's clear they pushed you
right out the door. Goodbye. [dramatic music playing] And they were out.
Gone with the wind. -[indistinct cheering]
-Yes! [photographer] Good! [Abby] One and two, three and four and five, six, seven, eight. [Holly] So our kids
can't do work because she's doing something
else with other kids? -That's not right.
-[woman] It's wrong. I think that having a rivalry
can be a good thing, but I don't think it's okay to pin your own kids up against
each other. [Abby] The group routine,
the name of it is "Hungry Like the Wolves." Now, I don't see that hunger,
that desire. I need everybody in this room to get a little hungrier
for that win. I'm talking about you wanting
to work on your feet. You wanting to work on
your flexibility. I wanna see
more improvement because Abby Lee's kids
do it all and you need to do it all well. The world thinks that
I struck gold with this group. I disagree. Listen up, 'cause your life
is about to change. [dramatic music playing] I'm going to form a new team. [dramatic musical flourish] I've looked at minis
all over the country. I liked my minis. <i> I'm forming a new mini team.</i> I want girls between the ages
of six and eight. <i> They're fresh, eager,
and moldable.</i> And besides, twice as many teams means twice as many wins
here in L.A. Why bring in minis now? Are you saying these kids
are washed up? I need to keep doing
what I do. So that would be
starting with minis and training them to be a Junior Elite
Competition Team. We didn't wanna compete
against each other. We just wanted to dance 'cause that's what
we were here to do. [Abby] One and two,
three and four and five, six, seven, eight. [Holly] So our kids
can't do work because she's doing something
else with other kids? -That's not right!
-[woman] It's wrong. It is really unfortunate that
we have to share our time with these minis
and their moms. I think it's ridiculous. I definitely think that
the rivalries on the show
and in real life are more about the moms
than the kids. -[Jill] Mind scooting down?
-Yeah, I do mind. We're gonna stay right here,
there's no reason to move. [woman]
No, you're moving down there. -[Jill] Move down, please.
-[woman] Thank you. [upbeat music playing] Alexis, Alysa, Ari, Ellie, Lilly, Peyton. Oh my God, they were so cute. [upbeat music continues] -[Jill] Here we are.
-'Cause there's four now. [Jill]<i> It's competition day
and Abby isn't here.</i> <i> I am beyond frustrated
with her.</i> [woman] So where is Abby?
Is she gonna come? Is she gonna show up? She's not coming. [dramatic musical flourish] I think we did what we did
because she wasn't there. I feel like if she were there, she probably would've been like,
"Girls, don't go over there." -Yeah.
-Okay, little ones, come here. [Melissa]
Everybody go to a big girl. -I just gave--
-You, you, and you. I'm very proud of the way
we handled that situation. We could've been resentful
of the minis too. We could've said,
"You're on your own, kid," just like we were. Good luck.
You're gonna do so good. [emcee] Please welcome
to the stage entry #31A, "The Spotlight is On Me." -[cheering]
-["Spotlight" playing] ["Spotlight" continues,
then ends] [cheering] I think it's good to have
a little healthy competition, as an adult,
looking back on it. I'm always gonna
have competition. There's always gonna be
someone better out there, and they might just
take your spot.
