Hey, guys.
Hello, Hello, Hello.
Now each week, we have focused on a different skill,
that you will all need if you want
to become the first ever winner of Abby's
Ultimate Dance competition.
Your skill this week, is improvisation.
You need to be smart in your choices.
And you never, ever want to do anything
that you don't do really well.
You guys ready to meet the choreographer for this week's
group dance challenge?
Yes.
Guess what?
There isn't one.
Doing things a little different this week.
We're going to have an improv dance-off.
Right here and now. All right.
So here's how this dance-off is going to work.
Two of you will step up.
Abby will tell you who's going to dance first, you're then on.
You show us your best dance moves.
She'll tell you when to stop, the next dancer is up,
you will dance, we'll go back and forth like that
until Abby picks a winner.
The next dancer up will take on that winner, that winner stays,
we'll do that until there is one dancer remaining.
And that dancer is the winner of the challenge.
Cool? - Yes.
Yes.
Stay in your zone.
You never want to really touch another person
but definitely threaten your opponent.
First up.
Asia against Hadley.
If this was an eight and under competition,
hands down, Asia should win.
But, come on, this is 13 and under.
Come on.
Game on.
And go.
(SINGING) This beat is amazing.
Stop. Go.
Come on Hadley.
(SINGING) Feel out of control.
Drop the beat and let go.
The beat is amazing.
And go.
(SINGING) Can't trust the DJ.
And go.
I'm looking for a dancer who thinks outside the box.
Somebody creative, somebody innovative,
somebody that I would want on my team.
And, sit down.
Lexine.
So I notice Lexine's looking a little nervous.
Maybe the nerves got a hold of her today.
[music playing]
And stop.
[music playing]
I come in at the wrong beat of the music.
And I know I have to push harder but I
know she's going to come right back at me,
with some sassy moves.
(SINGING) Kiss my.
You [inaudible].
You know I be looking at you--
Asia is crazy.
Asia, is like a cat, just had nine lives.
You know, she should have been cut the second week.
(SINGING) Go on and kiss my, kiss my--
Bye-bye.
That's not fair.
Lexine did not get through improv the second time,
which gave everybody a chance.
So, I thought.
OK, whatever.
This is the final face-off.
Ready girls?
Play music.
(SINGING) Yeah.
We're gonna show 'em who's tough,
So go ahead and play rough--
And you're on.
(SINGING) we're gonna rise above the rest.
And tell em that, We're gonna rise above the rest.
Madison has improved a lot just at dance conventions.
And she thinks quick on her feet, she knows what to do.
So I'm feeling confident that Madison will be fine in improv.
Top that.
(SINGING) Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Oh, oh. oh, oh, oh, oh--
And stop.
Go.
(SINGING) Oh, oh, oh, Oh.
Tell em yet, I wanna go.
And stop. Down.
Music change.
Come on, Come on.
(SINGING) I wanna know, that you're here till the end,
till the end, end, end, end.
And we have a winner.
They can like Asia's face somewhat better than they like
a 13--year-old's technique.
There's no fair game in dance.
It's an opinion.
I think you rocked it out in the end.
Thank you
And a great sense of musicality.
Madison, I'm sorry.
You are not the challenge winner.
But an outstanding job.
Yes.
Madison should have won that competition, hands down.
I don't know what Abby was looking at.
She didn't outshine her technique,
but she outshined her in the facial.
And that's what I think Abby was looking at.
This week's theme is Journey Through the Decades.
That means we're going to take different genres of fad dances,
from the '20s, '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s, all the way up
into the '80s and '90s and put them into choreography
for the competition on stage.
Asia, you won.
That means, you get to choose your competition routine your.
Choices are a '20s flapper solo, a '50s duet,
a '60s go-go dancing solo, an '80s pop
duet, and a '90s hip hop solo.
An '80s pop duet.
Interesting.
OK.
(SINGING) Pop, pop da da. five, six, seven, eight and one.
Five, six-- Oh.
You're going behind her now?
No.
You're supposed to do it in front.
(SINGING) I'm not shallow--
I am just overwhelmed about the whole thing.
I'm away from home for several weeks.
I am just going out of my mind so I
finally just cried it all out.
I'm just frustrated about the whole thing.
Kristi, last person I want to see,
I still have reservations, because she's
a competitor for me.
We're going to practice it until the time is right.
And you know and I know what it looks like when it's good.
With Asia and Maxine, I'm afraid for Maxine.
You know, no matter what, Asia will always shine because she
just has that magic in her.
And hang with me now because I'm really weak right now.
I know we're good.
Come on We're good. we're good.
Let's go.
Let's watch them.
Turn this frown around.
Right Now We're cruising back to the '80s.
Please welcome Asia and Lexine.
[cheering]
(SINGING) I'm not shallow, I'm just a bit misunderstood.
Oh, oh.
I'll be your baby, but only if your credit's good.
Good.
Oh, really, really, good. 'Cause I want it all.
That's nothing tough.
A little, a little.
I want it now.
A little, a little.
I want it now.
[cheering]
Make some noise for Asia and Lexine.
[cheering]
Very good, guys.
Asia, I can't look at the knees.
I can't look at the lazy relevé.
I can't look at the bad turned-in feet.
Now, you're even rolling on your arches.
You're sitting off in your heel.
But, up here, you cannot take it away from her.
If we put her behind iron bars, she would
still get a look somewhere.
She would be able to weasel in between those bars,
and get to her audience, get to her camera, get to her judges.
I agree with Abby 100%.
Lexine, when I watched you dance,
it's like a breath of fresh air.
What I love about you is this fireball, go get it spirit
that you have.
But, what I want you to also realize
is, that when you are dancing next to someone who gives
you face, you have to also kind of like,
check out your opponent.
Asia, you have improved so much.
You really have and I'm so proud of you.
You've given us a lot of doubts but you just keep rising.
And you keep proving us wrong.
Lexine, I think that you have to work hard
in this competition around all these great dancers
because you're a nice dancer.
You're not the best dancer.
It was a solo piece for me because I kept watching Asia.
Lexine, Hadley, you've earned yourself
a spot in the hot seat.
One of you will be going home this evening.
You have been consistently a technical dancer.
However, I keep preaching the same things
to both you and Hadley.
The feet, the knees, the legs--
we need to see it improving.
Tonight, you dropped the ball.
I do not want to announce this.
[sighs] Lexine, today is not your day.
Lexine, this is just the beginning.
I'm thinking we've got another chance.
Great.
What doesn't kill her, makes her stronger.
It's all right.
This experience was a revelation
of feelings for each other.
Lexine will do great with whatever she does
and I will always be there for her.
It's time for us to go home honey.
Aw, don't cry, don't cry.
Don't cry, honey.
Don't cry, don't cry.
The biggest lesson that I learned is to push harder.
And when I go back home, I'm going to keep training.
I mean, keep training as hard as I can.