[music playing] - All right.
Now, Kendall, I promised the solo
to our highest scoring soloist.
It's you.
And the name of your routine is "All Eyes Are On Me."
The last thing I said to you last week at the competition
was about paying attention to the lyrics in the song,
but you got on stage, and you placed third.
JESSALYN: Well, I think the whole dance started
going downhill when Kendall had a meltdown backstage about
not wanting to wear the makeup and not wanting
to do what she was given.
MOM: OK. Sh.
OK.
She did exactly what she was given
without latex on her face.
ABBY: All right.
The next solo is going to JoJo, but JoJo, no bow bow.
Coming out today.
Staying out the entire week.
You are doing a hip hop dance entitled
"I'll Show You the Dark Side."
Ooh.
Now, Kendall couldn't take anybody to the dark side.
She did not get the judges to feel the pain and the agony
that the artist was singing about.
She didn't get that story across.
I will.
JESSALYN: Stars don't have meltdowns about makeup.
The whole reason we're in LA is because JoJo
can do characters better than anyone else on this team.
Better than Brynn, better than Maddie, and certainly
better than Kendall K.
ABBY: Just so you know, Kenzie's in a voice lesson.
Kendall is working on the solo.
JoJo's working on her solo.
Nia is learning JoJo's routine, and Brynn is
learning her routine as well.
I don't want them sitting.
Those days are over.
- Very nice. - OK.
Very good.
That's great.
What'll happen if the other kid
does the solo better than the kid
that's supposed to be doing it?
Ha.
And head low.
You know what?
I love Kendall doing a sassy jazz number.
They don't always come out on top,
but it shows her versatility and her flexibility as a performer.
ASHLEE: I'm really happy she's having Brynn learn the solo.
She's really good at this style, and I think--
I don't know. - Oh, here it comes.
ASHLEE: It's going to show--
She's the best at it.
ASHLEE: It's gong to show a side of Brynn
that you guys don't think she has.
She didn't give Brynn a solo.
You heard what she just said, though.
What happens when the other kid does it better?
She didn't give her a solo.
Abby just said that just to get people riled up.
Kendall's solo is Kendall's solo.
JoJo's solo is JoJo's solo.
No one's taking anybody's solo.
That's, like, crazy.
Teammates don't do that.
The reason I'm doing this solo for her
is because she'll do anything, and Kendall doesn't do that.
Yeah.
Kendall's closed, and nobody gets to her.
So JoJo is I'll show you the dark side because Kendall
couldn't do that. OK.
Let's go.
JoJo's really killing it in there.
Good.
She's so excited.
Yeah.
I don't see JoJo crying when they get her all made up.
Abby, I was just curious as to why Kendall
has a solo and not Brynn when she did pretty well
the first week that we came.
She did great.
ASHLEE: I know she really wants another one.
All right.
Well, she's in there learning one now.
Maybe she'll do it better than Kendall.
She can do this one.
OK.
All right, let's see what we have.
JILL: I think Brynn should be dancing
behind Kendall, not in her way.
Just saying.
ASHLEE: I think she thinks she's off to the side, honestly.
She's dancing up by the teacher.
I think she just thinks she's off to the side.
She should be in the back, out of Kendall's way.
Look, here goes Kendall.
Brynn's right in front of her.
Why doesn't she just move and let Kendall, like, dance?
Go sit down where Kendall sat.
It's wrong.
Look at what Nia's doing.
Nia's off in the corner.
ASHLEE: Nia can't even see herself in the mirror.
Is Abby and the choreographer both in there?
Yes.
If it was a problem, they would tell her,
don't you think?
I think so.
I think if Brynn had a brain in her head,
she would know to back off.
Do not call my child stupid.
If she had a brain in her head--
I am not going to sit here and listen to you bash my kid.
Bye.
I am getting no end of hate because Brynn is in the front
instead of being in the back.
If they wanted her to move, you guys would tell her.
Am I right?
That's right.
Thank you very much.
Abby, this is Kendall's solo, not Brynn's.
Am I right?
Yes.
OK.
So why is Brynn on Kendall's side,
in her way, when she's trying to dance, making a mockery of her?
Jill, she wasn't making a mockery of anyone.
That's very vindictive.
She wasn't doing that.
OK, wait.
I just want to get this straight.
Do you want Brynn to do this solo?
Jill.
You're going to stick up for Brynn.
I'm sticking up for the child that's
in the room that's helping.
Are you kidding me?
You never trained that kid.
You never taught her a [bleep] thing.
Why can't Kendall just open her own mouth and say,
you're in my way. Move.
Why can't Brynn have a brain and sit in the back?
The real reason that Jill is angry
is that Kendall has invested five years into this team
and doesn't have a whole lot to show for it.
And Jill feels like Brynn coming here
is going to take away from Kendall.
The reality is, maybe Kendall already had her shot.
JILL: Brynn, this has nothing to do with you,
but you need to learn, when the kids are learning their solos,
you stay out of their way.
I know, but I wasn't dancing in front of her.
JILL: Honey, don't talk back to a grown-up.
Just say, OK, I'll stay out of her way.
Got it?
Are you guys yelling at Brynn?
No.
ASHLEE: Are you yelling at Brynn?
Go ask your kid what I said.
Who was yelling at you?
What happened?
What did she say?
Because she said I was dancing in front of Kendall,
and I wasn't.
And she said, you don't talk back to a grown-up,
and I wasn't even dancing in front of her.
I know.
Kenzie, come here.
Come here.
What is wrong with you?
I really like JoJo's solo, and I think--
Thank you.
--it's great that Nia got to be in there and learn it.
And I wish that Brynn could have gotten to learn Kendall's.
She did.
Well, I mean, with the whole blowup,
she could have stayed in there longer.
Right.
If you would have just said, Brynn, move to the back.
JILL: Thank you, Jess.
Hold on.
I can be the bigger person and apologize
for not telling Brynn to move.
Don't apologize to be the bigger person.
Apologize if you think you're wrong.
But Jessalyn, I said I apologize,
but she doesn't owe me an apology?
She said Brynn doesn't have a brain in her head,
and then she came out and yelled at my daughter.
I said, Brynn, honey, you should have stepped aside,
but if that's yelling--
And you said it like a total bitch.
I'm sorry for the way I treated you.
Fantastic.
That's all I want.
You want to apologize for calling me a bitch.
I'm sorry I called you a bitch.
Whoa!
That is so creepy.
JESSALYN: Ooh, JoJo, look at your eyes.
Is that crazy?
Let me see.
As much as Abby comes down on JoJo,
she knows deep down JoJo can play a character.
Kendall got the opportunity, and she didn't embrace it.
JoJo is Abby's star.
That's who JoJo is.
ABBY: You have to realize, Kendall, that it's hard to win
with a sassy jazz dance.
If it's so hard to win with a sassy jazz dance,
why is Kendall competing with one?
Oh, wait.
Because that's all she can do.
So you can't let some contemporary or lyrical girl
with legs up to here outscore you.
Yes?
Brynn, maybe there was an open opportunity
this week for you to say, I'm going
to take over Kendall's solo.
Keep that in mind.
[phone ringing]
I have to take this phone call.
I just got a phone call from my attorney.
I was expecting some news.
It could be good news, or it could be bad news.
This is all about Pittsburgh, and--
ANNOUNCER: We're going to go with number 38.
The court and the judge, they think I'm hiding money so
it doesn't show up anywhere.
That's [bleep].
All week, we knew that Abby's legal troubles
were simmering and bubbling, and finally,
that pot has boiled over.
And once again, this team is collateral damage
in Abby's personal problems.
ABBY: I could be in jail, so who knows.
I'm finished.
ANNOUNCER: Judges, next up we have number 33, "All Eyes
On Me."
Go, K!
Woo!
Here Kendall's going on.
Abby has a complete mental breakdown, and Abby's not here.
It's not fair to Kendall.
[MUSIC - JOY ENRIQUEZ, "ALL EYES ON ME"]
(SINGING) La, la, la, la.
La, la la, la.
Stunner shades on.
Decked out driving in my red corvette.
I've got my hair in a ponytail on top of my head.
A fresh pair of blue jeans with my white vintage T. My stunner
shades on, and I'm ready to run.
Hit the town for the night.
Everything's on me.
Shout out to all my girls.
Are you ready, ready?
Hit the town for the night.
Everything's on me.
Shout out to all my girls.
Are you ready, ready?
All eyes on me.
Are you ready, ready?
All eyes on me.
Are you ready, ready?
La, la, la, la, la.
All eyes on me.
La, la, la, la, la, la.
All eyes on me.
Shout out to all my girls.
Are you ready, ready?
All eyes on me.
Are you ready, ready?
All eyes on me.
Are you ready, ready?
[applause]
Last week, Kendall couldn't do a dark character.
From the looks of it, she can't do a sassy jazz, either.
That should have been Brynn up there, and everybody knows it.
ANNOUNCER: Next up, we have number 34,
"I'll Show You the Dark Side."
[MUSIC - JOY ENRIQUEZ, "LIGHT MY FIRE"]
(SINGING) Middle of the night, I can hear your heartbeat,
heartbeat, heartbeat, calling out my name.
Yes, I know it must seem strange, strange,
that I know these things are going on in your brain.
I know what you're looking for.
I know what you need.
Baby--
[MUSIC - MIDI MAFIA, "CLOSET FREAK"]
(RAPPING) Mark be all of my case.
Jacob all on my mind.
Stacy good on his feet.
Adam all of my line.
I say, Ralphie call me his main.
Lex won't give me no time.
Fresh to def when I'm dressing, dressing.
Ball so hard, I mean flexing, flexing.
Come on.
I got a bald man I call Balmain, spoil me on the weekend
and then take me out to the ballgame.
Jordan fresh and he tall, man.
Cartier got them dollars.
I'm a closet freak.
No time to speak.
I ain't saying it like I'm proud or something.
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.
[applause]
I love JoJo's solo.
I mean, absolutely amazing.
All right.
Here we go.
Up first, pre-teen solo.
Third place, "Immortal."
In second place, "I'll Show You the Dark Side."
JESSALYN: I'm super excited for JoJo.
This is a really good way to start out the year for JoJo.
For teen solo, we have two places.
Second place, "Perfect."
And in first place, "All Eyes On Me."
JILL: Kendall was amazing.
She came in first in her category.
I really wish Abby was here.