ABBY: Kendall, you're doing a duet with Maddie.
[CHEERING]
Abby, I don't mean to interrupt,
but Maddie's not going to be here tomorrow.
Maddie's not going to be here.
It's the Disney 60th anniversary special,
and Maddie is the only minor in the entire show.
MOM: Oh, how fun.
Yeah.
Is that fair to the duet partner?
MELISSA: She's missing one day.
Maddie could have been in two other dances
for the Disney thing but chose one so she could be here.
But I think Maddie can handle it.
KENDALL: I'm really happy that Maddie and I have a duet.
And I know that a lot is happening in her life
right now, but this might be our last duet together.
She's my main duet partner.
I've had duets with her ever since I came to the studio,
and I hope this one's good.
Hey, you know what, I don't know if that duet's
going to happen, Maddie.
Tomorrow you're not here, and the competition's Sunday.
I don't want to put the two of you
onstage without it being your best foot forward.
We'll see.
That's [MUTED] Maddie turned down other jobs with Disney
this week to be at the studio.
It just doesn't seem fair.
ABBY: JoJo, which side did you side aerial?
Perfect.
OK.
So now JoJo, you're Maddie's swing,
so let me see you do the duet.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Kendall and Maddie have been begging for a duet.
However, Maddie is not here today.
She's filming a huge special for Disney.
So JoJo is Maddie's sub.
Well at this point, with JoJo here and learning
it and Maddie's maybe, maybe not,
would you guys rather just do the JoJo/Kendall?
Yeah.
I can't say either way.
Now here's my deal though.
There's nothing making it a duet.
It's just two people dancing side by side.
Did you watch Brynn and Sarah?
One goes over the back.
There's nothing that you did where
you were leaning on somebody or pitching you in a back tuck.
There was no interaction between the two of you.
It could easily be a solo.
Should Kendall just do it as a solo?
No.
It's a duet.
ABBY: Can we see it by yourself?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
OK.
Why are you so miserable?
Because you think you're not going to do a duet with Maddie?
Yeah. I want to do the duet.
I want Maddie to be here, and I just
want it all to be worked out.
You don't want it to be a duet?
- What's annoying, sweetheart? - What's wrong, honey?
This whole situation.
Oh, stop.
Kendall, it's fine.
What's wrong?
She wants to do a duet.
Hey, baby.
Are you OK, honey?
What's going on?
Come here.
Just-- I want my duet.
I don't want to do it as a solo.
No, I don't want you to do it as a solo either.
I want you and Maddie to do it.
Kendall and Maddie have been duet partners for years
and they haven't had a duet in a really long time,
so it needs to be Maddie and Kendall's dance.
This is going to be a duet.
JOJO: Kendall is literally having
a panic attack about this duo.
Kendall's like I don't want a duet with JoJo.
I want a duet with Maddie.
I'm like, dude.
I would love to do this MJ dance as a solo because I am MJ.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
That was good.
ABBY: She's doing a solo.
Thank you.
The whole world can say that I took the duet away from Kendall
and I gave JoJo a solo and I'm big bad old me.
That is not what happened.
Kendall gave JoJo that solo.
Uh oh.
Cheers.
That's not going to go over.
I know.
Uh oh.
You know, I don't consider Jess a team player
by letting JoJo do the solo.
She just basically threw Kendall under the bus.
Is she OK?
She's fine.
Good.
Well, they were just saying that it might be a JoJo solo now.
JoJo did it when you were out talking to Kendall.
Well, and she just kind of did it in her own little way
like she didn't really care.
She didn't have anything to lose and she kind of did it
better, like more entertaining.
You know what, enough already.
That's so childish, rude, immature, unprofessional.
My daughter deserves better.
This is a solo now for JoJo?
She did it. She was--
OK, so you want to take it away from Kendall then?
You want to take it away?
No she doesn't.
She wants to do it as a duet.
That's the attitude I'm getting too.
JILL: Kendall come here.
Would you rather have JoJo do this as a solo or you
and JoJo do it as a duet?
But it's nothing in it is a duet.
There's not one step that is interacting
and that's what we started to say.
Why is that her fault?
ABBY: It's not.
JILL: Well why did you just scream at her?
I didn't scream at her. I'm talking to all of them.
I was like this.
Um, you just screamed and clapped in her face.
ABBY: No, I did not.
JILL: Do you remember what happened
last time Kendall had to duet?
Her partner was pulled and Nia was put in.
Stop, honey.
Don't-- stop.
Well, I was yelling at everyone.
Why--
I'm not going to let you do this.
Come on. I'm not.
ABBY: Let me talk to her. Oh my god.
You're crazy.
JILL: I'm not going to let this happen.
It's not worth it.
I cannot believe Jill is leaving.
I mean, the theme for this season
is Jill and Kendall leave, leave, leave, leave.
Like, it's crazy.
Every day someone's like, I just want to leave.
I'm done. I quit.
These kids all need to go to boot camp for like one
week and see how much they get yelled at.
I think this is a really interesting time for the team.
I think the kids also have heard the rumors
that Maddie might be leaving.
And I think there's an emotional roller coaster going on.
We just had this conversation about Maddie possibly
not returning, and this could be Kendall's last time
to do a duet with Maddie.
I think it's a very emotional time,
and you can't just be so dismissive.
She's a human being. She's a kid.
Yeah.
Go ahead.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
So what did they figure out?
Does JoJo have a solo or not?
That's a touchy subject.
Jess, you've been like, the team player police all season.
It's hard to be new.
Like, I get it.
Like, no one was my friend when I first came here.
But I had to like let them get to know me
and know that I was a team player
and I don't feel like you're doing that.
Now all of a sudden, when it benefits JoJo,
it's OK to take something away from another kid.
Kendall doesn't want to do the duet with JoJo.
Kendall doesn't want to do the dance as a solo.
Kendall wants to do the duet with Maddie.
You threw Kendall under the bus
to Abby the second that you--
Threw Kendall under the bus--
Yes, you did.
JESSALYNN: You're so stupid.
You clearly said that JoJo deserves a solo.
JESSALYNN: Let me clear it up.
I think we should stay out here.
- Why? - Who's screaming?
- Jess. - About what?
Christy, I know you're desperate to be on the team.
Just keep-- - I'm not desperate.
I am part of ALDC.
The Pittsburgh team.
Yeah.
You need to tell your friend that you
threw her under the bus.
Never.
Why did you punish Kendall by taking the duet away?
Let's cut to the chase.
I didn't punish Kendall.
Then what did you do?
I rewarded JoJo.
Did it not work out for Kendall?
Did it work out?
It never works out for Kendall and you make sure of it,
don't you?
When you are given an opportunity
and somebody puts that music on, honey, you dance 100%--
whether you like the music, the costume, whatever.
You give it your all.
That's what needs to be learned from this.
JoJo is doing the solo.
She earned the right. - Whatever.
Tired of fighting over it. - Bingo.
There you go.
It's really unfortunate that Abby
took the duet away from Maddie and I,
but sometimes you have to move on.
JoJo, you excited about your solo?
Well, I'm sure your mom is happy, honey.
I just feel bad for Kendall.
Here's the thing, this has nothing
to do with Jess or JoJo.
It's Abby's fault. However, it would have been nice for Jess
to say, no, this was Kendall's duet.
Kendall should be in it.
But she's not going to do that.
She wants JoJo to do the solo, so go do it.
I'm tired of fighting about it.
I know you weren't taking it away from us.
It's just something that happened.
It was Abby's decision.
And you're freaking awesome at the solo,
so you're going to nail it.
Thank you.
I got this solo fair and square.
You know, it's a lot of pressure though because it
wasn't my dance to begin with.
It was a duo, and now it's a solo.
I just need to go out on stage and I need to nail it.
ANNOUNCER 1: Up next, we have solo jazz #215.
[APPLAUSE]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
(SINGING) I like the way you move.
You got me in the groove, baby.
Give me that love.
So fine, baby.
You drive me crazy.
I like the way you move.
You're so fine, baby.
I like the way that you move.
You're so fine, baby.
[APPLAUSE]
ANNOUNCER 2: Really good there, JoJo.
All right, let's hear what the judges have to say.
I think that it's the only time
I would say to you I would like to see
more of your personality.
Keep selling it, more, more, more JoJo.
Give it to me.
Thank you, guys.
ABBY: I thought she was fabulous.
I don't think the judges heads were up.
I don't think they were watching.
I would hire her in a heartbeat based on that performance.
--junior solos.
In third place, Oh, Darling.
Miss Amanda from [INAUDIBLE]
[APPLAUSE]
JESSALYNN: It is so important for JoJo
to win today because getting this solo
caused all this drama with the moms.
I mean, if JoJo isn't feeling the pressure,
I would be shocked.
In second place, Walking Papers.
That's Emma from Touch of Class.
[CHEERING]
And our first place junior solo today, Cold Heart.
Emma-- [INAUDIBLE]
[APPLAUSE]
Give it up for Emma, our top junior soloist today.
I thought that JoJo would be the one
to stand out at this competition,
but the judges wanted more.
I guess in their eyes she failed to bring
Michael Jackson to life.