Press those heels down and the foot. Boom.
Wicked step on the people.
The girls look gorgeous. They're excited.
I can tell Chloe is on the top of the moon with this costume.
Can I put her barrette in while you're talking to her?
I write her routine first. Then I write Maddie's.
The girls seem prepared.
They know what they're doing.
I think they're both gonna get through these numbers.
It's 9-11. You're nine. Come on, Chloe. You ready?
Remember, it's 9-11. You're just ten.
So go out there and fight all the 11-year-olds.
Let's walk from the bathroom. Let's go.
[audience cheering]
[MC] Judges, up next we're gonna jump down,
entry number 258.
I think I just got nervous before I went onstage
because I think I felt like
I didn't have enough practice
and I learned it in a short amount of time.
[MC] Entry 258.
We're gonna kick off our solo contemporary,
age 9-11 category.
[Chloe]
And... see what happens.
[MC] Competing for the title of Junior Miss...
Please welcome Chloe to the stage
with "What Goes Around." Entry number 258.
["Back In Time" by Kaci Brown playing]
♪ Mmm... ♪
♪ As a result of all the little things ♪
♪ You claim to do ♪
♪ I bite my pride and sincerely thank you ♪
♪ For what, I cannot say ♪
♪ Will always haunt my mind ♪
♪ What goes around eventually come back in time ♪
[Christi]
and I think she looks amazing. Her costume is gorgeous
and she's dancing beautifully,
but her choreography is subpar.
♪ Will always haunt my mind ♪
♪ What goes around ♪
♪ Will eventually come back in time ♪
-Whoo!
♪ Comes around ♪
[cheering, applause]
[Abby]
She's always abrupt and sharp,
but otherwise, it was a very clean routine.
She learned it in two days, she remembered it.
Not much more you could ask for.
[MC] We're back in our solo contemporary division,
-age 9-11... -[Maddie]
for my first solo
because Miss Abby expects me
to win a crown for this solo,
and it's a lot of pressure.
-[tense music plays] -[audience cheering]
[MC] Competing for the title of Junior Miss,
help me welcome Maddie!
[audience cheering]
[whooping, cheering]
["3000 Light Years" playing]
♪ Burning cold like a star ♪
♪ I gotta find my sanity ♪
♪ I hit rock bottom thanks to gravity ♪
♪ Will it ever get better? ♪
♪ Am I stuck here forever? ♪
♪ Living under thunderstorms ♪
♪ Searching for a place called home ♪
♪ I've gotta go and I cannot wait, ay ♪
♪ I'm looking for a place called home ♪
♪ Don't know how but I'll find a way, ay... ♪
This is the first time I've watched the whole thing.
Her turns are just so beautiful
and her emotion is just right-on.
♪ ...My energy is sending distress calls ♪
♪ Are we really all? ♪
♪ Gotta get three thousand light years away ♪
♪ I gotta find my sanity ♪
♪ I hit rock bottom thanks to gravity ♪
[audience applause]
[cheering and whooping]
I'm thrilled. Yay!
Go, Maddie.
[applause]
Maddie's solo was beautiful.
She did the best that she can do.
We'll just have to see what happens.
[MC] All right, it's Junior Miss time.
In our title competition, the judges are looking
for a well-rounded, outstanding performer
where they weigh everything equally
and they give one score.
And tonight, our second runner-up
for the title of Junior Miss is...
Chloe for "What Goes Around."
[Christi]
for Junior Miss Starpower
and I think considering
how bad her choreography was,
that says a lot about her technique and her talent.
Joining us now in the first runner-up position is...
Ashlianne for "Summertime."
Ladies and gentlemen, your power division
9-11 solos grand champion will be...
[drumroll]
Maddie...
for "A Place Called Home"...
Whoo!
Congratulations.
I am so excited that I won Junior Miss Starpower
and the crown, and I hope I can win another one.
-The studio is...? -Abby Lee Dance Company.
So Maddie is... Junior Miss Starpower,
at their 25th anniversary,
during the biggest competition in the United States,
in an age division where she's on the youngest side.
Our top-scoring 9-11 solos. Great job.
That does it for us tonight!
[Christi]
were not even in the same stratosphere.
I thought Chloe's solo was very technical.
No, it wasn't.
It had one set of turns at the end.
You're just a poor loser.
[shrieking] She could-- She did fabulous! She was amazing!
Her choreography didn't allow her to win!
[Christi]
because I know that there's no chance
that Chloe has to even come close to beating Maddie.
Outstanding, Chloe. Wonderful.
Maddie, I can't believe you won that title.
But you know what?
You're only as good as your last performance.
So, Melissa, I'm taking her
over to the other competition and she's gonna do...
-"Cry." -What--
Maddie, I need you to get dressed
and I need to fix your hair.
All right. Ready?
Come on, baby doll.
Now there's a situation
where you should've spoke up and said,
"Why wouldn't Chloe be going?"
Maddie, you understand
that you just won this whole thing,
and you can win that whole thing?
I mean, no pressure.
It's blatantly obvious
that she brought a costume for Maddie
and didn't bring one for Chloe or Nia or Paige
-or Payton. I can guarantee... -'Cause she got the costume.
...she practiced that solo this week.
I know Melissa knew that Maddie had--
was gonna do two solos.
If Abby sprung doing a solo on her like that
and she wasn't prepared,
Maddie would've been a nervous wreck,
but she was cool as a cucumber and was prepared.
Maddie, you're walking into the competition.
Don't forget, game face on.
Nose in the air, get out there, do your best.
Our dance teacher
sets these kids up to fail.
She knew Maddie was gonna win that dance.
Your daughter was taught a solo.
She got a beautiful costume just like Maddie did.
You should know that as about being a Dance Mom at this point.
I'm ready to go. I'm done.
Huh, good!
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Can't wait to have you back.
[Abby] This is good. Let's go right in that door, Melissa.
-[Melissa] Okay. -[Abby] Okay. Go.
Go, go, go, go, go. Maddie, don't wait for me. Run.
[overlapping chatter]
I'm about to go on for "Cry"
and I'm very excited that I get to do it again,
but also kind of nervous because...
I really wanna do my best and try to win another crown.
Just got that at work about lighting up the stage,
that's what I need you to do. Yes?
And if the dance is "Cry",
everyone and those judges should be in tears.
-Got it? Yes? Let's do it, babe. -Yes.
-[audience cheering] -[MC] Please welcome, "Cry."
326.
["Cry" by Alexx Calise playing]
♪ Well, I I guess it's been awhile ♪
♪ Since I've seen the sunshine ♪
♪ Since I have smiled ♪
♪ And, oh... ♪
I'm actually backstage watching Maddie do her solo
because there wasn't any time for us to sit down.
Maddie looks beautiful out there doing her solo.
I was really proud of her,
but I don't know what the other competition is like here.
♪ And I... ♪
♪ I don't wanna do anything but cry♪
-[music ends] -[audience cheering]
[overlapping chatter]
I love you.
[Abby]
She put 100% into every class she takes.
She deserves to hold her head high.
[cheering]
[Abby]
Can we do it? Two for two? I don't know.
[MC] We have a second runner-up
going to entry number 343,
Megan Prout with "Janet."
And first runner up
for Junior Miss Starpower
is going to entry number 345,
Heather Spears with "River Deep."
And your Junior Miss Starpower
here at Woodbridge 2012 will be...
[tense music plays]
Entry number 326, Maddie with "Cry."
[audience cheering]
[mouths] She's won.
Maddie was the Junior Miss Starpower
of the second competition that day.
Within two hours, that child won
two titles at two different competitions.
And what studio do you represent?
Abby Lee Dance Company.
Congratulations.
-Who does that? -There she is!
Whoo-hoo!
And I have to tell you,
I thought this was very-- this was sneaky,
This was sneaky, right here.
Whoo-hoo!
Yes! Mm, give me a kiss. Mwah!
Maddie had a solo.
They just so happen to have a costume in their bag,
just so happen that Maddie had a three-hour private that week.
This is the [bleep] that happened.
Two titles in one day.
See? It's worth it sometimes, isn't it?
And I'm hangin', I'm hangin', I'm hangin'.
Yes, good girl.
[Christi] We're bitter about the way the deck
is constantly stacked.
That's what you're missing, Leslie.
You don't live it, so you don't know it.
[door slams]