This weekend, we will be competing at Energy Dance.
But I probably won't be at the competition.
Where are you going to be?
You know I've been very busy working on the new studio.
It's a lot of money.
I am working on my new studio.
This is a huge undertaking and one
that I never thought, at this point in my life,
I would be doing.
Every time we come to LA--
anytime we go anywhere--
that woman is MIA.
Where is Abbey?
Just running around, doing things.
Just make up a reason.
It really doesn't make a difference.
The group routine is to be "Shame On You."
And it's about-- well, I don't want
to give it away just this yet.
[music playing]
The group dance this week is a contemporary piece,
and it's called "Shame On You."
Abby is not disclosing what the dance is about.
She just says we have to wait and see,
which probably means I'm not going to like it.
What are we going to do about this weekend
if Abby doesn't want to go to Energy?
I just don't think it's professional.
I don't think that's a wise decision.
It honestly doesn't make you look good.
I don't understand Abby's thinking.
If she is not there, the talk of the competition
is going to be where is Abby.
Why isn't she here?
She needs to go out there, meet people, shake their hands,
and be a businesswoman.
So the concept of this whole dance is you were a team,
but we have a traitor who went and did her own thing
and didn't do what the team was doing.
So you-- what did you say?
I wasn't invited.
What do you mean, you weren't invited?
We weren't invited to the recording studio.
It's not my fault.
Whose fault is it?
You're 13 years old.
Start taking responsibility for your own actions.
Nia is the lead.
She's trying to get each girl and coerce them to, I'd say,
leap over to the other side of the fence,
Nia is a teenager now.
She can make her own decisions.
And she has made her own decisions.
I just don't happen to agree with them.
Talk about betrayal and a traitor.
You are a traitor to your student.
Shame on you.
I know Abby thinks that she's orchestrating this as a way
to publicly shame Nia.
I'm taking this as an opportunity
for Nia to have a lead in a group dance.
You know what?
Nia will take this, take the training, take the experience,
grow from it, get to be the lead in a group dance,
and if anything, show Abby and turn the tables.
And shame on her.
When the story is told, Nia will not be the one shamed.
[applause]
Abby knows we're not going to send
the girls out at a competition and not be prepared.
So I think Abby very much takes us for granted.
She knows we're going to pick up the slack
when she doesn't do her job.
Judges, please welcome to the stage entry number 61A,
"Shame On You."
[music playing]
(SINGING) Shine upon.
Come on, show me love.
Shine upon the things inside.
Come on, just show me love.
Just come shine your light upon me.
Come on, show me love.
[cheering and applause]
Abby really should have been here today.
But regardless of her being here or not being here,
these girls did what they had been trained to do,
and they pulled it off.
We are moving on to the Energy Junior Small Group Division.
It's important for the girls to do well
because they're a reflection of the ALDC,
even though Abby's not here.
In second place, we have entry number 3, "Heaven."
And in first place, we have entry number 61A,
"Shame On You" from the Abby Lee Dance Company.
[cheering and applause]
Great job, ladies.
There were a lot of mixed emotions with this competition.
Abby didn't show up.
She obviously didn't care.
But I'm really proud of what our girls were able to do.
They're resilient.
Well, we missed you.
But you didn't think you needed to be here.
ABBY (ON PHONE): I train my kids to win.
Whether I'm an hour away or a million miles away,
it doesn't matter.
OK.
See you next week. Bye.
Bye.
It's hard to take Abby seriously as a leader when
she accepts no responsibility.
She does whatever she wants whenever she wants.
We're never going to be a collective voice.
It's like, Abby, you cannot continue with this.
It's no good.