They bring out hats and canes.
They turnin' up out here. You'll see us again.
Just be better next time.
It's either do or die.
In first place,
the winner of our stand battle is...
♪ Dance like you savin' a life ♪
♪ Stayin' alive ♪
♪ Dance like you savin' a life ♪
[Tanishia]
and the choreography is on point.
They did a whole lot of old-school majorettin'.
If I had to guess, it's because their coach
used to be a majorette on at Jackson State.
[music ends]
-Let's go! -[cheering]
[Dianna]
If it looks like the girls are up there struggling,
we're doomed, literally.
They're gonna have to bounce those balls, and in sync,
like their lives depend on it.
Let's go, Dolls!
♪ Watch us kill, yeah, we kill ♪
♪ Yeah, with our moves and we shake it ♪
♪ We 'bout to run this place up and over ♪
♪ We're not asking questions We're taking names
♪ Feeling some kind of way ♪
♪ What more can I say? ♪
♪ This ain't no game ♪
♪ We came to slay ♪
♪ Feelin' some type of way ♪
♪ I'm feelin' some type of way ♪
-[cheering] -Oh my God, come on.
♪ We came to slay ♪
♪ Feelin' some type of way ♪
♪ I'm feelin' some type of way ♪
[upbeat dance music playing]
♪ We came to slay ♪
♪ Feelin' some type of way ♪
♪ I'm feelin' some type of way ♪
The girls pull out exercise balls and I am going crazy.
My heart is beating fast. My palms are sweaty.
I'm just visualizing day one of practice
when those balls were going everywhere.
♪ Came to slay, feelin' some type of way ♪
♪ I'm feelin' some type of way ♪
[shouting]
[Dianna]
do the tricks off of the balls,
and then here comes Jaylene.
♪ Yeah, we kill, yeah, with the moves and we shake it ♪
♪ We 'bout to run this place up and over ♪
♪ We're not asking questions, we're taking names ♪
[Dianna]
I'm like, "Touchdown, baby.
Touchdown. Touchdown, Dancing Dolls."
♪ What more can I say? ♪
♪ This ain't no game ♪
♪ We came to slay ♪
[cheering]
All right, that leaves us with one big one.
The stand battle with props.
We know it came down to the Prancing Pearls of Excellence
and the Dancing Dolls.
[Selena]
They were clean, and you know the judges love clean.
Coming in first place,
the winner of our stand battle,
from Jackson, Mississippi,
the Dancing Dolls!
[cheering]
[Mimi]
that can lead with a big-ass ball and still win
'cause you are one lucky team.
[cheering]
Boom. Boom. Boom.
Bam! How much better can it get?
Hey, you know I don't like you, right?
Well, can I get a hug as we start the season off?
-Is that too much to ask? -I don't hug.
I'll see you on the floor.
You'll see my girls. You won't see me.
-I'll see you out there. -Then again, maybe.
-I've seen you out there. -I've seen you too.
-All right, then. -Mm-hm.
Issue with Divas of Olive Branch
and I feel like this is Crystianna's opportunity
to make her mark.
[cheering]
[upbeat music playing]
♪ Put your hands together ♪
♪ It's such a thrill ♪
♪ Girl, you should get a medal ♪
♪ You and those high heels ♪
♪ No, he wants you bad ♪
[vocalizing]
[Crystianna]
because of the Divas of Olive Branch.
I can't let that happen.
[upbeat music continues]
[woman] Yes!
The fact that Crystianna came out first week of the season,
got everything, controlled her team for her week,
that should let the rest of those Dolls know
each week that y'all try out,
y'all should have no problems.
All right, Crystianna!
♪ Her lovin' was an overdose ♪
♪ Something tells me that she's done this before ♪
♪ She's addicted, wicked, sickened ♪
-[indistinct shouting]
The Divas of Olive Branch were not expecting three tumblers.
♪ Love overdose ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Love overdose ♪
[cheering]
♪ Now we're gonna have some fun ♪
♪ Everybody down for that ♪
♪ Rolling like a star, get your party on ♪
♪ Never gonna hold it back ♪
[funky, upbeat music playing]
[Mimi]
because the Divas have brought their fans out.
We just wanna compete, beat their ass, and go home.
[up-tempo dance music playing]
[singer vocalizing]
Shake it, [indistinct]!
-♪ I like that ♪
[indistinct cheering]
I feel Crystianna did a great job with leading
the girls in the stand battle,
but I'm still feeling like
there's a chance we might not win.
We're always left at the mercy of the judges' panel.
[emcee] First place
creative with props...
[dramatic music playing]
...we have a tie,
with the Tigerettes and the Dolls.
[tense music playing]
[Dianna]
tie for first place,
and Quincy's whole face is like, "Ugh!"
Yeah, Quincy.
All I could do was laugh.
'Cause first place is first place
whether you tie or not,
but I personally do not feel like it was a tie.
[funky electronic dance music playing]
I look across the floor at the Southern Royalettes
and they bring out hats and canes.
[man rapping indistinctly]
The Southern Royalettes start
and looking at their choreography,
I'm like, "Come on, man."
I expected more out of you,
Ms. "Dancing Dolls Can't Dance."
Ms. "My Team is Superior."
Ms. "We Got It Going On."
Ms. "Let Me Follow the Rulebook to the T."
Ms. "I'm Gonna Send Everybody to the Principal's Office
Because I Think I Run Everything and I Don't."
[music continues]
Using ballet barres could go really right or really wrong.
It could go really right if the girls execute it correctly.
But the girls were having some problems in practice,
so I'm hoping they can pull it together.
♪ I nod my head because the beat is so right ♪
♪ Go back like disco, get me under the strobe light ♪
♪ We goin' so hard, get you bringin' it back ♪
-♪ Dance all night ♪ -♪ Everybody's in the sky ♪
♪ Beat down for us ♪
[music fades]
[cheering]
Get out the broom. Get off my floor!
Get off my floor! Get off my floor!
Let me use this broom
to sweep up the mess the Dolls have made
of the Southern Royalettes.
Bye-bye, sugarfoot. Go on back to Meridian.
You're only supposed to have 15 kids,
15 kids on the floor.
Here comes Ms. Meridian,
complaining at the judges' table. Again.
Routines are not to be longer than four eight counts.
[woman] And every one of theirs were five and six and eight.
It said only 28 counts per stand,
and if you can't count from one to eight 20 times,
then you shouldn't be in this business.
[Dianna] You can shake your head if you want to.
That's absolutely fine
'cause I'm not gonna be nasty with you.
-I just counted six. -[Dianna] It's okay.
Well, your count's wrong there.
You must not can count.
-I have a college degree. -[woman] Well, good.
I count very well.
[dramatic music playing]
[tense music playing]
[emcee] The judges have deliberated
and they have made their decision.
And the team moving on to the next round is...
from Jackson, Mississippi,
the Dancing Dolls.
[cheering]
Yeah, we turnt up!
[dramatic hip hop music playing]
You know, you lost. It's okay.
It's okay. It's okay.
It's okay.
Go on back to Meridian.
You'll see us again.
Just be better next time.
[emcee] Let's get it!
Let's go!
[cheering]
[Dianna]
and I honestly feel like it could go either way.
The Dancing Dolls are gonna bring
the definition of slayage to the floor today.
-[upbeat dance music playing]
♪ Go, go, go, go ♪
♪ For your squad, for your squad ♪
Champagne Girls are coming out with these old-school pom-poms.
But you know what? They're making it look fresh
and it's interesting to watch.
I gotta hand it to these little spark plugs.
They turnin' up out here.
♪ My desire to win is burning ♪
♪ Got way too much swagger juice ♪
♪ I do what I gotta do ♪
♪ I go hard for my team ♪
♪ I go hard for my squad ♪
[Dianna]
when I pulled out my secret weapon.
If there was a battle over the it/cute factor,
we definitely won at being cute.
[music continues]
-[music ends] -[cheering]
[upbeat music playing]
But now it's up to the judges,
and with them, man, you never know.
And in the category
of stand battle with props,
coming in first place is...
[dramatic music playing]
...from Jackson, Mississippi...
-[cheering] -...the Dancing Dolls!
You went through a lot during the week
to get to that point,
and everybody was very proud of you guys.
Congratulations on your win.
[cheering]