Welcome to the Abby Lee Dance Company.
[music playing]
Girls, I know it's intimidating to walk into this room.
Oh, they don't look very intimidated, though, do they?
KIRA HILLIKER: I don't think there's any competition there.
You brought our trash from Arizona.
Tracey's here from RStudio for one reason and one reason only.
She wishes Kalani was her child, because in Arizona,
the kid's nothing.
Hold on.
Tracey, let-- how many titles has Sarah won?
None.
Abby said she wanted a whole team of Maddies, not Kalanis.
A team of Maddies.
Here we go.
That is not a Maddie.
She can't even win in Arizona.
How is she going to win here?
Now, Kalani, Kendall, you're doing a duet.
The name of your duet is "Rule the World."
And you two better channel all that energy
from Beyonce when you step out.
I have a duet over here on this select ensemble.
Sarah, Ava, you will be going up against Kalani and Kendall.
Let's see you two birds.
Come on.
Ava and Sarah are doing a contemporary acrobatic routine
titled "Birds of a Feather Flock Together."
Will they dance together as one?
Will their movements be in unison?
I don't know.
JEANETTE COTA: The girls are so excited about their duet.
WOMAN 1: Oh, that's good.
Yeah.
They look like sisters. JEANETTE COTA: They-- yeah.
They do.
They do look a little bit like--
ABBY LEE MILLER: [inaudible] over your head!
Ava, like that!
The way that Abby teaches, the way that she
pushes these girls, it works.
What's your front foot doing, though?
It's crazy.
[shouting]
[interposing voices]
All right.
JEANETTE COTA: Did you do your split?
I did my split.
I said to Maddie, come on. Ask me.
Ask me.
You can do splits.
I can do my split, Maddie.
[interposing voices]
WOMAN 2: There you go.
WOMAN 3: You're right.
[cheering]
[clapping]
[interposing voices]
That's it. But--
JEANETTE COTA: You can make holding heels, right?
Well, I have to hold on.
But here we go.
WOMAN 4: Oh, she can do higher than--
[cheering]
Ah!
WOMAN 5: I'll split [inaudible]. - That's it.
WOMAN 5: Hold on. Wait.
That's-- that's the show. WOMAN 5: [inaudible].
[shouting] WOMAN 6: Come on, Tammy.
Go-- yeah! [cheering]
Whoo hoo.
WOMAN 7: Do your splits. Do your splits.
TRACEY REASONS: I can do my splits.
WOMAN 8: She-- she said-- - All right.
Come on. Come on.
[shouting]
Well, I haven't stretched though.
I'm going to try to, like, holding heels here.
Ready? - Hold on.
[inaudible]
WOMAN 9: Give it a shot.
Come on.
WOMAN 10: There we go.
[cheering]
WOMAN 11: [inaudible] up here.
GIRL: I-- I got this.
I don't think I can--
Come on, Tammy. Come on.
Let's go.
[interposing voices]
JEANETTE COTA: You guys are all going to be
walking in tomorrow like this.
WOMAN 12: All right.
Yeah!
[clapping]
I swear, anybody even asks [inaudible]..
[laughter]
JILL VERTES: How did it go?
How did it go?
Crazy.
You survived?
WOMAN 13: I don't know how you do it.
WOMAN 14: [inaudible].
Really, I was really happy that Abby praised Sarah today.
It-- it made me very happy.
WOMAN 15: Absolutely. She did.
[interposing voices]
That's great.
But Abby hasn't seen her on stage.
That's where she chokes.
You know that, Tracey.
[music playing]
I don't even know where this is coming from.
Tracey, you fool everybody.
You fool everybody in Arizona too.
You talk [bleep] about Kalani since she was five years old,
Tracey.
I never talk about Kalani, Kira.
You're-- KIRA HILLIKER: Really?
So you're telling me that everyone at the studio
is lying?
I-- I was the only one who supports Kalani.
Then you need to go talk to everybody at the studio,
because they all come back to me.
TRACEY REASONS: I will. The-- oh.
Tracey plays the victim.
But deep down inside, when she walks out those studio doors,
she's on her phone talking [bleep]
about every single person.
Duet.
Jazz duet.
Let's go.
This is it.
Let's take the hair down.
(SINGING) I whip my hair back and forth.
Oh, [bleep], Jill.
It's like, walk.
Walk.
WOMAN 16: Shoot, look, they're good-- wait.
Wait. WOMAN 17: Oh my gosh.
WOMAN 18: Jill, go down there and deal with Abby.
WOMAN 19: Abby!
WOMAN 20: She's going to take a running leap.
Is she? - Oh, look at her.
Look.
WOMAN 20: Oh, look.
Oh.
So just walk out and be, like, gorgeous.
It's just all about ruling the world.
I've chosen Kalani and Kendall.
They're doing a routine called "Rule the World."
The two duets going up against each other
are vastly different.
You have Sarah R. and Ava.
They're tall.
They have gorgeous lines.
But then on the other side, you have Kalani and Kendall.
They're gorgeous.
They attack the movement.
And they're quite sassy on stage.
This one is going to be up to the judges opinion.
Butt under.
You're not gliding through fourth.
That's why you're off the music with her.
[music playing]
FEMALE SINGER 1: (SINGING) You feel my heart beat.
KIRA HILLIKER: What happened? They were together.
No, they're off on something.
I don't know what it is.
But the turns are ending up off.
I'm totally excited that Kendall has a duet with Kalani.
But, you know, it's going to take
a lot of timing, a lot of hard work,
to get this number together.
And I'm very worried, because we have to go
up against an all-star number.
She needs a drink.
Oh, god.
Bartender.
[laughter]
WOMAN 22: So--
So this is how we really react.
Like, we have some fun.
WOMAN 23: No.
Well, I-- I look forward to going
to competition with you guys, regardless of how you feel.
But I look forward to it, and watching
and cheering for both teams.
Abby is looking for the best dancers.
And she didn't get the best.
Not the ones who have been around the longest.
Exactly, the best. And she didn't get it.
And I think--
like I said, I think she brought in our kids
to light a fire under your kids.
KIRA HILLIKER: She [inaudible] get the best.
No, our kids don't need a light--
fire lighted under [inaudible].
No, but [inaudible].
Look at us more as-- as, like, a threat or--
I just feel like, I--
I would have loved to have been a little more welcomed.
I mean, I-- I know--
I'm not threatened.
I don't think that any of your kids except for Jade
could possibly teach Kalani anything.
WOMAN 24: This is how [inaudible]
The only week I was ever here, I--
I'm so grateful for the opportunity
to have her meet the girls. - Of course.
Because Sarah is getting praised.
And she doesn't get praised in Arizona.
Another attack on my daughter.
WOMAN 25: Is it-- maybe it's just because you're cousins?
Well, she doesn't.
You just seem so hostile.
Your daughter does not score in the top 10 in Arizona.
JEANETTE COTA: Stop. Do not call a 13-year-old--
[interposing voices]
She's [inaudible] top 10 all the time, Kira.
KIRA HILLIKER: She can't even win in Arizona.
She won't win anywhere.
[interposing voices]
Kira, don't say that.
[interposing voices]
Hall of Fame, celebrity, she's-- every--
every competition we do.
I am so tired of you--
[interposing voices]
--Kalani so bad it's not even funny.
Her kid wants to be Kalani.
It's not even funny.
No, shame on you for talking about a little girl.
KIRA HILLIKER: Are you kidding me?
Are you kidding me?
WOMAN 26: Don't.
KIRA HILLIKER: Look, are you kidding me?
Don't tell me shame on me for saying anything even.
Don't even. [interposing voices]
WOMAN 27: Come on. Come on.
I'm not dealing with this [bleep]..
Tracey can't have a conversation with me
because she knows that everything I say is true.
You're definitely not worth dying.
Don't let it-- yeah.
[inaudible].
You guys saw that.
You saw what she did to me.
Look it Look it.
It doesn't matter.
I was looking forward to a fun night, not a bitch fest.
I need Sarah to prove herself, and prove to Abby,
and prove to everyone that she is an amazing dancer.
She deserves to be on this team.
Kira, did you tell your friend from Arizona,
if you need anything, you'd be glad to help her out?
She can drown in hell.
[music playing]
ABBY LEE MILLER: All right, ladies!
Time for the ALDC to show energy.
That's what we're all about.
[interposing voices]
ABBY LEE MILLER: Let's go.
MAN: All right, judges.
We're moving on to entry number 215, "Birds of a Feather Flock
Together."
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FEMALE SINGER 2: (SINGING) Like fireflies at night,
we've got this whole thing right.
We shine.
And everyone shines too.
It's all right.
You've got me and I've got you.
And it's all right.
It's all right.
We have all we need right here.
So let's get up.
Let's get out.
Let's get to it.
Don't look back.
Just look ahead.
Let's do it.
Though wild mustangs run beneath the desert sun,
your spirit should be so unchained.
Don't look back.
Just look ahead.
Let's do it.
Let's get up.
Let's get out.
Let's get to it.
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JEANETTE COTA: I was watching Abby during the performance.
And I really felt that she really enjoyed
their performance, also.
I really think we have a shot at winning this.
MAN: All right, judges.
We're going now to two, entry 216, "Rule the World."
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FEMALE SINGER 3: Baby, you're the one.
Everything I need.
Like the shining sun, always there for me.
Oh, yeah.
After all this time, you are all I see.
Always keep me young.
You are always there for me.
Wait, we've just begun.
I want to run into your arms.
Please hold me.
I am so in love.
You have become the only one that knows me.
One that knows me.
You were always there for me.
After watching both duets, it's clear Kalani
and Kendall did amazing.
They couldn't have done that duet any better.
MAN: For Energy Junior Duo/Trio, we have a top three.
In third place, entry number 216, "Rule the World."
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JILL VERTES: Kendall and Kalani, their timing was great.
They looked gorgeous.
Their technique was great.
Those other girls, their timing wasn't on.
I think Kendall and Kalani were ripped off.
In second place, entry number 215, "Birds
of a Feather Flock Together."
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Honestly, for Kira to see my daughter
beat Kalani and Kendall, it makes this whole week worth it.
I have two birds of a feather that were
supposed to flock together.
But they were a little off.
Then I have these two gorgeous beauty queens who were
supposed to rule the world.
They didn't even rule the stage.
Somebody else from somewhere else won the duet division.