ABBY LEE MILLER: We will be attending Intensity Dance
Competition for Nationals.
[applause]
I have two group routines planned.
Some people will be dancing twice.
The Junior Elite Team will be performing
a contemporary, lyrical piece entitled Amber Alert.
The Select Team will be performing a routine
called Hollywood Stars.
HOLLY FRAZIER: So girls, how do you feel after pyramid?
CHLOE LUKASIAK: Going into this pyramid,
I thought that it would be the original teams split up,
and you don't know how happy I am that we're all together.
CHRISTI LUKASIAK: Aww.
Chloe missed Nationals last year,
so this is like a big thing for her.
I guess it's hard for me, because at Nationals, we never
had to share the opportunity or the spotlight
with another group or team of people.
Hearing Abby dole out all these other opportunities,
Select Team gets this.
JILL VERTES: Who aren't members of their studio.
Exactly.
Who are studio hoppers when they leave their studio.
Are you kidding me?
You have to win.
But if you don't win--
HOLLY FRAZIER: No, no.
Dammit.
HOLLY FRAZIER: You have to win.
You have won every year.
You have a reputation to protect as the Elite Competition Team.
ABBY LEE MILLER: The Select Competition Team is doing
a piece called Hollywood Stars.
They seem to do quite well with pretty,
elegant, feminine, because these girls have beautiful technique.
So this choreography shows off their lines,
their control, their fluidity.
Out here on the West Coast, I may not need
this Select Competition Team.
There's a whole bunch of new kids here in California.
If the Select Team doesn't bring it,
this could be their first and last Nationals with the ALDC.
She is kidnapping you.
She took you.
She stole you.
She abducted you, and she keeps trying
to get you in this chair.
You're locking her in the chair, and
you guys are putting that work.
She's here, right?
She's gagged.
The Elite Group routine is entitled Amber Alert.
All right, ready?
And try to move yourself, try to get out of it,
get out, fight, your feet, kick, come on, get up, get up, right.
It's about a little girl getting abducted right from her family.
INSTRUCTOR: You can grab her on it, yeah.
ABBY LEE MILLER: At the national level,
you need to do a piece that pushes the envelope.
Amber Alert could be just what my Junior Elites need to win.
Girls, come on!
Let's go!
Hello, girls.
CHRISTY HUNT: Hi, Abby.
Abby, what's up with this thing over here?
Is this what was in the box?
Hello?
CHRISTY HUNT: What is this thing?
Some type of apple chandelier.
ABBY LEE MILLER: I'm busy.
I'm on the phone.
I'm dealing with these real estate agents.
I'm trying to find a building in LA, and all I have going on
is Christy running her mouth.
This woman has been doing this all season long.
She better keep her mouth quiet if she
knows what's good for her.
Christy!
I'm sorry, let me get back to you.
Christy, Christy!
I'm busy.
You're babbling.
CHRISTY HUNT: No, I'm not. - Shut up.
CHRISTY HUNT: I was wondering what was in the box.
You're a raving idiot.
Shut up!
CHRISTY HUNT: I just wanted to know what was in the box.
We are trying to worry about the dance routine!
CHRISTY HUNT: Abby, calm down.
ABBY LEE MILLER: And you're talking
about some ridiculous nonsense!
CHRISTY HUNT: It's stupid.
I was wondering just what it was, period.
Sarah, no babies!
CHRISTY HUNT: All I asked you was about the stupid thing that
was in the box.
Don't take it out on her.
ABBY LEE MILLER: Christy and little Sarah
missed out on the best opportunity
that she's ever had.
Hit the road, Jack.
SARAH HUNT: This has happened, like, every single week now.
CHRISTY HUNT: Because she likes taking her bad mood out on you.
Her life is a bad mood, honey.
Sarah was willing and able to dance.
But as her mom, I am not going to allow Abby to humiliate
her or myself any longer.
God has another plan in store.
So if Sarah is not meant to dance for Abby,
we'll find another competition team.
MOM 1: I can't believe we're down
another of our team members.
What is it?
You just never know.
ABBY LEE MILLER: Excuse me, ladies.
I'm on my way out.
I have to go do some interviews, and I'm
going to see Maddie tonight.
So I will see you later.
Keep your fingers crossed for Maddie, all right?
MOM 2: OK.
MOM 1: Bye.
You know, I'm confused on where the children's dancing
and their numbers lie, and Ms. Abby
has a lot going on with Maddie's thing on the show tonight.
How long did you guys rehearse this morning?
She was with our team, what?
20 minutes maybe.
10 seconds.
I think all of us have a lot to be worried about.
ABBY LEE MILLER: Mackenzie, up and down, I gave it to you.
HOLLY FRAZIER: The dance is a mess.
Abby has not invested the time that she
needed to into this dance.
ABBY LEE MILLER: You know what, Maddie?
Why don't you go in the other room and work on your solo?
I need a sure thing to count on for competition.
These kids, they're struggling with these routines.
NIA SIOUX: Can we practice the group dance since, you know,
the group dance comes first?
HOLLY FRAZIER: That's a good question.
ABBY LEE MILLER: For a minute and 45 seconds,
Nia and Mackenzie have choreography with that chair.
So until those two get their act together,
Maddie should go do something else.
HOLLY FRAZIER: Melissa says nothing.
The group dance is the most important dance.
Shame on Melissa for not speaking
up and saying that's wrong.
Girls, line up, let's go!
Moms, get behind your daughters quickly.
13 weeks in a row, you won till these guys showed up.
I want a team of number ones.
Select Team, if you're not the overall high score
winners of this entire competition,
I don't really need you.
I brought in this select ensemble
to go against my Junior League Competition Team
to push them to the next level.
Now, they're going up against each other head
to head at Nationals.
Who is going to come out on top?
Girls, let's go.
ANNOUNCER: And the contemporary category, moving into number 61
is Hollywood Star.
[music playing]
[applause]
ANNOUNCER: Continuing on with the competition is Amber Alert.
[applause]
[music playing]
MELISSA GISONI: I got goosebumps.
[applause]
Now, it's the moment of truth.
It's been 24 competitions, hundreds of lessons.
Who's it going to be, the Select Team or the Junior
Elite Competition Team?
It could go either way.
It's all in the judges hands now.
ANNOUNCER: In second place, join me in congratulating number 61,
Hollywood Stars from the Abby Lee Dance Company.
[applause]
The top spot, ladies and gentlemen,
with a score of 286 points, your National champion,
act number 63, Amber Alert from the Abby Lee Dance Company.
[applause]
Congratulations, you guys.
Our fourth consecutive national championship.
Way to go, girls.
The Select Team did its job.
Yes, you pushed the Junior Elite Competition Team
to the next level, and now, today, after that victory
on stage, it's clear.
They've pushed you right out the door.
Goodbye.
My decision to disband the Select Team was not in anger.
They did what I wanted them to do.
They pushed the right buttons.
Who do I take to LA?
Figure out what you want, because I
have to figure out what I want.
And I only want the girls that want this.
I can make you a star, or I can cut you.
[music playing]