TESSANDRA CHAVEZ: Six, seven, eight, sleeping
with your eyes wide open.
Do it again, don't go early.
This week I have a duet with Kalani.
I'm, like, the creepy old vampire.
I love being evil, and I love being mean.
TESSANDRA CHAVEZ: JoJo, your character's great.
I love your performance.
You're a star.
Kalani, but, I didn't see the attitude happen.
JoJo's a great performer, but Kalani
is one of the best-techniqued dancers here.
JoJo just isn't at the level Kalani is.
TESSANDRA CHAVEZ: Punching.
JoJo, didn't see the punching.
Don't sacrifice your technique for the story.
The skill is technique, so you need to really pull
up this week or you will be--
It's a battle.
I love healthy competition.
The mission for JoJo is to work on her technique,
straighten those legs, work those feet.
We're just really going to have to have a talk about technique,
technique, technique.
TESSANDRA CHAVEZ: Six and seven.
That was it, Kalani.
Do it again.
Keep going.
She's got to save herself.
How was rehearsal today?
Do you like being the vampire?
I really feel like I was doing my best.
We had rehearsal with the Tessandra,
and Tessandra was like, JoJo needs to worry about technique.
Did you get what I was saying, by, like, dance big, dance big?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
You got to push it.
You always gotta push it and push it and push it.
Everyone's been calling me out on my technique.
Do I not have good technique?
JoJo.
JOJO: You don't get how hard it is.
It doesn't look very hard to me.
My mom is telling me that I need to do better,
but I am doing my best, but she just doesn't understand
that it's hard and there's pressure on me,
and there's only so much that I can do.
[sniffs] And I'm sick of it, to be honest with you.
I am.
JoJo's dancing alongside of Kalani,
who is known for her technique.
If JoJo messes up, the judges will be sending her home.
KEVIN MANNO: Up next we have Kalani and JoJo.
Go girl.
Go girls, in character.
[MUSIC - HANNAH CARTWRIGHT AND ROSS TONES,
"ALL YOU LEAVE BEHIND"]
(SINGING) Can you leave a light on for me?
The spaces solidify.
Sleeping with your eyes wide open
as black as the darkest sky.
Can you feel the whole world shaking?
Don't believe the lies.
Your echoing heartbeat, echoing heartbeat keeps your time.
It's crashing lately.
[applause]
Let's hear it for JoJo and Kalani.
Hey, relax.
You can scare Richie, but you're not gonna scare me.
Kalani, it is absolutely killing me to say this.
I thought that you would come out here and look
like a prima ballerina.
That's not what happened.
You stepped down to her level.
When you did the tilt and the drop down,
her leg was just as high, if not higher.
You fell out of the turns.
All right, JoJo, you did a needle.
You flexed your foot, bent your knee,
and brought it down to step on that bench.
My eyes are bleeding.
Go ahead, you heard what I have to say.
So let me start with you, JoJo.
You're either too fast or too slow.
In most points, you were behind her.
You've got to be mindful of that.
OK.
Bottom two.
[grunts] You've done this to yourself.
You rush things.
There was a hand moment downstage
that you guys do there, rushed.
When you guys were on the floor and the leg kicked up, rushed.
You are better than that.
Kalani, we need to work on your control.
When the leg goes up, you have to control it on the way down.
It doesn't just hit and then drop.
JoJo, I think you have to work on some more strength.
You need to wow me with some jumps,
because you're not getting up off the ground enough for me.
It's true.
OK?
Oh, none of them liked it.
We're only down to five.
So you can either fight to stay here,
or you can just slowly just disappear like two ghosts,
because I didn't see you at all.
Thank you, judges.
Let's hear it one more time for JoJo and Kalani.
We didn't get good feedback, so I
hope that there's no chance that JoJo
and I are going home today.
Good luck to everyone else.