PAIGE (VOICEOVER): When I'm backstage,
I'm really nervous because I'm scared I'm going to forget
my dance before I go on.
And it makes me forget it more if I
really get rushed up about it.
For Paige to learn a solo and perform it in two days,
that makes me nervous for her.
But hopefully, she just goes out there, uses her personality,
and charms the judges.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
WOMAN: (SINGING) Bet you're thinking that you know me,
make you do a double take.
But we are the way we are is a mystery.
I'm so undercover, you can't see the half of me.
It's time to check yourself--
Paige was like a deer in the headlights.
That hasn't happened to me in 25 years.
I was sick to my stomach.
It's humiliating.
[CHEERING]
[APPLAUSE]
ANNOUNCER: Give her a nice round of applause,
make her feel very comfortable.
There's no excuse.
You should remain on stage and continue dancing.
[CHEERING]
[CHATTER]
[CRYING]
It was humiliating for me as a teacher, number one.
And number two, she should be humiliated.
[CHATTER]
It'll be OK.
[CRYING]
It's OK.
Don't be sad.
You looked beautiful for what you did do.
Yes, you did.
[CRYING]
You were perfect.
Don't worry about it, Paige. It's a dance.
Who cares?
[CRYING]
I know.
But it's not your fault that it was messed up.
[CRYING]
Right?
Don't you agree with me?
You got your music last night at what, 8:30,
and went home and went to bed and were expected
to rush in here and compete it.
Do you want to go home?
[CRYING]
We can't go home.
I want to.
Don't cry, Paige.
[CRYING]
Don't, OK?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHEERING]
Maddie, it's fine.
Stop putting pins in it.
It looks ridiculous.
There's 50 bobby pins in it.
Let me see.
MELISSA: She wants everything to be
perfect all the time, the kid.
I can't stand it.
I got-- I got to just stay away from her right now.
MADDIE: I'm kind of nervous.
There's a little bit more pressure on me
because I want to win the same thing as Chloe and maybe
even more.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
MELISSA: Okay, Maddie's on in 3.
Kenz, come on.
We got to go see your sister.
CHRISTI: I am so fed up with the BS.
Melissa needs to pull Maddie's second solo.
It's not fair.
Melissa.
Melissa!
Yeah?
[CHEERING]
I-- I guess she's letting her dance.
Oh, my gosh.
No one has a chance in hell of winning against Maddie.
She has two solos.
She already has twice as good of a chance as anyone else.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
MADDIE: I'm kind of nervous.
I have to make sure I'm on the right timing for my music.
And there's a lot of pressure on me
because I really want to win first.
ANNOUNCER: Next up, please welcome Maddie with "Cry."
[ALEXX CALISE, "CRY"]
WOMAN: (SINGING) And me, who's so
well versed, is feeling so damn empty, is at a loss for words.
Going mad.
I don't want to do anything but cry.
And I-- I don't want to do anything but cry.
[CHEERING]
[APPLAUSE]
ANNOUNCER: That's Maddie with "Cry."
WOMAN: Good job, baby.
GIRL: Good job, Maddie.
You did great. GIRL: Good job, Maddie.
You were fabulous.
Christi's mad because Abby put two solos in for Maddie.
Maddie does two solos at every single competition we go to.
And she has for the last two years.
CHLOE: Right before I go on stage,
I get a little bit nervous, so I do my knuck crackle.
And but I just go through the dance really quick.
And then I just poof, and go on stage.
ANNOUNCER: Next up, Judges, we have
a danced mini lyrical solo.
Please welcome Chloe with "Mother."
[CHEERING]
[APPLAUSE]
[NADIA KAZMI, "MOTHER"]
WOMAN: (SINGING) I have become my mother's enemy.
It's me.
[CHEERING]
[APPLAUSE]
ANNOUNCER: That's Chloe with "Mother."
I can't even look at Melissa.
It's always all about her daughter and no one else.
Our kids count too.
Good job, honey.
MELISSA: I really don't care what Christi thinks.
She would do anything for her daughter to win.
I don't do anything for my daughter to win.
My daughter wins on her own.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
All right, now it's time to announce our overalls
for our advanced mini solos.
I will announce the top 10 highest
scoring advanced mini solo entries
that we have seen today.
[APPLAUSE]
Here are our top four.
Fourth place, in "Mother," that's Chloe.
[CHEERING]
I don't like to lose.
But I don't ever lose, anyway.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
And our first place overall top scoring advanced mini
solo is receiving a $75 check.
And the trophy is "Cry."
That's Maddie from Abby Lee Dance Company.
[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE]
Congratulations.
These are our top scores.
Let's give a big round of applause.
Congratulations.
You got to take that big, wacky bow.
CHRISTI: This is not fair.
Chloe was learning a dance 12 hours ago in a studio.
And you expect a 9-year-old to go on stage
and, like, be flawless?
Our kids were set up to fail.
I'm done.
I don't want to say anything else.
[SCREAMING]
[APPLAUSE]
Good job!
[APPLAUSE]
[CHEERING]
Good job, baby.
Good job.
WOMAN: All right, let's go.
Abby, I think we need to talk.
ABBY: No, you're not going to ruin this day.
No, we need to talk Abby in the hallway now.
Are you kidding?
I'm a paying client, and you won't speak to me?
No, nothing's worth that much money.
I think the worst thing that Christi can do
is talk about me when her daughter is present.
I cannot get Chloe to trust me if her mother
doesn't trust me herself.
I'm so excited for you because she got the best award.
Yeah, we don't want to ruin the weighted victory.
[CHUCKLING]
I'm not ruining today.
No, Abby, we need to go in the hallway.
WOMAN: Don't be doing this in front of my daughter, Christi.
Abby, we can all go in the hallway
because I tried to talk to you.
And I tried to talk to you personally.
MELISSA: I'm not talking to you. - What?
- Let's go in the hallway. - Why are you doing this?
I'm not going anywhere. ABBY: The children just won.
My daughter's happy.
CHRISTI: Let's go in the hallway.
Do you want to talk about all the things
that need to be talked about?
Not here, not now-- this is the weekend.
Because you won't talk about it.
- You're not paying for my time. - And you won't talk about it.
MELISSA: I won't ever talk to you again.
Abby, I'm not talking about--
You're making my daughter cry, so shut up!
ABBY: Talked about what?
How many times has my daughter beat your daughter this year?
The [BLEEP] was stacked against everybody this
weekend because you didn't.
MELISSA: Get out of here now. - Let's go.
- Bitch. - Let's go.
CHRISTI: You think your kids feel bad.
But it doesn't matter that my daughter feels--
ABBY: Your daughter is holding a national title.
And I will take it away in a minute!
CHRISTI: Go ahead and take it away, Abby.
ABBY: I will. CHRISTI: I'll leave your studio.
That's fine. Where you going to go?
HOLLY: I would say the fight between Abby
and Christi was incredibly embarrassing.
That could've been handled behind closed doors,
definitely not in front of children.
Even when there are issues, I try to limit the things
that I'm saying in front of the kids
because it makes them feel bad.
It makes them feel self-conscious and awkward.
No, come with me.
Girls.
They are staying with me.
You are a uneducated mess.
Quit drinking!
GIRL: [CRYING]
I'm not going on a [BLEEP] bus with that [BLEEP] bitch.
Don't cry.
I'm telling you.
Give me a phone.
CHRISTI: No, she didn't even--
You are out of control.
I'm the [BLEEP] for staying in your studio.
There you go.
CHRISTI: Then I need to leave.
ABBY: You're done.
Congratulations.
Thank you, sir.
Thank you very much.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
How did I get stuck in this?