[electronic music]
Woo!
The whole team is here in Australia
to perform at the Astra Awards, which
is equivalent to the Emmys.
We are told that anybody who is anybody in the entertainment
industry will be here at the Astra Awards.
(ALL) Hi.
We're in Australia.
So excited to be here.
JILL: This is fabulous.
What a great opportunity for our children.
[cheering]
All the girls are here.
All the moms are here.
One person is missing.
Hi.
We got here.
We're in Australia.
Yay.
We're here, but what's going on with you?
Melissa--
Did you go to the bank to see if they have your passport
at the bank?
I'm going to reach through the phone and choke you.
Yes, of course.
That's the first place I went.
Well, I'm just asking, because I'm just--
Why do people always ask-- they go, oh,
where did you lose it?
Well, if I knew where I lost it, I'd just go get it.
It wouldn't be lost.
So when do you think you will get here, Abby?
What's the best case scenario?
When will you be here?
Thursday morning.
Really, Abby?
You're not arriving until Thursday?
That's the day of the Astra Awards.
Here she is expecting our girls to be perfect,
and she can't even get her butt to Australia on time.
She's leaving us in the lurch.
You guys don't realize what a big deal this is.
Being that I'm not there, you know, maybe it's better
to just have Maddie do it.
But I thought all the kids were invited to do it?
I think all the kids are invited to do it.
Yeah, all the kids are.
Show me your invitation.
Well, where's Maddie's invitation?
- I don't have an invitation. - Well, I know.
That's our point. - Abby?
ABBY LEE: Well, I do.
I have the email.
Abby hasn't even stepped foot in Australia,
but yet we're already on the wrong foot.
I don't know why Abby's making this executive decision-- she's
not even here-- about only having Maddie perform
at the Astra Awards.
We don't need to be divisive on day 1.
There's no reason to have an adversarial relationship.
Well, Holly, adversarial or not,
I'm not putting up with your [bleep] anymore.
That's the way it's going to be.
After the conclusion of this Astra Awards,
we are also performing in our own private event.
And I personally invited Kalani, Maddie, Mackenzie, and Kendall
to go to Australia.
I did not invite Holly, Nia, Jess, or JoJo.
Since they decided to tag along, well, that's their problem.
I have no plans for them.
You know what, Melissa?
Don't call me anymore--
I have to take another call.
Does this feel a little like deja vu back in LA
when a certain someone wasn't there first day?
If this Australia trip is any indication of our experience
in LA, I'm not sure I even want to go.
- You know what? - No.
We need to make the best of our trip.
She's not here.
It's OK.
Let's go hold a koala, guys.
Let's go--
I'm ready to go.
--into the hotel.
Nobody can bring us down today.
Let's go.
We're here in Australia.
The girls are here, ready to perform.
We need to stay focused.
If Abby doesn't show up, that's her dumb fault.
[tense music]
GIANNA: I'm really nervous going into our last rehearsal
for the Astra Awards.
Abby hasn't seen the piece yet, and I don't know if this
is what she's looking for.
MADDIE: Hi, Ab.
Hi, baby.
How are you?
WOMAN: Wait.
I want one too.
- How are you doing? - Good.
- Hi, baby. - Hi.
Oh, OK.
You made it.
Yeah.
How are you doing?
She's an idiot, seriously.
You're in Australia.
You're meeting people from a TV network,
and you show up in curlers.
You look like an idiot.
[laughs]
This is going to be the first time I actually see the kids
dancing, and they need to represent the Abby Lee Dance
Company to the best of their ability,
to the best of my ability.
So I want to make sure that everything is perfect.
And if I need to change things, it's now or never.
[music playing]
That has to roll right through.
(SINGING) On your marks.
Get set, go.
And you jump if you want to jump.
Fall if you want to fall.
Woo!
(SINGING) You won't need anyone to catch you.
Over and over and over until you're fearless.
Woo.
[clapping]
JILL: From where I was sitting watching the girls,
I thought they looked amazing.
I don't know what Abby's going to think,
but we're down to the wire.
We don't have time for changes.
This has to be good enough for Abby.
You think JoJo's late like three times or no?
Yeah.
She was told that twice yesterday already.
ABBY LEE: Oh, OK.
You're late.
Maddie, your corrections.
When you're on this piece up here,
you really need to look backwards over your shoulder
and take the crown with you to the switch j t .
Nia, twice, twice, you're rolling down
to the floor on one section.
You're completely flexing your foot.
Why does she have to do this?
It was fabulous.
ABBY LEE: It's not just important that we do well
on this Australia trip.
It's vital.
We have to start this trip out right.
The Australian tour is the only pit stop
we have before we hit LA.
I want this to be the best performance ever.
They have to knock one out of the park
here or, let's say, win an Astra with this performance.
Maddie, that's going to be a really big shot right there.
So you need to-- you need to swallow--
[gulping] --and not breathe.
All right.
Let's go.
[dramatic music]
[music playing]
(SINGING) On your marks.
Get set, go.
Smoke blows away.
Win or fail, I don't know.
That only gets in the way.
You thought it all, said it all.
Let it go.
That's all that's left to do.
Turn away from the mirror, babe.
She's the only one stopping you.
Jump if you want to jump.
Fall if you want to fall.
You don't need anyone to catch you.
Dance if you want to dance.
You're beautiful.
You're stronger than anyone coming at you.
I can't save you.
The world will change you.
I know you'll break through over and over and over until you're
fearless.
Jump if you want to jump.
Fall if you want to fall.
You don't need anyone to catch you.
Dance if you want to dance.
You're beautiful.
You're stronger than anyone coming at you.
I can't save you.
The world will change you over and over and over until you're
fearless.
[applause]
The kids looked amazing on stage.
But unfortunately, Maddie fell out of her turns.
Maddie, don't be sad.
Why are you sad? - No, no.
I'm not.
You were amazing.
You're always amazing.
We're here because of you, honey.
MELISSA: Yep, you're amazing.
We wouldn't be here.
No need to be sad.
MELISSA: She's not.
She's fine.
JILL: OK.
MELISSA: She's fine.
But she's not fine, Melissa.
MELISSA: Yeah, she's fine.
She told me she doesn't want to talk about it.
[dramatic music]
Maddie's a perfectionist.
She always tries to put on a brave face,
but it just got to her.
Jill got to her, of course.
Jill always tells me to be quiet and not
saying anything when Kendall messes up,
so she should shut her face.
Her turn wasn't perfect, so she was upset.
So--
With herself.
MELISSA: She's upset with herself.
[maddie sobbing]
It's very clear that Maddie's upset.
But if any other child would allow themselves to shed
a tear, Abby would annihilate.
And for Abby to excuse and not have the same standards,
it's confusing for all.
And it's also not fair.
MELISSA: OK, just-- Maddie, please.
Just please.
I'm about to open this.
Just remember that with stardom, with fame,
with recognizability comes responsibility and pressure
and being perfect all the time.
JESSALYN: This is a turn that Maddie has been doing forever.
She's not improving because Abby's not correcting her
or giving her classes.
She's plateauing.
[maddie sobbing]
But you never know when your star is going to end.
You got to ride the wave.