ABBY LEE: Welcome everybody.
How are you little ones doing?
Good.
Are the minis on the pyramid today?
The minis are on the pyramid.
So the reason we're back this week
is we made a commitment to Abby when she invited
us here the first time that we would
be here and be on this team.
Maddie is not here.
She is in New York City.
I wasn't there last week.
I don't really care what happens.
I know I had three duets in.
Did you see any of the duets?
Actually, I did.
I saw the people that beat you.
They're nobodies-- nobodies again.
You had a group routine.
I thought it was sloppy.
I thought it was a hot mess.
Abby has no right to comment.
She wasn't even at the competition.
The Bollywood number was beautiful, and it won.
Well, Abby, Ashley had a problem with Kendall
and Brynn's duet.
It was the highest duet here in this room,
but it came in third, and she's used to always winning.
So maybe this isn't the place for her.
I don't like to lose.
No one likes to lose.
She wanted the harder part.
I don't see what's wrong with going to a competition
and wanting to win.
No one said that.
Well, if you don't want to win, you shouldn't go.
Exactly my point.
OK, let's move on.
So, girls, pyramid.
First, at the bottom of the pyramid is Peyton.
You need to wash out your mother's mouth with soap.
Peyton was in the corner going Mommy, stop.
Mommy, just stop. - No she didn't.
Peyton was on my lap you dumb [bleep]..
ABBY LEE: Next we have Ari.
For the level of your dancing, you should be able to pick up
the choreography at that same level of expertise,
and you don't.
Next we have Alexis.
You pick up well, but nature isn't on your side.
It's the flexibility, the strength, the turnout.
All of those things you're lacking.
And Melissa, you pick up pick.
You're smart.
You're not built like your mom.
Right now, that's not a problem.
Someday it will be.
Moving up, JoJo.
I think that you welcome every genre of dance,
and I think that you enjoy learning new things.
It's not a bad thing where you are.
It's just what it is.
Hey, I'm not on the bottom level.
ABBY LEE: And next we have Brynn.
Your legs are great.
Your leaps are great.
Your acrobatic tricks are great, but you don't attack
the dynamics of the music or the style of dance
that you're doing.
That's where you fall short.
Next, Kendall.
Your duet, third.
Next we have Nia.
I'm going to pull this off too because Kalani,
you were also in a duet with Nia.
I think you both could have been stronger.
Now Kalani, you were a little more African than Nia.
Abby, I would not go there.
I will say both girls were great.
Maybe I was shocked to see you do this style.
I think that--
I think that might be your issue.
Where it makes sense for you to do this.
Why, because she's had three weeks of it this summer?
No, because she's African American.
She looks the part.
Abby!
What does that have to do with anything?
African American does not mean we come
from the continent of Africa.
I know.
We're Americans.
This is ridiculous.
I think you've lost your mind.
Anyone here who was watching that dance--
which you were not because you didn't show up to do your job.
Nia, I'm not trying to be offensive.
What I'm trying to say is that I want you to work harder.
I want you to be the best that you can possibly be,
and I don't think you've even touched on that yet.
That is, like, so inappropriate.
As history has proven, Abby is really impulsive,
and she never takes ownership of what she says anyway.
Kalani, you weren't perfect.
Did it surprise me what you did?
Yes.
Do I think that you could be better?
Yes.
And on top of the pyramid is Mackenzie.
[applause]
Mackenzie embraced the routine.
She had fun with it.
She is a performer.