- Hi.
What's up?
ASHLEE: Not much.
I'm Ashlee.
What was your name?
Christy. ASHLEE: Christy.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you too.
I didn't know we were having somebody new.
Yeah, well-- I'm not too new, though.
Sarah and I are from the select team.
So we're trained by Abby.
And she invited us back on the team this week.
She has been training so, so hard
to prove to Abby that she can definitely
be a part of this team.
And she's going to do a great job
no matter what's given to her.
You've got a pretty good position here, don't you, huh?
She likes Brynn, but I'm not too popular.
So it doesn't make it better for me.
You're not? No?
ASHLEE: (LAUGHING) No.
The moms giving you a hard time?
You know, we were called because Maddie was gone,
and Abby needed someone to replace Maddie.
Yeah, but, see, that's, like, what gets me, though.
I don't understand why she just doesn't revert back to who she
knows and who she has trained.
So from my standpoint, you have to understand,
like, I agree with the other moms.
I don't know.
I just think, if you're really fighting for a spot,
Brynn's is probably not the one you're going to get.
Because we're permanent members, as of two weeks ago.
Yeah, but that could-- your jacket could
be taken away from you quickly.
We'll have to see.
ABBY: Five, six, seven, eight.
One.
Hold. OK.
Do you see what you're doing?
Do you see you're chugging into your supporting heel?
Sarah, figure it out.
Come on.
Don't mark things, Sarah!
Brynn's dancing full out, and she's 10 times better than you
already!
CHRISTY: I just feel like there's
huge stakes here for Sarah this week, guys, you know?
If she doesn't put 150% into it, we're done.
It's our one shot.
SARAH: I'm really nervous about our duet,
because I want to prove to Miss Abby that I can be on the team
and I can be a permanent member.
I'm praying to God we get first so she
doesn't have to send me home or, like,
punish, like, me or Brynn.
So hopefully, we get first.
ASHLEE: Brynn dancing with Sarah this week,
who she's never danced with before,
is going to be difficult, especially
because Sarah is here to get a spot on this team.
That's a lot of pressure for a little kid.
So this is going to be a challenge for her in ways
that she's never been challenged before.
ANNOUNCER: Up next, we have number 201.
This is duet-trio lyrical, ages 11 to 12.
[applause]
[MUSIC - TANNER RICHIE, "FLIP IT AROUND"]
(SINGING) Da da da da da da.
Ba ba ba.
Ba ba.
Let's take a rest and take down.
Look at all of the mountains we've made it 'round and all
the battles we have won.
Oh!
But I know my head is 5'8" inches off the ground.
The weight of my world won't ever bring me down.
'Cause a frown is just a smile upside-down.
Better flip it around.
Said I'll flip it around.
[applause]
All right, Sarah and Brynn.
Beautiful job up here, ladies.
You're beautiful, girl.
OK, judges, are you ready?
Your technique is gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.
So I love how well rehearsed you are.
Sarah, watching you do your first [inaudible],,
you're not relaxed and hunching the shoulder.
Also, in a number like this, I felt like you
could have a little bit more--
instead of just everything going through so soft and gentle,
I wanted to see a little bit of that power.
So keep working on your strength.
Stay connected.
Because this is a great duo.
And thank you.
Thank you, ladies.
Thank you.
CHRISTY: The judges are saying that Sarah bobbled.
And I didn't see it.
I thought she did a great job.
But you know what?
It's still up in the air.
And you know, we'll just have to wait to see
what the outcome's going to be.
All right, the top two for duet-trio.
SARAH: Me and Brynn really want to win.
So I'm crossing my fingers that we do well.
I just feel like, because I have been dancing for Abby for three
and a half years, that I kind of should be, like,
a permanent member.
I want to, like, really badly.
Put your hands together for Sarah and Brynn,
Abby Lee Dance Company.
[applause]
CHRISTY: I am so excited that Brynn and Sarah won.
She proved exactly what she came here to do.
So yeah, if Sarah is invited, if she's welcomed, by all means,
we are here 100%.