I have a trio,
and my trio is going to Kendall, Maddie, and Chloe.
[cheering]
This is a jazz trio.
It's high energy.
It's called "We Believe."
We have a great jazz dance this week.
This is a clean, sharp routine.
It's like leap, land, cut.
They're gonna sizzle in these hot orange costumes,
and they're gonna go out there and say, "We can do it all."
Run, run, leap, through.
Strut, go.
You're taking too long to get there. Go again.
Girls, I'll tell you what.
The boys are gonna be there.
They're probably gonna have a duet or a trio against you.
Do you believe? I'm not so sure I'm believing.
Everybody has to have the face,
and everybody has to have the what?
Stamina. You're dismissed.
-[upbeat music plays] -[audience cheers]
-Oh! Let's see! -Hi!
I'm telling you what, you have to be on on the turns.
Because this...
is gonna dictate the group.
My trio is about to go out on stage,
and they're against Cathy's duet.
Losing is not an option.
When it comes to Cathy, they have to win.
Ma-- Chloe, you're 11 years old.
Watch with the little faces, okay?
[Christi]
They have adorable costumes. It's really high energy.
The choreography's great.
I think these three are gonna go out there and kill it.
Watch me, make sure you stretch for that. Watch me.
[Cathy]
are going to do a hot, sassy, salsa routine.
And they've got moves that Michigan has never seen.
-Yeah, don't be nervous. -You need your back like this.
Your back like this. Look at my foot.
-How many more times? -[Cathy] Oh...
How many more times should I say this? See,
over and over and over and over again.
-Come on. -[indistinct]
[Cathy]
There is a ton of chemistry between the two kids.
I think we're going to take it all.
[Abby] I'm telling you,
do not even look at them backstage.
-[upbeat music playing] -[audience cheering]
[MC] Now we have entry number 87,
-"Latin Fire." -Yeah!
[audience whooping, cheering]
["Momento" by Rossana playing]
♪ For what I'm about tell you is gonna change your life ♪
♪ Es el momento de hacer ♪
♪ And I know that you want to ♪
♪ Start ♪
♪ Create ♪
♪ Don't wait ♪
♪ Let your soul be free and love ♪
♪ Es el momento ♪
♪ El momento ♪
♪ Es el momento ♪
♪ I wanna hear you say ♪
♪ Es el momento ♪
♪ De triunfar ♪
♪ Es el momento ♪
♪ El momento ♪
♪ Es el momento, oh ♪
♪ Es el momento ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
[audience whooping, cheering]
The tango? Really?
No way. That belongs in a ballroom competition.
Not here against my girls.
[MC]
entry number 85, "We Believe."
[audience whooping, cheering]
["Believe" by Lori Martini ft. Nick Javas playing]
♪ Let's go, let it go, Give it all you've got ♪
♪ Like the comeback kid We're gonna rise to the top ♪
♪ Until we hear the roar Of that screaming crowd ♪
♪ And it's okay, it's alright ♪
♪ I won't stop until I win this fight ♪
♪ You just gotta believe ♪
-♪ Just gotta believe ♪
♪ Just wait and see ♪
♪ Wait and see ♪
♪ Oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ You just gotta believe ♪
♪ Just gotta believe ♪
♪ Oh-oh, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪♪ Just wait and see ♪
-♪ Wait and see ♪
-Good job. -Whoo!
[Christi]
They looked beautiful onstage.
The whole thing was smooth.
And I really think that we have Cathy's duet beat.
-Good job, girls! Good job! -Good job!
[Abby] Nice job, ladies.
-Nice job on the trio. -Say "thank you."
-Good job. -I always tell you, a trio
is the most difficult thing to do.
It's not a duet.
You can't feed off of each other.
It's not a solo.
You can't just wing it on your own.
A trio is very difficult spacing-wise,
and I thought that was one thing.
It was excellent.
I think they were fabulous,
and I think the judges are going to agree with me.
In third place, entry number 103,
"With or Without You."
-[audience whooping, cheering] -[MC indistinct]
In second place,
we have entry number 85, "We Believe."
[Christi]
could have done anything better.
They danced that trio fabulous.
They were amazing. They were together.
You know, they looked great.
I think that this time,
the chips just didn't fall in their favor.
And our top overall Energy Junior Duet/Trio...
-They'll win. -Three points away from perfect,
which is pretty darn good,
is entry number 87, "Latin Fire."
[cheering and applause]
[Abby]
comes in second to the duet.
Then I have the duet dad in front of me,
standing ovation, screaming and yelling.
I'm surprised they didn't get thrown out.
How can we get there?
Because Cathy's gonna keep coming after us.
-She's-- -Jill, are you really asking me
how we can get there?
I mean, talent is definitely God-given
and I've seen some really talented kids
-and they've thrown it away. -[knock on door]
[Abby] So much talent.
Time will tell how the kids turn out.
-Hi, how are you? -Hey.
-Hey! -Good.
-Hi. -Hi.
-I decided to join the party. -Yeah.
Anybody have a broom? You may have one.
Does anybody have a broom?
-For the clean sweep? -You know what?
You know what, guys? In spite of your loss,
you did great today.
Oh, Cathy.
[Abby]
She got her hooks into a choreographer
that is a friend of mine.
I didn't appreciate that.
I don't have time for people like that in my life.
She is an embarrassment to me,
and probably to her family as well.
Now, Cathy and Abby, are you two
-gonna kiss and make up? -No. No.
[Cathy] What about the water
-that she threw at me? -No, just--
Abby, you've been back and forth, both of you.
Let's, let's mend the...
-the situation here. -You know what, sir?
I'm sorry, but you--
You don't even know the beginning.
Miss Cathy had a bunch of kids
that don't even take from you anymore.
-That's ridiculous! -You never produced anything!
Anything!
[Cathy] You make an ass of yourself
and they know it, just as well as everybody else.
-[Abby] Well, I sleep at night. -[Cathy] I do too.
You think I lose sleep over you?
[Abby] Do you think I've given up my whole life
and all the organizations that I belong to
to deal with that piece of crap?
No. She is dirt under my feet.
She hit me. There's no going back.
The minute she struck me, she left the room.
She doesn't even walk in my circle.
She does not live in my world.
[door creaks]