ABBY: "The Fairest of Them All."
You're all creatures.
You need to set the tone of who you are.
I want to see your same style continue
for you throughout the dance that goes with your creature.
And you two are playing the role of a fairy.
One of these two children would be the oddity
in height, age, and appearance.
I'm creating one super team.
I want a huge age range.
And whatever I want, I get.
So this week, the elites will be creatures of the forest.
The mini has to meander through the elites.
She has to fight the elites off.
In the end, she is the winner.
Walk. Pause it.
Go!
STACEY: Whether Lilly or Ellie gets chosen to be in this group
piece is really important.
If that girl does a great job, then it
proves to Abby that that one kid can dance with them.
This is a hard dance.
HOLLY: It's really hard.
It's going to be hard to make this look good.
- It is. - It's going to be really hard.
It really is.
It may not be as big of a blessing
as you think it is to have your kid in the group dance.
Because I think this is hard.
I think it's fast.
And the big kids know it.
I think any little kid that's going
to be put in this dance at this point is going to struggle.
If Abby didn't think they could handle the pressure,
they wouldn't be here.
At a certain point, no one wants
their child to be the scapegoat for why the group doesn't win.
Exactly.
All right.
So what are we going to do?
Well, if I have to pick one, I guess the least of the worst
is Ellie.
Because she was at least giving me
some face and some acting there.
So Lilly, you're dismissed.
What happened?
Did she make her decision?
Are you sad?
It's OK.
Aw, don't be sad, Lilly.
HOLLY: Why don't you go stretch with your mom
and just get a drink of water or something?
Nice job, Lilly.
Lilly, we thought you were great in there.
ABBY: OK.
We're going to get the group finished.
All right.
Let's go.
I need to give her something else again.
She looks like she's on drugs.
What happened to that lift?
No, that's horrible.
That's horrible.
That was not good.
Yep, she's going to go--
ABBY: Tuck your head to the side.
Hold onto her waist.
We've only seen the big girls stand around.
And lift.
Maybe she should just lift her and throw her back.
No, I'm just kidding.
[yells] Arms!
Here!
That is not a smart dancer.
They don't fit.
Look at this.
They're holding up rehearsal time.
JILL: Abby knows they don't fit.
She knows.
If she knows, then why are they
not back in their home states?
Because she wants you here.
No one's denying that.
But our kids have earned the right
to move on beyond choreography and do mature themes.
There are things that aren't appropriate for your kids.
Elliana, go out on that stage and prove
that you have something, that the ALDC will benefit
from you being on this team.
Understood?
All right.
Let's go.
HOST: Please welcome our next entry, "Fairest of Them All."
[applause]
[MUSIC - JASHA ALAIN KLEBE, "SAWDUST TO SAWDUST"]
[applause]
We need a-- Come here.
Hug me.
Yolanda is seeing firsthand what
happens when you put a nine-year-old
in with seasoned dancers.
HOST: Overall small group award.
First place, number 43, "Fairest of Them All."
[applause]
JILL: We won.
But this doesn't mean that, every week,
the older girls should beat backup dancers to the minis.
But our streak is still alive, and that's what counts.