DIANNA: There are so many teams that are competing
in the parade category.
I have to be willing to take the challenge
to step outside and do something that's different.
So in the parade routine, the Baby Dancing Dolls are
mixed in with the big Dolls.
That's never happened before.
[MUSIC - LEE RICHARDSON, RICHARD MACKLIN, TOM FORD, "LA DANZA"]
MUSIC: --to west California, we're
dancing all over the world. DIANNA: OK.
Y'all still need work, because y'all sloppying
all over the place.
Some of y'all are just going through the motions.
And it's the reason why you don't make cuts for Baby Dolls.
So I don't know what the issues are, but right now it's a mess.
The big girls are doing OK with the routine.
But some of the Baby Dancing Dolls, they've
never performed before.
With me knowing how stressful this competition is
and how important it is that we win this category,
I'm going to be doing cuts really, really hard today.
All right, girls.
Girls.
This group of girls, back up.
If you're not going through cuts, I need you to sit.
TAELAR: Dancing Dolls is so much harder than the Baby Dolls.
I have to work and memorize all kinds of dances.
If I don't make cuts, I don't get to dance.
DIANNA: Head, head, head, head.
5, 6, 7, 8.
SUNJAI: She was telling the Babies,
get your stuff together.
I've had this problem.
Over the past year, I wanted to give up so many times,
but I kept going.
And now I know that I could do anything.
If you want it bad enough, you'll do it.
DIANNA: Up, up, drop, push.
Now you and Shantea can go sit.
OK. Babies, all y'all come over.
I call your name, these are the ones
that made cuts to perform at the competition this weekend, OK?
Destiny, Ariana, Britney, Taelar, Madison, Makiah,
Morgan, Mitchell, O'Shae, Makyra,
Derica, Danisha, and Bailey.
And that's it.
You guys really did good to learn the parade
routines into one day.
Y'all did good today.
At the end of the day I know that it's
a risk to have these Babies come in and do the parade category.
But I'm taking a chance on them.
I hope it was the right choice.
So tomorrow at 6:00, OK?
Everybody got me? All right.
You can go.
Battle squad, you can't go nowhere.
OK, ladies.
This is the parade category, which means I want kicks to be
high, toes to be pointed.
I should see eye winking, tongues hanging out,
personality, and a lot of attitude on the floor.
If you're in the wrong spot, I will get you later.
Babies, some of you, this is your first performance.
When we do things wrong at our first performance,
you're suspended from the next.
For the parade category, the Babies are our secret weapon.
I'm worried.
I just hope that they get out there
do what they're supposed to do.
So make sure you are smiling.
I want to see the blacks of your gums.
If your teeth not white, you should have brushed them.
[cheering]
ANNOUNCER: Bring in some applause.
From Jackson, Mississippi, the Dancing Dolls!
DIANNA: I'm not really sure about what to think
going into the parade category.
I'm taking a huge risk putting the Baby
Dancing Dolls on the floor, because practice just
wasn't good.
Some of them were having issues with their marching
and with their kicks.
Some of them were having issues remembering the choreography.
I'm like-- [exhaling sharply]
I can't scream across the floor, 5, 6, 7, 8.
I can't say a word.
When the girls hit that floor, you have
to let them do it on their own.
It's like a mom letting go of their kid's bike
when the training wheels are just now coming off.
And you just have to let them ride off
into the sunset on their own.
[MUSIC - LEE RICHARDSON, RICHARD MACKLIN, TOM FORD, "LA DANZA"]
MUSIC: La danza.
It lives in my heart if you're over.
From London to lovers in Roma we're dancing
all over the world, the world.
BRITTANY: I had a chance to watch
the Dancing Dolls competing with the parade
category with so many girls.
It was very gorgeous.
So kudos to Dianna for that.
They're a fierce competitor.
[MUSIC - LEE RICHARDSON, RICHARD MACKLIN, TOM FORD, "LA DANZA"]
MUSIC: Who's ready for la danza?
Who's ready for la danza?
Ready for la danza.
DIANNA: In practice, we struggled
with mixing in the babies and the big girls
together-- the choreography, the formations, the creativity.
But they did it.
There was so much going on visually on the floor,
the judges can't deny it.
We did an amazing job.
[cheering]
I took a huge risk putting the babies in the competition
this weekend. But I'm really glad that I did.
The risk paid off.
Congratulations, Dancing Dolls.
You have officially shut the building down.
If they didn't win first place, I'd be really, really shocked.
You just never know what to expect.
We just have to leave in the judges' hands
and see what happens.