So Abby, we had a very big, dramatic, emotional ending
to the season.
The two big top lines were Ava beat Maddie
and that the ALDC teen group came in second.
So tell us about it.
What are your feelings?
OK, fixed.
Explain that to us.
So ladies, anybody else?
It was a disastrous nationals for us.
Our kids danced and looked great,
but they didn't get judged properly.
I think it was orchestrated.
No question.
The awards ceremony was not run well.
But to critique a competition that we went to and say it's
fixed, absolutely disgraceful.
I have never heard it us say something
was fixed when we win.
When we lose, all of a sudden a competition's fixed?
That's how it comes across.
So to all those kids that won, it's a joke.
I think the competition was a joke.
If they want to feel like they're fabulous because they
won, let them feel that way. - Well, they did win.
They had the highest score.
They won.
Everything was all screwed up at nationals.
Like, they had no credibility by the time they ended up
giving all of their awards out because they
were giving kids awards that weren't in that category.
We agree that the master of ceremony
seemed a bit confused and was very nervous.
- A bit? - A bit's an understatement.
- This is nationals, Jeff. - Fair enough.
Fair enough. - That's not fair to our kids.
Fair enough.
Here's the thing that I don't understand.
You guys walked out of the awards ceremony.
Why?
Awards were over.
The kids were finished.
- Awards were not over. - Yes they were.
They were not over.
When Melissa wanted to leave, they
had announced second overall.
So did you think it was the end and they weren't going
to announce first overall or were you being a sore loser
and you wanted to get up and walk out?
No.
We thought the competition was over.
We waited until the end. - No.
Melissa-- - I sat through the whole--
Melissa was the first one that--
[bleep] - I sat there--
- It was not over. - --and said--
- Nope. - --we're leaving.
You looked like sore losers, and that's why the crowd
booed you when you walked out.
Let's take a look at that moment where the Abby Lee Dance
Company, except, of course, Holly and - Jessalynn,
walking out of the competition.
Let's see.
And in our overall small group category,
in second place, "The Waiting Room", Abby Lee Dance Company.
OK, I'm sorry, but girls, we need to walk out.
I'm done.
Let's go.
Come on.
Yes they can. It's illegal.
We have one more award.
You can't hold children against their will
in the state of California.
Abby, you've made it clear in the past
that Frank, the owner of this competition,
is a friend of yours. - No.
And we obviously just saw you say to Frank
that you enjoyed going to his competitions
and that you liked him.
Yeah, but he's not my friend.
He's a person I do business with.
You obviously held him in high enough regard
to say that in person.
Why would you think that all of a sudden he would be corrupt?
It happens.
Holly and Jess, you chose not to walk out.
Right.
So because of the fact that we don't
want to destroy this man's reputation, Frank,
who is the owner of this competition,
we asked him to come back and talk to you.
Let's take a look at this and see what he said.
I just wanted to come and say, you know,
we try to put on a very, very fair competition.
If I didn't, word would get out immediately like wildfire,
and I would have no business.
I don't fix anything for anybody.
My job is to run the best-possible event,
and I would hate for you to think that there's
something going that's wrong. - Oh, we do not.
- Zero. - You know, I'm--
I'm so sorry you got caught in a crossfire.
I'm not worried about it.
You supported this man for four years,
and now all of a sudden his competitions are fixed?
Because we've won nationals four years in a row.
And those weren't fixed?
Well, I don't know, Jess.
Now I have no idea.
- No, we crushed in everything. - Regardless if--
- You didn't question it. - --they were or weren't.
I mean, you just questioned it when you lost.
Did you go to competitions in the past?
No, never.
We've never been to a Frank competition?
- Yeah, we have. - Yes, [inaudible].
At Abby's request, we went to his competition.