Here we are in New Orleans, Louisiana, filled with history.
This week, we are at Nationals.
We've worked all season for this.
This is when we're going to see if the Abby Lee Dance
Company still has what it takes to be
reigning national champions.
The Wicked Witch of the West is here to beat you.
The last thing we need is for Cathy to be at Nationals.
Every time we see her, bad things happen.
You are all in the group routine.
We will be performing a tribute to the hurricane victims.
Eight years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated this city.
So if you're going to be here and you're
going to be on this team, you are
going to be the absolute best that you can be.
This piece, called Home Again, was specifically written
for the Abby Lee Dance Company.
And the choreography is beautiful.
We have a lot of work to do if we're
going to pull this one off.
Our group number this week is Voodoo.
I like dark, mysterious things, and we're in New Orleans.
So what an appropriate number to do.
But, you know, mystic--
magic-- voodoo.
Blake and I are just literally nit-picking right now,
making things sharper.
But I'm happy with the way our group dance looks.
Abby can't compete with this.
Hello.
Abby, I'm leaving.
So I decided I'm--
I'm going to go. I'm--
Right before Nationals?
Asia's probably going to be heartbroken, because she
wants to be in the group.
But from the incident last night to this morning, I just--
What incident last night?
There was a confrontation between Leslie and Christi.
I'm just not going to sit here and play the game with them.
I'd rather just go and do what we need to do, and take her.
How could two mothers representing the Abby Lee Dance
Company go out in the middle of Bourbon Street
and get into a scuffle with each other?
Christi, you're out.
Chloe is gone for this week.
Leslie, you have to take Payton home.
You're gone.
I would rather take a loss at the national competition
than to let these two women stay here one more minute.
And now I am down three dancers.
[cheering]
Tomorrow, we are walking into a competition.
And nothing is going to stop us from reaching our goals.
I want to see people that are strong enough
to move on and get on that stage and be 10 times better dancers
than you've ever been before.
ANNOUNCER: Make some noise for Voodoo.
Yeah!
[music playing]
[cheering and applause]
I really enjoyed the group number.
The costumes were perfect.
They look like rag doll voodoo dolls.
The kids look good.
ANNOUNCER: Make some noise for Home Again.
[cheering and applause]
[MUSIC - ALEXX CALISE, "HOME AGAIN"] No,
it's, no, it's not over.
I need a shoulder to carry on till it feels like my home
again.
Now I am home again.
[cheering and applause]
They came out strong.
They look gorgeous in the costumes.
And I think the number was the best they could have done it.
Moving on to our Elite Junior Small Groups.
I am literally shaking.
My heart is beating a million miles per minute.
ANNOUNCER: In second place, act number 93, Voodoo from Candy
Apple's Dance Center.
[applause]
And your highest scoring Elite Junior Small Group
is act number 91, Home Again, from the Abby
Lee Dance Company.
[cheering and applause]
We did it.
We won.
The Abby Lee Dance Company was named the overall high-score
winning junior group.
It was like this weight was lifted from my shoulders.
[cheering]
[interposing voices]
That was cool.
That is mammoth.
Congratulations.
This was very, very, very, very, very much earned.
I'm glad that we ended our season
overall national champions.
I mean, that's what you work for.