Girls, where is the class clown?
Where is JoJo?
She hasn't told us anything.
- We haven't seen her today or-- - Really?
Come on.
--I haven't talked to her today.
You guys are thicker than thieves.
Check my texts.
I didn't even-- she didn't even call me.
Yeah, she didn't say anything to us.
Shall we call Jess?
[phone ringing]
ROBOTIC PHONE VOICE: You have reached the voicemail--
No-go.
I am personally hurt and offended that Jess and JoJo
did not show up for rehearsal.
Not a phone call, not an email, zip.
And dammit, I deserve more.
You don't quit things because they're tough in life.
Parents, would you not agree?
I-- I think there's a bigger picture.
Jess is worried about the future of her child, like we all are.
I don't condone it, but I think, as a parent, I understand.
But as a parent and a dance teacher,
Jill, she should have kicked that kid's butt
right back into that duet and said, you know what,
you're doing it.
Because you're going to win, or you're not going to win,
that doesn't matter.
What matters is that you get stronger.
JILL: You don't think I wanted her to?
Because now that leaves my child without a duet.
Well Ari will fill in.
I know she's a lot shorter than Kendall, but--
ABBY LEE MILLER: Well, thank you.
I appreciate you shoving your daughter down my throat
every five seconds.
But I'm putting Kalani in to replace JoJo.
Yeah!
[jill laughing]
JILL: Yay.
Kalani is the ballet dancer.
She's been taking eight hours of ballet for the first 12 years
of her life.
It helps a lot that Kendall gets to have Kalani step in
and pick up where JoJo left off.
[music playing]
1 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 2, 2--
Kalani doesn't seem too excited about this.
She's not.
ASHLEE: Well, you can thank Jess for that.
It really isn't fair to Kalani.
Or Kendall.
KIRA: The duet is hard, and I don't know that anybody
has done anything like that.
Kalani is stressing right now.
This choreography is not simple.
There's only two days left till competition,
and Kalani has got her work cut out for her.
I am quite shocked, to be honest, that this is happening
with Jess out of all people, the person who gives everybody
[bleep] about not being fully dedicated to the team,
yet she's the first one to jump ship because her kid got
a ballet duet.
JILL: Jess and JoJo have left the team, basically,
because of this dance.
It's not fair.
Kendall and Kalani did not have a lot of time to rehearse.
Ballet is difficult. You don't see
many ballet numbers competing at a dance competition.
It's easy to pick apart.
It's right or it's wrong.
It's based solely on technique.
And I think that's a lot of pressure to put on a kid.
ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, in the Teen Advanced
Competition, please help me welcome entry number
26, "Push and Pull."
Go girls.
[applause]
[music playing]
[applause]
[jill shouting]
JILL: Oh, it's awesome!
Woo!
It was awesome.
KENDALL: I am so happy with our performance.
I think we did amazing, and I also think
we did the best that we could.
And Abby looked pretty happy in the audience, so I'm happy.
ANNOUNCER: All right, in our Teen Advanced Duo/Trio,
in first place in our Teen Advanced Duo/Trio
we have entry number 26, "Push and Pull."
[cheering and applause]
Congratulations to everyone.
JILL: So proud.
I can't stand it I'm so proud.
This is the second time in a row they have won.
I think Kendall has found herself a new duet partner.