Oh, my gosh.
Your makeup looks really good.
I love it.
Thank you.
This week is a huge week.
Maddie's up for a People's Choice Award.
She's nominated for the Seriously Popular Award.
I mean, it's not just a little award.
I mean, this is huge.
You're against Bella Thorne, who, I know, you're friends,
but then you love her, Ruby Rose, who is
in "Orange is the New Black."
She's beautiful. - Never heard of her.
Go ahead.
Kylie Jenner and Cara Delevingne.
It's OK if I don't win.
Well, Maddie, you've always been my choice.
Who are you taking to the People's Choice?
I don't know.
They gave Abby two tickets, so she can bring a date
because Mackenzie's not here.
She stayed back in Pittsburgh to do a competition
with the Pittsburgh studio.
Hi.
Oh, hey!
You're tan.
You're brown.
She is tan.
So what time do you head out?
3:30.
I wish you were going, too.
You know what?
I think we all should go to support Maddie.
I mean, my god, who gets this opportunity?
As exciting as this all is, I have to get moving.
Because this week is going to be busy, busy.
Tonight is a very exciting evening.
It's the People's Choice Awards.
And our very own Maddie Ziegler has been nominated
for a People's Choice Award.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
I know Melissa gave Abby two tickets.
I would love, love, love to go.
There's going to be a lot of celebrities there.
And there's only one solo this week, and it's going to Maddie.
Maddie, you are performing a prestigious routine,
entitled The People's Choice.
[GROUP EXCLAIMS]
Or not.
OK, so you guys go into the other room.
I want to figure out what jewelry and shoes I'm wearing.
I'm leaving early tonight to attend the People's Choice
Awards with Maddie and Melissa.
But I still have an extra ticket left.
Is Brynn back here somewhere?
OK.
Hey, ooh!
Look at you!
So I was thinking about taking you to the People's
Choice Awards with me.
Really?
You want to go?
Yeah.
Yeah?
We have to get you together, like,
literally, in five minutes.
Brynn is kind of always on the outs with the kids.
You know, they don't include her in things,
because they can't stand her mother, Ashley.
And since I'm considering putting her on the team
permanently, I want to see how this kid behaves.
Does she have proper theater etiquette?
Does she have the right manners?
Can I see you?
Me?
Yeah.
Oh, look how cute you look.
I like it.
I'm going to take her with me.
You are?
Yes.
Abby, why would you not take your students?
She wanted to go.
That's, like, ridiculous.
This one is Maddie's best friend.
That's who you really should take.
All these kids have been to award show after award show.
Brynn has never been to an event like that.
Does Melissa know Brynn's going with you?
Probably not.
Melissa's going to die when she sees this.
Melissa invited me, and she gave me two tickets.
She bought two tickets.
She didn't say, this ticket's for somebody else.
You and Brynn go have a good time.
I just want you to know, Melissa will be disappointed.
It's not worth the aggravation.
Oh, my god.
I just think it's sad that they can't just for once
be like, oh, happy for Brynn ever.
No.
It's not going to happen.
Brynn is not going.
You want to go, Jill?
I do want to go.
If Brynn is not going, I will go.
All right, I'm going to get my lipstick.
I have an evening bag.
I have perfume.
What kind of person gets excited about taking
an opportunity away from a 12-year-old little
girl and using it for herself?
I mean, the People's Choice Awards?
Like that's a once-in-a-lifetime thing.
Jill is a [BLEEP_].
She's not going to go.
I mean, are you happy?
I don't understand why Brynn is not going.
Because you guys got so mad.
You guys got so upset, then Abby was like, well,
maybe I shouldn't take her.
Ashley, the [BLEEP] that she is,
has to try to throw it in my face
that I stole Brynn's ticket.
I would never tell her not to go.
No one wants it.
No one wants to go.
It's like a bad deal.
Brynn did want to go until you guys ruined it for her.
Nobody now.
Nobody is going.
So, Melissa, tell us about last night.
Tell us all about your award.
It was just so--
I'm like, oh, my god, my daughter is just--
She's a star.
A star.
Last night was perfect.
I mean, Maddie won the People's Choice Award.
I was so excited.
She was so excited.
She was shocked.
Maddie didn't even think that she
had a chance against these huge celebrities, but she won.
It was definitely one of the highlights of our entire life.
It was so, so cool.
Well, you missed a lot here yesterday.
Rehearsal was pretty much over.
We were sitting here, and the last five minutes,
it just turned into, like, World War III.
Abby parades Brynn out here, all dressed
up, ready to go to the awards.
And we're like--
Why Brynn?
That's what we said.
Her reasoning was that Brynn had never
been anything like that before.
That's a dumb reason.
Abby uninvited her when you guys threw such a fit.
Did we uninvite her, or did Abby uninvite her?
Abby uninvited her because of you.
So it's not our fault. It's Abby.
Where's the trophy?
Right here.
Woo!
So, Abby, I have a question for you.
Did you uninvite Brynn last night?
Yes.
Why?
Because it offended everybody.
I just don't understand why you get to dictate what
nice thing I do for some kid.
I didn't.
That's nuts.
I was just fed up with it all.
I was like, you know what, forget it.
You should have just taken Brynn because--
I can take whoever I want!
She gave me two tickets.
That's my point.
And that is who you chose, so you should have
followed through and taken her.
Well, shoulda, coulda, woulda.
I should have done a lot of things different, Jill.
Maddie, you just won the People's Choice Awards,
so we don't have to call it People's Choice or not.
So you need to do an amazing job.
You were the People's Choice.
You better be the judges' choice, OK?
Show me what you have.
Now that Maddie is a household name,
everybody is going to be looking at her to make a mistake.
They want to pick her apart.
That's what critics do, but I'm not going to let that happen.
It's my job to make sure that her dancing is perfection.
Shoulders down.
Hi, girls.
Hello.
How are you?
Did you enjoy last night?
Look.
Oh, my gosh.
Feel how heavy it is.
Wow.
With Maddie winning such a huge honor, prestigious award,
she's only going to go up from here.
She just had to turn something down for the team,
and, you know, it was a pretty amazing opportunity.
But it's OK.
Always.
Always thinking about-- she's very mature.
All these magazines are talking about Maddie leaving the team,
and Melissa refuses to acknowledge it.
The team and our girls really need to plan for our future,
whether it's with or without Maddie.
The people have chosen you as their winner.
Another win?
Yes.
And more pressure.
The more you win, the more people expect.
She is the People's Choice.
Now, it's even more imperative that she get out on that stage
and she be everything that they could imagine.
What do you think about the rumors?
Because I've been dealing with it 24/7.
Someone asked me on the carpet, they were like,
are you still with the ALDC?
I was like, of course.
I think stopping your dancing would be detrimental.
Just be vocal about it.
I'm with the team.
I'm not stopping to dance.
I have to work it out so that I can do both.
You can do it.
You can do it all, right?
So, Maddie, what happens next?
Do you stay with the ALDC next season?
As of right now.
Is Maddie leaving the team or not?
What is it, Melissa?
You've got to make up your mind at one point.
Because we all need to make plans, especially me and Brynn.
Hey.
There she is.
So, Maddie, come on.
Get up here.
Let's go.
I want children in the audience to go I want
to be like Maddie, all right?
Abby's putting a lot of pressure on me to win today,
and I just want to make Abby, my team, and my fans proud.
Next, we have entry number 10.2.
It's Maddie with the "The People's Choice."
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
[MUSIC - LOOKING AT JOE, "ONE OF YOU"]
(SINGING) Who'll make me promises when I'm in need?
Who'll bring me happiness when I have none?
And though my heart beats like everyone, but not the pain.
Though I've the strength of 100, I only need one of you.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
Yeah, Maddie!
I think Maddie will be the judges' choice with this dance.
She was amazing.
She was flawless, just like always.
Your high score for first place
went to number 10.2, The People's Choice.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
Maddie was exquisite.
Let's take a bow.
Great job.
And a great ad for my studio.