[music playing]
ABBY LEE MILLER: So this weekend.
We are going to Roanoke, Virginia.
This competition is called Dance Troupe International.
And I kind of heard a little rumbling that the wicked witch
is going to fly in.
HOLLY FRAZIER: When I hear that we're up against the Candy
Apples, I dread it because I know it's going
to bring out the worst in Abby.
ABBY LEE MILLER: The group routine is entitled
"The Witches of East Canton."
[cheering]
Maddie, you bring light to the stage.
You are the good witch, me.
You'll be portraying me.
And the rest of you will be the evil.
So I want to see your true witchiness come through.
You can channel your moms.
Cathy has a new team.
She's back to all the boys.
Learning that the new Candy Apples team is made up of boys,
there's this pressure that the girls have to produce.
ABBY LEE MILLER: I'm going to demand perfection from my team.
It's going to be faster choreography.
They're going to be tighter and clean.
Abby being the good witch is like, I don't know,
Hannibal Lecter claiming to be Santa Claus.
Like, it's ridiculous.
When you have Cathy and Abby, you have blurred lines.
I don't know if you can say that one's a good witch
and one's a bad witch.
ABBY LEE MILLER: This is the last day of rehearsal
before we leave for competition.
Well, my routine better be flawless.
We need to win.
And I will stop at nothing until that happens.
Maddie, you're the queen in the fairy tale.
They're the evil witches.
You need to be beautiful.
That hand isolation needs to be bigger and sharper.
And I'm watching these kids rehearse.
The group number is an absolute mess.
We're really not ready.
This number is not competitive.
ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage
contestant number 193, "Wild Party"
from Candy Apples Dance Center.
[music - lizann, "wild party"]
Lately, Queenie whined with the rest.
Lately, she was bored with him.
She was born to dance.
They both said, let's have a party tonight.
[cheering]
My dance just killed it.
McKenzie, oh my gosh.
Amazing, it's a happy moment for me.
ABBY LEE MILLER: Now, I'm going to say something
and I'm not hurting your feelings.
Just man up.
I want to be Vince Lombardi and I want to pump you all up
and tell you you're going to go out there and win,
but I'm just a realist.
I'm trying to tell you that when you step
out on that stage, sometimes your best
isn't good enough anymore.
What kind of pep talk is that?
Give them a little bit of encouragement, please.
Cathy had an amazing little girl on her team.
I just want the judge's eyes totally on Maddie.
You have the opportunity to go up against this girl.
It's like you're competing your solo against her solo.
Is it going to be enough?
I don't that, Maddie.
ANNOUNCER: Performing "The Witches of East Canton,"
this is the Abby Lee Dance Company.
[cheering]
[MUSIC - CUT ONE, "OUT OF THE SHADOWS"]
Out of the shadows, over the sea, under the water.
You're lost in the tree.
How can I learn how to trust you?
Finding a way how to get through.
No, I can't take it, I can't take it.
The devil, he keeps.
The devil, he keeps it all.
[cheering]
- That was amazing. - I thought it was--
- We were so together. - Maddie--
If we were going up against anybody else,
I'd say we have this one in the bag.
But we're going up against a team full of boys.
It's in the judge's hands now.
ANNOUNCER: Second place overall junior age division
small group goes to contestant number 193,
"Wild Party," Candy Apples Dance Center.
[applause]
I am in complete shock.
Our dance was way better.
I'm not standing around waiting to watch this woman gloat.
I'm out of here.
OK, we are just walking.
We're not engaging.
Bleh.
ANNOUNCER: And now, ladies and gentlemen, receiving
our overall award first place junior age division
for small group level two, number
194, "The Witches of East Canton,"
Abby Lee Dance Company.
[cheering]
Where did they go?
I did not think that we were going to pull out this win.
Cathy, you're a wicked witch.
And the house of Abby Lee just fell on you.
Goodbye.