ABBY LEE MILLER: Look where you are.
Did you see where you were on your foot?
You're, like, on the side of your foot like this.
Every single step I corrected.
It looks like Abby is not happy with lyrical for Jojo.
This is day two.
And Jojo can't do this lyrical routine.
I don't use the word "can't" very often, but she can't.
I've already sent the entries in.
I entered a lyrical solo to the music "One Heart."
I'm not going to show up there and have it be scratched.
So I want somebody else to do the lyrical routine intended
for Maddie.
Hey, Rachel.
Is Sarah here?
Mhm-- ding-ding-ding.
OK, so why is Sarah coming?
Who is this Sarah chick?
She's a member of the Abby Lee Dance Company.
I got this, girls.
Hey, come on in.
Here's the deal.
When you correct her, she doesn't apply it.
OK.
ABBY LEE MILLER: Sarah is a dancer
who has joined the team occasionally and always left
on a sour note.
Her mother is a complete whack job.
Hi!
I'm Christi.
Nice to meet you, honey.
Oh, the gang's all here.
Sarah is doing the lyrical solo
that Jojo was supposed to do, because Jojo couldn't do it.
She is ready for this.
I am ready as her mom to step back and let you take control.
I am like, what in the hell is this?
You don't see this kind of woman in a dance studio.
You see her, like, in a thrift shop,
working the hotdog cart at the NASCAR races.
I don't know.
Like, ew!
[music playing]
(SINGING) One heart all alone--
ABBY LEE MILLER: Keep that hip down.
Shoulders down on the fan kick.
Sarah, because of her birth date,
is still in the mini division.
So it's like, whew, she has a better shot.
What better way to learn a solo in two days?
Put a costume on, and go out, and compete it.
That is going to push that kid to the next level.
Does your kid always look at the floor when she dances?
And bite her lip?
She looks scared to me.
Abby must have just said something to her.
You have a lot of issues with everything at this studio.
Your kid has already had a piece taken off of her
and given to mine.
My biggest issue at this studio is your stupidity.
I am not stupid.
I'm happy to be here.
She's learning.
She's being challenged.
And she's having a great week.
And you're not going to take it away from me.
I think Abby will have the last say in that.
I couldn't even hear myself think,
let alone listen to what these two women were bitching
at each other about.
Who's better, who belongs, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Sarah's solo was meant for Maddie.
And the fact is, Abby obviously brought Sarah in because Jojo
could not handle it.
ANNOUNCER: This is entry number 36.
Please welcome to the stage, "One Heart."
[applause]
[music playing]
(SINGING) One heart all alone.
One star fading.
You look to the sky, so far away.
When your eyes can't see the road,
and all the words hide the truth,
you might just be one step away.
In a dream, you crossed an ocean.
When you walk, you weren't so certain.
You have got the strength inside you.
Just believe in what one heart can do.
In a dream, you crossed an ocean.
When you walk, you weren't so certain.
You have got the strength inside you.
Just believe in what one heart can do.
[applause]
ANNOUNCER: And that is entry number 36, "One Heart."
I don't think Sarah's strong enough
to be on the team at the YMCA Recreational Dance Program,
much less the Abby Lee Dance Company Elite Team.
Absolutely, no.
ANNOUNCER: And your highest scoring
mini soloist, Miss Sarah with act number 36, "One Heart,"
from the Abby Lee Dance Company.
ABBY LEE MILLER: Sarah learned a very difficult, very technical
routine in two days, and got on the stage, and won the overall.
And by the way, Jojo had two more points
than you had on your score.
Oh, my god.
She's two years older than her.
Jess has no idea appropriate etiquette for a dressing room.
To bring up these kind of issues in front of the girls is awful.
What was your goal in saying that to Sarah?
What were you trying to achieve?
I was just saying the truth.
You don't say it in front of the kids.
And that's the bottom line.
All I care about is Jojo got a higher score
than your daughter.
Someone has to be the bigger person and--
And just walk, just leave.
Yeah. It's ridiculous.
Who gives a [bleep]?
I just can't even imagine that, of all the years being
a part of this.
You guys think LA isn't going to be tough?
You guys better thicken your skin.
You know what?
I grew up in the Bronx, New York.
I'm good.
But I also have class.
Thanks for the lesson.
No.
Obviously, you haven't learned a thing.
Oh, I've learned a lot about Jojo's technique.
And that's why you're in here by yourself.
[music playing]