ABBY LEE: All right girls.
Now you're going against each other.
What's it like going against somebody
that's going to the Grammys?
MADDIE: I'm nervous because she has amazing technique.
ABBY LEE: Got to keep her on her toes, right?
If I didn't keep pushing Maddie, she
wouldn't be where she is today.
Brynn is doing a piece called, "Diamond in the Rough"
because I think that's what Brynn is.
She has all this talent but the experience isn't there yet.
By putting her against Maddie this week,
I hope Bryn will live up to her potential.
We're going to start with Brynn.
Reach out, cross over, up and down real quick.
OK.
Can you just push right off that and inside leg
turn is the wrong way.
Good.
OK. That's what I like.
Just tell them what to do and they do it.
See now, if Nina was in here, we'd have to change it 14 times
because she couldn't do that.
Something's going on here.
No that's Abby.
Abby always says that when someone new comes in.
She cannot wait but just to lavish them with
all of this like, over the top.
ABBY LEE: Brynn, you've inspired me.
But is it real, or is it fake?
Why would she be fake?
MOTHER 1: Let's put it this way.
You're not the first one she's told that to.
MOTHER 2:
MOTHER 1: Just saying.
You know, do you guys feel intimidated by the fact
that Abby likes Brynn so much?
MOTHER 1: I don't think it's intimidation.
MOTHER 3: No. I'm happy you're here.
I told Jojo, I said, Abby won't be mean in front of Brynn.
JILL: I don't feel threatened by Brynn and her mom.
But I feel territorial.
For a new kid to come in and get a solo,
that's a solo that maybe one of Abby's kids could have.
Maybe even Kendall could have that solo.
I think she wants Brynn to stay.
She's going to suck up to you.
MOTHER 1: The first few weeks are always nice.
We call it the honeymoon phase.
ABBY LEE: Ashley, come down here.
MOTHER 1: Well good luck with that.
ABBY LEE: So I think your daughter has a special gift.
God made her to dance.
Brynn, I don't say that to too many kids.
And I see a lot of kids in this country.
I think you have something really, really special.
You have a solo.
It's going to be amazing if you nail it.
You don't want to be the one this week that
goes to the competition, is in the front line,
is the whole big thing, has a solo, and makes a mistake.
Cause they will nail you to the wall.
JILL: So yesterday, what was your chat like with Abby?
What were you guys talking about?
She was like, just like gushing.
Just nice things about Brynn.
She was like, this child was put on this earth to dance.
She just really was just on and on about
how perfectly she was built for this
and how badly she really wanted to work with her.
So.
Well it's interesting that Abby has given Brynn
all those accolades and then she continues to tear
down the kids on her team.
Brynn is not her student.
She's a guest this week on her team.
MOTHER 1: What do you think of Brynn's solo?
I don't know. I like the solo.
I'm kind of curious.
I mean, cause everybody set it up to like, oh.
She doesn't have a shot, she doesn't have a shot,
she doesn't have a shot.
But I don't know.
I think there's a chance. JILL: Wait, so wait.
Just so I get this straight, you think she
has a shot at beating Maddie?
Maddie is Abby's queen bee.
She is not going to let some kid from another studio
waltz in here and beat Maddie.
It's just not going to happen.
Although Brynn is amazing and Abby
stood there and put her on this pedestal.
She was put on this earth to whatever, all that.
It only promotes Maddie more because she's
not going to beat Maddie. - Well.
JILL: She's not.
So that's her way of saying she's really good but, and--
She's buttering you up.
JILL: Yeah.