[music playing]
ABBY LEE MILLER: Hello
Hi
Where is your daughter?
She is not here.
You were supposed to get everything in order
and be here this week, dancing, full out in rehearsal,
like everybody else.
She just can't dance during school hours.
Just figure it out.
Does this woman think I'm on crack?
She is loony.
I have already cast Elliana in the routines for this week.
And I'm willing to go out on a limb
and let Elliana learn the dances on her own.
But I'm not going to keep bowing down
to this kid and her mother.
She needs to get her act together.
GiaNina, you're performing a duet with Elliana.
You will be portraying the character of Judge Judy.
[laughing]
You will be Judge Gia.
Elliana will resume her role as The Strangler.
Oh my god.
All of my solos cause drama with Abby,
So I really need our duet to go well,
so I can prove to Abby that I can do a character piece.
But Elliana can't even rehearse with me at the studio,
so I'm not sure how this is going to go.
Sarah, you're going to stand in for Elliana.
Sarah has worked hard since day one.
Like, I don't understand why she wasn't selected.
If Abby wanted Sarah to be in this duet,
she would have chosen Sarah to be in this duet.
And she didn't.
I want to show Miss Abby that she can count on me,
and I'm just as good as Elliana.
What's the deal with The Strangler?
Well, Yolanda had a situation a few years ago with Stacey,
and she strangled her.
Abby, I'm going to tell you right now that you're
saying that I'm psycho? - Excuse me.
- No, I'm sorry. - Excuse me.
I'm [inaudible]
Why are we--
I am not going to sit here and rehash--
1, 2, 3, 4 people--
Abby, I'm not going to sit here and rehash--
--working our butts off because your kid's not here.
And my kid wants to be here.
She wants to be here.
And she can't.
I'm defending myself up there, and I will not rehash something
that happened two years ago.
I won't do it.
Don't interrupt rehearsal again.
It's not your kid you're screwing up.
You already screwed your kid up.
I didn't screw my kid up.
Yes you did.
That is rude.
Yes, you did.
That is rude.
I'm done with this.
I never took my hands and put my hands
around that psychotic bitch's neck, ever.
Everybody around the world knows it,
and they also know that her daughter is
a liar, too, saying that I was screaming
at her when I never was.
I'm tired of it.
She's the only person I've ever met that literally
goes directly after a child.
I think it's just funny that her excuse is because she lied.
I don't give a [bleep] if she lied or not.
I'm not going to let somebody like that run me off.
Right, I understand.
And so you have to understand the way she works.
Right, well, then you need to quiet down so you
don't get the duo pulled.
Like, I need my kid to dance.
I need her to wear this wig, and go out there and be
Judge Judy with your kid.
With Stacey and Yolanda, you know,
I'm not on anybody's side.
I'm just like in the middle.
You know, like, you guys have a bad past.
But I got to tell you, you got to figure
out how to make amends.
Because this can't go on any longer.
You need to pull your [bleep] together.
OK?
We're going against a contemporary,
no gimmick, no character.
The kids are just going to be up there being beautiful.
You understand?
I do get it. I do get it.
Well, let's go.
I still have no Elliana.
I mean, like, does this kid want to be in the dance or not?
Like, I don't understand what the deal is.
Like, we're all doing this for her.
This is ridiculous.
I know.
Sarah wants to dance.
Sarah, again, thank you for doing this.
I mean--
[interposing voices]
- It's unbelievable, honestly. - It is.
She just-- they show up whenever--
I know.
--they want to, and then they--
it's like a whole different set of rules.
It's crazy.
I've never seen anything like it.
But why is it allowed?
I don't know.
You're the only one that has the conversation with Abby
that can make the change.
Sarah can learn it.
Right.
Sarah can learn it, and the change
can be made with you and Abby.
That's the only--
I mean--
I don't-- I already asked.
Honestly, you're teaching it, and you see Sarah.
I mean-- [inaudible]
I mean, I don't think that there's anything that Sarah
can't do in this dance.
Hands down first.
Push back.
[interposing voices]
Aha!
Oh!
Yolanda scored.
[inaudible]
What do you think about the studio?
We were hoping that you were [inaudible]
We were wondering where you were.
Well, I'm here on time, girlfriend.
This is crazy.
Yolanda, I'm done with the night rehearsal.
I got in there at 7:00 today--
from 7:00 AM-- and it's about to be 7:00 PM and I'm still going.
This is not what I planned.
It's not fair to you.
It's not fair to Gia.
It is not fair to Sarah.
It's not fair to the mothers.
It's not fair to anybody.
I'm sure Abby will go over it with you.
Are you going to be here tomorrow,
or am I never going to see this dance again?
Or who am I going to see do this dance?
How long it is arrangements going
to go on for-- that I need to plan extra time every week?
I just need to know.
Well, is that OK?
No.
It's three strikes you're out.
Tomorrow's the third one.
I'm just-- well I'm trying to figure out--
Well you didn't want me in there recording
at all, which I'm not really quite
sure why if someone's coming-- - Well, I mean, it's my kid.
Because honestly--
No, because you wanted to sabotage it,
so she wouldn't have a chance at all.
Me sabotage it?
Are you insane?
Why would that be insane?
You want you want to sabotage getting Sarah out of the dance,
because you want Elliana in the dance.
By doing what?
Because you wanted to make sure she got the part.
You don't bring her one time.
We have to rearrange rehearsals.
We have to be here in the night time for you,
because you don't have your stuff together.
But you wouldn't even let me--
Are you crazy?
You did even want me--
That's insane.
You didn't want me to record her.
That's my kid.
Abby had already given permission.
That's my kid.
For you, to help your kid--
to help your kid.
- But it's a team. - Wait--
They're supposed to be a team.
Wait.
She's not even allowed to dance at the same time.
So now, on my night off--
They're part of the team.
On my night to go eat dinner--
I didn't even eat.
You stopped, and you arrived later than us.
This was your choice, this was your choice.
She didn't have to come. - Then you arrive later.
- She didn't have to come today. - So you want to record my kid--
I told you.
I want my kid to be in the duo
[interposing voices]
Because if she goes into studio tomorrow and Abby says,
Sarah, run the dance, I want to make sure Sarah knows it,
with the music, and not just standing back here because she
didn't do it with a partner.
Michelle, you're not even listening to it.
I'm listening.
[interposing voices]
But have you even said one nice thing about Elliana?
Not one.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Exactly.
Not one.
But I didn't come here to hear the validation.
Not one.
Sarah's not going to know the dance if you're
talking over the dance.
[music playing]
Thank you.
I'm going to leave it at this, let's
work with what we have tonight.
I will send you updated music later.
Thank you.
I think that's all I can do for you guys right now.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Thank you, Sarah.
[interposing voices]
Thank you, both of you for--
Next week, there will be no after [inaudible]
Making it work.
Thank you.
So you're saying right now, Sarah did it better.
Yeah.
Well, she has the character down.
You can see it.
Yeah, of course.
[music playing]
Excuse me, Miss Abby, I think that Elliana understands
the dance really well.
But I feel like I've been here all week,
and I've been working really hard.
And I feel like I perform the character better,
even though she's amazing.
But I feel like I earned the opportunity to show you.
We're going to stick to our guns.
Elliana, you're doing the duet.
Don't make a mistake.
[music playing]
OK.
Sarah, thank you for your services.
I'm annoyed.
leave I've worked my butt off all week, and she and her mom
haven't even been here.
And that should have been my dance.
I want to go home.
Let's go.
You might have a problem with Elliana and Gia's duo.
What's wrong?
Elliana wants to go home.
Gia's like--
How in the--
This has snowballed and spiraled out of control,
and it's caused Elliana to be upset.
I'm thinking Elliana might not go on stage,
because she's really worked up.
Is Sarah dancing now?
Is that what's going on?
Gia's got a new duo partner. OK, moving on--
Stacey's backstage.
[interposing voices]
All Sarah wants to do is dance.
Sarah wants to dance so badly that she even
packed the costume of her own.
I'm here if you need me, Abby.
I'll save the day.
This is literally 13 seconds before they go onstage.
OK.
I think Abby's going to have a fit.
Abby is going to have a [bleep] fit.
I am definitely doing the duet, because I don't want
to let GiaNina down, and even though we have Sarah right now,
I really would like to do it.
So I'm just going to try to pull all of the craziness
and all of the drama out, even though it has affected me
a little bit.
All right, taking the stage right now with "Judge Gia."
[applause]
[music playing]
You are about to enter the courtroom of Judge Gia.
The people are real.
The cases are real.
The rulings are final.
This is Judge Gia.
[music playing]
Say you're guilty.
Say you're naughty.
Say you did it.
Say you're sorry.
Grab your disguise.
Look in my eyes.
Caught for the crime, pay your time.
Going to bag 'em, tag 'em, and drag 'em down to the floor.
Going to rough 'em and cuff 'em until they beg for more.
Going to hook 'em and book 'em, drag 'em down to the floor.
Going to rough 'em and cuff 'em until they beg for more.
You look like a felony, felony, felony.
You look like a felony, felony, felon.
Do some time in the backseat.
Hand cuffs so put your hands up.
But baby, you look like a felony, felony, felony.
[music playing]
You look like a felony.
You look like a-- like a-- felony.
You look like a--
you look like a--
felony.
Do some time in the backseat.
Hand cuffs so put your hands up.
You look like a felony.
[applause]
For Elliana to go out there and be as good as she was,
she did a great job.
Judge Gia, I think it was good.
I thought it was clean.
I think Ellie and I were a great team together.
I also think you and Sarah were a great team--
- I do too. - --leading up to that.
Yes.
Thank you so much, Sarah, once again, for being
there when Elliana wasn't.
And I think even doing it with you, we could've--
Second place--
"Judge Gia" from Abby Lee Dance Company.
[applause]
I think if I was in "Judge Gia,"
I think the dance would have had a lot better chance of winning,
because I think Elliana was not in it to win it.