"My Shadow and Me," it's contemporary.
There's almost a little evil underlying spirit to it.
Kendall, I need you to try to control her,
to be the shadow that she's frightened of.
Take the floor.
Her leg's here.
And she's going to bend it and have you by the neck.
WOMAN: Oh.
Oh, god.
She's just going to yank you.
Oh, it's hard.
[grunts]
WOMAN: Great.
Now you're going to be getting a chiropractor bill.
[laughs] Probably.
Yeah.
ABBY: Kalani, Nia, let's go.
All right, we have lots of work to do.
So let's take it from the top.
Nia, lay down.
But put your head and your shoulders on that corner.
And then you lay on top of her.
Right.
Nia, tuck your left knee more.
Yeah.
Nia and Kalani are performing a piece
called "Young and Restless."
It's about teenage angst.
Two duets going head-to-head.
Let's see if I can build some fight between these girls.
We'll see if it works out.
All right, girls, stop immediately what you're doing.
Stand up here.
"Young and Restless," I want as much energy
at the end of the dance on the last four counts
as the beginning of the first four counts.
"My Shadow and Me," you need to be afraid of your own shadow.
And I never see that you're afraid of her.
You're supposed to make her be afraid of you.
I need to see you acting.
Understand?
BOTH: Mm-hmm.
ABBY: All right.
Let's go.
HOST: Next, we have entry number 23, "My Shadow and Me."
[applause]
[MUSIC - CUT ONE AND SLOW WAVE, "AS THE SHADOWS FALL"]
(SINGING) Raise up.
Raise up in this cold light.
As the shadows fall, as the shadows fall, as the shadows
fall.
JILL: Good job, girls!
Woo!
[applause]
HOLLY: I'm incredibly nervous right now, because Kendall
and Brynn danced beautifully.
And everyone knows Kalani is Abby's favorite.
So who's going to get blamed for the duet if it doesn't do well?
It's going to be Nia.
It's not going to be Kalani.
HOST: Next to hit the stage, entry number 24, "Young
and Restless."
[applause]
[MUSIC - ROBIN LOXLEY AND WOLFGANG BLACK,
"YOUNG AND RESTLESS"]
(SINGING) We are the young and the restless.
We are the bored and the faithless,
too young to know better, but too old not to care.
We could be bold and be fearless.
I will show you the way.
Then out of the darkness, your flames can rise again.
Set me free.
I am stronger, stronger now.
You'll see.
I'm getting stronger, stronger now.
Believe.
[applause]
ABBY: I think the girls did great.
They looked gorgeous.
I'm relieved.
I think this could be a winner.
I do.
[applause]
HOST: All right.
We're going to start with our overall duo-trios.
KENDALL: Brynn and I are up against Nia and Kalani.
And they're much older than us.
And you know, our duets are totally different.
So who knows?
I really hope we win.
HOST: Third place overall, entry number
24, "Young and the Restless."
[applause]
NIA: I wish that we could have been placed higher.
But there was a lot of great competition.
And I still felt like I did my best.
Second place overall, entry number 23, "My Shadow and Me."
[applause]
JILL: Way to go, girls.
ASHLEE: Abby really thinks that Brynn and Kendall
push each other on some level.
I personally just don't see it.
I don't think Kendall's got a competitive personality.