ANNOUNCER: Our first question is one we hear all the time.
Are Maddie and Chloe more like friends or rivals?
I mean, obviously, we're best friends.
But sometimes, it's kind of hard because we're always
competing against each other.
- It's like healthy competition. - Yeah.
It's like one day we're best friends, the next day we have
to focus and get in our zone.
A lot of times I feel compared to Maddie,
but I think it's unfair, because we're different people.
So we shouldn't be compared.
When I'm dancing, it should be about me.
And then Maddie's dancing, it should be about Maddie.
When we see our girls dance together,
we know they belong together.
It's a good feeling when you see them on stage.
I was, like, so nervous.
What?
It was good, though.
Yeah.
I mean, we've been best friends since we were, what, four?
Four.
It's like, we kind of have to like each other.
We live together pretty much half the time.
- Hey. - I'm just joking, I love you.
You would love me no matter what.
Happy, sad, happy.
Happy.
Happy, happy--
OK, I think we're good now.
ANNOUNCER: Our next question from the fans,
Chloe, what's it like knowing Maddie is Abby's favorite?
Sometimes, I wish that I could experience what it
feels like to be the favorite.
But I'm who I am today because maybe I'm not the favorite
all the time and I have to learn to accept that.
- Hey. - Hey!
We had a good one.
One of our judges, they gave Chloe a 99.10.
She actually had a 96.6, because they
gave her 27.5 in a category that only had 25 points.
That means that the overall winner would have been Maddie.
[light applause]
Maddie and Chloe, congratulations
on being great sports.
Mistakes happen.
The director of the competition
told us that there was a mistake in the scores
and that I didn't really win and Maddie won.
And I was a little upset, but I was really happy for Maddie.
Mackenzie, what are you doing there with the hairdo?
What did I tell you?
Never leave home without your bows.
Are you kidding me that it just so happened that Chloe
and Maddie's scores were the only ones out
of the entire competition with 80-some
routines that we're incorrect?
Are you kidding?
- Well-- - That was really sad.
I would hate to be in that situation.
I hated it really bad because this is Chloe's one chance.
I think that that day was really hard because one day I
had the trophy and then the next,
it was kind of like, well, dangling it
in front of your face and then being like,
you don't get to keep it.
But I think that overall, it made me a stronger person.
ANNOUNCER: This question from the fans is for Maddie.
Have you ever been yelled at by Miss Abby?
Sometimes it's hard being one of Abby's, like,
favorites, because there's so much pressure on me.
Abby is always like, well, Maddy can do this
and Maddy can do this.
I'm like, you know, I really can't do all that stuff.
And it's like, I have to work so hard.
And I just fell bad half the time.
I remember when you had to beg to dance because Abby said
you didn't have the passion.
I'm at the studio every second,
minute, hour of the day.
And it's just like, I had to beg to have a solo because she
wouldn't give it to me for three weeks
because she thought I wasn't dedicated.
I, used to to cry when I went to sleep at night,
because I was just like, she doesn't like me.
She doesn't want me to dance anymore.
My mom encouraged me to go talk to Abby
and say I was ready to do a solo.
Well, I'm totally confident and I'm ready to compete.
Are you ready?
Yes.
Can you beat everybody?
I think.
Well you don't look-- you're like, yes, I think yes.
Maddie, if you don't want to do it, don't do it.
Nobody cares.
You act like someone's making you do it.
I want to do my solo.
I think I can do my solo.
I'm ready to do my solo.
Very wishy-washy.
That's not a game face.
That's not the Maddie face I know,
the Maddie that's jumping and warming up,
trying to psych Chloe out.
You go out there with that face, she's going
to beat the crap out of you.
Stop with the tears.
Babies cry, not you.
Do you understand that?
Yes.
It's my dance company.
I say who's dancing and who isn't.
So sad.
Well now you know I feel every day.
Yeah.
But it was only three weeks.
Nia only had a solo three times in one season.
[laughter]
It's true, Nia.
It was three weeks with a solo.
I actually did tell my mom.
I was just like, now I know how Nia feels.