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Friday, June 1, 2012
3:00 pm
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Tagged: Chick Fight, crazy bitches, Dance Moms Miami, Fierce, Finally over!, Leo, mean girls, mia, recap, season finale, SnoopK8, tvgasm, VictAng
Previously on Dance Moms Miami: Susan cried; Abby accused everyone of being jealous; Bitchette was evil; Bob was delusional; Ani was nice to everyone; Victor said “fierce” 100 million times; Lucas finally put on a shirt; Hannah ate a hamburger; Sammy was cocky; Jessi cried; Kimmy was cute and an ugly truck overturned onto the costumes and “chorography.”
The kids walk in and Victor congratulates them for doing an amazing job and sweeping last week’s competition. But Angel of Death says that’s not good enough, they need to prove themselves all over again this week. You know – the same exact thing he’s been saying every week for the last two months.
List time and the boys have gone back to revealing it top-down. Lucas is number one because he got first overall and special awards and was only three points away from a perfect score. Hannah comes in second – wow, go Hannah – because she came in second overall. Victor says this means she IS a good dancer, and will heretofore be treated as such. Bob says she feels happy and validated, so I guess being delusional pays off every so often. Third is Sammy, who was “stunning” last week.
Fourth is Kimmy – provoking the requisite bitchface from Susan – because she messed up some of her transitions and ended up looking like a “deer in the headlights.” I will assume we are talking about the headlights of the bus that people keep getting thrown under. Last on the list is Jessi because she put her hand down during her extension, and by god, she should know better by now. Susan is tres happy, and complains that Jessi has been on the bottom of the list more than anyone, and not because of her dancing. I suppose I could go back and look that up, but I really don’t feel like it.
This week’s manufactured drama will be taking place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, because I guess there were no competitions in Fargo, North Dakota. Not that there’s anything wrong with Tulsa, it just seems really out of the way and random UNLESS the show is banned from filming anywhere else. That’s just my theory, your mileage may vary. (The competition is iHollywood, by the way.)
Abby says she doesn’t know if the kids have ever even heard of Oklahoma. Well, that’s really not something to brag about, Abby. Also, stay in school, kids.
Oklahoma! (You’re OK!)
Angel on the other hand, is excited to go to OK because he’s never been and will probably never get the chance again and will finally be able to take his cowboy hat out of the closet.
Lucas and Kimmy will be doing a duet and Sammy and Hannah will get solos. As this week’s Last Place List Loser, Jessi gets NOTHING and will like it. (Susan: bitchface.) The theme of the group number will be “Celebrity.” Does anyone else miss Jabby Lee’s crazy themes like “homeless children” and “porn”? Sigh. Angel says this theme will give the kids the opportunity to be in the spotlight and feel powerful. And he has a big surprise for them. Surprises on reality shows are never good news and this is no exception, because who should walk in, but the legendary Mia and her mom Leo.
Hi, I’m here to fuck up your shit
Bitchette interviews that Lucas loves Mia and they are good friends, but as for Leo, Bitchette can “drop her like a hot potato.” Potayto, potahto, complete bitch, whatever. Angel says Mia’s technique is “phenomenal” and that she dances like an 18-year-old stripper. This doesn’t seem so bad, but then Angel says if he can only take five dancers to the competition, someone’s solo might have to be axed.
We meet Mia, who tells us she’s 10 and has been dancing since she was two. She says she’s won national titles, has been in magazines and loves to express herself through dance. Sounds like a future Miss December to me. Susan, who is either really annoyed or smells a dead body, calls Mia “quite a performer.” Bob remains quiet but has a bitchface of her own going on. Abby would like to know if Mia is just here for the week or if she is becoming part of the team.
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VictAng Lee Miller the spawn of the threesome..might be the best dancer yet…lol
this season ended just like the last one…abby/victang favoring mia/maddie
Does anyone know the back story on why Mia wasn’t on the show from the beginning?
I’m surprised it is coming back – I’m not even sure why I watched it honestly. I thought it was something to keep Dance Moms fresh in our minds.
To closet fan: I heard that they wanted her to, but Leo said no originally because she saw what they did with Dance Moms and how it destroyed reputations (Abby) when really all the producers did was twist what really happened around. I guess she didn’t want her kid or herself to be turned into the bad guy and get a bad reputation. So much for that
@Chicken Lips That’s what I thought! And it’s worked great!
Just look at how even on here we’ve all been talking about oh that’d never happen on the Jabby show like it was a documentary about the Paris Opera Ballet.
@Closet Fan and @Sam
I’ve heard every reason under the sun why Leo didn’t want to join at first, all from equally unreliable sources. I don’t think anything’s close to being confirmed. I’ve heard everything from the hated the idea of a reality show (the more honourable side of things) to her being a huge diva about contract requirements (admittedly less honourable). I don’t know a lot about her but she seems like a ridiculous stage mom the way she markets her child online. She’s acted as somewhat of a manager for her kid and she really pushes her out there via Youtube. It’s a little crazy – she definitely thinks (knows? I’m not even sure) that her daughter is the stuff and thinks of Mia as a celebrity.
I actually was upset with this episode because this is the first time when they’ve really lied to us viewers a lot. In seasons 1 and 2, Pittsburgh had something almost every episode where they didn’t just dramatize the truth, they fully made shit up. Miami hasn’t really been doing that until now. Because of the situation with the TV show, everyone really should know that Mia has been dancing with this exact same group of kids and is on the competition team (as well that Jessie is a senior and is in a Brooke-type situation). Because acknowledging that they’re on a TV show would ruin the “illusion,” they’re flat-out saying that Mia is new to the competition team, which got to me.
The drama about pulling solos was also horrible. I don’t know of many competitions (I’m sure there are some out there, but not a lot) who would add in a new solo at the last minute, and that would be regardless if someone else were pulled. It’s not a matter of having the spots, it’s a matter of approving the music and collecting fees. I’ve seen a few competitions where dancers were added in after the program was printed, but they did not appear to be added in on the day of competition.
I know people had generally ill feelings about Miami but I appreciate that they didn’t overly jerk viewers around. Much of the drama came from things that were totally natural occurrences, like Jessie taking a trophy away from Hannah or Sammy sort-of dropping Kimmy. The organic moments of these shows (especially with the kids) make them compelling – like Nia forgetting her solo. You feel real sympathy for her. Of course, there were little things that weren’t organic (like the pairing of Hannah and Sammy for a duet, obviously done to further the “rivalry” storyline for their mothers), but I feel like there’s a difference between that and “bringing in” Mia as if she was never a part of the group.
I think the difference is that in order to make the latter believable on camera, the moms and kids have to actually lie on camera (Mia had to look right into the camera and say something along the lines of “my first competition with the team”).
This particular competition requires all entries to be in 4 weeks prior to the competition– so as much as the producers and victang would like us to think there was a question as to whether someone’s solo would be pulled, there wasn’t.
Mia has always been part of the team, just not the paid team? Oh editors why do you jerk us around like this?
Angel “interview” Mia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUN9C3_p8N0
Oh, p.s. …. I think the other kids are around for the “interview”. I think there may have been “interviews” aplenty.
Kimmie, Lucas, and Mia in their trio costumes:
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4n67iFUgZ1rwae81o1_400.jpg
Is Leo actually TOUCHING Brigette’s face with that bedazzled claw of hers? She’s rude! She pranced acorss the room to start some shit with Brigette. So, how is Brigette the only one in trouble. Some say Brigette shouldn’t have stood up (some, no one here, Gasmii have sense), but if someone hadn’t pranced over to Brigette’s side of the room then it wouldn’t have mattered if Brigette stood. And putting a hand in someone’s face so close is asking for that hand to be moved. It is an automatic thing with a lot of people… something comes at their face, they bat it away.
Forget who started it. If it hadn’t been for that fuss, we wouldn’t have gotten to see Angel’s grand jeté!
Something a Kimmie and Lucas fan made (cute)
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4qyvrUaHH1r5lvu1o1_400.jpg
the rumor has been mia wasnt on the show to start with because her mom was to “demanding” … don’t know if it’s true or not , just something I read online. I also read that her mom originally didnt want to be on the show bc of the negativity the pittsburgh mothers and daughters faced. I find that one hard to believe with the way she promotes mia. On a side not i’m glad other saw the maddia/mia “favoritism” comparison
I’m sad to read that they were finally making stuff up for this show because I completely agree that I preferred the reality of this show to the outright made-up-ness of Pittsburgh. It did bug me a little that they weren’t bothering to change the kids’ clothes or hair for their interviews; there was one episode where Jessi was talking about being nervous about something and I thought, “Since you obviously taped this the same day as all of your interviews for the preceding four episodes I can assume what you’re nervous about happened as long ago as those events did.” But that wasn’t as bad as making up competitions or pretending that you were filming a beef jerky commercial and also pretending that you were letting your daughter be in said commercials even though you supposedly hate the woman who’s pretending to make the commercial. That just got to be too insulting.
Also, it seemed like a lot of the comments on Pittsburgh 2 would begin “I’m so sick of this — bring on Miami.” And then as soon as Miami started it was “This sucks. Can’t wait for Pittsburgh to come back.” I feel so uncool for watching either of these shows!
Lucas (and/or Brigette) is twittering photos like crazy as is Victor. Among all of those this video answering the questions, “is Lucas leaving Stars? What about Jessi?”
http://t.co/O6919qv5
I meant Lucas usually runs his twitter, but sometimes Brigette does since he is only 10.
Btw, Chloe just turned 11 (per her twitter).
Well, the mystery of the fug costumes has been solved (for me). From the previous season (not Victor’s, but surely he watches) of SYTYCD.
http://www.tvgasm.com/wp-content/uploads/SYTYCD20110811aq1.jpg
Is Starbooty really the best route for young dancers? I have been looking up some highly rated routines and I am just not sure. Jabby says “dark wins”, but there also seem to be a lot of stripper dances (sans stripping). No wonder Jabby thought that the “topless showgirls” routine was o.k. and no wonder the producers thought so, too! After they saw what other places were putting out there, Jabby’s routine was more restrained. And no wonder moms put up with ugly foot and sumo pose at Stars. It may not be pretty, but it’s not a burlesque routine either. But I still say, the faces some of these girls make (on these shows only Mia does this) are outlandish. These girls don’t know. Mia is extraordinarily good at mimicry, btw… so hers are particularly convincing. Maybe get that out of her head and put her in acting class instead?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-kGVmnCxhE
I posted this on the minicap too. I actually love this dance minus a few moves that are too provocative, but Autumn Miller also has the “faces” that seem highly inappropriate for her age. That is not the same as “Dance face” I did dance face and it was not sexy. My boyfriend laughed at me when he saw me doing it. I bordered more on the goofy side with a huge grin and I would wink and do surprise face but it was not at all anywhere near being like I was trying to be turning someone on. More like “OMG I AM SO EXCITED TO BE DANCING UP HERE LOOK AT ME!”
I kinda want Autumn Miller and her mom on Dance Moms California.
I found this youtube of Autumn and her dance teacher mother doing a duet together. Kinda makes me sad I never had a little girl.
They get the idea for some of the faces from stuff like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDPR5EoYqOs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Sophia Lucia dances to this song, actually. I didn’t watch her performance. But, Christina Aguilera doesn’t make faces constantly… probably because she’s singing. However, some of the favs of these kids are in there. I don’t consider this clip dirty or anything, but those are grown women prancing around which makes all of the difference. I can see kids being allowed to watch this because she is wearing clothes and she doesn’t curse or anything. When I was a kid, I know I would have looked at it and thought, “oooooo, she’s so pretty!” She kind of looks like superstar Barbie in a shorter dress.
The Miller mom and daughter dance is interesting because it is age neutral.
What kills me about dmm, and dm, is that I grew up in this world. It IS fairly crazy. They really wouldn’t have to “stage” much to make it interesting, but they do– in a way that is insulting to all the adults, and damaging to the kids. They are, after all, KIDS. Whether mckenzie or jessi, they are children. Their parents and “teachers” can be outrageous as they want to be for the sake of the cameras, but these are actual human children, with real talent, and actual careers besides “reality” shows at stake. We’re not talking “toddlers and tiaras” where that might be all they really have to hope for. It’s just really not okay. Bless ani, and dr holly, who actually seem to care about how this might impact their daughters’ futures.
Someone posted this another place I lurk to prove Hannah is given the fugliest poses. Here are the Stars kids (sans Mia) getting their picture made as a group
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m566kgl1Fc1rr2xg5o1_500.png
I prefer Miami to PGH, Pittsburgh is so fake. Also, Mia and Leo originally refused to do the show but then Mia wanted to do it so they added her later.