Dance Moms Recap: Big Girls Do Cry

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By SnoopK8 | Friday, April 6, 2012 | 4:56 pm | 80 Comments
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Hello, Gasmii and welcome to the end of our Pittsburgh journey, at least for now. Does anyone know if there will be a season 3? Google isn’t helping me out with that. As I said in the mini, this episode was quite emotional all around.

Previously: Nia twisted her ankle but danced through her pain; Christi and Kelly ganged up on Melissa for enabling Jabby’s Maddie favoritism and Chloe froze up on stage but pulled herself together and kept going.

The girls are in NYC to rehearse for the “exclusive” Joffrey Ballet School audition, which Jabby dubs the “chance of a lifetime.” She notes that competition season was extremely tough, but it was also extremely rewarding and says the girls are ready for whatever New York City has to offer.

They line up in a borrowed studio and Jabby screeches that New York is the “Dance Mecca of the world.” She says that everyone they pass by on the street has probably taken a dance class in their life. As a resident of NYC – and I can only speak for myself – I have, in fact, taken a dance class in my life. Does that qualify me to audition for Joffrey? After all, 20,000 people a year try out for them.

Jabby tells the girls that there are many, many competition winners out there but only a few make it in the industry. Then she yells at them for their performance in Michigan. She says that they will never win a group dance until everyone is dancing at the same level. She says when the choreography calls for unison dancing they need to dance in unison and bottom line, they are just sloppy losers.

Pyramid time. As Christi says, “luckily the pyramid found its way to Manhattan!” Luckily, indeed.

On the bottom we have Paige. Jabby says she corrected her arms, but she did not put her phone away. Huh? Kelly asks if Paige can’t get some credit for what she DID do and Jabby gives her a sarcastic golf clap.

You suck

Mackenzie and her neon leopard leotard are next.

Your performance was spotty

Jab says Mackenzie can improvise when doing a solo, but not when she’s in a trio because that makes other girls look like idiots. Chloe is next because she forgot her routine. Jabby says she’s not seven anymore and she can’t just make up her own moves. She says that will result in a pink slip and the unemployment line.

Second row is Nia because she worked through her hurt foot. But Jabby says she still needs to work on her technique. Next we have Brooke, who, although she did what she needed to do, Jabby wants to see more from her. Brooke interviews that she would give more, but “Miss Abby” spends all her time working with the other girls. I’m sure Kelly had nothing to do with that observation.

On top is Maddie, who met the “challenge” of being on top for the fifth week in a row. Yeah, it’s quite a challenge when your teacher who is weirdly obsessed with you puts you on top of the arbitrary gauge that she made up and that she administers every week. Christi interviews that this is “no big surprise.” Also no big surprise: Christi whining that it’s no big surprise.

Jabby again talks about how important the Joffrey audition is and that even though 20,000 people try out, there are only a handful of scholarships given out. Melissa interviews that she’s nervous because the girls don’t do a lot of ballet and she hopes they don’t embarrass themselves. What she obviously means is “all the girls EXCEPT Maddie, because Maddie is the best dancer ever.”

Then Jabby says she’s SHOCKED the girls aren’t dressed like ballerinas even though she didn’t tell them to dress like ballerinas and they’re not actually auditioning for Joffrey at the moment. She tells them from now on, she expects them to wear pink tights, black leotards and their hair in a bun. She says the look is half the battle. It’s so important that it apparently didn’t occur to her to mention it to them before they came to rehearsal.

Oh, and by the way, after the super duper life changing Joffrey tryout, they will go to Paramus, NJ for a Starbound competition. Jabby interviews again that she’s had it with these girls and their stupid not-winning.

This week’s group number will feature the girls as jailbait, er, inmates, and will be a takeoff of Cellblock Tango from Chicago. Did she actually say the name of the number? I don’t think so. But that’s the gist of it. Chloe will do a solo because she needs to “get back on that horse” after last week’s spectacular failure. Maddie will also do a solo because Jabby would never allow Chloe to do a solo without Maddie also doing one.

Christi interviews that Jabby had too much on her plate last week (insert fat joke) with the two trios, two solos and group number, and why can’t they just focus on one thing this week?! Jabby says there is a time for pressure and this is it. They are representing 32 years of studio history, so they’d better not blow it! Jabby’s entire reputation is supposedly riding on this, so she gives the girls a half-assed number that she ripped off from Chicago that they won’t have time to rehearse properly. Sounds like a winning plan!

A mooing sound effect tells us we’re in Ohio.

Cattle call

Oh no, that’s just Crazy Cathy telling the Candy Apple’s that there is an open audition at Joffrey in NYC and they are going! I like how we’re supposed to believe that Jabby’s girls were “invited” to audition while the Candy Apple’s just acknowledge it as the open audition that it is. Oh and hey, guess what else? The Apple’s just happen to be going to Starbound in Paramus, too. What are the odds of that?? Cathy alleges that her studio has better ballet training and says that Jabby is “stuck in Vaudeville on a 1940s stage with her mom.” Well, geez, Cathy, two seconds of Googling would tell you that Vaudeville was pretty much dead by the 1940s, but I realize that facts are your nemis, so you’re forgiven.

In the Big Apple, Jabby is still trying to bully the girls into becoming ballet dancers. Holly says everyone is on edge because Jab is putting more pressure on them than usual. Kelly says Jabby is trying to squeeze two years of ballet training into a one hour class. Holly cuts the time even shorter by interrupting to ask what kind of leotards they should buy. I mean, really? You are a dance mom and you have no idea what kind of leotard to buy? This leads us to a scene where the moms go leotard shopping. They joke around about Jabby in a leotard and that’s just too horrifying to contemplate, so let’s move on.

Cathy says “everyone” knows that the Candy Apple’s have a “certain aura” about them when they enter a room. I think that’s called “failure.” Cathy tells Kendall that she’s ready to complete with Jabby’s girls and audition for Joffrey and that she is filling Taylor’s shoes. Poor broken-ankled Taylor. Doesn’t she have enough pain without being a part of Cathy’s nefarious schemes? Kendall says she’s nervous to dance in front of ballet judges since she is used to dancing in front of big audiences. Cathy tells Kendall she needs to rise to the occasion. She says “cream rises to the top, so let’s have ourselves a latte.”

I like you a latte!

Chloe rehearses her solo and tells us she is excited to portray the Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland because she’s wanted to do it forever. Jabby says Chloe has the “viciousness” and “evil aspect” to really relate to the dark side. What’s your point, Jabby?

Jabby’s yelling at everyone, once AGAIN, about the group dance. She says they haven’t placed in the top for weeks so they need to be perfect this week. She tells them to go get their dance bags and get ready. Melissa whispers to the moms that Maddie and Mackenzie don’t have their bags. To Maddie she says “tell Abby you left them in the hotel.”

Maddie is really upset because she knows Jabby is going to be mad, which she is. Melissa says it’s her own fault, she should have made sure the girls had them. Jabby says no, it’s Maddie’s fault and Maddie is not allowed to make mistakes. Whoa. That’s healthy.

Then Jabby starts screaming that in that in NYC, there are 14- and 15-year-olds who are living on their own and paying their own bills. They can’t call on mommy to be responsible for them.

Melissa yells “it’s a pair of shoes, who cares!” and then interviews that Maddie is a perfectionist and hard on herself and that Jabby puts a ton of pressure on her. Then she takes a moment to yell at Maddie “stop with your face, I’m not in the mood.” Poor Maddie. No wonder she’s a mess. She’s gets it from every angle.

Christi, the unlikely voice of reason, interviews that it’s “parenting 101” not to freak out over a $14.99 pair of ballet slippers. She says just run down the street and get another pair. Meanwhile, Jabby is screaming at Melissa that it’s her fault that Maddie’s all unfocused. Jabby interviews that she has no time for this nonsense. If the group loses, she’s finished. Finished I tell you! Then she says the girls are “nowhere near ready” for Joffrey and she hopes they don’t embarrass her. No mention about how the girls might feel about not being ready for this supposedly life-changing audition…it’s all about her.

Christi interviews that the group number is a “hot mess” and she’s trapped in dance jail and can’t get out.

Holly, Kelly and Christi go to dinner. Christi says she’s never been so stressed from doing nothing. The other moms agree and Holly says that Jabby brings out the worst in them. Holly says she needs to find the balance between encouraging Nia and not letting her get her hopes up. She says she doesn’t expect Nia to win the scholarship, but she supports her because the audition is so important to her.

The moms bring up missing dance bag-gate and Kelly jokes that she’s never seen Maddie get in trouble before. She suggests that maybe Christi stole the bags. Christi says maybe she did and they all laugh. Seriously, that would be really mean, because Maddie obviously can’t handle little setbacks and would probably end up in an opium den on Canal Street in like two seconds.

Joffrey audition. More chatter about how this is the biggest deal ever and could make or break the girls for life. They are waiting in the hallway, when who should appear, but Crazy Cathy and her eight tiny reindeer Candy Apple’s.

Kelly interviews that the Candy Apple’s need to get a life and stop following the Abby Lee Dance Company around.

Cathy’s kids are practicing in the hallway and Jabby helpfully tells them that if they don’t know it by now, they never will. Heh. Cathy yells that Jabby’s opinion doesn’t matter. Shrill interviews that running into Jabby & Co. has ruined her and Kendall’s moods. Even though they had to have known Jabby & Co. were going to be there.

Paige auditions first. She says she likes her piece and it has lots of tricks. Brooke’s up next and she does her acro tricks and then interviews that judges either love tricks or hate them. Judge: “I’m not a fan of tricks.”

The famous chin stand scene from Swan Lake

I feel like this would be obvious in an audition for a ballet school, but once again, what do I know. Next up is Nia and Holly is really nervous. Nia does her “death drop” from season one and is rewarded with a bitchface from the judge. Poor Nia. She tries so hard.

My girl Mackenzie is next and does… more tricks including a shimmy or something. One of the judges tells her that whoever taught her to “shake her bum bum is a dum dum.” Mackenzie interviews that Jabby taught her to shake it and she does it very well. She goes out and tells Jabby what the judge said. Jabby’s like, “that wasn’t me, that was your mother.” They all laugh, but that would explain a lot.

Candy Apple Justice (that sounds like an 80s TV series) goes next and stands around for a bit before marching in place. Based on that, I definitely could audition for Joffrey. A random Candy Apple dances and the judge asks her if she really needs that much makeup for a ballet audition. LOL.

Honey, this is real ballet, not drag queen ballet

Then Kendall goes. The judge says she enjoyed Kendall’s arms, which I believe is the ballet equivalent of “she has a good personality.”

Finally Chloe goes and dances to some Chariots of Fire-type music. She is the first one who actually looks like a ballerina (relatively speaking, I mean).

The judges tell her she has natural ability and she should take more ballet classes. Perhaps at the Joffrey school?

Maddie’s on deck and she interviews that she’s nervous to go up against Chloe because Chloe is better at ballet. Maddie goes in and does the same damn lyrical routine that she does every week, although I liked her turns. I have no idea if they were good or not but I liked them.

The judges tell her that she knows how to perform and has the showmanship thing down. The woman judge tells her she would have liked to see Maddie take the time to pause before moving to the next thing. One of the two guy judges asks her to show them her relevé. She gets up on her toes and he says she has potential, but needs more work. Maddie makes a sad face.

In the hallway, Cathy is still haranguing everyone because she’s still a nutjob. She says she “tweaked out” Kendall’s bad habits. Also tweaked out: Cathy. Shrill stops by to tell Jabby that Cathy’s been so wonderful and has Kendall doing lots of stuff. Jabby’s like “that’s great,” but obviously could not be more disinterested. This is stupid, because isn’t Kendall supposedly still dancing with Jabby despite this ridiculous Candy Apple’s ruse?

Isn’t having a broken ankle punishment enough?

Cathy again brings up her mythical 300 students and Jabby finally rises to the bait and asks how many students she has at Joffrey. Cathy’s like “how many have YOU had?” Jabby immediately says three. Cathy says she highly doubts it and then says she has people there every summer, but she’s not going to name them. But they do exist, she swears. They all live in the Niagara Falls area. Cathy interviews that Jabby and the moms think they have the market on every “competition, audition and what-have-you” but they are nothing but trouble. Then maybe stop stalking them, freakshow.

Our girls and the Candy Apple’s all assemble in the audition room for a technique test. Cathy is lurking by the door, peeking in and taunts Kelly about Brooke’s tendus. Kelly yells at Cathy that it’s against etiquette for teachers to look in at an audition. Then Cathy starts in on Christi – and do you really want to go there, Cathy? Didn’t she pwn you during the disco ball fight? More fighting. All the while Cathy is eating a slice of pizza.

Nom nom nom

That’s just mean. Isn’t food strictly verboten to ballet dancers? I thought they subsisted on cocaine, cigarettes and Sweet & Low packets.

Finally, a judge comes out and yells at them all to STFU. He says “if you don’t respect me or the dancers, please respect the art form.”

I’ve had wines that are more mature than you ladies

Yah. There is no fighting in ballet unless it’s art-directed.

Despite the reprimand, Cathy is still jawing, saying that Christi always has a drink in her hand and always embarrasses herself. Jabby interviews that Cathy is totally unprofessional and loud and obnoxious. Paige says she’s mortified.

Whatever, that’s over with. Time to worry about Starbound. They are national champs and all that crap.

At the competition, Cathy interviews that up until now, they’ve done spooky numbers but this week’s dance will be really “heartfelt and beautiful” and just might beat Jabby & Co.

Our girls practice their dance in the dressing room and Kelly says it’s a mess and not technical enough. They go on stage and it does look a little messy. I love the song though. Holly says she never would have imagined her daughter in a jail cell.

Oh shut up, Holly. It’s just a dance. Why do we have to remind you of that every week? You’re supposed to be the smart one. Naturally, Melissa says she loves the dance. They could literally be stripping in a bus station in Newark, NJ and Melissa would say she loved the dance.

The Candy Apple’s perform their dance while Vivi stands still on stage. Free Vivi!

Jabby interviews that the Apple’s just might beat her this week. Foreshadowing!

Awards. The girls get tenth place. Ooh, way harsh, Tai. To make matters worse, the Candy Apple’s beat them by one point to come in ninth. Jabby says she’s humiliated and didn’t the judges get it? I think they got it perfectly. Melissa says they’ve never come in tenth before. Cathy interviews that every dog has his day and today is their day. Really? You were striving for ninth place? Psycho.

Classy Cathy drags the Candy Apple’s into the girls’ dressing room to congratulate them on tenth place.

Ha ha, you guys are slightly worse than us

Christi’s like, “congratulations on doing one point better.” Seriously. This is too much for Jabby, though, who screams “YOU ARE SATAN.” Then she says her entire reputation is ruined and she’s humiliated. Christi (and all of America) rolls her eyes. Why the histrionics? You really staked your entire reputation on this one competition when people have been watching you on TV for two seasons? I think you’ve made your reputation quite clear.

Anywayyyyy. In the middle of all this, Christi “happens” to get a phone call from Joffrey offering Chloe the scholarship.

Hold on, let me check. Hey, is the refrigerator running?

I really was super excited for Chloe, but of course I feel bad for the other girls who all look really sad. I’m sure this was a setup, but it seems really mean that they would set it up in front of the others. But maybe they told them ahead of time what was going to happen? Am I thinking about this too much?

Maddie interviews that she’s upset because she deserved to be on top. See, it’s times like this that she annoys me, because why does she think she deserved it? Oh, I know. Because Jabby and Melissa keep telling her she deserves everything. But still, she is understandably upset and instead of comforting her, Melissa yells at her and threatens to take away her phone for 10 days if she doesn’t stop being bratty.

Stop being a brat even though I groomed you to be perfect and you failed and ruined my whole life

Melissa interviews that Maddie is stressed because she’s disappointed but she won’t put up with a bratty kid and she can’t worry about what other people think. Gah. You can’t put such enormous pressure on a kid and then expect her to just shake it off and be fine when she doesn’t succeed. I hope that Maddie has someone in her life who is normal and who supports her unconditionally.

Back in Crazytown, Kendall is also doing a Queen of Hearts solo, which I’m sure is completely coincidental. Her costume doesn’t fit right and she’s afraid she won’t be able to perform but it works out fine.

I actually like her dance and I think she does a good job. Christi says she wishes Cathy would stop copying Chloe. Jabby calls Cathy underhanded and says “off with her head!” (Drink.)

Maddie’s solo is up next. She doesn’t want to let Jabby down. Since she does the same dance every week, you would think she’d know it perfectly by now, but alas, she freezes up.

Wait, is there where I sit on the floor and look at my foot?

She runs off stage and freaks out. She wants to go again and is afraid that Jabby will be mad at her.

People have been speculating she is acting, but I don’t think so. I think she is genuinely upset. Melissa runs to get her and says “they just threw you out there. Assholes.” Kelly interviews that she’s not surprised because Maddie is under so much pressure.

Meanwhile, Jabby is in the audience bawling. Christi: “I thought you were supposed to save tears for your pillow, Ab.” Christi lists all the girls who have forgotten their dances and says Jabby never shed a tear for them. She says it proves that Jabby only cares about Maddie.

In the middle of this chaos, Chloe does her solo and it looks great.

Suck it, haters!

In the dressing room, Melissa and Maddie are off camera, but Melissa says “dance isn’t that important. It’s not your whole life – well, it is, but it shouldn’t be.” Gee, I wonder why she feels that way, Melissa.

Jabby comes in, still upset, and hugs Maddie.

She tells her that she shouldn’t worry because kids who do well at a young age have nothing to shoot for. Then she says something like maybe “they” won’t always be vultures. I have no idea what she’s talking about, but it’s kind of creepy.

Thankfully, the girls aren’t around when the moms go off on Jabby for crying over Maddie. They yell at her for having a double standard and not caring about anyone else.

Go cry into your pillow, beyotch

I have to say, the way it’s shot, I can’t tell if Jabby is even in the room with them, because they never show them all in a wide shot. It’s just the moms yelling, then they cut to Jab sitting in a chair crying. Who knows with this stupid show.

It’s time for solo awards and Jabby refuses to go out there. That’s so immature and ridiculous. How old is this woman? Jesus.

Kendall gets seventh place and Chloe wins first overall! Yay! But Jabster’s nowhere to be seen.

They all go back to the dressing room and yell at Jabby some more. Jab stands up with her butt to them and says “c’mon, get it over with and paddle me.”

Anyone have a canoe paddle?

Holly: “that’s a visual I don’t want to see!” The moms yell at Jabby until she’s had enough and leaves. Like, leaves the whole competition. They follow her outside to a cab.

See ya! Wouldn’t wanna be ya!

She says she needs a break, but the girls will be fine and know what to do. Well, they certainly aren’t getting any support from their teacher so she might as well go. And that, my friends, is how we end the season.

So what did y’all think? How much of this was real and how much is fake? Will we ever know the truth? Will we see our Pittsburgh girls again? I wish they would all get away from Jabby and go live in a loft in NYC and have a sitcom or something. Actually, I shouldn’t give Lifetime any ideas.

Thanks so much for all your love and support during this ridiculousness. I had so much fun. I hope you’ll stick with me for Dance Moms Miami, even though I’m not quite feeling it yet…

Anyway, thanks for reading, and to quote our own Jabby Lee Miller: see ya on the flipside!

xoxo,
SnoopK8

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80 Comments

  1. 1
    Logan
    Posted April 6, 2012 at 5:41 pm

    Great recap!
    This finale was just a “mid season” finale to give Dance Moms: Miami some air time. The regular show will be back in June.
    I was so happy for Chloe in this episode. She really shined in that audition and in her dance. I love when she does dances where she plays a dark character. Her acting skills for them are stellar!
    I saw on Twitter that Maddie was also offered a scholarship to the summer program but they didn’t air it. They also didn’t air when the competition manager offered Maddie a second chance to do her dance. (If you want to see it, Lifetime’s website has it as an extra clip)

  2. 2
    Escapee
    Posted April 6, 2012 at 6:36 pm

    Yes, the Lifetime website says that season 3 will begin in June. Whew!

  3. 3
    April
    Posted April 6, 2012 at 7:08 pm

    I think Christi really should pull Chloe out now. The one time Chloe really shown and Abby could not be bothered to watch her award ceremony or congratulate her. That’s twisted. I know Chloe wants to dance with her BFFs, but how can she grow as a dancer when her teacher shows her no support. Same for the other girls.
    Great recaps this season! See you in June!

  4. 4
    April
    Posted April 6, 2012 at 7:20 pm

    I am not as impressed with Abby’s choreography this season. They won a lot more last season and I believe the choreography had a lot to do with that. If I remember correctly dance competitions were judged on a choreography score, a difficulty score, a costume score, and an entertainment score. Then those added together for your total score then averaged with the other judges. So even the best dancer in the world could not win if the costume or choreography sucked. It is not all the dancers. The teacher and choreographer play a big role in that win.

    I liked Kendall’s choreography better on the Red Queen dance. Chloe is the better dancer though overall so she won.
    I can’t believe Crazy Cathy gloated over a 9th place overall. Not something to be bragging about now is it?

    I kinda agree with the Joffery judges. I wish the lyrical dances had more pauses or flow to them beside just one move into another move into another move into another move. I know that some of that is needed and okay and ups difficulty level, but there is not even one pause in some of Maddie’s numbers and it is kinda hard to watch. One of my favorite moments on the show was Chloe’s Dream on a Star dance where she stops dancing and stands there with a beautiful wonderous look on her face and pretends to watch a shooting star fly by, then starts dancing again. That was lovely. More of that Jabby!

  5. 5
    keebler elf
    Posted April 6, 2012 at 7:24 pm

    “Wait, is there where I sit on the floor and look at my foot?” LOL!!!

    i wonder if maddie ever congratulated chloe for the joffrey thing & they cut it out to make her look like more of a brat. she always says she likes for the other girls to have a chance…unless that was all for the cameras. but whatever, yayy for chloe!!

  6. 6
    keebler elf
    Posted April 6, 2012 at 7:30 pm

    i know nothing about dance but i dont get how abby complains so much on nia’s technique, why not just give her some privates to fix it?!?!

  7. 7
    gun kata
    Posted April 6, 2012 at 8:18 pm

    I think Maddie wanted to organize her makeup table after Chloe’s call to get her mind off of not getting a call herself and onto her solo. If Melissa hadn’t bitched her out and dragged her off and punished her, she might have talked to Chloe more. But, there is a shot of Chloe and Maddie sitting at Chloe’s makeup table and they both look happy.

    Since the ‘I should be on top’ was in a cutaway interview, I don’t know how much credence I put into it. We don’t know what question she’s answering or when. That being said, Maddie was upset and rattled. So far, if Chloe has won something then so has she… so… this might have been weird for her. She’s going to have to learn to handle it, but her mother could try helping her.

    I don’t know if the moms completely get that their daughters have them to rely upon, but Maddie only has Melissa. And Melissa pressures her, randomly punishes her, then runs off on vacation. So, Jabby has somewhat stepped in, but all Jabby knows how to do is work on Maddie’s dancing and give her the occasional hug. Such as Christi commenting just buy another pair of shoes rather than stress the kid out and let her get into trouble. Sure, Maddie needs to learn to keep track of her shoes, but is right before an audition and a competition the best time?

    Then at Joffrey, does Maddie have pink tights? Nope. Did Melissa even buy her pink tights?

    Nonetheless, congratulations to Chloe.

  8. 8
    maryedith
    Posted April 6, 2012 at 9:32 pm

    Melissa does seem to have some kind of disorder, doesn’t she? Any time an anxious situation comes up she just completely shuts off. The only warmth Maddie seems to get is from Jabby. That’s why the constant complaining from Christi et al just gets on my nerves. Whatever is going wrong in that family is obviously more serious than the favoritism their own girls have to deal with in the studio. If they really think it’s that detrimental to their daughters’ careers, why not go somewhere else?

  9. 9
    gun kata
    Posted April 6, 2012 at 9:47 pm

    Melissa tweeted that Abby’s mother was in the hospital. I believe her since out by the taxi, Abby is totally wrecked. I just can’t see her getting that upset over Cathy being obnoxious, Maddie messing up and the moms’ bitching. Also, the moms put on their coats. So, it doesn’t look like she was dashing off too well since between Mel telling them and them coating up and walking to where Abby is surely took longer than it would for Abs to hop in the cab and leave.

  10. 10
    Lurker
    Posted April 6, 2012 at 9:51 pm

    It looks like the whiteboard had something blurred out. I wonder (if in fact it is blurred out) what is? I felt bad for Maddy but at the same time I hope this experience helps her learn that she cannot be perfect at everything, nor can she win at everything. A lot of the judging is really based on the opinions of the judges and it is hard to know what the judges will like and not like. So I hope that she took this experience and learned something from it. I feel too that she was genuinely upset.

  11. 11
    maryedith
    Posted April 6, 2012 at 9:58 pm

    I keep meaning to mention that I saw Brooke smile exactly ONCE this whole season; it was during the infamous fan dance. The entire rest of the time she was in a total sulk and darting, “I’m OVER THIS” glares at Kelly. She needs to get out of there.

  12. 12
    maryedith
    Posted April 6, 2012 at 10:00 pm

    I think Maddie has such control over herself that she can only show emotion by going into hysterics, and hysterics always look a little fake. I think she’s on her way to an anxiety disorder if she doesn’t already have one.

  13. 13
    Stormy
    Posted April 6, 2012 at 10:25 pm

    This was the most hilarious recap of all! One thing I have learned about the whole Maddie/Chloe rivalry is that it is brought on by Abby. First of all, she is helping Maddie get ready for her solo (where’s Melissa?) and she whispers to Maddie “Look at Chloe’s costume! Shhh don’t turn around yet!” Abby mocks Chloe to Maddie which is very immature and cruel. Another time she tells Maddie that “Chloe would never be happy for you.” Abby does play favorites and somehow she has it in for Chloe. She tried to get Christi and Chloe removed from her studio but they had signed a contract with Lifetime and Abby was told no. Cannot wait for June!

  14. 14
    Dani
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 12:13 am

    I wonder if maybe they (the moms) can’t just pull their daughters out because of a contract?? I have no idea what goes into a contract for a reality show, but I’m thinking that they (the show) may have some kind of a hold on these girls/moms now..? If anyone out there knows anything about contracts for shows, I’m all ears.. I do feel that the moms- especially Christi and Holly- are really looking out for their daughters best interests, and maybe they are stuck at this point and can’t just “take them out”. I did hear Abby giving an interview with Rosie O’Donnell talking about how she wanted to kick out Christi, but the producers told her she couldn’t kick her out because she was under contract. So, wondering if that is part of why, at this time, the moms/daughters ARE staying- perhaps they have no choice??

  15. 15
    gun kata
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 1:50 am

    I noticed that. I saw on the whiteboard “Hi, Ms. Hyland”. I assumed it was all greetings for ALDC. Or maybe scribbling by the ALDC girls? I don’t know what could be blurred out… a contest result? Get well wishes for Abby’s mother?

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    gun kata
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 2:01 am

    If nothing else, she can’t exactly pass along good coping skills because she does not seem to possess them. Also, I wonder if Maddie’s nature is different enough from Mel’s that even Mel doesn’t completely understand her yet?

    Still, there does seem to be problems that have cropped up. Abby doesn’t have kids, so she is doing what she knows how to do… teaching dance.

    She seems to be spread too thin all of a sudden because she just seemed kind of out of the loop this episode. For example, Chloe’s 17 piece costume… I think she liked it once Chloe was dressed. But, she acted like she’d never seen it which is very odd considering she usually selects or at least approves all costumes.

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    gun kata
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 2:11 am

    My phone is being stupid so I can’t watch videos all of a sudden. But, someone said SD was going to let Maddie go again while Abby is insisting she can’t AND preventing Chloe from getting to Maddie. Chloe wanted to comfort her friend (aw). I think this is why Abby hugged and hugged Maddie in the DR, she realized too late what she did. I don’t know lwhere Mel was at first… maybe she had to tend to Mackenzie. But, of course, Mel showed up later to reassure Maddie that Abby didn’t hate (!) her.

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    gun kata
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 4:55 am

    I missed Abby talking to Maddie about Chloe’s costume. I guess I need to watch it again.

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    gun kata
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 5:35 am

    I really need to watch again. There seem to be some things I missed…

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    maryedith
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 6:53 am

    Whether or not there’s a contract they’re ALL going to say that they’re only there because of one. Contracts go season to season, so they all signed up for this season despite everything that happened last season.

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    maryedith
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 6:58 am

    Abby was very complimentary about Chloe’s dancing in this episode. She didn’t say that Chloe excelled in being “vicious.” (Sorry to disagree, Snoopk8). She said, “It’s one thing to smile through a routine but it’s another thing to be able to ” pull off being a dark character. This made it clear that she meant that what Chloe could do was exceptional. She wasn’t being snarky or backhanded or anything. She said, “This is what Chloe excels at.” She does not hate Chloe. She hates Christi.

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    gun kata
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 6:59 am

    I have seen the video now. I was wrong about how it happens. The guy comes in after Abby has hugged Maddie as Maddie cries. He offers the second chance. Abby cuts in and says no. Maddie is over by Melissa when she says she cannot do it. Then Abby, as the dance teacher, overrules Starbound. I don’t get that. If she wants to be grittily real worldesque, she could say she wants the first score (e.g., the failed routine) to count. But, successfully completing the routine would be beneficial to each girls’ confidence so their last memory of being on stage wouldn’t be the horror of realizing they had no idea what to do next.

    Some of the other girls run in and Abby informs them they won’t be ‘playing this game.’ She tells them to give Maddie some space.

    All through this, Chloe is sitting at her makeup station, watching. She has a serious expression on her face, but keeps her thoughts to herself.

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    gun kata
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 7:06 am

    Christi tweeted that Chloe acts. So, maybe that has something to do with what Abby said.

    Christi also said that Brooke can sing.

    It bothers me we don’t see Abby compliment Chloe (much? At all?) Except in her cutaway interview. But, since Christi did say anything about it makes me think Abby must have said something nice to Chloe both for the scholarship and for first place.

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    gun kata
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 7:07 am

    Oops i meant did NOT say.

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    Dani
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 8:10 am

    Yes, she definitely HATES Christi, but she still DOES take it out on poor Chloe. I think she knows that’s what is going to hurt Christi the most (that would sure hurt me the most- if someone was to hurt my kid) so she puts Chloe down knowing it will make Christi crazy. WHich it does! Abby is incredibly immature, and may have some kind of personality disorder, or something..? I’m sure Cathy has something really wrong with her, but think Abby would benefit from getting some help too.. IMHO.

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    Dani
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 8:17 am

    Yes, but maybe because these seasons were more like half seasons, they have more like a year or two contract..? I think most contracts (from the little I’ve heard) will be at least yearly, if not more.. This show has (season 1 and 2) has been out less that a year. It just feels like more, but it didn’t debut until July 2011, so I think they very well could still be under contract. Again, I don’t know, but it would explain a lot to me because I really believe that some of these moms truly DO have their daughters’ best interests at heart and don’t believe they would keep them there after seeing what we just have. I think if they are still under contract, they really should go talk with a lawyer and see what can be done..

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    Jazzy
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 8:20 am

    I thought the editing in this whole episode was strange. After the call from Joffrey, they showed the Maddie/Mel fight, but it didn’t seem to me that it was related at all. It seemed Maddie was trying to do something to her make-up or get her phone or something? And they tried to make it look like it was b/c she was mad about Chloe getting the scholarship. As a lot of people have noted, this show seems very fake this season.

    And what was with Crazy Cathy during the Joffrey audition? That was bizarre even for her. I’m thinking that she was told to stir up trouble? Maybe she needs the $$ from this show so she’ll do anything to stay on it?

    Chloe was AWESOME in her solo. I hope she goes to Joffrey for the summer then makes a move to a new studio. Of course I realize that there probably aren’t tons of high quality dance studios to choose from in Pittsburgh but maybe they can find something.

    Abby’s behavior in this epi made it clear that she really loves Maddie. She treats the other kids like a dance teacher treats students, but she really cares for Maddie. The other moms know this so they have to either accept it or move on to a new place cuz it’s not gonna change.

    And I don’t get why it was such a big deal that Abby left. Wasn’t the competition over? Or did they take a bus and then she flew home – was that why everyone was acting so shocked? Why did Abby say “your kids are fine w/out me” – again, wasn’t everything over? I didn’t get that.

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    skepticalballet
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 11:25 am

    ok people need to stop claiming that maddie also won the scholarship–her web page says she won some kind of mia michaels dance intensive scholarship–its just a few weeks in the summer and the focus is not on ballet, and its not really affiliated withr the joffrey and its way less competitive to win that than what chloe won.
    maddie is really annoying and yes its mostly melissa and abbys fault bc they keep telling her she is the best, and if she doesnt win its not her, its the judges–guess what, its her! syou’ll never improve if you always think its someone else’s fault when you lose. she is just not the best at everything all the time and shes definitly not the best at ballet- you are supposed to really dance not that dance with your face crap that abby keeps telling her to do. thats exactly what the judges called her out on in the audition, bc she kept grinning through the whole thing–it looked really weird. maybe its fine for broadway. also she doesnt have a ballet body–her legs are too short and her feet arent good, her neck is too short.

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    Ash
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 11:36 am

    I know that she is just a kid, but Maddie was acting like a spoiled brat after Chloe got the scholarship (as many mentioned, she could have been reacting to something else because the editing was odd). I really did not have sympathy for her if she was acting like that after Chloe received the scholarship. Clearly, she acts this way because of Abby’s and Melissa’s treatment of her, but all the other girls were handling with grace. She will become an even more obnoxious adult if they keep acting like she is the only good dancer in the world.

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    BedHeadJen
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 12:23 pm

    Awesome job on the recaps, and I must give you props for, “Anyone have a canoe paddle?” LOL!
    Phelgmy Lee needed a good cry. Hopefully she loosened up some of that congestion she cackles through every week.

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    Brneyedgrrl
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 12:24 pm

    Just wanted you to know I’m still laughing at the Breakfast Club reference. That said, I have to weigh in on Jabby’s treatment of Maddie. Good God, woman! I’ll be interested to see where she lands on the infamous Pyramid after forgetting her dance. Of course we’ll never know…dammit.

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    gun kata
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 12:41 pm

    There is Pittsburgh Ballet Company.

    In the episode when Abby takes the girls out to see beautiful scenery, Chloe asks Abby if she will be good enough to be a Rockette one day. Abby tells her yes. I wonder if, until recently, Chloe didn’t know she should pursue ballet other than classes to get fundamentals.

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    Amanda
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 12:52 pm

    One thing that really bothered me is I felt like abby set up the other girls (nia,Paige,Brooke,mackenzie) to fail at the joffrey audition. Ballet is not about tricks and the dance she gave to them to do was mostly acro. It really doesn’t make sense to me to do that.

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    maryedith
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 1:30 pm

    That’s right. It was Chloe’s dream to be some kind of showdancer in season one. I forgot about that.

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    maryedith
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 1:36 pm

    The Joffrey audition didn’t make sense in any way except that the producers couldn’t find anything else for a mid-season finale. I don’t think Abby set the others up to fail. I think she genuinely doesn’t know jack about ballet. If she did, she would have prepared Maddie better. And she wouldn’t have looked so surprised when Mackenzie told her what the judges said about shaking her bum-bum.

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    dead queen
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 2:14 pm

    For some reasons, I like Abby. She’s entertaining. Shaking her big tush at the dance moms was priceless.

    Give Maddie a break. What you see is not all that happened. Reality = Editing.

    FYI, four girls got into Joffrey’s summer program: y’all favorite Cloe, Maddie, Kendall, and Peyton.

    BTW, I do agree that Cloe is the better balletina, compared to other girls in the show.

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    dead queen
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 2:17 pm

    For some reasons, I like Abby. She’s entertaining. Shaking her big tush at the dance moms was priceless.

    Give Maddie a break. What you see is not all that happened. Reality = Editing.

    FYI, four girls got into Joffrey’s summer program: Cloe, Maddie, Kendall, and Peyton.

    BTW, I do agree that Cloe is the better ballerina, compared to other girls in the show.

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    April
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 3:15 pm

    I agree that Abby was rude to the SB guy that was nice enough to offer to let her go again. I also thought the stage manager was nice to her trying to hug her when she ran off stage crying. It looks like they have nice employees that work with SB.

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    April
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    I danced with the dance studio owner’s actual daughters. Yeah, I had to deal with that too where there is obviously going to be favoritism because it is her own kids.

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    April
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 3:21 pm

    I don’t know about that. I think it is staged. Abby does have tons of dancers in Broadway productions, at Disney on SYTYCD and she claims three at Joffrey. So I do believe she does know her stuff. I think it was either set up that the other girls did not have the ballet technique so they just did what they could do even though it was not ballet. Or they wanted the humor in it being the wrong type of dance. Or she just wanted certain dancers to shine and set it up that way.

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    April
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 3:26 pm

    I did not take the Joffey judges as insulting Maddie when they said “They could see her on Broadway and she was a performer.” I mean if someone who knew their stuff told me I was good enough to be on Broadway I would be very happy and feel complimented. Broadway and Ballet Company are both prestigious things to be a part of. They are just different in their own way. Neither is superior to another, you know what I mean? So I think they were more saying she is not cut out to be a ballerina but might be ready for a Broadway type career. Which is how I see it too.

    Now Chloe is built like a natural ballerina and has the most perfect body for it and they commented on that too.

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    gun kata
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 4:45 pm

    I agree. They gave her compliment (Broadway) and some constructive criticism. Same with Chloe. I mean, they said different things to Chloe, but it was a compliment and constructive criticism. It seemed to me they gave them both some advice. Judges don’t take the time to hand out specific advice if they think the girl is totally unremarkable.

    But, Chloe looks like a ballerina. Some of that is just the way her body is made. But, to get the body type they like in a girl who has some dance ability and grace, that is unusual. If nothing else, they know she would look beautiful on stage. Even Abby says that about her.

    Someone said Chloe is ‘our’ favorite. She probably is some people’s fave, but I like all the girls. Chloe just had a big success this episode. So, she is being raved over a bit. If all the girls had gone in and done super awesome at the auditions and competition, that would make me happy. Yes, we’d have to hear Jabby gloat. But, at least she doesn’t gloat over ninth place.

    Why is craycray dragging Taylor around? She won’t be dancing for a while. Oh, and I believe Jabby had three students at the Joffrey. I don’t believe craycray. Give us a number. Jabby did. She didn’t ask for anyone’s names. Just a number. Zero is a number, too.

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    gun kata
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 5:00 pm

    She is immature. That’s true. They kind of all are (meaning the adults). Chloe doesn’t seem to hate Jabby or anything, so I wonder if we’re just getting all the conflict. Jabby claims the girls would prefer if their moms didn’t supervise their lessons.

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    sagittariuskim sagittariuskim
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 8:54 pm

    I’m happy for Chloe, she really is a good dancer. And I would love to see her do ballet.
    I feel bad for Maddie, I really think she’s go to end up having a nervous breakdown, from all the pressure put on her.

    I think there was something else going on with Abby this episode, I think maybe she was having personal issues.

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    maryedith
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 9:36 pm

    Yeah, all of that could be true. I forgot that Abby said she has three kids at Joffrey. But honestly I’m surprised she does. Auditioning from a studio like Abby’s for a ballet company is like a bunch of rock guitar players auditioning for a symphony orchestra. The talent may be there, and even a little classical training, but the technique is totally different. Ballet is just one of a range of “styles” to Abby, one that she says she doesn’t even do much of, so I didn’t think the kids’ lack of preparation was intentional on her part. I mean, in season one Brooke said Cirque de Soleil was her goal — why the hell were she and Paige even interested in a ballet school? I imagine it would bore the life out of them.

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    Stephanie
    Posted April 7, 2012 at 11:44 pm

    Maybe it said “Hey, Mrs. Gisoni” and Melissa had her lawyers draw up some papers for the producers of DM before the episode aired… And then it showed up as blurred out… Heh heh heh. Melissa has serious issues!

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    merry
    Posted April 9, 2012 at 7:27 am

    The whole Joffrey thing was ridiculous. Jabby’s girls are not ballet dancers, though I do believe that Chloe has the talent, if she could get some real training. But why put the girls through that? The cutesy faces and gymnastics (not to mention Jabby’s typical costuming) don’t fly in the ballet world.

    (BTW, I’ve known a number of pro ballet dancers, and they eat a TON. Healthy things, though, not pizza…bleh. It’s only logical that if you’re dancing all day, you need the calories. I’m pretty sure your “food is verboten” line was sarcastic, but just wanted to put in 2 cents.)

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    NotWithoutMyTV notwithoutmytv
    Posted April 9, 2012 at 7:32 am

    When I was prima donna of the New York Ballet, I had a merchandizing deal with Hostess. I ate nothing but Twinkies. When there were cameras out front for opening night, I arrived with a 12-count box of Twinkies under my arm. I also got a very small, tasteful tattoo of Twinkie the Kid. On my ass.

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    snowshoecat snowshoecat
    Posted April 9, 2012 at 7:54 am

    We want proof, NWMTV.

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    NotWithoutMyTV notwithoutmytv
    Posted April 9, 2012 at 8:18 am

    Every time the camera clicks, I make $175.

    I don’t smize for free.

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    jp
    Posted April 9, 2012 at 9:47 am

    It looks like it was from some class that was in that room beforehand because the other parts of the board had math equations on it. So it really could have been anything, but probably nothing related to Dance Moms.

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    gun kata
    Posted April 9, 2012 at 10:33 am

    I thought it was forbidden to eat under those circumstances (audition, judges, class). Not necessarily forbidden to eat ever. Since craycray was the only person with food that makes me think she probably shouldn’t have been eating it where she was.

    Or maybe pizza is like red lipstick and swooping purple eye shadow. Just part of the studio craycray experience. But, when craycray heard that the ALDC girls were doing something mockable off she went pizza and all.

    O.k., I read on some other boards that the girls did two auditions: a regular dance audition where we see the tan tights and jazz shoes and some not ballet dancing (though it looks like they frowned on an over reliance on tricks or, specifically, certain tricks) and the ballet audition (pink tights and slippers) at the barre. Some say the editing where it looks like certain girls only had tan tights is wrong. Abby herself tweeted something along the lines of remember the people filming and editing the show are not experts on dance. So, i guess that is why they made it look sort of all one big thing… they didn’t know the significance of certain kinds of tights and so forth.

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    gun kata
    Posted April 9, 2012 at 4:58 pm

    I also saw the names Christi and Maddie. So, I dunno.

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    gun kata
    Posted April 10, 2012 at 11:25 am

    Oh, i was just trying to peaceably watch Chloe’s dance routine and it was instead a clip from the show. So, we see Abby brush away a tear. Then Christie comments Abby was “crying hysterically”. Well, maybe they don’t show us everything, but I wouldn’t even say she was “sobbing uncontrollably” let alone “crying hysterically”. I don’t know, unnecessary hyperbole is annoying sometimes either that of Christie hasn’t seen her fair share of crying yet.

    So, unless Abby threw herself in the aisle and wailed to Jesus why did he let Maddie forget her dance, the best I will give it is “crying.” If it was nonstop crying without hysteria, then I will upgrade to “sobbing uncontrollably.”

    Because if Abby had been truly “crying hysterically”, Chloe would have heard her wails onstage and that would’ve been very distracting. I believe that would have ground the whole place to a halt. Even at funerals, where everyone is crying, the hysterical one is distracting. A dance competition… surely, those are less tearful?

    Oh, I am just a negative nelly: glass half full (tm, Christi)

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    maryedith
    Posted April 10, 2012 at 1:13 pm

    Maybe so, but Christie is definitely a shit stirrer.

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    Nannie
    Posted April 10, 2012 at 2:12 pm

    I don’t think it was because Abbey’s mom was ill. She was on twitter during that taping of the show, and from what I read, they were all enjoying New York. I still think that she was ticked off about the catty cathy beating her. By one point.

    The ALDC website doesn’t show either of the girls getting a Joffrey Intensive Scholarship. One girl did, but it wasn’t either of the girls on the show.

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    gun kata
    Posted April 10, 2012 at 2:26 pm

    Interesting… so, I wonder what Mel was talking about? Hm.

    But, I really do think it was Cathy. If the show portrayed events in the order they happened, Abby knew she’d come in 10th on group with gloating crazy one point ahead. And she knew Kendall was doing basically Chloe’s routine. Then Maddie forgets hers and has a nervous breakdown.

    So, here’s Abby with everything riding on Chloe who just had her costume, music, and theme already presented by Kendall. And, who Abby knows, forgot her routine last time and was rushed to stage this time.

    So, basically, everything is resting on little Chloe since she’s the last person Abby has that can win. But, she doesn’t know how the judges will react since they just saw a similar routine.

    She did watch Chloe, so it’s not like she ran off after Maddie. Chloe made it back to the DR before Abby, too. Who knows maybe she was comforted by the fact Chloe did well. But, she would never admit that to the moms during a confrontation.

    And do they seriously want Abby to CRY when their kids mess up? I think she thought being matter of fact was better, but blew it this time.

    I disagree with the “save the tears for your pillow” thing. I think I would tell my daughter that she means don’t cry in the DR.

    Chloe talks about hearing Maddie run off stage, so she went on knowing Maddie had messed up and that much extra pressure.

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    hlesczyn
    Posted April 10, 2012 at 2:28 pm

    I wondered if Maddie was “acting.” I’m still on the fence.

    I do think the Jeoffry got it right. Chloe is all about ballet – her extensions, her turnout, her lines are fabulous. The Judges who clearly were professional dancers could not contain their excitement with Chloe – she screams ballet.

    The sitcom idea is hysterical. These women are nuts.

    I would love to know if this show is semi – scripted? Why do they stay with Jabby? What is the deal with Holly? Holly seems to be a self-assured, professional woman. I just wonder if this is all “put-on/acted.” Holly seems so incapable of engaging in anything this ridiculous that sometimes I wonder if they are just following a directors script. ….. Ok Holly – you are going to storm out of the parent area and fly down the stairs and run into the dance studio and start screaming at “Jabby”…. 3, 2, 1 and go

    I just can’t imagine that Holly would do that. A parent in her school would not be allowed to do that, it would be all about setting an appointment, etc. and again, she just looks so uncomfortable when she has to do these things.

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    gun kata
    Posted April 10, 2012 at 2:30 pm

    Yep. She can be funny, but she pushes a lot of buttons.

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    gun kata
    Posted April 10, 2012 at 2:33 pm

    But, why would she be? She has done well at Starbound in the past. Why would she intentionally throw it all away?

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    Nannie
    Posted April 10, 2012 at 10:36 pm

    It might be that the producers are paying for the girls to go to a Summer Intensive? I know that I heard the dance mom dancers were going to be “evaluated” by the Joffrey teachers, I wish I could find that link…

    The fact still remains. The auditions are open, you do not get invited. Anyone can go to the SI’s, but not many get a scholarship. They just have to pay the high fees for the programs.

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    Melissa
    Posted April 11, 2012 at 10:43 am

    I wonder why everyone is so quick to believe that dm is edited/acted/cast to produce what we see, with little connection to “actual reality”, but continue to insist that toddlers and tiaras is as accurate and unscripted as a nat-geo documentary on the mating habits of wildebeest?

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    Moli Moli
    Posted April 11, 2012 at 11:44 am

    Wait…What….have you not read the comments and the recaps for T&T? One scripted moment off the top of my head is the little girl who ‘screamed’ for chocolate(the episode with Alana). Everyone knows T&T is semi-scripted/producer pushed

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    gun kata
    Posted April 11, 2012 at 6:47 pm

    I assume ANYTHING could be planned, scripted, manipulated including the news. But, I cannot bring myself to watch T&T.

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    gun kata
    Posted April 11, 2012 at 7:00 pm

    Also, someone posted a link to the J SI’s where kids nine and under (minimum age is three) don’t have to audition for the program. It’s first come, first serve. Of course, I imagine they don’t pass out scholarships without seeing if it’s worth it. Meaning auditions? So, several of the ALDC and CADC kids would be eligible if they could pay.

    Of ALDC, the ones who’d need to audition to be accepted are only Chloe, Nia, and Brooke… I think. Not taking anything away from Chloe’s scholarship.. I just thought this was interesting.

    I read on some dance board that Maddie was going to one of the paid summer programs. But, it was a different thing than the one Chloe would attend on scholarship. There are a lot of programs they’re doing this summer, but who knows if she’s really going. I wish the show would just tell us these things.

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    fatgirlsrule
    Posted April 14, 2012 at 10:13 am

    I have a question, how in the world did Vivi ever get with this group? she is terrible!

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    Anna
    Posted April 15, 2012 at 1:58 pm

    What ACTUALLY happened in this episode that was def. not shown.
    1. Maddie WAS offered a scholarship.
    2. For you guys saying Maddie went again, that it NOT true. Abby specifically said herself that she did not let Maddie go again, in order to show her that not every mistake can be fixed.
    3. Abby was crying because her mother was very sick in the hospital.

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    Anna
    Posted April 15, 2012 at 2:00 pm

    I have a question, how in the world did Vivi ever get with this group? she is terrible!
    —

    My thought exactly…

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    Nannie
    Posted April 15, 2012 at 8:12 pm

    Funny that Abby hasn’t tweeted one word about her mom being sick and all of the girls were at a competition this past weekend, and in LA last week. Abby also deletes her tweets, as does Melissa. They are there one hour and vanish the next.

    At the Nexstar Competition over the weekend, Maddie was scheduled to do a solo. They called her name and she didn’t go on. Called again, and she didn’t show. She was there, she just didn’t dance. Chloe came in 4th in her catagory and MacKenzie came in tenth for Petite, even though it didn’t look to many people like she even finished her number.

    The show is so scripted, it truly is hard to follow the truth as it really exists. It just a crazy addictive trainwreck, with very little real in it.

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    Escapee
    Posted April 15, 2012 at 8:27 pm

    Exactly! The only person who’s suggested the Abby-was-crying-in-finale-because-abby’s-mom-was-sick theory has been Melissa, who tweeted it in defense to criticism about Abby playing favorites and crying over Maddy. None of the other Dance Moms, not even Cathy, not even Abby, has said so. Abby’s tweets have been busy traveling, fawning over men, talking about Zumba class, and cat fighting. Not a word about her mom or needing to stay in Florida (where her mom lives).

    The tweets are interesting. Lately I’ve been following Brandon’s mom (https://mobile.twitter.com/Dancemom_DianeP). Remember Brandon, who played a photographer in a group dance at ALDC and was set up on a date with Brooke? He still dances at ALDC. His mom had a tweet fight with Christi a couple of months ago, threatening to spill Christi’s “secret” if Christi didn’t lay off Melissa.

    Also, for anyone following Abby’s tweets, remember that she has two accounts, @Abby_Lee_Miller and @AbbyLeeMiller .

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    gun kata
    Posted April 15, 2012 at 8:51 pm

    1. Do you know which one?
    2. None of us said Maddie went again? Many of us discussed what Abby said as well.

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    gun kata
    Posted April 17, 2012 at 1:49 pm

    She is Cathy’s daughter. Maybe they were a package deal?

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    kay reid
    Posted April 18, 2012 at 9:26 pm

    this is beAutiful.

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    April
    Posted April 29, 2012 at 5:58 pm

    She is Cathy’s daughter. Nepotism.

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    April
    Posted May 8, 2012 at 1:45 pm

    Apparently Maddie is in the official music video for “Cry” doing her dance to it. Here is the link.

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    ash1
    Posted May 14, 2012 at 11:42 am

    She actually looks quite a bit like the singer, don’t really get the video, though…

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    Em
    Posted June 4, 2012 at 8:16 pm

    Any chance the Drag Queen Apple is Taylor? Fake crutches in the hallway shots/incognito since the injury is healed in the audition? Just recently discovered your site–LOVE!

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    LynnieLooLoo
    Posted June 5, 2012 at 6:35 am

    Drag Queen Apple is Clarissa I believe (SO sad that I remember that, from the first Perfect Positive Straight Line Pyramid) – Taylor’s holding her crutches in the hallway in the audition (why did they bring her??)

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    Moli Moli
    Posted June 5, 2012 at 7:25 am

    I’m not getting the video either…But REAL Dance Moms is coming on tonight.

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    chloe
    Posted July 10, 2012 at 6:13 pm

    i have to admit i only read the picture captions

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