Why 'Third Time May be The Charm': videos of Illmatic's ABDC auditions for Seasons 3, 4, & 5!

A story on MTV.com called "Third Time's A Charm" profiles Illmatic and their third attempt to appear on America's Best Dance Crew.  After reading it, I realized that I taped all three of Illmatic's auditions in New York and could share their growth with you.

ABDC's auditions differ from those on American Idol (at least the parts shown on TV) in one salient way: the audition judges really work hard to give constructive feedback and encouragement for crews to return another season. I think you can see the impact of this coaching in Illmatic's growth.  Their Season 3 and 4 auditions were creative and showed good form, but there were small problems that held them back from going further. To the crew's credit, each time they took the audition judge's feedback to heart and worked on those problems. 

We still don't know if Illmatic will be chosen for the Top 15 crews, but watch this to see how they've gotten themselves in better position.
 -- Season 3 audition (sorry that my video cuts out one crew member for much of the performance):

 - -Season 4 audition (and watch their callback performance here):

-- Season 5 audition: