UPDATE: There will be NO automatic pass for the ABDC5 crew with the highest cumulative vote

Update on earlier posts: I just received an email from the staff of one of America's Best Dance Crew's producers. They verified that there will be NO automatic pass for the crew with the highest cumulative votes for Season 5.  In addition, the relevant post on MTV has been disabled. So, we're back to the regular voting rules. Thanks MTV and ABDC -- you've made the fans (and the crews, I bet!) happy in keeping this a fair competition!