Poll results: Quest dominates our readers' favorite performances

Our reader poll on favorite performances for America's Best Dance Crew Season 3 is closed. Quest owned it, capturing 9 of the 11 top slots for crew or multiple group performance. Over the next 2 weeks, we'll show or post links to the videos for these favorites, so come back and watch them again (and again). Up tomorrow: OrQUESTra!

Today's the Last Day to vote in our Best Performances of Season 3 poll

Please vote today in our poll on your favorite performances for America's Best Dance Crew Season 3. I'll post the results tomorrow, then start posting the winning videos on Friday.

What were the best performances of Season 3?

Now that Season 3 is history, we'd like to look back at its finest moments. Please leave a comment nominating the best performances from the entire season, from all the crews. We'll compile them, put together a survey for you, then share the videos (or clips) over the next few weeks.

Contest winners - Congratulations Baby Boy and Jeff#1

The winners of the BloggingBestDanceCrew.com contests were:

• Top 4 Challenge - Baby Boy was the first to get the finishing order of Quest - Beat Freaks - Fly Khicks - Strikers for America's Best Dance Crew Season 3. Though there were over 200 entries in the first 4 weeks, nobody got it right until he hit it in Week 5.
  
• Elimination Challenge - There was a tie between Eddie (who went into this last week with a 1-point lead, but guessed Beat Freaks for the win) and Jeff #1. However, Jeff came closer to predicting the number of votes cast in the last week.
  

I'll contact both of you about your prizes. Congratulations!

New Video - ABDC Crews fooling around after hours

Outthebox is a new Youtube channel with recent Boxcuttuhz clips. My current favorite is this video taken at a farewell party for GOP.

Recapathon :Week 5 summaries, critiques, and video-annotations

--LA Times has got the online media angle sussed, at least for coverage of America's Best Dance Crew. This week, they produce a summary of events, pithy review, and video interviews with illusionist Franz Harare (discussing his role on this week's show, how he got involved) and Fly Khicks and Dynamic Edition.
--You Love to Watch wants MTV to cut the tricks: "Alls I'm saying is that perhaps MTV needs to dig back into its bag of tricks and come up with something a little less...abstract. It's a dance show, after all. This isn't friggen' Sigfried and Roy or some other two-bit Vegas act."
--Reality Television was less than impressed with some of the magic.
--Mia from Ningin thought Quest and Beat Freaks dominated and was amazed that Fly Khicks "made their stretch like rubber challenge look like a lapdance from the movie Showgirls"
--Tiffani from Ningin thought that (with the exception of Beat Freaks), the magic got in the way of the cohesion and choreography
--Spoil the Ending has a crush on Quest's Feng, but worries that Quest hoopla is getting in the way of emotional connection and musicality

Exclusive : Podcast with Ringmasters

I spoke by phone with Ringmasters on Wednesday, after they were eliminated on America's Best Dance Crew 3, Week 4. Listen in as we talk about their name change, how their style has changed because of ABDC, what they accomplished by going on the show, a typical day preparing for the show, and their favorite crews.

You can also watch Ringmasters on Extra tonight and this weekend.

Playlist for Whack Week

MTV Remote Control published this week's playlist for America's Best Dance Crew Whack Week. It's cheesy:

• BEAT FREAKS - “Pretty Fly For A White Guy” by The Offspring
• RINGMASTERS - “Macarena” by Los Del Rio
• STRIKERS ALL-STARS - “2 Legit 2 Quit” by MC Hammer
• FLY KHICKS - “Everybody Dance Now (Gonna Make You Sweat)” by C&C Music Factory
• QUEST CREW - “The Right Stuff” by New Kids On The Block
• DYNAMIC EDITION - “Achy Breaky Heart” by Billy Ray Cyrus

MTV Detox - CONFUSION?! at the Britney Spears Challenge

Jim Cantiello got his hands America's Best Dance Crew Week 3, and it will never be the same. Remember Britney's show Chaotic...uh, remember? Well, Jim's found the common theme in tonight's show -- CHAOS and CONFUSION! Gender confusion, verbal confusion, identity confusion -- you name it, Jim's confused. Don't take my word for it -- watch here!

Detox - MTV Shows

And thanks for the shoutout, Jim!

Do-Knock and Phi battle during ABDC Commercial Break

During last week's tapings, SuperCr3w member Do-Knock and JabbaWockeeZ' Phi did some battling to entertain the crowd during a taping break. Here's MTV Remote Control's footage:

MTV - Music Videos - MTV Shows - Celebrity News

Playlist for the Britney Spears Challenge

Here's the line-up of songs for each crew on America's Best Dance Crew Britney Spears Challenge:

• Strikers All-Stars - “Gimme More”
• Fly Khicks - “Baby One More Time”
• Quest Crew - “Toxic”
• Dynamic Edition - “Stronger”
• Beat Freaks - “Womanizer”
• Ringmasters - “Circus”
• Team Millennia - “Me Against The Music”

The Ringmasters pair-up was obvious. Thematic pairings that they missed: "Hit me Baby One more Time" done by Strikers and "Oops I did it again" done by Team Millennia. MTV Remote Control also mentions that there will be an additional surprise challenge -- any guesses?

MTV Detox Strikes again, with ICONic accomplices

Jim Cantiello releases his latest Detox about America's Best Dance Crew Week 2. Think of it as ham on wry. On hand to further confuse the commentary are ABDC Season 1 crew ICONic acting as Jim's dancing camerapeople. Oh, if only this man's brain could be harnessed for good...

MTV Shows

Week 2 Recaps - Friday edition

• Tamara at Zap2It reviews the performances and the fashion. She adds: "I got to go to the taping and when Mario said it was a tough decision, it was. The judges talked about it for a good chunk of time. During the down time, Do-Knock from Supercr3w and one of the Jabbawockeez lead the audience in some dances. It was good times." Wish I had been there, Tamara!
• Mia at Ningin critiques the dances, giving her biggest praise to Beat Freaks ("these girls are just beyond") and Quest:"I can only say holy snap; did I just see the guys sliding on their heads and then back flipping over their peers?... I actually thought it was a special effect and had to rewind it nine times!"
• BDCMOVIEZ is back, outspoken as ever. It's a 3-part broadcast. Here's part 1; click to watch Part 2 & Part 3. As he says, "Lighten up, it's just Youtube."
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Exclusive Week 2 Taping Field report + Interview with Boxcuttuhz, Lil Mama, Shane Sparks

This week, Salima Koroma (UCLA, Daily Bruin) and her cameraperson Michelle Kim (UCLA) attended the Week 2 tapings for America's Best Dance Crew as field reporters for BABDC. Here's her written report (with a teaser!) We'll post her videos in the next few days. Thanks Salima!

"I was able to drop by the set of America's Best Dance Crew this week,and it was probably the most exciting, chaotic event I've ever been to. All the crews were hanging out, having fun, and getting pumped up backstage for the show to begin. The episode's theme was to incorporate a specific dance move into the choreography. This week's installment of ABDC was in two words: vividly vibrant. Almost all the crews were rocking their bright oranges, reds, fuchsias, and highlighter greens with a kind of wild abandon. Luckily enough for me, I blended in just fine with my multi-colored FUNK shirt (and since I was blending in so well with my bright shirt, I strongly contemplated running on stage with the extremely colorful Beat Freaks [see above], but I figured that since I didn't know the dance moves, I had to bail on that plan)."

Click here to read more of her report and interviews and see more crew photos (Salima is right about those insane costumes). And -- Salima told me that the elimination will be a SHOCKER to many ABDC fans. So watch tonight and get ready to re-vote in our Top 4 contest tomorrow!

Week 1 BABDC Poll results: Quest Best, GOP Worst

Our readers have spoken on the best and worst performances of America's Best Dance Crew Week 1:

• Quest was the overwhelming favorite, receiving 41% of the 742 votes for best performances. Runners up were Beat Freaks (28%) and Boxcuttuhz (9%)
• GOP was voted the weakest performance, getting 34% of the 603 votes for worst performance. Runners-up: Ringmasters (19%), Team Millennia (13%), Fly Khicks (12%)

We'll have the Week 2 polls on-line early on Friday morning, so come back and vote!

JC Chasez: What's so special about ABDC and Season 3

PopWrap interviewed JC Chasez. Read it here. Among the highlights:

• "I don't consider this [America's Best Dance Crew] to be reality TV because it's more of a talent competition"
• "Once I heard the crowd inside the theater yelling and screaming for the crews, I knew we had something special"
• On the question of what makes a good challenge: "Each one needs to be creative and multi-diminensional...if you stick one thing on someone, they can overcome that in a matter of seconds, but these routines are more than a minute long, so there needs to be more to them"
• About a possible NYSYNC reunion tour: "I know nothing about one."

Week 2 Playlist

MTV Remote Control just revealed the playlist for America's Best Dance Crew's 'Fit Test Challenge':

• Beat Freaks - Webbie “Independent”
• Boxcuttuhz - N.E.R.D. “Everybody Nose”
• Dynamic Edition - Metro Station “Shake It”
• Fly Khicks - Pitbull ft. Lil John “Crazy”
• Ringmasters - Young Jeezy ft. Kanye West “Put On”
• Quest Crew - Kevin Rudolf/Lil Wayne “Let It Rock”
• Team Millennia - Rihanna “Disturbia”
• Strikers All-Stars - Mims “Move If You Wanna”

Week 2 Challenge: Are you ready for some fitness?

The challenge for America's Best Dance Crew Week 2: incorporating a strenuous physical activity into the dance routines. Ugh -- makes me shudder, reminding me of Phys Ed and Olivia Newton-John.

How do you think this will affect this week's outcome?

Talk of Fame's Talks to Kid Rainen about ABDC Judging

Kid Rainen tells Talk of Fame being a judge for America's Best Dance Crew, the Leona Lewis video, the G ad, and their clothing line.

Video Recap of Week 1 from BDCMOVIEZ

BDCMOVIEZ provides two video recaps that are reminiscent of Max Headroom... but eerily fun to watch. Among his major points: GOP Dance Crew should not have been sent home.