The ABDC6 Finale Party Room/Critics Corner is now open -- join us!

 
The Party Room/Critics Corner for ABDC 6's Finale is now open! Join lots of other readers as they rave and vent on the best and worst parts of this season, the ABDC past champions, the crowning of ABDC6 champions, and other stuff. IMPORTANT: If you want to write a long comment, write in in NotePad or Word and then paste it into the comments field. Otherwise, all your work may disappear if someone posts something new while you're in the middle of writing.  

After the show is over: The party has just started, so stick around and join your friends (old, new, and not-yet) while you watch the Movie Awards to celebrate, reminisce, and think about the beautiful summer full of dancing and joy ahead of you! What did you think of the themed performances tonight? Which season's champion do you think is the best? Which would win in a fight with the Wolfman? How has this season affected the dance community? How does this season and its finale rate with other ABDC seasons? This is your party --  humor, keen observation and almost everything else (EXCEPT personal attacks/disrespect not related to the dancing itself,  spam, and obscenity-- Please read our guidelines!) are expected and welcome.

**REMEMBER** no matter the outcome, no matter who is crowned champion, there is a whole world of talented dance crews out there. This show represents only a small aspect of the hip hop dance community, and both crews will be successful out in the world afterward. If the crew you were rooting for doesn't win, it doesn't mean they're bad dancers or that people don't recognize their talent, it means that in the context of this particular competition, they got fewer votes. The end. So let's all be pleasant and level-headed. Please and thank you.  
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Join us now for Live Play-by-play of ABDC6's Finale

Del, Michael Calvin and I will be co-hosts of this live play-by-play of America's Best Dance Crew Season Finale, where they will announce who wins ABDC6.. Feel free to follow along (particularly if you cannot watch it until later). Please be aware that your comments might not be posted immediately (or at all) as we have to moderate them, watch the show, and type at the same time.If you want to leave longer comments and be sure they're used, go to the Party Room (the post above this one).

Video: Glenda Morales (Fanny Pak) on the excitement at the ABDC6 finale

Glenda Morales (Fanny Pak) and Chris Trondsen talk about ABDC Season 6 before the taping of ABDC's Finale. Among the topics: how she dressed up for the finale, how the final 2 are dealing with the finale, the feeling at the all-champion finale, Glenda's appearance on Glee and thanks to all the fans!. Thanks to MOVeMEDIA for all the production help during this ABDC season!

JabbaWockeeZ videos: sneak peek at Finale performance; "Devastating Stereo"

EW.com has an exclusive clip of JabbaWockeeZ's performance in the America's Best Dance Crew Finale show. And, the crew also just released a new video called "Devastating Stereo". BTW --We taped an exclusive interview with the full JabbaWockeeZ crew, but  won't release it until Monday June 6 because it has something that we consider a spoiler about their performance -- so come back tomorrow to see it! Thanks for the tips, Jace1 and Sebb!

Join us tonight for Live Play-by-play, Party Room, Surveys and more!

 
Tonight's the Finale for America's Best Dance Crew's Season of the Superstars, at long last. Watch with us tonight! Since the show airs at 7:30 pm ET/PT, the Party Room/Critics Corner opens at 7:15 and stays open as long as you want, so that everyone can comment on anything remotely related to ABDC. What did you think about the past champions? Have they changed for the better or worse? Are you surprised about who won this season of ABDC?

At  7:30 pm ET, Del, Michael, and I will be doing live play-by-play, so feel free to tune in, watch and comment along with them or get a sneak preview of the action (for those of you from the West Coast/Puerto Rico/New Zealand or other ABDC-deprived zones). Tomorrow morning, please vote in our polls on the best and worst performances. Plus we hope to have recaps and other content. Join us!

More pre-taping interviews at the ABDC finale

Yesterday, we posted our interviews with ICONic Boyz and IaMmE backstage before the taping of the ABDC Finale and will have our interview with all the JabbaWockeeZ available tomorrow (small spoiler in it!). For those who want more: DanceOn has interview highlights with ICONic Boyz and IaMmE backstage before the ABDC taping, including how the crews prepared for the finale. Pacific Rim was there in force (as usual) with ICONic Boyz, IaMmE, and Ben, Kevin and Phil of the JabbaWockeeZ. 

Facebook Petition: Get IaMmE, Phunk Phenomenon and other ABDC6 crews on the road!

A group called "I aM pHuNk" just started a Facebook petition to get their favorite crews to do a tour. They are hoping that your support will help the effort and maybe get other crews from America's Best Dance Crew Season 6 to go with them. If you want to help the effort, click here.

Survey Results for ABDC Battle Challenge

The results are in! There were thousands of votes cast in our surveys about readers' favorite and least favorite performances in ABDC's Ultimate X-treme Battle Challenge episode:
  
  * Favorite performance: Out of 2271 votes, the favorite performance was IaMmE's Battle routine (40%), followed by IaMmE's lengthened "S&M"  routine (30%), ICONic Boyz' Battle routine (23%), and ICONic Boyz' lengthened "Baby" routine (6%). Click here for the full results
    * Least favorite performance: Out of 1632 votes, the least favorite performance was ICONic Boyz' Battle routine (41%), followed by ICONic Boyz' "Baby" routine (29%), IaMmE's Battle (17%), and IaMmE's "S&M" ( 10%). Click here for the full results.

Exclusive IaMmE interview: messages to fans & their post-ABDC plans

IaMmE talked with Glenda Morales (Fanny Pak) and Chris Trondsen before the taping of the ABDC6 Finale. They discuss how crazy it is to share the stage with the ABDC past champions, how they changed their final routine over and over this week, how they've worked for the last week to show something new, their goals after ABDC ends, and their message to the fans. Thanks to MOVeMEDIA for their camera and production work all this season!

ICONic Boyz interview video: "we're like brothers with IaMmE" & each members' message to their fans

 ICONic Boyz talked to Glenda Morales (Fanny Pak) and Chris Trondsen before the taping of the ABDC6 finale. They discuss how excited they are meeting all the past champions of ABDC, which champions they're most excited to see and the advice they got from the champions. They also want to assure their fans that they're, how they're like brothers with IaMmE. Chris gives them gifts and each crew member sends a message to their fans . Thanks to MOVeMEDIA!

Byeynyn's Review of ABDC's Battle Challenge

Last week, three crews were challenged to incorporate several dance styles to the same Kanye West songs.  ICONic Boyz was saved primarily by a swarm of young teenybopper fangirls, most of whom probably stayed past their bedtime in order to text their votesies. With no other choice, the judges had to say goodbye to either Phunk Phenomenon or IaMmE, and Phunk Phenomenon was shown the door. This week, the two crews will basically do filler until the season finale on Sunday. Will this week make any difference whatsoever? Probably not! But I watched it anyways! Click here to read the full review.

Recaps of the ABDC Battle Challenge episode

• Too Interesting for Twitter asks: what was the point of having this episode?
• Ology thinks that IaMmE won the battle, but ICONic Boyz may have won the war
• CMR explains why they refuse to predict who will win ABDC and gives both crews points in the battle

Video: ICONic Boyz and IaMmE teach MTV's Jim Cantiello how to dougie

It appears that Sunday's ABDC finale will be intercut with red carpet for MTV's Movie Awards. To celebrate the merger of these two unusual but watchable entertainment forms, MTV has video of the ABDC final two ICONic Boyz and IaMmE teaching interviewer Jim Cantiello how to Dougie.  Nice to see Cantiello covering ABDC again -- his MTV Detox segments during ABDC Season 3 were recap masterpieces!

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More notes on ABDC: finale votes, ICONic Boyz & IaMmE news, ABDC7(?)

Freeze wrote a comprehensive review of his impressions of the taping (click here to read). I want to share facts I picked up at the finale and in conversations with crews and other ABDC people:
--Over 50 million votes were cast this week, and that's before the final night of voting (between the taping on Thursday night and the polls closing on Friday morning)

--Though the final two crews are exhausted, there's no rest for either one:.

• ICONic Boyz fly back to New Jersey on Friday morning, rehearse for an ICONIC show on Saturday, perform on Sunday, and will watch the finale at the ICONIC dance studio along with the rest of the ICONIC dancers.
• On Friday, IaMmE will tape a new LXD episode. They are performing as a crew on that show, though I didn't find out anything about the characters they will play

--IaMmE members are indeed relocating to Los Angeles

--No news yet on America's Best Dance Crew Season 7. Given the great ratings and heavy voting, many of the people involved in the show's creation are feeling very hopeful that there will be a new season and there's already some thought (but no definite plans) about how it might differ from earlier seasons

Freeze's review of the ABDC6 Finale taping

Here's Freeze's review from the taping of America's Best Dance Crew Season 6's Finale:

So here's how the night went, IaMmE and IconicBoyz did an opening performance, Poreotics, Quest Crew, We are aheroes, Super Cr3w, and Jabbawockeez performed in that order. Followed by a performance from ICONic Boyz then IaMmE, then the two crews did the elimination. Because the voting ends tommorow they did two takes. IaMmE was called first and the place went crazy. Then, they reset and prepped the place for ICONic Boyz to be called..when IB was called their banner got stuck while it was coming down. Click here to read the rest of the review.

Video: Hiro (We are Heroes) on So You Think You Can Dance

The cross-fertilization between America's Best Dance Crew and So You Think You Can Dance continues. Hiro from We are Heroes (ABDC Season 4 winners) is moving on to the next round on SYTYCD. BTW -- I was at the ABDC taping last night and can report that We are Heroes KILLED their performance in the ABDC finale -- it was one of their best performances ever! Thanks for the link, Mike, Taff1013 and Ian

Survey: What was your favorite performance in ABDC's Battle Challenge?

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Survey: What was your least favorite performance in ABDC's Battle Challenge?

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ABDC Battle Challenge Party Room/Critics Corner is now open -- join us!

The Party Room/Critics Corner for ABDC 6's Battle Challenge is now open! Join lots of other readers as they rave and vent on the best and worst parts of this episode, America's Best Dance Crew in general, the final 2, the fans and other stuff. IMPORTANT: If you want to write a long comment, write in in NotePad or Word and then paste it into the comments field. Otherwise, all your work may disappear if someone posts something new while you're in the middle of writing.  

After the show is over: The party has just started, so stick around and join your friends (old, new, and not-yet) to praise, bemoan, predict the winner, and free associate. Was it a fair fight? What did you think of the fan tributes? Were the long-form dances by ICONic Boyz and IaMmE improvements over what they did earlier this season?  What challenges would YOU issue to the crews? How does this season rate with other ABDC seasons? This is your party --  humor, keen observation and almost everything else (EXCEPT personal attacks/disrespect not related to the dancing itself,  spam, and obscenity-- Please read our guidelines!) are expected and welcome.

Join us NOW for Live Play-by-play of ABDC's Battle Challenge

TBone, Del and and Michael Calvin will be co-hosts of this live play-by-play of America's Best Dance Crew Battle Challenge. Feel free to follow along (particularly if you cannot watch it until later). Please be aware that your comments might not be posted immediately (or at all) as we have to moderate them, watch the show, and type at the same time.If you want to leave longer comments and be sure they're used, go to the Party Room (the post above this one).

Let us know if you attend tonight's taping of the ABDC finale!

America's Best Dance Crew Season 6 (aka the Superstar Season)'s Finale will be taped tonight for airing on June 5. It will feature performances by the champions of ABDC Seasons 1-5: JabbaWockeeZ, Super Cr3w, Quest Crew, We are Heroes, and Poreotics as well as ICONic Boyz and IaMmE.    If you attend the taping, leave a comment and let us know what it was like -- the dancing, the past champions,  the judges, the crews, the costumes, and anything else you found interesting. I am planning to be there, but I want your feedback and impressions too!

Since there will be no spoilers at this session, feel free to talk about anything you saw! 

Video: Kaba Modern Legacy members freestyle in Singapore

Viet Nam The World Tour is presents its newest dance video: Kaba Modern Legacy Freestyles in Singapore > Fly.  You really should to watch this one.

Join us tonight for live play-by-play, Party Room, surveys and more!

It's the last Thursday show for America's Best Dance Crew's Season of the Superstars. This is the next-to-last episode, since the Finale will air on Sunday June 5. Watch America's Best Dance Crew Battle Challenge with us tonight! The Party Room/Critics Corner opens at 9:45 ET and stays open as long as you want, so that everyone can comment on anything remotely related to ABDC. What did you think about the battle? Did you like the fan packages? Did ICONic Boyz and IaMmE show everyone why they are the top 2?

At 10pm ET, Del and TBone will be doing live play-by-play, so feel free to tune in, watch and comment along with them or get a sneak preview of the action (for those of you from the West Coast/Puerto Rico/New Zealand or other ABDC-deprived zones). Tomorrow morning, please vote in our polls on the best and worst performances. Plus we hope to have recaps and other content. That night, I'll be at the taping of the Finale (yay!) and will report back. Join us!

SYTYCD videos and ABDC connections: Samara Cohen, Virgil Gadson

sIt looks like So You Think You Can Dance is going to be the summer series to watch for fans of America's Best Dance Crew. Virgil Gadson of Phresh Select made it to the Las Vegas round on the show -- click here to watch his performance. We think this is the first time that an ABDC alum went on to the second round on SYTYCD, though we know it's gone the other way with SYTYCD alums later appearing on ABDC (e.g., D-trix and Hok of Quest, Brandon of Dynamic Edition, PacMan of IaMmE, Donyelle of Artistry in Motion). And, here's the audition appearance from wacker Samara Cohen. Thanks for the tips, MichaelC.,Altern, and DirtfaceX!

Please help Freeze win tickets to the ABDC finale!

Freeze has given us non-spoiler coverage of the ABDC tapings all Season 6. Now it's our turn to help him. The demand for tickets to America's Best Dance Crew's finale has been ridiculous, and he got closed out. But he's trying to win some tickets, and you can help: 

• go to http://www.facebook.com/1iota, 
• like the 1iota page
• like this post by Luis Verde 

This two-minute exercise can result in more awesome reporting about the tapings. So, do your part and help Freeze! Thanks!

Survey results for ABDC's Kanye West Challenge favorite and least favorite performances

There were thousands of votes cast in our surveys about readers' favorite and least favorite performances in ABDC's Kanye West/Last Chance Challenge episode. As usual, there appear to be some polarized opinions:

• Favorite performance. Out of 3086 votes, the favorite performance was IaMmE's Last Chance Challenge (43%), followed by ICONic Boyz' Kanye West routine (20%) and ICONic Boyz Last Chance Challenge (19%). Click here for the full results
• Least favorite performance: Out of 2254 votes, the least favorite performance was ICONic Boyz' Last Chance Challenge 44%), followed by IaMmE's Last Chance Challenge (18%), and ICONic Boyz' Kanye West Challenge ( 16%). Click here for the full results.

Ken-ya Dance 2011 Videos: Beat Freaks, Fanny Pak, Quest Crew

 Pacific Rim covered the action at Ken-Ya Dance on May 21. Among the crews they covered: America's Best Dance Crew alumni  Quest Crew, Fanny Pak,  and Beat Freaks:

Ninjaboi's review of ABDC's Last Chance Challenge Challenge

So moving on, we come to the Last Chance Challenge (for some reason they’re calling it Last Stand. Whatever).  Before I describe each performance, let me talk about what I consider the crucial elements of a good Last Chance Challenge.Aside from the Crews Showcase week the first episode of season (except this one), this is the only chance a crew has to perform who THEY are totally without any sort of limitation in terms of music, challenge, whatever.  Crews that stay consistent with who they’ve been will usually be pretty good. It’s a closer on your story of ABDC, so it better wrap up your story pretty well.

It’s also the vote-getter.  This is what show’s up on the website, so it better be a damn good impression.  The idea of “holding nothing back” applies.  Unless you are a crew whose repertoire could fill an entire season of ABDC by itself, there should not be a single thing that will impress America that you hold back. Click here for the full review.

Video: Team iLuminate on America's Got Talent

The group iLuminate was the highlight at the Atlanta auditions on the new season of America's Got Talent. One of the group's choreographers is Lindsey B. from Beat Freaks. Thanks for the link, Koopa and JJVirus.

Something different: B-boys and "The Mute Button"

This is a little off-topic, but worth sharing: Improv Everywhere's latest stunt involved 23 actors (including some b-boys) and 2 dogs who infiltrated a public space in Brooklyn and went on "mute" at coordinated intervals. The boombox used for the b-boys was one of the prime signals for sound transitions. This is the same group that staged the Frozen Grand Central stunt (in which I participated) and is effective and funny in much the same way.

Last chance to enter our ABDC Top 4 Contest

The end is here for our ABDC Top 4 contest. If you want to change your vote, here's your last chance. The prize goes to the first person to submit the correct answer, based on which week they submit it. If more than one person gets it right that week, we'll employ a tie-breaker rule.  Click here for contest rules and prizes. All of the combinations have been chosen, so no entry this week can win. Nonetheless, you might want to enter just for bragging rights and to support your crew.
 
IMPORTANT: If you submitted an entry in the last 2 weeks naming the top 2 as ICONic and IaMmE (in that order) -- BE SURE TO ALSO include a guess on how many votes MTV will receive in this final choice. That is the tie-breaker question for determining the winner. This is especially important for Alyssa, Sylvia Catherine, and ICONiacz. If I don't receive a tie-breaker estimate, that person can't win.  However, if IaMmE wins, then Alan automatically gets the prize, since he had the IaMmE/ ICONic Boyz/ Phunk Phenomenon/ Street Kingdom combination earlier than anyone else.   Deadline for this round: midnight on Saturday June 4. Good luck!

Ninjaboi's review of ABDC's Kanye West Challenge - Part I of 2

Apologies, denizens of the internet.  The real world has been calling so I couldn’t get this up in a timely manner. Thankfully we have another week of ABDC left on us, so I have time to get this out still.  Also due to time constraints, on my ability to work on this, I’ll post the Kanye West performances today, and post the Last Chance Challenge review tomorrow, because I really want to go in depth into what makes a good LCC.  That and it gives me another day to run some statistical analysis on the entire season, which I’ll post tomorrow as well.  Just a preview though: it’ll include stuff like “if such and such crew had stayed on and performed constantly, where would they have ranked talent wise?” Click here to read the full review.

Video: Bboy Machine on So You Think You Can Dance

So You Think You Can Dance is back for Season 8. On the first show, Bboy Machine showed his skills and got a ticket to Las Vegas for the next rounds. Thanks for the tip, Ninjaboi!

Video: JabbaWockeeZ dance on The Bachelorette

JabbaWockeeZ (America's Best Dance Crew Season 1 champions) figured prominently in the plot of The Bachelorette Episode 2. In this long clip, the crew dances onstage in rehearsal, give some advice to the bachelors forming dance crews to win Ashley's heart, pick a winning bachelor crew to perform with them one night in MUS.I.C., and perform some more toward. the end. Thanks for the tip, TheTrend!

Video: the making of Lil Mama's latest song "On & On & On"

ABDC judge Lil Mama has released a new song:- "On & On & On." The lyrics are ...interesting. Click here to listen to the track on Youtube.  Here's her video on the making of the recording.

Exclusive Interview: D-trix "ABDC is also "America's Favorite Dance Crew"

ABDC judge D-trix talked to Glenda Morales (Fanny Pak) and Chris Tronden before the taping of ABDC's Kanye West Challenge. D-trix talks about how he met Glenda at auditions for So You Think You Can Dance, his ballet moves at World of Dance San Diego, how he feels about the Top 3 on Season 6, and advice he'd give to the Top 2 crews going forward. Thanks to MOVeMEDIA!

Videos: World of Dance NY winners: Rockwell Family, Wanted Ashiqz, EPIC Motion

Twenty-seven crews competed at the 2011 World of Dance New York. Here are the winners:
First place: Rockwell Family from Montreal. Click here to watch the performances by 2nd place winner Wanted Ashiqz and 3rd place winner EPIC Motion. Congratulations to all!

Zekeish's Review of ABDC's Kanye West/Last Chance Challenges

Hello again BBDC. Apologies for not having a review last week, personal issues. To sum things up, a certain crew didn’t do well, two of them did well, and one did okay. Now to this week, WHAT AN AMAZING WEEK. Two crews really brought the fire this week and blew up the stage in ways never before seen. This was, bar none, the best bottom 2 battle in the history of America's Best Dance Crew. This topped the likes of Jabba vs Kaba, Fanny vs Super Crew and so on. One crew (that greatly deserved to be in the finale) ended up leaving. For starters, the group performance this week was impressive, except for one small (literally) issue, but other than that it was great. "All of the Lights" was a fantastic song to dance to and an easy song to incorporate your own vibe to. I wish that more of Kanye’s more recent songs were used (*cough* Monster/ Runaway/ So Appalled *cough*). But, Time fo…. HEY YO NINJA, I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU, IMMA LET YOU FINISH, BUT ZEKE-ISH HAD ONE OF THE BEST REVIEWS OF ALL TIME, ALL TIME… *ahem* time for my review. Click here to read the full review.

FootWorKINGz and footwork in the news: NPR audio, TV video

-- National Public Radio recently aired a feature on the footwork dance movement. If even NPR is noticing this, it must be catching on! Click here to listen. Thanks for the tip, Ekpen!

-- FootworKINGz appeared on local station WCIU for an interview, a lesson in how to footwork, and performance by the full crew.

Note to commenters -- the rudeness here must stop now.

A reminder to everyone here: Read the guidelines on leaving comments on this site. NOW.

The rudeness is increasing from  both IaMmE fans and ICONic Boyz fans and should stop immediately. No ad hominem attacks, no personal insults and obscenity about the crews and commenters is ever appropriate. AND the ICONic Boyz fans have been particularly rude to me in comments and email, what with spam attacks on some posts, personal attacks (I am not a slut or a whore!), and even some threats to my safety. JUST KNOCK IT OFF.  There is a zero-tolerance policy to these types of practices -- the commenter is banned for life.

ICONic Boyz fans: why you need to chillax about ABDC voting fraud rumors!

We've gotten a flood of comments, emails, and texts about rumors that there is fraudulent voting practices occurring in support of IaMmE. There are multiple rumors, but all involve use of computers to flood the voting or change votes. Please calm down and don't worry about it! It is NOT a problem!

First of all, these rumors arose from comments here and elsewhere on the internet and are JOKES. The jokes were written in response to bragging by ICONic Boyz' fans about casting thousands of votes apiece. The rumors/jokes aren't true. I know a fair amount about computerized voting, and the egregious rumors about vote-changing are impossible. Also, think about it: if someone wanted to commit this type of fraud, the last thing they'd do is to publicize it and bring it to the attention of MTV and ICONic Boyz fans!

Further, MTV understands the risk of fraud and has systems in place to pick up on automated voting and to negate the voting. Here's the scoop from the MTV website: "Use of any device to automate a vote is prohibited, including but not limited to software-generated, robotic, programmed, script, macro or other automated votes. MTVN reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual (and remove any votes from that individual) it suspects or finds: (i) to have used a software-generated, robotic, programmed, script, macro or other automated online or text message entry; (ii) to have tampered with the voting process; (iii) to be acting in violation of these Voting Rules; or (iv) to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. MTVN reserves the right to remove votes at its sole discretion."

Enter our last round of the ABDC Elimination Challenge now!

The Elimination Challenge: Which crews will be in the bottom 2 each week and which one will be eliminated? Enter each week; the person with the highest cumulative score for Season 6 wins an ABDC crew shirt of their choice and size (up to $35 value). 

**IMPORTANT**: Create a user name you will use every week for the entire contest, and make it memorable (not just a common first name or word). I can't track email addresses, and if it's difficult for me to track votes, they won't be counted.

The contest is close, but right now Zekeish is ahead by one point. He can still be unseated though, so get those last guesses in now! This week only: leave a comment with the name of the winning crew; it will be worth 3 points. Also include a guess on how many votes were cast at MTV for the final choice between IaMmE and ICONic Boyz. This is the tie-breaker question.  Deadline: Midnight on June 1, 2011. Good luck!

World of Dance NY first report: Mos Wanted Crew video, congratulations Rockwell Family!

World of Dance New York 2011 was overwhelming, and I need some time to process all of it  - my impressions, and lots of videos. In the meantime, I know many of you wanted to see the Mos Wanted Crew performance!

Congratulations to the competition winners: 1st place: Rockwell Family; 2nd place: Wanted Ashiqz, and 3rd place: Epic Motion. I have video of all of these performances (and many more) and will share them over the next day or so. In the meantime -- if you were there, tell us what you thought. What were your favorite dances? Did you participate or watch any of the battles? Did you go to the meet and greet (special surprise guest - Phunk Phenomenon!). If you're going to today's Mos Wanted Workshops, please share your impressions and any visuals!

Freeze's report on the ABDC Battle Challenge

Freeze attended the May 28 taping of America's Best Dance Crew's penultimate episode -- the Battle Challenge. Click here to read the full report including the individual crew challenge, the battle, the scene in the stands (ICONic Boyz fans vs. IaMmE fans!), Lil Mama's outfit, and much more. 

And, BloggingBestDanceCrew.com readers will be represented on that episode. Both Yoo and JabbaJake have material used in the video packages. Well done!

Byeynyn's review of ABDC6's Kanye West Challenge

Last week, four crews got crazy to Nicki Minaj, and Street Kingdom was finally dethroned after its third trip in the bottom. Three crews are left- IaMmE, ICONic Boyz, and Phunk Phenomenon, all names that make my computer’s spell check cry in pain. The crews will be tasked with performing three different dance styles to the same three songs. Those songs belong to this week’s special artist, Kanye West. That’s right, West is being featured on a season where the winner reps either the South or the East. Three crews! Six dances! Twenty dancers! Who will be the American Idol… of Dance Crews? Click here to read the full review.

Let us know if you attend today's ABDC taping!

America's Best Dance Crew Season 6 (aka the Superstar Season) will be taped tonight with fan tributes to the ABDC6 crews, plus a battle between ICONic Boyz and IaMmE.  If you attend the taping, leave a comment and let us know what it was like -- the battle, the judges, the tribute, the crews, the costumes, and anything else you found interesting.


Since there will be no spoilers at this session, feel free to talk about anything you saw! 

Instant Mailbox: News from Instant Noodles & win an IN Tshirt!

Instant Noodles may have been eliminated from this season of ABDC, but that doesn't mean they've been Noodling around.
- Video:The weekend after they were eliminated, they entered a jam (Claim to Fame) and beat renowned bboy crew Squishy Docious.  Congrats!   
-Contest! Want some Instant Gear?  You could head over to Threaderstyle for their shirts.  Or you can head over to their facebook page for an Instant Contest!  Contest will last one week (until June 2nd at midnight).  Post a picture on their Facebook page of the best "INSTANT ____________" you can find.  The top three selections (as judged by Instant Noodles) will get a free Instant Noodles T-shirt mailed to you.  Enter Instantly!
- Upcoming event! Instant Noodles will be having their first post-ABDC show on Sunday, June 5th, 5pm, at Dancecapade Performing Arts Center's annual Showcase. Tickets are $15 presale, $18 at the door.  There will be shirts ($20) and a Meet-n-Greet. See the facebook event page for details.  

ABDC Recaps a-rama

- Too Interesting for Twitter goes ballistic and implores people to vote for IaMmE

- Ology rates Phunk Phenomenon's Kanye West Challenge as the best of the night and asks if Lil Mama is trying to become the black Lady Gaga

- Reality Wanted gives just the facts, in case you forgot or don't feel like watching
-We'll Fix it In's recap from Nicki Minaj week: better late than not!

Exclusive interview: Lil Mama on ICONic Boyz; "I'm running with you!"

 Lil Mama talked to Glenda Morales (Fanny Pak) and Chris Trondsen before the taping of ABDC's Kanye West Challenge. Lil Mama talks about the inspiration behind her wardrobe choices this season,  ICONic Boyz's place among the older dancers,  and what she thinks about IaMmE, ICONic Boyz and Phunk Phenomenon. Thanks to MOVeMEDIA Productions!

Video: 787's Crew on-stage and off-stage at ABDC

787 Crew created a moving video of their time on America's Best Dance Crew using a combination of stills and videos. From gopdance Youtube Channel.  Thanks for the tip, 787 Crew Fan!

Happy Birthday Nancy!

This video is dedicated to the extremely devoted owner of Blogging Best Dance Crew, which is growing more and more popular each day.  None of this could have been achieved without her constant hardwork, and for this, we're extremely grateful.  Thank you Nancy, for giving us a place to come together and show our appreciation of dance.
Sincerely,
The BBDC Community

Happy Birthday Nancy!

World of Dance NY May 28 and Most Wanted Crew workshops May 29 - let us know if you're attending!

World of Dance New York is all set for Saturday May 28, and the lineup is remarkable: Mos Wanted Crew, Static Noyze, Future Funk, Rhythm City, Bryan East (Boogie Bots), StrykeForce,  Nia Dance Troupe, The Rockwell Family, 8 Count, Thee Slap Bracelets, Part Time Models and many more.  Click here for all the details and to buy tickets.It sounds like many of our readers are planning to attend. Leave a comment if you're going -- I hope to be there too!

On May 29, Mos Wanted Crew members will be teaching workshop sessions at Step by Step Studio at 24 New Bridge Road in Bergenfield, NJ. Click on the poster for the details.  If you go, let us know all about it!

Exclusive contest: Win "Michael Jackson: the Experience" game for Xbox 360 Kinect!

We are huge fans of the new Michael Jackson The Experience Game for XBox 360 Kinect, and have a copy to give away to one reader. This is the only dance video game featuring Michael Jackson's music and is choreographed by Steve Bolton, the choreographer for Blueprint Crew (ABDC5 runners-up). The Xbox 360 version of Michael Jackson The Experience  uses the Kinect’s built-in camera to capture the player and put them into the game on-screen dancing on a variety of interactive stages inspired by Michael’s music videos and stage performances. The multiplayer party mode allows up to four players to join-in as individually or in teams of two. This video shows some behind the scenes with the game creators (including Bolton) and some game scenes. Click here for the game's official Facebook page which contains tons of information, links, and fan feedback, and click here for the game's official website.

HOW TO WIN: leave a comment here telling us your favorite Michael Jackson song and which ABDC crew or dancer (from any season) you'd most like to see dancing it. I'll pick one commenter at random and award them the game. IMPORTANT: use a memorable and unique commenter name so that I can identify you as the winner! Deadline: midnight June 6, 2011. Good luck!

Video: IaMmE discuss their Last Chance Challenge, answer many reader questions, and ask you to VOTE!

IaMmE talked to Glenda Morales (Fanny Pak) and Chris Trondsen after the taping of ABDC's Kanye West/Last Chance Challenges. They talk about how they felt about their Last Chance Challenge performance and the ability to showcase each member, how Chachi juggles dancing and school (she HAS to get straight As!), how they'd like to tour, what they'd do with the prize money, how they're moving to LA, who they'd love to choreograph for, and why they really want people to vote for them! Thanks again to MOVeMEDIA!

Video: ICONic Boyz give shoutouts; answer reader questions about goals, pets, bullies, touring, and more

ICONic Boyz talked to Glenda Morales (Fanny Pak) and Chris Trondsen after the taping of ABDC's Kanye West/Last Chance Challenges. They talk about how amazing it is to be in the Top 2 and how they have achieved their goal of inspiring kids around the world, what they miss most from home, how they're going to treat the kids who bullied them, which were their favorite ABDC performances,  if they are planning to tour, and their biggest fears. And, they choose a few  fan names to give shoutouts. Thanks again to MOVeMEDIA!
UPDATE: The comments field for this post has been removed because of spamming attacks by some ICONic Boyz fans, and those fans are banned from all future comments on this site.

Dance's Review of ABDC's Kanye West/Last Chance Challenges

Hey everyone!! Phunk Phenomenon and IaMmE definitely performed their hearts out on the ABDC stage! It was an epic battle! Phunk will always be remembered for this performance! I wish they could have been in the final 2 along with IaMmE.  Phunk out-danced IaMmE in the first battle, but in the Last Chance Challenge IaMmE blew my mind with a genius performance!   Click here to read the full review.

Send some love to Phunk Phenomenon!

From Ninjaboi: No doubt about it. Phunk Phenomenon has some of the best new style choreography from any crew on the show.  They have mad energy and passion for what they do.  They are also one of the most versatile crews ever to be on the show.  While most good crews have one, two, maybe three styles that all their members excel at, all of Phunk's members are EXCELLENT at many different foundational styles: Bboy, Locking, Popping, Housing, New Style Choreo, Stepping - I wouldn’t be surprised if they also knew some krump, contemporary, ballroom, or whatever. The list goes on.  

Not only are they awesome dancers, they’re also great individuals.  Not only are they friendly people who appreciate their fans, but they’re also doing something good with their dancing to fight San Filippo syndrome with Hip Hop for Hope.  There is no doubt in my mind that they could hold their own against any champion on the show, that they are one of the dominant forces on the East Coast dance scene, and no doubt whatsoever that they are the best East Coast crew ever to be on the show, bar none.

Please leave a comment if you want to leave a positive message for Phunk Phenomenon. If you have anything else to say about them or anything else having to do with ABDC, please take it to the Party Room/Critics Corner. All non-relevant comments here will be deleted.

Survey: What was your favorite performance during ABDC's Kanye West/Last Chance Challenge?

poll by twiigs.com

Survey: What's your least favorite performance in ABDC's Kanye West/Last Chance Challenge?

poll by twiigs.com

VOTE NOW and pick America's Best Dance Crew!

The online voting is now open from now until June 3 at 6 am ET (after the 'Battle" episode that airs on June 2), so you have over a week to vote this time. If you care who gets named America's Best Dance Crew, you better vote in this one! Click here to vote. Performance videos will probably be online after 11:00pm West Coast time, to aid in your choices. If you want to phone or text instead, the numbers are: Phone: 1-877-96-CREW + (number): OR Text: 22444 then (number):
* +1 ICONic Boyz
* +2 IaMmE

ABDC Kanye West Challenge Party Room/Critics Corner now open -- join us!

The Party Room/Critics Corner for ABDC 6's Kanye West and Last Chance Challenge is now open! Join lots of other readers as they rave and vent on the best and worst parts of this episode, America's Best Dance Crew in general, the crews of Season 6, and other things predictable and surprising. IMPORTANT: If you want to write a long comment, write in in NotePad or Word and then paste it into the comments field. Otherwise, all your work may disappear if someone posts something new while you're in the middle of writing.    

After the show is over: The party has just started, so stick around and join many others to praise, critique, forecast, and bop. Who do you WISH was in the Final 3? Who will win? How does this season rate with other ABDC seasons? Are you excited for the finale and the fan episode? This is your party --  humor, keen observation and almost everything else (except personal attacks/disrespect not related to the dancing itself,  spam, and obscenity-- Please read our guidelines!) are expected and welcome.

Join us NOW for live Play-by-Play for ABDC's Kanye West/Last Chance Challenges

TBone and Nancy will be co-hosts of this live play-by-play of America's Best Dance Crew Kanye West and Last Chance Challenges. Feel free to follow along (particularly if you cannot watch it until later). Please be aware that your comments might not be posted immediately (or at all) as we have to moderate them, watch the show, and type at the same time.If you want to leave longer comments and be sure they're used, go to the Party Room (the post above this one).

Last Minute TiVo alert: Street Kingdom on Extra! Tonight at 7pm

This is probably too late notice for East Coast people, but Street Kingdom will be a guest on Extra! tonight. Check your local listings. Thanks for the tip, Dance! UPDATE: The ABDC crew appears in the last 2 minutes of the show. They tell Mario Lopez about their favorite episode and show a little dancing as the credits roll.

Video: Poreotics demonstrate the 3 moves in the Kanye West Challenge

MTV.com posted an extended video showing Poreotics (ABDC5 winners) demonstrating the three moves that IaMmE, ICONic Boyz, and Phunk Phenomenon must incorporate during their Kanye West Challenge routine. Thanks for the link, DirtfaceX!

Tags: America's Best Dance Crew (Season 6), MTV Shows

ICONic Boyz Video #2: answering more reader questions about school, inspirations, and shoes

ICONic Boyz talked to Glenda Morales (Fanny Pak) and Chris Trondsen before the taping of ABDC's Kanye West Challenge. They talk about making history by getting so far as the youngest crew and from the East Coast. They also say which grades they are in and who they look up to, and their favorite shoes.. Thanks to MOVeMEDIA for this ABDC season!

Video: Phunk Phenomenon talks about returning to their Funk routes

Phunk Phenomenon talked to Pacific Rim before the taping of ABDC's Kanye West Challenge. They talk about the thrill of making it to the top 3, support from back home in Boston, their favorite Kanye West songs, and how they plan to bring out the funk for this week's challenges. Note to readers: Unfortunately, our BloggingBestDanceCrew press team did not get to interview Phunk Phenomenon this week, since there was very limited time backstage with the crews this week. As always, Pacific Rim does a great job covering America's Best Dance Crew; check out their video with IaMmE.

Video: DanceOn's promo for ABDC's Week 2 Kanye West Challenge

DanceOn's latest promo for ABDC features interviews with IaMmE, ICONic Boyz and Lil Mama (with a very brief shoutout by Phunk Phenomenon). The themes this week: describing how they prepared for the Kanye West Challenge and dealing with nervousness. Lil Mama talks about why she thinks ICONic Boyz are inspirational to other young people.

Join us tonight for ABDC live play-by-play, Party Room, Surveys and more!

The end is getting nearer... Watch America's Best Dance Crew Kanye West and Last Chance Challenge with us tonight! The Party Room/Critics Corner opens at 9:45 ET and stays open as long as you want, so that everyone can comment on anything remotely related to ABDC. Did this year's Last Chance Challenge live up to some of the best in other seasons? What do you think of the Final 2?
 
At 10pm ET, I will be doing live play-by-play while watching the show along with  Del and TBone, so feel free to tune in. Later that night, please vote in our polls on the best and worst performances. Tomorrow we hope to have reviews and more backstage videos. And, we'll have the last round of the Elimination Challenge and Top 4 contests, so get in it to win it. Join us!

What questions do you want us to ask the ABDC champions of Seasons 1-5?

At the ABDC Finale next week, Chris Trondsen will be interviewing some or all of the 5 previous champions of America's Best Dance Crew: JabbaWockeeZ, Super Cr3w, Quest Crew, We are Heroes, and Poreotics.  We'd like your input on what to ask them. Give us some interesting and fresh questions that will interest/amuse/intrigue the crews and the audience alike!

Leave a comment on some questions you'd like to have answered  by these ABDC crews, either in general or for specific crews/people.  If we use your question, we'll give you credit, of course! 

IaMmE answer reader questions: favorite superstars, favorite challenges

IaMmE spoke to Glenda Morales (Fanny Pak) and Chris Trondsen before the taping of ABDC's Kanye West and Last Chance challenges. The crew tells which members are single, which other superstars they'd like to dance to, and which have been their favorite challenges this season. Thanks to MOVeMEDIA Productions.

Video: ICONic Boyz Answer many more fan questions

ICONic Boyz spoke to Glenda Morales (Fanny Pak) and Chris Trondsen before the taping of ABDC's Kanye West Challenge. They talk about their favorite songs, how they'd like to dance to Chris Brown and Eminem music as well, how GEO chose the 7 ICONic Boyz to compete on ABDC, their goals when they grow up, the fact that they didn't know each other before they started dancing, and what other talents they have. Thanks to MOVeMEDIA for the production and camerawork!

Survey results for ABDC's Nicki Minaj Challenge favorite and least favorite performances

Last week on America's Best Dance Crew, Mario Lopez announced that over 3 million votes were cast on the MTV voting lines. I would guess that, given the  continued heated voting on our own unscientific polls, the official voting at MTV during Nicki Minaj Week could have set a record for a non-finale week.  Here are our results for the favorite and least favorite performances during the ABDC Nicki Minaj Challenge:

• Favorite performance: 3133 votes were cast. ICONIC Boyz received 50% of the votes, followed by IaMmE (34%). Click here for the full results
• Least favorite performance: 2230 votes were cast.  ICONic Boyz was voted the least favorite (38%) followed by Street Kingdom (33%). Click here for the full results.

Video: Fanny Pak's Glenda Morales dances in Glee Finale!

Glenda Morales (Fanny Pak) is front and center in the Glee Finale aired Mary 24 2011. You'll also see her this week as our guest interviewer backstage at the ABDC Kanye West Challenge!

JayCee's non-spoiler report on the taping of ABDC's Kanye West and Last Chance Challenge

JayCee attended the taping of America's Best Dance Crew's Kanye West and Last Chance Challenges and reported back on the event.  Click here to read his report (edited to keep out any spoiler-ish hints). 

He also reports that Mario announced that this Saturday's taping is the crew appreciation episode that will show backstage footage and fan messages as well as a guest appearance by Swizz Beatz. The finale will be taped on June 2 and all 5 champions from past ABDC seasons will perform. That episode will air Sunday Jun 5 at 730 pm ET/PT 

Playlist and challenges for ABDC6's Kanye West Challenge

Based on reports from the taping of ABDC's Kanye West Challenge, the final three crews danced together to "All of the Lights". For the individual performances before the Last Chance Challenge, they all had the same songs and challenges to perform:

• SONGS: "Love Lock Down"; "Touch the Sky (On Top of the World)", "Gold Digger"
• CHALLENGES: to perform the Dougie, the Boogaloo, and isolations

Let us know if you attend today's tapings -- but NO SPOILERS!

America's Best Dance Crew Season 6 (aka the Superstar Season) will be taped tonight, with the 3 remaining crews dancing to Kanye West hit songs. If you attend the taping, leave a comment and let us know what it was like -- the dances, the judges, the songs, the crowd, the crews, the costumes, celebrities in the audience, oddities and funny moments, etc.
 
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT -- NO SPOILERS. DO NOT TELL THE RESULTS FROM THE SHOW, INCLUDING WHICH CREWS WERE IN THE BOTTOM OR ELIMINATED! 

Video: Randy Jackson talks with Chelsea Lately about "America's Next Best Dance Crew"

Randy Jackson appeared on Chelsea Lately on May 23, 2011. Most of the clip consists of Randy poking fun at Ryan Seacrest and the American Idol judges. At 2:50, he talks about ABDC (or as Chelsea calls it -- "America's Next Best Dance Crew") including the season's high ratings and  ICONic Boyz. Thanks for the tip, LaneT!

Video Mailbox: Jungle Boogie interview/dancing & flashmob, Swagger Crew 'the life' & concept dance

Southern Mailbox today:
-- ATL Dance Source presents an in-depth interview with Jungle Boogie. They talk about a lot of topics, including how ABDC prepared them and gave them a stepping stone to their later success. Also click here to watch the crew in a recent flashmob to celebrate the 125th birthday of Coca-Cola!
-- Swagger Crew also has some new videos. Click here for an amusing video showing "an upclose and personal view inter their lives as performers" including dancing toward the end. And, here's a concept video danced to Jeremih's "Waiter". Thanks, Ninjaboi!

ABDC6's schedule for the rest of the season - UPDATED

Here's the schedule for America's Best Dance Crew's final three episodes according to TV Guide, MTV ads, and 1iota.com

• May 26: Kanye West Challenge. As done in prior seasons, one of the remaining three crews will be eliminated in the middle of the episode and the final two crews make one last plea for votes. This episode tapes on May 24.
• June 2:  The final two crews face off and there is a look back at their achievements over the season. This tapes on May 28.
• June 5: The finale airs just before the MTV Movie Awards. UPDATE: the show will be taped on June 2 and will feature performances from the Champions of ABDC Seasons 1-5

ReQuest's latest dance video: ReBuilt and dancing to "Go Girl"

ReQuest just released a new dance video to "Go Girl". The New Zealand Hip Hop Champions/ABDC6 competitors continue to push the polyswagga and their art, and I can't wait to see what they bring next. Thanks for the tip, taff1013 and others!

Ninjaboi's review of ABDC's Nicki Minaj Challenge

Note: Unfortunately, Ninjaboi has been MIA from his blogging duties, for reasons unknown and undisclosed, but assumed to be life-threatening and perilous (ie, real life obligations).  However, we were able to find some of his notes taken from his files regarding the Nicki Minaj episode of ABDC, which we have transcribed for your reading ability.  Apologies for this incomplete analysis of the episode.  Click here to read the full review  -- some of the ratings and explanations may surprise you.

Facebook Petition -- ABDC fans want an Allstar Season 7

Some fans of America's Best Dance Crew created a Facebook petition to ask the producers to make ABDC7 the season of all-stars, where some of the best crews from prior seasons return and battle it out: 

"We are coming to the end of the 6th Season of ABDC and it has been a blast. After roamin the web and blogging sites I have noticed a lot of fans are wanting to see past ABDC crews battle it out on the dance floor...So this is where YOU come in. I decided to create a petition page to cause as much hype, excitement and support as possible to hopefully convince the big guys at MTV to give the fans what they want. All I need is your help :) So what do you think??? Could you imagine seeing Jabbawockeez vs IaMmE, Beat Freaks vs ReQuest, or Poreotics vs Quest Crew. The battles would be EPIC."

Click here to see and sign the petition. Your vote could count!

Video: Can and Jet Li (Poreotics) on touring with Justin Bieber and impressions of ABDC6 crews

Can and Jet Li  of Poreotics spoke to Bryan East (Boogie Bots) and Chris Trondsen before the taping of ABDC's Nicki Minaj Challenge. They talk about Poreotics touring with Justin Bieber in the Philippines (and manage to get the name of every Bieber song in the interview),  how sad they are about the crews that have been eliminated in this season of ABDC, and which crews they are glad that they didn't compete against. Thanks to MOVeMEDIA Productions.

Mailbox videos: We are Heroes Interview/performance; Eclectic Gentlemen workshop; DavidSeanJason's project

-- Innervision Filmworks interviews and shows We are Heroes (ABDC4 champions) warming up and performing. They talk about their pride in winning America's Best Dance Crew, their styles, dance inspirations, how they've changed since Season 5 and  their current projects.  Click here to watch. Thanks for the tip,Mike!

-- Two members of Eclectic Gentlemen taught workshop sessions, in some of their first appearances after leaving ABDC6. Click here to watch

--Reader/contributor David Sean Jason created a beginners dance recital for a senior project,  "mainly for the enjoyment of seeing whether or not he could do it being a person with little or no dance experience. He wanted it posted here for constructive criticism --positive or negative". So click here to watch and please leave comments!

Recaps from all over of ABDC's Nicki Minaj Challenge

• JC-Chasez.Net only liked Phunk Phenomenon this week
• Too Interesting for Twitter's favorite moment: D-trix humping the desk to illustrate how to belly dance.
• Ology thinks the group performance was the highlight of the evening.
• CMR give props to Street Kingdom for being ABDC's role model

Enter the next round of our elimination challenge now!

The Elimination Challenge: Which crews will be in the bottom 2 each week and which one will be eliminated? Enter each week; the person with the highest cumulative score for Season 6 wins an ABDC crew shirt of their choice and size (up to $35 value).To enter: Each week, we'll publish a new post for this contest. When the weekly post is up, leave a comment with the names of the bottom 2, specifying which one is eliminated. For example, in Season 3, a winning entry for Week 7 would have read: "BOTTOM 2 WEEK 7 - Quest, Fly Khicks. Eliminated: Fly Khicks." From now on, you will be awarded 1 point for each crew you name in the bottom 2 that week, and an extra point for identifying the eliminated crew, for a total of 3 possible points per week.  This week's deadline: midnight on Monday May 23, 2011.    

**IMPORTANT**: Create a user name you will use every week for the entire contest, and make it memorable (not just a common first name or word). I can't track email addresses, and if it's difficult for me to track votes, they won't be counted.

The contest here has gotten much closer in the last week. JabbaJake and Zeke-ish are tied with 10 points, but MANY others are still in winning range. So, get those new guesses in now!

Byeynyn's review of ABDC6's nicki Minaj Challenge

One week ago, the five crews were subjected to the songs of Justin Bieber, and Instant Noodles got the instant boot. Now there are four crews remaining, and they will have to perform to songs by the kooky Nicki Minaj, who personally showed up to give all the crews their task, as well as give Lil Mama competition for Most Crazypants Rapper. In addition, each of their routines will have to incorporate one of Nicki’s alter egos. Because this is Nicki Minaj Week, the crews basically have free reign to act as crazy as they can be. Will any of the crews take the bait like Fanny Pak did during Missy Elliot Week in Season 2? Click here to read the full review.

Mailbox: ABDC scores highest Season6 ratings yet; Beat Freaks show "Go For It" moves

-- MTV announced that the ABDC Nicki Minaj Challenge episode on May 19, 2011 posted a season high 2.1 rating among People 12-34. The show is Thursday’s #1 original cable series in its demographic for the seventh week in a row. ABDC is delivering 2.2 million total viewers each week, up 22% from season 5. 

-- Keeley and Teresa from Beat Freaks dance in the new movie "Go For It". In this video, they talk about their role and show some of their dance highlights in the move

JustAnABDCFan's review of ABDC's Nicki Minaj Challenge

Every week I’ll be putting a humorous spin on my evaluations by choosing a random subject to help entertain you, and acclimate (or not) my thoughts on each individual crew.   
The Superstar for this Week:  Nicki Minaj
Subject of the Week for Review: THOMAS AND FRIENDS
Yeah I bet after last week and boy bands you thought to yourself: “So what the heck is he going to do for the top four? Can he really think of something more ridiculous as the season comes to a close?”  The answer is a resounding yes. No, Nicki Minaj doesn’t remind me of Thomas the Train Engine and his friends, but come on let’s all be honest—who doesn’t like or have fond memories of anything related to Thomas the Train Engine? Raise your hands please…oh, no one? That’s what I thought so onto the review! Toot toot! Click here for the full review.

Video: Street Kingdom talk about their ABDC experience, send thanks, & share dance highlights

Street Kingdom just posted a gracious and touching video on THArealstreetkingdom Youtube channel giving thanks to the ABDC viewers -- fans and haters alike, talking about their experience on the show and how they have no regrets, and how ABDC has increased people's respect for the group and for krumping, and showing some dance highlights. They also give booking information for the crew. Thanks for the tip, Maxxann!

Video: Interview with Bebo (Phunk Phenomenon) after ABDC's Nicki MInaj Taping

Chris Trondsen met up with Phunk Phenomenon's Bebo after the taping of ABDC's Nicki Minaj Challenge. Bebo talks about the week's performance and grants Chris permission to become a member of the crew.