Jabbawockeez Perfrom at the NBA Finals

Considering that I don't watch sports, I nearly missed this video from a week ago.  It's the original champs, The Jabbawockeez, performing a fun set at Game 5 halftime of the NBA Finals.  And if you're in the Las Vegas area (like I was last week), be sure to check out the Jabbawockeez all new show - JREAMZ live at the MGM Grand.  It's voted the #1 Vegas show for all ages.  Go to JBWKZ.com for more info.  From JABBAWOCKEEZ OFFICIAL YouTube.

KINJAZ x Fresh Empire - "Fresh Moves"

The KINJAZ recently linked up with Fresh Empire in this online series encouraging fans to Keep It Fresh - live life tobacco free.  The past several weeks, viewers have been submitting and voting on videos for a chance to win a trip to Los Angeles and meet the KINJAZ themselves.  Be sure to check out FRESH MOVES to vote and to find out more.  Meantime, you can check out episodes 1-4 right now!  From TheKinjaz YouTube.
 

Video: Justin Bieber - "Sorry" | Parris Goebel & ReQuest

Superstar choreographer- Parris Goebel and her girls, ReQuest star in Justin Bieber's latest music video "Sorry" from his upcoming album, 'Purpose'.  I've watched this video at least 10 times already!  This video is so popular, Buzzfeed even did a little write up on it. Enjoy! #CrownsUp

 

Survey results: Kinjaz win in our polls for ABDC 8

According to our readers, Kinjaz was the crew that should have won season 8 of America's Best Dance Crew. Out of 845 votes cast in our poll, 66% thought that Kinjaz deserved the win over Quest Crew 920%).

In related polling news, 46% thought that Kinja's dojo routine was their favorite dance of the season, followed by 23% for Quest Crew's "Take You there" (the bench routine) and 12% for Super Cr3w's "Uptown Funk."

Video: Fr3sh reunion at wedding

Fr3sh (ABDC Season 4) reuned this weekend and performed some of their old routines. I watch this joyous video and am reminded on why my friends dance. Competitions are great but this video capture why Fr3sh were a special group that didn't get enought time on America's Best Dance Crew and that I still miss.

Reggie Gray (ABDC's Ringmasters) stars in Flexn Stage show #abdc

Reggie Gray, a member of America's Best Dance Crew Season 3's Ringmasters, is one of the featured performers in Flexn, a stage show about flex dancing that also tells the story of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. The show will be in Brisbane this month, but also may tour elsewhere. The story of show and Gray are described in this article in the Sydney Morning Herald. 

In the article, Gray talks about flexing: When you ask, what is flexing, you're kind of asking what is hip-hop?" he says. "Flexing is a whole generation, it's about the way we dance, the way we speak, the music we play."

E-Knock and Jin Lao (from ABDC's Status Quo) will compete on Amazing Race! #abdc #amazing race

We've seen America's Best Dance Crew dancers on a lot of reality shows, primarily So You Think You Can Dance and America's Got Talent. Here's a first: Ernest "E-Knock" Phillips and Jayjion "Jin Lao" Greer (members of ABDC Season 1's runner up Crew Status Quo) will be racing in the next season of the Amazing Race.  According to the official CBS site on the show (which you should read for the amazing profiles that E-Knock and Jin Lao provided), E-Knock lists his occupation as "Dance instructor, hotel maid/stock boy, homecare provider for brain trauma patients and certified personal trainer."
 
The show premieres September 25 on CBS. We'll be watching and rooting for them! Thanks for the tip, Cherie!

Video: ABDC Judge Frankie Grande talks about finale, why ABDC is important #abdc

No revelations here, but Frankie Grande -- judge on America's Best Dance Crew Season 8 -- makes a case for why Quest Crew deserved to win and why it was important that ABDC returned this season

ABDC finale recaps including concept for Champions vs Challengers season! #abdc

LA Times briefly recaps the finale, then talks to America's Best Dance Crew produces and this season's three finalists on their thoughts for a new season. I like Jane Mun (showrunner for ABDC) has a concept for a Champions vs Challengers season: "Think 'Enter the Dragon' where Bruce Lee entered different floors and had to beat out his opponents in each level to make it to the next round. Knowing the caliber of the dance crews out there now, Crews versus Champions can be a new exciting season."

Entertainment Weekly describes the positives about the dancing performed by each of the three finalist crews, notes how Jason Dundas filled at least half the hour with 'heavy silences' and says that  "it was the true returning All-Star team that claimed the title once more."

Video - watch the ABDC Semi-finals Cypher, and more about Quest! #abdc

Quest just released a video about their preparations for the America's Best Dance Crew semi-finals. Lots of fun and irreverent stuff for fans of the ABDC Season 8 winners. And eventsomething for the less-than-fans: video of the cypher that took place after the episode ended (starting at 3:08). Thanks for the link Afroboring!

Survey: What was your favorite dance on the ABDC Season 8 Finale? #abdc

Poll: Who do you think SHOULD have won America's Best Dance Crew Season 8? #abdc

Join us now for ABDC Finale Party Room and Critics Corner! #abdc

The Party Room/Critics Corner for ABDC 8's Finale is now open! Join lots of other readers, fans (or not) as they vent on what they love and what they hate. 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. 

What did you think of the result? Of the season? How would you improve it if ABDC came back for a new season?

Join us NOW for Live Play-by-play blogging of America's Best Dance Crew finale! #abdc

This is live play-by-play for tonight's America's Best Dance Crew Season 8 Finale. Follow along or keep up with the show if you can't watch it immediately. You should be able to sign in on the platform the first time you try to leave a comment. So --turn on your viewing machine and comment along with us.

Poll: What was your favorite performance during ABDC Season 8? #abdc

What do you think was the best dance for this season of America's Best Dance Crew. The poll answer choices are the 1 or 2 that dominated our weekly polls. But which was your favorite -- the best of the best?

Survey Results: Kinjaz' O.G. smashes competition for ABDC semis! #abdc

We do not know how people chose who to vote for to win America's Best Dance Crew, but in our survey, Kinjaz' routine to O.G. was the overwhelming favorite with 53% of the vote (with 513 votes cast). The next favorite was Quest's Shut Up and Dance with 18% of the vote.

The least favorite based on our unpopularity poll was Super Cr3w's Where are You Now, with 35% of the vote.

Join us tonight for ABDC Finale live play-by-play, surveys, party room ++ #abdc

Tonight is Episode 6 of America's Best Dance Crew's Road to the VMAs - the Finals! We find out who wins the $100,000 prize and performs at the VMAs. I think all six of the competing crews will return for the show. The show airs at 10pm ET/PT (check your local listings for other time zones) and will open our live-blogging post about 15 minutes before showtime. We welcome the comments, observations, and clean snark of the community. 

We'll also have a Party Room/Critics Corner post for you to comment on what you've seen, and the information for voting,as well as a few surveys. And, let us know if you feel inspired enough to write a recap in the next days. 

Ninjaboi's review of ABDC's Semi-finals: who he thinks deserves to win! #abdc

Mman what a semifinals for ABDC this season.  Some of the best performances of the Season this episode, and an ABDC first with a three person finale. Let’s not waste anymore time and jump in. 

These views represent my own personal opinion and are not meant to be gospel truth or anything - just a conversation starter for you to think about dance and these performances in a hopefully somewhat objective manner. I really respect all the crews on this show and think they do amazing work. I’m just a guy who likes to try to categorize things by numbers and compare things for the sake of comparing them. 

Who deserves to win, based on this episode or the season?  For this week my rankings (out of 20) are

1) Kinjaz Dojo - 17

2) Super Cr3w Rocking Beats - 16

3+4+5) All Three Crews First Performance - 15

6) Quest Mad Max - 14

Overall across two weeks, the totals (out of 140) are

1) Kinjaz - 17 + 15 + 14 + 16 + 14+ 15 + 15 = 106

2) Super Cr3w - 16 + 15 + 14 + 13 + 14 + 19 + 12 = 103

3) Quest Crew - 15 + 14 + 18 + 14 + 11 + 15 + 14 = 101

4) I.aM.mE - (12*) + (12*) + 13 + 14 + 12 + 12 + 12 = 87

5) Elektrolytes - (12*) + (12*) + (12*) + (12*) + 13+ 13 + 11 = 85

6) We Are Heroes - (9*) + (9*) + (9*) + (9*) + (9*) + 10 + 8 = 63

Click here to read the full review. Thanks Ninjaboi!

Video: Dance lesson for one step from tomorrow's ABDC Finale #abdc

On Mashable, Tabitha D'umo (half of Nappytabs, who are the choreographers for the group routines for America's Best Dance Crew), breaks down one of the steps that will be used on tomorrow's ABDC Finale. My guess is it's one of the easier moves!

Last week for our ABDC Top 5 contest -- and here's the tie-breaker question for all entrants! #abdc

Okay, so the judges' decision was useless in narrowing the field for our America's Best Dance Crew Top 5 contest, so you can enter one more time if you want -- until noon ET on Saturday August 29. Most important -- for all past, present and future contest entrants: leave a comment below saying how many votes you think were cast during the voting period. I will use that as the tie-breaker for the contest. Whoever got the top 5 order right and comes closest is the winner. If you don't give an answer to the tie-breaker question, the prize will go to the person who got the contest right and did answer the question (it pays to pay attention to this site!) If they don't give this statistic on the show, I'll randomly pick a winner.

  The Top 5 contest: Submit the names of the top 5 crews -- in the order that they'll finish. For example, in Season 5 the winning entry would have read " FINAL 5: 1. Poreotix 2. Blueprint Cru 3. Hype 5-0 4. Jungle Boogie 5. Saltare"  The prize goes to the first person to get it right, based on the week they submit the answer. If more than one person submits the right answer in that same week, we'll employ the tiebreaker rule described above.