Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Ninjaboi's Reviews ABDC5 (aka Seasoned Fries) & key success factors for ABDC Champions

Another season come and gone.  Congratulations to Poreotix for being ABDC Champs of Season 5, and good job to Blueprint, and all the other crews for putting on a great showing.  One of, if not the, best seasons this show has seen.  This is the first real season which I followed from auditions to finale, and let’s just say that I can’t wait to do it again next season, with the BABDC fam.

What made this season so great?  Here are just a few high points.
-Great love between crews.  There’s already talk about making a crew of Season 5 members called Seasoned Fries, and there was little to no drama backstage that I picked up on.
-Amazing dancers. I will say that there was not a single bad dancer on the stage.  Even Saltare learned, and taught a few things of their own.  In reality any crew could have made it to the top.  Some would have had a harder fight than others, but that much talent on stage so evenly spread out among all the members… it was inspiring.
-Overall legitimate proceedings.  Yes, this was the season of intern screwups.  Yes, Blueprint didn’t deserve to be in the bottom so many times.  Yes, some say Saltare overstayed their visit, Ghost should have made it, and Poreotix may have been getting by more on fanbase than other crews were.  But if you look back at it, the eliminations made sense to some degree.  Even when people were crying over BreakEFX or Static Noyze, their injured members would have held them back in future weeks, or severely affected the careers of the dancers in question if they pushed on, and a timely exit on a strong note really would be a prudent action.  We ended up with the strongest top 4, imo, in ABDC history, one of the best top 2s, and one of the best top 3s.
-Champs Challenge.  Enough said.  That was probably the best episode in ABDC history. 
Click here to read the rest of the review, including a detailed review of the Champions for Charity Show and 19 key success factors that distinguish ABDC Champions from the other competitors. Thanks, Ninjaboi!