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Final Two Crews Battle for the Vote on 'America's Best Dance Crew' (VIDEO)
by Jason Hughes, posted Jun 3rd 2011 3:14AM
The final two crews battled it out for ultimately supremacy in their last ditch effort to secure enough votes to win 'America's Best Dance Crew' (Thu., 10PM ET on MTV). The winner will be crowned this Sunday at 7:30PM ET in a special finale just before the 'MTV Movie Awards.'All season long, I.aM.mE and ICONic Boyz have battled it out individually, rising to the top of the heap based on viewers' votes. But this time, they hit the stage together in a fun performance that saw them poking fun at each other's crews and styles.
And I.aM.mE got more than a few jabs in at how young the members of ICONic Boyz are, most ranging from 11-13 years old.
Phunk Phenomenon Slows It Down And Flips It Up on 'ABDC' (VIDEO)
by Jason Hughes, posted Apr 22nd 2011 5:49AM
Back again for the second time, Phunk Phenomenon turned up the energy and brought a whole different level of moves on 'Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew' (Thu., 10PM ET on MTV). Not only were they hitting their tricks hard, but they were giving us intricacies the untrained eye might not even see.That's why 'ABDC' has those judges, and even uses the slo-mo technique so they can make sure we are aware of just how great some of these moves are. That way we can not only enjoy the performances, but we can become more educated viewers as well and thus gain an even greater appreciation of the art form.
JC Chasez was particularly impressed with Phunk Phenomenon's footwork on the ground. And when they busted out a slow motion movement of their own, we were all taken aback.
The Youngest Crew on 'ABDC' Reveals Killer Moves and Killer Abs (VIDEO)
by Jason Hughes, posted Apr 15th 2011 2:38AM
ICONic Boyz is a kid dance crew, but there's nothing juvenile about their moves or musical interpretation.
On 'Your Love Is My Drug,' the boys sampled in a few words from 'The Situation' and one of them even lifted his shirt to reveal a "situation" of his own. It was a charmingly hilarious moment that showed a lot of personality for the young crew.
'Tight Eyez' and Street Kingdom Bring Krumping to 'America's Best Dance Crew' (VIDEO)
by Jason Hughes, posted Apr 8th 2011 1:06AM
When 'America's Best Dance Crew' (Thu., 10PM ET on MTV) decided it was time to bring krumping to the stage in a big way, they did it the right way. Ceasare 'Tight Eyez' Willis is one of the co-developers of the dance movement. Along with his crew, Street Kingdom, 'Tight Eyez' represented for himself and his movement on the show.That means an opportunity to see krumping at its purest and rawest, and it was every bit of that as the crew pounded the stage with energy, anger and movements that are both intimidating and intoxicating to watch.
D-Trix, the newest member of the judging panel and a former contestant, knows exactly what a big moment this was. "For years we tried to have krump on reality TV," he said. "But only at 'America's Best Dance Crew' can we get Tight Eyez and the Street Kingdom here on this stage tonight."
Flaming Jump Ropes Rock 'America's Best Dance Crew' (VIDEO)
by Jane Boursaw, posted Mar 12th 2010 3:06AM
Omarion said pretty much what we were thinking while watching the flaming jump ropes on 'Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew' (Thu., 10PM ET on MTV). "What I'm thinking to myself while I'm watching it is, if they mess up this fire, there's somebody ass is gonna be on fire." Yeah, seriously. Props to the fire jumpers.
Then again, those jackets look flame retardant, so maybe it wouldn't have been a complete blaze of glory. And Gabourey Sidibe looked like she loved it.
Watch the video after the jump.
Jungle Boogie Rocks 'America's Best Dance Crew'! (VIDEO)
by Jane Boursaw, posted Mar 5th 2010 4:22AM
It may not have been the best performance of the night (weigh in with your opinion!), but Jungle Boogie's was definitely the most provocative on 'Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew' (Thu., 10PM ET on MTV).And some of those moves? Not humanly possible. Yep, some of those folks are freaks of nature – in a good way.
"The upside down bit was a bit clumsy, but the commitment to the naughty was nice," said JC Chasez. Couldn't have said it better ourselves.
Watch the video after the jump.
America's Best Dance Crew is boring me so far this season
by Jason Hughes, posted Aug 24th 2009 10:04AM
America's Best Dance Crew is three weeks into its new season, and it's still kind of boring. It's gotten so bad, that this week as host Mario Lopez was declaring safe crews, I realized that I'm not recognizing most of them right away. So You Think You Can Dance had the same problem this summer; nobody dynamic really jumping out for the longest time. America doesn't seem to know who to vote for either, because their "safe" crews each week look like they're being drawn out of a hat. Just this week, the bottom two crews by America's vote gave the best two performances of the night by a landslide.
Another So You Think You Can Dance alum on America's Best Dance Crew
by Michael Pascua, posted Aug 3rd 2009 4:30PM
We continue the trend of reality show dance contestants showing up on other reality shows. Last season of America's Best Dance Crew Dominic (D-Trix), Hok, and Ryan, former contestants on So You Think You Can Dance, were part of Quest Crew and won. In the newest season, SYTYCD, finalist Donyelle Jones is part of Artistry in Motion.The camera training and cross-genre training will definitely come in handy for Donyelle and her crew. Seeing how well Quest Crew succeeded, I'm sure there is already an established Donyelle fan base that can help her team survive early elimination.
America's Best Dance Crew back in August, but moves to Sunday
by Jason Hughes, posted Jul 8th 2009 12:31PM
Considering how often MTV re-airs all of its original programming, I don't think it really matters when a show first airs on the network, but it's still bold moving Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew to Sundays at 9PM ET for its eight episode fourth season. Previous seasons have aired on Thursdays at 10PM ET. The show brought in big numbers in its Thursday slot, so methinks MTV is hoping to grow the brand. Maybe some cross-appreciation with So You Think You Can Dance could do it.Shane Sparks recently appeared on SYTYCD with a couple of less-than-impressive choreographed numbers. Maybe Nigel would allow him to pimp the new season of ABDC there. Or bring in JabbaWockeeZ or one of the other past teams to dance on a results show of SYTYCD. How hot would that be? Speaking of, the new season of ABDC is preluded by a special highlighting the top ten dance performances ever on the show August 2 at 9PM ET. There've been some pretty sick performances on the show, so this is a must-see!
Remembering Michael Jackson on America's Best Dance Crew
by Michael Pascua, posted Jun 26th 2009 3:29PM

A year ago I was enthralled by MTV's America's Best Dance Crew. It was a concept that actually fit MTV: dancing to music which was often influenced by music videos. For episode five of the first season, Mario Lopez announced Michael Jackson week. I cringed because I knew that the crews were going to have to use things like the moonwalk and the zombie "Thriller" moves.
The contestants were celebrating the 25th anniversary release of Thriller. Luckily the crews didn't have to use the horrible remixes that were added to the rerelease. When the episode ended, I was happily surprised.
The reality TV dance show scorecard
by Michael Pascua, posted Jun 17th 2009 3:25PM
With the second week of competitions tonight on So You Think You Can Dance, I wanted to point out a trend: reality dance show contestants can't leave television. Several contestants and a few choreographers have jumped ship and have appeared on other reality shows.The jump basically can plant an already established fanbase onto a different television show. One great example is Ty Murray on Dancing with the Stars. I'm not sure what the percentage of votes for Ty came from fans of Chelsie Hightower and her work from SYTYCD or his charm, but he definitely benefited from someone who knew to make routines that were camera friendly.
Does Quest Crew have an unfair advantage on America's Best Dance Crew?
by Jason Hughes, posted Feb 22nd 2009 11:02AM

It's a fair question. I'm not going to knock the skills the boys obviously have, but in a way this is a reality all-star crew of hip-hop dancers. Three of their performers are former finalists of FOX's summer hit So You Think You Can Dance. Hell, even judge Shane Sparks choreographed and judged on SYTYCD before beginning his stint on Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew for MTV so the audience is already aware of a connection between the two shows. And you have to figure there's a pretty heavy crossover audience between the two. How many dancing competition shows are there that feature street dancing?
The question is whether or not its unfair that so much of America has already become familiar with and fallen in love with the dynamic style of Hok Konishi, Ryan Conferido and Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval of Quest Crew. Where do you draw the line, or is there any need to? On SYTYCD the three each competed individually whereas here they're part of a larger group so it's not like they're getting a second chance. Still, I'm pretty sure I remember Quest Crew even performing on a results show of SYTYCD last summer.
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