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Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition
Overview
Features a dozen promising girl and boy dancers, ages 6 through 13, competing for a $100,000 cash prize and a scholarship to the Young Dancer Program at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York.
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Seasons
Season 1 (2012)
No overview available.
10 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Let the Dancing Begin
2012-10-09Meet 14 amazing dancers and their moms from around the country when they arrive in Los Angeles for the chance of a lifetime, the final audition of Abby s Ultimate Dance Competition.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 2: Unleash the Monsters
2012-10-09There are 11 dancers left and the theme for this week's competition is "Monsters of the Night." The theme proves to be very fitting as one mom bares her claws and strikes at another, who is using her divorce as a way to get attention.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 3: Get Into Character
2012-10-23This week, the 10 remaining dancers are assigned duets based on "American Extremes." One of the classically trained dancers struggles during her hip-hop duet.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 4: New York Minute
2012-10-31The nine remaining dancers are thrilled when they learn the theme for this week s performance is "Broadway".
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 5: Sabotage
2012-11-07After winning the right to pick all the dance assignments for the week, one mother takes this week's skill, survival, to heart.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 6: Dancing Through the Decades
2012-11-14With only seven dancers left in the competition, the pressure is at a fever-pitch. One mom is overwhelmed as she deals with competition demands as well as personal problems.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 7: Happily Never After
2012-11-21It s Witches, Wolves and Wicked Stepmothers, this week when the dancers enter the land of fairy tales. But for one mother and daughter, their fantasy of being the ultimate dancer comes to an end.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 8: Bend It Like Abby
2012-11-28The final five dancers must be very flexible this week as they try to master dance styles from around the world.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 9: Cirque du Solos
2012-12-04With only four dancers remaining in the competition, the moms have to do whatever it takes to ensure their child makes it to the final three.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 10: Dance for Your Life
2012-12-12Only three dancers remain for the grueling final round of this life changing competition. With $100,000 and a scholarship to the Joffrey School of Ballet in New York on the line, the three remaining girls must dance for their lives.
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Season 2 (2013)
No overview available.
12 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Make It Count!
2013-09-03With 11 of the country's most promising young dancers selected from more than 1,000 national title holders, this season of Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition is back and bigger and better than ever.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 2: Dare to Be You
2013-09-17With this week's competition theme as "Dare to be You," all the dances are inspired by Lady Gaga. Under the eyes of this week's challenge choreographer Richy Jackson, the young competitors struggle to embrace their own originality.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 3: Gods and Mortals
2013-09-17Abby is the dance goddess of the week and the dancers strive to attain dance immortality when the theme is "Gods and Mortals." There are nine dancers left and the performers in last week's bottom group struggle to prove they deserve to be in competition.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 4: Vegas Show Stoppers
2013-09-24"Las Vegas" is this week's theme and the remaining dancers are tested with styles they've never encountered before. One mom finally snaps and takes on Abby after she gives one too many criticisms about her daughter.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 5: Anything Can Happen
2013-10-01Abby decides to mix things up with the theme for the week being "Unconventional." Anything can, and will happen, starting with the remaining dancers battling Abby in a martial arts challenge.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 6: On Broadway
2013-10-08Judge Rachelle Rak, a veteran of "The Great White Way," leads the challenge for the "Broadway" themed week and blows the kids and moms away with her sassy moves.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 7: Fairytales Come to Life
2013-10-15Reward for the challenge this week is a private lesson with Abby Lee Miller herself. The pressure of the competition has the moms harping on their children and one mom even sells out her own kid to the judges for not working hard enough.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 8: Wild West Showdown
2013-10-22It's "Wild West" week and the dancers face off in Abby's O.K. Corral. Animosity toward one dancer is building and her mom goes all-out to defend her. Another dancer finally gets the solo her mother has demanded, but will it be her downfall?
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 9: Your Worst Nightmare
2013-10-30With this week's theme of "Nightmares," the dancers tackle all kinds of things that go bump in the night... while their moms have trouble keeping their inner monsters in check.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 10: Divas in the House
2013-11-05It's "Diva" week and our dancers and their moms are happy to oblige. In a fierce dance version of kickball where the kids get to choose their dance styles one-by-one, leaving one unlucky dancer with the style no one else wanted.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 11: Down the Rabbit Hole
2013-11-13All of the dances this week are inspired by "Alice in Wonderland." With the numbers dwindling, the competition heats up more than ever and when one mom sabotages everyone, her daughter pays the price.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 12: Meet Abby's Newest Ultimate Dancer
2013-11-20It's finally time to choose this year's Ultimate Dancer. The finalists are so close they can taste it and they'll do anything to win the $100,000 and a scholarship to the Joffrey Ballet School in New York.
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