America's Best Dance Crew (Season 1)
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| America's Best Dance Crew | |
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 "America's Best Dance Crew" |
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| Format | Interactive reality game show |
| Directed by | Michael Simon |
| Presented by | Mario Lopez |
| Judges | JC Chasez Lil Mama Shane Sparks |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Joel Gallen Abe Hoch Randy Jackson Rob Lee Howard Schwartz Karen Schwartz Harriet Sternberg |
| Supervising producer(s) |
Dan Sacks |
| Cinematography | Scott Hylton |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Warner Horizon Television |
| Distributor | MTV |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | MTV MuchMusic |
| Original run | February 7, 2008 – March 27, 2008 |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
America's Best Dance Crew is an American television show featuring street dance crews from the United States. The season one premiered on MTV in the United States and MuchMusic in Canada on February 7, 2008.[1] In the first season, it was hosted by Mario Lopez and featured Layla Kayleigh as the backstage correspondent and was judged by rapper Lil Mama, former *NSYNC singer JC Chasez, and hip-hop choreographer Shane Sparks.[2][3] JabbaWockeeZ was declared the winner of season 1 on the March 27, 2008 season finale and received the $100,000 (USD) prize.[4]
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[edit] Auditions
America's Best Dance Crew features dance crews from all over the United States and in the first season, these dance crews auditioned in four cities: New York City, Atlanta, Chicago, and Los Angeles. A total of twelve dance crews were chosen from the four cities and were then broken up into four regions: East Coast, Midwest, South, and West Coast.
| East Coast | Midwest | South | West Coast |
|---|---|---|---|
| Status Quo | BreakS8 | Live in Color | JabbaWockeeZ |
| ICONic | Femme 5 | Enigma Dance Kru | Kaba Modern |
| The Movement | Full Out | Fysh N Chicks | |
| Automatic Response |
[edit] Results
| Eliminated | Bottom 2 | Winners |
| Week: | 1/26† | 2/7 | 2/14 | 2/21 | 2/28 | 3/6 | 3/13 | 3/20 | 3/27 |
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| Dance Crew | Result | ||||||||
| JabbaWockeeZ | Btm 2 | Winner | |||||||
| Status Quo | Btm 2 | Runner-up | |||||||
| Kaba Modern | Btm 2 | Elim | |||||||
| Break Sk8 | Btm 2 | Elim | |||||||
| Fysh n Chicks | Btm 2 | Btm 2 | Elim | ||||||
| Live in Color | Elim | ||||||||
| ICONic | Btm 2 | Elim | |||||||
| Femme 5 | Elim | ||||||||
| Enigma Dance Kru | Elim | ||||||||
| Automatic Response | Elim | ||||||||
| Full Out | Elim | ||||||||
| The Movement | Elim | ||||||||
| † The live auditions special determined the nine spots for the season premiere. | |||||||||
[edit] Performances
[edit] Live Auditions Special
Aired on January 26, 2008
[edit] Week 1
Aired on February 7, 2008
| Dance Crew | Song |
|---|---|
| Live in Color | "Watch Them Roll" by Sean Paul |
| JabbaWockeeZ | "Apologize" by OneRepublic featuring Timbaland |
| Fysh n Chicks | "Whine Up" by Kat DeLuna |
| Status Quo | "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch |
| Femme 5 | "Do It Well" by Jennifer Lopez |
| Enigma | "I'm So Hood" by DJ Khaled |
| ICONic | "Cyclone" by Baby Bash |
| Break Sk8 | "Get It Shawty" by Lloyd |
| Kaba Modern | "Technologic" by Daft Punk |
[edit] Week 2
Aired on February 14, 2008
Each crew was given a different video with a dance sequence in it, which they had to perform while keeping their own style as a crew.[5]
| Dance Crew | Song |
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| Kaba Modern | "Wall to Wall" by Chris Brown |
| Live In Color | "Hey Mama" by The Black Eyed Peas |
| JabbaWockeeZ | "Ice Box" by Omarion |
| BreakSk8 | "Get Up" by Ciara |
| ICONic | "Kiss Kiss" by Chris Brown |
| Status Quo | "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer |
| Fysh n Chicks | "Freakum Dress" by Beyoncé |
| Femme 5 | "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani |
[edit] Week 3
Aired on February 21, 2008
Each crew must perform to a popular dance, also known as a "dance craze", while showing their style. However, since some of the dances are very simple, there were certain challenges each team had to do while performing.[6]
| Dance Crew | Song | Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Live in Color | "2 Step" by DJ Unk | Crew must exchange clothing in their dance |
| JabbaWockeeZ | "Lean wit It, Rock wit It" by Dem Franchize Boyz | Crew must create an illusion that defies gravity |
| BreakSk8 | "Cupid Shuffle" by Cupid | Crew must stay physically connected in a section of the Cupid Shuffle |
| Kaba Modern | "G-Slide" by Lil Mama | Crew must partner up and perform a lift |
| Fysh n Chicks | "It's Goin Down" by Yung Joc | Crew must perform some of the steps in reverse |
| Status Quo | "Crank Dat" by Soulja Boy | Crew must perform a portion of the dance upside down |
| ICONic | "Chicken Noodle Soup" by DJ Webstar | Crew must perform a portion of the dance on their backs |
[edit] Week 4
Aired on February 28, 2008
Each crew has to perform a storyline as a character in a movie, while performing on the set of a street.[7]
| Dance Crew | Song | Character |
|---|---|---|
| JabbaWockeeZ | "Ayo Technology" by 50 Cent | Thieves |
| Kaba Modern | "Sensual Seduction" by Snoop Dogg | Geek Boys & Popular Girls |
| Status Quo | "Hey Baby (Jump Off)" by Bow Wow & Omarion | Tuners |
| BreakSk8 | "What Is It" by Baby Bash | Basketballers |
| Fysh n Chicks | "Maneater" by Nelly Furtado | Business Women Hitting the Town |
| Live In Color | "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)" by Outkast | Vampires & Damsels in Distress |
[edit] Week 5
Each crew must perform to a track from Michael Jackson's Thriller in honor of the album's 25th anniversary.[8]
| Dance Crew | Song |
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| Status Quo | "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" by Michael Jackson |
| JabbaWockeeZ | "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" by Michael Jackson |
| Kaba Modern | "Thriller" by Michael Jackson |
| Fysh n Chicks | "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson |
| BreakSk8 | "Beat It" by Michael Jackson |
[edit] Week 6
Each crew has to perform a Broadway scenario and turn it into a hip-hop routine.[9]
| Dance Crew | Musical | Song |
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| Status Quo | Hairspray | "You Can't Stop the Beat" |
| JabbaWockeeZ | Chicago | "All That Jazz" |
| Kaba Modern | Grease | "You're the One That I Want" |
| BreakSk8 | Dreamgirls | "One Night Only" |
[edit] Week 7
Each crew must perform to a master mix of the same songs using moves from the history of hip hop.[10]
| Song |
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| Funkytown by Lipps Inc |
| It's Like That by Run DMC vs Jason Nevins |
| It's Just Begun by Jimmy Castor |
| Push It by Salt-n-Pepa |
| Bye Bye Bye by *NSYNC |
| Get Buck in Here by DJ Felli Fel |
With Status Quo and JabbaWockeeZ moving on to the final, they each performed an encore "Do or Die" round for America to view, call, and make their final decision of who will be "America's Best Dance Crew".
| Dance Crew | Encore Performance Title | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status Quo | Jack in the Box | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JabbaWockeeZ | The Red Pill
[edit] Week 8Season Finale and the results show, announcing the winner of America's Best Dance Crew. All the crews came back and worked on a dance with other crews in their respective divisions (West, Midwest, South, East). The songs the crews performed to were also subject to represent the area they came from, the West and E-40 (Bay Area), South and Lil Jon & The Eastside Boys (Atlanta), East and LL Cool J (Queens, NY), and the Midwest with Huey (St. Louis). JabbaWockeeZ was announced as the winner of season 1 of America's Best Dance Crew.[4][11]
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