01x04 - Episode 4

[bunniefuu]

♪ I hope you're ready for action ♪

- [Ally] We have a dance battle on deck.
- [audience cheering]

Let's welcome back
our dance battle choreographers,

Janick

and Celine!

[cheering continues]

Both teams will take in turn
to dance to the same piece of music.

Once they're done,

the Dance 100 will then vote

for who they think served it
for the last spot in the semi-finals.

♪ I hope you're ready for, ready for
Ready for action ♪

Let's go!

Let this dance battle begin!

[audience cheering]

[Max] Let's go!

- [to the beat] Hey! Hey! Hey!
- [all cheering]

["Heads Will Roll [A-Trak Remix]"
by Yeah Yeah Yeahs playing]

[all cheering]

[Max] Oh, oh.

[Max] That's trash!

♪ Glitter on the wet streets ♪

♪ Silver over everything ♪

[Max] Hey! Hey!

Come on!

♪ You're all chrome ♪

[audience cheering]

♪ Dripping with alchemy ♪

♪ Shiver stop shivering ♪

♪ The glitter's all wet ♪

♪ You're all chrome ♪

[audience cheering]

♪ The men cry out, the girls cry out ♪

[Max] Let's go!

♪ The men cry out, oh no ♪

Hey!

♪ The men cry out, the girls cry out ♪

♪ The men cry out, oh no ♪

♪ Oh oh! Oh!
Oh oh! Oh! ♪

♪ Off, off with your head ♪

Hey!

♪ Dance, dance til you're dead ♪

[Max] Let's go.

♪ Heads will roll ♪

♪ Heads will roll ♪

♪ On the floor ♪

♪ Off, off with your head ♪

♪ Dance, dance til you're dead ♪

♪ Heads will roll ♪

♪ Heads will roll ♪

♪ Heads will roll ♪

♪ On the floor ♪

[audience cheering]

I mean!

[song ends]

[all cheering]

Y'all, keep it going
for Janick and Celine!

[audience cheering]

Wow. Wow.

Well done, Janick and Celine!
I mean, you laid it all out there.

[all cheering]

Y'all, that was incredible,

and we don't want to see anyone go,
but sadly someone has to go tonight.

All of the Dance 100
will vote for the choreographer

they think dominated the dance battle.

And one of you will join
Max, Brandi and Keenan,

taking the last spot in the semi-final.

The other will be going home.

Janick and Celine, take your positions.

[cheering and applause]

Thank you! [Mouthing] Thank you.

Dance 100, think carefully

and make your move…

Now.

[audience cheering]

[audience cheering]

- You should be so proud of your journey.
- Thank you, guys.

[Ally] Janick, with only 35 votes
from the Dance 100,

you will be leaving this competition.

[audience cheering]

♪ Gotta let go or they own me ♪

♪ All my fears and doubts ♪

[Janick] Thank you, guys. Thank you.

[Ally] Now, Janick…

You gave it your all tonight,
not once but twice.

- Anything you'd have done differently?
- Not at all.

I left it all on the dance floor.

I'm just forever grateful for the growth
that I had throughout this journey.

[audience cheering]

[Ally] We appreciate all that you've done
and all that we've seen on and off stage.

Y'all, give it up one more time
for Janick.

[all cheering]

♪ Nothing's gonna take my freedom ♪

- Whoo!
- [all cheering]

[Janick] Stand in your light and shine,
baby, shine bright.

♪ Time to tell the world, I'm ready ♪

♪ Time to tell the world
I'm not afraid ♪

♪ Even when the sky comes down… ♪

We love you, Janick!

Let's go, Janick!

It has given me an opportunity
to play, to learn.

I had amazing dancers
that were very skilled every single week.

The stage was amazing.

The choreographers are my friends now,
so I'm coming out a winner regardless.

♪ With my wild heart ♪

[Celine] I'm grateful beyond words.

I'm trying not to get emotional,

but seeing these faces
stand behind and believe in me

has really pushed me to believe in myself.

[Ally] And 65 of the Dance 100
believe in you as well.

[audience cheering]

Choreographers,
there are now four of you remaining

and heading into the semi-finals.

[audience cheering]

Next time we see you,
we will need you to create not one…

But two original routines.

[audience exclaims]

They hate us.

[both laughing]

You each will be performing
with 25 dancers.

Y'all, give it up
for our choreographers and our Dance 100!

♪ Don't mess with me ♪

♪ I'm technically best there ever be ♪

♪ I'm blessed indeed
Don't test me ♪

♪ I am Hercules
I unleash the beast ♪

- [Max] We need some drinks up in this.
- [Keenan] Yeah.

- [Celine] Good idea.
- [Brandi] Yeah.

- Cheers.
- To the semifinals, b*tches!

- Come on. Cheers.
- Here's to the semifinals.

Look at us. Semifinalists! This is crazy!

- Two weeks.
- It went by really fast,

- but it was slow in the beginning.
- [Keenan] Yeah, it was like…

[Max laughs]

Last performance felt like
it didn't even happen.

You don't have time to sit in it

because you're already like,
"Okay, next thing."

I feel everyone brings something
so different each week.

- Cheers to that, man! Most definitely!
- Cheers, babies!

[phone rings]

♪ If you ever call me princess
I'mma cut you down ♪

[Keenan] The hell is this?

[Max] God.

- [Ally] Hi, choreographers!
- Evil Ally.

Congratulations on
making it to the next round!

- Thank you.
- Now, things start to get really tough…

- I imagine so.
- …As you will perform twice.

Your next challenge
is a dance through the decades.

Fun!

Time to find out which decade is yours.

Oh, my gosh!

I'm hoping for '90s, early 2000s.

[screaming] Early 2000s!

[laughs] Oh, my God.

I don't even know
what moves they did in the '60s.

[Keenan screams]

Maybe some chest hairs.
Can wardrobe do that?

Oh, my God. Okay! I'm ready!

Was it like this? Were they giving this?

Well, Dance 100. It's been fun.

[laughs]

♪ What about freedom? ♪

♪ What about, what about? ♪

♪ What about?
What about freedom? ♪

This is the Dance 100 semi-finals!

[audience cheering]

Shout-out to our Dance 100.

[all cheering]

This time, the remaining
four choreographers must create

not one, but two original pieces

in order to get one step closer
to that $100,000 prize.

As ever, the numbers keep getting bigger

as each choreographer will be competing
with 25 of the Dance 100.

So we have two pieces,
two unique challenges.

For the decades challenge,

they must dance to a track
through the decades

from a randomly selected era.

The other part is the narrative challenge.

Each choreographer was assigned
a short story earlier in the week

and their challenge
was to interpret the story in,

yes, you've guessed it, dance.

[audience cheering]

Now my friends, there's only one question
left to be asked.

Are you ready to get this party started?

[audience cheering]

Well, then, it's time to throw it back.

So grab your afros and bell-bottoms
as we're headed to the '70s.

We are starting with the '70s! Let's go!

[all shouting] Yeah!

So I know two things about the '70s,

that my mother was born in the '70s
and that was a long time ago. [Laughs]

- Hey, Mother!
- Hi, son, how are you?

I am surviving. [Laughs]

And I'm so proud of you.
Love you and we miss you so much!

Me and my mom are super close.

We talk almost every day.

She's super-supportive
and she loves that I dance.

She's just always been that support system
that every person needs in their life.

I'm just trying to stay focused.

I have a new group of dancers.
It's a lot of pressure. It's getting hard.

We've been through some storms

and you made it through, you got this.
Keep k*lling it!

Period!

- I love you!
- [both blow kisses]

I miss my mom!

{\an8}♪ Little people
Little people rising ♪

Semifinals. Big deal.

[all cheering]

My biggest challenge
is working with more dancers.

We need time to warm up to each other
and be able to dance together,

so it kind of makes my job
ten times harder to do.

♪ Stay with me
Never lose, stay with me ♪

This is the semi-finals,

so I wanted the '70s piece
to be a little difficult.

Tempo goes really fast,
then we have some popping.

We have fast little jazz moments.

It has to be clean.

We have to transform
the people to the '70s, yeah?

♪ Yo, show up, show up ♪

[Keenan] Five, six, seven. Stop!

There's a lot of good energy
with this routine.

I created my own version of a lounge.

The '70s was all about vibing,
disco ba*ls, feathers, gold, good times.

- Let's get on the line.
- [dancer] Yeah.

Yeah. Just so that's clean.

♪ This is about to go down ♪

Okay. We need to get lighter!

{\an8}Super tight and right.

- Do you know what the dancers call me?
- What?

- Kleenan!
- Kleenan?

What makes this decades piece
so difficult is it's very energetic,

so you have to have
the highest level of stamina ever.

My dancers have to bring it
with the energy this performance.

♪ Whoa!
We about to put on a show ♪

You know this is the performance
going to get me into finals.

♪ It's about to go down ♪

[audience cheering]

["Disco Inferno" by the Trammps playing]

{\an8}All my funky ladies and my funk brothers,
how are y'all feeling tonight?

{\an8}I want to welcome you to Keenan's Lounge,

the hottest place to be on a Friday night!

Y'all ready to have a good time?

- [audience cheering]
- Let's go!

♪ Burn, baby, burn ♪

♪ Burn, baby, burn ♪

♪ To my surprise ♪

♪ One hundred stories high ♪

♪ People getting loose y'all ♪

♪ Getting down on the roof ♪

♪ Folks are screaming, out of control ♪

♪ It was so entertaining ♪

♪ When the boogie started to explode ♪

♪ I heard somebody say ♪

♪ Disco Inferno ♪

♪ Burn, baby, burn ♪

♪ Burn that mother down ♪

♪ Burn, baby, burn ♪

♪ Disco Inferno ♪

♪ Burn, baby, burn ♪

♪ Burn that mother down ♪

♪ Up above my head
I hear music in the air ♪

♪ I hear music ♪

♪ That makes me know
There's a party somewhere ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Burn, baby, burn ♪

- [song ends]
- [all cheering]

Cute. Yeah!

Keenan, come here
to feel my forehead. Come look.

Feel that? You gave me
Saturday night fever!

[exclaims]

Now, Keenan, the facts are this.

You were born in the '90s.
This was a '70s piece.

How did you tackle it?

My mama was born in the '70s,
so I had to do it justice!

[all laughing]

For me, it's always about bringing
the audience, bringing the viewer in.

Everyone should feel like a part of this,
whether it's a party or a love story.

I want everyone to be like, "Damn,
I want to be a part of that too."

And then from there, I create
the choreography, the sections and things.

But the vibe is the most important

because I want you to walk away like,
"I wanna be a part of that."

And if I can do that, I've done my job.

- [Ally] Well, you did that!
- [cheering]

Now we gotta send it up to the Dance 100.
Brooke, do you know about the '70s?

{\an8}Well, I was born in 2000,
so I'm gonna say, no.

I don't know anything about the '70s.

But if this is what it is,
I'm here for it.

I feel like this is
a really different vibe for you,

and just everyone everywhere
was really cool.

- Thank you!
- Thanks, Brooke.

[all cheering]

Okay, so Nicole, were you feeling
the heat of Keenan's "Disco Inferno"

or did it leave you cold?

Oh, I'm sweating!

[all laughing]

{\an8}First, I want to know
how much it is to get into your club,

'cause I want to dance all night.
It looks so fun!

Free admission, baby.

- I'm coming! Honestly!
- [laughter]

Watching anybody individually,
you all seemed to be having a good time.

I'm gonna say, Kleenan,

that I think having it a bit more rugged
would have gone in your favor.

You know how the '70s was.
Drugs, sex and all the good stuff.

- So…
- [audience exclaiming]

I wanted to…

'Cause I was there.
Obviously, I was there.

[all laughing]

So I would have loved it
to be a little bit more, you know?

Thank you.

All right, well done,
Keenan and his 25 dancers.

Y'all get backstage

and get ready
for your narrative challenge!

[all cheering]

{\an8}I do see what they're saying,
but personally as a choreographer,

{\an8}I do like cleanliness
and dancers that are able to be clean,

but have their own flavor
and I think they ex*cuted that.

I agree that they were clean,
but still gave that feel.

Flavor. Yeah.

I feel amazing. I feel great.

The performance went well,
the energy was there.

The comments were great.

The worst comment is, "It should
have been sloppier." I'll take that.

And I feel like sometimes
people just have to say something,

so you can't be perfect all the time,
even though we are! [Laughs]

[all cheering]

That was great.
Y'all, good? Y'all, all right?

Okay. All right. All right.

It's not just the number
of routines going up,

it's the number of dancers too.

And with a $100,000 on the line,
every move matters.

It's time for our next choreographer.
It's Max!

[all cheering]

{\an8}The decade that
we have this week is 1980s.

[dancers whooping]

The '80s was about
how people carried themselves.

You'd look nice, you got jewelry on.

So in that sense, it's much more simple.

Boom, tap, boom.

You just groove,
and don't do anything intense.

I just hope that the simplicity reads

and people can feel the essence
of the movement that we're doing,

which I believe that people will.

It's a bit overwhelming
because it's basically one on 25 dancers.

♪ Rebel, rebel, rebel ♪

Six and seven. Little bit quicker.
Emily, just a little bit quicker.

I love Max, I like working with him,
but I feel kind of chilled a bit.

That's an A5 star song that he was given.
Every choreographer would die for that.

I think he's playing it really safe
and it feels very the same.

- The choreo is very, like, relaxed.
- [Max] Mmm-hmm.

So more performance...

- More urgency in the back. 100%.
- And more performance from the dancers.

Yo, guys, guys, guys.

Real quick. Real quick.

The biggest thing is just character,

especially the partner moments,
the couple stuff.

We want it to feel authentic.

Soul power on three. One, two, three.

[dancers] Soul power!

[all cheering]

- [Brandi screaming]
- Let's go, Max!

["Never Too Much"
by Luther Vandross playing]

{\an8}[audience cheering]

Splits, word.

♪ Woke up today, looked at your picture
Just to get me started ♪

♪ I called you up, but you weren't there
And I was broken hearted ♪

♪ Hung up the phone, can't be too late
The boss is so demandin' ♪

♪ Opened the door up and to my surprise
There you were standin' ♪

♪ Well, who needs to go to work
To hustle for another dollar ♪

♪ I'd rather be with you 'cause you
Make my heart scream and holler ♪

♪ Love is a gamble
And I'm so glad that I'm winnin' ♪

♪ We've come a long way
And yet this is only the beginnin' ♪

♪ Oh, my love ♪

♪ A thousand kisses
From you is never too much ♪

I love that!

♪ And I just don't wanna stop ♪

♪ Oh, my love ♪

♪ A thousand kisses from you is never ♪

- ♪ Never, never, never too much ♪
- ♪ Never too much, never too much ♪

♪ I just don't wanna stop ♪

♪ Never too much, never too much
Never too much ♪

- I want a rose.
- That was cute!

I was like, same.
Roses are my favorite flowers.

[Keenan] For sure.

- Oh… That was beautiful.
- [Keenan] So cute.

Y'all, keep it going
for Max and his dancers!

[audience cheering]

Now, Max, growing up,
that song was such a household staple.

How did that track fit for you?

It felt so good. Fit like a glove.
We had to do it the right way.

What way was that?

Smooth. Smooth like butter.

[audience cheering]

Now, did you find it easier or harder

to actually choreograph
and create to a classic?

If I get this one chance
to create to this song that I love,

I'll do it the way that I believe in it

and just enjoy
and have everybody look so beautiful.

[audience cheering]

You have 25 dancers to routine.

What is it like working with these 25?

I mean, so easy when you have
a group like this.

[audience cheering]

[Ally] Let's go ahead and throw it up
to the Dance 100.

Let's get our pro take.

Reece, was the choreography
what you would expect from a semifinalist?

{\an8}Um, I'm not going to lie,
I was expecting more.

{\an8}From the previous week's
when I've watched, obviously...

[audience booing]

Keep it coming!

With the previous weeks,
I've seen the choreo

and I've seen you all dance as one.
It was a bit safe this week.

Yo use did all look clean,
but I was expecting more.

Choreography-wise, I think you could have
utilized your dancers way more,

put some technique in there.

Shown more of them
rather than just yourself and your style.

All right, let's go ahead
and talk to Johnny.

What's your take?
Did he make the most of the song?

I think Max did do a great job.

I loved the golden showers at the end.
Really sealed the deal.

{\an8}- Oh, guys, come on. You saw it.
- [laughter]

{\an8}But honestly, Max, you did a great job.

I loved the look, but I was looking
for more of the dance-style elements

in the '80s that we can relate
to choreography-wise.

[applause]

Max, do you have a response to that?

Uh… Yeah. I do.
I appreciate your feedback always, Johnny.

Thank you for that.

The goal for me was to bring
the personality from the '80s.

If you can capture essence
and love in a song,

I think that it's
the most powerful thing ever.

I wanted it to feel dreamy
and I just wanted it to feel like a moment

that you want to last forever.
Yeah, thank you, Johnny.

From our professionals,
our audience loved it.

Y'all! They've danced, they've judged,

y'all go ahead head backstage
to get ready for the next one.

Give it up for Max and his 25 dancers!

[audience cheering]

I would have liked to see, like…
Take me back to the '80s.

Reece said that he expected more.
In my opinion, sometimes less is more.

I think it's difficult to create
something simple.

[audience cheering]

On the count of three,
I want y'all to give me

the best energy you have so far, ready?
One, two, three!

[loud cheering]

Okay! Okay! Okay! Okay!

So y'all came to play.

All right. All right. All right.

Next up, she dominated the dance battle
last time and came up victorious.

Can she do it again?

There's only one way to find out.
Show some love for Celine.

♪ I'll need the money
When you cut the check ♪

♪ This girl is loaded ♪

♪ That means I got this ♪

{\an8}[Celine exclaims]

- Hey, how are y'all feeling?
- [dancers greeting]

Nice to meet you guys!

Okay! We have some new faces.
I battled you last week.

[all laughing]

I'm so happy that I'm still
in the competition.

With the battle, fighting for my life,

proving to myself
that I deserve to be here,

I think that my fighting spirit in
my heart and my soul were really shown.

This week we have two pieces.

The only way to get through this
is to be more prepared than I have been.

So, just so you know,

I'll be super-prepared
and I'll expect you guys to be the same.

I've got the 2000s
and it's a really fun song.

I immediately thought down south,

an HBCU inspired piece,

which are historically
Black colleges and universities.

They step, they drill and I hope
to do it justice with this performance.

Hey! Ha!

This style is all about women empowerment.

You know, it's just really powerful,
sexy movement.

Bring that with you guys on to the stage
and give all of that energy,

because, I'm not going to lie,

I have a fire under my a*s
and I'm ready to light that fire.

It's not enough
just to stop at the semifinals,

I gotta go to the final.

I'm ready to bring it. Diamonds are made
under pressure and that's me.

♪ I'm born to win ♪

You should be moving.

I just know that, you know, semi-finals.

I'm working my a*s off to get that win.

Just hold the pose for me.

{\an8}This is a different Celine
than I've seen in the previous weeks.

{\an8}- Especially after that battle.
- Yeah.

{\an8}She brought battle energy.

- She's come to fight it. I feel it.
- Yeah.

She's in her own lane this week

and everyone else
has something to worry about.

With this song, I'm so prepared.

This performance is truly
going to show who Celine really is.

[audience cheering]

♪ Drop down and get your eagle on, girl ♪

{\an8}♪ Drop down and get your eagle on, girl ♪

{\an8}♪ Ain't leavin' me alone, girl ♪

{\an8}♪ Drop down and get your eagle on, girl ♪

♪ Drop down and get your eagle on, girl ♪

♪ Drop down and get your eagle on, girl ♪

♪ Hell naw, ain't leavin' me alone, girl ♪

♪ Drop down and get your eagle on, girl ♪

♪ She's got that sweat drippin'
All over her body ♪

♪ Do you like that sweat drippin'
All over my body? ♪

♪ It's summertime
And I'm back again ♪

♪ And went to VA, oh, got my friends
Say what's up, Pharrell ♪

♪ Look what's on the nail ♪

♪ Let's show 'em
What's above the nail, bling ♪

♪ A hundred thou
Couldn't get you one of these ♪

♪ I guarantee it ain't a flaw
On one of these ♪

♪ Couldn't get you in the league ♪

♪ And three hundred
Couldn't buy the keys ♪

♪ I think you need to add 50 more G's ♪

- ♪ Now, shall I proceed? ♪
- ♪ Yes, indeed ♪

♪ Need to see you
Take it down to the floor ♪

♪ Spread your wings
You real, fly real low ♪

♪ Pause for a second, grind real slow ♪

♪ And if you do it right
Bordero we'll go ♪

♪ Attractiveness
Got me attackin' this ♪

♪ I'm so fabulous
Gluteus Maximus ♪

♪ She want to fly south for the winter ♪

♪ Might just go south to win her ♪

♪ Hell naw
She ain't gone leave me alone ♪

♪ Makin' plans for us to be at home ♪

♪ Take your pants off
You can leave your panties on ♪

♪ But, first drop down
And get your eagle on ♪

♪ From girls with skinny waists
To girls heavy sets ♪

♪ Come on
Flap your wings ♪

♪ Girls with extensions
To girls with dreads ♪

♪ Come on
Flap your wings ♪

♪ Drop down and get your eagle on, girl ♪

♪ She's got that sweat dripping
All over her body ♪

♪ Do you like that sweat dripping
All over my body? ♪

[song ends]

[audience cheering]

[Ally] And the crowd is going wild!

Y'all, keep it going
for Celine and her dancers!

[all cheering]

The audience loved it.

You were giving me
a little bit of "Survivor."

You were throwing it back to the 2000s.

Last time, to secure your spot
in this semifinal,

you had to go against
another choreographer.

You dominated the dance battle,
you are here.

How good does it feel
to be here on this stage again?

- It feels amazing.
- [applause]

Yes, it feels amazing.

And I'm just beyond grateful

and that same fight
that I brought in that battle,

I brought it to the stage tonight.

[audience cheering]

Now, Celine, let's go ahead
and take it to the Dance 100

to get their feedback.

Our Dance 100, pay attention,

'cause you will be voting
for your finalists later.

So, I see Jamal.

Jamal, you voted for Celine
in the dance battle.

Did she make you proud with this creation?

Yes, she did. 100%.

[all cheering]

Like, ten out of ten.

I'm also originally
from St. Louis, Missouri

and y'all did a St. Louis
artist's song like Nelly.

In high school, I was a majorette,

so I was super judging this piece

and I felt that y'all did an amazing job

at being able to bring exactly what it was
that you wanted to the stage.

I love it, and shout-out to the dancers
because y'all smashed. It was…

[Ally] All right.

Cece, was this choreography
semifinal-worthy?

Absolutely.

In my honest opinion,
absolutely, you came back this week

and you said, "I'm stepping
on these b*tches' necks."

[all cheering]

I appreciate that. I felt it.

I'm a '90s baby myself.

I was probably the same age

and I remember gagging
and that's exactly how I felt

when I was watching you guys.
Big love, all of you!

Johnny, I see all smiles.

Does the smile match your feedback?

Yes it does, to an extent.

[audience exclaiming]

I do want to commend you
for bringing the HBCU to this platform.

I need to see a little more cleanliness
and more dancing

than just booty poppin'
and dropping to splits.

All right.

Thanks to our Dance 100.

Well done, Celine.

Now, Celine and her dancers,
y'all drop down, get your eagle on.

Y'all, give it up one more time
for Celine and her 25 dancers!

[audience cheering]

How do y'all feel?

[all cheering]

- [dancer] Yeah!
- Period! We lit that sh*t up!

My first semifinal performance

proved why I'm here,

proved why I'm worthy to be here.

That sh*t was amazing

and I couldn't have done it
without my dancers.

Like, I came and I'm staying. I'm here.

Yeah.

Wasn't that good?
Oh, my gosh, you're moving right along.

Ooh!

Rounding out the decades challenge,
it's Brandi.

[audience cheering]

♪ Hey, little sister ♪

{\an8}♪ It's a great time… ♪

{\an8}Our decades challenge, we got the '60s.

[all exclaiming]

Which honestly made me a little nervous,

because I don't know
that much about the '60s.

The pressure is definitely on.

It's getting tougher.

Let's get this sh*t.
There's work to be done.

I was born in 1992,
so I don't know much about the '60s,

so I definitely will go home
and do my research.

I'm gonna have to call
my grandma up or something.

I don't want to go full '60s with it.

Do the pony, do the mashed potato.

That's probably the only one
we're going to really hit.

It's kind of cute,
so we can make it funky.

♪ Say it again now ♪

There's so much happening,
but I kind of love it.

This performance inspires
a different type of movement

that hasn't been shown
too much on the show yet.

Unexpected, baby!

I got my ideas,
I'm really excited about it.

I think I'm definitely going
to feature my boy Antony.

[dancers cheering]

[laughs]

Because I think you're
going to give me all the energy,

all the performance, all the character
that I'm going to need for this one.

That's our little star.
Little star for this one!

[Antony] I'm gonna do
everything within my power

to make sure it's gonna be
a concert on that stage.

Oh, my God, you're so cute!

♪ You say it on the front line ♪

I am calm, but on the inside,

I always have a little moment
where I get nervous.

♪ You say it on the front line ♪

{\an8}I can't believe
you've created that in Tony.

- You've created a monster.
- No, he created it himself!

I just gave him the space.

♪ You say it on the front line ♪

Competition is getting real.

It's getting down to the nitty-gritty.

I'm not playing, I'm not playing anymore.

So I came fedora, hoops,
because I mean business.

♪ You say it on the front line ♪

[audience cheering]

♪ One, two, three ♪

{\an8}♪ One, two, three ♪

{\an8}[audience cheering]

♪ Got to know how to pony ♪

♪ Like Bony Maronie ♪

♪ Mashed potato ♪

♪ Do the alligator ♪

♪ Put your hand on your hips, yeah ♪

♪ Let your backbone slip ♪

♪ Do the watusi ♪

♪ Like my little Lucy ♪

♪ Hey! ♪

[audience cheering]

♪ Uh, you know I feel all right ♪

♪ Ha, feel pretty good y'all ♪

♪ Uh ♪

[vocalizing]

[audience cheering]

♪ Come on y'all
Let's say it one more time ♪

[vocalizing]

♪ Wow! ♪

♪ Aah, help me ♪

♪ Aah, help me ♪

- [song ends]
- [audience cheering]

[mouthing]

[Ally] All right, y'all, keep it going
for Brandi and her dancers!

Wow! Wow! Wow!

[Ally laughing]

Still selling it!

[Ally] Coming through. Y'all, come on now.

You had the swinging '60s on lock,
my girl Brandi.

This track was released in 1966,
over 50 years ago.

What was your connection to this song?

Well, I actually didn't know this song,

but I went and researched some '60s moves,

so we have little nods of it in there.

I still wanted it to feel like me,
but I really like the song now.

It's so fun. It's so fun.

[all cheering]

Antony, come on down. This hair…

[all cheering]

I'm gonna ask the question
that I'm sure all of us are thinking.

Antony, are you going to keep this hair
after the dance?

{\an8}You're damn right. Mmm.

{\an8}All right. Thanks, Antony.

The folks up top, you've probably
seen a thousand dances,

but we'll focus on this one.

Did they get it done?

- Jamal, you're up first.
- Oh, my God.

How did you think Brandi did
and did she do the '60s justice?

Yes, I did think
that she did the '60s justice.

I think that, like,
even from the top of the show,

Antony, AKA André 3000,
was in character the entire time

as everyone else was.

Everybody was in character…

Even Brandi said she wanted
to give slight nods,

but it felt that you guys truly emulated
what the '60s were,

as if you were watching like Hairspray,

and when the white girls
get to dance with the Black girls.

"We all happy, having a good time."
That's what it felt like to me. Great job.

- [applause]
- [Ally] All right.

Shakara, was there anything you thought
could have been done differently?

Honestly, no.

{\an8}I loved the piece. I loved the use of,
like you say, the nods to the styles,

but also staying true to yourself

and using the foundation styles
that you do so well.

The locking section's my favorite,
possibly in the whole season.

I absolutely loved that.

Right balance of humor, and technique

and partner work, space, you smashed it.

[Ally] Wow, rave reviews.

Well, Brandi, the pros said
you understood the assignment.

Go ahead and get ready
for the narrative challenge.

Y'all, keep it going for Brandi
and her 25 dancers.

[audience cheering]

How does it feel
to see André 3000 in person?

[audience cheering]

I mean!

We've seen all of the decade performances,

but remember, impressing the Dance 100

is key in progressing to the finals

and having a shot at $100,000.

Let's take it to the Dance 100
for some more feedback.

Who do you think
needs to step up their game

for the next challenge?

Jamal?

Keenan.

Keenan from Jamal. Shakara?

[audience exclaims]

Celine.

[audience exclaims]

All right, we got a Keenan,
we got a Celine. Armando?

I'm going to say Max.

[audience exclaims]

Joseph?

{\an8}Eh… Max!

Oh, we got two Max,
a Celine, and a Keenan.

Well, shoutouts to our Dance 100,
that's what y'all thought.

Thank you so much,
I always love our chats.

Each choreographer
has one more routine to go,

but you know this competition
is full of surprises.

Oh, no. What are they saying?

What our choreographers don't know

is tonight is a double performance…

Oh, my God.

…and a double elimination.

[gasps]

- I'm not doing that.
- Oh, my God!

I'm sorry, I'm not doing that.

I'm about to perform
and y'all putting me in a sh*t-a*s mood.

Yes, only two choreographers
can make it through to the final.

[audience gasping]

And a chance to bag that $100,000 prize!

Oh, my God.

[Keenan] This sucks. This sucks.

- [Celine] It does suck.
- [Brandi] Oh, my God!

- Keenan?
- Don't touch me.

[theme music playing]