America's Best Dance Crew
, which is often abbreviated as ABDC
, is an American television show featuring street dance crews from the United States. The show is produced by American Idol judge Randy Jackson, and airs on MTV in the United States, MuchMusic in Canada and Musique Plus in Québec. [1]
The show is hosted by former teen actor, two-time game show host, and Dancing with the Stars
runner-up, Mario Lopez and features television personality, Layla Kayleigh as the backstage correspondent. The judges are hip-hop artist; the rapper, Lil Mama, former N*SYNC member JC Chasez, and hip-hop choreographer Shane Sparks. [2] [3] The series was originally developed for NBC.
JabbaWockeeZ were declared the winner of Season 1 on March 27, 2008, defeating Status Quo in the finale. Season 2 debuted on June 7, 2008 with the live auditions. Super Cr3w was declared the winner of season 2 on August 21, 2008, defeating SoReal Cru in the finale. Quest Crew was declared the winner of season 3 on March 5, 2009, defeating Beat Freaks in the finale.
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Overview
America's Best Dance Crew
is a "
reality show" where dance crews from the streets compete for a $100,000 (USD) prize. Each week, the crews are given a challenge. The challenge is different for each crew, but of the same general challenge. For example, one challenge include a set of a school gym, and the crews has to incorporate beats with the props on stage (lockers, bleachers, jump ropes, etc.). Every week there is a performance/results show.
Mario Lopez reveals which two crews are in the bottom two. These two then do the performances they were planning on doing if they were safe and then the judges choose which crew was better and that crew stays while the other crew is eliminated. Since the second season, the winning crews also receive the Golden B-Boy Trophy, a golden statue of a B-Boy doing a freeze, with the legs moving like a bobblehead. Another unique aspect of ABDC is the crew banners. The logo on the banner represents that crew, appearing on merchandise, appearing in the background for interviews, and also just as a transition effect. When a crew is eliminated, their banner falls off the top of the stadium where the banners of the crews still in the running stand.
In August 2, 2009, as a prologue for the next season, the show premiered a special hosted by Randy Jackson called "The Top 10 Performances of All Time" where Randy Jackson showed his top 10 picks of the first three seasons.
The Top Ten Performances are as follows:
1. JabbaWockeeZ's Michael Jackson week performance ()
2. Quest Crew's Last Chance Challenge performance ()
3. Season 1 Top 4 Broadway Week "Hard Knock Life" Group Performance ()
4. Strikers All Stars' Britney Spears Challenge performance ()
5. Kaba Modern's Crew's Choice performance ()
6. Beat Freaks' Illusion Challenge performance ()
7. Dynamic Edition's Sudden Death Performance ()
8. Boogie Bots's "Inspiration for their dance" Challenge performance ()
9. Fanny Pak's Missy Elliot performance ()
10. Super Cr3w's Crew's Choice performance ()
Season summary
| Season
| Began airing
| Winner
| Runner-up
| Other Crews (in order of placement)
| Number of Crews
| Finale Date
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| Season 1
| February 7, 2008
| JabbaWockeeZ
| Status Quo
| Kaba Modern, BreakSk8, Fysh n Chicks, Live in Color, ICONic, Femme Five, Enigma Dance Kru
| 9
| March 27, 2008
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| Season 2
| June 19, 2008
| Super Cr3w
| SoReal Cru
| Fanny Pak, Boogie Bots, Supreme Soul, ASIID, Phresh Select, Xtreme Dance Force, Sass x7, Distorted X
| 10
| August 21, 2008
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| Season 3
| January 15, 2009
| Quest Crew
| Beat Freaks
| Fly Khicks, Strikers All-Stars, Dynamic Edition, Ringmasters, Team Millennia, Boxcuttuhz, G.O.P. Dance
| 9
| March 5, 2009
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| Season 4
| August 9, 2009
| TBD
| TBD
| Beet Ya Feet Kings, Southern Movement, Artistry in Motion, Fr3sh
| 9
| September 27, 2009
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America's Best Dance Crew (Season-by-Season)
Season 1
The first season premiered on February 7, 2008. Dance crew
JabbaWockeeZ was declared the winner of season 1 on the Thursday March 27, 2008 season finale, and received the $100,000 (USD) prize and a touring contract.
Season 2
The second season premiered on June 19, 2008. Dance crew
Super Cr3w was declared the winner of season 2 on August 21, 2008 season finale, and received the $100,000 (USD) prize and a touring contract.
Season 3
The third season premiered on January 15, 2009.
Quest Crew was declared the winner of season 3 on the March 5, 2009 season finale, and received the $100,000 (USD) prize as well as the Golden B-Boy trophy.
Season 4
Auditions began on June 6, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA. Season 4 began airing on Sunday August 9, 2009, at 9pm Eastern Time.
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References
- Randy Jackson is executive producer of ‘America’s Best Dance Crew.’
- MTV to debut Randy Jackson's 'America's Best Dance Crew' on Feb. 7
- Rapper Lil Mama to serve as 'America's Best Dance Crew's third judge
- http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/375211/jc-chasez-on-abdc-we-got-a-season-four.jhtml#id=1609676