America's Best Dance Crew
Randy Jackson has put his magic touch on another reality show - MTV's "America' s Best Dance Crew". This show separates itself from other dance competition shows in that it features street dance crews rather than individuals or duos. Each week, you get to see the best street dance crews krump, grind, and showcase their best moves as they battle for the title of America's Best Dance Crew. The show is produced by American Idol's Randy Jackson and the first season began airing on MTV in February 2008. It was such a success that Season 2 is scheduled to start June 2008.
The show is hosted by Dancing with the Stars runner-up Mario Lopez, with Layla Kayleigh serving as the show's backstage correspondent. The judges for the show included:
- Rapper Lil Mama - Lil Mama has been featured on remixes to singles such as "Show Me What You Got" ( Jay-Z), "Girlfriend" with Avril Lavigne, "Beautiful Girls" with Sean Kingston (she was also featured in the video), and "Just Fine" with Mary J. Blige. Lil Mama's hit single "Lip Gloss" was nominated for the Monster Single of the Year award at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards.
- JC Chasez - JC Chasez is a singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor who is best known as one of the lead singers of the boy band 'N Sync. JC wrote many songs for 'N Synch including "No Strings Attached," "Bringin' Da Noise," and "Space Cowboy." He has made guest appearances on "The Ghost Whisperer" and "Las Vegas."
- Shane Sparks - Choreographer Shane Sparks has appeared as a choreographer and judge on "So You Think You Can Dance." He won the American Choreography Award in 2004 for his work in the film You Got Served. Shane has worked with artists such as Aaliyah, Monica, and Lindsay Lohan. He was one of several choreographers that conducted "The Pulse," a hip-hop workshop held in cities throughout America in 2006 and 2007.
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Season 2
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Season 2 kicked off on June 7, 2008. Auditions were held in four cities - New York City, Chicago, Houston, and Los Angeles. This season featured the following fourteen crews, with the first four crews already having been eliminated:
- Shh!
- Full Effect
- HIStory
- Team Millenia
- Fanny Pak
- Super Cr3w
- Supreme Soul
- SoReal Cru
- Distorted X
- Xtreme Dance Force
- A.S.I.I.D.
- Sass x 7
- Boogie Bots
- Phresh Select
Season 1
Season 1 kicked off on February 7, 2008. Auditions were held in four cities - New York City, Atlanta, Chicago, and Los Angeles. This season featured the following twelve crews, in order of elimination:
- The Movement
- Full Out
- Automatic Response
- Enigma Dance Kru
- Femme 5
- ICONic
- Live in Color
- Fysh n Chicks
- BreakSk8
- Kaba Modern
- Status Quo
- JabbaWockeeZ
At the finale, all the crew returned and worked on a dance with crews in their divisions (West, Midwest, South, and East) based on their audition city. For the West division, Fysh n Chicks, Kaba Modern and JabbaWockeeZ performed to "Tell Me When to Go" by E-40. For the South division, Enigma Dance Kru and Live in Color performed to "Get Low" by Lil Jon & The Eastside Boys. For the East division, ICONic and Status Quo performed to "Phenomenon" by LL Cool J. And, for the Midwest division, BreakSk8 and Femme 5 performed to "Pop, Lock, & Drop It" by Huey. On March 27, JabbaWockeeZ was named the winners and they received the $100,000 prize.
Be sure to visit MTV after the live competition each week to get daily coverage of rehearsals, injury updates, and interviews as well as to vote for your favorite crews. You can also submit your own crew's dance video - the best will show up on MTV!
Latest News and Recaps
America’s Best Dance Crew: The Banner Falls for BluePrint Cru; Poreotix wins the Finale
Posted: 11 Apr 2010
On the finale of “America’s Best Dance Crew,” each of the judges led the crews from a region in a routine. Omarion led the west coast (Heavy Impact, Hype 5-0, and Poreotix), Lil Mama led the east coast (Blueprint Cru, Static Noyze, and Saltare), and JC led the south (Jungle Boogie, Swagger Crew, and Royal [...]
America’s Best Dance Crew: The Banner Falls for Hype 5-0; Blueprint Cru and Poreotix Are in the Finals
Posted: 2 Apr 2010
It was the last “America’s Best Dance Crew” show before the finale and we found out early on that the voters had finally turned out for Blueprint Cru – they were safe and made it into the finals. That meant either Poreotix or Hype 5-0 was going home in third place. What would decide that [...]
America’s Best Dance Crew: The Banner Falls for Jungle Boogie
Posted: 26 Mar 2010
The “America’s Best Dance Crew” challenge was cool – the crews had to do illusions during their performance. Illusionist Franz Harary was there to help out the crews. The night started out with a group performance, and then it got to the challenge. The first safe crew was Hype 5-0. The illusion they had to [...]
