America’s Best Dance Crew Season 5: Week 5

On 03.19.10, In TV, By AC Slater

This week's recap is going to be a quick one for a couple reasons, 1. I don't have a lot of time this morning to write and I wanted to get something up and 2. I don't really have anything bad to say about any of the crews last night, so let's get to it. This week's challenge was the Usher Challenge. Each group was given a task by Usher himself to incorporate into their performances. Most of the time it was a dance move, but in one case it was a prop (heelies). I thought overall every group did extremely well and they were all pretty entertaining. If I had to choose one group that I didn't care for last night it would have been Saltare, but I haven't liked them from the beginning so if I had to choose another group I would have to Hype 5-0 didn't really impress me as much as the other crews. Their performance was not bad by any means and they actually seem to "dance" more than any of the other groups, but I don't know, there was just something about it that I wasn't feeling. I think it was just the fact that it wasn't as power and and didn't grab me like the other performances did. Other than that I though all of the other groups did extremely well and I continue to be impressed by Jungle Boogie and how much energy they have, not to mention how clean their moves are. Poreotix, as much as I liked them and favored them as a contender for the top spot, the whole thing is getting a little old. They tried to be cute and funny with their performance last night and, while good, was a little stale for me. Blueprint Cru is still my favorite to win, but I honestly think the fans of the show are going to swing the votes towards Poreotix in the end.

So overall I liked this weeks performances, but was definitely glad to see Saltare finally get the boot. I think it was Lil Mama that said it last night, it was a little stiff, and that's what happens when they try to actually dance instead of just putting on a jump rope clinic. It was there time and actually I'm very surprised that they even made it this far. So that's that, we're down to the top 4 contenders and honestly it's a pretty even battle although I'm going to go ahead and make my predictions now for the rest of the season.

4th Place: Hype 5-0
3rd Place: Blueprint Cru
2nd Place: Jungle Boogie
1st Place: Poreotix

As much as I would love to see Blueprint Cru win the whole thing I think that the fans are going to vote Poreotix to the top. What are your predictions for the remaining 4 groups?

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America’s Best Dance Crew Season 5: Week 4

On 03.12.10, In TV, By AC Slater

And we're back! Sorry for missing out on last week's Lady Gaga challenge, but we were relaxing by the pool in Mexico and I wasn't about to spend my vacation watching 'Dance Crew' and writing about it, sorry. But lets jump right into this week's disco performances a little differently than the past... I didn't have time to post last night like I normally do so the order of the performances may be off a little bit and they may be a little shorter than usual, but you'll get the gist of it.

Blueprint Cru got immunity last week so they were up first and I thought they did pretty well. They had to incorporate the "funky guitar" into their performance and did about as much with it as one could expect considering it's kind of a lame move. Overall a solid, well rounded performance, which is good because I was worried these guys were starting to slip a bit after the first couple weeks. (They were my favorite coming out of the regionals).

Saltare had to incorporate the hustle into their performance and maybe it was just me, but I completely missed it. I like that they tried to incorporate some actual dancing into the routine, but again, I can't get over the fact that every performance turns into a jump rope demo... why are these guys still around? Sure the jump rope tricks were hard and it was kind of cool (and also kind of hokey) that the ropes were on fire for the end, but this is still a dance show and I don't feel that they are actually dancers...

Poreotix is up next and I believe they had to incorporate the robot (?) into their performance. I only question that because it's pretty much what they do every week and I can't remember their move exactly. I though the performance was ok, I've liked other ones in the past much better, they just seemed a little out of a sync this time which is odd for them, I did like the sexy robot as J.C. called it, and the wave thing they did across the stage was cool. My girlfriend still thinks they are terrible and doesn't like the style of dance, but to each her own I guess...

Hype 5-0 had probably the worst move to incorporate into their performance, the electric slide... ugh. Again, like Saltare, I didn't really catch the electric slide part of the routine, but that doesn't mean it wasn't there, I could have just been distracted by some other move. I think it was a well rounded performance, a little slow at times, but I think these guys have potential and hopefully will blow us away in the coming weeks.

Heavy Impact had to incorporate the strut into their performance which I wasn't worried about, it was the lift that I was worried about. I'll be honest, without the performance in front of me I can't remember much about it. Since we watched both the Lady Gaga and the Disco shows last night, I seem to be confusing them in my head. So with that being said, I guess the performance wasn't that memorable to me, but then again I haven't really been a huge fan of these guys all season.

Static Noyze was up next and they have been one of my favorite groups so far this season. I can't remember what move they had to incorporate, but I do remember that one of their members could not compete due to a back injury, which probably threw off the whole vibe of the group. I thought they did pretty well, there were a few sloppy moments and a few hiccups, but overall a decent performance.

Jungle Boogie was the last group of the night and they had to incorporate the bump (?) into the routine. I thought overall these guys and Blueprint Cru had the best performances of the night. This performance had tons of energy, they all seemed to be pretty in sync and smooth. The lift was cool since the girl lifted one of the guys which is the opposite of what we normally see, so that was clever (she's also pretty tiny too). So between the 3 groups in the bottom, Heavy Impact, Static Noyze and Jungle Boogie, I had no doubt that Jungle Boogie was going to be the ones saved this week... based on this week alone though.

So there you have it, Heavy Impact and Static Noyze are headed home, which is sure to upset a lot of people. I personally would have rather seen Static Noyze hang around for a bit longer, but sometimes it doesn't work out that way.

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America’s Best Dance Crew Season 5: Week 2

On 02.27.10, In Uncategorized, By AC Slater

Sorry for being a little late on this weeks episode post, I had things going on Thursday and Friday (which I will actually write about shortly). So since this is a little late I'm going to keep it fairly short and to the point. This week was the Music Video Challenge where each group had to perform certain moves inspired by music videos.

Poreotix was the first group saved and danced to Rihanna's Umbrella. I still like these guys and the girlfriend still hates them, but I thought they had a lot more choreography this time, but because of that they were a little sloppier than usual. I have to imagine that it's hard for guys to dance sexy like Rihanna, but I think they did pretty well for what they were given.

Jungle Boogie was the next group to be saved and I really liked them last week and this week they did not disappoint. They danced to Shakira's Give It Up To Me and overall I liked it quite a bit. Their moves were very clean, lots of energy and they definitely completed the challenge.

Static Noyze is up next and dancing New In Town by Little Boots. I've never heard of this song, but that doesn't really mean anything. The video incorporates shopping carts into the dance moves so right off the bat it was going to be a difficult performance. The dancing itself wasn't bad, they had fun with it, but like I figured they didn't seem to do too much with the carts other than push them back and forth. They were the most consistent with the video and the cleanest to this point, but if the challenge was to creatively use the carts I would say they didn't do as well as they could.

Saltare were saved next, ugh, and performed to Shake It by Metro Station... and it was kind of a train wreck. I still don't like these guy and I still think the jump ropes are a gimmick and despite what they want us to think, it always will be. They completely messed up at the very beginning and again at the end, the middle part was clean, but it didn't seem too difficult, as far as the dancing is concerned. Of course the jump rope stuff isn't easy, but this is a dance show not a jump rope show!

Heavy Impact was up next and performed to What You Got by Colby O'Donis   and we're surprisingly pretty good. I'm not a huge fan of these guys, but their performance this week wasn't bad. The video had a lot of popping and locking and since these guys are big it was a little harder to make it out, but they did a good job. Don't really have much to say about them because I was actually pretty impressed with it as a whole, I'm not curious to see what they do for the rest of the season.

Hype 5-0 was up next and dancing to 3 by Britney Spears. Overall I thought it was good, I like the way they created the "pole" by using a member of the group instead of having to manipulate a pole around the stage. I think the fact that they have 2 girls trying to be sexy and act as the "Britney" character may have hurt them a bit because they were the center of attention for most of the performance and they weren't 100% together the whole time. My favorite part of the performance was when the "pole" guy came out of it in a flip that synced up with the girls flipping on either side. The kiss at the end was a little bit much, I don't think they needed to go there, but of course I didn't mind.

Royal Flush is up next and battling for the chance to stay on the show. They performed to Evacuate the Dance Floor by Cascada. I thought it started out very clean and was turning into a great performance, but then they seemed to get a little sloppy and I became a little dis-interested. The card tricks are getting old, I don't think they need to incorporate it every single time as it's starting to get hokey...

Blueprint Cru performed to Omarion's I Get It In and did a pretty good job. I've liked these guys from the start and still think they are one of the better crews on the show. They faulted a bit during the actual challenge, the headstand, but I thought the energy level was great and it was very very clean. This performance was good enough to keep Blueprint Cru in the battle leaving Royal Flush a bit short and going home.

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America’s Best Dance Crew Season 5: Week 1

On 02.19.10, In TV, By AC Slater

We are finally into the National competition with the remaining 9 crews competing for a chance to be crowned America's Best Dance Crew. This is where the season would usually kick off in the past, but I'm sure due to the success of the show, we were shown 3 regional episodes before getting to this point, but this is where it all matters. The final 9 crews all performed last night without any sort of assigned challenge, which we'll be seeing in the coming weeks, so this was basically just a "show us your stuff" round. I guess it was a "Chart Topper Challenge, which was basically just having the groups use popular songs. And while some of the groups showed us exactly what they are made of, some of the other groups fell short. I was pretty disappointed in the group that the judges let go last night only because I was such a fan of them in the regional competition, but that's how this show works, if you have a bad performance you're going to be going home. So with that said, let's get to the groups. Since this is the first round I'm going to keep my recap a little shorter for each group, otherwise this post will go on for days.

First up was Hype 5-0 performing to a master mix featuring Imma B by the Black Eyed Peas. They impressed me in the regionals, but only in their battle performance and while they were pretty good last night I didn't think it was anything spectacular. Sure everyone's nervous for the first show, but their moves seemed to be a little simple and while most of their stuff was clean there were definitely a few bobbles throughout the performance. The judges didn't think they were that great either and sent them to the bottom 3 to battle for survival. Check out the other rundowns after the jump.

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Americas Best Dance Crew Season 5: Regionals – The East

On 02.04.10, In TV, By AC Slater

Tonight we got to experience the groups from the East coast and personally I was not disappointed. Overall the caliber of groups from the East seemed to be better than the South, but of course not everyone can make it through to the finals, so let's get right to it.

The first group up was Legendary Seven which is actually made up of 2 previous members of Status Quo. They came out and performed to a master mix of "I Can Transform Ya" by Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne and if you know that song you know that it's pretty high energy with lots of pretty hard beats, but with that said it's a good song to do a high energy routine to and that's exactly what these guys did. Right off the bat I was already more impressed by these guys than any of the groups that went last night. I'm a sucker for the high energy routines though. I thought the idea of transforming into a helicopter at the beginning was really cool and came together perfectly smooth. The whole routine was clean and tight, but apparently the judges didn't think the same and they were sent to the bottom 3.

Next up was Draztik who performed to a master mix featuring Britney Spears' "Shattered Glass". At first they seemed to have a very similar style as Legendary Seven, lots of energy and fast movement, but they seemed to have more actual coreography than Legendary Seven did which the judges seemed to like, and I did too. The only thing they were kind of lacking was in the stunt department and apparently that was enough for the judges to drop them down to the bottom 3 and forced them to battle against Legendary 7.

The rest of the group breakdowns can be found after the jump.

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