americas best dance crew-related stories
Posted Feb 3rd 2010 5:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Celebrities
This seems to be the day for TV litigation. First we told you about that
lawsuit brought by the creator of 'MacGyver' to stop the release of the new 'MacGruber' film, and now we have a lawsuit brought against 'American Idol' judge Randy Jackson.
It's not about the hit FOX show, though, it's about MTV's
'America's Best Dance Crew.' A man says that Jackson and MTV stole the idea for the show from him. He says that he pitched the show, which had the unfortunate name of 'International Breakerz League,' back in 2004 and got an "implied contract" from MTV. Nothing happened with that show and then Jackson's dance show premiered in 2008. The man is suing both Jackson and MTV for $2,000,000.
These lawsuits hardly ever work out for the plaintiff, do they? A lot of times we never even hear what the result of the lawsuits are.
Posted Oct 29th 2009 8:02PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Daytime, Celebrities, Talk Show
If things don't work out for
Project Runway winner
Christian Siriano in the fashion biz, he might want to consider a full-time gig as a talk show diva. As the number one guest on
The Oprah Winfrey Show today, Christian was fierce, fun and oh-so-comfy that at times I thought Ms. O had her own little Ed McMahon or Andy Richter... but with a lot more style.
Oprah devoted the show to reality TV and the big get was Adam Lambert, the runner up in last season's
American Idol. You wouldn't have guessed he was second place based on the assertion by Oprah that he was the top choice of her viewers when asked which reality star they wanted to see on her show.
I know I'm cynical, but I think it was planned. Adam's album is coming out on November 23 and there's already been lots of buzz, including
the CD cover.
Continue reading Oprah's real time with Christian Siriano and Adam Lambert
Posted Aug 24th 2009 10:04AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews
America's Best Dance Crew is three weeks into its new season, and it's still kind of boring. It's gotten so bad, that this week as host Mario Lopez was declaring safe crews, I realized that I'm not recognizing most of them right away.
So You Think You Can Dance had the same problem this summer; nobody dynamic really jumping out for the longest time.
America doesn't seem to know who to vote for either
, because their "safe" crews each week look like they're being drawn out of a hat. Just this week, the bottom two crews by America's vote gave the best two performances of the night by a landslide.
Continue reading America's Best Dance Crew is boring me so far this season
Posted Aug 3rd 2009 4:30PM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Music and Variety, So You Think You Can Dance
We continue
the trend of reality show dance contestants showing up on other reality shows. Last season of
America's Best Dance Crew Dominic (D-Trix), Hok, and Ryan, former contestants on
So You Think You Can Dance, were part of Quest Crew and won. In the newest season,
SYTYCD, finalist Donyelle Jones is part of Artistry in Motion.
The camera training and cross-genre training will definitely come in handy for Donyelle and her crew. Seeing how well Quest Crew succeeded, I'm sure there is already an established Donyelle fan base that can help her team survive early elimination.
Continue reading Another So You Think You Can Dance alum on America's Best Dance Crew
Posted Jul 31st 2009 2:35AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, So You Think You Can Dance
(S05E21) I'm happy to hear Cat announce that the filler in this episode would be the four Emmy nominated performances. It would actually be interesting if next season they could try a "Where are they now?" segment on the results shows.
The eliminations weren't shocking to me, but watching Cat announce that Jeanine and Brandon were the two that didn't have to perform solos was a relief and a pain. They had the best performances last night.
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: 2 of 6 Voted Off
Posted Jul 8th 2009 12:31PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming
Considering how often MTV re-airs all of its original programming, I don't think it really matters when a show first airs on the network, but it's still bold
moving Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew to Sundays at 9PM ET for its eight episode fourth season. Previous seasons have aired on Thursdays at 10PM ET. The show brought in big numbers in its Thursday slot, so methinks MTV is hoping to grow the brand. Maybe some cross-appreciation with
So You Think You Can Dance could do it.
Shane Sparks recently appeared on
SYTYCD with a couple of less-than-impressive choreographed numbers. Maybe Nigel would allow him to pimp the new season of
ABDC there. Or bring in JabbaWockeeZ or one of the other past teams to dance on a results show of
SYTYCD. How hot would that be? Speaking of, the new season of
ABDC is preluded by a special highlighting the top ten dance performances ever on the show August 2 at 9PM ET. There've been some pretty sick performances on the show, so this is a must-see!
Posted Jun 26th 2009 3:29PM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd
A year ago I was enthralled by MTV's
America's Best Dance Crew. It was a concept that actually fit MTV: dancing to music which was often influenced by
music videos. For episode five of the first season, Mario Lopez announced Michael Jackson week. I cringed because I knew that the crews were going to have to use things like the moonwalk and the zombie "Thriller" moves.
The contestants were celebrating the 25th anniversary release of
Thriller. Luckily the crews didn't have to use the horrible remixes that were added to the rerelease. When the episode ended, I was happily surprised.
Continue reading Remembering Michael Jackson on America's Best Dance Crew
Posted Jun 17th 2009 3:25PM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, TV Squad Lists, Casting, So You Think You Can Dance
With the second week of competitions tonight on
So You Think You Can Dance, I wanted to point out a trend:
reality dance show contestants can't leave television. Several contestants and a few choreographers have jumped ship and have appeared on other reality shows.
The jump basically can plant an already established fanbase onto a different television show. One great example is Ty Murray on
Dancing with the Stars. I'm not sure what the percentage of votes for Ty came from fans of Chelsie Hightower and her work from
SYTYCD or his charm, but he definitely benefited from someone who knew to make routines that were camera friendly.
Continue reading The reality TV dance show scorecard
Posted May 22nd 2009 12:25AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, Episode Recaps, So You Think You Can Dance
"Your metal rod is showing" – Sonya Tayeh(S05E01) Screams and potential contestants wailing to the cameras start off our show. What did I get myself into? Cat Deeley preps us that we have thousands of dancers, six cities, lots of tears, and one obsessively screaming judge. I guess we don't get an explanation as to what happened to Joshua, other than making it to the opening credits. Whatever did happen to Step Up 3D? Let's hope it doesn't go straight to DVD.
We started the night with New York City's auditions, specifically in Brooklyn. Cat does the Brooklyn Dance while more people dance for the camera. Our judges today are Nigel, Mary, and Tabitha & Napoleon, our favorite lyrical hip-hop choreographers. The dancers still have the same process for auditions: win (straight to Vegas), lose (rejection) or draw (choreography round where the judges will make their decisions).
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: NYC and Denver Auditions
Posted Mar 17th 2009 2:02PM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Industry, OpEd, The Amazing Race, Survivor, Celebrities, Big Brother (US), Dancing With The Stars, Host, TV Squad Lists, Casting
Since the reality television boom isn't going to end anytime soon, this could be a lucrative career path for the up-and-coming toddler who likes to ham it up with a microphone. After all, in this time of economic woes, what could be a better goal than glam, glitz, red carpets, and Emmy awards?
The reality show genre encompasses the gamut from talent contests to living in the jungle to living in a house with insufferable drones and drama queens and beyond. As a result, the hosts for these shows are going to be a varied lot, as well. Who are these people? How did they get where they are? And, more importantly ... what do I think of them? Read on.
Continue reading Six reality show hosts, six different realities
Posted Feb 22nd 2009 11:02AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd
It's a fair question. I'm not going to knock the skills the boys obviously have, but in a way this is a reality all-star crew of hip-hop dancers. Three of their performers are former finalists of FOX's summer hit
So You Think You Can Dance. Hell, even judge Shane Sparks choreographed and judged on
SYTYCD before beginning his stint on
Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew for MTV so the audience is already aware of a connection between the two shows. And you have to figure there's a pretty heavy crossover audience between the two. How many dancing competition shows are there that feature street dancing?
The question is whether or not its unfair that so much of America has already become familiar with and fallen in love with the dynamic style of Hok Konishi, Ryan Conferido and Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval of Quest Crew. Where do you draw the line, or is there any need to? On
SYTYCD the three each competed individually whereas here they're part of a larger group so it's not like they're getting a second chance. Still, I'm pretty sure I remember Quest Crew even performing on a results show of
SYTYCD last summer.
Continue reading Does Quest Crew have an unfair advantage on America's Best Dance Crew?
Posted Aug 22nd 2008 8:23AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Pickups and Renewals, Episode Reviews
(S02E11 ... or is that 12?) The live auditions were considered a sort of special, so does it count as episode one? This finale featured the return of all the crews from throughout the season and the results of which of the final two crews would be crowned. I'll just come right off the top and say that I was pretty disappointed to see Fanny Pak taken down before the finale. Of all the crews this season, they were the ones who got me the most excited.
The problem is I'm not sure which of the top two finalists I would have eliminated to make room for them. I just don't think either of them was stronger overall than Fanny Pak. Even the judges didn't seem pleased going into the finale with the remaining two crews. And unfortunately, throughout last week's performance episode, it was one disappointment after another until the final two dances. I appreciate the differences in these crews, but I don't think it was as exciting a finale as we could have had.
Continue reading America's Best Dance Crew: Finale
Posted Jul 30th 2008 10:23AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, Big Brother (US), Reality-Free, Mad Men
I didn't hear about yesterday's earthquake from the usual sources, CNN or one of the major newspaper web sites. Nope, I heard about it on Twitter! Ah, the days of rapid communication. They're calling it TwitQuake, since everyone in the area of the quake made a note about it on their Twitter pages the moment it happened. It took CNN and Fox News a few minutes to catch up.
The quake made news on the blogs too, including
Rich Sommers'. Rich plays Harry on
Mad Men, and filming of the show was interrupted. Rich took the picture above showing cast and crew mingling outside the studio. The quake also interrupted things at the
Big Brother house (probably a romp in the hot tub) and on
Judge Judy (
video!). The judge promptly told everyone to shut up because she knows more about earthquakes than anyone else.
Sunset Tan also felt the 5.4 jolt but looked fantastic during it.
And if you were wondering,
everyone at America's Best Dance Crew is safe.
Posted Jun 28th 2008 11:26AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Interviews, Celebrities, So You Think You Can Dance
On Tuesday I headed over to the Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, CA for a taping of
America's Best Dance Crew. I sat back in the V.I.P. room while the taping was going on. The show, which tapes at Stage 23, has a gigantic set this season (probably due to the first season's enormous and unexpected success). The taping is so boring though. While I was watching, they spent about twenty minutes taping the first thirty seconds where Mario Lopez starts things off. Each time they tweaked something he said, he got a little more annoyed. The audience never seemed to get tired of doing their job, applauding like maniacs.
But before anything started I got to interview judge Shane Sparks. Find out more about what
Sparks had to say about his involvement with
America's Best Dance Crew, his absence on this season's
So You Think You Can Dance, Wade Robson, and the JabbaWockeeZ after the jump.
Continue reading Shane Sparks: The TV Squad Interview
Posted Apr 4th 2008 8:01AM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: Other Reality Shows
A day hasn't gone by where we haven't received some sort of tip or email asking us, the TV Squad, how to get on [insert reality show here]. Unfortunately no, Simon Cowell does not work for us, and Donald Trump isn't my BFF, so we really can't help all that much.
The folks at RealityWanted.com often send us a list of new and existing reality shows that are looking for new, er, talent, and they've given us permission to make mention of them here. We'll try to make this a regular feature as often as we get a new list.
This time we have The Biggest Loser, America's Best Dance Crew and other new shows.
Continue reading Reality Show casting calls
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