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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 2:38PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, American Idol, Pickups and Renewals, Judges, Casting

When
American Idol's Randy Jackson announced that he was producing a competition for dance crews, instead of solo dancers like
So You Think You Can Dance, I thought this was a great idea. On
SYTYCD there were always these great street dancers who couldn't handle the discipline of ballroom but where great at what you could do. Well, apparently Randy had the right idea because
Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew was a monster hit for MTV this past winter.
So it was inevitably renewed, and we've just gotten the list of audition dates and cities. The rules are pretty simple. Be 18 years and up and be part of a crew of 5-7 members. Then be able to get to New York April 18th, Houston April 21st, LA April 29th or Chicago May 3rd. Or, if you kind of suck, plan to go to all four sites. Maybe I should dust off my old dancing shoes and see if I've still got it. For more information check out
America's Best Dance Crew's website or
Season 2's MySpace page.
Continue reading America's Best Dance Crew second season auditions - VIDEO