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The first season of America's Best Dance Crew premiered on February 7, 2008. The season, hosted by Mario Lopez, featured a judging panel consisting of Lil Mama, JC Chasez, and Shane Sparks. In the live finale, which aired on March 27, 2008, JabbaWockeeZ was declared the winner.

Cast

For the first season of America's Best Dance Crew, the competitors auditioned in four cities: New York City, Atlanta, Chicago, and Los Angeles. A total of twelve dance crews were selected from the four cities and then categorized into four regions: Midwest, South, East Coast, and West Coast. Following the live casting special on January 26, 2008, the initial pool of dance crews was narrowed down to nine.

Results

^Note 1 : The live auditions special determined the nine spots for the season premiere.

Key

  (WINNER) The dance crew won the competition and was crowned "America's Best Dance Crew".

  (RUNNER-UP) The dance crew was the runner-up in the competition.

  (SAFE) The dance crew was safe from elimination.

  (SAFE) The dance crew was safe from elimination and advanced from the live auditions to the competition.

  (RISK) The dance crew was at risk for elimination.

  (ELIM) The dance crew was eliminated from the competition.

  (ELIM) The dance crew was eliminated from the live auditions and did not advance to the competition.

Episodes

Episode 0: The Search Begins

• Original Airdate: January 26, 2008

Twelve dance crews competed in a live casting special for America's Best Dance Crew.

Episode 1: The Battle Begins

• Original Airdate: February 7, 2008

Each crew performed to a mix of their favorite dance track. The crews were broken up into groups of three. The judges selected one crew from each group (italicized) to be safe from elimination and move on to the next week. Afterwards, the judges picked the bottom two crews to compete in a sudden death dance-off to guest performer Flo Rida's song "Low".

• Safe: Live in Color, Status Quo, Kaba Modern, JabbaWockeeZ, Breaksk8, Fysh n Chicks, Femme 5
• Bottom 2: Enigma Dance Kru, ICONic
• Eliminated: Enigma Dance Kru

Episode 2: Music Video Moves

• Original Airdate: February 14, 2008

Each crew was given a different music video containing a dance sequence, which they had to perform while maintaining their own style.

• Safe: Kaba Modern, Live in Color, JabbaWockeeZ, Breaksk8, ICONic, Status Quo
• Bottom 2: Fysh n Chicks, Femme 5
• Eliminated: Femme 5

Episode 3: Dance Craze Challenge

• Original Airdate: February 21, 2008

Each crew performed a popular dance, also known as a "dance craze", while preserving their own style. Since some of the dance crazes were very simple to execute, each team had to complete an additional challenge while performing.

• Safe: Live in Color, JabbaWockeeZ, Breaksk8, Kaba Modern, Fysh n Chicks
• Bottom 2: Status Quo, ICONic
• Eliminated: ICONic

Episode 4: Movie Characters

• Original Airdate: February 28, 2008

The crews portrayed movie characters through dance.

• Safe: JabbaWockeeZ, Kaba Modern, Status Quo, Breaksk8
• Bottom 2: Fysh n Chicks, Live in Color
• Eliminated: Live in Color

Episode 5: Thriller

• Original Airdate: March 6, 2008

Each crew performed to a track from Michael Jackson's Thriller album, in honor of its 25th anniversary, and incorporated Jackson's signature moves into their routine.

• Safe: Status Quo, JabbaWockeeZ, Kaba Modern
• Bottom 2: Fysh n Chicks, Breaksk8
• Eliminated: Fysh n Chicks

Episode 6: Broadway Remixed

• Original Airdate: March 13, 2008

At the beginning of the show, the crews teamed up to perform a routine to a hip hop remix of Annie's "It's the Hard Knock Life". Then, each crew had to transform a traditional Broadway number into a hip hop routine.

• Safe: Status Quo, JabbaWockeeZ
• Bottom 2: Kaba Modern, Breaksk8
• Eliminated: Breaksk8

Episode 7: Evolution of Street Dance

• Original Airdate: March 20, 2008

All three crews performed to a same remix highlighting the evolution of street dancing over the past 30 years.

• Safe: Status Quo
• Bottom 2: JabbaWockeeZ, Kaba Modern
• Eliminated: Kaba Modern

The two finalists compete in an encore "do or die" round.

Episode 8: The Live Finale

• Original Airdate: March 27, 2008

The eliminated crews returned and performed with the finalists for a regional collaboration. Instead of going head-to-head, JabbaWockeeZ and Status Quo teamed up for their last performance.

• Winner: JabbaWockeeZ
• Runner-up: Status Quo

References

1. Rocchio, Christopher (January 16, 2008). "MTV to debut Randy Jackson's 'America's Best Dance Crew' on Feb. 7". Reality TV World. Retrieved February 25, 2008.
2. Rocchio, Christopher (January 24, 2008). "Rapper Lil Mama to serve as 'America's Best Dance Crew's third judge". Reality TV World. Retrieved February 25, 2008.
3. "Behind the Mask: The Jabbawockeez, America’s best dance crew" Archived 2008-08-22 at the Wayback Machine. AsianWeek. Retrieved on 2008-08-22.

External links

• Official website

• 2008 American television seasons
• America's Best Dance Crew