0:00:04 > 0:00:06Previously on The Next Step...
0:00:06 > 0:00:08They're so in sync. Yup.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10I feel like no-one wants to go up against LOD because
0:00:10 > 0:00:13as soon as you face them, you know you're going home.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16The Next Step!
0:00:17 > 0:00:19I'm so happy that I won.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21This means that our whole team gets to perform
0:00:21 > 0:00:22in the semifinals round.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27# Oh
0:00:27 > 0:00:28# If I beg and I plead
0:00:28 > 0:00:31# Will you stay by me? #
0:00:33 > 0:00:37Attention, all groups competing this afternoon must report back to the...
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Whoo-hoo.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Right now, we're on an empty stage rehearsing
0:00:41 > 0:00:43our routine for the semifinals.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Since Michelle won the fourth round,
0:00:45 > 0:00:47we will be competing against Joanne Chapman's.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51I'm getting kind of nervous because Joanne Chapman's is really good.
0:00:51 > 0:00:56They're really clean and really up to date with their style.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59But I am still happy we don't have to go up against LOD...
0:00:59 > 0:01:01yet.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10As I'm warming up on stage, I look over and I see Thalia
0:01:10 > 0:01:13kind of walking around, just looking at the floor.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Thalia...what are you doing?
0:01:16 > 0:01:18I'm looking for the sweet spot.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20A sweet spot is a place that really gives me good energy.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23It is a place that feels like magic
0:01:23 > 0:01:25and where someone can be really comfortable.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Ah, see? I knew it.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Actually, I found a sweet spot in my solo.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33Right here.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Over here? Right here, nope.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36Over here?
0:01:36 > 0:01:38No, no, no, no, no.
0:01:38 > 0:01:39Over here.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Right there.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47This feels good.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49It's our secret, though.
0:01:50 > 0:01:51OK.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Hey, guys.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Just so you know, we have around ten more minutes on the stage,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59so, uh, make sure you're in the zone, all right?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01The team does look good,
0:02:01 > 0:02:04but I don't know if it's good enough to beat the other three.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Hey, what's up?
0:02:07 > 0:02:08Hey! How are you?
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Good, good.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11So, you know, I've been...
0:02:11 > 0:02:14I've been doing some big thinking.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16And what big thoughts have you been having?
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Well...
0:02:18 > 0:02:20I think we should go on a date.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22What?!
0:02:22 > 0:02:23Yeah.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26I mean, I'm shocked! It's out of nowhere.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28I mean, I guess we have been hanging out a lot lately
0:02:28 > 0:02:31and I don't hate the idea of dating him.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35West, we are two hours away
0:02:35 > 0:02:39from dancing in the semifinals at Nationals...
0:02:40 > 0:02:42..and you think that you would take me on a date?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45You know, we've been spending a lot of time recently
0:02:45 > 0:02:47and, you know, I'm having a good time
0:02:47 > 0:02:50and I want to continue to have good times with her.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52You're ridiculous!
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Well, you won't really know how ridiculous I am
0:02:54 > 0:02:58until you agree to go on a date with me.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00All right? Go rehearse!
0:03:00 > 0:03:04So, that's...that's a yes, right? All right, cool, sweet!
0:03:06 > 0:03:09We need to focus. We have worked so hard to make it
0:03:09 > 0:03:11to the final four
0:03:11 > 0:03:14and I don't want anything to get in the way of that.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16# We
0:03:16 > 0:03:21# We are gonna show the world
0:03:21 > 0:03:24# Everything we're made of
0:03:24 > 0:03:32# We're gonna tear the roof off this place
0:03:37 > 0:03:38# Stand up! #
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Last year at Nationals, CDC was bounced in the fourth round.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16This year? You could say mission accomplished.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20They are in the final four, but they are in tough.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Yep, and they are up against Life Of Dance
0:04:22 > 0:04:24And, you know, right now for CDC...
0:04:24 > 0:04:27it's life or death.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50Guys. Hey.
0:04:50 > 0:04:51How are they doing?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Um...they're amazing.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03CDC is actually a lot like The Next Step.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06We're both in the semifinals for the first time and we're both
0:05:06 > 0:05:10going up against groups that made it to the finals last year.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Their storyline I think is what pushes it
0:05:20 > 0:05:22really over the edge.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23They have a Charlie Chaplin character who
0:05:23 > 0:05:27starts off really happy and he gives flowers to all
0:05:27 > 0:05:30the other characters who are kind of sad.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31And it...
0:05:31 > 0:05:34It's really cool because it's a contemporary number
0:05:34 > 0:05:36but it's to this old comedian.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37Probably one of the most creative pieces
0:05:37 > 0:05:39I've seen at Nationals.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15He's just trying to make everybody happy
0:06:15 > 0:06:18so he gives people these flowers to make them happy,
0:06:18 > 0:06:21and by the end he runs out of flowers, so he becomes sad himself.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:06:35 > 0:06:36That was good.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40CDC'S number was really good and I always love creativity
0:06:40 > 0:06:44but, for the judges, I don't know if it's clean enough
0:06:44 > 0:06:46to beat Life Of Dance.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53West.
0:06:53 > 0:06:54Hey. Hi. Uh...
0:06:55 > 0:06:57I have a question...
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Yeah, about us...going on a date, right?
0:06:59 > 0:07:00Yeah, that. Yeah.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02I just want to know why someone
0:07:02 > 0:07:06like West would even want to date someone like me.
0:07:06 > 0:07:07I'm controlling...
0:07:07 > 0:07:12You know, she sees herself as controlling, stubborn, mean...
0:07:12 > 0:07:16I see the good in her and it's unfortunate that she doesn't.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Emily. I see so much more in you than that.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27When West tells me he sees so much more in me,
0:07:27 > 0:07:32it makes me believe in myself a little bit more.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34CHEERING
0:07:50 > 0:07:54# I know you better than you know yourself
0:07:54 > 0:07:55# You're trying to tell me... #
0:07:55 > 0:07:58LOD's concept for their routine is that one person
0:07:58 > 0:08:00breaks free from the group
0:08:00 > 0:08:02and the rest of the group tries to bring them back.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06It's kind of like LOD itself -
0:08:06 > 0:08:07you can never escape.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11# You keep yourself locked up in these castle walls
0:08:11 > 0:08:16# Where no-one comes to save you till you know who's at fault... #
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Their mix of stepping with soundography -
0:08:18 > 0:08:20almost perfection, if not perfect.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25I feel bad for CDC.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28# Oh, you ran to me
0:08:28 > 0:08:30# When you broke free
0:08:30 > 0:08:34# When you broke free, yeah
0:08:34 > 0:08:37# These chains have come unchained
0:08:37 > 0:08:40# Now you'll never be the same from today
0:08:40 > 0:08:43# And you don't know what to say... #
0:08:46 > 0:08:47Wow! Yeah!
0:08:49 > 0:08:53# To the roots of the forests and the trees
0:08:54 > 0:08:59# No-one ever said it was gonna be easy
0:08:59 > 0:09:03# You have to believe
0:09:03 > 0:09:06# Oh, you ran to me
0:09:06 > 0:09:08# When you broke free
0:09:08 > 0:09:12# When you broke free, yeah... #
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Everything they do is so precise, so sharp and so together -
0:09:16 > 0:09:18they're seriously like an army.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20A dance troupe army.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24# Don't know what to say, don't know what to say
0:09:26 > 0:09:29# Keep on shining through
0:09:30 > 0:09:34# Don't let anybody see
0:09:34 > 0:09:38# Only you know the truth
0:09:38 > 0:09:41# But while you're here
0:09:41 > 0:09:45# You cannot undo. #
0:09:45 > 0:09:47CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:09:50 > 0:09:54Did Life Of Dance wrap up another trip to the finals
0:09:54 > 0:09:57here at the Absolute Dance National Championships?
0:09:57 > 0:09:58We're about to find out.
0:10:00 > 0:10:01CDC had a great story to their routine
0:10:01 > 0:10:05but LOD all around are just better dancers.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09And if you're judging just on dance, then LOD is the clear winner.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13The first of two dance troupes in the finals is...
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Life Of Dance!
0:10:15 > 0:10:20And so, for a fourth consecutive year,
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Life Of Dance will be moving on to the finals
0:10:23 > 0:10:27here at the Absolute Dance National Championships.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30It's amazing that we've come this far, but if we win
0:10:30 > 0:10:32the semifinals, we're going to have to compete
0:10:32 > 0:10:34against Life Of Dance.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36And to beat Life Of Dance...
0:10:36 > 0:10:39we're going to have to pull a miracle.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43# Unsinkable
0:10:43 > 0:10:47# Unsinkable. #
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Well, Life Of Dance is off to the final,
0:10:51 > 0:10:54but we've got ourselves quite a confrontation in moments
0:10:54 > 0:10:56as Joanne Chapman gets set to take on The Next Step.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Got to go all or nothing. I know. This is it, man.
0:10:58 > 0:10:59I know, this is it.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Last year, they lost in the finals.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04This year, they're coming back
0:11:04 > 0:11:06for a rematch against Life Of Dance, so they've got some fire.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09And they're about to take the stage right here
0:11:09 > 0:11:11at the Absolute Dance National Championships.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14We should honour them with our presence.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32# Darling, I'm lost
0:11:34 > 0:11:36# Adrift in the dark... #
0:11:40 > 0:11:43The story behind Joanne Chapman's dance is a little dark,
0:11:43 > 0:11:45but in kind of a beautiful way.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52# So let in the light... #
0:11:52 > 0:11:54This girl who sees a letter explaining to her
0:11:54 > 0:11:56that someone she cares about has left.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59From then on, the darkness - which is all the dancers
0:11:59 > 0:12:01in the dark costumes - kind of consume her.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07They're just so emotional
0:12:07 > 0:12:09and so invested in what they're doing,
0:12:09 > 0:12:11even I'm getting goose bumps watching it.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15# In the darkest place
0:12:19 > 0:12:20# My reflection
0:12:22 > 0:12:26# Shows only your face
0:12:28 > 0:12:31# Something is found... #
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Psst. Emily. Come on.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39I pulled Emily aside because
0:12:39 > 0:12:41I've been doing a lot of thinking about
0:12:41 > 0:12:44what she said. You know, why I like her.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46I think I have an answer.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47A book.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Yeah.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52I'm... I'm sorry, I don't get it.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Open it up to the page I marked.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Fire fairies? Yeah.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03They're in charge of volcanoes, lava, fireworks, the sun,
0:13:03 > 0:13:06and they're very fierce and loyal.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09But once you get their friendship, anything is possible.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12I know you think you're difficult
0:13:12 > 0:13:14and hard to be around,
0:13:14 > 0:13:16but I see you as a fire fairy.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20When West tells me I'm a fire fairy,
0:13:20 > 0:13:22it's honestly one of the nicest things
0:13:22 > 0:13:24that anyone has ever said to me.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26So, uh, am I winning you over?
0:13:28 > 0:13:30We'll see how you dance!
0:13:35 > 0:13:37That's a yes.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39# I spilled someone's blood
0:13:42 > 0:13:45# I broke someone's heart again
0:13:47 > 0:13:49# Someone you knew
0:13:52 > 0:13:57# You're looking at him, my friend... #
0:13:57 > 0:13:59This is it! This is it. Ready, ready, ready.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Yes, yes, yes, yes.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06This will be the first time that a lot of us
0:14:06 > 0:14:08have stepped out onto that national stage
0:14:08 > 0:14:09and now it's time for everyone
0:14:09 > 0:14:13to come together as a team and make it to the final round.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15# Here we are
0:14:15 > 0:14:18# In the darkest place
0:14:21 > 0:14:23# To keep from forgetting
0:14:25 > 0:14:29# I picture your face... #
0:14:29 > 0:14:32I look around and I see my team-mates
0:14:32 > 0:14:34and I just know that we're going to do really well.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39# While we count the cost... #
0:14:40 > 0:14:42We all have each others' backs
0:14:42 > 0:14:45and I know that we would all do anything for this team.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47# So I curse you
0:14:47 > 0:14:51# My vampire heart
0:14:56 > 0:14:59# For letting me love you
0:15:02 > 0:15:04# From the start. #
0:15:04 > 0:15:06CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:15:13 > 0:15:14I can tell you one thing -
0:15:14 > 0:15:16these dancers do not want to go home.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18The Next Step is off in the wings.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Looking at what they just saw,
0:15:20 > 0:15:23that is quite a performance to have to ratchet it up to.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25It is the time.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26Time to perform.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28All right, West, set us up, brah!
0:15:28 > 0:15:31It's finally time for us to go out on that stage and do what we do.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Let's do it! You got this, let's go!
0:15:34 > 0:15:36It's time for the team to come together, it's time for us
0:15:36 > 0:15:39to work together, it's time for us to prove
0:15:39 > 0:15:41that we're here to win.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51CHEERING
0:15:57 > 0:16:02# You can hear the sirens off in the distance... #
0:16:05 > 0:16:06The story of the dance basically is
0:16:06 > 0:16:09we're all trying to get somewhere but we can't do it alone.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12So it's all about teamwork and team chemistry.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14# But here with you now
0:16:14 > 0:16:16# I'm lost in this moment... #
0:16:16 > 0:16:18So, as one person tries to get there,
0:16:18 > 0:16:20they can't make it without all of us being there.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27So Riley tries to get up and we all go with her
0:16:27 > 0:16:30and, as people start moving closer and closer to the edge of the stage,
0:16:30 > 0:16:33it's kind of pulling everyone forward.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36We can't move on if we don't have everybody.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39It's kind of like A-Troupe.
0:16:39 > 0:16:54# Unsinkable
0:16:54 > 0:16:58# These voices I call in the darkness
0:17:01 > 0:17:05# I wanna let out what you hold inside... #
0:17:09 > 0:17:12It is a crazy feeling, looking out at the audience
0:17:12 > 0:17:15and there's 1,200 people looking right at you.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20# What's behind those troubled eyes?
0:17:22 > 0:17:27# I count every second that ticks by... #
0:17:27 > 0:17:30I'm just kind of overwhelmed with all the amount of support
0:17:30 > 0:17:32that we have from the audience. It's just screams and screams
0:17:32 > 0:17:35and I can barely hear myself think.
0:17:35 > 0:17:45# Unsinkable
0:17:45 > 0:17:48# Unsinkable... #
0:17:51 > 0:17:52The dance is going amazing.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56I can feel us moving as one, breathing as one...
0:17:56 > 0:17:58We have this. We're going to win.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05You all right?
0:18:05 > 0:18:07APPLAUSE
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Oh, my gosh, I think she's hurt. What?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Uh, Tre, I was just about to say -
0:18:16 > 0:18:19fantastic routine, but I think there may have been an injury.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21What did you think?
0:18:21 > 0:18:22What's wrong?
0:18:22 > 0:18:23Emily, Emily, Emily!
0:18:25 > 0:18:26Come on, come on, come on! Ow!
0:18:26 > 0:18:28What's wrong, what's wrong, what's wrong?
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Knowing whether or not we won can wait -
0:18:31 > 0:18:33I just want to make sure my sister is fine.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35I'm not quite sure what happened.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37We'll obviously get those details
0:18:37 > 0:18:38as they funnel into us, uh...
0:18:38 > 0:18:39What happened? My knee.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Which knee? What do you mean, your knee?
0:18:41 > 0:18:43I think I might have rolled it.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45What?!
0:18:45 > 0:18:48I landed on my knee wrong. It pops, I feel it.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51I can't put any weight on it, I can't put any pressure on it.
0:18:51 > 0:18:52Ow! Ow!
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Well, if that's the case...
0:18:54 > 0:18:56OK, not one, but a few more just ran off.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59You OK? What's going on? She hurt her knee.
0:18:59 > 0:19:00Try standing on it.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Careful. We got you. Come on, come on, come on.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Ow!
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Injury's bad.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10She can't put any weight on her knee.
0:19:10 > 0:19:11It's not good.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14This injury is not good.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16It's such a special moment and for something...
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Again, we're speculating here...
0:19:18 > 0:19:20For something as tragic as an injury to happen
0:19:20 > 0:19:22at this juncture of the competition?
0:19:22 > 0:19:25I can't even imagine what that feels like. Guys, go, go.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Here's the thing - you're allowed to have an alternate.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Uh, however, it appears that The Next Step
0:19:31 > 0:19:33doesn't have any alternates left, Chuck.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36That's a problem. That is going to be a huge problem.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39What recourse for The Next Step
0:19:39 > 0:19:42if they do have an injury to one of their team members?
0:19:42 > 0:19:44That's a wait-and-see situation.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47And the second team moving on to the finals is...
0:19:52 > 0:19:54..The Next Step!
0:19:56 > 0:19:57We did it!
0:19:59 > 0:20:00Wow, yeah.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06The Next Step is moving on. Or are they, Tre?
0:20:06 > 0:20:11The rules stipulate that you have to have ten dancers compete
0:20:11 > 0:20:14and it looks like The Next Step is really up against it here
0:20:14 > 0:20:17as they are hoping to move on to the final.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21When The Next Step wins, obviously I'm over the moon.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26I mean, I can't really show it because of my knee,
0:20:26 > 0:20:28but I'm happy I didn't ruin it for them.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Guys...
0:20:31 > 0:20:33..I don't think I'm going to be able to dance.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36No, don't say that. You can, you can.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37You just need rest.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Right? You just need rest, that's it. Guys...
0:20:42 > 0:20:43..no.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46We're going up against Life Of Dance
0:20:46 > 0:20:47and we have an injured dancer.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Tell me how this is going to work out.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55I have no idea...
0:20:55 > 0:20:56what we're going to do now.