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