America's Best Dance Crew (Season 5)

[Kilhart]

So, all 3 regionals have finished.

Lineup:

South
Swagger Crew
Royal Flush
Jungle Boogie

East
Saltare
Blueprint
Static Noyze

West
Poreotics
Hype 5-0
Heavy Impact

I have to say that I agreed with all of the eliminations, and I'm actually looking forward to seeing most of the crews for the premiere. Swagger Crew, Static Noyze, and Hype 5-0 ftw!

[Telamond]

I really didn't care for any of the crews from the south. But I am looking forward to see Saltare, Static Noyze, Poreotics and Hype 5-0.

[The_OG_Nelta]

Mai boyz from Poreotics!

[Enygma55]

Gonna enjoy this season only cus of Poreotixs. They are just pure comedy cus they are the asian. AND mad props for busting a Taylor Swift song in a dance competition.

[Kilhart]

To be completely fair, Poreotics have been using that Taylor Swift bit since 2008, and a lot of dance studios started fusing hip hop with contemporary styled music years ago. But Poreotics are really good.

[The_OG_Nelta]

West coast asian crews always win!

And I would think they would stick to something really small but still really good, and just bust out all their good things throughout the weeks.

[Kilhart]

Hype 5-0 is still my favorite.

[Fiendishone]

Callin it now. Poreotixs gonna win.

[Kilhart]

Hype 5-0 is still my favorite, but they really disappointed me this week. Static Noyze had the best performance, followed by Poreotics, IMO.

Since Poreotics has as big a following as Quest did when they first went on ABDC, I suspect they'll win, as well.

[Telamond]

Static Noize and Blueprint cru was probably my favorites. Was anyone eliminated? I'm only watching the web clips atm, the full episode hasn't been uploaded on the site yet.

[Kilhart]

Bottom 3 Hype 5-0, Swagger Crew, Static Noyze (one from each region). Swagger eliminated.

[Telamond]

Wow Static Noize's battle was great.
Kind of wonder how Saltare's battle would look like...

[quannum]

Top 3 in order

Poreotics
Jungle Boogie
Saltare

It's interesting that the judges dogged the asians for doing isos for 90 seconds, but not saltare because they switched to something else for 5 seconds. I do agree with the criticism. i got tired of the roller skating dudes from a previous season after about 3 shows too.

Also, sticking by my previous statement, static noyze is garbage. "yall didn't really do anything hard, but yall told a story" yea this isn't called america's best storytelling by moving around crew. they're basically a less impressive version of royal flush, who also has the diversity. they did well in the "bottom 3" part though.

[Telamond]

How did Bluprint Crew get saved this episode? Royal Flush was a lot better than them this episode!

Most routines were pretty lame. Saltare's would've probably rocked if they wouldn't have messed up with the ropes.

[Kilhart]

Huh? Blueprint's was one of the best tonight, IMO. A lot of the performances couldn't really reach their potential because they were judged on how well they matched the music video, so all of the crews were restricted in that sense.

[Blarg]

How does this season match up talent wise. I never really watched the past ones but I looked up the past winners dances on youtube and I don't really see any groups being on that level.

[Acturus]

How does this season match up talent wise. I never really watched the past ones but I looked up the past winners dances on youtube and I don't really see any groups being on that level.

Not being a dancer myself, it feels really dilluted now that it's in season 5. It seems that either things are more gimmicky, or the dancers really aren't bringing anything new to the table.

That doesn't take away from the fact that I appreciate the sheer athleticism and quality of work, but it's started to blend all together with the other seasons.

[quannum]

yea this was a stupid challenge, tell them to match a video then criticize them for not doing anything complicated hurrrr

jungle boogie had the best performance last night.

season 4, and so far season 5, are pretty meh compared to 1-3

also, those big dudes can dance

[Sanoske]

Poreotics are pretty sick, but I have yet to see a crew I like better than Quest. Those dudes are still ridiculous. I really like Ryan and Hok on SYTYCD though (plus the others in tryouts), so that could be one reason.

[Kilhart]

Poreotics has a huge fan base. They're definitely good, but I think people make too big of a deal out of them. IMO they had a subpar performance last night but all of their fans are still raving about how it was the best performance of the night.