America's Best Dance Crew
| America's Best Dance Crew | |
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| Also known as | 'Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew' |
| Genre |
Competitive dance Interactive Reality |
| Created by | Howard Schwartz Karen Schwartz |
| Directed by | Michael Simon Ryan Polito (season 8) |
| Presented by |
Mario Lopez (season 1-7) Layla Kayleigh (season 1-7) Jason Dundas (season 8) |
| Judges |
JC Chasez (season 1-7) Lil Mama (season 1-7) Shane Sparks (season 1-4) Omarion (season 5) D-Trix (season 6-7) T-Pain (season 8) Teyana Taylor (season 8) Frankie Grande (season 8) |
| Composer(s) | Dylan R. Berry Noah Lifschey |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Randy Jackson Joel Gallen Josh Greenberg Abe Hoch Rob Lee Howard Schwartz Karen Schwartz Harriet Sternberg Austin Wagner Jane Y. Mun Joe Gallon |
| Producer(s) |
Tom Park |
| Location(s) | Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, California |
| Cinematography | Scott Hylton |
| Running time | 60-90 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Warner Horizon Television |
| Distributor | MTV |
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| Original network | MTV |
| Original release |
Original series: February 7, 2008 –June 13, 2012 Revived series: July 29, 2015 – August 29, 2015 |
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| Website | |
Tom Park
Deondray Gossett
America's Best Dance Crew, often abbreviated as ABDC, is an American competitive dance reality television series that features both national and international dance crews. The show was produced by singer, record producer, and former American Idol judge Randy Jackson. The series premiered on February 7, 2008, on MTV. It was originally developed for NBC as World Moves.
The show was hosted by actor Mario Lopez, and featured television personality Layla Kayleigh as the backstage correspondent. The judging panel consisted of hip hop recording artist Lil Mama, singer-songwriter JC Chasez, and dancer Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval. Former judges included hip hop choreographer Shane Sparks and R&B singer Omarion.
After an initial seven season run, America's Best Dance Crew was cancelled in 2012 due to declining ratings. However, on January 10, 2015, MTV announced that the series would be revived for an eighth season.
The new season, titled America’s Best Dance Crew All-Stars: Road to the VMAs, premiered on July 29, 2015. Hosted by Jason Dundas, the revival features a new judging panel: hip hop artist T-Pain, recording artist Teyana Taylor, and Broadway performer Frankie Grande.
America's Best Dance Crew is a competitive reality show where dance crews showcase their talent and compete for a $100,000 (USD) grand prize and the golden ABDC trophy (a figure of a b-boy doing a freeze, with its legs moving like a bobblehead). Each week, the crews are given a challenge. The challenges are different for each crew, but have the same general concept or share a specific theme. To begin each episode, host Mario Lopez reveals, in no particular order, which crews are safe and which crews are at risk for elimination. After the crews in the bottom perform their routines, the judges decide which crew will advance to the next round.
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