Host(s) Mario Lopez Venue United States | Broadcaster MTV | |
Broadcast from February 7 – March 27, 2008 Judges JC Chasez
Lil Mama
Shane Sparks | ||
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.
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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.
^Note 1 : The live auditions special determined the nine spots for the season premiere.
Episode 0: The Search Begins
Twelve dance crews competed in a live casting special for America's Best Dance Crew.
Episode 1: The Battle Begins
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".
Episode 2: Music Video Moves
Each crew was given a different music video containing a dance sequence, which they had to perform while maintaining their own style.
Episode 3: Dance Craze Challenge
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.
Episode 4: Movie Characters
The crews portrayed movie characters through dance.
Episode 5: Thriller
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.
Episode 6: Broadway Remixed
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.
Episode 7: Evolution of Street Dance
All three crews performed to a same remix highlighting the evolution of street dancing over the past 30 years.
The two finalists compete in an encore "do or die" round.
Episode 8: The Live Finale
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.