Well if it was all fake what were they doing the show for? It had to be the money. All the moms said no but why would they go and invest so many years participating for nothing?! Now come on.
Wasn't all fake... Kelly really did sue Abby. Christie had to hire a lawyer to get out of the contract. Abby does treat them like that. Kendall has said she's actually worse when the cameras aren't rolling. Maddie has said that her family has Abby blocked on all social media. All reality shows have aspects of producers influence.
Candyce ur so called facts aren’t true at this point Maddie literally follows Abby idk what ur talking about with the whole blocking thing and also Abby is way nicer off camera they made her act like that
The dancers have even admitted things Abby said that the producers cut to make her look good. Like one incident where Christi and Chloe left, what Abby said was something about Chloe's eyes. Not Chloe being kicked out. They use old scenes to make Abby look good
I feel like it was pretty real from season 1-4, then after that, they started to manipulate more, start more unessecary weird drama, and edited to add drama e.t.c
xXthatlonelygirlXx xXwhohasteaXx 7 was def real because the girls were crying that that would be there last contention i. Not so sure about season 6 and 5
Lilybet1975 Mells nia isnt that good of a dancer. She is from the start and only Africa american girl ( expect cameron ) that is why she stayed and they didn't replaced her. Also in first season it wasn't staged like this. 1 season they went to competition and until Maddie left they went to real competition but just danced off film. That is why sometimes girls massed on record but still were placed high
Chancho's Side Eye ok I didn’t know that was Shawn Mendes and no it’s not. I’m just saying it’s not like I said something bad to him. It’s a simple question. Doesn’t mean it’s wrong.
She said that the show isn't scripted, and that the tears were all real. She never specifically said that the competitions were or were not real. I think there is more than enough evidence to show that at least SOME of the competitions in the later seasons were bogus.
Okay the later competitions may have been fake but in the first season for sure and second and maybe third bc my dance studio went to multiple competitions and the ALDC was there. One example was we went to the competition where Maddie performed her “reflections” solo
GachaVi I actually was at star power nationals Orlando with them in the first season. I had to sign a paper saying they could use my group dance. I’m sure if you went into the results you could find the competition. I believe it was like 2011-2012 nationals. Not sure which year exactly cause it was so long ago.
I went to a comp with them and I saw a lot of things that made me change my opinion about the show. i saw the producers making Maddie (who I was up against) show attitude to Chloe backstage. After they filmed that scene, they both talked normally and were laughing about something. The dances were fake too. I remember waiting ages because they had to make Maddie re-do her dance so it would be perfect. Just a heads up, because it’s fake doesn’t mean Abby wasn’t rude, she was actually worse off camera. I literally saw it. It kinda ruined my obsession with dance moms. Maddie isn’t Abby’s fav either, once again that’s a set up as well as most things that happen. But Abby is really mean to the mums anyway
Sia Radia this has ruined my childhood bruh. i used to compete and just watching the dances and the solos i KNEW there was no way they were going to competitions and just winning with the choreography and skill sets they had. not saying they are bad but compared to other studios they are extremely average.
so then how did the scores work? did they give maddie a fake trophy and fake scores for the show and then afterwards move on to the real awards ceremony?
I have competed with dance moms before and my studio had to be invited to complete at it. I don’t know if anyone one remembers this but they always said they lost when they went to Fresno California but it was because my studio ended up beating them (slight brag sorry) so yes maybe they do change the scores for drama also they would set off about an hour or two to film the solos alone and made everyone else backstage wait until they were done to continue the competition and the crowds cheering is staged the directors counted down and made us cheer for them so they could film it there’s so much more but highly doubt anyone will see this comment
Mande Puente also they perform twice! atleast they did at mine. that way the judges actually could give them a score, and not have to be distracted by the cameras flying at the front of the stage. (i did my solo at a comp with them)
Ellie Wiedow ya they did that at mine as well I just thought they did that the first time to judge them and the second time to get the best parts of the two performances
I can agree with this. I was a competitive dancer myself. My studio competed in the same competition with Dance Moms in Lancaster, PA. It was the second season. My dance friends & I went around the hallway asking other dance studios if they saw any Dance Moms performances. Everyone kept saying they performed before all of the other dance studios entered the competition building. During awards, only a select few dance studios were picked to be on stage with the Dance Mom girls.
Christie was at the ALDC from before the show even started. So what I’m thinking is, they picked people from the studio to be on the show and just casted them. Season 1’s comes were probably real but the rest of them seemed fake.
Yep, both Abby and Cathy clarified in their recent video that there wasn’t even an audition process and that there were loads of dancers at the studio who were better than the girls on the show, but they weren’t actually on the show because their mothers didn’t want their whole personal life to be on tv
91clarie The uploader of this video wasn’t referring to all Reality TV shows being fake ONLY this specific one , the uploader didn’t even mention other reality TV shows being fake as a matter of fact. But Actually yes All reality TV is fake 🤦🏻♂️
Nia put her heart and soul into dancing on the show and it was so sad that she never got as much recognition as she deserved Edit: ok guys stop fighting. It’s my personal opinion.
@@julissa8640 so why did Abby choose her in the first place 💀? Y’all sound stupid if she was a terrible dancer and so off beat Abby would’ve have even thought about keeping her before the dang show even started🤡
i read somwhere that the “fake” competitions were actually invitationals so dance studios around the area of the comp that week were invited i think and that’s how they could still film everything and stuff without breaking child labor laws.
You’re right. An Invitational is not fake, it’s just not an open competition. They had to get in there and film everything in one day. There was not time to wait around for 20 other teams to dance.
I tried warning ppl from the start that DMs was fake, the competitions rigged, that Abby was a shrieking, shifty beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyatch & the drama was all done with editing & I cannot tell you how many mountains of crap the Maddiebots buried me under, telling me that the things I had experienced firsthand were "fake." I had been at some of the "competitions" from seasons 1-4, including most of the ones in NJ, & saw it with my own eyes (the several takes fused to look like a single, "winning" dance, 2 different awards ceremonies, the nasty & racist comments made about fans/other dancers by the "queen bee" & her newfound bff), yet nobody wanted to see/hear what I had to say. I can only hope that now that some of the girls & moms are coming out to explain the very same things that I did, ppl will be more discerning of the garbage "reality" TV shows they watch & understand that 99.999999999999999999999999999999% of the drama on these shows are done with scripting & editing.
In the early beginnings it was not fake when brook and page were there and it wasn't fake after they left either, it was semi fake only towards the end and they were still judged, they may have not been on a major dance competition because of the child labor laws, but dance moms still made there own and invited teams to join. If they were completely fake towards the end then the moms would of not been so mad and left the show and did not talk to Abby because she did not give their daughter a feature. Some of the moms and kids still don't talk to Abby because of that, if it was completely fake it wouldn't matter.
i feel like everyone knows that, abby is the choreographer and teaches it to gianna and gianna teaches it to the girls while abby judges to make sure everythings righht
The beginning season looked like real competitions but later they are obviously fake, if you are a dancer you know. The stages were always so empty.. looked like maybe 5 teams were competing.. it would never be that way
Fake or not, how could any of these mom's continue to allow the mental and verbal abuse of their children? Abby was nasty and the tears those girls cried were real. Yes, some of these girls have awesome careers now. But did they need therapy? What about Abbu calling out a mom for sleeping with someone she wasn't married too? Abby admitted she paid for sex! She said it on the show herself! She was a sugar mamma! (He must have had a strong gag reflex) lol.
@@sunshineislandgirl4560 yeah I know! It was hard for me to watch and Abby would say "I better not see you cry" and that "she has made many stars out there". The mother's were horrible for letting it go on all for the money and fame. Plus, Jill made bank with Abby! They had some kind of company together.
@@jackiecessna9951+ Well, I know that they were contracted for the first four seasons. That's why when they 'left,' they all knew they had to come back at some point. When Kelly had the big fight with Abby and left with Brooke and Paige, the producers allowed her to leave because the contract was coming to an end, under the condition that none of the girls talk to her because she still technically broke the contract. As for Christi, the contract was up, and at that point, she could officially leave. So, she did. Not sure what happened after season 4, though...
i actually live in pennsylvania and we’d go up against their studio sometimes and i can 100% vouch that the competition were rigged. abby’s team always had their own dressing room and private sections but in reality their would be like twenty other studios shoved into one gym. they always sat in the front and i remember there were body guards who pushed all the dancers to the back of the stage just to make room for them during awards. when going against them, it really didn’t feel like a competition at all it felt like you were extras in a tv show because of the camera crew and equipment everywhere
they had to have a private dressing room. they couldn’t bring a camera crew into a room where they had 20 other teams, that would’ve been illegal. and then they would’ve had to have everything sign permission slips to film. the competitions may have been rigged, and they probably were, but this doesn’t prove that.
i know, i don't even think their dances are good (some of them are) but there's a lot more better dancers, i have to say Abby is a terrible choreographer in the earlier seasons lol
@Ari Kim there could be better people out there but they dont have to win every single time. ALDC doesnt always win first but they mostly win 2nd or 3rd in every competition. they're very skilled but no one wins all the time
I always thought it was weird when Abby would talk about the HUGE competitions they would go to and they’d pan the audience and there was like nobody there, and during awards it wasn’t more than like 3-6 dance teams on stage.
Breathing Dance kalaini is talking about when she was the so from season 6 or 7 where as Nias been there since the very beginning so when Dance moms started the comps were real but at around the time that Kalani was officially a member so season 6 or 7 comps started to become fake
who wouldn't have a grudge against a women that went to prison and even though I like nias character I doubt she is telling the truth as no dance moms =no fame no fame=no paycheck and no paycheck =congrats u broke like the rest of us like after kenzie and Maddie left it went down hill so maybe when there were no viewers Abby decided to put fake shows on to make it look interesting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now before u argue back just think about it first!!!!!!!!!!!
Dance moms isn’t fake it’s just the producers take things that happened and twist it to make it seem like something else, it’s messed up💀for ex when kira threw a water bottle at Jess she actually threw it at a producer Jojo said it in one of her videos 😭
i love how quickly kalani’s mind changes when she saw her mom bc she’s probably so used to lying about the competitions and then she’s like “oh wait we can tell the truth?”
my friend got invited to dance and be taught by abby. she said it was super nerve racking, but she said everyone was pretty nice, and abby definitely scared her a bit.
So basically this is about Chloe & Maddie's relationship They do want to be friends, and always were, until the big conflict between Christi and Mellissa. They won't allow they're children to speak to each other, therefore they seem like they are no longer friends. However, I've heard that all the girls have had a few meet ups and they've gone really well! Idk how true this is but yeah!
I know it’s been a while since this was posted but I’m going to clear some stuff up for people. 1) During the original cast reunion in 2020 I think Holly said that she was never handed a script but Jill did say that they had to fake a little bit. 2) The pyramid was in fact set up by the producers and was never there before the show but Abby has always favored Maddie. 3) Despite the bad moments between the moms, Christi said on her TH-cam channel that there were more good moments than bad and that they actually don’t hate each other. 4) Chloe also confirmed in a Q&A that Abby made fun of her eye but the audio was edited out and covered up. She also said, in the same video, that she left because the contract said things like you can’t gain or lose more than 5-10 pounds.
If you thought this show was actually real and that they can win “every” competition you’re oblivious. Being in the dance community it’s a bit impossible for the same company constantly winning unless they are extreme over the top dancers. 
so is maddie an amazing dancer? she seemed very good amongst the other girls but in a highly competitive comoetition I wouldn't think so. and also I kinda suspected some of their wins were fake because I not even a dancer and some of them did not like that good.XD, they are great girls but some looked like how I would dance and I cant dance. lol so they thought they must be going to some seriously low competition dance competitions.
Once you JIMIN you cant JIMOUT Maddie isn't top-level... She's adequate, but her technique & follow-through need work. Also, she always looks like she's about to cry, or is seriously constipated when she dances...
ik that it's a little late to send this but first, how is this a REALITY show and ur saying it's fake? Also, they lost a few times. I'm a dancer and I compete every year, and we never leave without a first place trophy, even if we do 12 coreos and only 1 wins. I've been doing this since I have memory, and I am NOT as talented as the dance moms girls, so, I tell you, this is possible
I’m pretty sure that in the earlier seasons the comps where real, because you can see other dancers waiting in the wings to do their dance, as you can’t in the newer seasons. Edit: omg this is the most likes I’ve ever had, thanks guys! Edit: wow 300 plus likes?? That’s crazy! Thanks!
Føwløver 94 The trophy ceremony was faked. They kept portraying Chloe losing to Maddie but they actually competed in different age groups. The producers wanted to create rivals within the group.
Yeah Kristi and them are lying. In the early beginnings it was not fake when brook and page were there and it wasn't fake after they left either, it was semi fake only towards the end and they were still judged, they may have not been on a major dance competition because of the child labor laws, but dance moms still made there own and invited teams to join. If they were completely fake towards the end then the moms would of not been so mad and left the show and did not talk to Abby because she did not give their daughter a feature. Some of the moms and kids still don't talk to Abby because of that, if it was completely fake it wouldn't matter.
In the early beginnings it was not fake when brook and page were there and it wasn't fake after they left either, it was semi fake only towards the end and they were still judged, they may have not been on a major dance competition because of the child labor laws, but dance moms still made there own and invited teams to join. If they were completely fake towards the end then the moms would of not been so mad and left the show and did not talk to Abby because she did not give their daughter a feature. Some of the moms and kids still don't talk to Abby because of that, if it was completely fake it wouldn't matter.
Let me address a few things: Not all the competitions are fake. My studio competed against them in season 8 episode 6. From what I saw when my studio competed against them, they performed the group dance twice. The first time was pretty good, but they didn’t record it. The second time they made a bunch of mistakes and it’s a little too coincidental that they only made mistakes while recording the second time... They lied about the awards. On the show, they said that the widow group dance scored 4th, but for the actual awards, they scored 2nd place.
I went to a dance competition where they were... The comp was 2 hours BEHIND bc of them, and after the dances, Abby stood up and clapped. Not in the show
Same, girl! I was a competitive dancer myself. My studio competed in the same competition with Dance Moms in Lancaster, PA for I think the second season. My dance friends & I went around the hallway asking other dance studios if they saw any Dance Moms performances. Everyone kept saying they performed before all of the other dance studios entered the competition building. During awards, only a select few dance studios were picked to be on stage with the Dance Mom girls.
everyone’s saying that in these comments now 😂 let me join so yeah guys i competed against them and melissa waved at me once *not on the show* but yeah my team beat them *small brag*
SO- YOUR TELLING ME THAT I WASTED 80 HOURS OF MY LIFE AND JUST TO WATCH THE SHOW AFTER SHCOOL AND NOT FINISHING MY HOMEWORK TO WATCH A FAKE SHOW???????😤😤😤😡
panda express ooof ouch I thought being valid Victorian was pretty good but Ig the fact that u don’t know how to spell “dumby” the correct I not smart so otay btw it’s spelt dummy if your gonna insult me😂😂😂🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️
My daughter's former studio was invited to compete against the Dance Mom girls a few times. It is all set up. They take time in between dances to film the fights going on in the dressing rooms. They met Abbey at a mall and she needed a ride to her car. She was really nice. She talked about how the producers wanted her cut one of the dancers because she was giving them a hard time and she told them no. It's all fake.
Ysidra Rohde If Abby was really that mean what parent would force their kid to go dance for someone like that. I mean if she makes you cry that bad no amount of money would make you stay or at least I hope not. Plus the real reason Chloe left and they weren't allowed to say on the show was because she was doing a movie. If you look at Jojos youtube she posted a video of the real reason she left. Which is not the reason the show gave.
I know this comment is old but Abby was literally sued for physical abuse to her students and they actually won the trial so there’s no way she wasn’t really abusive cause otherwise she wouldn’t have lost 🤔
I know someone who was at one of the competitions who saw them filming the moms yelling at each other. The director yelled "cut" and they all went back to talking normally. Even if they do go to real competitions though I bet that they get special treatment and multiple takes for dances.
a friend from my school has competed against ALDC so this confuses me, like i literally went to the competition and saw them all. my friend said it’s normal to see them a lot too, so idk.
Dude. Dance competitions have been banning the show from participating in their competition circuts since season 1. They wrongfully portray the dance competition world, and those of us who were/are competition dancers know that the show has never really been accurate to how this stuff works. Seriously the only studio ive ever heard of that creates new dances every week in order to compete that weekend is this show ✋😂 dude the rest of us learn a few dances and take those same ones to as many different competitions as we choose, and then take those same dances to their nationals if we choose too. Seriously who learns a new dance every week just to go to a "new" competition?? I would like to know. 👌
The whole thing was appalling. Abby was so mean and rude and the moms were horrendous. I took ballet for years and am happy to say our parents weren't even allowed to watch class! And arguing with a teacher would have been unthinkable.
i have ‘competed’ against dance moms. we got invites from the comp company that they were going to ie “Starpower” or “Believe.” the only dances we were allowed to do were small groups in he same age range as the girls. we were also allowed to do solos if we were their age. i have proof of all of this if anyone wants it. message me on instagram @elliewiedow. i have pictures of the girls, and you can see me back stage on one of the episodes (s4 e25). me and my teammates were waiting to do our solos in the wing. this was one of the episodes where there were the two teams. most of the girls were really nice, but a few were snobby. Abby is one of the nicest people i have ever met. and all the moms get along so great
These girls hate who made them famous And the reject the show where they became knowns nobody would ever know their mames if they have been on candy apples
As someone that use to compete in Dance Comps all over the east coast this show is fake as fuck. But that doesn't mean that it isn't similar to how things in the dance circuit work. Even after accepting that everything is fake/more dramatic that still doesn't take away from how ridiculously talented those girls all are.
i went to a convention were we learned a hip hop and lyrical piece with the minis and they told us 5-6 seasons were fake and told us how long the pyramids took
Emily Vankuyk kalaini is talking about when she was the so from season 6 or 7 where as Nias been there since the very beginning so when Dance moms started the comps were real but at around the time that Kalani was officially a member so season 6 or 7 comps started to become fake
I Be Jungshook sure, but she could be lying or talking about very specific seasons. With a situation like this, I'm inclined to go with the majority and believe that there were fake competitions. What the others say isn't invalid compared to someone who was on there longer in this situation unless the argument is for a specific season the others weren't part of. If many people said the competitions were fake, they probably experienced fake competitions.
My only issue with this is that Kalani came into the show SO LATE when show was fake but the first few seasons like 1-3 were definitely we not staged but as the seasons went on it was definitely fake thank god for Christie and Kelly because they tried to expose Abby and this mess all along!
i can actually relate to chloe a lot since she was always underestimated and treated badly, yet she still worked hard and proved others wrong when she did great and came out on top.
Every one that said Nia was the worst dancer on the team she is number 5 on the video called "Dance Moms Cast Poorest To Richest 2022" She might not have been the best but she was more successful than abby. Also she was in a WHEELCHAIR couldn't walk. The other girls were never in a wheelchair so mad respect to Nia.
This is absolutely true. A few years ago my dance studio was called and asked to compete against them (we beat them anyway) but the competitions are true and honestly fake
Every single one of these women ought to be ashamed. They knowingly exploited their daughters in the hopes of getting rich. Sure, these girls may have "successful" careers now, but at what cost? And was it worth it? I don't give a damn how much they say the show was scripted. You cannot tell me that screaming, belittling, and criticizing a child EVERY. SINGLE. DAY in front of their peers, AND ON CAMERA, even if it is "fake", does not have some type of affect. They were little kids! As a mother, it is YOUR JOB to PROTECT your child, NOT EXPLOIT them. Just goes to show you that the almighty dollar will make a parent sell out their child faster than you can blink an eye.
Nobody really passed Maddie even outside the show so stop acting like if they were never on it that Nia would be winning all these competitions because she wouldn't be at all
Question: How fake was everything? Kalani: Well they weren’t that fake Kira: *nods her head up and down slowly* Kalani: ok yeah they kinda are I love that 😂❤️
They make everything seem so real! Why would anyone wanna be apart of that?? Christi in one interview she said I pay Abby like 100,000 dollars a year, but don’t tell my husband!”
I remember in one episode one of the moms said something, but if you look closely Maddie, who I think was sitting close to her was literally mouthing her exact lines, showing that they rehearsed the line multiple times and that the producers would even tell people what to say At that point I kinda knew the show was fabricated by the producers lmao
Eureka this!! there's an episode in season 1 (I’m rewatching it on hulu lol) & there's a part where one of the younger girls is talking about not wanting to do a solo but you could hear a man whispering to her what to say. I played that part back so many times lol, like I knew it was fake & staged but I didn't realize just how much it was until I heard that
Bere x Hernandez I wanna say it's in the first few, possibly the first one (it's the one where kathy's kid doesn't wanna do her solo, so I think they changed it last minute & abby got all upset bc she was doing different choreography under her name)
My mom’s best friends daughter used to be huge in dance. She went to a competition that the ALDC was at and she said it was totally rigged. She said that Maddie was truly amazing but a lot of the other girls weren’t. And one of the ALDC dance members (I think it was Kendal, I couldn’t say for sure) won a prize and there were other dancers that were WAY better than her.
What do you guys think?!
lolliecandy I think so
lolliecandy that it Is fake
lolliecandy I think yuri on ice is the best anime
I tink itz weard al meh lief waz ai lie
lolliecandy to me I don't care if it is fake because it was still entraining and funny
I love how Kalani was trying to be nicer about it and Kira was like straight up “it’s fake “
So funny
@@dimmiecandy2928 not funny
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Well if it was all fake what were they doing the show for? It had to be the money. All the moms said no but why would they go and invest so many years participating for nothing?! Now come on.
@@sandramarcotte631 they signed a contract
Wasn't all fake... Kelly really did sue Abby. Christie had to hire a lawyer to get out of the contract. Abby does treat them like that. Kendall has said she's actually worse when the cameras aren't rolling. Maddie has said that her family has Abby blocked on all social media. All reality shows have aspects of producers influence.
Ehem... everything on this show is scripted and fake.
Mollen Mist yes but after the family left,They wanted nothing to do with Abby after that way she treated them (Abby became obsessed over Maddie)
Candyce ur so called facts aren’t true at this point Maddie literally follows Abby idk what ur talking about with the whole blocking thing and also Abby is way nicer off camera they made her act like that
Candyce Cain
They’re talking about the competitions and pyramid
The dancers have even admitted things Abby said that the producers cut to make her look good. Like one incident where Christi and Chloe left, what Abby said was something about Chloe's eyes. Not Chloe being kicked out. They use old scenes to make Abby look good
I feel like it was pretty real from season 1-4, then after that, they started to manipulate more, start more unessecary weird drama, and edited to add drama e.t.c
Lizzy M I think so too!🙃
People from the show had said 1-4 for real but 5-7 were pretty much just fake
ItzScarlett Doe Yes I just finished 4 and was watching ahead to 6 and it’s just so different and disappointingly fake
Aaliyah Yusuf yah that’s what I thought (I’m on season 3 rn)
xXthatlonelygirlXx xXwhohasteaXx 7 was def real because the girls were crying that that would be there last contention i. Not so sure about season 6 and 5
Ok but somebody needs to tell me why Kira was giving me Kourtney Kardashian vibes lol
omg frr thooo!!!
she could honestly be the oldest kardashian child.
imagine.. Kira Kardashian. Kalani Kardashian.
Ikrrr
They're Armenian too
What bothers me, is if it was fake they still never allowed Nia to win? So nasty!!!
Lilybet1975 Mells nia isnt that good of a dancer. She is from the start and only Africa american girl ( expect cameron ) that is why she stayed and they didn't replaced her. Also in first season it wasn't staged like this. 1 season they went to competition and until Maddie left they went to real competition but just danced off film. That is why sometimes girls massed on record but still were placed high
Well Nia is not that great of a dancer...
Lilybet1975 Mells yeah she was treated so unfair abd shes like one of my favorites
it was to cause drama between the moms and abby
v Framlii. So your saying that Nia wasn't a good dancer, but they had to keep her as she was the only African American???? Are you for real!!!!!
*pretends to be shocked*
Are you gay? U don’t look gay but why would ur name be greglicous? 🤷🏾♀️
Slime Asmr is it wrong? And the guy in Greglicious' profile picture is Shawn Mendes. :/
Chancho's Side Eye ok I didn’t know that was Shawn Mendes and no it’s not. I’m just saying it’s not like I said something bad to him. It’s a simple question. Doesn’t mean it’s wrong.
Ikr omg who would have *EVER* guessed
Made this comment went to 1k yw
I’m confused.. nia has been on for 7 seasons and she said they aren’t fake..
At the beginning it was real but later it wasn't
Hey no body knows what the truth they could be lying or nia could be no hate
She said that the show isn't scripted, and that the tears were all real. She never specifically said that the competitions were or were not real. I think there is more than enough evidence to show that at least SOME of the competitions in the later seasons were bogus.
I believe that when she said that, she was still under their contract so she couldn’t legally say that it was fake
Rblox & MSP maybe she’s still under the contract
And if no one realized it was literally always the same announcers
I always thought it was the same guys voice
It was
Yesss!! It was always the exact same guy presenting the awards in season 6!
No it’s not
I knew it was the same announcers.
Who else kinda gets creeped out by the music a little bit?😂😬
Me..
I don't know why but it makes me uncomtrble
No it okay I like it
YOU READ MY MIND
I actually love it what's the name of it?
Why ??? I was just reading comments to read something like this THE MUSIC WAS SO CREEPY haha
a reality show? fake? shocking
Nadia who would’ve thought
Nadia I wanna like, but it’s at 666 likes.
Nadia lol
1.6k likes😂 ok gorl
Hotel? Trivago
Okay the later competitions may have been fake but in the first season for sure and second and maybe third bc my dance studio went to multiple competitions and the ALDC was there. One example was we went to the competition where Maddie performed her “reflections” solo
GachaVi I actually was at star power nationals Orlando with them in the first season. I had to sign a paper saying they could use my group dance. I’m sure if you went into the results you could find the competition. I believe it was like 2011-2012 nationals. Not sure which year exactly cause it was so long ago.
I WAS AT THAT ONE TOO
juliyeet same
1-5 was real the rest weren't
@@lexi6226 not everyone has to but what do you get from saying that lmao
I went to a comp with them and I saw a lot of things that made me change my opinion about the show. i saw the producers making Maddie (who I was up against) show attitude to Chloe backstage. After they filmed that scene, they both talked normally and were laughing about something. The dances were fake too. I remember waiting ages because they had to make Maddie re-do her dance so it would be perfect. Just a heads up, because it’s fake doesn’t mean Abby wasn’t rude, she was actually worse off camera. I literally saw it. It kinda ruined my obsession with dance moms. Maddie isn’t Abby’s fav either, once again that’s a set up as well as most things that happen. But Abby is really mean to the mums anyway
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Sia Radia OMG thank you for telling me this cause this video was kinda pointless ngl
Sia Radia this has ruined my childhood bruh. i used to compete and just watching the dances and the solos i KNEW there was no way they were going to competitions and just winning with the choreography and skill sets they had. not saying they are bad but compared to other studios they are extremely average.
Wow just wow
so then how did the scores work? did they give maddie a fake trophy and fake scores for the show and then afterwards move on to the real awards ceremony?
*quickly scrolls to the comment section*
Lol thats me
Same
Lol that's me too
Omg mee 😂😂😂
Preach🙌
I have competed with dance moms before and my studio had to be invited to complete at it. I don’t know if anyone one remembers this but they always said they lost when they went to Fresno California but it was because my studio ended up beating them (slight brag sorry) so yes maybe they do change the scores for drama also they would set off about an hour or two to film the solos alone and made everyone else backstage wait until they were done to continue the competition and the crowds cheering is staged the directors counted down and made us cheer for them so they could film it there’s so much more but highly doubt anyone will see this comment
Mande Puente also they perform twice! atleast they did at mine. that way the judges actually could give them a score, and not have to be distracted by the cameras flying at the front of the stage. (i did my solo at a comp with them)
Ellie Wiedow ya they did that at mine as well I just thought they did that the first time to judge them and the second time to get the best parts of the two performances
Mande Puente it’s that too. i was gonna type that our but it would have been too much work
Mande Puente were the scores real? Like if they got second, in the show did they get second?
I can agree with this. I was a competitive dancer myself. My studio competed in the same competition with Dance Moms in Lancaster, PA. It was the second season. My dance friends & I went around the hallway asking other dance studios if they saw any Dance Moms performances. Everyone kept saying they performed before all of the other dance studios entered the competition building. During awards, only a select few dance studios were picked to be on stage with the Dance Mom girls.
So weird how everyone in these comments was a dancer who competed against ALDC lol
Right? 🙄
Ikr!!!
I don’t see how it’s weird. If you are a dancer that does competitions I’m sure many people compete against them. Idk why it’s hard to believe
@@bethanygodsey4101 cause they literally just are exaggerating so they can "prove" that it's fake. And then they restate episodes.
I think probably a couple of them are telling the truth but no doubt most of them aren’t telling the truth
Y’all are surprised that the competitions were fake, but how could they possibly always win with (almost) same dance moves in every coreography?
mother of all cucumbers bc it’s their own show they don’t wanna look so stupid not winning
They don’t think it’s staged yet it is on TLC and a “reality” show
thats what i was thinking cuz in the first season they barely got first then at nationals they got first in everything
In almost every dance they use the same moves. Cuz dances are moves lmfao
@@kyliee9424 in season five they got second
Ok but really...
You couldn't make a better fake phone number?
Family Forever OMG FR WHAT PHONE NUMBER IS (123) 456 789
(123) 456-789 😂😂 let my try and call that real quick.. 💀
I KNOW THATS WHAT I THOUGHT
@@michelledesantiago4109 mine💀💀 no just kidding
@@sarina6298 do it
“It’s fake...” *not shocked at all*
Shar 11 its sarcasam idiot
Same
Lol
It didn't really mattered to me if it was fake or not because it's still interesting xd
I'm just here for the drama tbh
all honesty my biggest fear is people typing xD ewww
Yea 😂😂
MiAA msp *type type tap tap type*
Me too lol and true
Christie was at the ALDC from before the show even started. So what I’m thinking is, they picked people from the studio to be on the show and just casted them. Season 1’s comes were probably real but the rest of them seemed fake.
Yep, both Abby and Cathy clarified in their recent video that there wasn’t even an audition process and that there were loads of dancers at the studio who were better than the girls on the show, but they weren’t actually on the show because their mothers didn’t want their whole personal life to be on tv
@Verena yea I know
You know what else is fake, your thumbnails
true...
Chance Tuitupou good one
Dawn Xx she wasn’t joking..
J’Niyah H ik I mean it as a good roast
So does your face...
So you're saying reality TV isn't real??? *pretends to be shocked*
91clarie probably
Right like we not most of the stuff we see it fake
91clarie The uploader of this video wasn’t referring to all Reality TV shows being fake ONLY this specific one , the uploader didn’t even mention other reality TV shows being fake as a matter of fact. But Actually yes All reality TV is fake 🤦🏻♂️
oof exactly
91clarie ded affff💀💀💀😂😂
If it was fake, how come the never let Nia win?? That's so unfair! She was an amazing dancer!
LMAO I DONT REMEMBER COMMENTING THIS JDFHJSG
Because it kept you watching didn't it?
racism
Dee Torres How?
how what are you blind and stupid
OMG 420 exactly
Nia put her heart and soul into dancing on the show and it was so sad that she never got as much recognition as she deserved
Edit: ok guys stop fighting. It’s my personal opinion.
She was never a strong dancer, always a few beats behind and terrible technique
@@julissa8640 at least she tried
@@julissa8640 so why did Abby choose her in the first place 💀? Y’all sound stupid if she was a terrible dancer and so off beat Abby would’ve have even thought about keeping her before the dang show even started🤡
@@julissa8640 at least she knows more then you 🥱
@@julissa8640 she still dances to this day and she’s amazing. Her technique was sloppy at most and the dances she was given were always bad 😐
OKAY. so all those crazy moms,they are just good actresses?????
멤룬 I think that part is real but they are set up to fight. They aren't that good at acting
yeah pretty much
Yeep
No these people are just starting roomers
멤룬 most of them yes.
i read somwhere that the “fake” competitions were actually invitationals so dance studios around the area of the comp that week were invited i think and that’s how they could still film everything and stuff without breaking child labor laws.
You’re right. An Invitational is not fake, it’s just not an open competition. They had to get in there and film everything in one day. There was not time to wait around for 20 other teams to dance.
Exactly people are misunderstanding
I always knew it was fake, its TV. That doesn't make It ANY less interesting XD
I tried warning ppl from the start that DMs was fake, the competitions rigged, that Abby was a shrieking, shifty beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyatch & the drama was all done with editing & I cannot tell you how many mountains of crap the Maddiebots buried me under, telling me that the things I had experienced firsthand were "fake." I had been at some of the "competitions" from seasons 1-4, including most of the ones in NJ, & saw it with my own eyes (the several takes fused to look like a single, "winning" dance, 2 different awards ceremonies, the nasty & racist comments made about fans/other dancers by the "queen bee" & her newfound bff), yet nobody wanted to see/hear what I had to say. I can only hope that now that some of the girls & moms are coming out to explain the very same things that I did, ppl will be more discerning of the garbage "reality" TV shows they watch & understand that 99.999999999999999999999999999999% of the drama on these shows are done with scripting & editing.
In the early beginnings it was not fake when brook and page were there and it wasn't fake after they left either, it was semi fake only towards the end and they were still judged, they may have not been on a major dance competition because of the child labor laws, but dance moms still made there own and invited teams to join. If they were completely fake towards the end then the moms would of not been so mad and left the show and did not talk to Abby because she did not give their daughter a feature. Some of the moms and kids still don't talk to Abby because of that, if it was completely fake it wouldn't matter.
Badsk8ergirlxoxo I know it was weird that Maddie kept winning every contest! It felt like it was fake to me.
Often Unsaid Nah.... She's just an *AMAZING* dancer😉
Badsk8ergirlxoxo true
They also make it seem like abby teaches the girls there “routines” its all gianna (the assistant coach)
i feel like everyone knows that, abby is the choreographer and teaches it to gianna and gianna teaches it to the girls while abby judges to make sure everythings righht
actually gianna did most not all abby did some and when she did it was breathe taking (lukaziacs)
Abby was Gianna's dance teacher.
The beginning season looked like real competitions but later they are obviously fake, if you are a dancer you know. The stages were always so empty.. looked like maybe 5 teams were competing.. it would never be that way
exactly my point. had a dance comp in march, about over 11 other teams went up against us
I competed with them at Starpower during their first season. That was a real competition. No one knew who they were or anything.
I still wanted them to win but why does it get annoying when they keep getting first
@@bridget9367 unless they didn’t know about Dance Moms, I’m pretty sure everyone knew who they were cuz it’s like one of the most popular TV shows
@@ju2545 nope because they had already pretty much finished filing season 1 by the time it aired so people would have no idea who they were
Fake or not, how could any of these mom's continue to allow the mental and verbal abuse of their children? Abby was nasty and the tears those girls cried were real. Yes, some of these girls have awesome careers now. But did they need therapy? What about Abbu calling out a mom for sleeping with someone she wasn't married too? Abby admitted she paid for sex! She said it on the show herself! She was a sugar mamma! (He must have had a strong gag reflex) lol.
Jackie Cessna its all about money.
@@sunshineislandgirl4560 yeah I know! It was hard for me to watch and Abby would say "I better not see you cry" and that "she has made many stars out there". The mother's were horrible for letting it go on all for the money and fame. Plus, Jill made bank with Abby! They had some kind of company together.
@@jackiecessna9951+ Well, I know that they were contracted for the first four seasons. That's why when they 'left,' they all knew they had to come back at some point. When Kelly had the big fight with Abby and left with Brooke and Paige, the producers allowed her to leave because the contract was coming to an end, under the condition that none of the girls talk to her because she still technically broke the contract. As for Christi, the contract was up, and at that point, she could officially leave. So, she did.
Not sure what happened after season 4, though...
Jackie Cessna ok WHAT?! I didn’t know that Abby admitted that she paid for sex??? When is it ?!
Kalani Hyland you’re not even the real kalani so be quiet
i actually live in pennsylvania and we’d go up against their studio sometimes and i can 100% vouch that the competition were rigged. abby’s team always had their own dressing room and private sections but in reality their would be like twenty other studios shoved into one gym. they always sat in the front and i remember there were body guards who pushed all the dancers to the back of the stage just to make room for them during awards. when going against them, it really didn’t feel like a competition at all it felt like you were extras in a tv show because of the camera crew and equipment everywhere
This!! Its so important to hear other teams' experiences competing up against the ALDC
Did they actually win?
they had to have a private dressing room. they couldn’t bring a camera crew into a room where they had 20 other teams, that would’ve been illegal. and then they would’ve had to have everything sign permission slips to film. the competitions may have been rigged, and they probably were, but this doesn’t prove that.
Yea I can see why they're fake because ALDC almost always wins.
i know, i don't even think their dances are good (some of them are) but there's a lot more better dancers, i have to say Abby is a terrible choreographer in the earlier seasons lol
@Ari Kim there could be better people out there but they dont have to win every single time. ALDC doesnt always win first but they mostly win 2nd or 3rd in every competition. they're very skilled but no one wins all the time
I always thought it was weird when Abby would talk about the HUGE competitions they would go to and they’d pan the audience and there was like nobody there, and during awards it wasn’t more than like 3-6 dance teams on stage.
Shrimp The Boi it’s ( sh-vai-kov-ska)
Ray Days yeah. It’s a Polish last name... they tend to be pretty long. My mother’s maiden name is “Blaszczekwarczyk”
Katrina Szwajkowska what the fuck
Katrina Szwajkowska no
Katrina Szwajkowska
How do u pronounce that one
Nia made a video where she said that its not fake. I trust Nia over these girls because they all are holding a grudge against Abby.
Breathing Dance kalaini is talking about when she was the so from season 6 or 7 where as Nias been there since the very beginning so when Dance moms started the comps were real but at around the time that Kalani was officially a member so season 6 or 7 comps started to become fake
Breathing Dance CHILD LABOR LAWS DUH
Nia doesn't like Abby either. Chloe was there season 1-4 , then 7 and she says it's fake. Holly says it's fake.
Breathing Dance Abby actually sucks though
who wouldn't have a grudge against a women that went to prison and even though I like nias character I doubt she is telling the truth as no dance moms =no fame no fame=no paycheck and no paycheck =congrats u broke like the rest of us
like after kenzie and Maddie left it went down hill so maybe when there were no viewers Abby decided to put fake shows on to make it look interesting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
now before u argue back just think about it first!!!!!!!!!!!
kira just doesn’t care lmfao
Yes
As she should
Dance moms isn’t fake it’s just the producers take things that happened and twist it to make it seem like something else, it’s messed up💀for ex when kira threw a water bottle at Jess she actually threw it at a producer Jojo said it in one of her videos 😭
After Maddie and Mackenzie left, everything turned into shit
Shooketh Shister After Season 4 it went to shit
Agreed
Shooketh Shister no after Asia left Asia Monnet the queen
UNICORN GLITTER EEWW everything was great when Asia left! 😆😃 my opinion!
Everything Channel lmao
i love how quickly kalani’s mind changes when she saw her mom bc she’s probably so used to lying about the competitions and then she’s like “oh wait we can tell the truth?”
Korea was totally about the money. She just used her daughter. They didn't get along that good.
Speaking of the kardashians Kira looks like Kourtney
CallaLily 1 u knowww
She kinda does lol
CallaLily 1 yess
I agree ☝️
Yesss....I’ve been saying that forever.
lmao i went to the ALDC when they weren’t filming and got a tour it was rlly weird to see it
in person...
Wait you actually did that's so cool your so lucky 😥
@@myishajoachim6843 I wouldn't say going to aldc is lucky if dance moms didn't prove it 😂
Why?
Yeah right
my friend got invited to dance and be taught by abby. she said it was super nerve racking, but she said everyone was pretty nice, and abby definitely scared her a bit.
but what's not fake is Abby going to jail 😂
SunKissNicole she actually came out from prison but she unfortunately has cancer now so she’s in the hospital....
SunKissNicole yeah for no reason
LAYLA MARPLE no she went to jail for bank fraud. But she's out now and in the hospital getting treated for her cancer.
SunKissNicole thats not funny
Dayana Villeda I agree !
We all knew it was staged and set up, sometimes even rigged for drama but one fact does remain, the girls can dance that good.
So basically this is about Chloe & Maddie's relationship
They do want to be friends, and always were, until the big conflict between Christi and Mellissa. They won't allow they're children to speak to each other, therefore they seem like they are no longer friends. However, I've heard that all the girls have had a few meet ups and they've gone really well! Idk how true this is but yeah!
I've seen a video in Brookes Channel and she Said that the ALDC still talk tô each other, they meet and have a whatsapp grup.
The ALDC Girls
this is super late but maddie recently commented under a picture of chloe and her gf saying how cute they were, i think most things r cleared up now.
I know it’s been a while since this was posted but I’m going to clear some stuff up for people.
1) During the original cast reunion in 2020 I think Holly said that she was never handed a script but Jill did say that they had to fake a little bit.
2) The pyramid was in fact set up by the producers and was never there before the show but Abby has always favored Maddie.
3) Despite the bad moments between the moms, Christi said on her TH-cam channel that there were more good moments than bad and that they actually don’t hate each other.
4) Chloe also confirmed in a Q&A that Abby made fun of her eye but the audio was edited out and covered up. She also said, in the same video, that she left because the contract said things like you can’t gain or lose more than 5-10 pounds.
Christi is the most realest mom ever. Edit; yall can argue all yall want it wont change my mind lmao
Lauren 909 I always liked her best
She was my favorite !
Lauren 909 ur grammar .💀
Gina Leach “ur”
Lauren 909 most realest... 😂
So the show was scripted to make Maddie look good 99% of the time?
The Only Gabs Maddie is good 100% in real life
Maddie is my favorite
Maddie would look good anyway 😉
idk I guess the producers had to choose someone to be the “favorite” on the show for entertainment and content
The Only Gabs yep
If you thought this show was actually real and that they can win “every” competition you’re oblivious. Being in the dance community it’s a bit impossible for the same company constantly winning unless they are extreme over the top dancers. 
ClairBear dancers edge (my studio beat them once )
madison butterfield Good for you!!!
so is maddie an amazing dancer? she seemed very good amongst the other girls but in a highly competitive comoetition I wouldn't think so. and also I kinda suspected some of their wins were fake because I not even a dancer and some of them did not like that good.XD, they are great girls but some looked like how I would dance and I cant dance. lol so they thought they must be going to some seriously low competition dance competitions.
Once you JIMIN you cant JIMOUT Maddie isn't top-level... She's adequate, but her technique & follow-through need work. Also, she always looks like she's about to cry, or is seriously constipated when she dances...
ik that it's a little late to send this but first, how is this a REALITY show and ur saying it's fake? Also, they lost a few times. I'm a dancer and I compete every year, and we never leave without a first place trophy, even if we do 12 coreos and only 1 wins. I've been doing this since I have memory, and I am NOT as talented as the dance moms girls, so, I tell you, this is possible
I will forever stan Christi and Holly
& kelly hehe
what about kelly!!!!!!!!
I’m pretty sure that in the earlier seasons the comps where real, because you can see other dancers waiting in the wings to do their dance, as you can’t in the newer seasons.
Edit: omg this is the most likes I’ve ever had, thanks guys!
Edit: wow 300 plus likes?? That’s crazy! Thanks!
Føwløver 94 but also when they said who won, was really different in newer seasons
Føwløver 94 in the full video with kalani and Kira they said how the early seasons like 1-3 were real
Føwløver 94 The trophy ceremony was faked. They kept portraying Chloe losing to Maddie but they actually competed in different age groups. The producers wanted to create rivals within the group.
Yeah because fans have seen some of their competitions or have competed against them in early seasons
Yeah Kristi and them are lying. In the early beginnings it was not fake when brook and page were there and it wasn't fake after they left either, it was semi fake only towards the end and they were still judged, they may have not been on a major dance competition because of the child labor laws, but dance moms still made there own and invited teams to join. If they were completely fake towards the end then the moms would of not been so mad and left the show and did not talk to Abby because she did not give their daughter a feature. Some of the moms and kids still don't talk to Abby because of that, if it was completely fake it wouldn't matter.
My fav line from Christi and still is probs in the whole show
“Blue plastic rimestone crap” (something along those lines)
hey blink !!!
@@hitomiiz hi :)
“Red plastic rhinestone crap, blue plastic rhinestone crap...” 😂 yeah that moment always makes me laugh!
$600 for one season yikes you could make that in two weeks at a part time job with minimum wage being $11 like...
Baileyando Backup our is $8 so I can't make that at a part time job :/
You make about 200 a week in a part time job
Baileyando Backup they probably got Free tutuion though, at least discounted
But they got fame, and money from it in the end!
Baileyando Backup but they did get fame....
Them: It’s all fake
Me: -pretends to be shocked- *OMG WOW WHAAAT!?*
Even if it is fake i'm still gonna watch it.
Meliodas is life Also an anime freak yup 😂😂
:)
Meliodas is life Also an anime freak yup
In the early beginnings it was not fake when brook and page were there and it wasn't fake after they left either, it was semi fake only towards the end and they were still judged, they may have not been on a major dance competition because of the child labor laws, but dance moms still made there own and invited teams to join. If they were completely fake towards the end then the moms would of not been so mad and left the show and did not talk to Abby because she did not give their daughter a feature. Some of the moms and kids still don't talk to Abby because of that, if it was completely fake it wouldn't matter.
Omg sameeee
Let me address a few things:
Not all the competitions are fake. My studio competed against them in season 8 episode 6.
From what I saw when my studio competed against them, they performed the group dance twice. The first time was pretty good, but they didn’t record it. The second time they made a bunch of mistakes and it’s a little too coincidental that they only made mistakes while recording the second time...
They lied about the awards. On the show, they said that the widow group dance scored 4th, but for the actual awards, they scored 2nd place.
You are making shit up. "That awkward weeb" owns and runs a dance studio??? Gtfoh
@@viktormorra8274 I think they meant that the studio they dance in not that they own it
@@viktormorra8274 i dont think they "own" it i think they danced in it
@@nine9238 Even if they were a dancer they would most likely be 16-19 by now which means they wouldnt be this immature.
I went to a dance competition where they were... The comp was 2 hours BEHIND bc of them, and after the dances, Abby stood up and clapped. Not in the show
Same, girl! I was a competitive dancer myself. My studio competed in the same competition with Dance Moms in Lancaster, PA for I think the second season. My dance friends & I went around the hallway asking other dance studios if they saw any Dance Moms performances. Everyone kept saying they performed before all of the other dance studios entered the competition building. During awards, only a select few dance studios were picked to be on stage with the Dance Mom girls.
everyone’s saying that in these comments now 😂 let me join so yeah guys i competed against them and melissa waved at me once *not on the show* but yeah my team beat them *small brag*
I can email you photos from my competition if you want.
Symphony Animations People have competed against them before. It's not like they filmed this on a lonely island.
brenda lorenz People have competed against them before. It's not like they filmed this on a lonely island.
What do the girls even do now? The only ones I've heard about career wise are JoJo, Nia, and Chloe
Mia Dowd Maddie has her own clothing line and such, I think her sister might be in on that too.
Katie M. That I forgot about but I did hear about it. I didn't know whether it was actually launched or not
Mia Dowd Maddie is making movies and she was a judge on a dance tv show and Mackenzie made a clothing line
Mackenzie also sings!!!
Maddie dances for Sia as well
SO- YOUR TELLING ME THAT I WASTED 80 HOURS OF MY LIFE AND JUST TO WATCH THE SHOW AFTER SHCOOL AND NOT FINISHING MY HOMEWORK TO WATCH A FAKE SHOW???????😤😤😤😡
panda express ooof ouch I thought being valid Victorian was pretty good but Ig the fact that
u don’t know how to spell “dumby” the correct I not smart so otay btw it’s spelt dummy if your gonna insult me😂😂😂🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️
Don’t be so fucking mean bitch
Lee_ Gang it’s not fake
Ik right
Lee_ Gang you’d think a “Valid Victorian” would know how to spell, it’s called Valedictorian dumbass
how have i now realized that jill going to the candy apples was all staged?!
My daughter's former studio was invited to compete against the Dance Mom girls a few times. It is all set up. They take time in between dances to film the fights going on in the dressing rooms. They met Abbey at a mall and she needed a ride to her car. She was really nice. She talked about how the producers wanted her cut one of the dancers because she was giving them a hard time and she told them no. It's all fake.
Ysidra Rohde If Abby was really that mean what parent would force their kid to go dance for someone like that. I mean if she makes you cry that bad no amount of money would make you stay or at least I hope not. Plus the real reason Chloe left and they weren't allowed to say on the show was because she was doing a movie. If you look at Jojos youtube she posted a video of the real reason she left. Which is not the reason the show gave.
The same thing happened with my old studio!
I know this comment is old but Abby was literally sued for physical abuse to her students and they actually won the trial so there’s no way she wasn’t really abusive cause otherwise she wouldn’t have lost 🤔
I know someone who was at one of the competitions who saw them filming the moms yelling at each other. The director yelled "cut" and they all went back to talking normally. Even if they do go to real competitions though I bet that they get special treatment and multiple takes for dances.
No, the judges left the room when they did the dancing for the camera.
Why is the music in the beginning sounds so like sad and kinda scary?!
a friend from my school has competed against ALDC so this confuses me, like i literally went to the competition and saw them all. my friend said it’s normal to see them a lot too, so idk.
Same I think the competitions were real but all the fighting and stuff is staged
@@katiechambers1319 yeah and Abby is really nice and Abby and Cathy are actually friends they are already friends since like 1988
Yeah people are misunderstanding
Even when it was fake, the girls danced so well tho
Dude. Dance competitions have been banning the show from participating in their competition circuts since season 1. They wrongfully portray the dance competition world, and those of us who were/are competition dancers know that the show has never really been accurate to how this stuff works. Seriously the only studio ive ever heard of that creates new dances every week in order to compete that weekend is this show ✋😂 dude the rest of us learn a few dances and take those same ones to as many different competitions as we choose, and then take those same dances to their nationals if we choose too. Seriously who learns a new dance every week just to go to a "new" competition?? I would like to know. 👌
Skylar Hilton yeah that’s so true cause I used to do dance too.
So so true i do competitive dance
Well Abby herself said in season 1 no other dance studio does it. Those girls usually only had a day to learn a routine as well.
I agree from being a competition dancer too, the idea of having new dances every week would be so overwhelming
Now everyone knows how much stress and pressure the girls went through to learn a routine in a day so give them their props.
The whole thing was appalling. Abby was so mean and rude and the moms were horrendous. I took ballet for years and am happy to say our parents weren't even allowed to watch class! And arguing with a teacher would have been unthinkable.
exactly the moms were horrible and acted like children
Hello! I’ve actually been to two competitions with them and they were both real
My studio was invited and two of the dances I was in were on the show
Which one?
It could be true
Stop accusing randomly
Sydney L they do go to real competitions but some of them are fake and just set up for the show
Christy - “They said it was going to be six episodes”
Me - “Definitely six episodes! Definitely...”
Meli and Greta more like *7 seasons* lol
So if all the dance venues were fake, does that mean all their wins and trophies were to????
Lilybet1975 Mells yes, pretty much
Lilybet1975 Mells I think the venues were only fake in the later seasons
Yup
No, they still competed against others... it was just a set up venue so that they could perform under the laws.
Lilybet1975 Mells no
1-4 was real. 5+ had to be more fake because the best/funniest moms left ☕️
Then it also means the producers just scripted Abby to be mean to those girls then. For whatever they endured, the producer's to blame.
i have ‘competed’ against dance moms. we got invites from the comp company that they were going to ie “Starpower” or “Believe.” the only dances we were allowed to do were small groups in he same age range as the girls. we were also allowed to do solos if we were their age. i have proof of all of this if anyone wants it. message me on instagram @elliewiedow. i have pictures of the girls, and you can see me back stage on one of the episodes (s4 e25). me and my teammates were waiting to do our solos in the wing. this was one of the episodes where there were the two teams. most of the girls were really nice, but a few were snobby. Abby is one of the nicest people i have ever met. and all the moms get along so great
Ellie Wiedow who was snobby?
Ellie Wiedow Who was snobby?
Ellie Wiedow I need to know
SPILL THE TEA
We want to know please
I’m sure it became a little more scripted around season 4 when she (Kalani) got there, I want to hear about the drama from the first seasons.
She was only there bc they thought Kira would bring drama lol
If Abby saw that “THE IRREPLACEABLES” sign she would’ve been like “EVERYONE’S REPLACEABLE”
These girls hate who made them famous
And the reject the show where they became knowns nobody would ever know their mames if they have been on candy apples
@@monroe5602 they hate the show and abby bc of the abuse they were put through by abby and the producers.
“The kids didn’t get a paycheck we had to split $600” IM SORRY WHAT?!?
Even if Dance moms is fake, It’s still a really entertaining show. And I’d still watch it!
same lollll
I don’t wanna pay for it 😹but it’s on YT and I’m broke
@@sixdasmusical download the lifetime app it's free there
Sameee
@@sixdasmusical on the official lifetime app it's free every episode it works on tvs and mobile devices and computers to
As someone that use to compete in Dance Comps all over the east coast this show is fake as fuck. But that doesn't mean that it isn't similar to how things in the dance circuit work. Even after accepting that everything is fake/more dramatic that still doesn't take away from how ridiculously talented those girls all are.
OKAY SO TEA, YOU KNOW THE SEASON WHERE THE ALDC PERFORMED BOSS LADIES? I WAS THERE WITH MY TEAM SO IT ISNT ALL FAKE
really wow
whats yo teams name
You were there!?
Team name?
i went to a convention were we learned a hip hop and lyrical piece with the minis and they told us 5-6 seasons were fake and told us how long the pyramids took
fake or not fake it’s still a good show lol
130 x yup
130 x to
nah the show flops its aging like dry wine
130 x yaaaaaaaa
Ikr
This absolutely breaks my heart…
It's funny how all the dancers and the moms are just exposing how fake it was but meanwhile, they still stuck around and didn't leave
Because they were on a contract
Nia said they are NOT fake on her channel soo..........
Emily Vankuyk and that's ONE person out of how many??
Emily Vankuyk kalaini is talking about when she was the so from season 6 or 7 where as Nias been there since the very beginning so when Dance moms started the comps were real but at around the time that Kalani was officially a member so season 6 or 7 comps started to become fake
@@lightishredgummi well we know nia is correct
Because she was there ever single episode for seasons
I Be Jungshook sure, but she could be lying or talking about very specific seasons. With a situation like this, I'm inclined to go with the majority and believe that there were fake competitions. What the others say isn't invalid compared to someone who was on there longer in this situation unless the argument is for a specific season the others weren't part of. If many people said the competitions were fake, they probably experienced fake competitions.
And jojo said so to
Omg I love when chloe is like mom no mom NO and then Christy goes on talk about Melissa lmaoooo
I'm curious how well they would perform in real competitions, competing against a variety of schools.
My only issue with this is that Kalani came into the show SO LATE when show was fake but the first few seasons like 1-3 were definitely we not staged but as the seasons went on it was definitely fake thank god for Christie and Kelly because they tried to expose Abby and this mess all along!
Didn’t want to admit that it was fake cuz I loved watching dance moms but after Kira flat out said it was fake I guess I have to admit it.
i can actually relate to chloe a lot since she was always underestimated and treated badly, yet she still worked hard and proved others wrong when she did great and came out on top.
Every one that said Nia was the worst dancer on the team she is number 5 on the video called "Dance Moms Cast Poorest To Richest 2022" She might not have been the best but she was more successful than abby. Also she was in a WHEELCHAIR couldn't walk. The other girls were never in a wheelchair so mad respect to Nia.
Also what abby did to Maddie i dont think was wrong. She should've just done it with all the girls. It would have def boost their confidence.
Them: “It’s basically fake”
Me: “ I knew it”
This is absolutely true. A few years ago my dance studio was called and asked to compete against them (we beat them anyway) but the competitions are true and honestly fake
My fav girls in order:
1. Chloe
2. Mackenzie
3. Paige
4. Nia
5. Brooke
6. Maddie
7. Kendall
Not based on how they dance, but their personalities 🤪
n a d e e n l agree :--)
n a d e e n agreed but switch Nia and Mack
CallaLily 1 agree with you but maybe even Nia on top
CallaLily 1 I agree, switch Nia and Mack
n a d e e n And Brynn ?
Every single one of these women ought to be ashamed. They knowingly exploited their daughters in the hopes of getting rich. Sure, these girls may have "successful" careers now, but at what cost? And was it worth it?
I don't give a damn how much they say the show was scripted. You cannot tell me that screaming, belittling, and criticizing a child EVERY. SINGLE. DAY in front of their peers, AND ON CAMERA, even if it is "fake", does not have some type of affect. They were little kids! As a mother, it is YOUR JOB to PROTECT your child, NOT EXPLOIT them. Just goes to show you that the almighty dollar will make a parent sell out their child faster than you can blink an eye.
I'm 3 years late but this was nice watching. It's pretty unfair that they don't allow Nia to win or let ANYONE pass Maddie. :,(
Nobody really passed Maddie even outside the show so stop acting like if they were never on it that Nia would be winning all these competitions because she wouldn't be at all
Question: How fake was everything?
Kalani: Well they weren’t that fake
Kira: *nods her head up and down slowly*
Kalani: ok yeah they kinda are
I love that 😂❤️
yes we all saw the video
They make everything seem so real! Why would anyone wanna be apart of that?? Christi in one interview she said I pay Abby like 100,000 dollars a year, but don’t tell my husband!”
The show was edited and stuff but then actually being a part of the dance studio as students was real. It’s not all fake, just some of the drama
She said 16,000
No it isnt 100,000 its 16,000 get your facts together
A reality show? Fake? Shocking!
I remember in one episode one of the moms said something, but if you look closely Maddie, who I think was sitting close to her was literally mouthing her exact lines, showing that they rehearsed the line multiple times and that the producers would even tell people what to say
At that point I kinda knew the show was fabricated by the producers lmao
Eureka this!! there's an episode in season 1 (I’m rewatching it on hulu lol) & there's a part where one of the younger girls is talking about not wanting to do a solo but you could hear a man whispering to her what to say. I played that part back so many times lol, like I knew it was fake & staged but I didn't realize just how much it was until I heard that
Angelica Marie which episode?
What episode was this ? I also have Hulu
Bere x Hernandez I wanna say it's in the first few, possibly the first one (it's the one where kathy's kid doesn't wanna do her solo, so I think they changed it last minute & abby got all upset bc she was doing different choreography under her name)
carmen soto ^^ sorry it took me so long to reply!
My mom’s best friends daughter used to be huge in dance. She went to a competition that the ALDC was at and she said it was totally rigged. She said that Maddie was truly amazing but a lot of the other girls weren’t. And one of the ALDC dance members (I think it was Kendal, I couldn’t say for sure) won a prize and there were other dancers that were WAY better than her.
I hate that the producers literally only focus on Maddie in the group dances .....Um I would like to see the other dancers too
Love heart225 eh Maddie is the prettiest. Orrr, WAS CX
Whatssap 123 Looks dont really matter tho 💀 so you're "point" was invalid. Oops
@@whatssap1237 are you blind? The other girls are way prettier than maddie and especially chloe, paige, nia, and brooke