ABDC5 – Season Review

After 2 seasons The Fan-favorite Finally Makes It!

Overall it was a better season compared to the previous one. I was happy with all the crews that competed. The producers this time picked a stronger choreo-based group of crews (besides Saltare) that just danced with no gimmicks or anything annoying. It made a good seasons since it was the slight differences and distinction in style that made one crew stand out over the other.

My problem with the season was the challenges, they have a good group of crews and the had to mess it up with repetitive and dumb challenges (besides the Disco and Hip-Hop Nation Week). Also the camera angles were starting to piss me off, the cuts and constant movement of the camera lost a lot of the details and the choreography. It works good with crews like Saltare who just do tricks non-stop. Overall not a bad season just didn't reach its full potential with the crews working towards their strengths.


Top 5 Performances





5 Hype 5-0's Regional Performance:
Auditioning since season 3 Hype brought a lot of fast pace intense choreo. What was insane about it was how clean their moves and formations was on stage. What I really liked about this performance out of their other ones is they had the right amount of tricks, choreo, energy into that one performance.


4 Static Noyze's East Coast Battle Performance:
I was really excited about this crew since I saw their actual audition performance. What i really liked was their mixture of contemporary and hip-hop style which blended well when they were doing hard or smooth choreography. This performance in particular showed their unique style and raw energy. It really showed their wide abilities and creativity that beat out the other two crews.


3 Jungle Boogie's National Performance:
From season 2 I didn't think there would be ANY good crew from the south. But they proved me wrong. At the first episode of the season this performance to “How Low” showed their crazy high energy, swagger, and their abilities to bring something completely different compared to the other coasts.


2 Blueprint Cru's “Bad Romance” Performance:
Why such a good performance? C'mon it had everything. Number 1 it showed how versatile the crew was throughout the entire performance not just within their hip-hop but other styles as well. Number 2 their entire set how they started to how they ended embodied Lady Gaga and moved past the original music video choreography. Number 3 they are just a tight crew, all their movement was precise and this performance just went beyond with story and even character.


1 Poreotix's “Tetreotix” Performance:
This one was really hard to decide since they had some really outstanding performance that either really showed off their style (Love Story) or showed their growth in the show (Dancing Machine). What I really liked about this performance was finally the camera angles were a lot better and focused on their choreography. What is unique about their style and the reason why I like them so much is the minimal movement and the amount of control in their dancing. It takes a lot to do a flip or an amazing trick just as much as controlling parts of your body directly to the the rhythm of a song. A lot of viewers who have been following them complain they've seen these moves before but honestly it was a performance for the fans and showed no compromise to criticism.