America's Best Dance Crew

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"America's Best Dance Crew"
Format Interactive reality game show
Directed by Michael Simon
Presented by Mario Lopez
Judges JC Chasez
Lil Mama
Shane Sparks
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 8
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Joel Gallen
Abe Hoch
Randy Jackson
Rob Lee
Howard Schwartz
Karen Schwartz
Harriet Sternberg
Supervising
producer(s)		 Dan Sacks
Cinematography Scott Hylton
Running time 60 minutes
Production
company(s)		 Warner Horizon Television
Distributor MTV
Broadcast
Original channel MTV
MuchMusic
Original airing February 7, 2008[1]
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

America's Best Dance Crew is an American television show featuring street dance crews from the United States. The show is produced by American Idol judge Randy Jackson, and airs on MTV in the United States and MuchMusic in Canada.[2].

In the first season, it was hosted by Mario Lopez and featured Layla Kayleigh as the backstage correspondent. It was judged by rapper Lil Mama, former *NSYNC singer JC Chasez, and hip-hop choreographer Shane Sparks.[3][4] The series was originally developed for NBC. JabbaWockeeZ were declared the winner of season 1 on March 27, 2008. It was announced that there will be a Season 2 coming this summer, with the live auditions being on June 7, 2008.

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[edit] Season 1

Main article: America's Best Dance Crew (Season 1)

The first season premiered on 7 February 2008 and was hosted by Mario Lopez. Dance crew, JabbaWockeeZ, were declared the winner of season 1 on the March 27, 2008 season finale and received the $100,000 (USD) prize.

[edit] Season 2

Main article: America's Best Dance Crew (Season 2)

The season two will premiere on MTV in the United States on June 19, 2008, with its live audition on June 7, 2008.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ The Live Auditions Special (aired on January 26, 2008) was not the season premiere of America's Best Dance Crew.
  2. ^ Randy Jackson is executive producer of ‘America’s Best Dance Crew.’. Associated Press. Boston Herald (2008-02-06). Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
  3. ^ Rocchio, Christopher (2008-01-16). MTV to debut Randy Jackson's 'America's Best Dance Crew' on Feb. 7. Reality TV World. Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
  4. ^ Rocchio, Christopher (2008-01-24). Rapper Lil Mama to serve as 'America's Best Dance Crew's third judge. Reality TV World. Retrieved on 2008-02-25.

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