It’s another week, and another challenge. This time around, the crews have to incorporate magic into their performances.

Beat Freaks (Levitation): It was definitely fun to watch. They did great levitating the ball and having it moved very well as they did their routine. The pop/lock moves were fantastic, as well. And I definitely agreed with Lil’ Mama, it is a nice change of pace to see an all-girl dance crew that doesn’t need to rely on sex appeal . . . . not that they aren’t sexy, ’cause MAAAANN!!

Quest Crew (Knife Through the Body): What I loved the most about the performance was that they did try to incorporate a story, and it definitely worked when it came time to use their prop for the challenge. But the judges were all right for the most part. At this stage of the came, EVERY performance has to be on point, and Quest could have come with a little more energy and better transitions. I’m still looking for them to clinch a spot for the finals, but we’re at a point now where anything could happen.

Strikers All-Stars (Walk Through An Object): I have to say that this was probably their weakest performance. I just couldn’t get into the choreography, and the energy was down noticeably. I had gotten used to them just going all out when they hit their steps so to the point that they came off really subdued this time around.

It’s actually kind of crazy to see both Strikers and Quest have off performances, given their consistency. I suppose it was bound to happen, and I’m certainly not counting them out, because they’ve clearly got the voting fans on their sides. But like Shane said, Beat Freaks are still bringing it hard.

BOTTOM TWO

Dynamic Edition (Appearing Out Of Thin Air): I like how their routine started, and they did pull off the challenge rather creatively. But while I liked the opening choreography, I thought they could have transitioned into the clogging section a little bit better. I can imagine it’s not that easy, but they’ve done it in other performances.

Fly Kicks (Stretching): The choreography was definitely on point. I have to give them that. They’re definitely doing better than I expected. The stretching part was actually pretty impressive. But I still need to see something comparable to the other crews, in terms of difficulty from them.

CONCLUSION
If I’m being perfectly honest, Fly Kicks did have the better performance. Them staying on over Dynamic Edition isn’t that surprising. I thought their challenge was slightly better than Dynamic Editions, and their choreography was cleaner overall. But now they’re in a true do-or-die situation. It’s not wrong to assume they’ll be in the bottom two next week, given the other three crews. And bearing that in mind, just what can they possibly do to top anything the other crews could do in their sleep?