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The 12 Hour Pyramid

We're headed on the road in 2026! Buy tickets here: https://www.x1entertainment.com/bttb [https://www.x1entertainment.com/bttb] "JoJo is dealing with her lice and the girls are all like GROSS! Meanwhile they all had it!" As Christi notes, it just wouldn't be Dance Moms without some double dealing contradictions, and oh boy are there A LOT this week. There are so many salacious behind the scenes notes that Christi had to actually verify some things with crew people this week! At least last week Abby was AWOL, she's unfortunately returned with some leftover pain to spare as she continues to hone in on Nia as her new child punching bag. After being sidelined during the auditions process last week, Holly arranged to have Nia meet with Aubrey O'Day to help build out a music career. But Jill squeals to Abby about this... for some reason, and Nia's punishment comes swiftly. Abby attempts to sabotage the meeting by calling O'Day and offering a payout if she ignores Nia and Holly, which Nia overhears and quickly begins to spiral. Holly is fed up with this treatment and confronts Abby, but none of the moms choose to back her confrontation leading to Holly calling them cowards. Abby is furious and storms out of the Pyramid filming session, leading to what might be the longest Pyramid recording in the show's history. Which is sort of special as this is the 100th Pyramid, though in the final edit you'd barely could tell because it's maybe the shortest Pyramid to date! The reason being Abby just straight up refuses to participate in filming, not only to avoid Holly but to stick it to Production who she fears is wrangling control from her now that she doesn't get her cushy Pittsburgh perks. The Fraizers depart for two days to make good on their plans. Nia is consequently kicked off the group number, leaving JoJo to fill the void despite her charm offensive continuing to annoy Abby. Jess is determined to make JoJo permanent, though some worry has set in now that Abby is going to hold open auditions again soon. In fact all the girls' spots are supposedly up for grabs (ok not Maddie's, but she doesn't know that and it's stressing her out regardless!). JoJo has one chance to impress Abby, this time with her solo routine inspired by the movie Carrie. Only problem is JoJo is 11 and can't even watch Carrie! Abby doesn't care and starts berating Jess for not forcing R-Rated nightmares into her daughter's psyche to make her a better dancer. To add insult to injury JoJo gets a bad case of lice... actually all the girls do, they brought it over from Pittsburgh! But does the show admit that? Of course not! They just lie and say it's a JoJo problem! Don't you just love making up things about kids to embarrass them on TV to cover for your poor upkeep and management?! What a strange thing to do. It only gets stranger. Quotes * “There's a lot of stuff that we had to pretend was real. Yeah, like Nia went to the doctor and it was just a girl I hang out at the bar with. She's a bartender there. I did not know that!" (20:05-20:22 | Christi & Kelly) * “How many times are we going to talk about Abby and P. Diddy together? It comes up like 900 times!" (28:59-29:05 | Christi) * “Apparently Abby gives Mackenzie a very important life lesson at this point? Oh god what? I don't know that I want to know. Mackenzie, when men are trying to make you do something you don't want to do for money, that's called being a whore! Don't be a whore! What does that have to do with anything?!" (1:07:47-1:08:08 | Christi & Kelly) * “I don't know if you could compare Dance Moms to war. I don't know, I kind of felt like I was at war!" (1:19:06-1:19:13 | Christi & Kelly) Links Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC50aSBAYXH_9yU2YkKyXZ0w [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC50aSBAYXH_9yU2YkKyXZ0w]  Subscribe to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/backtothebarre [http://www.patreon.com/backtothebarre] Thank you to Ashley Jana for allowing us to use Electricity!! Follow her on IG HERE: https://instagram.com/ashleyjanamusic?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= [https://bixel5.net/v1/t/c/06ca3df0-bac4-19fc-fc3e-db9bd0dad59e/gm%3A13df6f5d-ad82-41bb-b401-3e8e711b728b/Multiple%20Recipients/?https%3A%2F%2Finstagram.com%2Fashleyjanamusic%3Figshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D=] Download Electricity HERE: https://music.apple.com/us/album/electricity/1497482509?i=1497482510 [https://bixel5.net/v1/t/c/06ca3df0-bac4-19fc-fc3e-db9bd0dad59e/gm%3A13df6f5d-ad82-41bb-b401-3e8e711b728b/Multiple%20Recipients/?https%3A%2F%2Fmusic.apple.com%2Fus%2Falbum%2Felectricity%2F1497482509%3Fi%3D1497482510=] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

BTTB Mini Episode: The Traitors!!

Surprise! We’re dropping a bonus mini episode recapping the first episodes of The Traitors Season 4. This is extra content, not replacing our regular episode. Nothing is missing, nothing has changed—just a little bonus fun because we felt like it. Enjoy 😉 ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Where in the World Is Abby Lee Miller?

We're headed on the road in Spring 2026! Buy tickets here: https://www.x1entertainment.com/bttb [https://www.x1entertainment.com/bttb] "We have one of the wilder episodes of Dance Moms that I've seen in a minute. Thank god it wasn't with us!" That's practically underselling how weird it is that Abby is just inexplicably missing for most of the episode. I mean considering the excuse she gives for her absence in "Hello Hollywood, Goodbye Abby" doesn't really explain her absence at all and the girls only had three days to prepare for their first LA competition, it's got to be one of the weirdest episodes at the very least. The episode kicks off proper with a conundrum for Abby: Without her LA studio ready to go the ALDC must rent out studio space to practice. But uh-oh, the only spot available is currently in use by the Rage Dance Company and Abby is to afraid to even be seen with them. So the ALDC goes it alone as abby hides out in her car for the first of many retreats. The RDC pulls out all the stops, which worries the moms as Abby has prepared a group number that feels very safe and very un-LA by comparison. But Abby has more important issues to attend to, like getting the girls auditions and then helping them fumble them by both causing a scene in the parking lot and insulting Nia at the audition itself! Holly is quite fed up, but not enough it seems as none of the other moms back her up. It's beginning to dawn on Holly that she is the new Christi and Abby's torturous ways are only going to get worse. Meanwhile making no progress with the team is JoJo, who while not an official team member was still expected to come out to LA and just, what, stand there? Abby instructs Gia not to let Jojo perform in the group number, and then take sit a step further and bars her from auditioning. Jess steals Kalani's sides for the role to encourage Jojo to audition, but when word gets back to the other moms it devolves into a shouting match. If that wasn't enough it's clear Production keeps pushing JoJo to push Abby's buttons in order to make it on the team, which makes her an easy target for continued ridicule. Will the ALDC be able to make a strong first impression in LA, or will Abby's tirades trip them at the starting line? Is water wet? Quotes * “Are you drinking anything? No, just Diet Coke. Why? I dunno, cause I'm not a drunk! Shut up! All evidence to the contrary Kelly Hyland!" (15:28-15:41 | Christi & Kelly) * “I cannot believe how many shots we had of Abby eating various things in her car." (17:25-17:30 | Christi) * “We're not in Pittsburgh anymore, welcome to Los Angeles. We're not in Kansas anymore Dorothy, get your ass out of the car!" (26:36-26:41 | Christi & Kelly) * “Now off camera we're going to have what might be one of dumber fights that they didn't air. Actually it's so dumb I'm shocked they didn't air it." (56:01-56:10 | Christi) Links Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC50aSBAYXH_9yU2YkKyXZ0w [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC50aSBAYXH_9yU2YkKyXZ0w]  Subscribe to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/backtothebarre [http://www.patreon.com/backtothebarre] Thank you to Ashley Jana for allowing us to use Electricity!! Follow her on IG HERE: https://instagram.com/ashleyjanamusic?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= [https://bixel5.net/v1/t/c/06ca3df0-bac4-19fc-fc3e-db9bd0dad59e/gm%3A13df6f5d-ad82-41bb-b401-3e8e711b728b/Multiple%20Recipients/?https%3A%2F%2Finstagram.com%2Fashleyjanamusic%3Figshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D=] Download Electricity HERE: https://music.apple.com/us/album/electricity/1497482509?i=1497482510 [https://bixel5.net/v1/t/c/06ca3df0-bac4-19fc-fc3e-db9bd0dad59e/gm%3A13df6f5d-ad82-41bb-b401-3e8e711b728b/Multiple%20Recipients/?https%3A%2F%2Fmusic.apple.com%2Fus%2Falbum%2Felectricity%2F1497482509%3Fi%3D1497482510=] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

It's a Disco Bush Christmas - BTTB Rewind

Come see us on tour!!! Tickets are selling FAST. We cant believe it and can't thank you enough. www.x1entertainment.com/BTTB [https://www.x1entertainment.com/BTTB] Please enjoy this BTTB - Rewind Episode! Its the fifth Monday of the month and we typically don't post anything, but wanted to share something in your feed. It's one of our fav bonus epsides from Patreon!! All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Have You Learned Nothing!

We're headed on the road in Spring 2026! Buy tickets here: https://www.x1entertainment.com/bttb [https://www.x1entertainment.com/bttb] "JOJO! HAVE YOU LEARNED NOTHING!?!?!" might be an iconic TikTok sound now, but a decade ago it was just another Tuesday for Abby. Speaking of iconic tho, we have both our bitches under the same roof today! Our sound unfortunately got a little too noisy in the process and we're sorry about that, but hopefully a Producer's Notes heavy episode filled with never before seen fights and even some espionage will more than make up for it! It's the last stop before the ALDC arrives in LA, how much drama can we fit in there!? This week's group dance is based off of the Disney movie Frozen, and it's never been clearer than ever that Dance Moms has become an institution because what competition would ever allow you to bring your own fake snow? That's what money and fame gets you! What it doesn't get you is any sense of ease as Jess and JoJo are finding out quickly as Abby quickly turns on them. It was one thing when JoJo was just getting sassy with Abby, but adjusting to the abnormal ALDC scheduling doesn't give JoJo enough time to learn her new dance and Abby seems prepped to force the newcomer out. Jill and Holly's fears their daughters won't receive the same red carpet treatment as the Zieglers are all but confirmed when Abby announces Maddie has picked up a gig on the Disney Channel show Austin & Ally. Abby protests that the producers asked for Maddie specifically, but realistically they wouldn't have done that had Abby not spent the past few years elevating Maddies above all else. But Abby has bigger things to worry about when it comes to Maddie after this week's competition bumps Maddie into the Teen Division, which moves up the group dance into the Teen category as well. Will the ALDC be able to compete and pull of a victory before the LA move against stiffer competition? Quotes * “This is literally Ed Gein teaches dance at the ALDC. There's gotta be 100 skulls on that necklace. Again, Ed Gein in the nipple belt = Abby Lee Miller in the skull necklace." (16:41-16:51 | Christi & Kelly) * “That's kind of shady and I'm kind of here for it" (17:40-17:43 | Christi) * “Now Melissa is calling out a kid? This is such chaos. They need us to be the moral compass in this room Kelly!" (40:49-31:31 | Christi) * “Girl, that's a felony and a contradiction." (1:18:07-1:18:10 | Christi) Links Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC50aSBAYXH_9yU2YkKyXZ0w [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC50aSBAYXH_9yU2YkKyXZ0w]  Subscribe to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/backtothebarre [http://www.patreon.com/backtothebarre] Thank you to Ashley Jana for allowing us to use Electricity!! Follow her on IG HERE: https://instagram.com/ashleyjanamusic?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= [https://bixel5.net/v1/t/c/06ca3df0-bac4-19fc-fc3e-db9bd0dad59e/gm%3A13df6f5d-ad82-41bb-b401-3e8e711b728b/Multiple%20Recipients/?https%3A%2F%2Finstagram.com%2Fashleyjanamusic%3Figshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D=] Download Electricity HERE: https://music.apple.com/us/album/electricity/1497482509?i=1497482510 [https://bixel5.net/v1/t/c/06ca3df0-bac4-19fc-fc3e-db9bd0dad59e/gm%3A13df6f5d-ad82-41bb-b401-3e8e711b728b/Multiple%20Recipients/?https%3A%2F%2Fmusic.apple.com%2Fus%2Falbum%2Felectricity%2F1497482509%3Fi%3D1497482510=] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.