Boots Electric !!!: ABDC = America's Best Dance Show

1. Dancing is fucking awesome, there's no debate. Especially when a bunch of super funky young people form dance crews.

2. There are a lot of terrible reality shows on TV. Even a lot of bad dancing contest shows (Dancing With The Stars?)

3. America's Best Dance Crew, despite the stupid name, is not a stupid show. It's a very, very fucking good show. And it's on MTV! You must think I'm crazy. I'm not! Let me explain:

ABDC, as it's called, is a genius concept that works perfectly on TV. Why? Well first, unlike some other reality shows, the contest is based on actual talent. Much like my other favorite reality TV shows, like Project Runway or games shows like Jeopardy, the competitors need to posses true talent, ability and creativity, or else they will fail. Flashy gimmicks are sometimes present in this series, but they cannot carry a team to win.

So. Dance crews. Real kids who like to throw down, battle and boogie, and they're damn good at it. This show features a lot of B-Boys and breakers, which is just so cool and always entertaining. However, they feature some unique acts too, like a group that dances on roller skates, a group that combines dancing with jump-roping, a voguing crew, a latin dance crew, among many others.

So we got the dope crews. Next, we give them insane challenges, in which they have to incorporate specific styles, themes or moves into their routines while still representing their unique style, while also increasing the difficulty of their routines each week. Some past challenges have been a dance tribute to Michael Jackson, incorporating magical illusions, using trampolines, using moves from Bollywood dance styles and styles from the disco era, as well as my favorite, the "Whack Track Challenge" in which each crew was assigned to dance to some of the worst songs in pop music history and make it rock.

Then, oh my god, then we have the host and judges. MTV could not have picked a more absurd group of people to anchor this show. It's awesome and bad at the same time.

First, we got Randy Jackson, who produces this show. He only appears in the very beginning and at the very end of the season. He is so awkward and tries so hard to talk hood but he just can't do it. But, he's a legit dude and this show was his idea, so you gotta love him.

Next, you got Mario fuckin Lopez to host. He's really good at this job, because he's good at speaking into a camera, he always looks

unbelievably handsome and he dresses like he's going out to a nightclub in Miami every night. You can't help but enjoy watching him and listening to him talk about the crews even though you know he's probably dumb as shit and works out for 6 hours a day every day. Plus, his knowledge of the Spanish language pops up randomly in episodes, which is ... funny. Gotta love Mario.

Ok. The judges. There are three of them, each more absurd than the last.

First, there was Shane Sparks, an unknown but legitimate choreographer to the stars. He was a judge you could really trust because he obviously had a very strong background in hip hop and popular dance, and he made it happen for real. He was kind of nuts, wore hats that always concealed half his face, but gave great commentary. BUT, in this past season, he was replaced by Omarion, from the boy band B2K and later from his solo career as an R&B singer. Apparently, Mr. Sparks ran into to some trouble with the law. Something to do with child molestation charges. Eeek.

So MTV replaced with Omarion, who is so goddamn hot it doesn't make

any sense. He has that little boy voice and the fresh style and the best and cutest smile...Sigh. Anyway, he usually doesn't have anything productive to say, but he's frequently a positive voice from the judging table. Sometimes he just likes to call crews out on their bullshit. Gotta love Omarion.

Then....there's Lil Mamma. Can we just ask ourselves: Why is this girl on TV? Who gave her a microphone? Bitch is dumb as SHIT, but she really carries herself with so much poise and confidence, you find yourself actually trying to make sense of what she's saying. But she don't make no goddamn sense, EVER! Plus, is she even a dancer? All we know about her is that one hit song she had about lipgloss. In which she rapped. I'll give it to her, she's a gorgeous girl. And she is a girl, she's only just

turned 20 years old. Mammasita (as Lopez calls her) rambles in circles with the most absurd Bronx accent and her deep voice. She says stuff like "YALL KILT IT!" "YALL BRAWT IT!" The dumbest thing I can recall her saying is this, after We Are Heroes performed for the Champions for a Cause episode: "It's one thing to pop out of a box. But when you pop out of a box and dance like that, that's saying something." WHAT? She dresses like she's schizophrenic, too. Lil Mamma, you are so whylin. Gotta love her.

Finally, you got JC Chasez, or as I like to call him, Professor ABDC. You might remember him from a boy band called 'Nsync, of which he was a lead singer and a major

hottie. He's the oldest judge, in his 30s, and the person with the most accumulated fame and experience in the world of popular dance and performance. For god's sake, do you remember what 'Nsync used to do? He was like a mercenary of dance. JC is always SO SERIOUS. He ticks off names of dance moves that no one would know had names. He always brings the harsh critiques, and he always, always gets booed by the crowd for killing their buzz. He's often like, "Ok...I didn't screw up, don't boo me." LOL. He takes his judging very seriously and he's very intelligent with his critiques. GOTTA LOVE JC.

LBNL, there are the crews. What can I say? The crews are amazing. Let them speak for themselves.

My favorite crew ever is QuestCrew,