ABDC Season 4

I think 5 months is a short interim between seasons, but I'm glad season 4 starts before school.

1iota didn't collect our privacy contracts at the beginning of the show (and I didn't feel like handing it in on my way out). Therefore, I am not completely legally disinclined to post spoilers. However, I shall not. I will update on Monday after the show has aired.

I can't talk about the show, but I can talk about what wasn't on the show.

3pm - We arrived at the parking garage. There were a lot of people--way more than any episode last season. Luckily, homies from Long Beach were near the front!

4:30pm - Check-In begins. Note: if you confirm tickets the day before the show, you might not make it on their list. It's what happened to me! But we had extras all around, so I avoided drama.
Black wristbands with happy faces.
Cross the street.
Security check. They didn't even look inside my bag.
They only had regular Rockstar. I wish they had water bottles.
Wait in outdoor line.
They played the season 3 finale on the tv, but the volume was low, and they only played it twice.
Green wristbands in first.
Yellow wristbands for friends & family second.
Saw Aubrey Storm.

6:30pm - Migration from line to stage.
New stage farther into the lot. [Location wise, not appearance]
Ran into B-Girl Shorty from Beat Freaks.
They handed out tickets way over capacity. I doubt everyone made it inside, and many who did make it inside probably got turned away.
Tip: If you have a large group, get there early if you all want to be seated together!

7pm - Almost ready to start. Napoleon & Tabitha hype up the crowd.
5/7 Quest Crew - Victor, Hok, Brian, Steve, Ryan, and 2/7 Beat Freaks - Rino and Shorty in attendance.
Napoleon got them to dance on the stage.
Victor. freestyle.
Rino. freestyle.
Victor and Rino wore the same t-shirt. They did a little somethin somethin.
Steve. flips.
Hok. tutting.
Shorty. bgirl. headspins.


No more DJ Rashida. A wise budget cut.

We were seated stage left, non camera section. I was fine with it because we were near the aisle, and I would be able to shake hands with the judges. But on this stage, the judges came out from the other side! Total waste.

I wasn't feeling Lil Mama's ensemble. I kind of miss the hats.

Layla is pregnant!

7:30pm - Taping. 9 crews. 8 acts.

Someone screamed "JC, I loved you since 'Tearin Up My Heart!"

Francia Raisa was in attendance. Again.

10pm- Taping ends.
World Hip Hop Champions Sugar and Spice perform for us.
Our bleacher is last to leave because they need to re-film the banners.

Ryan, Brian, Victor, and Steve

Usually, when there are celebrities or alum dancers, they book it as soon as the taping ends.
Not Quest.
They chilled at their bleacher. Everyone had to pass it in order to exit, and they said what's up to every single person that passed them.

My brother and I decided to greet them too. We went up their bleacher. LOL. I got photos! I was too scared to bust out my camera since the 1iota people would see, so we just used my brother's Sidekick.

Caught up with the fam at the corner.

I was parched and starving after. We went to In-N-Out on Ventura. It's smaller than most.

11:30pm - Head home.

ABDC Finale

When Quest Crew made the ABDC finals, I was so proud! I could not wait to go to the finale. Out of the blue, V Factory decides to have a show at SIR studios the same night as the finale! I was TORN, but I had stuck with Quest the entire season, and I couldn't miss the opportunity to see them WIN. Plus, I knew there would be other V Factory shows.

Our ABDC family decided to rock purple to support Quest. We didn't have to sign a confidentiality waiver since it was a live show, and they were lenient about cameras.  Layla greeted the audience before the show, and the boys got pictures with her.

I totally loved how the show went by QUICKLY. There were no long waits between acts, and there were no pick ups to be done after.

I was bummed Beat Freaks and Boxcuttahz got to dance in the same group-- I wanted Quest to dance with them too! But MAN! The Quest-Strikers-Dynamic routine was BOMB! It was definitely my favorite of the three group dances.

Finally, it was time to announce the winning crew.
Dim the lights,
cue the heart-pounding music,
and go Mario with the unhelpful summarizing dialog.
 I was nervous. I thought, "Okay fine. Beat Freaks won. Just SAY it already!"
But then, Mario said, "QUEST CREW."
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

We were all so happy! Go Quest! There was confetti, and they revealed the championship banner.

As we were clearing out of the studio, Joe got pictures with Matt and Cara of Fanny Pak (Season 2). The judges were doing post-interviews on stage, so there was no way I could meet JC. I did see Mario Lopez. I asked for a picture, and he said yes! He was a little under the weather--what a trooper.

America's Best Dance Crew: Season 3 = SUCCESS

And to top it off, we got camera time =] Boo-yah!

ABDC

I went to the first taping on January 12th. I was really excited, but then I found out JC wasn't going to be there because he was filming a movie =[ but Kid Rainen was subbing, and the Jabbawockeez were all in attendance.

The taping was pretty straight through. There were 4 crews from the west, holla! 9 crews,3 hours of filming,plus another 3 hours of waiting in line.

The audience wave thing we did was so sick! Everyone was participating, and it looked so cool as it went around the room. The stage manager noticed and asked us to do it really fast. Then really slow. And then half and half. It's something you need to see.

I got tickets for last week, while neither my brother nor any other male friends were as fortunate. Yet, I declined them. It's okay. It was Britney night anyway. But I also got tickets for last night's taping. I figure if they give it every other week, I would get tickets for top 4 and then the finale. I can only hope.

Last night's taping took forever! Maybe I just wasn't as excited as the first show, even though now I got to see JC. They did more pick ups and took longer between acts. SoReal Cru was there and performed. I had my awesome neon green Quest<3 sign. I was so nervous when that guy climbed up the stage. It took the incident at the VMAs a while back to another level.

MTV Spoilers

So it's ironic: November 7 last year is when I attended my first JB concert. Now, it's when I attended my first Twilight event.

VFC took over my August. September has not totally been TWILIGHT.
Today, I got to go to the MTV taping of Spoilers-- apparently a new show. How did this happen? It started with a contest on Twilight Tuesday. I remember almost getting into a car accident when I got the phone call from MTV.
Anyway, the show featured Twilight, and the WHOLE cast was there! It was super duper. I don't know how it happened, but Liz and I were in the third row, next to the aisle.

Forget Robert Pattinson. Lol, okay, don't forget him. He's cuter as Edward and Cedric. But omg, JACKSON RATHBONE aka Jasper Cullen/Hale/Whitlock. He is sooooo hot in person! When he left the first time, I got up and asked for a hug, and I got one =D

When he came out for the Q&A, he answered that music was what kept his spirit up on set. From my seat, I yelled, "What music?" He then looks at ME and answers the question. I was so overwhelmed. I didn't expect him to hear me or actually answer. To top it off, all of this was captured on video.

Kellan Lutz is cool too.

Larry Carroll introduced the cast + Catherine, the director. They showed about 20 minutes of clips from the movie. I had already seen most of them.

After, we went to the back of the building in hopes of meeting the cast. Jackson, Taylor, and Ashley were there. Jackson had the biggest crowd, but I got to meet Ashley and Taylor. Taylor's cologne smelled really good.

It was such a great night, and an especially AMAZING first event.

TWILIGHT!!! <333>

JB on FnMTV

1:00 AM
That's right, one in the MORNING. We arrived at the corner of our meeting place. We had to meet in front of some parking structure and then shuttled to some secret location where the studio was.
We seriously didn't know where to go, and surprisingly, no one was there! We walked around and soon ended up exactly where we started and there was a blanket on the floor. We were both thinking, where the heck did this blanket come from?
A few minutes later, 2 girls arrived, Kailey and Bree. They were really fun and we had some great times waiting!
It was A LOT of waiting.

2:00 PM
1iota people FINALLY started coming to check us in.
Kailey and her other friend Jordan got the "good" wristbands that let you in first. We ended up in the back of the bus. We were scared we weren't going to end up where we wanted to =/

3:15 PM
We start moving to the studio. It wasn't a surprise we ended up in the back of the line.
All of sudden some 1iota guy approaches Grace and me, and asked if it was just two of us. We said yes, and he told us to go with him. We were in such shock. We started moving but all we could think was, "What about Kailey?!"

EEP! We were put in FRONT of this gate thing. If you saw the show, it was when the boys ran through the screaming girls at the very beginning.
We ended up pulling Kailey to the front with us, so it was cool. :] We got to touch ALL three of them each time they ran through, and they did it 3 times!!!

3:45 PM
The green/"good" wristbands were let in first.
We moved away from the crowd and just stood in the shade. All of sudden, we saw the boys moving into the studio. Grace called out to Kevin, and he nodded his head at her.

4:30 PM
We were let into the studio. We ended up pretty much where we wanted to be. There were only two girls in front of us. We were front and center. I had a blue headband, and Grace had a red one. You can see my head in the show.

5:00 PM
Jonas Brothers perform Burnin' Up.
AMAZING.
Unfortunately, they were far but every time they passed by.

5:05 PM
The show was fun! We touched Pete Wentz. He even waved to our camera! He's very good looking in person ;P
We also touched Nelly, Shwayze. It was fun. seriously!

6:00 PM
The show was finished. They did some pick-ups, and then the boys came back and played S.O.S.

6:45 PM
We were out of the studio and we followed Kailey. She led us to the side of the studio, where the boys' cars were exiting.
The first black SUV came out, and it was KEVIN. He rolled down the window and said, "Hi girls!" Kailey got to give him her presents, and Grace held his hand for a second.

7:15 PM
One of the shuttle buses had a fender bender with a parked car. We figured it best for our safety if we just walked back to the parking lot.
We went back to Grace's apartment and at 8pm, we watched FnMTV. This was the first LIVE show.

Dancing With The Stars

I don't know how it happened, but I somehow got tickets for Dancing with the Stars when the Jonas Brothers were guest performers. I was so excited when I received the email, I only approved one ticket. I pimped the system so that my mom could approve 4. She took in stray JB fans.

The set looks so much bigger on TV! I'm pretty sure this was the same stage as the So You Think You Can Dance taping we attended in June.

We were seated in the very back row.

Shannon Elizabeth and Derek Hough came out to watch the Cirque du Solei performance. I said hi and told them I voted for them (I lied).

Jonas Brothers sang "When You Look Me in the Eyes" (2 takes) and "Take on Me" (1 take).

After they performed, I went to the restroom hoping I'd run into them like at the AMAs. The girls inside (one was named Jamie, but spelled differently) told me JB already left =/

Back inside, I walked over to Chelsea Staub and Anna Maria Perez de Tagle and got their autographs.

The results show went by quickly. The dresses are sooooo pretty in person. They have about a million rhinestones. THey were so sparkly!

After, I got to take a picture (I snuck in my camera) with Chelsea. Picture now:

I went around to the other door and got a picture with Anna Maria. Picture now:

Tom Burgeron came out and entertained us for a bit. He called it the "best part of his job."

Idol filmed next door.

So You Think You Can Dance

Grace and I loved So You Think You Can Dance so much last season. We watched it every week and voted for Benji until the phone lines cut out. I requested audience tickets then, but only got approved now for season 3. We got to go see the Top 18 perform.

We walked to Subway while Quintos waited in line. He called us when Benji arrived, and we ran back. We left our cameras in the car because they weren't allowed inside. We took a picture with Grace's phone. He told us to vote for his sister, Lacey.

I wasn't familiar with the new contestants. I recognized Lacey and Hok. We decided we really like Dominic because he gave us attention, so we would vote for him.

We were standing right in front, stage left. You can see us on TV, if you look.