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Well slap me silly and call me an ass. They actually won. I really really thought that Beat Freaks would win.

Well CONGRATULATIONS to the boys! Totally deserving.

It's down to the final two crews, and if I remember correctly I predicted that Beat Freaks is going to be one of the final teams. It's down to Beat Freaks and Quest. It's an all out boy vs. girls team.

I have been rooting for Beat Freaks since the beginning, only because they have been consistently good and you definitely don't see girls doing headspins in any type of dance performance. But at the same time Quest, the all boys group have been phenomenal throughout the show, and the judges have been giving them a REALLY REALLY hard time. JC (gag!) claims they do too much "posing" and not enough transition. Okay "bubblegum pop" boy... let's see you come up with YOUR OWN moves without using choreography. Anyway, I'd be really surprised if the boys end up winning.

The judges/producers really really want a girl team to win. Don't get me wrong... they would be totally deserving of the first group to be all girl, winning a dance crew contest. But I would hate for them to win because they were a pretty good girl dance crew versus a phenomenal girl dance crew, against Quest. Because to be quite honest, overall I find Quest to be so much more fun to watch, and so creative in their routines.

Last night's performance was.... bleh. The challenge was incorporate different styles of street into their routine. Beat Freaks was a flatliner. I felt they hardly fulfilled the challenge and even without the challenge their routine was just boring. There was no "wow factor" to it. If you were to go on last night's performance they shouldn't win. See for yourself:

Quest on the other hand... WOW! Fell out of my chair a couple of times with the stuff they pulled. It was sharp and absolutely fun watching them have fun doing what they do. Can't say enough about them. They even received a standing ovation from the judges. Check it out:

This week the challenges were Workout. Each dance team had to incorporate some form of workout move into their routine. I won't get into a detailed account like I did the previous post, but some teams seemed repetitious while others really surprised me. You can check out the each team's performance here, courtesy of MTV.

Quest started the show with their routine, "kickboxing". I really thought these theme was obvious one for them, and didn't expect to be blown away by their performance as I was. You just had absolute fun watching them perform. They used the theme of "video game fighting". Among the 7 crewmembers, 3 were dressed in red, and 3 in blue, while 1 stood in the middle acting as referee. I can't do it justice explaining so please check it out.

Now as for the judges... especially Lil' Mama and JC (gag)... WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!?!??! They called Quests's performance mediocre and unimpressive. In fact JC said it was too "Tae-bo" for his taste, and that it wasn't choreographed enough. My only guess is he was googling himself to see how much unpopular he's been getting instead of paying attention to the show.

Worst off was that Lil' Mama agreed with him. Rightfully the audience booed them and their so called judgement. Shane West, probably the ONLY opinion that really matters, since he's an actual choreographer, retaliated by asking the two "are we watching the same show?" He was just as blown away as the rest of the audience and crediting them for many a fancy footwork and innovative moves.

If the judges continue to butcher the judging, this show is going to have to go on my axe list.