America's Best Dance Crew



America's Best Dance Crew was a dance competition game show to find out who is the best dance crew.

Broadcast
MTV 2008-2012

Packagers
Warner Bros. Television

MTV Productions

Hosts
Mario Lopez Layla Kayleigh

Judges
JC Chasez Lil Mama

D-Trix(Season 6)

Omarion (Season 5)

Shane Sparks (Seasons 1–4)

Gameplay
There were teams of dance crews competing. Each week, the crews are given a challenge. The challenge is different for each crew, but has the same general concept or shares a specific theme. To begin each episode, Mario Lopez reveals, in no particular order, which crews are safe and which crews are at risk for elimination. After the crews in the bottom perform their routines, the judges decide which crew will advance to the next round.

Another unique aspect of ABDC is the crew banner. Each banner's logo represents its respective crew, appearing during interviews, performances, and on various merchandise. It is also used as a transition effect. When a crew is eliminated, their banner falls from the top of the stadium, where the banners of the crews still in the running stand. The contestants get to dance one final time on the stage as they "walk it out" to the song of the same name. If a crew is eliminated from the sixth place mark (fifth in Season 4, 5, and 7), the show will play a compilation video of their journey on ABDC. Whichever dance crew has the best dancing at the end of the entire show will recieve $100,000 and the Golden ABDC Trophy.

Inventor
Randy Jackson

International Versions
Here is a list of countries where this show is aired:

Caribbean

Spain

Italy

Portugal

Argentina

Russia

Finland

Hungary

Netherlands

Norway

United Kingdom

Germany

Ukraine

Canada

France

Phillipines

Fiji

Vietnam