Dance Moms Season 5 Episode 26 picked up in the wake of last week’s epic fight between Kira Girard and Abby Lee Miller, with the latter totally MIA.
Gone. Peaced out. Nowhere to be found.
Totally real and unscripted, obviously.
Only five weeks remained until Nationals, and with the stakes higher than ever, each girl had a solo on Dance Moms Season 5 Episode 26.
Abby Lee just wasn’t around to see it.
When you watch Dance Moms online, you will see that at this point in time, it hadn’t been determined who will vie for the title at Nationals.
JoJo’s solo gets bumped due to her working with Kids Bop the same weekend (really). Kalani is actually still on the team and has a solo.
Mackenzie, Kendall, Nia and Maddie are all ready to perform their own solos in a bid for the glory. But who will shine brightest of the crew?
Meanwhile, Kendall’s single is #1 … in Ireland. Yes, "Wear Em Out" has topped the charts in that nation. It’s so exciting for her we’re told.
Of course, this prompts Holly to step in and tell everyone that Nia is working on a new single of her own, because it’s all about one-upping.
Nia is rehearsing her solo when Shangela – her drag queen role model if you will – comes in to give advice as far as making it as a rapper.
We simply could not make that up.
The two freestyle rap and make up the lyrics, based on Shang’s nickname, "They call me Chica Mica because my eyebrows are on Fleeka!"
Of course, the moms are jealous slash pissed. Jill sees it as Holly throwing Nia’s success in her face and trying to one-up Kendall. Standard.
Kira Girard and Abby Lee Miller are not speaking after last week’s epic throwdown, but she and Kalani decide to come back to the studio.
Because Abby is AWOL, there is no drama. No one seems to know where she is, and the moms are annoyed that there is no backlash!
Hey, they know what brings ratings.
All of the girls perform very, very well when push comes to shove. In the Junior Solo Division, Mackenzie Ziegler takes home first prize.
In the Pre-Teen Solo Category, Kendall takes third and Maddie first. In the Teen Solo Category, Nia is the runner-up to winner Kalani.
Melissa tells Maddie to call Abby and give her the exciting news because the ALDC shot-caller won’t answer anyone else’s phone calls.
Abby is just THRILLED that Maddie is back on top, because we all know she’s the Golden Girl … whether she’s painted gold or not.