The fourth season of '' America's Best Dance Crew'' premiered on August 9, 2009. All three regular judges, host

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, and backstage correspondent

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returned. This was the last season to feature Shane Sparks as a judge. In the live finale, which aired on September 27, 2009, We Are Heroes was declared the winner. On August 2, 2009, as a prologue for the season, the show premiered a special episode hosted by Randy Jackson called "The Top 10 Performances of All Time", where Randy showed his favorite routines from the first three seasons.

Cast

Nine dance crews were selected to compete on ''America's Best Dance Crew''. The contestants auditioned in four cities:

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. Similar to the previous season, the crews were not officially divided by region; however, the regions were still listed on each crew's banner. This was also the first season to showcase crews from three regions, instead of the usual four. The group Vogue Evolution featured the "Wonder Woman of Vogue," Leiomy Maldonado.

Results

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Episodes

Episode 1: Crew's Choice Challenge

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. *Safe: We Are Heroes, AfroBoriké, Massive Monkees, Artistry in Motion, Rhythm City, Vogue Evolution *Bottom 3: Beat Ya Feet Kings, Southern Movement, Fr3sh *Eliminated: Fr3sh

Episode 2: Beyoncé Challenge

*''Original Airdate: August 16, 2009'' Beyoncé stopped by to hand out the challenges for the crews, who had to use her music videos and tour performances as inspiration for their routines. *Safe: We Are Heroes, Rhythm City, Massive Monkees, Beat Ya Feet Kings, Southern Movement, Vogue Evolution *Bottom 2: Artistry in Motion, AfroBoriké *Eliminated: Artistry in Motion

Episode 3: Martial Arts Challenge

*''Original Airdate: August 23, 2009'' The crews had to incorporate martial arts moves into their routines.

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's Steve Terada appeared as a guest instructor. *Safe: AfroBoriké, We Are Heroes, Vogue Evolution, Massive Monkees, Beat Ya Feet Kings *Bottom 2: Rhythm City, Southern Movement *Eliminated: Southern Movement

Episode 4: Bollywood Challenge

*''Original Airdate: August 30, 2009'' The six remaining crews were challenged to infuse the flavor of

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culture into their routines. In order to learn the complex Indian-themed dance style, the crews met with Bollywood choreographer Nakul Dev Mahajan. *Safe: Massive Monkees, Vogue Evolution, Rhythm City, AfroBoriké *Bottom 2: We Are Heroes, Beat Ya Feet Kings *Eliminated: Beat Ya Feet Kings

Episode 5: Dance Craze Challenge

*''Original Airdate: September 6, 2009'' The five remaining crews put their own spins on popular dance crazes. In addition to the challenge, the crews also had use the

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built into the stage sometime during their routines. *Safe: AfroBoriké, Massive Monkees, Rhythm City *Bottom 2: We Are Heroes, Vogue Evolution *Eliminated: Vogue Evolution

Episode 6: VMA Challenge

*''Original Airdate: September 13, 2009'' The final four crews paid tribute to memorable performances from the MTV Video Music Awards. The crews performed together in an opening number to "

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. *Safe: We Are Heroes, AfroBoriké *Bottom 2: Massive Monkees, Rhythm City *Eliminated: Rhythm City

Episode 7: Decades of Dance Challenge

*''Original Airdate: September 20, 2009'' The crews competed against each other in two challenges: the Decade of Dance Challenge, in which the crews danced to a mix of five songs from the past five decades, and the Last Chance Challenge.

Challenge #1: Decades of Dance Challenge

The remaining three crews had to master dance styles from the last five decades. One crew was eliminated halfway through the show. *Safe: AfroBoriké *Bottom 2: Massive Monkees, We Are Heroes *Eliminated: Massive Monkees

Challenge #2: Last Chance Challenge

The two finalists were given one last chance to perform before the lines opened for the final voting session of the season.

Episode 8: The Live Finale

*''Original Airdate: September 27, 2009'' All nine crews returned for a group performance in the season finale. The judges each picked three crews that complemented each other and their dance styles. Then, the winner was crowned. *Winner: We Are Heroes *Runner-up: AfroBoriké

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:America's Best Dance Crew (Season 4) 2009 American television seasons America's Best Dance Crew