Dance Monsters (2022): Season 1, Episode 8 - Episode 8 - full transcript
[audience cheering]
[Ashley] Tonight,
it's the Dance Monsters final.
[cheers]
Let's go!
[Ashley] Marsha,
Chester,
Grummy,
and Hammer...
...are all desperate to win.
Being on Dance Monsters
has been one of the toughest
and one of the greatest moments
of my life.
This is the number one moment,
being here in the finals.
[Grummy] There's so much to lose.
I have to go bigger than ever before.
[Hammer] I definitely have to fight.
I really think that I've got
a good chance of winning this.
[Ashley] Only one monster
can win 250,000 dollars.
-Go!
-[cheers]
I can't believe that I'm this close
to winning Dance Monsters
and a quarter of a million dollars.
[Hammer] Where we started
and where we are now,
one of us four
are going to win this thing,
and that is mind-blowing.
[Grummy] I don't want the money
to be what makes me lose sight.
[sighs]
[Ashley] The panel
have their toughest decision yet.
It's just about who took the moment.
[cheering]
And whoever took the moment,
takes the money.
Nice.
For me, I think one of them just tips it.
[groans]
[Ashley] Who will be crowned...
the ultimate dance monster.
When things get hard, you do not quit.
You fight for your dreams.
[intense music]
This was the toughest decision
of the competition.
Our ultimate dance monster is...
[suspenseful music]
[upbeat dance music]
[audience cheering, applauding]
["HandClap"
by Fitz and the Tantrums playing]
♪ Turn it up ♪
Ladies and gentlemen, monsters and humans,
welcome to the Dance Monsters final!
[Ashley] It's Ne-Yo.
♪ All these lovers
Got you losing control ♪
♪ You're like a drug to me ♪
♪ A luxury, my sugar and gold ♪
♪ I want the good life, every good night ♪
♪ You're a hard one to hold ♪
♪ 'Cause you don't even know ♪
♪ I can make your hands clap ♪
[music clapping]
[Ashley] It's Ashley Banjo.
[music clapping]
♪ Somebody save your soul ♪
♪ 'Cause you've been sinning
In this city, I know ♪
♪ I want your sex and your affection ♪
♪ When they're holdin' you close ♪
♪ 'Cause you don't even know ♪
♪ Every night ♪
[Ashley] It's Lele!
♪ Am I the only living soul around? ♪
♪ We could be screamin'
'Til the sun comes out ♪
♪ I get on my knees
And say a prayer, James Brown ♪
♪ I can make your hands clap ♪
[Ashley] Give it up for your panel!
And introducing your finalists!
-["HandClap" continues]
-[audience cheering, applauding]
♪ I can make your hands clap ♪
♪ I can make your hands clap ♪
[audience cheering]
[audience cheering loudly]
Hello, and welcome
to the Dance Monsters final!
[audience cheering]
Show some love for your finalists!
Let's go!
Chester, Marsha, Grummy, and Hammer!
-Yes!
-[Ne-Yo] Hey!
[cheers]
We're making dreams come true
in our final,
and not just for our winner.
All four monsters will perform
one very special dance.
[Ashley] They can star in a movie,
a music video, or anything else
that reflects a personal dance dream.
So dream big, monsters.
[audience cheering]
This is their chance to get creative
and show the panel
how far they've come over the series.
Are they brave enough
to push themselves even further?
After that,
two will be sent home immediately,
and the remaining two will go head-to-head
in the final dance-off
to show how much fight they have
and how well they can perform
when the pressure is on.
It's never been more important
to impress our panel
as they are the ones to decide
the Dance Monsters champion.
[audience cheering]
So, Ne-Yo, we've got our elite crew
-up here, don't we?
-[Ne-Yo] Yeah.
What does our winning monster
need to bring to the stage?
The total package. This is 250,000 dollars
and I am not trying to just give it away.
So, I'm anxious to see
what's going to happen.
[audience cheering]
What I would say is, the work's been done.
The years of training,
the weeks of rehearsal,
the blood, sweat and tears.
This moment's never going to come again,
so make the most of it.
-[Ashley] Yes, well said.
-Yeah.
Dance monsters, for the last time,
go get yourselves ready!
-[Ashley Banjo] Let's go!
-[Ne-Yo] Let's go!
Good luck everybody!
Yeah!
-All right. It's finals time.
-[Ashley Banjo] Let's go.
Today is the day that somebody, I'm sorry,
some monster is going to leave here
-250,000 dollars richer. I'm excited.
-That's insane.
No, listen, you were right the first time.
"Somebody."
Guys, this is crazy that we're here.
-This is the finals.
-Oh, my God.
It's insane.
We are here, and we did it.
We're the only four left.
[audience cheering]
I'm sure every dancer dreams
that one day
they'll have the freedom to perform
as a stack of marshmallows,
a shark, a mummy, or a one-eyed furball,
but what are the contestants'
other ultimate dance fantasies?
Through each performance,
we're about to find out.
Here's our first monster
living out their dance dream,
and you know it's going to be a sweet one.
[Ashley] It's Marsha!
Being on Dance Monsters
has been one of the toughest
and one of the greatest moments
of my life.
I never dreamed I would be in the final.
[hopeful music]
[Marsha] Before Dance Monsters,
I hadn't danced for myself in years,
because I'm a mom of one
and a dance teacher
to hundreds of competitive dancers.
I've set aside my dance dreams
to take care of other people.
Now, I've proven to myself
that I am capable of achieving big dreams.
I've definitely built
the confidence back that I lost before.
My journey here has not been easy.
I've been the underdog,
but my last performance
was really my breakthrough.
This was your best performance.
And I just want
to keep riding that all the way.
[Marsha] This dance is about the dream
of me and my students
being the stars of our own dance TV show.
I want to inspire my students
to go after a dream just like this.
♪ I can feel it ♪
This is definitely
my most challenging routine.
There's a lot of choreography in it.
It's really fast.
I also have to give a lot of personality.
I'm really hopeful
that nothing goes wrong.
-Marsha.
-Marsha!
-Marsha, let's go!
-Bye, guys.
Go! Go kill it!
I'm excited. I'm excited.
I'm excited too.
[Ashley] First to perform for their place
in the dance-off, it's Marsha!
When things get hard, you do not quit.
You fight for your dreams.
[Lele cheers]
-[cheers loudly]
-Let's go!
[audience cheering]
["I'm So Excited"
by The Pointer Sisters playing]
-[Ashley Banjo] Let's go, Marsha!
-[Ne-Yo] Okay!
-[Ashley Banjo] Finals, baby.
-[Ne-Yo] Okay!
Yeah.
♪ Tonight's the night
We're gonna make it happen ♪
♪ Tonight, we'll put
All other things aside ♪
♪ Give in this time
And show me some affection ♪
♪ We're going for those pleasures
In the night ♪
♪ I want to love you, feel you ♪
Hey!
♪ I want to squeeze you, please you ♪
♪ I just can't get enough ♪
♪ And if you move real slow ♪
♪ I'll let it go ♪
♪ I'm so excited ♪
-[Ashley Banjo cheers]
-Hey!
♪ I'm about to lose control ♪
♪ And I think I like it ♪
♪ I'm so excited ♪
[Ashley Banjo] Let's go!
♪ And I know, I know
I know, I know I know ♪
♪ I want you ♪
All right.
♪ Look what you do to me ♪
♪ You've got me burning up ♪
Hey!
[Ashley Banjo] Let's go, Marsha!
♪ How did you get to me? ♪
♪ I've got to give it up ♪
♪ Oh! Ow! ♪
♪ And I'm so excited ♪
[Ne-Yo] Hey!
[audience cheering, applauding]
[Ashley] Miss Marsha!
Starring in your own TV show,
how are you feeling?
Oh, I feel great. That was so much fun
and I'm just so happy.
[Ashley] Let's head over to our panel,
see what they think.
Ashley, will you be binging
the full season of Marsha and the Mallows?
-Yes. Marsha!
-[Ashley] Yes!
Oh, Marsha, listen.
I'm so proud of you
because you fought to be here
and you fully deserve
your place in this final,
and that performance
was just so full of joy,
happiness, technique, energy, execution,
all kind of bundled together in this big
marshmallow-y performance-y thing,
and I just absolutely loved it.
-[Ashley Banjo] Well done.
-Thank you. Thank you, Ashley.
[Ashley] Yes!
Marsha, I love the fact
that you never gave up.
[Ne-Yo] There was a couple of instances
where we had some slightly
negative feedback for you,
but you took it on the chin, kept going,
and that's what it's all about.
That's what life is about.
Take it on the chin, get up, keep pushing.
I feel like everything
that you've done up to this point
has been preparation for this moment.
-This was absolutely amazing. Great job.
-[Marsha] Thank you.
-Thank you, Ne-Yo. Thank you.
-Alright!
[audience applauding]
You brought it even more
than what I thought you were going to do.
Like, you really outshined yourself,
like, this was your best performance.
-Thank you. I love you.
-[Ne-Yo] Yeah.
What a superstar,
give it up for Marsha, everyone!
[Marsha] Thank you!
[Ashley] We'll find out later
if she's done enough
to make it into our final two.
[excitedly warbles, laughs]
Wow.
-Was that a 250k performance? I think so.
-I think so.
-She surprised the hell out of me.
-She just made this exciting.
I don't think I could've done
anything else, I am really happy
with the way I left everything out there
and just gave all of me.
Everybody else in this competition's
gonna have to step it up.
She's now set the level, man.
I'm feeling the pressure, guys.
In a good way though.
But, you know,
they say pressure makes diamonds, so...
-[Hammer] Yes.
-That's a good one.
We've got another monster mover
ready to fight
for the Dance Monster crown.
[Ashley] Here comes Grummy.
It's the finals!
Yes!
Is this real? Pinch me.
Ow! It's real.
♪ Yeah, we all know what it's like ♪
♪ To feel like we gave everything ♪
Dance Monsters
has been incredibly important to me.
It's really changed my life.
[Grummy] When I started out with this,
I was a guy working at a science museum.
And now, I'm like, a real deal dancer.
This wasn't my personal favorite
performance of yours.
The criticism last time around,
was that jolt that I needed
to really push myself in the finals.
♪ Take it to the top ♪
I've always wanted to star
in my own dance movie.
[Grummy] And I'm doing exactly that
in this routine.
♪ Never going down ♪
The things I'm worried about is,
there's tumbling in this, we got tricks,
I'm bringing out
every dance move I can think of.
I have to hit every mark.
I have to go bigger than ever before.
It's really hard.
♪ Take it to the top ♪
Boy, do I feel the pressure.
I'm in grabbing distance
of 250,000 dollars.
This is scary.
I really want to win.
But, uhm...
[choked up breath]
I don't want the money to be...
what makes me lose sight...
[sighs]
Sorry, I need a sec.
Grummy.
-Grummy, let's go! Go, killer, go!
-Your time has come.
You're going to kill it!
He's going to be so good.
It's the final with Grummy!
-[Ne-Yo] Let's go!
-Sheesh! Let's go!
[Grummy] I want to win this so bad.
It would just mean the world to me.
[Ashley] Hoping to impress the judges
and gain a place in the final dance-off.
Hey!
[Ashley] Here's Grummy!
["Larger Than Life"
by Backstreet Boys playing]
♪ Yeah! ♪
♪ I may run and hide ♪
-♪ When you're screamin' my name ♪
-Hey!
♪ Alright ♪
♪ But let me tell you now
There are prices to fame ♪
Hey! Yes!
[audience cheering, applauding]
♪ All of our time spent ♪
♪ In flashes of light ♪
♪ All you people can't you see
Can't you see ♪
[Ashley Banjo] Let's go!
♪ How your love's affecting our reality ♪
♪ Every time we're down ♪
♪ You can make it right ♪
♪ And that makes you larger than life ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Every time we're down ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ You can make it right ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ That's what makes you larger than life ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ All you people
Can't you see, can't you see ♪
♪ How your love's affecting our reality ♪
♪ Every time we're down ♪
♪ You can make it right ♪
♪ And that makes you larger than life ♪
-[Ashley Banjo] Let's go, Grummy!
-[Ne-Yo] Let's go!
Yes!
♪ That makes you larger ♪
♪ That makes you larger than life ♪
[audience cheering, applauding]
[Ashley Banjo laughs]
[Ashley Banjo] Yes!
That was cool.
-That was awesome!
-Yes! Wow!
-Smashed that.
-Smashed it.
Give that monster an Oscar.
Best mummy in a leading role,
I would have to say.
-[Ashley] Am I right? Yeah.
-Oh, well, thank you.
This is a sci-fi blockbuster that,
yeah, I might pay to see.
-Buying tickets?
-I feel like your biggest weapon,
aside from the fact
that you're an amazing dancer,
is your larger-than-life personality.
[Ne-Yo] You starring in your own film
was perfect for you.
You've been a joy to watch.
You genuinely have.
-[Ashley] Absolutely.
-Cheers.
[audience applauding]
You're such an excellent performer.
[Lele] I saw the double flip,
you haven't done that before,
I was like, "Wow."
You know what, you make us speechless.
You are the whole package.
We love you.
All right, lots of love from the panel.
What it is I love about you
is not just, like, your arsenal of like,
dance styles and tricks,
it's the fact
that every time you touch the stage,
you make it a complete performance
and a complete show.
Even if you can't dance, right,
you've never done it before,
you can learn with enough practice,
but what you can't learn is what you have.
It's the ability to be a showman
and turn those moves into something more.
[Ashley Banjo] If I was holding auditions
for my crew, like,
you're exactly the kind of dancer
and performer I would pick.
-[whoops]
-[Ashley] Wow.
Oh, well, Ashley,
I'm available after tonight.
[laughs]
Yeah.
This was literally
a dream come true to do this,
so, thank you.
-Oh, Grummy, thank you.
-[audience cheering, applauding]
Well, as ever, an impressive performance
but in such a tough field,
will it be enough
to make the final dance-off?
-It's Grummy, everyone!
-Yes!
Yeah, Grummy!
[audience cheering, applauding]
To have the feedback
and the results be so great, is...
it's... it's like too much. I'm like...
All these good feelings,
it's overwhelming.
I have to shout out
Grummy's tricks in that one, as well.
-Yeah, I know.
-Because...
-Grummy's tricks in that were crazy.
-[Ne-Yo] Yeah.
Being out on that stage tonight
is gonna be very different,
you know, it's gonna be emotional.
Not only is it gonna be a fight,
but it's also gonna be
-a goodbye to the stage.
-Yeah.
Hoping he'll be hammerhead
and shoulders above the rest,
it's Hammer!
♪ Are you ready for this? ♪
[sighs]
It's kind of hitting me
right now, actually,
that this is pretty huge.
[laughs]
[Hammer] You know, I'm 18,
and a few years ago,
I hadn't even danced on TikTok.
And now I'm so close
to winning Dance Monsters
and a quarter of a million dollars.
♪ You won't find it better than this
So tell me baby are you ready for this? ♪
[Hammer] I've definitely become
more confident
and definitely more determined now
to pursue this, as a career.
There's some really strong monsters,
and you are one of them.
[Ashley] Yes.
I really think that I've got
a good chance of winning this.
[daunting music]
One of my dance dreams
is just to be a professional dancer,
to feature in a music video,
and this performance definitely does that.
I've been working super hard.
The choreography is fast, sharp.
♪ You think that you can hold us back ♪
[Hammer] There's voguing,
hip-hop, and house.
However, so much could go wrong.
I just need to increase the difficulty,
increase the power
and show them that I'm fighting for this.
-Oh, let's go, Hammer.
-[Hammer] Bye, guys.
-You got this.
-Yeah.
It all does come down to this.
A minute and a half to change my life.
[Ashley] Dancing for a place
in the final two, it's Hammer.
-Let's do this, Hammer.
-Let's go, Hammer.
Come on, man.
[audience cheering, applauding]
Let's get it.
[audience cheering]
♪ I didn't ask for a free ride ♪
♪ I only asked you to show me
A real good time ♪
♪ I never asked for the rainfall ♪
♪ At least I showed up
You showed me nothing at all ♪
["Rain On Me"
by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande playing]
♪ It's coming down on me ♪
♪ I'm ready, rain on me ♪
♪ I'd rather be dry
But at least I'm alive ♪
-Hey, hey!
-Yeah. Let's go.
♪ Rain on me, rain, rain ♪
♪ I'd rather be dry
But at least I'm alive ♪
♪ Rain on me, rain, rain ♪
♪ Rain on me ♪
Hey, hey, hey! Energy!
[audience applauding]
♪ Rain on me ♪
♪ Hands up to the sky ♪
♪ I'll be your galaxy ♪
♪ I'm about to fly ♪
-Yeah. Yeah.
-[Ne-Yo] Come on.
♪ Hands up to the sky ♪
♪ I'll be your galaxy ♪
♪ I'm about to fly ♪
♪ Rain on me ♪
♪ I'd rather be dry ♪
[panel cheering]
♪ Rain on me, rain, rain ♪
♪ Rain on me, rain, rain ♪
♪ I'd rather be dry
But at least I'm alive ♪
♪ Rain on me, rain, rain ♪
♪ Rain on me ♪
♪ I hear the thunder coming down ♪
-[Ashley Banjo] Yeah.
-[Ne-Yo] Yes!
♪ Rain on ♪
♪ I hear the thunder coming down ♪
♪ Won't you rain on me? ♪
♪ Rain on me ♪
[cheering]
-[Lele] Yes!
-Yes, Hammer.
Yeah!
Were you living your best
music video life out there?
Yeah, I sure was.
[chuckles]
I wonder, after this competition,
what do you call yourself?
-Yeah. 'Cause you're not a TikTok dancer.
-You're not a TikToker anymore.
I just have to say I'm a dancer,
and then, you know, mention TikTok.
-Yeah!
-[Ashley] Yes!
[applauding]
[Ashley Banjo] Yeah, Hammer.
-Representing the UK.
-Absolutely.
[audience applauding]
[Ashley Banjo] Oh, I love that, man.
Some people have shocked us.
Some people have disappointed us.
Some people have given us
huge performances,
but you are consistently there
every single time,
delivering the goods
and making us say, "Wow".
So just, honestly,
pat yourself on the fin for that one.
-Honestly, man. Pat yourself on the fin.
-[laughter]
[audience applauding]
All right, Hammer,
I'm going to balance the universe
by telling you how much it sucked.
Here we go.
-Okay.
-[Ne-Yo] Kidding, kidding, kidding.
Listen, man, tight, crisp movement,
all right, every single move
kind of snaps into place,
every move is precise and intentional,
yeah, TikTok's too small for you now, bro.
You're not a TikToker no more, man,
you are a dancer.
So, keep being the amazing dancer
that Hammer has shown us that you can be.
Thank you. Yeah, I will.
[audience cheering, applauding]
-[Ashley] Hammer!
-[Hammer] Thank you!
[audience cheering, applauding]
[monsters cheering]
-Great job!
-Let's go.
I need somebody to suck.
I need somebody
to get on stage and do bad.
Like, everybody
that we've seen tonight has been amazing.
What are you guys looking forward to
when you change back to humans?
I think, for me, I'm looking forward
to having a regular mouth again.
-And two eyes. Uhm.
-[Hammer laughs]
For our next monster,
the winning line is in sight.
Yes, he's got dollar signs in his eye,
it's Chester!
[whoops]
It's the finals, baby.
We're here. Let's go.
[powerful music]
I wanted to be on Dance Monsters
because I've always felt like
I was an outcast in the dance world.
I've always felt like I had a talent
that needed to be shown
and Dance Monsters has taught me
that it's okay to be different.
♪ I wanna feel it breathing ♪
You're a dancer who just happens
to be able to play football.
[Chester] When Ne-Yo told me that,
that was definitely
a life-changing moment for me.
My dream has always been
to actually perform
in the Super Bowl half-time show.
Shoulder, shoulder, jump, push.
And that's what I'm doing
in this performance.
[rock music]
These rehearsals for the final
have been no joke.
I've been working super hard.
I've put literally every single move
that I can think of that is a wow factor.
I do have a mental block sometimes,
but it's just something
that I have to be positive about
or else, my mind will get the best of me.
I'm definitely feeling the pressure.
It's me and you.
It's the final.
We've got to do this.
This would literally
be like winning the Super Bowl for me.
[audience cheering]
This is up there.
This is the number one thing that I want.
[Ashley] Our last monster
dancing for a place in the final two,
it's Chester!
-You've got this, bro. Let's go.
-Let's go! Let's go!
[audience cheering loudly]
["Human" by The Killers playing]
♪ I did my best to notice ♪
♪ When the call came down the line ♪
♪ Close your eyes ♪
♪ Clear your heart ♪
-♪ Cut the cord ♪
-Yeah.
♪ Are we human ♪
♪ Or are we dancer? ♪
♪ My sign is vital ♪
♪ My hands are cold ♪
-♪ And I'm on my knees ♪
-[whooping]
♪ Looking for the answer ♪
♪ Are we human ♪
♪ Or are we dancer? ♪
-Yeah.
-Yeah!
-[music intensifies]
-[whoops]
-[Lele] Hey, amazing!
-[Ashley Banjo] Nice. Let's go, Chester.
♪ And I'm on my knees ♪
-♪ Looking for the answer ♪
-[Lele] Hey!
♪ Are we human ♪
-[Ne-Yo] Hey, hey, hey, hey!
-[Lele] Yeah!
[Ashley Banjo] Yeah, there it is!
[audience cheering]
♪ Are we human ♪
♪ Or are we dancer? ♪
[audience cheering, applauding]
-[Ashley Banjo] Let's go!
-[Ne-Yo] Wow.
Chester, panel on their feet again.
Chester, you're actually so good,
and sometimes I think it's easy
to take for granted how good you are,
because you make what you do look so easy.
The way that you can tell a story
and connect through dance, is a gift.
[Ashley Banjo] You've done yourself proud
once again, Chester.
-So well done, man, well done.
-[Chester] Thank you so much.
That means everything.
[Lele] When you dance, it's so graceful.
You know, you make it look so easy,
and it's hard,
like, all the movements that you do.
Honestly, this was such
a winner performance.
-Congratulations.
-[Chester] Thank you.
-Thank you so much.
-[Lele] Amazing.
[audience applauding]
You are the most emotive, one-eyed monster
I've ever watched pirouette
in a dance competition.
You...
Okay, you are the only one-eyed monster
I've ever watched pirouette
in a dance competition.
[Ne-Yo] I just... I don't understand how...
how all of this emotion comes through
and you literally have
a mouth on your chest.
I don't, I don't understand
how it's happening.
Listen, regardless
of what happens tonight,
I love the fact
that you're walking away as a dancer
who can play football,
but a dancer who can play football.
You know what I mean?
-Yes, sir. Thank you.
-[Ne-Yo] Not just a dancer,
but an amazingly beautiful dancer, bro.
-You really, truly are.
-Yeah.
-Congrats, man, congrats.
-[Chester] Thank you so much.
Thank you, guys.
You came, you danced, you delivered.
-[Ne-Yo] That's right.
-It's Chester!
-Let's go!
-Yeah!
[audience cheering, applauding]
[Ashley Banjo] Yup.
[Chester] Yeah!
-Yeah!
-Hey!
-Super Bowl! Super Bowl! Let's go!
-[monsters cheering]
-How was it performing at the Super Bowl?
-Oh, my gosh, guys.
[Chester] That was so fun.
Panel, we've seen our four finalists dance
-like their monster lives depend on it.
-Yeah.
[Ashley] Now you're facing
some tough choices.
You need to decide which two monsters
you want to see go head-to-head
in the final dance-off.
And which two
will be ending their journey here and now.
It gets harder every time.
Okay, good luck.
This is it, guys.
[suspenseful music]
-Is there any one dancer of the four...
-Mm-hmm.
...that you feel like, hands down,
has to go through?
Yes. Yes.
Ash?
-Based on tonight's performance?
-[Lele] Yes.
Based on tonight's performance, yeah.
Yeah, there's more than one.
[suspenseful music]
-Oh, guys, I'm so nervous.
-Yeah.
I know exactly
what you're going to say as well.
It's decision time.
In the first weeks of Chester,
in the very, very beginning,
we loved him, but he wasn't,
he wasn't blowing us away as much, so...
He wasn't, like, the powerhouse he is now,
in the very, very beginning.
It's definitely an honor to be here
but definitely nerve-wracking
at the same time.
Yeah.
I've been to three NBA finals,
but I was dancing not playing,
so it feels like that but now it's on me.
[suspenseful thudding]
Do you know who really
made me feel something tonight?
-Marsha.
-Marsha.
[Ashley Banjo] She really made me feel,
like, wow, she's stepped up.
Marsha did better tonight
than I have ever seen her do.
She outshined
a few people tonight, she did.
Mm-hmm.
Who's had the most success as a dancer,
-like, growth-wise? Marsha.
-Marsha.
Who's been the most consistent? Hammer.
I can't remember too many
negative things to say about Hammer.
[Ashley Banjo] But was Hammer's
performance a winning performance?
I loved him.
What do you think, Ne-Yo?
[groans]
Exactly, I'm not sure.
[suspenseful music]
You know, I've done a few
dance competitions in my lifetime,
however, nothing at this caliber.
I don't know if Grummy is the absolute
best dancer in the entire season,
but I do feel like
he's the most entertaining.
When every single time
it's like, "It's Grummy",
I'm like, "Oh, my God."
You know what I mean, like?
Yeah, you sit up, you get ready for it.
"All right, here we go."
What's going to happen now?
He just has that star quality about him
that makes me feel like
I could watch him for an hour.
I have done a battle or two in my life,
but not for these kind of stakes.
-Just to have fun.
-Yeah, still a battle, still.
But with love.
-And money.
-Yes.
-[laughter]
-Lots of money.
Panel...
[suspenseful music]
We know this is hard,
but have you reached a decision?
Okay, so we have to consider
what's happened
from the first show to now,
and who's impressed us the most.
Yeah.
[suspenseful music]
[Ashley Banjo] Okay.
All right.
I think we know what we're doing.
-Okay.
-[Ne-Yo] I know where we're at.
-Let's do it, let's do this.
-All right.
Please welcome back
your Dance Monsters finalists!
[audience cheering, applauding]
-[Ashley] Yes, there they are!
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Ashley] Okay, panel.
We need to know which two monsters
are still in with a chance of winning.
And whose monster experience
has come to an end.
It's decision time.
[suspenseful music]
All right, Lele,
please give me the name
of the first monster
the panel want to keep in the competition.
This monster not only delivered tonight,
but has delivered
throughout the whole competition.
[suspenseful music]
We love this monster,
so I'm just going to say it,
you did an amazing job.
It's Chester!
-[Ashley] Chester! Amazing!
-[audience applauding]
Congratulations,
you are through to the final dance-off.
Well done, you.
All right, Ne-Yo,
only one of these monsters
can challenge Chester
for the ultimate dance monster crown.
Will it be Marsha, Grummy, or Hammer?
[suspenseful music]
Through much deliberation...
the monster going through is...
[suspenseful music]
Grummy!
[Ashley] Grummy!
-[audience cheering, applauding]
-Oh, Grummy!
Amazing, go and get yourself ready
to dance like you've never danced before.
[audience applauding]
That, of course, means Marsha and Hammer,
your journey on Dance Monsters ends here.
[audience awing]
But you've both made it
all the way to the final,
you should be so proud of yourselves.
-Absolutely.
-[Ashley] Right?
[Ashley] You've both been
incredible Dance Monsters,
but there have been humans
behind the two of you,
and we are just dying to meet them.
So, first up, Marsha,
the time has come to show us the real you.
[audience cheering, applauding]
[suspenseful music]
[upbeat dance music]
[panel cheering]
Oh, my God, Marsha!
Amazing!
-Hi!
-Hi!
Oh my god, Marsha!
[Ashley] What is your name?
-My name is Taryn.
-Taryn!
-[Lele] Hi, Taryn.
-[Ne-Yo] Hello, Taryn.
-You're gorgeous. Oh, my gosh.
-Thank you.
-It's so lovely to meet you.
-Nice to meet you too.
[Ashley] And I'm going to chat
to you more in a moment.
But first, Hammer,
now it's time to show us the real you!
Hey! Oh, my God, I'm so excited for this.
[audience cheering, applauding]
[suspenseful music]
[upbeat dance music]
[audience cheering, applauding]
Oh, I love this.
[Ashley] Hi.
Oh, my gosh, I'm in shock.
What is your name?
-My name is Harvey.
-[Ashley] Harvey!
Oh, my gosh, this has been amazing.
How are you feeling?
-I feel good.
-[Ashley] Is there any bits of Hammer
that you're going to keep
in your normal life?
You know, he's quite a cool guy.
So maybe I'll take some of that with me.
[Ashley] Well, it is awesome
to meet you in the flesh.
[Harvey] Yes. You too.
-[Ashley] Taryn.
-[Taryn] Yes?
You wanted to show your daughter
and your kids at your dance school
that they can achieve anything.
Do you feel like you've done that?
My biggest thing coming here
was to show them,
my daughter especially,
that, you know, you face hard times
and you face them head on
and you just really go for it
and you never, ever give up.
Absolutely.
Panel, say hello to Taryn and Harvey!
-Hey!
-[Taryn] Hi, guys!
I know that the 250,000
was kind of the goal,
but ultimately, I hope
that you weren't here just for that.
[Ne-Yo] I hope that
this was an opportunity
to re-energize
the Dance Monster that lives inside you.
Whenever you get to that place
where you need that extra little "oomph",
remember the monster that you were here
and take it with you into your life
and live, live as dancers.
-[Ashley] Yes.
-Deal.
[Ashley] One last time
for Taryn and Harvey,
formerly known as Marsha and Hammer!
[both cheer]
[audience cheering, applauding]
-Thank you so much.
-Thank you!
Great job, guys.
So, two monsters remain in the competition
and will go head-to-head
in an epic final dance-off.
[Ashley] It all comes down to
this last dance.
But who will come out on top?
Chester?
Or Grummy?
[both] One, two, three, top two!
This is the number one moment in my life.
To just be one step closer
to that Dance Monsters title
is absolutely amazing.
We started with 15 people,
and we're the final two.
I have to go bigger than ever before.
[bright hopeful music]
[Chester] I've learned so much
about dance and myself.
And that comes from just being able
to dance freely being behind Chester.
I haven't just improved as a dancer,
I've improved as a person.
Grummy has helped me
immensely to believe in myself.
I'm so happy and grateful
to have shared this with Chester.
We've got to go out there
and just kill it.
-Just lay it all out there...
-Yeah, just lay it all out there.
To be right there,
to, like, be in grabbing distance
of 250,000 dollars,
it doesn't even sound real.
[chuckles]
[Grummy] Let's go, dawg, let's do it.
-[audience cheering, applauding]
-[both taking deep breaths]
Chester or Grummy is about to win
a quarter of a million dollars.
[audience cheering, applauding]
[Ashley] Lele, what do the monsters
need to do to win your vote?
I want to see if you really want it,
you know, this is your last chance.
Skill, musicality, technique.
This is going to be
such a tough decision for us.
[Ashley] Whoever wins this battle
takes the crown.
It's time for the final dance-off.
[Ne-Yo] Let's go!
["Bang Bang" by Ariana Grande playing]
♪ She got a body like an hourglass ♪
-[Ne-Yo] Let's go!
-[Lele] Hey, hey, hey, hey!
♪ She got a booty like a Cadillac ♪
♪ But I can send you into overdrive, oh ♪
♪ You've been waiting for that ♪
♪ Step on up, swing your bat ♪
♪ See, anybody could be bad to you ♪
♪ You need a good girl
To blow your mind, yeah ♪
-Let's go, let's go, let's go!
-Let's go!
♪ Bang-bang into the room ♪
♪ I know you want it ♪
♪ Bang-bang all over you ♪
♪ I'll let you have it ♪
♪ Just wait a minute
Let me take you there ♪
-Yeah.
-[Ne-Yo] Okay.
♪ Wait a minute 'til you, ah, hey! ♪
-♪ She might've let you hold her hand ♪
-[Ne-Yo] Hey!
-[Ashley Banjo whoops]
-♪ But I'ma show you how to graduate ♪
♪ No, I don't need to hear you ♪
-♪ Talk the talk ♪
-[Lele] Hey!
♪ Just come and show me
What your mama gave ♪
[laughs]
♪ I heard you've got a very big, shh ♪
♪ Mouth, but don't say a thing ♪
♪ See, anybody could be good to you ♪
♪ You need a bad girl to blow your mind ♪
[Ne-Yo] Hey, hey, hey, hey!
♪ Bang-bang into the room ♪
♪ I know you want it ♪
♪ Bang-bang all over you ♪
♪ I'll let you have it ♪
♪ Just wait a minute
Let me take you there, ah ♪
♪ Wait a minute 'til you, oh ♪
♪ B to the A to the N to the G to the ♪
-Let's go!
-♪ B to the A ♪
♪ To the N to the G to the hey ♪
♪ See, anybody could be good to you ♪
-Hey!
-♪ You need a bad girl ♪
♪ To blow your mind, your mind, hey ♪
♪ Bang-bang into the room ♪
♪ I know you want it ♪
♪ Bang-bang all over you ♪
♪ I'll let you have it ♪
♪ Wait a minute
Let me take you there, ah ♪
♪ Wait a minute 'til you, oh ♪
♪ Yeah, uh-huh, wait a minute ♪
[Ashley Banjo] Oh, my God!
Hey!
[studio cheering, applauding]
Oh, my God!
-Let's go!
-Yeah!
[Ne-Yo] What?
[audience cheering, applauding]
Okay. That's what I'm talking about.
-That was amazing.
-[Ne-Yo] Yes.
Sheesh.
[both breathing heavily]
Dude. Dude.
So fun sharing the stage with you, man.
[Grummy] It was an honor, bro.
It was such an honor.
-[Ashley] Okay, panel.
-[Ne-Yo] Oh, dear.
It's time for you to make
the most important decision yet.
-[Ashley Banjo] Yes.
-[Ashley] I need you to pick your winner.
[Ashley] Who is
your ultimate dance monster?
[suspenseful music]
All right, I'll let you decide.
Damn it.
[laughs]
Damn it.
Why don't you guys make the decision
and I just, like, say it?
Well, because there's three of us.
We all have to decide.
[sighs]
My god.
[suspenseful music]
It's up to the judges now.
-Whatever happens, I'll be happy...
-Whatever happens...
-...and I'll be proud.
-...you're my brother for life, man.
Brothers for life, man.
I have an equally powerful debate
as to why it could be
-one person or the other.
-Yeah, me too.
They're genuinely both deserving.
[sighs]
I personally think they both did amazing.
[Lele] But I thought that Chester
did a lot of repetitive moves.
And Grummy, when he would be alone,
it impressed me more than Chester.
-[Ne-Yo] When he danced solo?
-Yes.
Side by side,
my eye just kind of naturally gravitated
to Chester more than Grummy.
If we're judging right now on who took
that battle with that particular song,
with that particular set
of moves and choices,
for me, I think one of them,
one of them just tips it.
[Ne-Yo] One dancer is,
just from a movement standpoint,
-is a better dancer. However...
-[Ashley Banjo] Yeah.
...it's not the same dancer
as the dancer
that I feel like won that battle.
[Ashley Banjo] Listen, for me,
they're both on par.
It's just about who took the moment.
And whoever took the moment,
takes the money.
I hate this.
[suspenseful music]
-Okay, we're all agreed. Yes?
-Yes.
Agreed.
All right, let's get our monsters
back out here!
[audience cheering, applauding]
[Ashley] Give it up for our final two.
All right!
Chester and Grummy.
You're about to find out who will be
taking home the Dance Monsters crown.
And that 250,000-dollar prize.
[whoops]
Panel, I'm coming to you
for the final time.
[suspenseful music]
Please give me the name
of your ultimate dance monster.
[suspenseful music]
Chester...
or Grummy?
[suspenseful music]
This was genuinely
the toughest decision of the competition.
So hard.
By a long way.
[Ashley Banjo] We spoke about it
again and again and again,
and I mean this
from the bottom of our hearts,
you are both incredible.
[suspenseful music]
But...
our ultimate dance monster is...
[suspenseful music]
[Grummy] I have failed
so many times in my life.
And to come this far
and then not be able
to cross the finish line is scary.
[Chester] It would mean everything to me
to win that quarter of a million dollars
and that Dance Monsters title
would be life-changing.
[intense suspenseful music]
Grummy.
-[Ashley] Oh, my gosh! Grummy!
-[audience cheering loudly]
Oh, my gosh!
-Grummy!
-[cheering continues]
You are the ultimate dance monster!
Oh, my gosh!
And you've won a life-changing
quarter of a million dollars.
[whoops]
Grummy, how are you feeling?
[Grummy mutters indistinctly]
I would have...
Oh, I can't believe this right now. I'm...
I've never won anything before, I've...
Thank you, guys.
-Thank you.
-Grummy, you have been exceptional.
[Ashley] We'll be meeting
the real you very soon.
And Chester, I mean,
our Dance Monsters runner-up.
You have been so incredible.
[audience cheering, applauding]
But there's been a human behind you
and we are just dying to meet him.
Now it's time to show us the real you.
[panel cheering]
[suspenseful music]
[upbeat dance music]
[audience cheering, applauding]
-Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
-[Ashley] Oh, my gosh!
Yes, sir.
[Ashley] Hi, you.
-Hi. Wow...
-Hi, you, hello.
-Hi.
-What's your name?
-Tyler. My name is Tyler.
-Tyler!
-All right, I'll remember that.
-[Ashley] Oh, my goodness.
Tyler, I know you've been torn
between the life of a footballer
and the life of a dancer.
Please tell me Chester has persuaded you
to pursue a life in dance.
Oh, for sure, I'm going the professional
dancing route all the way.
-[Ashley cheers]
-Yeah!
-[Ne-Yo] Go, Tyler.
-Tyler!
I want to just say
that you are unbelievable, man.
Look, let me tell you now,
money comes and goes,
what you have, it stays with you.
[Ashley Banjo] Being such
an accomplished dancer
and having all of us
just be in awe of you,
listen, that's something
that goes beyond 250,000 dollars.
-So just be proud of that.
-Thank you.
[Ashley] Give it up
for your Dance Monsters runner-up,
Tyler, formerly known as Chester!
[audience cheering, applauding loudly]
-[Lele cheers]
-[Ashley] Amazing.
Please welcome back Grummy!
[audience cheering, applauding]
Okay, Grummy, the time has finally arrived
to see you dance as a human.
Grummy, our Dance Monsters winner,
show us the real you.
[audience cheering, applauding]
[suspenseful music]
[upbeat dance music]
[studio cheering, applauding loudly]
[Ne-Yo] Hey!
[upbeat music]
-Hey!
-Oh, my God, his facial expression!
[audience cheering, applauding]
[Ne-Yo] Hey!
[panel cheering]
-[Ashley] Hi.
-Hi.
-Our winner.
-Hey!
What's your name?
My name is Chris.
-[Ashley] Chris!
-[Ne-Yo] Hi, Chris.
Oh, my gosh, you've won Dance Monsters.
-That's crazy.
-[Ashley] Chris.
I mean, has it quite clicked
that you just won 250,000 dollars?
-No.
-[Ashley laughs]
This has been such a wild journey.
Are you going back to the museum,
or what's the plan?
Dance is it for me.
-[Chris] This is crazy.
-Yeah.
Yes.
[Ashley] I mean,
how has it been being Grummy?
-Grummy has changed my life.
-Aw.
Like, I'm such a different person now,
I've grown immensely.
I've learned to believe in myself.
[Chris] Oh, it's wild, what is happening?
-Am I still talking? Oh, I'll stop.
-[panel laughing]
[Lele] I mean,
you know, you killed it
since the first time we saw you.
Show everybody what you've got
because this is the beginning for you.
-[Lele] All right?
-[Ne-Yo] Yes, sir.
I expect to see more of Chris
with a little Grummy mixed in there.
[Ne-Yo] You've impressed
the hell out of us,
you should be super proud of yourself,
congratulations, my man.
Wow. Now I've met you, Chris,
it makes perfect sense to me, right,
because when we dance, right,
we're expressing what's inside,
we're expressing what we want to say,
we're expressing who we are.
[Ashley Banjo] And, like, what we always
connected to was the characterization,
like, it's the person behind Grummy.
You just have a real, like, aura.
-Thank you. Thank you very much.
-[Ashley Banjo] Well done.
[audience cheering]
Please make some noise for Chris,
your Dance Monsters champion!
[panel cheering]
[Ne-Yo] Let's go.
Let's go, come on, come up.
[audience cheering, applauding]
[Ashley] Well, this has been
the wildest of rides.
Please give it up
for all of your Dance Monsters.
Monster love!
[audience cheering, applauding]
[upbeat dance music]
[Ashley] Tonight,
it's the Dance Monsters final.
[cheers]
Let's go!
[Ashley] Marsha,
Chester,
Grummy,
and Hammer...
...are all desperate to win.
Being on Dance Monsters
has been one of the toughest
and one of the greatest moments
of my life.
This is the number one moment,
being here in the finals.
[Grummy] There's so much to lose.
I have to go bigger than ever before.
[Hammer] I definitely have to fight.
I really think that I've got
a good chance of winning this.
[Ashley] Only one monster
can win 250,000 dollars.
-Go!
-[cheers]
I can't believe that I'm this close
to winning Dance Monsters
and a quarter of a million dollars.
[Hammer] Where we started
and where we are now,
one of us four
are going to win this thing,
and that is mind-blowing.
[Grummy] I don't want the money
to be what makes me lose sight.
[sighs]
[Ashley] The panel
have their toughest decision yet.
It's just about who took the moment.
[cheering]
And whoever took the moment,
takes the money.
Nice.
For me, I think one of them just tips it.
[groans]
[Ashley] Who will be crowned...
the ultimate dance monster.
When things get hard, you do not quit.
You fight for your dreams.
[intense music]
This was the toughest decision
of the competition.
Our ultimate dance monster is...
[suspenseful music]
[upbeat dance music]
[audience cheering, applauding]
["HandClap"
by Fitz and the Tantrums playing]
♪ Turn it up ♪
Ladies and gentlemen, monsters and humans,
welcome to the Dance Monsters final!
[Ashley] It's Ne-Yo.
♪ All these lovers
Got you losing control ♪
♪ You're like a drug to me ♪
♪ A luxury, my sugar and gold ♪
♪ I want the good life, every good night ♪
♪ You're a hard one to hold ♪
♪ 'Cause you don't even know ♪
♪ I can make your hands clap ♪
[music clapping]
[Ashley] It's Ashley Banjo.
[music clapping]
♪ Somebody save your soul ♪
♪ 'Cause you've been sinning
In this city, I know ♪
♪ I want your sex and your affection ♪
♪ When they're holdin' you close ♪
♪ 'Cause you don't even know ♪
♪ Every night ♪
[Ashley] It's Lele!
♪ Am I the only living soul around? ♪
♪ We could be screamin'
'Til the sun comes out ♪
♪ I get on my knees
And say a prayer, James Brown ♪
♪ I can make your hands clap ♪
[Ashley] Give it up for your panel!
And introducing your finalists!
-["HandClap" continues]
-[audience cheering, applauding]
♪ I can make your hands clap ♪
♪ I can make your hands clap ♪
[audience cheering]
[audience cheering loudly]
Hello, and welcome
to the Dance Monsters final!
[audience cheering]
Show some love for your finalists!
Let's go!
Chester, Marsha, Grummy, and Hammer!
-Yes!
-[Ne-Yo] Hey!
[cheers]
We're making dreams come true
in our final,
and not just for our winner.
All four monsters will perform
one very special dance.
[Ashley] They can star in a movie,
a music video, or anything else
that reflects a personal dance dream.
So dream big, monsters.
[audience cheering]
This is their chance to get creative
and show the panel
how far they've come over the series.
Are they brave enough
to push themselves even further?
After that,
two will be sent home immediately,
and the remaining two will go head-to-head
in the final dance-off
to show how much fight they have
and how well they can perform
when the pressure is on.
It's never been more important
to impress our panel
as they are the ones to decide
the Dance Monsters champion.
[audience cheering]
So, Ne-Yo, we've got our elite crew
-up here, don't we?
-[Ne-Yo] Yeah.
What does our winning monster
need to bring to the stage?
The total package. This is 250,000 dollars
and I am not trying to just give it away.
So, I'm anxious to see
what's going to happen.
[audience cheering]
What I would say is, the work's been done.
The years of training,
the weeks of rehearsal,
the blood, sweat and tears.
This moment's never going to come again,
so make the most of it.
-[Ashley] Yes, well said.
-Yeah.
Dance monsters, for the last time,
go get yourselves ready!
-[Ashley Banjo] Let's go!
-[Ne-Yo] Let's go!
Good luck everybody!
Yeah!
-All right. It's finals time.
-[Ashley Banjo] Let's go.
Today is the day that somebody, I'm sorry,
some monster is going to leave here
-250,000 dollars richer. I'm excited.
-That's insane.
No, listen, you were right the first time.
"Somebody."
Guys, this is crazy that we're here.
-This is the finals.
-Oh, my God.
It's insane.
We are here, and we did it.
We're the only four left.
[audience cheering]
I'm sure every dancer dreams
that one day
they'll have the freedom to perform
as a stack of marshmallows,
a shark, a mummy, or a one-eyed furball,
but what are the contestants'
other ultimate dance fantasies?
Through each performance,
we're about to find out.
Here's our first monster
living out their dance dream,
and you know it's going to be a sweet one.
[Ashley] It's Marsha!
Being on Dance Monsters
has been one of the toughest
and one of the greatest moments
of my life.
I never dreamed I would be in the final.
[hopeful music]
[Marsha] Before Dance Monsters,
I hadn't danced for myself in years,
because I'm a mom of one
and a dance teacher
to hundreds of competitive dancers.
I've set aside my dance dreams
to take care of other people.
Now, I've proven to myself
that I am capable of achieving big dreams.
I've definitely built
the confidence back that I lost before.
My journey here has not been easy.
I've been the underdog,
but my last performance
was really my breakthrough.
This was your best performance.
And I just want
to keep riding that all the way.
[Marsha] This dance is about the dream
of me and my students
being the stars of our own dance TV show.
I want to inspire my students
to go after a dream just like this.
♪ I can feel it ♪
This is definitely
my most challenging routine.
There's a lot of choreography in it.
It's really fast.
I also have to give a lot of personality.
I'm really hopeful
that nothing goes wrong.
-Marsha.
-Marsha!
-Marsha, let's go!
-Bye, guys.
Go! Go kill it!
I'm excited. I'm excited.
I'm excited too.
[Ashley] First to perform for their place
in the dance-off, it's Marsha!
When things get hard, you do not quit.
You fight for your dreams.
[Lele cheers]
-[cheers loudly]
-Let's go!
[audience cheering]
["I'm So Excited"
by The Pointer Sisters playing]
-[Ashley Banjo] Let's go, Marsha!
-[Ne-Yo] Okay!
-[Ashley Banjo] Finals, baby.
-[Ne-Yo] Okay!
Yeah.
♪ Tonight's the night
We're gonna make it happen ♪
♪ Tonight, we'll put
All other things aside ♪
♪ Give in this time
And show me some affection ♪
♪ We're going for those pleasures
In the night ♪
♪ I want to love you, feel you ♪
Hey!
♪ I want to squeeze you, please you ♪
♪ I just can't get enough ♪
♪ And if you move real slow ♪
♪ I'll let it go ♪
♪ I'm so excited ♪
-[Ashley Banjo cheers]
-Hey!
♪ I'm about to lose control ♪
♪ And I think I like it ♪
♪ I'm so excited ♪
[Ashley Banjo] Let's go!
♪ And I know, I know
I know, I know I know ♪
♪ I want you ♪
All right.
♪ Look what you do to me ♪
♪ You've got me burning up ♪
Hey!
[Ashley Banjo] Let's go, Marsha!
♪ How did you get to me? ♪
♪ I've got to give it up ♪
♪ Oh! Ow! ♪
♪ And I'm so excited ♪
[Ne-Yo] Hey!
[audience cheering, applauding]
[Ashley] Miss Marsha!
Starring in your own TV show,
how are you feeling?
Oh, I feel great. That was so much fun
and I'm just so happy.
[Ashley] Let's head over to our panel,
see what they think.
Ashley, will you be binging
the full season of Marsha and the Mallows?
-Yes. Marsha!
-[Ashley] Yes!
Oh, Marsha, listen.
I'm so proud of you
because you fought to be here
and you fully deserve
your place in this final,
and that performance
was just so full of joy,
happiness, technique, energy, execution,
all kind of bundled together in this big
marshmallow-y performance-y thing,
and I just absolutely loved it.
-[Ashley Banjo] Well done.
-Thank you. Thank you, Ashley.
[Ashley] Yes!
Marsha, I love the fact
that you never gave up.
[Ne-Yo] There was a couple of instances
where we had some slightly
negative feedback for you,
but you took it on the chin, kept going,
and that's what it's all about.
That's what life is about.
Take it on the chin, get up, keep pushing.
I feel like everything
that you've done up to this point
has been preparation for this moment.
-This was absolutely amazing. Great job.
-[Marsha] Thank you.
-Thank you, Ne-Yo. Thank you.
-Alright!
[audience applauding]
You brought it even more
than what I thought you were going to do.
Like, you really outshined yourself,
like, this was your best performance.
-Thank you. I love you.
-[Ne-Yo] Yeah.
What a superstar,
give it up for Marsha, everyone!
[Marsha] Thank you!
[Ashley] We'll find out later
if she's done enough
to make it into our final two.
[excitedly warbles, laughs]
Wow.
-Was that a 250k performance? I think so.
-I think so.
-She surprised the hell out of me.
-She just made this exciting.
I don't think I could've done
anything else, I am really happy
with the way I left everything out there
and just gave all of me.
Everybody else in this competition's
gonna have to step it up.
She's now set the level, man.
I'm feeling the pressure, guys.
In a good way though.
But, you know,
they say pressure makes diamonds, so...
-[Hammer] Yes.
-That's a good one.
We've got another monster mover
ready to fight
for the Dance Monster crown.
[Ashley] Here comes Grummy.
It's the finals!
Yes!
Is this real? Pinch me.
Ow! It's real.
♪ Yeah, we all know what it's like ♪
♪ To feel like we gave everything ♪
Dance Monsters
has been incredibly important to me.
It's really changed my life.
[Grummy] When I started out with this,
I was a guy working at a science museum.
And now, I'm like, a real deal dancer.
This wasn't my personal favorite
performance of yours.
The criticism last time around,
was that jolt that I needed
to really push myself in the finals.
♪ Take it to the top ♪
I've always wanted to star
in my own dance movie.
[Grummy] And I'm doing exactly that
in this routine.
♪ Never going down ♪
The things I'm worried about is,
there's tumbling in this, we got tricks,
I'm bringing out
every dance move I can think of.
I have to hit every mark.
I have to go bigger than ever before.
It's really hard.
♪ Take it to the top ♪
Boy, do I feel the pressure.
I'm in grabbing distance
of 250,000 dollars.
This is scary.
I really want to win.
But, uhm...
[choked up breath]
I don't want the money to be...
what makes me lose sight...
[sighs]
Sorry, I need a sec.
Grummy.
-Grummy, let's go! Go, killer, go!
-Your time has come.
You're going to kill it!
He's going to be so good.
It's the final with Grummy!
-[Ne-Yo] Let's go!
-Sheesh! Let's go!
[Grummy] I want to win this so bad.
It would just mean the world to me.
[Ashley] Hoping to impress the judges
and gain a place in the final dance-off.
Hey!
[Ashley] Here's Grummy!
["Larger Than Life"
by Backstreet Boys playing]
♪ Yeah! ♪
♪ I may run and hide ♪
-♪ When you're screamin' my name ♪
-Hey!
♪ Alright ♪
♪ But let me tell you now
There are prices to fame ♪
Hey! Yes!
[audience cheering, applauding]
♪ All of our time spent ♪
♪ In flashes of light ♪
♪ All you people can't you see
Can't you see ♪
[Ashley Banjo] Let's go!
♪ How your love's affecting our reality ♪
♪ Every time we're down ♪
♪ You can make it right ♪
♪ And that makes you larger than life ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Every time we're down ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ You can make it right ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ That's what makes you larger than life ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ All you people
Can't you see, can't you see ♪
♪ How your love's affecting our reality ♪
♪ Every time we're down ♪
♪ You can make it right ♪
♪ And that makes you larger than life ♪
-[Ashley Banjo] Let's go, Grummy!
-[Ne-Yo] Let's go!
Yes!
♪ That makes you larger ♪
♪ That makes you larger than life ♪
[audience cheering, applauding]
[Ashley Banjo laughs]
[Ashley Banjo] Yes!
That was cool.
-That was awesome!
-Yes! Wow!
-Smashed that.
-Smashed it.
Give that monster an Oscar.
Best mummy in a leading role,
I would have to say.
-[Ashley] Am I right? Yeah.
-Oh, well, thank you.
This is a sci-fi blockbuster that,
yeah, I might pay to see.
-Buying tickets?
-I feel like your biggest weapon,
aside from the fact
that you're an amazing dancer,
is your larger-than-life personality.
[Ne-Yo] You starring in your own film
was perfect for you.
You've been a joy to watch.
You genuinely have.
-[Ashley] Absolutely.
-Cheers.
[audience applauding]
You're such an excellent performer.
[Lele] I saw the double flip,
you haven't done that before,
I was like, "Wow."
You know what, you make us speechless.
You are the whole package.
We love you.
All right, lots of love from the panel.
What it is I love about you
is not just, like, your arsenal of like,
dance styles and tricks,
it's the fact
that every time you touch the stage,
you make it a complete performance
and a complete show.
Even if you can't dance, right,
you've never done it before,
you can learn with enough practice,
but what you can't learn is what you have.
It's the ability to be a showman
and turn those moves into something more.
[Ashley Banjo] If I was holding auditions
for my crew, like,
you're exactly the kind of dancer
and performer I would pick.
-[whoops]
-[Ashley] Wow.
Oh, well, Ashley,
I'm available after tonight.
[laughs]
Yeah.
This was literally
a dream come true to do this,
so, thank you.
-Oh, Grummy, thank you.
-[audience cheering, applauding]
Well, as ever, an impressive performance
but in such a tough field,
will it be enough
to make the final dance-off?
-It's Grummy, everyone!
-Yes!
Yeah, Grummy!
[audience cheering, applauding]
To have the feedback
and the results be so great, is...
it's... it's like too much. I'm like...
All these good feelings,
it's overwhelming.
I have to shout out
Grummy's tricks in that one, as well.
-Yeah, I know.
-Because...
-Grummy's tricks in that were crazy.
-[Ne-Yo] Yeah.
Being out on that stage tonight
is gonna be very different,
you know, it's gonna be emotional.
Not only is it gonna be a fight,
but it's also gonna be
-a goodbye to the stage.
-Yeah.
Hoping he'll be hammerhead
and shoulders above the rest,
it's Hammer!
♪ Are you ready for this? ♪
[sighs]
It's kind of hitting me
right now, actually,
that this is pretty huge.
[laughs]
[Hammer] You know, I'm 18,
and a few years ago,
I hadn't even danced on TikTok.
And now I'm so close
to winning Dance Monsters
and a quarter of a million dollars.
♪ You won't find it better than this
So tell me baby are you ready for this? ♪
[Hammer] I've definitely become
more confident
and definitely more determined now
to pursue this, as a career.
There's some really strong monsters,
and you are one of them.
[Ashley] Yes.
I really think that I've got
a good chance of winning this.
[daunting music]
One of my dance dreams
is just to be a professional dancer,
to feature in a music video,
and this performance definitely does that.
I've been working super hard.
The choreography is fast, sharp.
♪ You think that you can hold us back ♪
[Hammer] There's voguing,
hip-hop, and house.
However, so much could go wrong.
I just need to increase the difficulty,
increase the power
and show them that I'm fighting for this.
-Oh, let's go, Hammer.
-[Hammer] Bye, guys.
-You got this.
-Yeah.
It all does come down to this.
A minute and a half to change my life.
[Ashley] Dancing for a place
in the final two, it's Hammer.
-Let's do this, Hammer.
-Let's go, Hammer.
Come on, man.
[audience cheering, applauding]
Let's get it.
[audience cheering]
♪ I didn't ask for a free ride ♪
♪ I only asked you to show me
A real good time ♪
♪ I never asked for the rainfall ♪
♪ At least I showed up
You showed me nothing at all ♪
["Rain On Me"
by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande playing]
♪ It's coming down on me ♪
♪ I'm ready, rain on me ♪
♪ I'd rather be dry
But at least I'm alive ♪
-Hey, hey!
-Yeah. Let's go.
♪ Rain on me, rain, rain ♪
♪ I'd rather be dry
But at least I'm alive ♪
♪ Rain on me, rain, rain ♪
♪ Rain on me ♪
Hey, hey, hey! Energy!
[audience applauding]
♪ Rain on me ♪
♪ Hands up to the sky ♪
♪ I'll be your galaxy ♪
♪ I'm about to fly ♪
-Yeah. Yeah.
-[Ne-Yo] Come on.
♪ Hands up to the sky ♪
♪ I'll be your galaxy ♪
♪ I'm about to fly ♪
♪ Rain on me ♪
♪ I'd rather be dry ♪
[panel cheering]
♪ Rain on me, rain, rain ♪
♪ Rain on me, rain, rain ♪
♪ I'd rather be dry
But at least I'm alive ♪
♪ Rain on me, rain, rain ♪
♪ Rain on me ♪
♪ I hear the thunder coming down ♪
-[Ashley Banjo] Yeah.
-[Ne-Yo] Yes!
♪ Rain on ♪
♪ I hear the thunder coming down ♪
♪ Won't you rain on me? ♪
♪ Rain on me ♪
[cheering]
-[Lele] Yes!
-Yes, Hammer.
Yeah!
Were you living your best
music video life out there?
Yeah, I sure was.
[chuckles]
I wonder, after this competition,
what do you call yourself?
-Yeah. 'Cause you're not a TikTok dancer.
-You're not a TikToker anymore.
I just have to say I'm a dancer,
and then, you know, mention TikTok.
-Yeah!
-[Ashley] Yes!
[applauding]
[Ashley Banjo] Yeah, Hammer.
-Representing the UK.
-Absolutely.
[audience applauding]
[Ashley Banjo] Oh, I love that, man.
Some people have shocked us.
Some people have disappointed us.
Some people have given us
huge performances,
but you are consistently there
every single time,
delivering the goods
and making us say, "Wow".
So just, honestly,
pat yourself on the fin for that one.
-Honestly, man. Pat yourself on the fin.
-[laughter]
[audience applauding]
All right, Hammer,
I'm going to balance the universe
by telling you how much it sucked.
Here we go.
-Okay.
-[Ne-Yo] Kidding, kidding, kidding.
Listen, man, tight, crisp movement,
all right, every single move
kind of snaps into place,
every move is precise and intentional,
yeah, TikTok's too small for you now, bro.
You're not a TikToker no more, man,
you are a dancer.
So, keep being the amazing dancer
that Hammer has shown us that you can be.
Thank you. Yeah, I will.
[audience cheering, applauding]
-[Ashley] Hammer!
-[Hammer] Thank you!
[audience cheering, applauding]
[monsters cheering]
-Great job!
-Let's go.
I need somebody to suck.
I need somebody
to get on stage and do bad.
Like, everybody
that we've seen tonight has been amazing.
What are you guys looking forward to
when you change back to humans?
I think, for me, I'm looking forward
to having a regular mouth again.
-And two eyes. Uhm.
-[Hammer laughs]
For our next monster,
the winning line is in sight.
Yes, he's got dollar signs in his eye,
it's Chester!
[whoops]
It's the finals, baby.
We're here. Let's go.
[powerful music]
I wanted to be on Dance Monsters
because I've always felt like
I was an outcast in the dance world.
I've always felt like I had a talent
that needed to be shown
and Dance Monsters has taught me
that it's okay to be different.
♪ I wanna feel it breathing ♪
You're a dancer who just happens
to be able to play football.
[Chester] When Ne-Yo told me that,
that was definitely
a life-changing moment for me.
My dream has always been
to actually perform
in the Super Bowl half-time show.
Shoulder, shoulder, jump, push.
And that's what I'm doing
in this performance.
[rock music]
These rehearsals for the final
have been no joke.
I've been working super hard.
I've put literally every single move
that I can think of that is a wow factor.
I do have a mental block sometimes,
but it's just something
that I have to be positive about
or else, my mind will get the best of me.
I'm definitely feeling the pressure.
It's me and you.
It's the final.
We've got to do this.
This would literally
be like winning the Super Bowl for me.
[audience cheering]
This is up there.
This is the number one thing that I want.
[Ashley] Our last monster
dancing for a place in the final two,
it's Chester!
-You've got this, bro. Let's go.
-Let's go! Let's go!
[audience cheering loudly]
["Human" by The Killers playing]
♪ I did my best to notice ♪
♪ When the call came down the line ♪
♪ Close your eyes ♪
♪ Clear your heart ♪
-♪ Cut the cord ♪
-Yeah.
♪ Are we human ♪
♪ Or are we dancer? ♪
♪ My sign is vital ♪
♪ My hands are cold ♪
-♪ And I'm on my knees ♪
-[whooping]
♪ Looking for the answer ♪
♪ Are we human ♪
♪ Or are we dancer? ♪
-Yeah.
-Yeah!
-[music intensifies]
-[whoops]
-[Lele] Hey, amazing!
-[Ashley Banjo] Nice. Let's go, Chester.
♪ And I'm on my knees ♪
-♪ Looking for the answer ♪
-[Lele] Hey!
♪ Are we human ♪
-[Ne-Yo] Hey, hey, hey, hey!
-[Lele] Yeah!
[Ashley Banjo] Yeah, there it is!
[audience cheering]
♪ Are we human ♪
♪ Or are we dancer? ♪
[audience cheering, applauding]
-[Ashley Banjo] Let's go!
-[Ne-Yo] Wow.
Chester, panel on their feet again.
Chester, you're actually so good,
and sometimes I think it's easy
to take for granted how good you are,
because you make what you do look so easy.
The way that you can tell a story
and connect through dance, is a gift.
[Ashley Banjo] You've done yourself proud
once again, Chester.
-So well done, man, well done.
-[Chester] Thank you so much.
That means everything.
[Lele] When you dance, it's so graceful.
You know, you make it look so easy,
and it's hard,
like, all the movements that you do.
Honestly, this was such
a winner performance.
-Congratulations.
-[Chester] Thank you.
-Thank you so much.
-[Lele] Amazing.
[audience applauding]
You are the most emotive, one-eyed monster
I've ever watched pirouette
in a dance competition.
You...
Okay, you are the only one-eyed monster
I've ever watched pirouette
in a dance competition.
[Ne-Yo] I just... I don't understand how...
how all of this emotion comes through
and you literally have
a mouth on your chest.
I don't, I don't understand
how it's happening.
Listen, regardless
of what happens tonight,
I love the fact
that you're walking away as a dancer
who can play football,
but a dancer who can play football.
You know what I mean?
-Yes, sir. Thank you.
-[Ne-Yo] Not just a dancer,
but an amazingly beautiful dancer, bro.
-You really, truly are.
-Yeah.
-Congrats, man, congrats.
-[Chester] Thank you so much.
Thank you, guys.
You came, you danced, you delivered.
-[Ne-Yo] That's right.
-It's Chester!
-Let's go!
-Yeah!
[audience cheering, applauding]
[Ashley Banjo] Yup.
[Chester] Yeah!
-Yeah!
-Hey!
-Super Bowl! Super Bowl! Let's go!
-[monsters cheering]
-How was it performing at the Super Bowl?
-Oh, my gosh, guys.
[Chester] That was so fun.
Panel, we've seen our four finalists dance
-like their monster lives depend on it.
-Yeah.
[Ashley] Now you're facing
some tough choices.
You need to decide which two monsters
you want to see go head-to-head
in the final dance-off.
And which two
will be ending their journey here and now.
It gets harder every time.
Okay, good luck.
This is it, guys.
[suspenseful music]
-Is there any one dancer of the four...
-Mm-hmm.
...that you feel like, hands down,
has to go through?
Yes. Yes.
Ash?
-Based on tonight's performance?
-[Lele] Yes.
Based on tonight's performance, yeah.
Yeah, there's more than one.
[suspenseful music]
-Oh, guys, I'm so nervous.
-Yeah.
I know exactly
what you're going to say as well.
It's decision time.
In the first weeks of Chester,
in the very, very beginning,
we loved him, but he wasn't,
he wasn't blowing us away as much, so...
He wasn't, like, the powerhouse he is now,
in the very, very beginning.
It's definitely an honor to be here
but definitely nerve-wracking
at the same time.
Yeah.
I've been to three NBA finals,
but I was dancing not playing,
so it feels like that but now it's on me.
[suspenseful thudding]
Do you know who really
made me feel something tonight?
-Marsha.
-Marsha.
[Ashley Banjo] She really made me feel,
like, wow, she's stepped up.
Marsha did better tonight
than I have ever seen her do.
She outshined
a few people tonight, she did.
Mm-hmm.
Who's had the most success as a dancer,
-like, growth-wise? Marsha.
-Marsha.
Who's been the most consistent? Hammer.
I can't remember too many
negative things to say about Hammer.
[Ashley Banjo] But was Hammer's
performance a winning performance?
I loved him.
What do you think, Ne-Yo?
[groans]
Exactly, I'm not sure.
[suspenseful music]
You know, I've done a few
dance competitions in my lifetime,
however, nothing at this caliber.
I don't know if Grummy is the absolute
best dancer in the entire season,
but I do feel like
he's the most entertaining.
When every single time
it's like, "It's Grummy",
I'm like, "Oh, my God."
You know what I mean, like?
Yeah, you sit up, you get ready for it.
"All right, here we go."
What's going to happen now?
He just has that star quality about him
that makes me feel like
I could watch him for an hour.
I have done a battle or two in my life,
but not for these kind of stakes.
-Just to have fun.
-Yeah, still a battle, still.
But with love.
-And money.
-Yes.
-[laughter]
-Lots of money.
Panel...
[suspenseful music]
We know this is hard,
but have you reached a decision?
Okay, so we have to consider
what's happened
from the first show to now,
and who's impressed us the most.
Yeah.
[suspenseful music]
[Ashley Banjo] Okay.
All right.
I think we know what we're doing.
-Okay.
-[Ne-Yo] I know where we're at.
-Let's do it, let's do this.
-All right.
Please welcome back
your Dance Monsters finalists!
[audience cheering, applauding]
-[Ashley] Yes, there they are!
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Ashley] Okay, panel.
We need to know which two monsters
are still in with a chance of winning.
And whose monster experience
has come to an end.
It's decision time.
[suspenseful music]
All right, Lele,
please give me the name
of the first monster
the panel want to keep in the competition.
This monster not only delivered tonight,
but has delivered
throughout the whole competition.
[suspenseful music]
We love this monster,
so I'm just going to say it,
you did an amazing job.
It's Chester!
-[Ashley] Chester! Amazing!
-[audience applauding]
Congratulations,
you are through to the final dance-off.
Well done, you.
All right, Ne-Yo,
only one of these monsters
can challenge Chester
for the ultimate dance monster crown.
Will it be Marsha, Grummy, or Hammer?
[suspenseful music]
Through much deliberation...
the monster going through is...
[suspenseful music]
Grummy!
[Ashley] Grummy!
-[audience cheering, applauding]
-Oh, Grummy!
Amazing, go and get yourself ready
to dance like you've never danced before.
[audience applauding]
That, of course, means Marsha and Hammer,
your journey on Dance Monsters ends here.
[audience awing]
But you've both made it
all the way to the final,
you should be so proud of yourselves.
-Absolutely.
-[Ashley] Right?
[Ashley] You've both been
incredible Dance Monsters,
but there have been humans
behind the two of you,
and we are just dying to meet them.
So, first up, Marsha,
the time has come to show us the real you.
[audience cheering, applauding]
[suspenseful music]
[upbeat dance music]
[panel cheering]
Oh, my God, Marsha!
Amazing!
-Hi!
-Hi!
Oh my god, Marsha!
[Ashley] What is your name?
-My name is Taryn.
-Taryn!
-[Lele] Hi, Taryn.
-[Ne-Yo] Hello, Taryn.
-You're gorgeous. Oh, my gosh.
-Thank you.
-It's so lovely to meet you.
-Nice to meet you too.
[Ashley] And I'm going to chat
to you more in a moment.
But first, Hammer,
now it's time to show us the real you!
Hey! Oh, my God, I'm so excited for this.
[audience cheering, applauding]
[suspenseful music]
[upbeat dance music]
[audience cheering, applauding]
Oh, I love this.
[Ashley] Hi.
Oh, my gosh, I'm in shock.
What is your name?
-My name is Harvey.
-[Ashley] Harvey!
Oh, my gosh, this has been amazing.
How are you feeling?
-I feel good.
-[Ashley] Is there any bits of Hammer
that you're going to keep
in your normal life?
You know, he's quite a cool guy.
So maybe I'll take some of that with me.
[Ashley] Well, it is awesome
to meet you in the flesh.
[Harvey] Yes. You too.
-[Ashley] Taryn.
-[Taryn] Yes?
You wanted to show your daughter
and your kids at your dance school
that they can achieve anything.
Do you feel like you've done that?
My biggest thing coming here
was to show them,
my daughter especially,
that, you know, you face hard times
and you face them head on
and you just really go for it
and you never, ever give up.
Absolutely.
Panel, say hello to Taryn and Harvey!
-Hey!
-[Taryn] Hi, guys!
I know that the 250,000
was kind of the goal,
but ultimately, I hope
that you weren't here just for that.
[Ne-Yo] I hope that
this was an opportunity
to re-energize
the Dance Monster that lives inside you.
Whenever you get to that place
where you need that extra little "oomph",
remember the monster that you were here
and take it with you into your life
and live, live as dancers.
-[Ashley] Yes.
-Deal.
[Ashley] One last time
for Taryn and Harvey,
formerly known as Marsha and Hammer!
[both cheer]
[audience cheering, applauding]
-Thank you so much.
-Thank you!
Great job, guys.
So, two monsters remain in the competition
and will go head-to-head
in an epic final dance-off.
[Ashley] It all comes down to
this last dance.
But who will come out on top?
Chester?
Or Grummy?
[both] One, two, three, top two!
This is the number one moment in my life.
To just be one step closer
to that Dance Monsters title
is absolutely amazing.
We started with 15 people,
and we're the final two.
I have to go bigger than ever before.
[bright hopeful music]
[Chester] I've learned so much
about dance and myself.
And that comes from just being able
to dance freely being behind Chester.
I haven't just improved as a dancer,
I've improved as a person.
Grummy has helped me
immensely to believe in myself.
I'm so happy and grateful
to have shared this with Chester.
We've got to go out there
and just kill it.
-Just lay it all out there...
-Yeah, just lay it all out there.
To be right there,
to, like, be in grabbing distance
of 250,000 dollars,
it doesn't even sound real.
[chuckles]
[Grummy] Let's go, dawg, let's do it.
-[audience cheering, applauding]
-[both taking deep breaths]
Chester or Grummy is about to win
a quarter of a million dollars.
[audience cheering, applauding]
[Ashley] Lele, what do the monsters
need to do to win your vote?
I want to see if you really want it,
you know, this is your last chance.
Skill, musicality, technique.
This is going to be
such a tough decision for us.
[Ashley] Whoever wins this battle
takes the crown.
It's time for the final dance-off.
[Ne-Yo] Let's go!
["Bang Bang" by Ariana Grande playing]
♪ She got a body like an hourglass ♪
-[Ne-Yo] Let's go!
-[Lele] Hey, hey, hey, hey!
♪ She got a booty like a Cadillac ♪
♪ But I can send you into overdrive, oh ♪
♪ You've been waiting for that ♪
♪ Step on up, swing your bat ♪
♪ See, anybody could be bad to you ♪
♪ You need a good girl
To blow your mind, yeah ♪
-Let's go, let's go, let's go!
-Let's go!
♪ Bang-bang into the room ♪
♪ I know you want it ♪
♪ Bang-bang all over you ♪
♪ I'll let you have it ♪
♪ Just wait a minute
Let me take you there ♪
-Yeah.
-[Ne-Yo] Okay.
♪ Wait a minute 'til you, ah, hey! ♪
-♪ She might've let you hold her hand ♪
-[Ne-Yo] Hey!
-[Ashley Banjo whoops]
-♪ But I'ma show you how to graduate ♪
♪ No, I don't need to hear you ♪
-♪ Talk the talk ♪
-[Lele] Hey!
♪ Just come and show me
What your mama gave ♪
[laughs]
♪ I heard you've got a very big, shh ♪
♪ Mouth, but don't say a thing ♪
♪ See, anybody could be good to you ♪
♪ You need a bad girl to blow your mind ♪
[Ne-Yo] Hey, hey, hey, hey!
♪ Bang-bang into the room ♪
♪ I know you want it ♪
♪ Bang-bang all over you ♪
♪ I'll let you have it ♪
♪ Just wait a minute
Let me take you there, ah ♪
♪ Wait a minute 'til you, oh ♪
♪ B to the A to the N to the G to the ♪
-Let's go!
-♪ B to the A ♪
♪ To the N to the G to the hey ♪
♪ See, anybody could be good to you ♪
-Hey!
-♪ You need a bad girl ♪
♪ To blow your mind, your mind, hey ♪
♪ Bang-bang into the room ♪
♪ I know you want it ♪
♪ Bang-bang all over you ♪
♪ I'll let you have it ♪
♪ Wait a minute
Let me take you there, ah ♪
♪ Wait a minute 'til you, oh ♪
♪ Yeah, uh-huh, wait a minute ♪
[Ashley Banjo] Oh, my God!
Hey!
[studio cheering, applauding]
Oh, my God!
-Let's go!
-Yeah!
[Ne-Yo] What?
[audience cheering, applauding]
Okay. That's what I'm talking about.
-That was amazing.
-[Ne-Yo] Yes.
Sheesh.
[both breathing heavily]
Dude. Dude.
So fun sharing the stage with you, man.
[Grummy] It was an honor, bro.
It was such an honor.
-[Ashley] Okay, panel.
-[Ne-Yo] Oh, dear.
It's time for you to make
the most important decision yet.
-[Ashley Banjo] Yes.
-[Ashley] I need you to pick your winner.
[Ashley] Who is
your ultimate dance monster?
[suspenseful music]
All right, I'll let you decide.
Damn it.
[laughs]
Damn it.
Why don't you guys make the decision
and I just, like, say it?
Well, because there's three of us.
We all have to decide.
[sighs]
My god.
[suspenseful music]
It's up to the judges now.
-Whatever happens, I'll be happy...
-Whatever happens...
-...and I'll be proud.
-...you're my brother for life, man.
Brothers for life, man.
I have an equally powerful debate
as to why it could be
-one person or the other.
-Yeah, me too.
They're genuinely both deserving.
[sighs]
I personally think they both did amazing.
[Lele] But I thought that Chester
did a lot of repetitive moves.
And Grummy, when he would be alone,
it impressed me more than Chester.
-[Ne-Yo] When he danced solo?
-Yes.
Side by side,
my eye just kind of naturally gravitated
to Chester more than Grummy.
If we're judging right now on who took
that battle with that particular song,
with that particular set
of moves and choices,
for me, I think one of them,
one of them just tips it.
[Ne-Yo] One dancer is,
just from a movement standpoint,
-is a better dancer. However...
-[Ashley Banjo] Yeah.
...it's not the same dancer
as the dancer
that I feel like won that battle.
[Ashley Banjo] Listen, for me,
they're both on par.
It's just about who took the moment.
And whoever took the moment,
takes the money.
I hate this.
[suspenseful music]
-Okay, we're all agreed. Yes?
-Yes.
Agreed.
All right, let's get our monsters
back out here!
[audience cheering, applauding]
[Ashley] Give it up for our final two.
All right!
Chester and Grummy.
You're about to find out who will be
taking home the Dance Monsters crown.
And that 250,000-dollar prize.
[whoops]
Panel, I'm coming to you
for the final time.
[suspenseful music]
Please give me the name
of your ultimate dance monster.
[suspenseful music]
Chester...
or Grummy?
[suspenseful music]
This was genuinely
the toughest decision of the competition.
So hard.
By a long way.
[Ashley Banjo] We spoke about it
again and again and again,
and I mean this
from the bottom of our hearts,
you are both incredible.
[suspenseful music]
But...
our ultimate dance monster is...
[suspenseful music]
[Grummy] I have failed
so many times in my life.
And to come this far
and then not be able
to cross the finish line is scary.
[Chester] It would mean everything to me
to win that quarter of a million dollars
and that Dance Monsters title
would be life-changing.
[intense suspenseful music]
Grummy.
-[Ashley] Oh, my gosh! Grummy!
-[audience cheering loudly]
Oh, my gosh!
-Grummy!
-[cheering continues]
You are the ultimate dance monster!
Oh, my gosh!
And you've won a life-changing
quarter of a million dollars.
[whoops]
Grummy, how are you feeling?
[Grummy mutters indistinctly]
I would have...
Oh, I can't believe this right now. I'm...
I've never won anything before, I've...
Thank you, guys.
-Thank you.
-Grummy, you have been exceptional.
[Ashley] We'll be meeting
the real you very soon.
And Chester, I mean,
our Dance Monsters runner-up.
You have been so incredible.
[audience cheering, applauding]
But there's been a human behind you
and we are just dying to meet him.
Now it's time to show us the real you.
[panel cheering]
[suspenseful music]
[upbeat dance music]
[audience cheering, applauding]
-Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
-[Ashley] Oh, my gosh!
Yes, sir.
[Ashley] Hi, you.
-Hi. Wow...
-Hi, you, hello.
-Hi.
-What's your name?
-Tyler. My name is Tyler.
-Tyler!
-All right, I'll remember that.
-[Ashley] Oh, my goodness.
Tyler, I know you've been torn
between the life of a footballer
and the life of a dancer.
Please tell me Chester has persuaded you
to pursue a life in dance.
Oh, for sure, I'm going the professional
dancing route all the way.
-[Ashley cheers]
-Yeah!
-[Ne-Yo] Go, Tyler.
-Tyler!
I want to just say
that you are unbelievable, man.
Look, let me tell you now,
money comes and goes,
what you have, it stays with you.
[Ashley Banjo] Being such
an accomplished dancer
and having all of us
just be in awe of you,
listen, that's something
that goes beyond 250,000 dollars.
-So just be proud of that.
-Thank you.
[Ashley] Give it up
for your Dance Monsters runner-up,
Tyler, formerly known as Chester!
[audience cheering, applauding loudly]
-[Lele cheers]
-[Ashley] Amazing.
Please welcome back Grummy!
[audience cheering, applauding]
Okay, Grummy, the time has finally arrived
to see you dance as a human.
Grummy, our Dance Monsters winner,
show us the real you.
[audience cheering, applauding]
[suspenseful music]
[upbeat dance music]
[studio cheering, applauding loudly]
[Ne-Yo] Hey!
[upbeat music]
-Hey!
-Oh, my God, his facial expression!
[audience cheering, applauding]
[Ne-Yo] Hey!
[panel cheering]
-[Ashley] Hi.
-Hi.
-Our winner.
-Hey!
What's your name?
My name is Chris.
-[Ashley] Chris!
-[Ne-Yo] Hi, Chris.
Oh, my gosh, you've won Dance Monsters.
-That's crazy.
-[Ashley] Chris.
I mean, has it quite clicked
that you just won 250,000 dollars?
-No.
-[Ashley laughs]
This has been such a wild journey.
Are you going back to the museum,
or what's the plan?
Dance is it for me.
-[Chris] This is crazy.
-Yeah.
Yes.
[Ashley] I mean,
how has it been being Grummy?
-Grummy has changed my life.
-Aw.
Like, I'm such a different person now,
I've grown immensely.
I've learned to believe in myself.
[Chris] Oh, it's wild, what is happening?
-Am I still talking? Oh, I'll stop.
-[panel laughing]
[Lele] I mean,
you know, you killed it
since the first time we saw you.
Show everybody what you've got
because this is the beginning for you.
-[Lele] All right?
-[Ne-Yo] Yes, sir.
I expect to see more of Chris
with a little Grummy mixed in there.
[Ne-Yo] You've impressed
the hell out of us,
you should be super proud of yourself,
congratulations, my man.
Wow. Now I've met you, Chris,
it makes perfect sense to me, right,
because when we dance, right,
we're expressing what's inside,
we're expressing what we want to say,
we're expressing who we are.
[Ashley Banjo] And, like, what we always
connected to was the characterization,
like, it's the person behind Grummy.
You just have a real, like, aura.
-Thank you. Thank you very much.
-[Ashley Banjo] Well done.
[audience cheering]
Please make some noise for Chris,
your Dance Monsters champion!
[panel cheering]
[Ne-Yo] Let's go.
Let's go, come on, come up.
[audience cheering, applauding]
[Ashley] Well, this has been
the wildest of rides.
Please give it up
for all of your Dance Monsters.
Monster love!
[audience cheering, applauding]
[upbeat dance music]