America's Best Dance Crew (season 5)

• Original Airdate: January 28, 2010

The five top dance crews from the South, selected by Lil Mama, JC Chasez, and guest judge Hokuto Konishi from Quest Crew, competed to represent their region in the Season 5 opener.[2] After the Bottom 3 was chosen, each crew had to face off in a dance battle to "Outta Control" by Baby Bash featuring Pitbull.[3]

• Safe: Swagger Crew, Jungle Boogie
• Bottom 3: X-treme Motion, Royal Flush, Ghost
• Eliminated: Ghost, X-treme Motion

• Original Airdate: February 4, 2010

The five top dance crews from the East Coast, selected by Lil Mama and guest judge Kevin "KB" Brewer from the JabbaWockeeZ, auditioned for a chance to move on in the competition.[4] After the Bottom 3 was chosen, the crews participated in a dance battle to "Hip Hop Is Dead" by Nas featuring will.i.am.[5]

• Safe: Saltare, Blueprint Cru
• Bottom 3: draZtik, Legendary Seven, Static Noyze
• Eliminated: Legendary Seven, draZtik

• Original Airdate: February 11, 2010

The five top dance crews from the West Coast, selected by JC Chasez, Omarion, and guest judge Nichelle Thrower from We Are Heroes, performed for the opportunity to win a spot on the show.[6] After the Bottom 3 was chosen, the crews battled each other to "Showdown" by The Black Eyed Peas.[7]

• Safe: Poreotix, Heavy Impact
• Bottom 3: Blended Projekt, Hype 5-0, BreakEFX
• Eliminated: Blended Projekt, BreakEFX

• Original Airdate: February 18, 2010

Each crew was assigned a hit song that served as inspiration for their dance routines.[8] The lowest ranked crew in each region danced in a battle for 30 seconds each to "TiK ToK" by Kesha.[9]

• Safe: Poreotix, Heavy Impact, Jungle Boogie, Royal Flush, Blueprint Cru, Saltare
• Bottom 3: Hype 5-0, Swagger Crew, Static Noyze
• Eliminated: Swagger Crew

• Original Airdate: February 25, 2010

The eight remaining crews emulated popular music videos from the past decade, featuring videos from artists such as Britney Spears, Shakira, Rihanna, and Omarion.[10]

• Safe: Poreotix, Jungle Boogie, Static Noyze, Saltare, Heavy Impact, Hype 5-0
• Bottom 2: Royal Flush, Blueprint Cru
• Eliminated: Royal Flush

• Original Airdate: March 4, 2010

The seven remaining crews choreographed routines inspired by Lady Gaga.[12] There were no eliminations due to voting issues.[13] At the end of the episode, the judges chose the crew with the best performance to receive immunity from the double-elimination next week.

• Safe: Static Noyze, Blueprint Cru, Jungle Boogie, Heavy Impact, Hype 5-0, Poreotix, Saltare
• Awarded Immunity: Blueprint Cru

• Original Airdate: March 11, 2010

The seven remaining crews incorporated classic disco moves into their dance routines.[15] In addition to the challenge, all the crews had to incorporate a lift into their routines. This week featured a double-elimination due to last week's non-elimination episode.

• Safe: Blueprint Cru (immunity), Saltare, Poreotix, Hype 5-0
• Bottom 3: Heavy Impact, Static Noyze, Jungle Boogie
• Eliminated: Heavy Impact, Static Noyze

• Original Airdate: March 18, 2010

The five remaining crews took inspiration from Usher's music videos.[17] Usher himself gave each crew their challenges through video.

• Safe: Jungle Boogie, Poreotix, Hype 5-0
• Bottom 2: Blueprint Cru, Saltare
• Eliminated: Saltare

• Original Airdate: March 25, 2010

Just like its predecessor in Season 3, the remaining four crews incorporated an illusion or magic act into their performance set.[19] The crews kicked off the show with a group performance to "Take It Off" by Kesha with judge Lil Mama performing in the routine.[20] Magician Franz Harary returned as the magic instructor for the crews.

• Safe: Hype 5-0, Poreotix
• Bottom 2: Blueprint Cru, Jungle Boogie
• Eliminated: Jungle Boogie

• Original Airdate: April 1, 2010

The three remaining crews demonstrated hip hop styles from across the country in the penultimate challenge of the season.[21] For both challenges, the crews got to collaborate with producer Swizz Beatz.

The remaining crews displayed their mastery of hip hop styles from around the nation. One crew was eliminated halfway through the show. The crews received help from three guest ABDC alumni from past seasons. Each alumnus was assigned to one of the dance styles the crews were responsible for.

• Safe: Blueprint Cru
• Bottom 2: Poreotix, Hype 5-0
• Eliminated: Hype 5-0

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

• Original Airdate: April 8, 2010

The eliminated crews returned and performed with the finalists for a regional collaboration.[23] Instead of going head-to-head, Poreotix and Blueprint Cru teamed up for their last performance.

• Winner: Poreotix
• Runner-up: Blueprint Cru

• Original Airdate: April 15, 2010

America's Best Dance Crew hosted a charity event featuring all five champions. The five crews opened up the show with a group performance to "All I Do Is Win" by DJ Khaled.[25]