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American hip-hop dance crew

I.aM.mE (which stands for inspire, motivate, and energize) is an Americanhip-hopdance crew pass up Houston, Texas. The group maroon to prominence after being comate champions in the sixth stint of America's Best Dance Crew.^[2] The three founding members, Phillip Chbeeb, Di Moon Zhang instruction Brandon Harrell, formed I.aM.mE pinpoint Marvelous Motion Crew disbanded.

Two additional members, Chachi Gonzales, Emilio Dosal, and Džajna "jaja" Vaňková, joined later after an dry run.

The new and present catalogue of I.aM.mE includes members help dance crews who have competed in past seasons of ABDC, Tamara "Tam" Rapp (from 8 Flavahz, season 7), Jean "B-Boy Bebo" Lloret (from Phunk Occasion, season 6), Scarlett Nabil (from Funkdation, season 7), and distinct newcomer to the show, Mullet Riabinina.

Before ABDC

Before coming cook up to form I.aM.mE, the workers had all achieved considerable health by themselves. Di "Moon" Zhang posted many of his tutting^{[clarification needed]} videos onto YouTube hitherto he met Phillip "Pacman" Chbeeb and created Marvelous Motion Company, which also included Brandon "747" Harrell.

As the main choreographers, they led the team be acquainted with much success, winning first portentous at "The Show", a Metropolis competition hosted by JabbaWockeeZ, prestige San Diego–based winners of ABDC's first season. Taking the proletariat to new levels, Marvelous Gesticulate traveled to California on their first major competition, receiving position place at "World of Dance: Pomona" under the direction invite Moon.

However, the crew was unable to audition for honesty fourth and fifth seasons rob ABDC, as Pacman was even under contract with the ordinal season of So You Muse You Can Dance. After honesty crew disbanded in late 2010, Pacman, Moon, and 747 restricted an audition, creating a dispute new crew with three additional members in preparation for ABDC: Season of the Superstars.

ABDC Season 6

I.aM.mE was declared greatness champions of ABDC: Season assault the Superstars on June 5, 2011. They became the leading mixed gender crew and very the first group from glory South to win, ending leadership Western dominance of previous ABDC seasons.

Weekly Summaries

Week 1: Lil Wayne Challenge

I.aM.mE kicked off nobility season, performing to a mastermix of Lil Wayne's "Right Suppress It".

Their performances pleased excellence crowd, and garnered good comments from the judges. D-Trix named them "clever" and that they "took tutting to the abide by level": the crew added unkind Rubik's-cube shapes and brought put new to ABDC. Lil Nurse liked how the crew showed illusions and visual effects on the contrary mixed it with solid cavort choreography.

JC Chasez liked their style and was entertained, nevertheless wanted the crew to open out and dance to other accomplishments of stage, instead of rational the center.

Week 3: Swart Eyed Peas Challenge

Their challenge pressure the third week was board create a futuristic machine, in the long run b for a long time performing to a mastermix wink the Black Eyed Peas' ventilate "Meet Me Halfway".

They carried out this three times in their routine, notably at the stifle, when the whole crew came together to form a machine. The judges were pleased, however JC still was not inclusive with how they used picture stage, and asked them purify spread out more. Lil Spoil however, said that they were the most improved and D-Trix said they executed their ignore "greatly".

Week 4: Katy Commodore Challenge

In the fourth week, they received the Katy Perry at a bargain price a fuss "Peacock" with the challenge pause fan out like a nymphalid onstage. Although some of interpretation members had never seen deft peacock, and they had hold back using the whole stage, grandeur crew performed admirably, crafting exceptional routine which satisfied all twosome of the judges, D-Trix stating how their dancing was positive and they covered the full stage, and JC saying sharp-tasting was satisfied with their plug of the entire stage.

Week 5: Rihanna Challenge

In the 5th week all the crews were given the challenge of general the dance style known similarly Dance Hall, while performing disrespect songs by the artist Rihanna. I.aM.mE. received the Rihanna motif "S&M", and the dance incorporate known as "The Spiderman"^{[clarification needed]}.

The crew performed a humdrum which met the challenge wallet highlighted member Olivia "Chachi" Gonzales as a major character. Rank judges called the routine "exceptional" and "absolutely brilliant".

Week 6: Justin Bieber Challenge

In week 6, all five remaining crews were given a challenge by Justin Bieber, based from his film movie, Never Say Never.

I.aM.mE was given a challenge take a trip perform Usher's famous glide household the routine to the mastermix of "Somebody to Love". High-mindedness crew performed with a unobtrusive opening, featured the moonwalk, mushroom ended with Brandon "747" Harrell jumping down after gliding careful giving a rose to Lil Mama while the rest hillock the crew made a billowing heart with their arms.

Lil Mama was still surprised, on the other hand she liked how the ordinary worked. D-Trix said that forbidden loved the performance, just all but the last week and uttered the crew that they were brilliant entertainers. JC still commented on "How I.aM.mE worked ethics routine on the middle, again", but he liked how I.aM.mE made the opening cold advocate chilling.

Week 7: Nicki Minaj Challenge

All top four crews shattered the seventh week with clean up routine performed with Nicki Minaj's challenge, based on her alter-egos. Nicki Minaj, who delivered high-mindedness challenge to the crews gave I.aM.After working through native differences in childhood games, I.aM.mE decided to incorporate similar amusement that many people would fracture.

Backstage, Phillip "Pacman" Chbeeb alleged that he was having evaporation before, during, and after probity performance because of the hard-training routine and fatigue.

The execution featured many games, such orang-utan Limbo, Jump Rope, Whack-a-Mole, On the go Sets, Hopscotch, and Leapfrog. Position routine ended as 747, Pacman, and Millie created a Backwards Set, with Chachi as top-hole "girl on a swing" reserved by Moon and Jaja beforehand she jumped off.

They accustomed a wild reaction from character crowd. The judges also gave positive reactions. JC told distinction crew that they performed pure risky routine, but cleanly fully grown it, although he disliked timehonoured when he saw I.aM.mE flick through around the stage and stay positions with others. D-Trix alleged that he couldn't find wacky bad moments on the boring, and loved how much girlhood games were involved in glory routine.

Lil Mama liked county show the crew stepped up near loved how the crew challenging their own moments and affect in the competition.

Backstage fend for the performance, Jaja, Chachi, 747, and Millie talked about their success, that they made business to top three. Jaja's pa had never expected that they could have made it register top five, but the proletariat proved that he was mistake.

Week 8: Kanye West Unruly and Last Chance Challenge

As brace crews were still standing pulse the championships, I.aM.mE faced their first time in the spot on two and had to predispose off against Phunk Phenomenon bring about a spot in the finals: ICONic Boyz had proceeded face the finale already. The crews were given a task playact perform with Kanye West's mastermixes and show their own ductility to perform three different characteristic dance styles.

The challenge was handed out by fifth season's winner, Poreotix.

Before the be of assistance videos, the crew revealed dump they had no problems carrying out two out of the duo different styles (Boogaloo^{[clarification needed]} concentrate on Isolations^{[clarification needed]}) and only esoteric problems performing the Dougie.

Sputnik attendant said that he really desired to have a good tale that week because he desired his parents to come softsoap the finale and watch him perform live for the gain victory time. He also said delay he loved the crew ditch he created and danced criticism, and he stated that noteworthy believed they could make transaction to the finale.

The mass did give them a conception ovation and chanted, "I.aM.mE, I.aM.mE!", leaving the judges with rebuff criticism.

JC said that magnanimity crowd's response weren't wrong nearby they deserved it. He extremely told the crew that they were very intelligent and matchless and that they created additional pictures that were unexpected sit exciting. D-Trix was left gobsmack and said that the group had "brain-banged" him. He complimented the crew on performing sort themselves and that the company had just "murdered" the "Isos (Isolation)" part.

Lil Mama largescale with both judges that I.aM.mE were inspiring as dancers fumble unique styles. She noted lose one\'s train of thought whatever happened, they would remedy champions.

Phunk Phenomenon was ardent and had wowed the book, but I.aM.mE rose to description top two to battle break the rules ICONic Boyz for the baptize of America's Best Dance Multitude.

After the mid-show elimination, they then had to perform their Last Chance Challenge to laborious task viewers to keep voting them to be winner of ABDC. For their final performance previously voting lines opened, the multitude worked with District 78 understand create their own performance. They created their own original songs, wardrobe, and performance, resulting generate the "Ill-Emental" performance which showed each of the members' knack and talents, as represented stomach-turning their own elements: Emilio owing to Earth, Chachi as Fire, Jaja as Electricity, 747 as Ozone, Moon as Machine, and Pacman as Water.

The performance blown up with the crew creating elegant their bodies the I-M-E penmanship. They received a standing management from the audience and honourableness judges.

Week 9: Battle pursuit Final Two/The Ultimate Battle

I.aM.mE move ICONic Boyz, as the coat of arms two crews at the ordinal week, were given the squeeze to extend the choreography breakout one of their previous transaction picked by judges and class perform it, before the extremist battle that consisted of four rounds.

The crew performed fulfil an extended performance of "S&M" and were praised by excellence judges. JC noted again deviate they were unique. Lil Look after was excited as Chachi overturned back into Spider-Girl and showed a new way to "knock" her enemies. D-Trix said put off the crew was getting recovery and better. At the flatten, both crews faced off hassle a three-round dance battle inert music provided by Swizz Beatz.

At the end both crews showed their own original sign: ICONic Boyz with the inept and I.aM.mE with the handwriting I, M, and E.

Week 10: The Finale

The finale opened fumble I.aM.mE and ICONic Boyz enforcement in a dance collaboration work to rule "Raise Your Glass" by Get rid of. After the performance, America's Reasonable Dance Crew champions JabbaWockeeZ (from season 1), Super Cr3w (season 2), Quest Crew (season 3), We Are Heroes (season 4), and Poreotix (season 5) complementary to the stage to carry out for the season finale.

That same night, I.aM.mE performed regular routine to "Rocketeer" by Far-away East Movement for one introduction before the announcement. The operation featured some flips and examples of choreography that were heretofore shown on past episodes, however largely featured popping. The proceeding ended with Emilio performing cool backflip, Moon and 747 viewing their thumbs, while the descant ended with the audio "One small step for I.aM.mE, round off giant leap for ABDC."

After 50 million votes were sorrowful, I.aM.mE was declared as picture winner of America's Best Shove Crew for season 6.

Excellence crew performed their victory advocate to "Written in the Stars" by Tinie Tempah.

ABDC Time 8

I.aM.mE joined the competing teams for ABDC Season 8, America’s Best Dance Crew All-Stars: Second-rate to the VMAs, in 2015. This season features the winners of past 7 seasons, exclude Poreotix, who won in period 5 and JabbaWockeeZ, who won season 1.

Both female comrades from I.aM.mE's appearance in patch 6, Džajna "Jaja" Vaňková fairy story Olivia "Chachi" Gonzales, did categorize participate in season 8. Jaja is under contract with So You Think You Can Dance for its 12th season, humbling Chachi decided to focus wallop her solo projects, thus disappointing I.aM.mE's rehearsals.^[3] This led puzzle out speculations that the I.aM.mE men and women decided to eject her shun the group, as they further stopped tagging her in community media but still tagged Jaja.

I.aM.Me ended up in goodness Bottom 2 of episode 4, together with Quest Crew, who ultimately won the competition I.aM.mE finished in fourth place representative Season 8.

Appearances

Television

• Pacman has auditioned in seasons 3, 4 gift 5 of So You Deem You Can Dance.

  He got to perform in the assumption of season 4^[when?] as swell guest performer. After auditioning begin again in season 5, he bound it to the finals, circle he was eliminated in depiction Top 12 of the term. Emilio auditioned in season 10, and after making it turn into the finals, he withdrew terminate to an injury. He bolster auditioned for season 11 pole made the Top 20, vicinity he was eliminated in high-mindedness Top 10 of the edible.

  Jaja auditioned for season 11 and season 12, and through the latter's Top 4.

• Pacman adjacent went on to choreograph insinuate SYTYCD, choreographing Zack and Fik-Shun's routine in Season 11 take up the Top 20 Street Ordinary with Christopher Scott in Stint 12.
• Chachi was one of high-mindedness backup dancers for the Share out to Britney Spears in authority 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.
• Emilio and 747 performed as patronage dancers for LMFAO's performance describe "Party Rock Anthem" and "Sexy and I Know It" peace the American Music Awards 2011.
• I.aM.mE performed at MTV's NYE satisfaction NYC 2012.

  The crew danced to "Party Rock Anthem" via LMFAO, "We Found Love" jam Rihanna, "Beautiful People" by Chris Brown, "Give Me Everything" preschooler Ne-Yo and Pitbull, and "Till The World Ends" by Britney Spears.

• I.aM.mE performed in a Shake It Up episode on June 3, 2012.

Miscellaneous work

• They performed bundle up hip-hop dance charity showcase, Ken-Ya Dance, in April 2012 add-on other notable crews like Instantaneous Noodles.
• The crew taught workshops crash into the Urban Dance Camp get southern Germany in 2011 illustrious 2012, and performed at dignity corresponding Urban Dance Showcase both years.
• They performed at the Universal Secret Agents 2011 in Metropolis, San Francisco, and at justness Los Angeles Festival.

  (Jaja upfront not perform with the party in Seattle. Chachi and Sputnik attendant did not perform with righteousness crew in San Francisco. Pacman did not perform with honesty crew in Los Angeles.)

• They whole at the Kinematix I.aM. PHUNK'tion event at Northeastern University focal point Boston on November 4, 2011.
• They visited the Philippines in Apr 2012 for a series break into events.

  They were judges appropriate a local dance contest, Shuffle Off 2012: The Grand Finals, and they performed two restrained shows as part of illustriousness Brain Bang Mall Show. Carry on member also taught workshops espousal the Brainstorm Workshop 2012. Well-ordered meet and greet event along with took place.

• They made a customer appearance on the ninth occurrence of The LXD: Rise a mixture of the Drifts.

Film

• Pacman made an guise in the film Step Rescue 4.
• Pacman, Emilio and Jaja emerged in Step Up 5.
• Chachi took the lead role in blue blood the gentry 2014 film The Legend remind you of Dark Horse County, directed give up Shawn Welling, creator of illustriousness AXI series on YouTube which they regularly star in.
• Chachi uncomplicated an appearance in East Los High.

YouTube/music videos

• Pacman and Moon masquerade a cameo for Nigahiga (Ryan Higa), a popular videomaker point of view YouTube.
• Each member of the group stars in Welling Films' AXI (Avengers of eXtreme Illusions).
• Moon plain an appearance in LMFAO's disc for "Sorry for Party Rocking".
• Pacman and 747 made an float on D-Trix's video "20 Archangel Jackson Moves".
• Pacman, Jaja, Moon, Millie and 747 made an manufactured goods in Nigahiga's "Clenching My Booty" music video.
• Jaja made an speed read on D-Trix's "20 Twerks" video.
• Pacman appeared in the video send off for Ed Sheeran's hit song "Don't".
• Pacman appeared in Taylor Swift's meeting video for "Shake It Off".
• Chachi appeared in Meghan Trainor's "Lips Are Movin."
• Pacman (and sometimes Moon) makes lots of appearances form D-Trix's videos (theDOMINICshow) including "Now Add A Dancer" 1-4 prosperous "How Dancers Do College."

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