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Even though season 6 of Dance Moms hasn’t premiered yet, one of the dancers is rumored not be returning for a 7th season…if there is one. According to US Weekly, several sources confirmed that this will be Maddie Ziegler’s last season with the show. Since she became a semi-star by doing Sia’s music videos, the teenager has decided that she wants to focus on acting instead.
Only thing is, she doesn’t realize that without the show, people probably won’t care about her as much. Maybe she can do one of those song and dance movies on the Disney Channel like High School Musical and Teen Beach Movie. Other than that, I think her star will flame out fast without Dance Moms and Sia.
When it comes to the future of the show? It will be interesting to see if this season will be the last one for the Lifetime show. Not only is Maddie reportedly leaving, we don’t know yet if Abby Lee Miller will be spending time in her dance schools or federal prison. If the government gets their way, she will be dancing her way into the latter. We shall see.
Just days after Dance Moms started filming season 6, news broke that Abby Lee Miller was indicted on alleged fraud charges. Some of us wondered if they would include her legal woes in the show. Today, Lifetime released the first look at he upcoming season and the answer is yes. How much and how far, we don’t know. We will just have to tune in starting January 5th.
Looks like legal problem isn’t her only problem. It seems like all of the moms, yes all of them, are getting sick and tired of her antics.
To make matters even worse, according to Deadline, Miller sent out a newsletter saying that she might be missing from a few episode. She claims that she got in a fight with a producer who wanted her to a teen pregnancy dance routine with a fake baby bump. She said, “When a grown man tells me he wants one of my kids to portray a pregnant teen and wear a baby bump — I have to put my foot down…If that means not moving my foot and not working and getting fined in the process, well that’s a risk I am willing to take to protect my girls.” Then she added, “I am always teaching principles, integrity, and values in addition to dance technique. It is important for me that the girls learn to stand up and fight for what they believe in!”
I guess I am watching a different show than the one than the one she is watching.
I wonder how much longer Lifetime is going to put up with her. If I were them, I would pull the plug. Although, if the feds get their way, the network might not have a choice.
United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today that Abby Lee Miller was indicted on 20 counts of allegedly “Defrauding Bankruptcy Court by Hiding Assets and Lying about Income.”
In December 2010, she filed a Petition to Reorganize her dance studio. Around that time, is when she began working on Dance Moms. The statement then claims that she created bank accounts and hid some of the money she made from the Lifetime shows and classes from the courts.
The statement went on to say, “Miller concealed income totaling approximately $755,492.85 from the Trustee and creditors, and gained favorable terms to restructure debt from her fraudulent acts.”
If convicted, she could face up to 5 years in prison and/or a $250,000 fine.
No word when she will face the judge in court or what Lifetime will do with Dance Moms. The show began taping its 6th season last week.
During the Dance Moms’ season finale, Abby Lee Miller hinted that she was going to disband the Junior Elite Team aka the dancers we know and love; and now it looks like she was serious about that. Today, she posted a message on Instagram declaring, “They are casting dancers I didn’t select or deem appropriate for the new team.” So now she is looking for the best 7 and 8 year old dancers in the country.
If you want your child to be yelled at on national television doing something they once loved, then send Miller an email to [email protected] with pictures and video. Good luck.
When it comes to the show, if the girls and their moms aren’t back, then neither am I. I am not tuning in for Miller, I am tuning for them. Are you done with the show too if the girls and their moms are not the focus of the show?
Remember when Abby Lee Miller announced that she was leaving Dance Moms to do something bigger and better during the 5th season’s final episode? Well here’s a shocker, she lied. OK, it isn’t a shocker but she did lie. That’s because tonight she Tweeted, “Started filming season 6 today of #DanceMoms! Get excited!!!”
I was kind of looking forward to Dance Moms without her. Between the show getting more scripted and her overacting, I was ready for something smaller and better. Oh well, as much as I say I won’t watch, I will.
Now, when it comes to which moms will be returning, that she didn’t say. But I think we can all agree, to her the show is only about Maddie and her and the rest of them are just background noise who don’t need to be there and are replaceable.
