{"podcast":{"title":"Back to the Barre","slug":"back-to-the-barre-5485742","podcast_index_feed_id":5485742,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/63e7cb3476a4a4001004ca4e","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/415253","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/63e7cb3476a4a4001004ca4e/1694447845976-236805bb5a873da674dd557f36260b47.jpeg","author":"Christi Lukasiak & Kelly Hyland","episode_count":243,"summary":"Come see us LIVE on tour in 2026! www.x1entertainment.com/bttb Head to social media to share your favorite moments from this episode. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/backtothebarrepodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@backtothebarrepod Watch full episodes of Back to the Barre on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@officialbacktothebarre Send your questions to www.speakpipe.com/backtothebarre Join our Patreon to access ad-free episodes of Back to the Barre. Members also receive exclusive audio and video content and more! Visit www.patreon.com/backtothebarre to join. Rate, review and follow Back to the Barre on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart or wherever you like to listen. OG Dance Moms Christi ( https://www.instagram.com/christilukasiak or https://www.tiktok.com/@christilukasiak0 ) & Kelly ( https://www.instagram.com/kellylhyland or https://www.tiktok.com/@hyland.kelly ) take us back to the barre with this weekly podcast, recapping Dance Moms episodes and sharing never-before-heard behind the scenes stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T02:19:47.768200+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/back-to-the-barre-5485742"},"episode":{"title":"The Australia Trip That Exposed Everything | Season 5, Episode 20 | Back to the Barre","slug":"the-australia-trip-that-exposed-everything-season-5-episode-20-back-to-the-barre","published_at":"2026-05-25T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/back-to-the-barre-5485742/the-australia-trip-that-exposed-everything-season-5-episode-20-back-to-the-barre","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/back-to-the-barre-5485742","url":"https://shows.acast.com/back-to-the-barre/episodes/6a132be81dfab71f6153e9d4","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/63e7cb3476a4a4001004ca4e/e/6a132be81dfab71f6153e9d4/media.mp3","summary":"Christi and Kelly recap and react to Dance Moms season 5, episode 20 — “Dance Moms Down Under, Part 1.” The show heads overseas to Australia... but without Abby, who gets left behind after losing her passport. Of course, that doesn't stop her from controlling everything from thousands of miles away on the phone. She yells at Melissa over the phone, questions whether the whole team was even invited to perform, and says Maddie can just dance by herself if she is not there. This is where the Australia episode starts to expose everything. Nia and JoJo are treated like they were never really part of the plan, the moms clash over who is tied to Abby’s Australia events, and the viral Ireland video mocking JoJo brings even more tension into the trip. Then Maddie misses rehearsal for an interview while the other girls keep working as her backup dancers, only for the episode to later handle her mistake onstage completely differently than it would have handled anyone else’s. For Christi and Kelly, this trip is not just about a lost passport or one chaotic performance. It is about the different rules, the selective protection, and the favoritism that creeps up episode after episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Christi and Kelly recap and react to Dance Moms season 5, episode 20 — “Dance Moms Down Under, Part 1.” The show heads overseas to Australia... but withou…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3828,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/back-to-the-barre-5485742/episodes/the-australia-trip-that-exposed-everything-season-5-episode-20-back-to-the-barre/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/back-to-the-barre-5485742/the-australia-trip-that-exposed-everything-season-5-episode-20-back-to-the-barre.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}