I want my children to be inspired by this, and I know that they will.” Don’t worry, Ne-Yo, I’m pretty sure they got it on tape. “You guys are warriors of light.” And Ne-Yo concluded by saying, “I wish my kids were here to see that just now.

“You make me proud of your generation,” Derek Hough added. “With everything going on right now, and how kids are fighting for their lives, it’s your generation - you guys are going to change the world,” said Jennifer Lopez. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house, not least of all at the judges table.

SEE ‘World of Dance’ World Final recap: Did Michael Dameski, S-Rank, Charity and Andres, or The Lab win season 2? And they delivered, creating a mature routine that touched on the theme of soldiers leaving for war and coming home again. As always on this show, while technique is crucially important, it’s the emotions that often make the difference between winning and losing, especially in a close race. During their mentoring session Ne-Yo let them know tat emotion was going to be the name of the game if their last performance was going to be such a significant artistic departure. Watch it above.Īfter the first round of performances The Lab were on top of the judges’ leaderboard, so it all came down to them at the end of the night. The Junior Team Division winners are a hip-hop crew known for delivering bangers - their first performance of the night was to “Work It” by Missy Elliott - so they took their mentor Ne-Yo and the rest of the judges by surprise by picking a more contemplative song for a more emotionally resonant piece: “Waiting on the World to Change” by John Mayer.

“ World of Dance” front-runners The Lab took a big risk during their second and final performance in the World Final.

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