Abby Lee Miller Is the 'Housemother from Hell' Welcoming Dancers to 'Mad House' Season 2: 'Save Your Tears for the Pillow' (Exclusive)

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24-02-2025

Abby Lee Miller is back for season 2 of Mad House!
In PEOPLE's exclusive first look at the highly anticipated second season of the reality show, the Dance Moms alum, 59, won't be mincing words as she whips a group of hopeful dancers into shape for a coveted spot in her Mad House.
"Building on the explosive drama that captivated fans in its debut, this season cranks up the intensity with jaw-dropping twists, surprising alliances, and the uncompromising tough love that only Abby Lee Miller, the housemother from hell, can bring," an official logline reads. "Abby takes her critiques to the next level, aimed at young adults navigating the high-pressure world of professional dance."
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Through demanding rehearsals, house assignments and challenges, each dancer will have to prove themselves as Miller offers her trademark "no-nonsense training to shape their skills and jumpstart their careers." Each week, the dancers will have fight to save their spot as new hopefuls arrive at the house to give them the boot.
Fan favorites like Savoy Bailey and Devin Crews will return alongside new faces, Haley Huelsman, Dakayla Wilson, and Donovyn Diaz.
The trailer begins with the dancers gearing up for a challenging second season. Tears are shed and an epic montage of the dancers performing their hearts out — including a shot of Miller decked out in hip-hop gear — plays on screen.
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After grueling days of practice and jobs, things reach a boiling point when Bailey confronts Miller for a snide comment she over heard during dinner.
"So nothing's private, Abby, with you, because I heard you whisper to Richie when I said that I've done five movies, that they were all vertical shorts," she says as tears begin to form. "Off the bat, that makes me look bad. I feel like I worked really hard, and it just puts everything behind that. You're just like, 'She's just pretty, that's all she has.'"
While Bailey wipes tears from her face, Miller hits back, "No, the inside pirouette didn't make you look good. You don't expect it from me, because you're the favorite here. Pull it together. Save your tears for the pillow."
In an exclusive sit-down with PEOPLE, Miller opened up about going back to Mad House and the "wonderful" experience of filming season 2 with her dancers.
"I knew a lot of the kids," she says of the casting process. "Last year I pretty much cast the show by myself, single-handedly cast the show by calling in all these favors. This year it was a little different because people knew about Mad House, they had seen it. So a lot more kids wanted to be involved in participating."
Though she believes the success rate of her dancers are "getting better each year," Miller admits she ran into a few challenges when it came to training. While the dancers were talented, there were many classic moves she had to teach them like the Charleston, the Jitterbug, the Jerk and more.
"They don't know anything. All they know is contemporary and lyrical and roll around on the floor. And it's like that isn't what's going to get you a job. You're not going to work doing that," she explains, noting how big Broadway or studio productions expect professional dancers to know these steps.
"Your dance teachers in your small town in the United States should be covering all that curriculum and they're not," she continues. "So we run into a lot of that on the show and I just go berserk on them when they can't do it. The movies are there, go watch the damn movie and figure it out."
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Mad House season 2 premieres on Brandon TV on Feb. 27, with new episodes dropping every Thursday.
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