Dance Moms season 3

The third season of Dance Moms, an American dance reality TV program created by Collins Avenue Productions, began airing on January 1, 2013 on Lifetime television network. The season concluded on September 17, 2013. A total of 39 official episodes and 1 special episode

Overview
The third season continues after the team's win at nationals. Kelly and her daughters Brooke and Paige decide not to return to the Abby Lee Dance Company. The mothers stage a protest to get Kelly to return, leading Abby to completely create a new competition team. The old team, including Kelly, Brooke, and Paige, eventually reunites and becomes Abby's competition team again. This season introduces many new dance moms and dancers to both the Abby Lee Dance Company and Candy Apples Dance Center.

Cast
The third season featured fourteen star billing cast members with various other dancers and moms appearing throughout the season.

Dancers

 * Mackenzie Ziegler
 * Chloe Lukasiak
 * Nia Frazier
 * Kendall Vertes
 * Asia Monet Ray (Episodes 14-38)
 * Brooke Hyland
 * Paige Hyland
 * Ally Morgan Serigne (Episodes 1-2)
 * Sophia Lucia (episodes 2-4 and 8)
 * Maddie Ziegler

Moms

 * Melissa Gisoni
 * Christi Lukasiak
 * Kelly Hyland
 * Holly Hatcher-Frazier
 * Jill Vertes
 * Kristie Ray (Episodes 14-38)

Guest dancers

 * Ally Serigne, a lyrical/contemporary dancer from Ponchatoula, Louisiana. She first appeared in "The Beginning of the End", and was later invited to the ALDC to be part of the "replacement" team, which was formed after the elite team protested against Abby. Ally and her mother eventually left the ALDC after Bella's and Kaeli's mothers (Marcia and Gloria, respectively) blamed Ally for ruining the group dance "Cry". She also had a minor cameo in "The Big, Not So, Easy", as she was in the National group dance.
 * Bella Hoffheins, a lyrical/contemporary dancer from Leesburg, Virginia. She was invited to the ALDC to be part of the "replacement" team. Along with Kaeli, Bella was kicked out of the ALDC by Abby due to the accusations their mothers made towards Ally. She makes an appearance in "Revenge of the Replacements" when she and Kaeli competed against the ALDC at a competition in Woodbridge, Virginia with their home studio, Studio Bleu Dance Center.
 * Kaeli Ware, a lyrical/contemporary dancer from Leesburg. She was invited to the ALDC to be part of the "replacement" team. Along with Bella, Kaeli was kicked out of the ALDC by Abby due to the accusations their mothers made towards Ally. She makes an appearance in "Revenge of the Replacements" later when she and Bella competed against the ALDC with Studio Bleu.
 * Sophia Lucia, a jazz/lyrical dancer from San Diego, California. She was invited to the ALDC to be part of the "replacement" team. After the disbandment of the replacement team, Sophia featured on the elite team for a few episodes before finally departing the show in the episode "Rotten to the Core".
 * Payton Ackerman

Guest Moms

 * Cathy Nesbitt-Stein (Candy Apples)
 * Leslie Ackerman
 * Shelly Serigne, mother of Ally. She first appeared in "The Beginning of the End". Shelly later appeared in "Out With the Old, In With the New" with the replacement team. She lastly appeared in "But I'm a National Champion!", by voice only, saying that due to Gloria and Marcia accusing Ally of ruining the group dance, she and her daughter went home to Louisiana. Shelly also had a minor cameo in "The Big, Not So, Easy", as Ally was in the group dance.
 * Marcia Hoffheins, mother of Bella. Along with Bella, she was kicked out by Abby in "But I'm a National Champion!" when she and Gloria accused Ally of ruining the group dance "Cry". They later returned as members of Studio Bleu in "Revenge of the Replacements", competing against ALDC.
 * Gloria Hampton, mother of Kaeli. She and Kaeli were kicked out by Abby after she and Marcia made accusations towards Ally. They later returned as members of Studio Bleu in "Revenge of the Replacements", competing against ALDC.
 * Jackie Lucia, mother of Sophia. She and her daughter were a part of Abby's replacement team in "Out With the Old, In With the New." When the original team was put back into commission in "But I'm a National Champion!", Jackie and Sophia remained on the elite team until departing the show in "Rotten to the Core".