<Tr> <Th> 30 </Th> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> "Winner Takes All" </Td> <Td> Mitchell Ness </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> January 3, 2014 (2014 - 01 - 03) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> The Next Step face off against Elite in the finals of Regionals . Eldon reveals to Michelle that he wants to be with her and he lied when he said he had moved on, he promises he will tell Emily after regionals . Just before they perform, Emily begs Eldon to tell her whats going on between him and Michelle and Eldon confesses that he wants to be with Michelle causing him and Emily break up and Emily is upset . Also, Riley and James are talking, while Riley notices Beth . James confronts her on why she's there and she tells him she still loves him . James leaves using the excuse he has to perform . When Riley asks what was said he tells her that she just came to see him perform . James states in an interview he didn't tell Riley about Beth saying she loves him because it would jinx her out and she wouldn't be focused on the routine . They perform their Regionals routine, which was Romeo and Juliet themed, with Michelle and Eldon as Romeo and Juliet . The Next Step wins against Elite Studio and are proclaimed as Regionals winners . Michelle and Emily's relationship remains unknown after Emily gives Michelle the cold stare . Riley jumps into James' arms and hugs her and he spins her around in his arms and they kiss on stage in front of everybody including Beth . </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="13"> Part 1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 31 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Don't Stop the Party" </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> March 7, 2014 (2014 - 03 - 07) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> After winning Regionals, The Next Step throws A-Troupe a party . Michelle and Eldon's relationship is revealed to the rest of the team when Emily announces it at the party . Riley becomes jealous as Beth begins flirting with James . When the party is finished, Amanda suddenly arrives saying that she's there to audition for A-Troupe . The team ask what she means about auditioning and she explains to them about the challenge . Emily and Michelle discuss if whether or not they will do the challenge . They decide to so later A-Troupe then finds out that they have to re-audition for A-Troupe's Nationals team, along with dancers from other studios . After seeing Amanda getting kicked off Elite at the mall, Michelle lets Amanda audition for A-Troupe . Hunter, a boy from Wisconsin, who is under the impression that Michelle is his girlfriend, arrives, making Eldon jealous . When Michelle tells Hunter that she has a boyfriend and has moved on, him and Emily form a scheme so that Emily can get Eldon back and Hunter can get Michelle back . Chris tells Kate he is leaving The Next Step to become co-owner of a rival dance studio . Kate's sister, Phoebe, becomes the new head choreographer . The Next Step holds re-auditions for A-Troupe after Phoebe is introduced . Even two J - Troupe members audition . The Top 20 is revealed to be Michelle, Emily, Eldon, Hunter, Riley, James, Chloe, Amanda, Noah, Rochelle, Thalia, Daniel, Giselle, Stephanie, Tiffany, West, Beth, Kas, Morgan and Jake . The episode ends with Phoebe teaching the Top 20 the new choreography, which is much harder than most of the dancers expected . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 32 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "My Boyfriend's Back" </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> March 7, 2014 (2014 - 03 - 07) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 33 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Ready to Start" </Td> <Td> Mitchell Ness </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken & Rachael Shaefer </Td> <Td> March 7, 2014 (2014 - 03 - 07) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 34 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "The Final Cut" </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken & Rachael Shaefer </Td> <Td> March 14, 2014 (2014 - 03 - 14) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> The dancers continue to learn the choreography and Stephanie shows up long befits the auditions and asks Tiffany for help to learn the moves which frustrates Tiffany . All 20 dancers audition and Emily, Michelle, Kate and Phoebe discuss it . Then they return and announce the 12 A-Troupe dancers for the Nationals team: Emily, Michelle, Riley, Eldon, James, Giselle, West, Hunter, Thalia, Chloe, Daniel and Amanda . Stephanie and Tiffany are left out much to their shock and disappointment . Stephanie gets especially upset that Emily chose Amanda over her . Later, Michelle sees Emily & Hunter flirting and feels weird about it . Meanwhile, Kate gives Chloe a second job at the studio to teach dance for little kids, much to Chloe's dismay . She teaches it in a new ballet studio . She calls West to help her . Emily and Hunter's plan to break up Michelle and Eldon begins when Hunter challenges Eldon to a dance battle over Michelle . If Hunter wins, Eldon has to leave Michelle alone, but if Eldon wins then Hunter will leave them alone . They have the battle at the new studio . Eldon loses meaning he has to leave Michelle alone now much to his shock . After they both leave, Amanda walks in and takes her phone off the piano and we find out that she secretly recorded the battle implying that she might show it to Michelle . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 35 </Th> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> "The Girl Is Mine" </Td> <Td> Jay Prychidny </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken & Chloe van Keeken </Td> <Td> March 14, 2014 (2014 - 03 - 14) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 36 </Th> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> "Work It" </Td> <Td> Mitchell Ness </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> March 21, 2014 (2014 - 03 - 21) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Two designers named Zoltan and Minow arrive at The Next Step to design A-Troupe's uniforms for Nationals . But the price turns out to be $78,325.19, which is quite a lot for the Next Step to afford . They decide to have a car wash to raise money but they only raise $27, including a five - dollar tip from James' mom, who really pushed A-Troupe to make her car extra clean . After Zoltan gets a call that the models for his fashion show are stuck in Milan and cannot make it, Michelle says that A-Troupe can fill in for them if they get their uniforms for free, and it works . Meanwhile, Stephanie and Tiffany are having a hard time being in B - Troupe and Tiffany takes it too seriously causing Stephanie too get irritated with her . Tiffany begins to wonder if she even belongs at The Next Step . Meanwhile, A-Troupe performs in the fashion show and Zoltan and Minow make them their uniforms for Nationals . They decide to model them themselves to just "be silly ." </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 37 </Th> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> "It Takes Two" </Td> <Td> Samir Rehem </Td> <Td> Elizabeth Becker & Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> March 28, 2014 (2014 - 03 - 28) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> A-Troupe wants Michelle and Eldon to perform a duet at Nationals since they're the reason they won Regionals, but Eldon is against the idea since he lost the dance battle against Hunter . James helps Eldon by encouraging him to audition for the male solo and warns West and Daniel to back off, but Daniel does not . Even though his ankle is still slightly injured he still wants to give it a chance . Michelle asks Eldon why he backed off the duet, but he brushes her off . Hunter later asks Michelle to do the duet together, and after some convincing, she agrees . But later Kate begs her to audition for the female solo and Michelle accepts it . Chloe encounters Margie who encourages her to audition for female solos for Nationals . Duet auditions include Giselle and Amanda, Thalia and West, James and Riley, and Hunter and Emily . Kate and Phoebe decide: the male soloist is Eldon, the female soloist is Michelle, the duet is given to James and Riley . The small group auditions now starts . James and Beth are dancing their routine for a competition and during the dance they kiss just as Riley comes in to tell the news about the duet . She is left in tears and heartbroken and runs away, questioning her relationship with James . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 38 </Th> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> "What'll I Do" </Td> <Td> Samir Rehem </Td> <Td> Chloe van Keeken </Td> <Td> April 4, 2014 (2014 - 04 - 04) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> After seeing James and Beth kiss while practicing their duet, Riley tells Emily in Culture Shock . When James shows up, Riley asks James if anything strange happened yesterday with Beth . James didn't want to tell her about the kiss because it was really hard to explain . James says that everything went fine with his rehearsal with Beth but Riley knows he's lying so she leaves angrily . James tells Beth that he won't do the competition for Riley's sake . Meanwhile, Kate announces that they will hold group auditions for Nationals . The groups are: Giselle, Thalia and Amanda & Chloe, Daniel and Hunter . After the auditions Giselle, Thalia and Amanda win the group performance at Nationals and Daniel is angry that he won't be a featured dancer at all at Nationals now . Later, James performs a dance for Riley in the music room saying that he only wants to be with her and Riley is happy implying she will forgive him but Beth shows up and Riley realizes everything that upset her in the first place and breaks up with James before leaving . James tells Beth he will do the duet with her again since Riley left him . Riley dances James and Beth's duet in Studio A imaging James doing it with her even though he isn't, upsetting her even further . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 39 </Th> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> "Never Enough" </Td> <Td> Samir Rehem </Td> <Td> Rachael Shaefer </Td> <Td> April 11, 2014 (2014 - 04 - 11) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> James & Beth place 2nd in the competition and Riley can't believe that James still went to the competition with Beth feeling that James betrayed her again . They refuse to practice their duet together and Kate questions them and they say they need time to work it out . Michelle sees Emily & Hunter goofing around in Culture Shock and thinks it is weird . Riley congratulates James on the competition and begins to think that although she is still mad at him she almost misses him . Meanwhile, Michelle talks to Hunter about Eldon avoiding and although Hunter knows why he offers her encouraging advice and Michelle remembers how much she liked him . Michelle finally confronts Eldon, where he lied saying that he can't date her and dance in A-Troupe at the same time, causing them to break - up which angers Michelle even further . Emily overhears the whole conversation . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 40 </Th> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> "I Hope I Get It" </Td> <Td> Samir Rehem </Td> <Td> Rachael Schaefer, Alejandro Alcoba & Carling Tedesco </Td> <Td> April 18, 2014 (2014 - 04 - 18) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> J - Troupe finds out that since The Next Step gained popularity by winning Regionals, they will have to re-audition for their spots on J - troupe . One of the dancer's sister, Becca, is there to audition and J - Troupe feels she is threatening their team . Emily & Hunter run the J - Troupe auditions, and pretend to enjoy themselves very much so they can make Michelle jealous . Michelle asks Eldon if they can still be friends and Eldon reluctantly agrees . Michelle begins to develop feelings for Hunter . Richelle from J - Troupe comes up with a plan for the J - Troupers to keep their spots, and tries it on Kate, but Kate tells Richelle that she needs to work on her bargaining and walks away . Richelle and Gabi regain their spots . Everyone thinks that Richelle was the reason they kept the spot, but she really wasn't . Later, Michelle and Hunter perform their old duet and Hunter reveals he still loves Michelle, but Michelle walks away saying she can't; she still misses Eldon . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 41 </Th> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better" </Td> <Td> Samir Rehem </Td> <Td> Alejandro Alcoba & Carling Tedesco </Td> <Td> April 25, 2014 (2014 - 04 - 25) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Daniel asks Kate if he could have a Re-Match for the solo since now his ankle is more healed but Kate refuses . Later on, Daniel tells Kate that if she doesn't give him the solo, he will leave the studio because Chris offered him the nationals solo at Superstar Dance Academy, but Kate still refuses to give him the solo, therefore he leaves . Meanwhile, Michelle and Amanda hand out flyers at Michelle's school and Tess from Elite shows up and makes fun of their studio and begs Amanda to come back to Elite . Later on, Michelle tells Tess to leave Amanda alone since she's happy at the Next Step and doesn't want to go back to Elite . The flyer that Tess took said to meet in the school at 4: 00, signed by Amanda . Soon Amanda and Tess meet at the school and at the end of the episode . Amanda says that her joining A-Troupe was all a plan to tear apart The Next Step and make sure that they do not make it to Nationals . In fact, Amanda is still at Elite and she is still dance captain there . Meanwhile, Emily, Giselle, James, and West mentor some talented J - Troupe members to be more like them . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 42 </Th> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> "Time to Move On" </Td> <Td> Shawn Thompson </Td> <Td> Chloe van Keeken </Td> <Td> May 2, 2014 (2014 - 05 - 02) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Riley and James are having trouble rehearsing their duet which worries Miss Kate as they have no chemistry in it . Meanwhile it is an open mic night at Culture Shock and Thalia performs a funny stand - up comedy act . While there, Emily tells Riley that she should get over James and move on . Emily accidentally spills juice on Hunter's shirt and they go the closet in the music room to get him a clean one . But they end up getting locked in since the door is broken . Hunter decides to tell funny stories to Emily which makes her laugh and they try on costumes and dance together . Emily develops feelings for Hunter . Back at Culture Shock, Riley finds out that James and Beth are on a date so Michelle, Amanda and Stephanie try to set her up with Charlie . Although Riley doesn't flirt well, Charlie still asks her out . Riley declines because she realizes that she can't that night due to practice her duet with James, who overheard Charlie asking her out . Later on, Riley comes to the studio and James isn't there . She tries calling him, but he doesn't answer because he's on his date with Beth . Riley gives up on waiting and has her date with Charlie which doesn't go well . Meanwhile, Michelle gets Hunter's SOSs text and lets him and Emily out of the closet . Emily admits she likes Hunter more than Eldon now . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 43 </Th> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> "The Truth Comes Out" </Td> <Td> Shawn Thompson </Td> <Td> Rachael Schaefer & Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> May 9, 2014 (2014 - 05 - 09) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Amanda shows Michelle the video of the dance battle, and Michelle gets extremely angry . She confronts Eldon who refuses to talk to her about it . Michelle talks to Emily who encourages her to tell Kate . Michelle shows Kate the dance battle, which Amanda sent to Michelle, and Kate shows it to all of A-Troupe embarrassing Eldon . They agree to take a vote to see who will get the male solo; Hunter or Eldon . Emily, Amanda, Riley, Thalia and Hunter vote for Hunter to be the soloist meaning Eldon gets to keep his solo but then Michelle raises her hand leaving Hunter with 6 votes, meaning he is the new soloist angering Eldon to an extent . James is mad that Riley and Michelle wouldn't stick up of Eldon while Amanda thinks her plan to tear The Next Step apart is working . Meanwhile, James, Noah and Camille are told by Phoebe to make up a song and Giselle, Chloe and Becca are told to make up a dance with it and they only have 24 hours to make it up . They perform it at the end of the episode entertaining everyone except Eldon who is upset that he doesn't have his solo anymore . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 44 </Th> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> "Sing" </Td> <Td> Shawn Thompson </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken & Chloe van Keeken </Td> <Td> May 16, 2014 (2014 - 05 - 16) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> We learn indirectly that James and Beth are now dating . James thought it would be "10% annoying and 90% fun" but now it's "10% fun and 100% annoying". Michelle and Chloe hold a fundraiser for scholarship at The Next Step in Culture Shock and James and Noah try to make up a band to perform at it . Noah refuses to sing because of his voice changing, so they hold auditions for a new singer . Beth, Thalia and Amanda audition . Beth is a terrible singer, and Thalia does some weird stuff while she sings, so they pick Amanda . Meanwhile, West and Giselle have a contest to see who can throw the most popcorn into a jar and when they tie, they have a second contest to see who can dance with the most costumes on but tie again . They perform a ventriloquist act at the fundraiser . Eldon does an act where every pirouette he does, everyone gives him a dollar . He does eleven, so everyone in Culture Shock gives him eleven dollars . Before this Amanda gets a call from Lucien and finds out that he entered Elite into another Regionals competition in a new region and Elite wins meaning they will be going to Nationals . Back at The Next Step, since Amanda is gone, James and Noah need someone to fill in and Noah finally sings . Charlie asks Riley to come watch him perform, she didn't really want to, yet goes just to see James . James sees Riley there with Charlie and he gets extremely uncomfortable and sad . James is upset at Charlie because if he hadn't ditched Beth in the duet competition, then he wouldn't have to dance with Beth and Riley wouldn't break up with him . The next day, James questions Amanda on why she never showed up, and Amanda lies that she had a family emergency . Kate runs in and tells them that Elite will be at Nationals . Her and James question Amanda who says she doesn't know anything . Amanda is ready to take down The Next Step . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 45 </Th> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> "You're the One That I Want" </Td> <Td> Samir Rehem </Td> <Td> Rachael Shaefer </Td> <Td> May 23, 2014 (2014 - 05 - 23) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Hunter asks Michelle on a date to a concert and she agrees but Eldon saw and he is feeling really down . Giselle and Thalia hatch a plan to challenge James and Riley's duet in the hopes that they will get their act together . Emily has finally admitted to herself, her feelings for Hunter; now all that's left is to tell him . She finds him at Culture Shock and asks if he wants to go see the same concert that he and Michelle are already going to . Thalia and Giselle find Kate and tell her about their plan . Kate is very skeptical, afraid that it will backfire but gives it a chance anyway . James and Eldon go for a walk to calm down from all the drama with Riley and Michelle . While on the walk, Eldon confesses that he misses hanging out with Michelle . After their date, Michelle and Hunter are hanging out at Culture Shock but every 2 seconds Michelle mentions Eldon . Hunter realizes that too much has happened since they last dated and that both of them have changed drastically . Meanwhile at the studio, the battle is underway for the duet at Nationals . After their dance, Riley stands up and tells Thalia and Giselle that they can have the duet . Hunter is practicing his Nationals solo, when Emily enters and inquires about his date with Michelle . Hunter confesses that he could only think about Emily during his date . He kisses her just as Michelle walks in . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 46 </Th> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> "Hazy Shade of Winter" </Td> <Td> Samir Rehem </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> May 30, 2014 (2014 - 05 - 30) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> The episode starts off by Amanda, Giselle, and Thalia are practicing their trio . Michelle tells Emily that she saw her and Hunter kiss . Michelle thinks Emily isn't respecting hers and Hunter's "history", and Emily recalls she did the same thing to her and Eldon's relationship . Michelle isn't sure about how she feels about dance and The Next Step anymore, so she turns to Eldon for advice . He tells her that "it always comes back to dance", and that she has to decide . Hunter and Emily finally talk about their kiss, and their feelings for each other . After Emily tells Hunter that Michelle saw them kiss, he rushes off to tell Michelle about his feelings for Emily, leaving her wondering about his feelings for her . Meanwhile, Giselle and Thalia tell James and Riley that their duet challenge was fake . Neither of them want the duet back, Riley doesn't because it isn't working, but James doesn't want it if Riley doesn't want it . Kate then decides that Thalia and Giselle will have to just work hard at the duet . Later Riley and James go for a walk because James wants to talk to her, and he asks what happened . He also says that Beth sticks to him like a moth to a light bulb . Hunter goes to talk to Michelle, and tells her that he wants to be with Emily . Michelle doesn't feel like The Next Step is her family anymore, and decides it's time for her to move on . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 47 </Th> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> "Game On" </Td> <Td> Samir Rehem </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> June 6, 2014 (2014 - 06 - 06) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Kate announces that Michelle has left The Next Step . Emily is now the solo dance captain again and finds out that Amanda is still at Elite . She goes and tells Riley and they try to make up a plan . Kate says they need auditions for the female solo since Michelle left . Amanda takes the opportunity auditions . Although, Riley knows Amanda is still at Elite and just wanting to take it down so she also volunteers for having the female solo . Riley and Emily come up with a plan so that they can show everyone that Amanda is a double - agent . Kate thinks Amanda is great, and she won't do anything unless she is shown proof . Emily's plan is to make everyone at the studio hate her . Then, Amanda will trust Emily to join her in taking down The Next Step and Emily will be able to reveal Amanda's true colors . Meanwhile, James sees Riley practicing on her solo, although Riley tells him not to come to her audition for female soloist because it will stress her out . Emily yells at Riley during her audition and everyone is mad at Emily for shouting at Riley . Kate takes away Emily's dance captaincy . Later, Riley and James talk about their relationship and James says that he will win Riley back, while Kate makes Amanda dance captain . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="13"> Part 2 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 48 </Th> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> "Make a Plan To Love Me" </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> September 12, 2014 (2014 - 09 - 12) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> It continues where we left off when Emily was sitting in the music room and Amanda walks in . Emily tells Amanda that she knows about her plan to take down The Next Step, and she'll only keep her secret if Amanda lets her join in . Kate and everyone else are trying to get Michelle back, but Michelle says she's happy not being at The Next Step . James and Riley talk and James comes up with a plan to prove that he does love her . He tells her to create a list of things she wants him to do and he will do them . First on the list is to break up with Beth . James is in Culture Shock just as Beth comes in and he tries breaking up with her, but she just doesn't understand . Amanda says she still doesn't trust Emily and has to do something to prove that she really wants to take down The Next Step . Riley and James start talking, and he says that it's hard breaking up with Beth and continues with her second idea on her list which is reading her diary in front of everyone in Culture Shock . Michelle walks in since she was supposed to meet Kate there but then sees everyone and backs away . Amanda sees Emily hanging out with Hunter and gets an idea on how Emily can prove herself . Lastly, Riley tells James that he did a good job and he feels happy about her praise . He tells her that he read the whole diary after his performance and says that there was a part where she said a new boy entered this studio whom is really really cute; Riley smiles yet denies it was about him . It was Eldon and James knows it's about him . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 49 </Th> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> "Sacrifice" </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> Alejandro Alcoba, & Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> September 19, 2014 (2014 - 09 - 19) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Amanda, Giselle and Thalia were chosen to compete at a trio dance competition . Kate also picks a J - Troupe trio to join them . Meanwhile, Emily encourages Hunter to try to make it up to the boys . James is working on Number 11 of Riley's list; creating a dance move and naming it after Riley . Hunter takes Emily's advice, and approaches James, West and Eldon in order to try to become their friends, but all Eldon can think about is how Hunter broke him and Michelle up, and how he lost the National solo to Hunter . West quickly forgives Hunter as he promises to teach him the head slide . When Hunter promises to bake Eldon the best chocolate cake ever, Eldon seems intrigued . Michelle decides to go visit the dancers from A-Troupe at Culture Shock . Michelle is relieved over how well everything with them is going, however her emotions quickly change when she finds out the female National solo spot has already been filled . Hunter sees the task of James breaking up with Beth as an opportunity for him and James to become bros . Joining Riley in Studio A, James presents task Number 11 . The dance move he created was The Riley Roll - Up, named after one of Riley's quirks of always rolling up her shorts . Hunter presents Eldon with a chocolate cake and Eldon accepts the cake but then smashes the cake into Hunter's face . Eldon also asks for his solo back and requests that he and Hunter have a dance battle . Hunter accepts . Amanda once again catches Emily and Hunter having a great time together, and realizes what Emily needs to do in order to gain her trust . Amanda tells Emily she needs to break up with the only person still on her side, Hunter . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 50 </Th> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> "Heartbreaker" </Td> <Td> Patrick Sisam </Td> <Td> Daphne Ballon & Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> September 26, 2014 (2014 - 09 - 26) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Thalia keeps trying to get Michelle to re-join the Next Step but Michelle refuses . Hunter and Eldon battle for their solos . James tries to find a four leaf clover because it was on the list he told Riley to make so he asks a bunch of people to help by telling them that if they find it, they will win a prize . James in the end gets a four leaf clover from Beth and tells him that she know he loves Riley more . James gives Riley the four leaf clover at Culture Shock when Chloe comes in to give James another four leaf clover and claim her prize but learns he already has one and walks out disappointed . Amanda tells Emily that if she wants to be trusted, she needs to break up with Hunter after the dance battle . Eldon wins his solo back, and Emily breaks up with Hunter . and lots more </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 51 </Th> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> "Hello Trouble" </Td> <Td> Patrick Sisam </Td> <Td> Rachael Schaefer & Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> October 3, 2014 (2014 - 10 - 03) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> The Next Step goes to the Trio competition . James completes the task that will scare him the most which is #10 . He has to try to find one thing about Emily that Riley doesn't know . James buys smoothies for them as Emily leaves . Once James finds Emily, the costumes arrive and they go put them in the costume closet . At the Trio completion, Michelle arrives and everyone is wondering what she is doing here . But before that, Lucien is speaking with a French accent, but Kate hates it . Amanda is told to overthrow the dance and quit The Next Step, Lucien gives the sing to not overthrow the dance because of Michelle . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 52 </Th> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> "Lost" </Td> <Td> Patrick Sisam </Td> <Td> Chloe van Keeken </Td> <Td> October 10, 2014 (2014 - 10 - 10) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> The Next Step's costumes go missing . James completes #8 on the list which is a mystery quest where Eldon, West and Hunter are each a farm animal and James is the boat . James has to try and bring Eldon, Hunter, and West across the river while James is the boat but has to bring one at a time . Amanda decides to let Emily join her on her plan to destroy the studio from the inside by hiding the Nationals costumes to stop them from going to Nationals . Emily decides to hide them in the garbage so she can quickly bring them back . Amanda says that they have to steal the key which saddens Emily because she does not like to steal . Luckily, Phoebe is in Kate's office but that does not stop Amanda from stealing the key . She simply asked Pheobe to show them a yoga move but then Emily steals the key and then they leave without Phoebe noticing . In the music room, Kate is furious with the four boys and their quest . She goes in the costume place to find the costumes but then she realizes they are not there . She decides to do a search for the costumes in which West finds them because Emily simply gave it away to West . This gets Amanda curious so she questions West . He answers that it's "his raccoon" way . Kate decides to keep the costumes at her house until Nationals . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 53 </Th> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> "Better Than This" </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> Rachael Shaefer & Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> October 17, 2014 (2014 - 10 - 17) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> James is determined to complete the list of tasks to win Riley back . Task number nine is to receive his driver's license . Before being able to take the test, James attends a driving class . James being his goofy self does not really pay attention . When he is quizzed on what the instructor just said, James is unable to respond . The instructor is less than impressed . The driving instructor tells James that tomorrow he will be his and passing his test will be nearly impossible . Michelle however is filling her free time with all sorts of clubs . None of which seem to really be making her happy, except for Debate Club . Thalia decides to go and watch Michelle at Debate Club to see if she is truly happy . While there, Thalia sees that Michelle has finally made the team and will be debating that night . To get Michelle back, they all agree to go to the debate and cheer Michelle on, hoping that this will make Michelle realize that they are a family and how much she misses them . Still suspicious of Emily, Amanda once again questions how West found the costumes in the garbage but West tells Amanda that he was channeling his inner raccoon . When Amanda asks if Emily pointed him in the direction of the garbage, West says he cannot remember but he thinks so . Amanda now knows that Emily cannot be trusted with her plan to take down The Next Step . Having passed his driving test, James and the instructor prank Riley and James' mom making it seem as if he failed . In the end, James was able to cross number nine off of Riley's list . It is finally time for Michelle's debate and all the A-Troupe dancers attend to cheer her on . Michelle is both shocked and happy The Next Step is there to cheer her on . Even after having missed her friends, Michelle still chooses debate over dance . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 54 </Th> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> "Under Pressure" </Td> <Td> Brad Hruboska </Td> <Td> Chloe van Keeken & Rachael Schaefer </Td> <Td> October 24, 2014 (2014 - 10 - 24) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Kate tells the studio that someone needs to take CPR lessons for Nationals . Riley volunteers for James but James says he will only do it if Riley does it . James and Riley go to the CPR class together and realize that the instructor is very weird . The instructor says that they have to partner up with someone to actually do mouth to mouth, but he chose the partners . He partners James with the old lady and Riley with a random guy . James doesn't like that . When James does the CPR on his partner, she pulls him down and kisses him . Back at the studio, Kate says the money is missing so she talks to Chloe since she's supposed to have the key . She said she didn't do it . Then Emily speaks up and suggests to check Amanda's bag . Kate checks her bag but it's empty . Amanda did this because she knew Emily was going to back - stab her, so she put the money in her bag . Then Amanda tells Kate to check Emily's bag so she does and the key that opens the box is in there . After Kate says that Emily is on a suspension and she could possibly get kicked out of the studio . Lastly Emily texts Riley a SNS (Sister needs Sister) so then Riley comes and Emily tells Riley all about what happened . Riley says she needs to do something about it . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 55 </Th> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> "Just Dance" </Td> <Td> Kim Derko </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken & Chloe van Keeken </Td> <Td> November 7, 2014 (2014 - 11 - 07) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Emily is still suffering because of what Amanda did . Riley helps her out and makes a plan to prove that Amanda is still with Elite . Chloe notices that Stephanie and Amanda are buying juices with a 5 $bill that Margie drew on, which Chloe remembers to be from the money for the nationals entry that was stolen, therefore proving that Amanda, not Emily, stole the money . After they show Kate, Amanda gets kicked out of the studio . Meanwhile, James has to do one last task; to get Michelle back in the studio . He tricks Michelle into coming to the mall, but James sets up a flash mob with hundreds of people to get her back . Michelle ultimately decides to return at the studio . James and Riley are back together, and they kiss . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 56 </Th> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> "Water It" </Td> <Td> Derby Crewe </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken & Chloe van Keeken </Td> <Td> November 14, 2014 (2014 - 11 - 14) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Thalia and Giselle gives James and Riley the duet back because they are back together . Kate asks Michelle if she still wants the solo, Michelle says no but Kate convinces her to take the solo back . West and Emily have fun together while imitating Thalia and Giselle's conversion . Meanwhile, Riley and James are having a hard time practicing their duet together . Michelle is practicing her solo in studio A, and Eldon walks in and asks Michelle to do her solo for him giving her tips on her choreography, making Michelle feel more at home at the next step again because Eldon is helping her . Riley talks to Emily about how she isn't sure about her and James because the duet isn't really working out, so Emily tells Riley to get James a gift because after all, James did the huge list for Riley . Riley tricks James into thinking that West is waiting for him at the park, but after James gets there he notices that West isn't there but Riley is, Riley sets up a Picnic for James and she has Shwarma for him . Michelle and Eldon spend the whole day helping each other and giving each other tips on their solos and go to culture shop after and get drinks . The episode ends with Riley and James saying a toast and kissing and slow dancing at the end . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 57 </Th> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> "Run This Town" </Td> <Td> Shawn Thompson </Td> <Td> Rachael Schaefer & Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> November 21, 2014 (2014 - 11 - 21) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Miss Kate decide to give the boys the small group after Amanda left to go back to Elite . The boys are horsing around and then Miss Kate asks to see their routine, and they only had a starting pose, so they need help with their routine . As a treat, Miss Kate invites Luther Brown to come and choreograph their routine . Thalia and Giselle catch up with Michelle, but whenever she talks about something other than dance, they insist to teach her the next routine . Finally, Michelle asks what's wrong, and her friends come clean by saying that they are afraid she would leave again . Michelle confirms that she would never leave again as she is with her real family . Thalia and Giselle help Michelle with the Nationals routines . James give advice to Eldon about dating, saying he has to do 30 pirouettes before he can date a girl . The episode ends with the boys, who now have a great routine for Nationals, and the girls, who are friends again, all dancing and having a great time . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 58 </Th> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> "Re-Match" </Td> <Td> Mitchell Ness </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken & Chloe van Keeken </Td> <Td> November 28, 2014 (2014 - 11 - 28) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> The Next Step goes to Nationals . As they are waiting, as they see Life Of Dance walk in . Life of Dance (Ladies of Destruction) are definitely The Next Step's biggest competition . After registering at Nationals, they are told that they can complete a scavenger hunt in order for A-Troupe to be able to go to the Shawn Desman concert . Emily is a massive Shawn Desman fan so West, Giselle and her volunteer for the scavenger hunt . One of the things on the scavenger hunt is to get a picture with Shawn but when they find out that they were at the end of the line, they realized that Shawn Desman would not go through every single person on time . West comes up with a plan to pretend to be a celebrity so that The Next Step can go to the front of the line to see Shawn Desman and also to get his autograph . West's plan works and at the end of the episode The Next Step all go to the Shawn Desman concert and have fun . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 59 </Th> <Td> 29 </Td> <Td> "Old Friends" </Td> <Td> Mitchell Ness </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> December 4, 2014 (2014 - 12 - 04) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Eldon is forced to face Daniel during Nationals' male soloist dance . Daniel's competitiveness gets in the way of his friendships with A-Troupe members, giving them the cold shoulder before he performed his solo, but reconciles with them at the end of the episode and at the Nationals Party at the end of the episode, when Daniel is asked to audition for Juilliard by the head of Juilliard, who was impressed by his performance . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 60 </Th> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> "I Don't Know" </Td> <Td> Mitchell Ness </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> December 12, 2014 (2014 - 12 - 12) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> The Next Step advance to the next stage of Nationals . It is time for the boys to perform their small group dance but James still has to decide whether or not on include the B - Twist in the dance . He ultimately decides not to and feels really bad and scared that The Next Step will be eliminated since the small group competition is so fierce . After The Next Step does advance James and Riley have to do their duet . They decide to change their duet to a story about a man who is all about business sitting in an art museum and an art piece coming to life to show him her world . Right before they go on stage Riley tells James to do the B - twist so he does, and he lands it . The duet wins and James and Riley kiss . The episode ends by Riley telling James that she loves him . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 61 </Th> <Td> 31 </Td> <Td> "What You Waiting For?" </Td> <Td> Mitchell Ness </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> December 19, 2014 (2014 - 12 - 19) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Michelle and Amanda are paired together for the solo round, and Amanda is really nervous . A-Troupe decides to go shopping at the mall while Lucien tells Tess to follow them and make sure Michelle doesn't come back for her solo . Tess follows Michelle to a store and puts perfume in her bag and Michelle gets caught . Meanwhile at nationals, A-Troupe is looking for Michelle all over the place but can't find her so they come up with a backup plan which is for Chloe to go back to the mall to find Michelle and for Riley to perform her solo she auditioned for after Michelle Left . Amanda is angry at Lucien and Tess for making Michelle late and wants to win fair and square . The security at the mall looks at the security tape and finds out Michelle is innocent and agrees to let her go . Michelle comes back and performs her solo and wins against Elite . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 62 </Th> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> "You Love Me" </Td> <Td> Mitchell Ness </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> December 26, 2014 (2014 - 12 - 26) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> The Next Step has advanced to the semi-finals round of nationals and are extremely nervous to perform because of all the talented troupes . During a rehearsal, Thalia and Eldon look for a' sweet spot', somewhere where the energy feels right . West asks Emily if - or rather tells - they should date . Towards the end of the semi-final dance, Emily injures her knee in the number and the whole team starts freaking out, but they are happy at the same time, since they won the round and now move on to compete against LOD in the Finals of Nationals . Unfortunately, the studio is left one dancer short . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 63 </Th> <Td> 33 </Td> <Td> "What Dreamers Do (Part 1)" </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> March 13, 2015 (2015 - 03 - 13) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 64 </Th> <Td> 34 </Td> <Td> "What Dreamers Do (Part 2)" </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> Frank van Keeken </Td> <Td> January 2, 2015 (2015 - 01 - 02) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> The Next Step goes up against Life of Dance in the finals . They are nervous because they may forfeit due to Emily's injury . They are about to announce their forfeit when Amanda runs in and says that she will dance with the studio . Amanda explains that Kate sent in her name so she could dance with The Next Step, when Amanda was already at Elite . Life of Dance becomes mad because they thought it was against the rules to dance on two teams, but since it's not a rule she is allowed to dance . Life of Dance performs a routine about a paparazzi and modeling . The Next Step is very worried . When it is time for The Next Step to perform, they pull off an outstanding dance with a circus - themed dance . When the judges come on stage to announce the winner, it is revealed that The Next Step is crowned champions . Emily and West, along with Riley and James, kiss . Kate, Giselle, and Chloe are all walking back into the studio and see an eviction notice . They find out that they are being evicted so the building can build condos . Riley and James are driving, arguing about Miss Kate finding a new studio . Kate and the dancers are all packing up the studio when Lucien walks in . He tells Kate that he knows about their eviction notice and that he knows they don't have anywhere to dance . Kate grows impatient and tells him to get to the point . Lucien says he has a studio for them to dance, but in return, he wants The Next Step and Elite to merge into one team for internationals . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> </Tr>

Who wins nationals in the next step season 2