A group of young dancers from Hawaii and Los Angeles who initially had no choice but to rehearse via Skype is just one performance away from claiming the title of "America’s Best Dance Crew" and a $100,000 prize.

The all-girl 8 Flavahz, whose members range in age from 10 to 17, are the youngest crew to compete on the popular MTV show, known as "ABDC," in its seven seasons.

Buoyed by an onslaught of viewer votes — reportedly collecting more than 2 million from Wednesday’s episode — the crowd favorite has pretty much sailed through the competition, which started with 10 dance crews from around the country, Canada and Mexico. Only once have the girls ended up in a bottom-two dance-off.

In Wednesday’s finale, 8 Flavahz will battle Elektrolytes of Gilbert, Ariz., to the music of superstar Katy Perry.

Despite their youth, 8 Flavahz has survived by showcasing its urban dance skills and high-flying, torso-twisting gymnastics that are on par with crews on the show that are older and have been together much longer. Their stunned and exuberant reactions to host Mario Lopez’s weekly pronouncement that they are advancing to the next round have been another of the show’s highlights.

The Flavahz are Camren Bicondova, Summer Waikiki and twins Tamara and Tiara Rapp from Hawaii, and from Southern California, Charlize Glass, Angel Gibbs, Jaira Miller and Kaelynn Gobert-Harris. All already are working toward careers in dance. For instance, the home-schooled Bicondova, 13, regularly helps with youth workshops put on by the Pulse on Tour mainland dance troupe and has a role in "Battlefield America," a dance movie now playing.

8 Flavahz’s success on "ABDC" is even more remarkable because of what the crew has gone through in recent weeks. Gibbs’ mother, Carolyn, lost her battle with cancer three weeks into the contest. Tiara Rapp had to sit out the dance-off due to an injury from an elevated backflip she performed during the girls’ routine.

"I’m doing better, although I’m going to have to take a month off after the show to heal," Rapp said during a conference call Thursday with her dance crew.

"I’m feeling awesome today," chimed in Angel Gibbs, who turned 13 soon after her mother’s death. "I’m here with all of my ‘sisters,’ so it’s fun. It makes me happy."

During this run of "ABDC," the girls and their watchful mothers have been sequestered in a hotel. Because of that, the 17-year-old Rapp twins missed their graduation ceremony from Myron B. Thompson Academy. But they will tell you they have no regrets.

"I hoped that we would get this far," said Tamara Rapp. "It’s always been our dream to be on this show, and it’s definitely been the craziest and best experiences of our lives."

Supervised school work, rehearsals and filming "ABDC" have filled the girls’ schedules since April. But they’ve bonded, and their success has been in no small part due to the work of choreographer Marcelo Pacleb of the Hawaii studio 24-VII Danceforce and his assistant Kelsey Park.

THE YOUNG and rabid fan base of 8 Flavahz has been doing its part to keep the crew alive, with some texting thousands of votes in support of the girls and occasionally receiving thank-you calls from the Flavahz themselves.

Mothers Tani Rapp and Tashanna Gobert are coordinating that fan effort via Twitter.

"It’s been dizzying, a whirlwind happening," Rapp said Friday. "For myself and Summer’s mom, it’s also been a real education seeing how the L.A. moms, who’ve dealt with this business, handle it. It was so intense in the beginning that I was almost in tears the entire time.

"‘ABDC’ has really been good to us, although some people are surprised by the amount of gifting that we do, passing out candies and lei. We’re asked, ‘What are you doing?’ and we tell them, ‘Well, that’s what you do when you’re from Hawaii.’"

Gobert, a junior high school administrator in Victorville, Calif., said although 8 Flavahz was unable to practice together as a group at first, the fact that the girls were separated by such a long distance has proved to be an advantage in some respects.

"The girls have worked very hard because they know their time together has been relatively limited. It’s all been a learning experience that’s only made them stronger," she said. "And the combination of the girls, one group who have a different mindset from living here in L.A., with the girls from Hawaii and a life that’s more laid-back and patient, the mix of the two has been a perfect storm."

Jessica Bicondova, who often accompanies daughter Camren on her trans-Pacific trips, said seeing the girls deal with the intensity surrounding "ABDC" has been eye-opening.

"I’ve been surprised every day just by the resilience and drive that these kids have," Bicondova said. "They’re in a grown-up world and they’re stepping up professionally. The girls have been through a lot of stuff and putting in lengthy hours on this show, with basically no days off.

"I’m inspired by their commitment, to find something that you love so much that you just work hard at it and never give up."