MTV Official announcement: on Season 3

MTV has officially announced the start of Season 3 for America's Best Dance Crew. No, they did not yet announce the names of the 9 crews. The basics:

• Season 3 premieres on Thursday January 15, 2009 at 10pm ET/PT (9 pm Central) in a special 90 minute episode
  
• There will be new challenges, but the basics of the show ("incredible stories and heart-stopping" routines) are similar to Seasons One and Two
  
• There will be a live finale show again
  
• Mario Lopez is still the host, JC Chasez, Lil Mama and Shane Sparks are still the judges and Layla Kayleigh will still cover the backstage interviews
• Fans will still vote for their favorites via texting, phoning, and visiting dancecrew.mtv.com