The Dazzlings lost, of course, to the friendship enhanced Rainbooms. But why did they lose? They were more than well prepared obviously, what with their own magic. They not only had the talent to back up their voices, but they held the strength, the want to win, to feed, yet be adored amidst the chaos; it was their motive, their goal. So why is it they lost? Well, who's to say that all of The Dazzlings were putting their back into it?

Just before Canterlot High's Battle of the Bands even starts the preliminaries, Pinkamena notices a distraught and lone Sonata Dusk. The two talk and share a moment that went unsaid to both party's bands.