ABDC 4: Bollywood Songs and Challenges

ABDC 4 EPISODE # 4
Sunday, August 30th
9:00 PM ET/PT, 8:00 PM CT
BOLLYWOOD CHALLENGE

MTV has announced the song choices and specific challenges for the
Bollywood Challenge during ABDC Week 4:

Song List and Challenges for Episode 4:

This week's dance challenge should excite everyone, as our six remaining crews will be tested in the art of Bollywood dance! With the incredible success of Slumdog Millionaire, Bollywood, its music and its dances have captivated America. Each crew will be given a Bollywood accented hip-hop track and be expected to perform their routine incorporating a specified move from the lexicon of Indian Dance. Here are this week's crew songs and challenges:

RHYTHM CITY "Jai Ho" A.R. Rahman & Pussycat Dolls
Challenge: BHARATA NATYUM - The movements are ample and precise, always symmetrical. The technical vocabulary comprises jumps, spins and balanced attitudes. This style has a lot of bending, squatting and large arm movements.

WE ARE HEROES - "Arab Money" Busta Rhymes & Ron Brownz
Challenge: GIDDHA - Performed in a circle, Giddha consists of clapping and often becomes a friendly battle between two people trying to out do each other, with a story. This style is performed by women only and is considered the female version of Bhangra.

AFROBORIKE - "Dance Bailalo" Kat De Luna
Challenge: KATHAK - Kathak performers are noted for their fast turns and stomping footwork, whose rhythms, exaggerated by ankle bells, develop into complex metrical sequences. Kind of like tap dance, but without the shoes.

VOGUE EVOLUTION - "Calabria 2008" Enur
Challenge: RAJASTHANI - Rajasthani Dance comes from the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is a folk style performed during Indian celebrations. The style is fluid with swaying movements, hand gestures and small hip movements. Women generally perform this in a circle wearing brightly colored veils and skirts flaring out as they twirl in circles.

MASSIVE MONKEES - "Bang" Rye Rye Ft. M.I.A.
Challenge: BHANGRA - Bhangra is considered to be the most energetic dance style of India. The movement requires lot of athleticism. Bhangra is somewhat graceful, but the moves are large and powerful. It’s a very masculine form of dance.

BEAT YA FEET KINGS - "So Fine" Sean Paul
Challenge: GARBA - People dance around the center, bending sideways at every step, their arms making sweeping gestures, each movement ending in a clap. Formation changes, switching partners and barrel turns make a diverse and difficult Garba.

Martial Arts Challenge on ABDC

Martial Arts Challenge
Sunday, August 23
9:00 PM ET/PT, 8:00 PM CT
MTV



MTV has announced the song choices and specific challenges for the
Martial Arts Challenge during ABDC Week 3:

Song List for Episode 3:

AFROBORIKE: "I Know You Want Me" (Pitbull) - Capoiera
BEAT YA FEET KINGS: "Chillin" (Wale) - Tae Kwon Do
MASSIVE MONKEES: "Bounce" (Masterkraft ft. N.O.R.E) - Extreme Martial Arts
RHYTHM CITY: "LaLaLa" (LMFAO) - Muay Thai
SOUTHERN MOVEMENT: "Ugly" (Bubba Sparxxx) - Kali
VOGUE EVOLUTION: "Work" (Ciara) - Shaolin Kung Foo
WE ARE HEROES: "Starstruck" (3OH!3) - Karate

Song links for ABDC Week 3 - Martial Arts Challenge
PureTVNet has the Itunes links up for the songs in the Martial Arts challenge.
These are the originals and not master mixes.

http://www.puretvnet.com/2009/08/19/abdc-season-4-week-3-music/

World Hip Hop Dance Championship: Adult Division Finals - Complete Scores

The official final standings for the World Hip Hop Dance Championship, Adult Division Finals are as follows:

1. R.A.F. CREW (France): 8.57
2. NEUTRAL ZONE ADULTS (Mexico): 8.47
3. JOYCE & THE BOYS (Singapore): 8.45
4. PHILIPPINE ALLSTARS (Philippines): 8.35
5. PHYSICAL FUNK (Germany): 8.31
6. ROCK 8 COLLABO (Canada): 8.30
7. POREOTICS (United States): 8.29
8. SWEET & SOUR (New Zealand): 8.12
9. SOREAL CRU (United States): 8.07
10. TMC (New Zealand): 7.66
11. KABA MODERN (United States): 7.42
12. BLACK SOUL COMPANY (Mexico): 7.30
13. STREET4ONE (The Netherlands): 6.72

Congratulations to every amazing crew!

World Hip Hop Dance Championship: Varsity Division Finals - Complete Scores

The official final standings for the World Hip Hop Dance Championship, Varsity Division Finals are as follows:

1. REQUEST (New Zealand): 8.57
2. IRRATIK (Canada): 8.57
3. KANA BOON!: (Japan): 8.06
4. FUNK BEYOND CONTROL (United States): 7.90
5. UNDERCOVER (France): 7.78
6. DZIAH 2.0 (New Zealand): 7.76
7. MYZTIKAL (United Kingdom): 7.20
8. HURRICANES (Italy): 7.14
9. LEGIT STATUS (Philippines): 7.12
10. NEUTRAL ZONE VARSITY (Mexico): 7.06
11. PHYZIKAL GRAFFI-T (United States) 7.04
12. LAS 8 SUPERNENAS (Spain): 6.80

World Hip Hop Dance Championship: Junior Division Finals - Complete Scores

Here it is, folks. The official final standings for the World Hip Hop Dance Championship, Junior Division Finals:

1. LIL PHUNK BOYZ (United States): 7.79
2. MONSOON! (Japan): 7.67
3. FRESHH (Canada): 7.50
4. DE JA VU (New Zealand): 7.48
5. KANI KREW (New Zealand): 7.25
6. RNG (United States): 6.88

Congratulations to all of our incredible finalists!

World Hip Hop Dance Championship: World Finals 2009

The Medals have been announced!!!

Ladies and Gentelemen, these are the new World Champions of Hip Hop Dance:

JUNIOR DIVISION:

Bronze: FRESHH (Canada)
Silver: MONSOON (Japan)
Gold: LIL PHUNK BOYZ (United States)


VARSITY DIVISION:

Bronze: KANA BOON! (Japan)
Silver: IRRATIK (Canada)
Gold: REQUEST (New Zealand)


ADULT DIVISION:

Bronze: JOYCE & THE BOYS (Singapore)
Silver: NEUTRAL ZONE ADULTS (Mexico)
Gold: R.A.F. Crew (France)

What an incredible night! Many huge congratulations to every single one of our performers!

World Hip Hop Dance Championship: Toni Basil to Accept Living Legend of Hip Hop Award

The brilliant and beautiful Toni Basil arrived at the World Hip Hop Dance Championships this weekend--received by the welcoming embraces of some of her oldest and fondest friends, like dance giants Don "Campbellock" Campbell, Boogaloo Sam and Tony GoGo.

Basil will be the first (but certainly not last) woman to receive the prestigious "Living Legend of Hip Hop" Award, which she will accept onstage at tonight's World Finals.

We sat down with the dancing queen for a hot minute while she shared a little bit about awards, memories, locking, The Lockers, and sneaking a teeny bit of Boogaloo into the now-iconic video for her 80s mega-hit, "Mickey."




We're intrigued. Can you spot the Boogaloo?

LIL PHUNK BOYZ' K-Brooks Loses An Appendix, Gains A Medal

Those that have been here in Vegas for the last week have witnessed not only the incredible activity of the World Hip Hop Dance Championship--but that of the USA Hip Hop Dance Championship (which took place July 27-29) as well.

One of the incredible stories to emerge from the action-packed week is that of junior crew LIL PHUNK BOYZ member K-Brooks (aka Kyle Joseph Brooks), who helped his team earn the silver medal in the USA Juniors Devision competition, before falling ill to appendicitis and being rushed to the hospital for surgery.

Post-surgery, K-Brooks didn't fly home to Boston or hole up in his hotel room. Instead, he's been a fixture on the Championship floor, here in full force (with a bandaged tummy, to boot) to support his crew.

AND if he's up it, he may even dance in tonight's finals. We can barely believe the notion ourselves! But don't take our word for it... take his:

World Hip Hop Dance Championship: B-Boy Battles Winners Announced

In 1st place... USA's UNDERGROUND FLOW!

In 2nd place... USA'S KNUCKLEHEAD ZOO!

In 3rd place... Mexico's RHYTHM INVADE!

Congratulations to all of our competitors!

Hair Apparent [VIDEO]

One thing's for sure... the attendees of the World Hip Hop Dance Championship aren't shy--especially when it comes to their perfect, clever, creative (and sometimes curious) coifs.

What can we say? These dancers look good. See what we mean...

Thank you to our sponsor Paul Mitchell for helping care for our dancers' hair!

World Hip Hop Dance Championship: Popping Battle Results

An awesome, hours-long Popping battle took place this afternoon, the best of the best showing what they had on the legendary competitive dance floor.

After much deliberation, the winners were chosen:

In 3rd place... DUMBO

In 2nd place... JENNIFER VIAUD

And the champion popper, in 1st place... MARIE POPPINS!

Other fine competitors included:

ROMY RAMOS
MICHAL KACZOROWSKI
A-BOOGIE
TRISTAN GRAY
MIGUEL ECHAVE
GCINA NKULA
SHUBADOO
GIZMO
MARC MOJICA
KA LAM PANG
LIZ LEE
CRAZY CRESH
ELISA DI MAIO
KENNEDY MAO
MONSTAPOP
NATALIE McPARLAND
RYUZY
KAORI HIMURO
LOCO YOKO
BOOGIEWALKER
SOUHAPOP
YOUSSEF IDERDAR
CASEY CANO
ALPH-ALPHA
LEE PUTMAN
ABRAHIM JARMAN
RAJ QUIROS
HENRY CHAU
POPPIN' C
SHOCKWAVE
GRILLZ
AYUMI SAYAKI
TETRIX
KIMIRON RAMPARAS
JOEL GISPERT
NATALIA ANDREEVA
SPRIGHT
CAN NGUYEN
HIP HOP LADY

Thank you and congrats to all of our contenders!

World Hip Hop Dance Championship: Locking Battle Results

Three dancers take top honors in the World Locking Battle!

In 3rd place... SORI

Sori

In 2nd place... LOCKADELIC

Lockadelic

And in 1st place, also claiming the Don "Campbellock" Campbell Award... OMAR THOMAS!

Omar Thomas

Highlights from the stage below. Many sorries to all of those dancers not included in the video!



Congratulations to our big winners! You are major!

World Hip Hop Dance Championship: World B-Boy Battle

Who will come out on top?? B-Boys duking it out now...

Crews from the United States:

KNUCKLEHEAD ZOO
ZIRCLE ONE CREW
7-0-ZOO
WE BURN 4 FUN
RUNAWAY TRIBE
FURIOUS SOLDIERS
STYLISTIC KINGS
UNDERGROUND FLOW
ALASKAN ASSASSINS
BLOW UP KINGS

Crews from around the world:

SKB (Australia)
XTREME BREAKERS (Trinidad & Tobago)
SAHARA MILITANTS (Morocco)
NOW OR NEVER (Canada)
KADETS DEL TOKE (Mexico)
NORTH FLAVA (Mexico)
JUSTICE (Australia)
CRAZY PHYSICAL FUNK (Germany)
RHYTHM INVADE (Mexico)

...Results to come! Stay tuned.

World Hip Hop Dance Championship: World Locking Battle Contenders

The World Locking Battle took off quickly this afternoon, with the following contendors respectfully sharing the stage in hopes of winning top honors, as well as the esteemed Don "Campbellock"Campbell award.

In the running:

ILL-COSBY
ISAAC ESCOTO
MICHAEL BRISTOL
DAVID LE
BRIAN PEREZ
JOHN SYDIONGCHO
A-JAY NICOLAS
ADAM BLACHOWICZ
SINOVUYO DUNYWA
TAL IOZEF
NICOLE RENOJO
JAY-R SALADAR
NATALIE McPARLAND
OMAR THOMAS
GOLDILOCKS
MICHELE KING
NOBUO NAGATOMO
KAORI HIMURO
SACHIKO MORINO
KIMURA TAKOYA
LOCKADELIC
JUNKO
WILLIAM KONG
REBECCA LOGAN
SALVADOR BARCENA
VINCE JOHNSON
BOOGIEWALKER
SOUHAPOP
NINI
RACHID AITTEHBARIT
ELLINGTON MAJDA
LORENZO DASSILVA DASSE
JOHN MAGAT
TEEMU KORJUSLOMMI
TSUYOSHI TAKAYAMA
DONNA ARRAGONTE
ESSI LAHTINEN
RICKY CARRANZA
DANY THE KID
TIFFANIE BONG

With legendary celebrity judges Don "Campbellock" Campbell, Toni Basil and Boogaloo Sam keeping score, nerves will be tight! Good luck to all of the dancers...

All photos courtesy of Master Shots and Hip Hop International. Please do not use without citation.

Josh & Jeremiah: Hey Now, They are Allstars [Video]

Immediately after the Philippine Allstars took the stage last night, YouTube phenoms Josh & Jeremiah followed up with a mini-version of Allstars moves (Understatement of the century---when you see the one-armed lift at :## of the clip below, you'll know what we mean) for the world to see.

If you haven't already had the pleasure of watching Josh & Jeremiah's near-perfect mimicry of the Allstars and Jabbawockeez, you're in for a treat. And even if you've been following them for a year and just can't get enough... why, you're in for a treat as well.



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Philippine Allstars Take the Stage and Defend Their Title [Video]

You know you're dying to see tonight's prelim performance of defending World Champions, the Philippine Allstars! The crowd could hardly contain themselves as the 7 dancers hit the stage--so much so that the Allstars had to leave the stage for a period and return after the love had calmed down.

Good thing they were worth the wait!

We've got exclusive video of the performance--the only one available on the web for the duration of te Championship. Peep it below:



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World Hip Hop Dance Championship: Adult Division Finalists Announced

What an insane, amazing night. The stage was afire with blazin' performances--for hours and hours and hours! It seemed the hotness would never stop.

Eventually, however, the battle had to come to a close and the scores all tallied.

Only the twelve top-scoring crews will advance from tonight's incredible preliminaries to Sunday's finals competition.

Advancing to the finals (final scores listed below):

PHILIPPINE ALLSTARS (Philippines): 8.69

Philippine Allstars

*Thanks to fotog Melissa Rodriguez for the above photo! See video of the Allstars' performance here.

NEUTRAL ZONE ADULTS (Mexico): 8.61

Neutral Zone Adults

SWEET & SOUR (New Zealand): 8.60

Sweet & Sour

PHYSICAL FUNK (Germany): 8.32

Physical Funk

R.A.F. CREW (France): 8.28

R.A.F. Crew

POREOTICS (United States): 8.27

Poreotics

ROCK 8 COLLABO (Canada): 8.16

Rock 8 Collabo

SOREAL CRU (United States): 8.10

Soreal Cru

TMC (New Zealand): 8.07

TMC

BLACK SOUL COMPANY (Mexico): 8.06

Black Soul Company

JOYCE & THE BOYS (Singapore): 8.04

Joyce & the Boys

KABA MODERN (United States): 8.03

Kaba Modern

STREET4ONE (The Netherlands): 7.95*

Street4One

All additional standings and scores:

JUSTICE CREW (Australia): 7.94
ODYSSEY (New Zealand): 7.91
T-DA CREW (Japan): 7.89
ABC (Columbia): 7.87
STOP REQUESTED (Italy): 7.83
24K (Canada): 7.82
BEATPHONIK (Australia): 7.81
PERIDOT (United Kingdom): 7.77
UNITED DANCE (Russia): 7.63
XVIBE (The Netherlands): 7.59
DE VERTIGO (Spain): 7.57
ECLECTIK (Trinidad & Tobago): 7.53
ZENITH DANCE CREW (Australia): 7.50
TOYBOXX (United Kingdom): 7.50
XTREME SOUL STYLE (Canada): 7.43
D-SAME (Switzerland): 7.36
REMIX (The Netherlands): 7.34
H CREW (Italy): 7.34
SPOKO (Poland): 7.32
SPIRIT DANCE SUPREMACY (Mexico): 7.29
SNATIT (Switzerland): 7.29
ZETTON (Japan): 7.22
YESSAI SQUAD (Italy): 7.21
VERSION ONE (South Africa): 7.17
CRAZY STEPS (Germany): 7.07
F.C.A. DUNKAN (Columbia): 6.99
RELEASE (South Africa): 6.97
CRUELLE (Trinidad & Tobago): 6.92
MAJESTICS CRU (South Africa): 6.88
ACTION DANCE (Brazil): 6.58
MONTEVIDEO MAGNA CREW (Uruguay): 6.56
SKYD CLASS (Austria): 6.42
THE QUALITY DANCE (Columbia): 6.22
CLASS X (Denmark): 6.14
WOMANS WORK CREW (Germany): 6.03
KOLORZ (Switzerland): 5.66
XTREME BREAKERS (Trinidad & Tobago): 5.25

*In our error, we accidentally omitted STREET4ONE from our first print of the finalists list. Good luck to them in the finals!

All photos courtesy of Master Shots and Hip Hop International. Please do not use without citation.

Adults on the Floor

An incredible 50 teams will hit the stage tonight in pursuit of a spot in the Adult Division of Sunday's World finals. Adult prelims began at 7pm this evening and nobody's leaving until the last step is stepped...

Competing now:

WOMANS WORK CREW (Germany)
POREOTICS (United States)
XVIBE (The Netherlands)
XTREME SOUL STYLE (Canada)
PERIDOT (United Kingdom)
T-DA CREW (Japan)
SPOKO (Poland)
UNITED DANCE (Russia)
CLASS X (Denmark)
NEUTRAL ZONE ADULTS (Mexico)
KOLORZ (Switzerland)
PHYSICAL FUNK (Germany)
YESSAI SQUAD (Italy)
ODYSSEY (New Zealand)
ROCK 8 COLLABO (Canada)
KABA MODERN (United States)
THE QUALITY DANCE (Columbia)
SOREAL CRU (United States)
DE VERTIGO (Spain)
STREET4ONE (The Netherlands)
BEATPHONIK (Australia)
RELEASE (South Africa)
ACTION DANCE (Brazil)
SWEET & SOUR (New Zealand)
BLACK SOUL COMPANY (Mexico)
TMC (New Zealand)
MONTEVIDEO MAGNA CREW (Uruguay)
ZETTON (Japan)
H CREW (Italy)
TOYBOXX (United Kingdom)
ABC (Columbia)
MAJESTICS CRU (South Africa)
SKYD CLASS (Austria)
D-SAME (Switzerland)
ECLECTIK (Trinidad & Tobago)
JUSTICE CREW (Australia)
REMIX (The Netherlands)
24K (Canada)
ZENITH DANCE CREW (Australia)
R.A.F. CREW (France)
F.C.A. DUNKAN (Columbia)
STOP REQUESTED (Italy)
CRAZY STEPS (Germany)
VERSION ONE (South Africa)
SNATIT (Switzerland)
JOYCE & THE BOYS (Singapore)
CRUELLE (Trinidad & Tobago)
SPIRIT DANCE SUPREMACY (Mexico)
XTREME BREAKERS (Trinidad & Tobago)
PHILIPPINE ALLSTARS (Philippines)

These competitive performances will be followed by showcase performances by JOSH & JEREMIAH - ALLSTARS and BEATIN HEARTS.

Head Judge: Natasha Jean-Bart
Judiciary Director: Ian Levia
Skill Judges: Luther Brown, Benito Deane, Devon Marlink, Dennis Danehy
Performance Judges: Shane Sparks, Jesselee Santos, Denyse Nagee, Margherita Vasselli

Good luck to everyone in the Adult Division!