Backstage interviews after the performance - Episode 5

ABDC 4 EPISODE # 5
Sunday, September 6 th
9:00 PM ET/PT, 8:00 PM CT
DANCE CRAZE CHALLENGE

After the show Layla Kayleigh comments about the crews performances and the sudden loss of Vogue Evolution.

Afroborike's Alain Lavalle and Josue Torres gives us insight for their upcoming performances. Josue confirms that his crew will NOT imitate and will keep pushing that latin flavor to win the title of America's Best Dance Crew.

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: 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 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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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!

World Hip Hop Dance Championship: Varsity Division Results Announced

The top-scoring ten crews from the Varsity Division prelims will advance to Sunday's finals competition. Keep a close eye on those numbers... they were super close... who knows what's to come??

Advancing to the finals (final scores listed below):

UNDERCOVER (France): 8.23

Undercover

IRRATIK (Canada): 8.22

Irratik

REQUEST (New Zealand): 8.09

Request

FUNK BEYOND CONTROL (United States): 7.78

Funk Beyond Control

DZIAH 2.0 (New Zealand): 7.63

Dziah 2.0

KANA BOON! (Japan): 7.62

Kana Boon!

LEGIT STATUS (Philippines): 7.50

Legit Status

HURRICANES (Italy): 7.40

Hurricanes

NEUTRAL ZONE VARSITY (Mexico): 7.39

Neutral Zone Varsity

LAS 8 SUPERNENAS (Spain): 7.31

Las 8 Supernenas

MYZTIKAL (United Kingdom): 7.31

Myztikal

PHYZIKAL GRAFFI-T (United States): 7.31

Phyzikal Graffi-T

All additional standings and scores:

UNTAMED (South Africa): 7.25
BREAKTHROUGH (United States): 7.23
GHETTO FABULOUS (Ireland): 7.17
ILLEST-VIBE (Canada): 7.08
JUNIOR FUNK STAR (Japan): 7.00
FEARLESS DANCE KREW (New Zealand): 6.91
KSTAR VARSITY (Australia): 6.91
UP2U (Australia): 6.81
RAPTURE CREW (Ireland): 6.81
PROJECT ONE (Canada): 6.76
MASTAZZ (Switzerland): 6.74
GUM-Q (Japan): 6.55
DC CREW (Australia): 6.53
TWITCH (South Africa): 6.53
DNA (United Kingdom): 6.45
MAGNETIC JAM MESSENGERS (Germany): 6.39
NEXT DOOR BOYS (Italy): 6.35
LUCKY JEANS (Switzerland): 6.31
ANEXAR (Philippines): 6.25
MUGRE (Mexico): 6.16
GHETTO BLASTER (Switzerland): 6.13
STREET FEET (Denmark): 6.12
IN CONTROL (Netherlands): 6.06
REEL STYLE (Mexico): 5.81
BLACKOUT (Trinidad & Tobago): 5.71
BK CITY KIDS (Germany): 5.68
MIND THE GAP (Italy): 5.61
BANDA ILYICHA (Russia): 5.01
IMPACTO URBANO (Brazil): 4.00

Congratulations to all of the Varsity competitors!



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

Varsity Is Versatile

We've got 41 teams vying for the top spots in the Varsity preliminaries, which began at 1pm today.

Our fierce competitors come in all shapes and sizes, and speak all different languages--but everyone's here to show their fiercest and finest.

Competing now:

IMPACTO URBANO (Brazil)
BANDA ILYICHA (Russia)
DNA (United Kingdom)
UNTAMED (South Africa)
REEL STYLE (Mexico)
BREAKTHROUGH (United States)
RAPTURE CREW (Ireland)
GUM-Q (Japan)
ANEXAR (Philippines)
BK CITY KIDS (Germany)
UP2U (Australia)
MUGRE (Mexico)
NEUTRAL ZONE VARSITY (Mexico)
BLACKOUT (Trinidad & Tobago)
NEXT DOOR BOYS (Italy)
TWITCH (South Africa)
DC CREW (Australia)
MYZTIKAL (United Kingdom)
DZIAH 2.0 (New Zealand)
FUNK BEYOND CONTROL (United States)
MIND THE GAP (Italy)
KANA BOON! (Japan)
KSTAR VARSITY (Australia)
FEARLESS DANCE KREW (New Zealand)
PROJECT ONE (Canada)
MAGNETIC JAM MESSENGERS (Germany)
ILLEST-VIBE (Canada)
REQUEST (New Zealand)
PHYZIKAL GRAFFI-T (United States)
IN CONTROL (The Netherlands)
LUCKY JEANS (Switzerland)
JUNIOR FUNK STAR TEAM (Japan)
HURRICANES (Italy)
STREET FEET (Denmark)
MASTAZZ (Switzerland)
IRRATIK (Canada)
GHETTO FABULOUS (Ireland)
LEGIT STATUS (Philippines)
UNDERCOVER (France)
GHETTO BLASTER (Switzerland)
LAS 8 SUPERNENAS (Spain)

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

We wish everyone in the running good luck!

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

World Hip Hop Dance Championship: Junior Division Finalists Announced

Every single dancer on the stage today was amazing--but this is, after all, a battle for the world's top honor.

The top-scoring six crews from the Junior Division prelims will advance to Sunday's finals competition.

Advancing to the finals (final scores listed below):

LIL PHUNK BOYS (United States): 7.67

Lil Phunk Boyz

DE JA VU (New Zealand): 7.52

De Ja Vu

MONSOON (Japan): 7.45

Monsoon

FRESHH (Canada): 7.39

Freshh

RNG (United States): 7.33

RNG

KANI KREW (New Zealand): 7.27

Kani Krew

All additional standings and scores:

FIERCE BUT CUTE (United States): 6.98
RAPTURE JRS. (Ireland): 6.88
KAPEESH (New Zealand) 6.76
PITBULL (Italy): 6.37
LIL HUSTLERS (Ireland): 6.37
KSTAR JUNIORS (Australia): 6.30
FLOOR ASSASSINS (South Africa): 5.92
MINI SHADOW (Mexico): 5.87
ICE COLD (United Kingdom): 5.84
BREAK OUT (South Africa): 5.72
SERAPHIN ANGELS (United Kingdom): 5.64
SZAL LOLLIPOPS (Poland): 5.63
SUPERSTARS (Mexico): 5.59
SPIRIT DANCE JR. (Mexico) 5.57
UNDAGROUND CREW (United Kingdom): 5.44
B-ZONE (Denmark): 5.27
LIL SOUL STYLES (France): 4.80

Congratulations, everyone!

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They May Be Small, But They Do It All

Junior Division World Prelims began at 10am today, and the competition is stiff!

Taking the stage today in hopes of advancing to Sunday's finals are the following crews:

LIL SOUL STYLE (France)
SERAPHIN ANGELS (United Kingdom)
RAPTURE JRS (Ireland)
SZAL LOLLIPOPS (Poland)
B-ZONE (Denmark)
KAPEESH (New Zealand)
MINI SHADOW (Mexico)
SPIRIT DANCE JR. (Mexico)
LIL PHUNK BOYS (United States)
DE JA VU (New Zealand)
PITBULL (Italy)
UNDAGROUND CREW (United Kingdom)
FLOOR ASSASSINS (South Africa)
FRESHH (Canada)
MONSOON! (Japan)
KSTAR JUNIORS (Australia)
LIL HUSTLERS (Ireland)
FIERCE BUT CUTE (United States)
RNG (US), SUPERSTARS (Mexico)
ICE COLD (United Kingdom)
KANI CREW (New Zealand)
BREAK OUT (South Africa)

Head Judge: Ian Levia/Natasha Jean-Bart
Artistic Panel Judges: Alexandra Lande (Canada), Jesselee Santos (United States), Khalid Freeman (United States), Margherita Vasselli (Italy)
Technical Panel Judges: Tony GoGo (Japan), Benito Dean (Netherlands), Andre Calitz (South Africa), Dennis Danehy (United States)

...Wish all of the competitors good luck!

We've Only Just Begun

Greetings from Hip Hop International in beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada!

The energy is palpable as crews arrive from all over the world to compete in the World Hip Hop Dance Championship--the planet's biggest and most prestigious Hip Hop dance battle.

Below, a few highlights from tonight's orientation:



Stay tuned for more updates, interviews, and special moments from this incredible weekend!

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