Red Bull Dance Your Style Pre Finals 2022: competitors

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Red Bull Dance Your Style

Red Bull Dance Your Style is an international mixed-style dance competition. The twist? The crowd decides who wins by voting for their favourite dancers.

Red Bull Dance Your Style is going to South Africa. All the winners of the national editions will compete in the Red Bull Dance Your Style Pre-Finals, to earn one of the prestigious spots on the Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final stage.

A Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final didn't take place in 2021. Instead there was a whole set of national Red Bull Dance Your Style events – the winners of which will also compete in 2022. All those 2021 champions will compete in the first Red Bull Dance Your Style Pre-Final, with the 2022 champions competing in the second Red Bull Dance Your Style Pre-Final. Four dancers from each Pre-Final will then advance to the Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final 2022.

These are the champions of the Red Bull Dance Your Style 2022 event season. Also, check out the list of the Red Bull Dance Your Style 2021 champions here.

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Zouba

Zouba won Red Bull Dance Your Style Egypt. This is the first time the 20-year-old choreographer and hip-hop dancer is competing in the Red Bull Dance Your Style Pre-Finals.

02

Starlock

Starlock won Red Bull Dance Your Style Cyprus. The 19-year-old hip-hop dancer and locker is a member of Rebels Dancers Academy. He’s a skateboarder and a self-professed sneakerhead. This is the first time he’s competed in Red Bull Dance Your Style and is proud to be representing his country and be the winner of the biggest competition to take place in Cyprus to date.

03

Nader

Nader won Red Bull Dance Your Style Jordan. His proudest moment when becoming champion was competing in the final with his little sister. Nader is a multi-hyphenated freestyler and hip-hop dancer. Outside of dance, his passions are fashion and music and he’s clocked fame as a DJ and model.

04

Precious Alvares

Precious Alvares won Red Bull Dance Your Style Netherlands. The Afro house and multi-hyphenated hip-hop freestyler is the CEO/founder of dance college, agency, events company and cultural ambassadors World of Afro. Away from the dance floor she’s also a skilled barber. This is her first time competing in the Red Bull Dance Your Style Pre-Finals.

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The Crown

The Crown won Red Bull Dance Your Style USA. The self taught hip-hop freestyler and house dancer holds an impressive list of titles, winning 15-plus competitions, including Juste Debout USA. He’s been a member of the 612 Timberwolves crew, where he’s danced with G-Eazy, Lil Jon and Skee-Lo.

06

Nico Cancino

Portrait of Nicolas Cancino, winner of the Red Bull Dance Your Style in Santiago de Chile on May 21, 2022 — Nico Cancino is the champ of Red Bull Dance Your Style Chile 2022
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Nico Cancino won Red Bull Dance Your Style Chile. The hip-hop freestyler and choreographer is also the director of the dance school DOYOH. This is his first time competing on the world stage and the proudest moment for him is to be representing his country alongside the Red Bull Dance Your Style Chile 2021 winner José Monstarz.

07

Joel Immortal

An instructor, choreographer and member of the creative/dance collective Active Immortals, Joel Immortal won Red Bull Dance Your Style Jamaica. The dancehall dancer delivered electrifying rounds in Kingston that saw him go from crowd level to sky high by scaling the lighting tresses and dancing suspended from the stage scaffolding.

08

Mikyboo

Mikyboo won Red Bull Dance Your Style Italy. A popper and hip-hop freestyler, he also won the popping battle at Juste Debout Italy 2020 with Sany-G. Outside of battling, he is a remarkably talented producer who makes his own beats as MIKYBEATZ – ranging from lo-fi hip-hop to drum and bass, trap and trip-hop. As a popper he’s shot modelling campaigns for a host of companies, including Timbaland, Dickies, Footlocker and New Balance.

09

Kate

Kate Byednenko won Red Bull Dance Your Style Portugal. The popper was a national finalist already in 2021 and took the win in the adult crew category at Hip Hop International Portugal 2022. She's a member of Lisbon's Jukebox Crew, an internationally in-demand teacher and choreographer, as well as an aspiring model. Kate has made numerous television appearances as a dancer, including the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, The Voice and Let's Dance.

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Gucchon

Gucchon won Red Bull Dance Your Style Japan. After taking the title the popper stated that his goal for his rounds and for the world final will be to challenge himself to see how far a Japanese dancer can express the roots of African dance.

Gucchon is one half of the popping duo Co-thkoo, a member of the Fab5Boogz crew and an instructor at the Studio Sunny Hood in Osaka. He's also an in-demand MC and plays an active role as a judge internationally, as well as being an integral player in Japan's street dance scene. He won the popping category of Juste Debout in 2008 and 2011 with his partner Kei.

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Mickey

Mickey Paolo Yatar won the first-ever Red Bull Dance Your Style Philippines. The waacker hails from Baguio City and represents the Imperial House of Waacking. He’s also the founder and choreographer of Filipinescas Dance Republic and is a multiple-time winner of the Hip Hop International Philippines Regional and National Finals.

Heavily influenced and inspired by Tyrone Proctor, Mickey even shouted him out after his victory at Red Bull Dance Your Style. Away from the dancefloor, he works as a visual communication strategist and graphic designer.

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Guga Hoofer

Guga Hoofer won Red Bull Dance Your Style Georgia. The hip-hop freestyle dancer started dancing when he was 11 years old. During the final he kicked off his rounds in a pastel balaclava which is the symbol of his dance crew Hoofer Dance Mob. His main mission as a dancer is "to inspire as many of the younger generation as possible, because kids are the best."

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Voldo

Voldo won Red Bull Dance Your Style Switzerland. The Zurich native is a hip-hop dancer, choreographer, instructor and performer. Last year's Red Bull Dance Your Style Switzerland was the first time he’d ever participated in a major battle. Since then he’s gone on to win twice at prestigious Dutch battles, taking the title of Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition and the Summer Dance Forever Duo Contest.

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Humuzza

Humuza Bazira celebrates at the Red Bull Dance Your Style Canada Finals in Toronto, Canada on August 26, 2022. — Humuza won Red Bull Dance Your Style Canada 2022
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Humuzza won Red Bull Dance Your Style Canada. Hailing from Surrey, British Columbia, and of Kenyan, Ugandan and Rwandese descent, Humuzza started dancing in 2016. A force to be reckoned with on Canada’s local street dance scene, he’s been supported by Vancouver crews Gigaboys and The Midnight Society. He made a name for himself with his limitless creative expression and unique, emotive movement and ability to get the crowd going.

15

Kid Kobra

Kid Korba in the battle at Red Bull Dance Your Style in Stockholm, Sweden on August 27, 2022. — Kid Kobra in the battle at Red Bull Dance Your Style
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Kid Kobra is the runner-up of Red Bull Dance Your Style Sweden and replaces Afrik. He's a 20-year-old popper and waver from Södertälje, representing the FunkMonks Crew. He was born to love dance and was surrounded by it from an early age, growing up with two dancing parents. His dance name, unique style and flow was inspired by snakes and their movements and a strong connection and admiration for water. So much so that Kid Kobra laughs that if he wasn’t a sea serpent in his last life, he doesn’t know what he was.

The recently engaged dancer loves battling and dancing with his fiancée Gideon, a rising popper on the scene. His coach and mentor is David Fowkus Rigo. Outside the studio Kid Kobra can be found filming freestyle and honing his flow in the forest and outdoors.

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Sara

Colombia's Sara Tréllez won Red Bull Dance Your Style Spain. The 25-year-old hip-hop dancer, who resides in La Coruña, Spain, has racked up a string of battle wins and is in high demand as a performer, appearing in numerous campaigns and music videos.

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Ida Vibe

Ida Vibe Breinholt won Red Bull Dance Your Style Denmark. The multi-style hip-hop dancer regularly performs on tour with platinum-selling Danish rapper Tessa. She’s also creative director and videographer at her own company IdaVibe Visions & Visuals, as well as the co-creator of her own modelling and talent agency Bjerkensjöe Breinholt & From.

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Caine

Caine won Red Bull Dance Your Style UK. The 18-year-old hip-hop freestyler swerved over a multitude of styles throughout his rounds, flexing next-level musicality. A member of the UK creative collective UnaPoloGetic, his fellow crew members rushed to the side of the stage for every single one of his rounds and burst into tears and applause when he won the title.

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Diao

Diao won Red Bull Dance Your Style Taiwan. The locker and multi-styles dancer is a member of multiple crews, including A-Fu-Ro, IP Lockers, Lil Monster, BDDoggz and CBC crew. Diao is an instructor at IP Dance School and has a dedicated fanbase who attends his workshops across Taiwan and internationally. He’s also a judge and choreographer. Diao initially wouldn’t dare to think about winning, but the night before the battle he talked to his sister and decided to dream about it. He did and won.

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K.O.

K.O. wins the Red Bull Dance Your Style Australian Finals in Sydney, Australia on September 10, 2022. — K.O. won Red Bull Dance Your Style Australia
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K.O. won Red Bull Dance Your Style Australia for the second time, having previously triumphed in 2019. Having started dancing at the age of four when his mother took him to a studio for classes, he’s since trained in more than 10 different styles, including classical ballet, popping, locking and tap. A member of Yellow Boogie Funk crew, USB crew and Stale Biskitz Fam, he also works as a dance instructor.

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Biser Mutlu

Biser Mutlu won Red Bull Dance Your Style Turkey. Having started dancing in 2009, just two years later he was selected to be a member of Moonstar Family, Turkey's first international dance team. Fast forward to 2022 and he is now the founder of Divergents Crew, an instructor and a performer at the Hip Home dance studio in Izmir, Turkey. He’s also appeared in numerous music videos, commercials and in movies.

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King DaVinci

King DaVinci won Red Bull Dance Your Style Nigeria. Having started dancing professionally in 2011, he now teaches afro-fusion to all age groups and performs in the 3plethreat crew. A hugely positive character, he hopes to share his dance culture with people around the world and wants to provide a better life for his family through his career in dance.

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Doma

Doma won Red Bull Dance Your Style Poland. The Polish waacker, freestyle dancer and choreographer teaches at Point Dance Studio and Replay Dance Studio, and has amassed a huge fanbase in her home nation. Known for her phenomenal musicality and ability to showcase her style across diverse musical genres, Doma is the main driving force behind the waacking events company ‘The Way I Waack’. She’s also a member of Punie, Poland’s first waacking crew and Waack On Point Crew.

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Eagle

Eagle won Red Bull Dance Your Style France. Born and raised in Nice, France, the freestyle hip-hop dancer started training at the age of 10 and is known for integrating multiple genres of dance into his performances. A member of Genesis Family, Eagle has previously qualified for Juste Debout and hopes to keep evolving his style in the years ahead.

25

Leon V

Leon V won Red Bull Dance Your Style Austria. Known for integrating a wide variety of styles from hip-hop to popping and contemporary into a lava-like flow, the freestyle dancer also works as an instructor at Empire Dance in Vienna, with his classes always in high demand. Leon V was thrilled to triumph at his home event, saying: "I've never experienced anything like it. It was really a unique experience. Just to compete with these damn good dancers was crazy. I came knowing I could win Red Bull Dance Your Style and I did everything I could to make that dream come true.”

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Mr. Popkorn

Mr. Popkorn won Red Bull Dance Your Style India. He's a self-professed hip-hop head, athlete, fitness fanatic and movement maverick. He started dancing as a teenager, but completely fell in love with popping at 15 years old when he saw a video of Michael Jackson. He was mind-blown by the illusionary aspect, depth and freedom of the dance. Mr. Popkorn discovered himself while dancing and various movement styles played a therapeutic role in his journey. This led him to discover new approaches and possibilities within his own dance. He can play multipe instruments and credits Quentin Tarantino as one of his biggest inspirations. Despite his bold battle style fans might not know that he’s secretive and shy.

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Sand1

Sand1 won Red Bull Dance Your Style South Africa. A popper from Johannesburg, Sand1 had the crowd chanting his name as he knocked out his opponents by blending a mix of hip-hop freestyle genres. Sand1 has an international fanbase and found fame as a choreographer, instructor, actor, MC and host of The Account-Ability Podcast. Commenting on his win at Red Bull Dance Your Style South Africa Sand1 said, "I still cannot believe that I won. I only found out that I would be participating in the competition 24 hours ago, and I thought that I would just come as I am and enjoy myself."

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AJ MegaMan

Kule Kambere 'MegaMan' competes at Red Bull Dance Your Style in Toronto, Ontario on August 26, 2022 — MegaMan at Red Bull Dance Your Style Canada 2022
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AJ MegaMan is the runner-up of Red Bull Dance Your Style Canada 2022. The 30-year-old popping and hip-hop expert hails from Nanaimo in Canada. AJ Megaman is the founder of the Reality Check Online Program, a member of Heavy Hittaz, Soulbotics Krew, and the creator of Funkanometry and the Minibots crew. MegaMan is a professional dancer, who’s also a student doctor, studying to become a surgeon.

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Darlita Albino

Darlita Albino won Red Bull Dance Your Style Brazil. She's a locker, freestyle hip-hop dancer and established performer who's been a lead dancer and choreographer for a string of Brazilian rappers, DJs and singers such as Drik Barbosa, Gaby Amarantos and Pablo Vittar. She's also co-director of the collective Projecto Turmalinas Nehras, a project for Black artists focused on dance. She holds an impressive list of accolades, including winning the locking 1 vs 1 KOD Latin America. Her proudest dance achievement is her recent victory at Red Bull Dance Your Style.

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Inès

Ines performs during Red Bull Dance Your Style in KVS Brussels, Belgium on October 29, 2022. — Ines won Red Bull Dance Your Style Belgium
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Inès won Red Bull Dance Your Style Belgium. She's a hip-hop freestyler and a model who's well versed in many styles of dance. From Waterloo, a small town south of Brussels, Inès is part of the Belgian performance and dance crew The Revolutionary. As a professional dancer and model, she’s found fame in brand campaigns, commercials and music videos alongside hip-hop heavyweights such as Kid Cudi and Nigo.

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Luwam

Luwam won Red Bull Dance Your Style Germany. She is a 26-year-old hip-hop and all-styles dancer, actor, instructor and creative head. She’s made several appearances in music videos in front of the camera and behind the scenes as a choreographer.

She had her breakthrough in the international hip-hop dance scene in 2017 when she made it into the top 24 at Summer Dance Forever in Amsterdam as the first female German dancer. A year later in 2018, she would make history again as the first German female hip-hop dancer to win a Juste Debout qualification and later battle on stage at the world final in Paris.

As an actor, she was invited to audition for the television drama series Find Me In Paris and landed a dance role in the first season in 2017. Then followed that up with her big screen debut in the film FLY, playing the role of Carmel alongside Majid.

Outside of racking up battle wins and finding fame and fans on the dance scene, Luwam has modelled in various fashion and advertising campaigns.

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Owadde

Owadde won the Red Bull Dance Your Style Qualifier Kenya. The 20-year-old hip-hop dancer was born in the town of Eldoret in Kenya and is currently based in Nairobi.

He started dancing in 2017 by playing music all night in his room. Owadde’s style is heavily influenced by popping. The way he dances is groovy, playful and super expressive. His proudest achievement so far is inspiring his friends and fellow dancers, as the winner of Red Bull Dance Your Style Kenya, to work towards their dreams and see that anything is possible.

Outside of dance his main passion is art and music. He loves singing and is part of a choir. Owadde says that he continues to dance because he loves it with all of his heart and dance allows him to be his true self.

This article will be updated whenever a new champion is crowned. Come back regularly to stay up-to-date.

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Zouba

Starlock

Nader

Precious Alvares

The Crown

Nico Cancino

Joel Immortal

Mikyboo

Kate

Gucchon

Mickey

Guga Hoofer

Voldo

Humuzza

Kid Kobra

Sara

Ida Vibe

Caine

Diao

K.O.

Biser Mutlu

King DaVinci

Doma

Eagle

Leon V

Mr. Popkorn

Sand1

AJ MegaMan

Darlita Albino

Inès

Luwam

Owadde

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