Red Bull BC One

Red Bull BC One logo.

Red Bull BC One is an annual international b-boy competition organized by the energy drink company Red Bull. It is an individual (or 'one on one')b-boy competition (as opposed to a crew competition). The main event is a knockout tournament featuring sixteen b-boys, chosen for exceptional skills in the dance and good character, competing in one-on-one battles decided by a panel of five judges. 2007 was the only year in which the sixteen competitors were chosen systematically, via worldwide regional knockout tournaments, along with the prior year's top finishers as well as wild card selections.

The event has been held in a different city and country every year. In 2004 it was held in Biel, Switzerland, 2005 in Berlin, Germany, 2006 in São Paulo, Brazil, 2007 in Johannesburg, South Africa, 2008 in Paris, France, 2009 in New York City, USA, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan, 2011 in Moscow, Russia. It is announced that the 2012 compeitition will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

An official Red Bull BC One DVD was released for the 2004 and 2005 events. The production of the DVDs has been criticized due to musical rights, as the live music played during the competition had to be dubbed over. From 2006 and on, Red Bull stopped releasing DVDs and made the videos available online for free.

In 2007, Alastair Siddon directed a film about the Red Bull BC One 2007 competition. The film was released in March 2010 under the title, "Turn it Loose."

2012

Red Bull BC One will placed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Judges

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Emcee

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2012 Main Event Competitor List

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2011

Red Bull BC One took place in Moscow, Russia on November 26, 2011.

Judges:

• Bootuz (Predatorz, Russia)
• Lamine (Vagabonds, France)
• Machine (Killafornia/Mighty Zulu Kingz, USA)
• Pelezinho (Tsunami All-Stars, Brazil)
• Wing (Jinjo Crew/7 Commandoz, South Korea)

DJ:

• DJ Renegade (London, United Kingdom)

Emcee:

• Rakaa Iriscience (Dilated Peoples/Rock Steady Crew/Universal Zulu Nation, USA)

2011 Main Event Competitor List

Name	Crew	City
3T	Big Toe Crew	Hanoi
El Niño	Floorlords/Flava Squad/Boogie Brats/The Squadron	Boston
Flying Buddha	Top 9/Mighty Zulu Kingz	Saint Petersburg
Hong10	Drifterz/7 Commandoz	Seoul
Lagaet	Momentum	Porto
Lil G	Speedy Angels Family	Caracas
Morris	Fallen Kings	Sacramento
Mounir	Vagabonds	Angers
Neguin	Tsunami All-Stars	São Paulo
Niek/Just Do It	Rugged Solutions	Eindhoven
Roxrite	Renegades/Break Disciples/Squadron	San Francisco
Salo	Flying Legs Crew/Aborigenes de Venezuela	Maracay
SoSo	Melting Force	Saint-Étienne
Taisuke	All Area Crew/Mighty Zulu Kingz	Tokyo
Vero	Jinjo Crew	Seoul
Yan	All The Most	Moscow

2010

Red Bull BC One 2010 took place in Tokyo, Japan on November 27, 2010. This marks the first time the competition was held in Asia.

Judges:

• Ken Swift (7 Gems, USA)
• Born (Rivers Crew/Floor Gangz/Mighty Zulu Kingz/Flava Squad, South Korea)
• Storm (Berlin, Germany)
• Roxrite (Renegades/The Squadron, USA)
• Lilou (Pockemon Crew, Algeria)

DJ:

• DJ Mar/M@R (Tokyo, Japan)

Emcee:

• Rahzel (former member of The Roots, USA)

2010 Main Event Competitor List

Name	Crew	City
Airdit	TNT Crew	Oberhausen
Beast	T.G. Breakers	Seoul
Gravity	Dynamic Rockers/5 Crew Dynasty	Brooklyn
Kapu	Amazon Crew	Ananindeua
Keyz	Vagabonds/Original South Kingz	Toulouse
Kill	Gamblerz/C.A.Y. Crew	Ulsan
Kleju	Funky Masons/Polskee Flavour	Cracow
Lil G	Speedy Angels Family	Caracas
Luigi	Skill Methodz	Los Angeles
Marcio	Legiteam Obstruxion	Saint-Cyr-l’École
Neguin	Tsunami All-Stars	São Paulo
Just Do It	Rugged Solutions	Eindhoven
Pluto	Ruffneck Attack	Kiev
Taisuke	All Area Crew/Mighty Zulu Kingz	Tokyo
Thesis	Knuckleheadz Cali/TheM Team/F2D	Tucson/Seattle
Toshiki	All Area Crew/Mighty Zulu Kingz	Yokohama

2009

Red Bull BC One was held on November 18, 2009 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Tickets went on sale at midnight, October 9, 2009 and were sold out within 30 minutes.

Judges:

• Katsu (All Area Crew/Mighty Zulu Kingz, Japan)
• Salah (Vagabonds/Massive Monkees, France)
• Ronnie (Full Force/Super Cr3w/7 Commandoz, USA)
• Cico (Spinkingz, Italy)
• Float (Incredible Breakers, USA)

DJ:

• DJ DP One (Turntable Anihilists/Supreme Beings, USA)

Emcee:

• KRS-One (USA)

2009 Main Event Competitor List

Name	Crew	City
Lagaet	Momentum	Porto
Flying Buddha	Top 9/Mighty Zulu Kingz	Saint Petersberg
Kaku	Mortal Combat/Cube	Osaka
Lil G	Speedy Angels Family	Caracas
Lilou	Pockemon	Lyon
Menno	Def Dogz/Hustle Kidz/Mighty Zulu Kingz/7 Commandoz	Tilburg
Morris	Flexible Flav	Sacramento
Neguin	Tsunami All-Stars	São Paulo
Punisher	Alliance/Silent Trix	Annecy
Thesis	Knuckleheadz Cali/TheM Team/F2D	Tucson/Seattle
Wing	Jinjo Crew/7 Commandoz	Seoul
Cloud	Skill Methodz	Los Angeles
Differ	T.I.P./7 Commandoz	Seoul
Kolobok	East Side Bboys	Artemovsk
Lil Ceng	Flying Steps Crew/Style Crax	Saarbrücken
Kid Glyde	Dynamic Rockers	New York City

2008

For 2008, Red Bull BC One was held in Paris on November 5 at the new 104 Cent Quatre avenue.

Judges:

• Ivan (USA)
• Extremo (Addictos, Spain)
• Hong 10 (Drifterz/7 Commandoz, South Korea)
• Lilou (Pockemon Crew, Algeria)
• Storm (Battle Squad, Germany)

DJ:

• DJ Tee (Japan)

Emcee:

• Rakaa Iriscience (Dilated Peoples/Rock Steady Crew/Universal Zulu Nation, USA)

2008 Main Event Competitor List

Name	Crew
Baek	Extreme Crew
Benny	Hand Break Turn
Cico	Spinkings
Just Do It	Rugged Solutions
Kid David	Renegades/The Squadron
Kolobok	East Side Bboys
Lil Ceng	Flying Steps/Style Crax
Lil G	Speedy Angels Family
Lil Kev	Phase T
Menno	Def Dogz/Hustle Kids/Mighty Zulu Kingz/7 Commandoz
Mounir	Vagabonds
Nasa	Fresh Sox/Broken Krayons/Mighty Zulu Kingz
Pelezinho	Tsunami All-Stars
Ronnie	Full Force/Super Cr3w/7 Commandoz
Taisuke	All Area Crew/Mighty Zulu Kingz
Wing	Jinjo Crew/7 Commandoz

2007

For 2007, qualifiers were held in May and June in 10 countries: Algeria, France, Japan, Germany, Brazil, South Africa, USA, Sweden, Taiwan, and Russia. The winner from each of these 9 events, along with 4 wild card entries and the top 3 finishers from last year's 2006 main event, are the final 16 for the 2007 main event. However, two of the breakdancers - Baek ( Korea), a wild card selection, and Just Do It ( Netherlands), who won the Germany qualifier - had to withdraw from the competition due to injury. They were replaced by B-boys Cico ( Italy) and Jed ( South Africa).

Judges:

• Speedy (Battle Squad, Germany)
• Emile (Black Noise, South Africa)
• Kazuhiro (King Ark, Japan)
• Kujo (Soul Control/Ill Abilities, USA)
• Salah (Vagabonds/Massive Monkees, France)

DJ:

• DJ Renegade (London, United Kingdom)

Emcee:

• Rakaa Iriscience (Dilated Peoples/Rock Steady Crew/Universal Zulu Nation, USA)

2007 Main Event Competitor List

Name	Crew	Qualification
Hong 10	Drifterz	Champion of Red Bull BC One 2006
Ronnie	Full Force Crew	2nd place of Red Bull BC One 2006
Roxrite	Renegades	3rd place of Red Bull BC One 2006
Drunk	Rhythm Attack	Winner, Red Bull BC One 2007 Taiwan Qualifier
Bootuz	Predatorz	Winner, Red Bull BC One 2007 Russia Qualifier
Dark Marc	Ghost Crew	Winner, Red Bull BC One 2007 Sweden Qualifier
Spee-D	Unique Styles	Winner, Red Bull BC One 2007 USA Qualifier
Benny	Hand Break Turn	Winner, Red Bull BC One 2007 South Africa Qualifier
Daniel QDM	Quebra de Movimento	Winner, Red Bull BC One 2007 Brazil Qualifier
Taisuke	All Area Crew	Winner, Red Bull BC One 2007 Japan Qualifier
Sébastien	Main Source	Winner, Red Bull BC One 2007 France Qualifier
Lilou	Pockémon	Wild card selection
Twixx	Massive Monkees	Wild card selection
Ben-J	Crazy Elements	Wild card selection
Jed	Ubuntu	Replacement
Cico	Spinkings	Replacement
Just do it	Rugged Solutions	Winner, Red Bull BC One 2007 Germany Qualifier Withdrawn (injury)
Baek	Extreme Crew	Wild card selection Withdrawn (injury)

Past Event Results

Red Bull BC One 2011 results

Location: Moscow, Rusia

Individuals in bold won their respective battles.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Lagaet

L

Taisuke

El Nino

W

L

Yan

L

SoSo

L

Lil G

Roxrite

W

L

Morris

-

Flying Buddha

L

Lil G

Neguin

W

W

Roxrite

W

Vero

W

Niek

L

Salo

L

Neguin

Morris

W

L

Morris

L

3T

L

Neguin

Taisuke

W

-

Third place

Yan

L

Lil G

Hong10

W

W

Vero

Roxrite

W

L

Morris

W

Hong10 W

Red Bull BC One 2010 results

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Individuals in bold won their respective battles.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Gravity

L

Lil G

W

Lil G

W

Toshiki

L

Thesis

L

Toshiki

W

Lil G

L

Neguin

W

Kleju

L

Marcio

W

Marcio

L

Neguin

W

Keyz

L

Neguin

W

Neguin

W

Just Do It

L

Airdit

W

Beast

L

Airdit

L

Just Do It

W

Kill

L

Just Do It

W

Just Do It

W

Luigi

L

Third place

Pluto

W

Taisuke

L

Pluto

L

Luigi

-

Luigi

W

Lil G

-

Kapu

L

Luigi

W

Red Bull BC One 2009 results

Location: New York City, USA

Individuals in bold won their respective battles.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Neguin

W

Lagaet

L

Menno

L

Neguin

W

Menno

W

Kid Glyde

L

Cloud

W

Neguin

L

Differ

W

Flying Buddha

L

Cloud

W

Differ

L

Cloud

W

Kaku

L

Lilou

W

Cloud

L

Morris

W

Lil G

L

Morris

W

Wing

L

Wing

W

Punisher

L

Lilou

W

Morris

L

Third place

Lil Ceng

L

Thesis

W

Thesis

L

Morris

-

Lilou

W

Neguin

-

Kolobok

L

Lilou

W

Red Bull BC One 2008 results

Location: Paris, France

Individuals in bold won their respective battles.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Cico

W

Niek

L

Cico

L

Taisuke

W

Taisuke

W

Lil G

L

Taisuke

W

Lil Ceng

L

Lil Ceng

W

Kid David

L

Lil Ceng

W

Pelezinho

L

Baek

L

Pelezinho

W

Wing

W

Taisuke

L

Wing

W

Benny

L

Wing

W

Mounir

L

Nasa

L

Mounir

W

Wing

W

Kolobok

L

Third place

Menno

W

Lil Kev

L

Menno

L

Lil Ceng

-

Kolobok

W

Kolobok

-

Ronnie

L

Kolobok

W

Red Bull BC One 2007 results

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

Individuals in bold won their respective battles.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Hong10

W

Daniel QDM

L

Hong10

W

Spee-D

L

Spee-D

W

Dark Marc

L

Hong10

L

Ronnie

W

Taisuke

W

Sébastien

L

Taisuke

L

Ronnie

W

Ronnie

W

Drunk

L

Ronnie

W

Roxrite

L

Roxrite

W

Bootuz

L

Roxrite

W

Cico

L

Jed

L

Cico

W

Roxrite

W

Lilou

L

Third place

Ben-J

L

Lilou

W

Lilou

W

Lilou

-

Benny

L

Hong10

-

Benny

W

Twixx

L

Red Bull BC One 2006 results

Location : São Paulo, Brazil

Individuals in bold won their respective battles.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Do Knock

L

Kaku

W

Kaku

L

Hong 10

W

Hong10

W

Lil Ceng

L

Hong 10

W

Roxrite

L

Crazy Monkey

L

Pelezinho

W

Pelezinho

L

Roxrite

W

Roxrite

W

Jed

L

Hong 10

W

Ronnie

L

Muxibinha

W

Lilou

L

Muxibinha

L

The End

W

Salo

L

The End

W

The End

L

Ronnie

W

Third place

Mouse

W

Alex

L

Mouse

L

Roxrite

W

Ronnie

W

The End

L

Ronnie

W

Bootuz

L

Red Bull BC One 2005 results

Location : Berlin, Germany

Individuals in bold won their respective battles.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Lilou

W

Physicx

L

Lilou

W

Omar

L

Omar

W

Bennie

L

Lilou

W

Ronnie

L

Jora

L

Junior

W

Junior

L

Ronnie

W

Born

L

Ronnie

W

Lilou

W

Hong 10

L

Moy

L

Hong 10

W

Hong 10

W

Machine

L

Brahim

L

Machine

W

Hong 10

W

Pelezinho

L

Third place

Cico

L

Pelezinho

W

Pelezinho

W

Ronnie

W

Sonic

L

Pelezinho

L

Rubber Legz

L

Sonic

W

Red Bull BC One 2004 results

Location : Biel, Switzerland

Individuals in bold won their respective battles.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Leo

L

Bebe

W

Bebe

L

Sonic

W

Sonic

W

KC

L

Sonic

L

Omar

W

Extremo

L

Omar

W

Omar

W

By

L

By

W

Lil' Tim

L

Omar

W

Ronnie

L

Ronnie

W

Kouske

L

Ronnie

W

Iron Monkey

L

Eagle

L

Iron Monkey

W

Ronnie

W

Junior

L

Third place

Wake Up

W

Wongo

L

Wake Up

L

Junior

W

Junior

W

Sonic

L

Junior

W

Nuno

L

External links

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