Red Bull BC One
Red Bull BC One is an annual international b-boy (breakdance) 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, when winners of worldwide regional knockout tournaments preceding the main event, along with the prior year's top finishers as well as wild card selections, comprised the final group of 16.
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, and 2009 in New York City, USA. It has been announced that the 2010 event will be held in Tokyo, Japan.[1]
An official Red Bull BC One DVD was released for the 2004 and 2005 events. The production of the DVDs has been criticized as due to musical rights, the live music played during the competition had to be dubbed over.[2][3] From 2006 and on, Red Bull stopped releasing DVDs and made the videos available online for free.[4] Alastair Siddon directed a film about the Red Bull BC One 2007. The title is of that movie is "Turn it Loose" and it will be released in March 2010.
2009
Red Bull BC One was held on November 18th, 2009 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Tickets went on sale at midnight, October 9th, 2009 and were sold out within 30 minutes.
Judges:
- Katsu (Japan)
- Salah (France)
- Ronnie (USA)
- Cico (Italy)
- Float (USA)
2009 Main Event Competitor List
2008
For 2008, Red Bull BC One was held in Paris on November 5th at the new 104 Cent Quatre avenue.
DJs:
- DJ Tee
Judges:
- B-Boy Ivan
- Extremo
- Hong 10
- Lilou(frança)
- Storm
B-Boys:
- Baek
- Benny
- Cico
- Just Do It
- Kid David
- Kolobok
- Lil Ceng
- Lil G
- Lil Kev
- Menno
- Mounir
- Nasa
- Pelézinho
- Ronnie
- Taisuke
- Wing
2007
For 2007, qualifiers were held in May and June in 9 countries: 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.[5] They were replaced by breakdancers Cico ( Italy) and Jed ( South Africa).[6]
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 | 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 (Obowang) | Wild card selection Withdrawn (injury) |
Past Event Results
Red Bull BC One 2009 results
Location: New York City, USA
Individuals in bold won their respective battles.
Red Bull BC One 2008 results
Individuals in bold won their respective battles.
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 | |||||||||||||
Ben-J | L | |||||||||||||
Lilou | W | |||||||||||||
Lilou | W | |||||||||||||
Benny | L | |||||||||||||
Benny | W | |||||||||||||
Twixx | L | |||||||||||||
Red Bull BC One 2006 results
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
Individuals in bold won their respective battles.
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
Physicx | L | |||||||||||||
Lilou | W | |||||||||||||
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.
References
- ^ [1], Retrieved November 24, 2009
- ^ Amazon.com reviews for Red Bull BC One 2005 DVD, Retrieved August 17, 2007
- ^ BBoyWorld.com forum song list thread for Red Bull BC One 2005 DVD, Retrieved August 17, 2007
- ^ [2], Retrieved November 19, 2009
- ^ Welcome to South Africa!, Red Bull BC One Official Site, Retrieved September 18, 2007
- ^ [3], Red Bull BC One Official Site, Retrieved September 18, 2007