On Thursday 2 November, eight world class dancers from Poland, South Africa, Austria, Spain, Norway, Netherlands, Nigeria and USA stunned the crowd to secure the final spots at the Red Bull Dance Your Style 2023 World Final. 

Two Red Bull Dance Your Style pre-finals took place on Wednesday Thursday, where national winners from 45 countries gathered in Frankfurt, Germany to battle it out for the eight remaining spots on the World Final stage. “The level was crazy this year. There was a lot of variety of dance styles, dancers were all high class. It was not easy, not easy at all”, The Crown, from USA, said according to Red Bull. The following eight dancers won the crowd’s votes and were announced winners of the pre-finals:  

• Jedras, Hip Hop (Poland) 
• Verb, Krump (South Africa) 
• Lil Syd, Hip Hop (Austria) 
• Nahiel, Locking (Spain)
• Jazzy, Hip Hop (Norway)
• Gio, Hip Hop (Netherlands)
• King da Vinci, Afro Fusion (Nigeria) 
• The Crown, Hip Hop (USA) 

The dancers will join the eight invited wildcards including Hendrickx from Belgium (Krump), Javier Ninja from USA (Vogue), Joshua from The Netherlands (Locking), Waackxxxy from South Korea (Waacking), Reina from Japan (Hip Hop), Majid from Germany (Hip Hop Freestyle), Sara from Spain (Hip Hop and Afro) and Nelson from France (Popping and Funk Styles). All 16 dancers – pre-final winners and invited wildcards – will battle for the coveted title of Red Bull Dance Your Style 2023 World Champion. 

The top 16 battle rounds will see the top 8 go against the 8 wildcards:

King da Vinci (Nigeria) v. Waackxxxy (South Korea)

Nahiel (Spain) v. Joshua (The Netherlands)

Verb (South Africa) v. Javier Ninja (USA)

The Crown (USA) v. Reina (Japan)

Jedras (Poland) v. Nelson (France)

Lil Syd (Austria) v. Hendrickx (Belgium)

Majid (Germany) v. Gio (Netherlands)

Jazzy (Norway) v. Sara (Spain)

In the world final on Saturday 4 November, the top 16 will continue to battle with a participatory audience voting style, where members of the public can choose: red or blue?

No judges, no planned choreography, no pre-chosen music, it’s all brought down to this one moment. Last year’s winner was D’Soraki from Japan, but who will take the crown this time?

The World Final will be broadcasted live on TikTok at @redbulldance Frankfurt on Saturday 4 November at 9:00 PM CET.