Sol-T-Shine of Japan lands in first place in the semi-final standing of World Varsity division. ©John Salangsang/PRPP.

By Pacific Rim Video Staff

Las Vegas – It was almost a Japan sweep of the top three but Canada’s Brotherhood did make that happen as they took the 1st place standing for the semi-final round. Defending champion Sol-T-Shine was knocked off its top spot and left to take 2nd place.

The competition is still wide open.

The standing is as follows:

(rank, score, crew)

7. 7.75 – I-Rock of Canada*
6. 7.75 – JB Star Varsity of Japan*
5. 7.79 – Onizawa Ikka of Japan*
4. 7.81 – Sorority of New Zealand
3. 7.90 – No Chaos Allowed of Netherlands
2. 8.11 – Sol-T-Shine of Japan
1. 8.28 – Brotherhood of Canada

*Tie score, score is broken my crew who has highest performance score
Score is based on 1-10  with 10 being highest.
8 judges score – 4 judges performance  and 4 for technical skill

All The above crews move to the finals this Sunday at the Orleans Arena

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By Pacific Rim Video Staffer

Las Vegas – It was no surprise as J.B. Star Varsity took the top spot in today’s world varsity preliminary.

Crowd favorite, Brotherhood of Canada came in second while The Netherlands made a big surprise landing in 3rd place. 24 teams will return to the stage for the semi-finals along with defending champion Sol-T-Shine of Japan.

The top 24 ranking from lowest to highest is listed as follows (rank, score*, crew):

24. 6.17 – That’s Soul of Spain
23. 6.18 – Season 5 of Guam*
22. 6.18  – Evolution Mad of Spain*
21. 6.19 – Banda Forse of Russia
20. 6.26 – The A-Team of The Philippines
19. 6.35 – Lil Hustlers of Ireland
18. 6.41 – Prophecy of The United States
17. 6.49 – RNG Rated Next Generation of The United States
16. 6.54 – Beat Flava of Italy
15. 6.56 – Zavod of Russia
14. 6.57 – Brobots Dance Crew of The United States
13. 6.61 – Kani Krew of New Zealand
12. 6.71 – Legit Status of The Philippines
11. 6.80 – Notorious of The United Kingdom
10. 6.83 – I-Rock of Canada
09. 6.88 – Stronger of Japan
08. 6.99 – Onizawa Ikka of Japan
07. 7.11 – Lil’s Dance of Russia*
06. 7.11 – Sorority of New Zealand*
05. 7.12 – P.B.K. of Canada
04. 7.20 – Krash of New Zealand
03. 7.24 – No Chaos Allowed of The Netherlands
02. 7.29 – Brotherhood of Canada
01. 7.42 – J.B. Star Varsity of Japan

*Tie score, broken by the performance score.
**Scores add up to a possible 10 with 8 judges scoring.  4 judges for skill and 4 performance judges.

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Flip of Canada at Hip Hop International World Hip Hop Dance Championship Preliminaries – Junior Division held at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas, NV. The event took place on Wednesday, August 7, 2013. Photo by Sthanlee B. Mirador_HHI / Pacific Rim Photo Press.

Your 2013 Junior World Hip-Hop Dance Championships Junior Preliminary Top 18 crews moving to the Semi-Finals on Friday, August 10 at the Red Rock Resort and Casino

(rank, score*, crew)

17. 6.91 – Sweet Addiction of Mexico
16. 7.07 – Block Rockin Beats of Russia*
15. 7.07 – Junior Brooklyn of South Africa*
14. 7.08 – CNC of Canada
13. 7.15 – Brat Pack of New Zealand
12. 7.25 – ICONic Jr of United States
11. 7.30 – Dreamchaserz of Canada*
10. 7.30 – Lil Phunk of the United States
09. 7.34 – Umka RU of Russia
08. 7.43 – Hysteria of New Zealand
07. 7.63 – CKC of New Zealand
06. 7.73 – Rascals of the United States*
05. 7.73 – TZ Crew of Thailand*
04. 8.04 – Next Junior of Japan
03. 8.41 – J.B. Star Junior of Japan
02. 8.49 – Flip of Canada
01. 8.62 – Shinyy-T of Japan

Defending Champions Bubblegum will join these top 17 to battle it out during the semi-finals

*Tie score, broken by the performance score.
**Scores add up to a possible 10 with 8 judges scoring.  4 judges for skill and 4 performance judges.

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By Peter Gonzaga

Las Vegas, NV – Originally thought of as a surprise top three crew in the semi-finals of the adult division of the 2012 Hip Hop International World Hip Hop Dance Championships, Philippines‘ The Crew took home the gold for the island nation as Neutral Zone of Mexico took silver and Academy of Villains took the bronze medal to round out the top three in the finals held at the Orleans Arena this past Sunday, August 5, 2012.

It was a long road for the gold medal winner as they did not expect to win gold. After their addition of the “mid-air moonwalk,” during the semi-finals, the judges and audience were swayed to consider The Crew for gold medal status. Strong finishers Neutral Zone and Academy of Villains were crowd favorites from the very beginning.

In the varsity division, Japan’s Sol-T-Shine took home the gold while Sorority of New Zealand took silver and Japan’s J.B. Star Varsity received the bronze medal.

For the junior division, Bubblegum of New Zealand won the gold giving them a back to back win from the year before. Taking the silver was Flip of Canada and the bronze went to Onizawa Ikka of Japan.

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2012 Hip Hop International World Hip Hop Dance Championships – Semi Final Results

1. The Crew – Philippines Score: 7.52
2. Neutral Zone – Mexico Score: 7.37
3. AOV – USA  Score: 7:35
4. Elektrolytes – USA Score: 7.33
5. Rockwell Family – Canada Score: 7.28
6. Brooklyn – South Africa  Score: 7.26
7. So United – France Score: 7.25
8. SNV – India Score: 7.20

All eight crews advance to the finals at the Orleans Arena on Sunday, Aug 5, 2012 @730pm.

Neutral Zone places 2nd at the 2012 Hip Hop International World Hip Hop Dance Championships – Semi Final Results. Photo by John Salangsang_Pacific Rim Photo Press.

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By Peter Gonzaga

Las Vegas, NV -  The megacrew division has definitely grown from its initial premiere at Hip Hop International last year. With more crews from around the sending delegates to compete, the competition has been tighter.

That hasn’t stopped last year’s gold medal winning crew Royal Family of New Zealand as the crowd roared even before the crew came on stage today to perform at the finals. As they commenced their performance the crowd did not let up with the support for the Royal Family.

GRV, UP Streetdance and Academy of Swag gave the Royal Family a run for the crown of gold but in the end, the kiwi crew took home the gold.

Medal Winners of the 2012 Hip Hop International World Hip Hop Dance Championship – MegaCrew Division

Gold:  Royal Family
Silver: GRV
Bronze -  UP Streetdance Club

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By Peter Gonzaga

Las Vegas, NV – It was another big night for Pacific Rim nations as Royal Family (New Zealand), UP Streetdance Club & LaSalle Dance Company Street (Philippines) along with Academy of Brothers from Australia took spots in the top fifteen moving them to the finals of the World Mega Crew competition at the 2012 Hip Hop International World Dance Championships held at the Red Rock Resort. No one doubted that Royal Family would take top spot. It was a blessing for the Philippines as both crews competed for the first time at the event. The Aussies had to be proud having to deal with a long flight delay to get to the Las Vegas. It was blessing that they made it to the top 15 out of 31 crews.

For the United States, Academy of Swag and Academy of Hype’s swagger grooves took them to the finals. It was a graduation for them as both crews are part of a bigger family known as the Skool District. The other countries of the Americas also advanced to the finals -  Mexico’s Neutral Zone and Canada’s Praise Team.

Not to be left out, European countries also had a strong showing with 7 Company & Beat Kings of Italy, The Dutch Connection of The Netherlands, Blackout of Spain and Team Recycled of Germany took berths in the top 15.

Attendees can’t wait to see Royal Family and UP Street Dance Club battle it out along with the crews of the Skool District. A group of attendees conferred with each other that they would love to see a collaboration between Royal Family and UP Streetdance Club.

The complete results of the World MegaCrew Preliminary finalists moving on to the finals are as follows along with their scores:

1. 7.88 Royal Family – New Zealand

2. 7.65 UP Streetdance Club – Philippines

3. 7.56 Academy of Swag – USA

4. 7.42 – La Salle Dance Company Street – Philippines

5. 7.36 GRV – USA

6. 7.27 – Blackout – Spain

7. 7.11 Academy of Hype – USA*

8. 7.11 Academy of Brothers – Australia

9. 7.05 Praise Team – Canada

10. 6.87 Beat KIngs – Italy

11. 6.81 – Team Recycled

12. 6.60 – Untimitive – South Africa

13. 6.59 – The Dutch Connection – Netherlands

14. 6.55 – Neutral Zone – Mexico

15 6.54 – 7Company – Italy

The World MegaCrew finals will be held on Friday, August 3, 2012 at the Red Rock Resort from 4pm-6pm.

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By Peter Gonzaga

Las Vegas, NV – It was no surprise that New Zealand and Japan ranked high in the world junior preliminaries of the 2012 Hip Hop International World Dance Championships. Taking the top spot is current world junior division winner Bubble Gum of New Zealand. Following closely behind them is Flip of Canada. We’ll have to see if the Flip with take Bubble Gum and chew it to move to the top spot during semi-finals coming tomorrow.

Pacific rim reigned as Rascals of Hawaii took third place while Japan’s Onzaka Ikka and J.B. star took 4th and 5th place respectively. The U.S. highest placed crew is Minotics at 9th Place and Las Vegas’ very own Prodigy at 11th place.

The following is the list of the top 12 moving on to the semi-finals:

1. Bubblegum – New Zealand

2. Flip – Canada

3. Rascals – USA

4. Onizaka Ikka – Japan

5. J.B. Star – Japan

6 . Fresh 2.0 – Canada

7. Tao – Japan

8. Cookies N Cream – Canada

9. Miniotics – USA

10. Khaos – New Zealand

11. Prodigy – USA

12. Superkidz – U.K.

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Zero of Japan takes 2nd place in the world varsity preliminary. ©John Salangsang/PRPP.

By Peter Gonzaga

Las Vegas, NV – The varsity division competition opened the 2012 Hip Hop International World Dance Championships with 41 crews competing. It was a tight competition as these world crews took to the stage to battle it our for a spot in the semi-final round. Yearly competing countries ruled the night as crews from Japan, New Zealand, The United States, Philippines, United Kingdom and Canada moved their respective crews to the next level.

Japan’s Zero and Sol-T-Shine got the crowd excited with their precise moves. Zero also interjected a bit of comedy with one of the dancers imitating a rooster.

The cute ladies of Spain’s Las 8 Supernenas had their secret hip hop moves behind their lovely smiles and ponytails to qualify for the next level.

The Philippines did not disappoint as two of their three delegates moved to the semi-finals. A-Team and Legit Status hopes to keep the Pinoy Pride alive in the next round.

The top 20 crews moving to the semi-finals are as follows:

1. Sol-T-Shine – Japan

2. Zero – Japan

3. Sorority – New Zealand

4. I-Rock – Canada

5. A-Team – Philippines

6. J.B. Star Varsity – Japan

7. Lil’s Dance – Russia

8. Freshest Nutz – Singapore

9. Bandits – USA

10. Legit Status – Philippines

11. Underground – USA

12. Shockarellas – U.K.

13. Las 8 Supernenas – Spain

14. iDK – USA

15. Get Down – Russia

16. Banda Forse – Russia

17. F8 – Canada

18. Diamond All Stars – U.K.

19. Spirit Dance – Mexico

20. Neutral Zone

The semi-finals will commence on Friday, August 3, 2012 at 1130 p.m. Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas.

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