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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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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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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