Red Bull BC One
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Red Bull BC One is an annual international b-boy competition organized by the energy drink company Red Bull
Red Bull
Red Bull is an energy drink sold by the Austrian Red Bull GmbH, created in 1987 by the Austrian entrepreneur Dietrich Mateschitz. In terms of market share, Red Bull is the most popular energy drink in the world, with 3 billion cans sold each year. Dietrich Mateschitz was inspired by an already...

. It is an individual
Individual
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 (or 'one on one')b-boy competition (as opposed to a crew
Crew
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 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
Wild card (sports)
The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...

 selections.

The event has been held in a different city and country every year. In 2004 it was held in Biel, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

, 2005 in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, 2006 in São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

, 2007 in Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

, 2008 in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, 2009 in New York City
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, USA, and 2010 in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It has been announced that the 2011 event will be held in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

.

An official Red Bull BC One DVD
DVD
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 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 of 2010 under the title, "Turn it Loose."

2011

Red Bull BC One will be taking place in Moscow, Russia on November 26, 2011.

Judges:
  • Bootuz (Predatorz, Russia)
  • Lamine (Vagabonds, France)
  • Machine (Rockforce/Zulu Kingz, USA)
  • Pelezinho (Tsunami All-stars, Brazil)
  • Wing (Jinjo, South Korea)


DJ:
  • DJ Renegade(London, United Kingdom)


Emcee:
  • Rakka (Dilated Peoples / RSC / UZN, USA)

2011 Main Event Competitor List

Name Crew City
  3T S.I.N.e ( Saying is not enough) Hanoi
  El Niño Floorlords/Flava Squad/Boogie Bratz/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, Korea)
  • Storm (Berlin, Germany)
  • Roxrite (Renegades/The Squadron, USA)
  • Lilou (Pockemon Crew, Algeria)


DJ:
  • DJ Mar (Tokyo, Japan)


Emcee:
  • Rahzel
    Rahzel
    Rahzel M. Brown, also known as simply Rahzel, is an American musician and virtuoso beatboxer, formerly a member of The Roots.Nicknamed the "Godfather of Noyze," Rahzel is known for an ability to sing or rap while simultaneously beatboxing, as evidenced in his performances of "Iron Man" and his...

     (former member of The Roots
    The Roots
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    , 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/THEMTEAM/F2D Tucson et Seattle
  Toshiki All Area Crew/Mighty Zulu Kingz Yokohama

2009

Red Bull BC One was held on November 18, 2009 at the Hammerstein Ballroom
Hammerstein Ballroom
The Hammerstein Ballroom is a two-tiered, 12,000 square feet ballroom located within the Manhattan Center Studios on 311 West 34th Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America. It is known for its elegant appearance and excellent acoustical design...

 in New York City
New York City
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. Tickets went on sale at midnight, October 9, 2009 and were sold out within 30 minutes.

Judges:
  • Katsu (Japan)
  • Salah (France)
  • Ronnie (USA)
  • Cico (Italy)
  • Float (USA)

2009 Main Event Competitor List

  Cloud >
Name Crew City
Skill Methodz Tampa Bay
  Lagaet Momentum Porto
  Flying Buddha Top 9 & Mighty Zulu Kingz St-Petersberg
  Kaku Mortal Combat and 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/THEMTEAM/F2D Tucson et 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.

DJs:
  • DJ Tee


Judges:
  • B-Boy Ivan
  • Extremo
  • Hong 10
    Hong 10
    Hong 10 is a male South Korean B-boy . His accomplishments include both a Red Bull BC One individual title and a Battle of the Year crew title...

  • Lilou
  • Storm

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
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

, USA, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

, and Russia
Russia
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. The winner from each of these 9 events, along with 4 wild card
Wild card (sports)
The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...

 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
Wild card (sports)
The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...

 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).

DJ:
  • DJ Renegade(London, UK)


Judges:
  • Speedy
  • Emile
  • Kazuhiro
  • Kujo
  • Salah

2007 Main Event Competitor List

Name Crew Qualification
  Hong 10
Hong 10
Hong 10 is a male South Korean B-boy . His accomplishments include both a Red Bull BC One individual title and a Battle of the Year crew title...

 
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
Wild card (sports)
The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...

 selection
  Twixx Massive Monkees Wild card
Wild card (sports)
The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...

 selection
  Ben-J Crazy Elements Wild card
Wild card (sports)
The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...

 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
Wild card (sports)
The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...

 selection Withdrawn (injury)

Red Bull BC One 2011 results

Location: Moscow
Moscow
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, Rusia
Rusia
Rusia is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Skarszewy, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Skarszewy, north-west of Starogard Gdański, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.For details of the history...



Individuals in bold won their respective battles.

Red Bull BC One 2010 results

Location: Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...



Individuals in bold won their respective battles.

Red Bull BC One 2009 results

Location: New York City
New York City
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, USA

Individuals in bold won their respective battles.

Red Bull BC One 2008 results

Location: Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...



Individuals in bold won their respective battles.

Red Bull BC One 2007 results

Location: Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...



Individuals in bold won their respective battles.

Red Bull BC One 2006 results

Location : São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...



Individuals in bold won their respective battles.

Red Bull BC One 2005 results

Location : Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...



Individuals in bold won their respective battles.

Red Bull BC One 2004 results

Location : Biel, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....



Individuals in bold won their respective battles.

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