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Tampa Convention Center · September 19, 2026 · Photo: Jon Shih / Red Bull Content Pool
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SeasonRoad to Zürich2026 coverage active
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U.S. ChampionJREAMZArizona · Tampa winner
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Runner-UpKidd The MonsterFlorida roots
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World FinalOctober 24Hallenstadion Zürich
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DMM Field Files17 DancersProfiles + verified field record
DMM LIVE FEED
2026 SEASON · ROAD TO ZÜRICH ACTIVE◆NEW · WORLD FINAL + PRE-FINALS SOLD OUT◆NEW · WORLD FINAL WILDCARDS NAMED◆WILDCARDS · CANDYMAN · STALAMUERTE · CAPJAY · LOCKER ZEE◆WILDCARDS · LIMPOPO BOY · XELYNA · SONYA · CHAA◆NEW PROFILE · CAPJAY · LONG BEACH · U.S. WILDCARD◆U.S. CHAMPION · JREAMZ · ARIZONA◆WORLD FINAL · OCTOBER 24 · HALLENSTADION ZÜRICH◆HOW TO WATCH · RED BULL TV · YOUTUBE · TIKTOK◆NEW FOR ZÜRICH · YOUTUBE VOTES COUNT TOWARD THE WINNER◆TOP 16 · 8 WILDCARDS NAMED · 8 PRE-FINAL PLACES OPEN◆NEW FIELD FILES · CAHO · KING HAVOC · JANIYA JAGGERS · PASSION◆VIDEO DESK · HARINI · KIILO VS TYLER D. CREATOR · JREAMZ◆PRE-FINALS · OCT 21 + 22 · SCHIFFBAU · 7:30PM · SOLD OUT◆DANCE WEEK · OCT 21–23 · FREE SIDE EVENTS FROM NOON◆FRI OCT 23 · BRACKET REVEAL · STALAMUERTE SESSION · NO TICKET NEEDED◆WORLD FINAL SHOW · 8PM CEST · 2PM ET · 11AM ARIZONA◆NEW · THE 2026 RECORD IS OPEN◆DMM STATUS · ACTIVE PRESS COVERAGE◆
2026 SEASON · ROAD TO ZÜRICH ACTIVE◆NEW · WORLD FINAL + PRE-FINALS SOLD OUT◆NEW · WORLD FINAL WILDCARDS NAMED◆WILDCARDS · CANDYMAN · STALAMUERTE · CAPJAY · LOCKER ZEE◆WILDCARDS · LIMPOPO BOY · XELYNA · SONYA · CHAA◆NEW PROFILE · CAPJAY · LONG BEACH · U.S. WILDCARD◆U.S. CHAMPION · JREAMZ · ARIZONA◆WORLD FINAL · OCTOBER 24 · HALLENSTADION ZÜRICH◆HOW TO WATCH · RED BULL TV · YOUTUBE · TIKTOK◆NEW FOR ZÜRICH · YOUTUBE VOTES COUNT TOWARD THE WINNER◆TOP 16 · 8 WILDCARDS NAMED · 8 PRE-FINAL PLACES OPEN◆NEW FIELD FILES · CAHO · KING HAVOC · JANIYA JAGGERS · PASSION◆VIDEO DESK · HARINI · KIILO VS TYLER D. CREATOR · JREAMZ◆PRE-FINALS · OCT 21 + 22 · SCHIFFBAU · 7:30PM · SOLD OUT◆DANCE WEEK · OCT 21–23 · FREE SIDE EVENTS FROM NOON◆FRI OCT 23 · BRACKET REVEAL · STALAMUERTE SESSION · NO TICKET NEEDED◆WORLD FINAL SHOW · 8PM CEST · 2PM ET · 11AM ARIZONA◆NEW · THE 2026 RECORD IS OPEN◆DMM STATUS · ACTIVE PRESS COVERAGE◆
DMM Viewing Guide · World Final Zürich
Where to Watch
The World Final streams free worldwide from Hallenstadion Zürich on Saturday, Oct. 24, and this year a YouTube vote counts toward the winner.
Verified Oct. 10, 2026 · Zürich times converted · local time shown automatically
Next up
World Final · Hallenstadion ZürichSat., Oct. 24 · show 8 p.m. CEST · 2 p.m. ET · 11 a.m. PT
Oct. 24
Oct 21Wed
World Pre-Final · Night 1Schiffbau Zürich · doors 6:30 p.m., battles 7:30 p.m. CEST (1:30 p.m. ET) · sold out · DMM has not confirmed a stream
In venue
Oct 22Thu
World Pre-Final · Night 2Schiffbau Zürich · battles 7:30 p.m. CEST (1:30 p.m. ET) · sold out · last eight World Final places decided
In venue
Oct 23Fri
Walk Your Style Catwalk & Bracket RevealZürich · free, no ticket needed · Stalamuerte session and Party Cypher
Free entry
Oct 24Sat
World Final · show startHallenstadion Zürich · doors 6 p.m., show 8 p.m. CEST · 2 p.m. ET · 11 a.m. PT · 11 a.m. Arizona
Upcoming
Oct 24Sat
World Final · livestream listingRed Bull TV · YouTube · TikTok — listed at 19:15 UTC (9:15 p.m. CEST · 3:15 p.m. ET · 12:15 p.m. PT) · provisional
Provisional
Watch live · free
Red Bull TV, YouTube and TikTok carry the World Final livestream worldwide. In Switzerland it also airs on 3+, an event media partner.
New for Zürich: YouTube viewers can vote during the livestream, and those votes are factored into the winner alongside the crowd in the arena. Watch on YouTube if you want a say.
When to tune in
The show starts at 8 p.m. CEST. Red Bull's season calendar lists the stream at 19:15 UTC, about 75 minutes later. Until Red Bull's stream page confirms, DMM's advice is to tune in at show start.
In the arena
The World Final and both Pre-Finals are sold out. Friday's programme is free with no ticket, and foyer side events run free from noon Wednesday to Friday.
Times converted from Zürich (CEST, UTC+2 until Oct. 25) to U.S. daylight time (until Nov. 1). The 19:15 UTC stream time comes from Red Bull's 2026 event calendar and stays marked provisional until Red Bull's livestream page confirms it. Show and door times: Red Bull event listing via Switzerland Tourism and and8.dance. Pre-Final times: Dance Week programme.
WHAT CHANGED
RETURNING READER VIEW
OCT 7LATEST
ROAD TO ZÜRICH · TICKETS, ACCESS + THE PRE-FINAL FIELD
PRE-FINALS SOLD OUT; FRIDAY OPEN TO ALL
Red Bull’s Swiss Dance Week page now lists both Schiffbau Pre-Finals as sold out, along with the Hallenstadion final. Friday’s battle session around Stalamuerte is open to everyone without a ticket, and the night closes with a live concert at Moods. The page also confirms that national winners contest the Pre-Finals for the last eight Top 16 places, which is JREAMZ’s route. Swiss daily 20 Minuten reports 64 national winners in the Pre-Finals; DMM will treat that figure as press reporting until Red Bull prints it.
OCT 7DANCE WEEK
ROAD TO ZÜRICH · OFFICIAL PROGRAMME
RED BULL OPENS THE WORLD FINAL WEEK
Red Bull has published the Zürich Dance Week programme. The World Pre-Finals are now dated Wednesday, October 21 and Thursday, October 22 at Schiffbau: side events begin in the foyer at noon, Hall 1 doors open at 6:30pm and the Pre-Finals begin at 7:30pm. Friday, October 23 brings the Walk Your Style Catwalk & Bracket Reveal, a LaMuerte session with Stalamuerte and a Party Cypher before Saturday’s World Final.
OCT 4LATEST
DMM ORIGINAL COVERAGE · WILDCARD FILE
THE CAPJAY FILE IS LIVE
DMM’s profile of Long Beach’s Capjay, the U.S. wildcard in Zürich, is published: read the Capjay file. Its reporting closes COR-005: Red Bull dates his South Qualifier win in Tampa to April 19, 2025. It also pins down his world title as the 2025 WDSF World Championship in Youth Hip-Hop Freestyle 1 vs 1, won in Bucharest a week earlier.
OCT 4WILDCARDS
WORLD FINAL · WILDCARDS
RED BULL NAMES THE EIGHT ZÜRICH WILDCARDS
Red Bull’s wildcard page, updated October 2, names Candyman, Stalamuerte, Capjay, Locker Zee, Limpopo Boy, Xelyna, SonYa and Chaa as the invited dancers in the World Final Top 16. Long Beach’s Capjay is the U.S. wildcard. JREAMZ is not on the list, and the remaining eight places go to the Pre-Finals, so DMM has corrected The World Field (COR-004).
OCT 2SCHEDULE
ROAD TO ZÜRICH · SCHEDULE
PRE-FINALS SET FOR SCHIFFBAU ZÜRICH
Red Bull’s World Final event page lists two Pre-Final nights, Wednesday and Thursday of final week, at Schiffbau Zürich. The top four from each night join eight invited wildcards in the Top 16. The World Final show starts at 8pm CEST (2pm ET) on October 24; Red Bull has not yet posted stream start times.UPDATE · OCT 7: Red Bull has since dated the Pre-Finals October 21 and 22, with 7:30pm starts, and both nights are now sold out. A provisional livestream listing is recorded in Road to Zürich. See the October 7 banners above and COR-008.
Champion
JREAMZ LEAVES TAMPA WITH THE U.S. TITLE
Red Bull’s post-event report confirms JREAMZ as U.S. champion and the U.S. representative advancing to Zürich.
02WORLD FINAL · UPDATED SEPT 25
YOUTUBE VOTES WILL COUNT IN ZÜRICH
Red Bull says YouTube viewers can vote during the World Final livestream, with those votes factored into the winner on-site. The event streams on Red Bull TV, TikTok and YouTube; broadcast times are not yet announced.
03DMM WATCH
OFFICIAL MEDIA FIRST
DMM continues to check official Tampa footage, interviews and World Final confirmations instead of filling gaps with unverified posts.
04PROFILE LINKS · SEPT 28
FOUR MORE FIELD FILES
New DMM profiles for Caho, King Havoc, Janiya Jaggers and Passion are now linked from the roster. They report first and run text-only until licensed portraits are cleared.
05LINEUP RECORD
TYLER D. CREATOR VERIFIED
Official post-event reporting confirms Tyler competed and reached the Final Eight, creating a documented difference from pre-event lists.
Tampa 2026
THE ROOM THAT DECIDES IT
JREAMZ won the National Final over Kidd The Monster. Lily Frias and Jesse Sykes completed the Final Four; Marlee Hightower, Surge, Tyler D. Creator and Harini also reached the Final Eight.
KNOW THE FORMAT
1V1
NO JUDGES. NO SET MUSIC.
Dancers do not know the songs in advance. The crowd votes after each battle. The format rewards musical adaptability, individuality, performance presence and the ability to make a specialized movement language read immediately.
At the 2026 World Final, Red Bull says YouTube viewers will also be able to vote, with those votes factored into the winner.
A verified Red Bull USA clip from the 2026 West Qualifier in Las Vegas. The round gives readers a direct look at how Harini translates Bharatanatyam-derived movement into an all-styles, crowd-voted room.
Standard YouTube battle footage from the 2025 USA National Final gives readers a clear look at KiiLo’s freestyle approach against Tyler D. Creator before both returned to DMM’s 2026 coverage.
Footage from Phoenix documents JREAMZ before Tampa and adds movement context to DMM’s champion profile without presenting unavailable Tampa replay footage as public.
MEDIA NOTE: DMM is using verified, publicly available embeds and crediting the publishing source. The Tampa National Final replay is not represented here unless a working public recording is confirmed. Red Bull’s fact sheet says Tampa streamed live on Red Bull TV; DMM is checking whether a public replay is available.
LINEUP NOTE: Pre-event sources published a 16-dancer field. Red Bull’s official post-event recap confirms Tyler D. Creator competed and reached the Final Eight, but the reviewed sources do not identify whom he replaced. King Havoc remains listed as part of the announced field; DMM does not assert Tampa floor participation without a public record establishing it. Passion (Brianna Grey) is listed under her documented Los Angeles base; an earlier Midwest label has been corrected.
NEXT MAJOR DATE · OCTOBER 24, 2026 UPDATED OCT 7
ROAD TO ZÜRICH
JREAMZ carries the U.S. title to Zürich for World Final week. Red Bull’s updated World Final guide confirms the format: the Top 16 will be eight invited wildcards plus the top four dancers from each of two Pre-Finals held in Zürich the week before the final. The complete Top 16 will not be known until after the Pre-Finals. World Final tickets are sold out.
Wildcards named: Red Bull has named the eight invited wildcards, including Long Beach dancer Capjay (see The World Field). JREAMZ is not among them. With the remaining eight places going to the Pre-Finals, DMM reads Pre-Final week as her route into the Top 16 unless Red Bull says otherwise. Oct 7: Red Bull’s Swiss Dance Week page now states it directly: national winners contest the Pre-Finals for the remaining eight places.
How to watch: live on Red Bull TV, TikTok and YouTube. In Switzerland, the World Final also airs on 3+, a media partner of the event. New this year: YouTube viewers can vote during the livestream, with those votes factored into the winner on-site.
Schedule: the Pre-Finals run Wednesday, October 21 and Thursday, October 22 at Schiffbau Zürich: Hall 1 doors at 6:30pm, battles from 7:30pm. Both nights and the Hallenstadion final are sold out. The Friday programme, including the bracket reveal and the Stalamuerte session, needs no ticket (see Zürich Dance Week). World Final doors open at 6pm CEST; the show starts at 8pm CEST.
World Final show start · Sat Oct 24U.S. times · daylight time still in effect
8PMZürich CEST
2PMEastern
1PMCentral
12PMMountain
11AMArizona · JREAMZ
11AMPacific · Capjay
Times are the arena show start converted by DMM (18:00 UTC). LivestreamProvisional Red Bull’s season calendar lists the World Final livestream at 19:15 UTC: 9:15pm in Zürich, 3:15pm Eastern, 2:15pm Central, 1:15pm Mountain, 12:15pm Arizona and Pacific. DMM has not yet seen this on the livestream page itself and will confirm it before replacing the show-start row. Red Bull has not posted YouTube voting steps.
8 INVITED WILDCARDS · NAMED+8 FROM TWO PRE-FINALS · OPEN=TOP 16
TAMPA · U.S. FINAL→ZÜRICH · FINAL WEEK→TOP 16 · OCT 24
Long Beach, California · Hip-hop freestyle. 2025 WDSF World Champion in Youth Hip-Hop Freestyle 1 vs 1. Named by Red Bull as one of eight invited wildcards, which places him in the World Final Top 16 on October 24. He enters by invitation, not through the U.S. National Final.
Arizona · Krump / hip-hop influenced freestyle. Earned the U.S. title by winning the National Final in Tampa on September 19, 2026. She is not among Red Bull’s eight wildcards; the remaining eight Top 16 places go to the best dancers from the two Pre-Finals.
Red Bull has named all eight wildcards (below). The other eight places come from the top four of each Pre-Final night, and Red Bull says the complete Top 16 is announced after the Pre-Finals. DMM adds each Pre-Final qualifier here, with country and style, only once Red Bull publishes the name.
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8P1P2P3P4P5P6P7P8
THE EIGHT WILDCARDS
INVITED BY RED BULL · PAGE UPDATED OCT 2
W1Wildcard
Candyman
Paris · born in the Republic of the Congo
Hip-Hop / Locking
Two Juste Debout titles, in locking 2 vs 2 and the 1 vs 1 “Who’s The Fastest.” A Badness Crew member who now teaches full-time and mentors younger dancers.
Red Bull photo credit: Little Shao / Red Bull Content Pool · 2018 portrait
W2Wildcard · Host Country
Stalamuerte
Vevey, Switzerland
Hip-Hop / Freestyle · breaking and krump roots
Won Juste Debout in 2019 with Jean-Michel Cruel after three straight finals. The pair founded the Los Diablos de la Muerte collective.
Red Bull photo credit: Little Shao / Red Bull Content Pool · 2025
W3Wildcard · USA
Capjay
Long Beach, California
Hip-Hop Freestyle / Popping / Footwork / Power Moves
Won the 2025 WDSF World Championship in Youth Hip-Hop Freestyle 1 vs 1 in Bucharest, then the Red Bull South Qualifier in Tampa a week later. Produces music as Capbeats. Red Bull says he is aiming to be the first U.S. world champion.
The first Asian dancer to win Summer Dance Forever, and Female Dancer of the Year at the 2025 Choreo Awards. Member of Non Stop Crew and Deep N Dap.
Red Bull photo credit: Edmund Lau
W5Wildcard
Limpopo Boy
Botlokwa, South Africa
Sbujwa / Amapiano / South African Street Styles
Built his name on Sbujwa, toured with Makhadzi and now DJs and produces. He is opening his own dance studio in Limpopo.
Red Bull photo credit: Mpumelelo Macu / Red Bull Content Pool · 2019
W6Wildcard · Returning
Xelyna
Madrid · born in Equatorial Guinea
Hip-Hop / Footwork
A last-minute wildcard at the 2023 World Final in Frankfurt, where her battle went viral. Member of Gkonceptz, Illicitz and Los Diablos de la Muerte.
Red Bull photo credit: Xelyna (self-supplied)
W7Wildcard · First World Final
SonYa
Paris · French-Tunisian
Waacking / Popping
Twice a Juste Debout semifinalist and co-founder of Collectif Ma Dame Paris. Also a choreographer and fine-art photographer.
Red Bull photo credit: SonYa (self-supplied)
W8Wildcard
Chaa
Japan
Krump
Named Princess TightEyex by Tight Eyez at age 10 and the first Japanese member of Tight Eyex Fam. Titles at ILLEST 2018, King of Buck 2018 and EBS 2019.
Red Bull photo credit: Chaa (self-supplied)
WILDCARD NOTE: Summaries are written by DMM from Red Bull’s wildcard page (SRC-006). A country is shown only where Red Bull states one; Candyman, Xelyna and SonYa are listed by base and heritage until Red Bull’s competitors page shows whom they represent. Photo credits are recorded in the Image Credit Register; DMM is not reproducing these images until each license is checked.
TWO AMERICANS, TWO ROUTES:Capjay enters the Top 16 by invitation. JREAMZ arrives as the 2026 U.S. National Champion and is not a wildcard. DMM keeps the two routes separate. Red Bull describes Capjay as aiming to become the first Red Bull Dance Your Style World Champion from the USA; by that account, a JREAMZ title would be the same first.
PRE-FINAL WATCH: The Pre-Finals are the last open door into the World Final. DMM will report JREAMZ’s Pre-Final result, and any other American who reaches the Top 16, as a dated update.
WHO JREAMZ MAY MEET · OCT 7: Red Bull says national winners contest the Pre-Finals for eight places; Swiss daily 20 Minuten reports 64 of them Press figure. National champions already on record include Zax (Vevey, Switzerland), whom 20 Minuten says must earn his place in the Pre-Finals; Luwam Russom (Germany), who won her third German title in Hamburg on August 2; and Romes (Australia). DMM lists these as Pre-Final entrants only, not Top 16 qualifiers, and will not name a qualifier until Red Bull publishes the results.
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ZÜRICH DANCE WEEK
OCTOBER 21–23 · OFFICIAL PROGRAMME
The World Final is no longer a one-night story. Red Bull’s official programme turns Zürich into a three-day public street-dance gathering before Hallenstadion, with Pre-Finals, workshops, conversations, cyphers and the bracket reveal.
WED · OCT 21 · SCHIFFBAU
PRE-FINAL 1 + OPEN AFRO SESSION
Side events open in the Schiffbau foyer at noon. Hall 1 doors open at 6:30pm and the Pre-Final begins at 7:30pm. Red Bull also lists a 6:30–7pm open Afro dance workshop with Ordinateur & Oulouy. At Bananenreiferei, 5–6:30pm workshops feature Dancehall with GBB and Hip-Hop with Kyoka.
THU · OCT 22 · SCHIFFBAU
PRE-FINAL 2 + DANCE CONVERSATIONS
Side events again begin at noon; Hall 1 doors open at 6:30pm and the second Pre-Final begins at 7:30pm. An open Hip-Hop workshop with Anna Beat runs 6:30–7pm. At Bananenreiferei, the programme includes the 3–4pm panel Don’t crack under pressure with MT Pop, Jaïra Joy & Waackxxxy, a 4–5pm musicality session with DJ Enrythm and a 5–6:30pm Afro workshop with Oulouy.
FRI · OCT 23 · BRACKET NIGHT
CATWALK, BRACKET REVEAL + STALAMUERTE
Friday shifts the story from qualification to the final bracket. Red Bull lists the Walk Your Style Catwalk & Bracket Reveal from 7–8pm, the LaMuerte session with Stalamuerte from 8:30–10pm and a Party Cypher from 10pm–1am. Earlier events include a 2–3:30pm run club at 25hours Hotel Langstrasse and a 4–5:30pm choreography workshop with Luciano at Bananenreiferei.
ACCESS · CHECKED OCT 7: Red Bull’s Swiss page says the Schiffbau foyer side events (workshops, panel talks, a DIY merch station, a barber shop, tooth gems and more) are free and open to the public, with the foyer bar and music running Wednesday to Friday from noon. Friday’s battle session around Stalamuerte is open to everyone without a ticket; the evening opens with the Catwalk & Bracket Reveal and ends with a live concert at Moods. Workshop places are limited and taken by registration through Red Bull.
DMM WATCH: The Friday bracket reveal is the first point at which the eight invited wildcards and eight Pre-Final qualifiers can be read as one competitive field. DMM will not populate the final Top 16 until Red Bull confirms the eight qualifiers.
Battle results are the beginning of DMM’s reporting, not the end. The After-File follows what artists build after the spotlight moves on — because the story is the person, not the placement.
The season as it happened, preserved by Dance Mogul Magazine. New facts are added to this record; earlier entries stay as filed, so readers can see how the story developed.
SEASON AT A GLANCE
Season
Red Bull Dance Your Style 2026
USA National Final
September 19, 2026 · Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Florida
JREAMZ · U.S. National Champion · Capjay · invited wildcard
THE CHRONOLOGY
Road to Tampa
Spring–Summer 2026U.S. qualifiers
The U.S. season ran through Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Brooklyn, Kansas City, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City and more. Event-by-event dates and results are being verified before they are added.
Tampa
USA National Final, Tampa Convention Center
A 16-dancer announced field, plus Tyler D. Creator per Red Bull’s recap. JREAMZ beat Kidd The Monster in the final.
Red Bull confirms JREAMZ as U.S. champion; DMM opens this newsroom
Red Bull’s recap names the Final Four and Final Eight and sends JREAMZ to Zürich.
Road to Zürich
Red Bull updates its World Final guide
Top 16 format (8 wildcards + 8 from two Pre-Finals), livestream on Red Bull TV, TikTok and YouTube, and YouTube voting counted toward the winner for the first time.
DMM links four more field files
Caho, King Havoc, Janiya Jaggers and Passion; Passion’s base corrected to Los Angeles.
Pre-Final venue and World Final show time
Schiffbau Zürich hosts the Pre-Finals; the World Final show starts at 8pm CEST.
Red Bull names the eight World Final wildcards
Red Bull’s wildcard page, updated this date, names Candyman, Stalamuerte, Capjay, Locker Zee, Limpopo Boy, Xelyna, SonYa and Chaa. Long Beach’s Capjay is the U.S. wildcard. The page may have first gone up earlier; October 2 is its published update date.
DMM adds the wildcards and corrects The World Field
The World Field had listed JREAMZ as confirmed in the Top 16. She is not a wildcard, and the remaining eight places come from the Pre-Finals. See COR-004.
DMM publishes the Capjay file
The profile of the U.S. wildcard dates his Tampa South Qualifier win to April 19, 2025 (COR-005 resolved) and identifies his world title as the 2025 WDSF Youth Hip-Hop Freestyle 1 vs 1 championship.
Red Bull publishes the Zürich Dance Week programme
The Pre-Finals are now dated October 21 and 22 at Schiffbau, with 6:30pm doors and 7:30pm starts. The programme also confirms public workshops and panels, plus the October 23 Catwalk & Bracket Reveal, LaMuerte session with Stalamuerte and Party Cypher.
Pre-Finals sold out; Friday open to all; Pre-Final route confirmed
Red Bull’s Swiss Dance Week page lists the Pre-Finals and the World Final as sold out, makes Friday’s Stalamuerte session free with no ticket, and states that national winners contest the Pre-Finals for the remaining eight places. DMM also restores the October 2 banner as filed (COR-008) and records a provisional livestream listing (COR-009).
Zürich Pre-Final 1, Schiffbau
Hall 1 doors open at 6:30pm; battles begin at 7:30pm. Qualifier results added here when Red Bull publishes them.
Zürich Pre-Final 2, Schiffbau
Hall 1 doors open at 6:30pm; battles begin at 7:30pm. The eight total Pre-Final qualifiers complete the World Final Top 16.
World Final bracket reveal
Walk Your Style Catwalk & Bracket Reveal runs 7–8pm, followed by the LaMuerte session with Stalamuerte and a Party Cypher.
World Final, Hallenstadion Zürich
Capjay competes as an invited wildcard; JREAMZ’s Top 16 place depends on the Pre-Finals. Bracket and result added here when Red Bull confirms them.
After-File
After October 24What the 2026 field builds next
Teaching, touring, choreography, companies and community work, added as verified.
SRC-001Red Bull USA · JREAMZ wins 2026 National Final · Sept 20, 2026 · champion, runner-up, Final Four and Eight, Tyler D. Creator competed, photo credits (Jon Shih, Marina Oya) · Active, checked Oct 2
SRC-002Red Bull · World Final need-to-know guide · updated Sept 25, 2026 · Top 16 format (eight invited wildcards plus the eight best dancers from two Pre-Finals), stream platforms, YouTube voting, sold out · Active, checked Oct 4 (international edition)
SRC-003Red Bull · World Final 2026 event page · Hallenstadion, doors 6pm and show 8pm CEST; German edition lists the Pre-Finals at Schiffbau · Active, checked Oct 2
SRC-005Red Bull · World Final 2026 competitors · line-up as announced; national champions and Pre-Final results pending · Watching · no readable content on Oct 4 check
SRC-007Red Bull USA · Capjay wins the South Qualifier in Tampa · published July 10, 2025 · April 19, 2025 at Armature Works; runner-up T-Wave; photo credits Yvonne Gougelet and Chelsea Adams / Red Bull Content Pool · Active, checked Oct 4
SRC-010Red Bull Switzerland · Dance Week (German) · Pre-Finals and World Final sold out; national winners contest the Pre-Finals for eight places; free side events Wed to Fri from noon; Friday Stalamuerte session open without a ticket; closing concert at Moods; media partners 20 Minuten and 3+ · Active, read in full Oct 7
SRC-011Red Bull · 2026 season calendar · lists the World Final livestream at 19:15 UTC on Oct 24 · Provisional · seen in the calendar listing Oct 7; livestream page not yet confirmed
If a documented video is later removed, its entry stays here marked “no longer publicly available.”
Image Credit Register · 11 credits recorded · 2 in use on DMM
IMG-001Stalamuerte, wildcard page lead image · Tyrone Bradley / Red Bull Content Pool · Red Bull All Stars tour, Johannesburg, May 12–13, 2026 (SRC-006) · Content Pool license to check before use
IMG-002Candyman portrait · Little Shao / Red Bull Content Pool · France Final, Paris, June 9, 2018 (archival) · Content Pool license to check before use
IMG-003Stalamuerte portrait · Little Shao / Red Bull Content Pool · Red Bull Dancers Summit, Cesena, July 16, 2025 · Content Pool license to check before use
IMG-004Capjay portrait · Marina Oya · undated · photographer credit, not marked Content Pool · Rights holder to confirm
IMG-005Locker Zee portrait · Edmund Lau · undated · photographer credit, not marked Content Pool · Rights holder to confirm
IMG-006Limpopo Boy portrait · Mpumelelo Macu / Red Bull Content Pool · Johannesburg, July 17, 2019 (archival) · Content Pool license to check before use
IMG-007Xelyna portrait · credited to Xelyna · self-supplied · Permission needed from the dancer, not Red Bull
IMG-008SonYa portrait · credited to SonYa · self-supplied · Permission needed from the dancer, not Red Bull
IMG-009Chaa portrait · credited to Chaa · self-supplied · Permission needed from the dancer, not Red Bull
IMG-010Capjay mid-round, South Qualifier, Tampa, April 2025 · Chelsea Adams / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-007) · In use: hero of DMM’s Capjay profile
IMG-011Capjay with the South Qualifier winner’s trophy, Tampa, April 2025 · Yvonne Gougelet / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-007) · In use: DMM’s Capjay profile, chapter 04
Archival images keep their original year in any caption so they are never presented as 2026 photos.
Corrections & Open Questions · 9 entries
COR-001 · OPENTyler D. Creator lineup note. Pre-event lists showed 16 dancers; Red Bull’s recap confirms Tyler competed and reached the Final Eight. Sources reviewed do not say whom he replaced.
COR-002 · OPENKing Havoc. Listed in the announced field; DMM does not assert Tampa floor participation without a public record.
COR-003 · RESOLVED SEPT 28Passion (Brianna Grey). Base corrected from “Midwest” to her documented Los Angeles base.
COR-004 · RESOLVED OCT 4JREAMZ and the Top 16. The World Field listed JREAMZ as “Confirmed · USA” in the Top 16 and said her route ran through Tampa, not the Pre-Finals. Red Bull’s guide (SRC-002) sets the Top 16 as eight invited wildcards plus the eight best Pre-Final dancers, and the wildcard list (SRC-006) does not include her. The World Field and the Road to Zürich text were corrected.
COR-005 · RESOLVED OCT 4Capjay’s Tampa qualifier. Red Bull’s wildcard bio says he won a Red Bull Dance Your Style South Qualifier in Tampa but does not clearly date it. DMM will not print the year until a dated source confirms it. Resolved October 4: Red Bull’s South Qualifier report (SRC-007) dates the win to April 19, 2025, at Armature Works.
COR-006 · RESOLVED OCT 4Capjay’s world title, made precise. Wildcard card W3 repeated Red Bull’s wording, “the 2025 WDSF World Championship hip-hop title.” WDSF’s records (SRC-008) show it is the youth division of the Hip-Hop Freestyle 1 vs 1. The card now names the division.
COR-007 · RESOLVED OCT 7Pre-Final tickets. Road to Zürich said Schiffbau tickets were still offered after the arena sold out. Red Bull’s Swiss Dance Week page (SRC-010) now lists both Pre-Finals as sold out. The schedule line was updated.
COR-008 · RESOLVED OCT 7October 2 banner restored as filed. Version 28 rewrote the text of the October 2 Pre-Finals banner to add later dates and dropped its line about stream times. That broke this record’s rule that filed entries stay as filed. The original wording is restored, and the later facts sit beneath it in a dated update line.
COR-009 · OPENLivestream start time. Red Bull’s season calendar (SRC-011) lists the World Final livestream at 19:15 UTC, 75 minutes after the 8pm CEST arena show start. DMM shows it as provisional until the livestream page confirms it.
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Dance Mogul Magazine. “Red Bull Dance Your Style 2026: DMM Newsroom and Season Record.” dancemogul.com, updated October 7, 2026. https://www.dancemogul.com/red-bull-dance-your-style-news/ · How to cite Dance Mogul Magazine
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