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Season2026 Season CompleteAfter-File & archive active
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U.S. ChampionJREAMZArizona · Tampa winner
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Runner-UpKidd The MonsterFlorida roots
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World FinalWillis · FranceWorld Champion · Oct 24 Zürich
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DMM Field Files17 DancersProfiles + verified field record
DMM LIVE FEED
2026 WORLD CHAMPION · WILLIS · FRANCE · AGE 16◆U.S. CHAMPION · JREAMZ OUT IN PRE-FINAL TOP 32 · TIE-BREAK VS LIL SYD◆ROUND OF 16 · CAPJAY BEATS HECTOR · LIL SYD BEATS CANDYMAN◆MENTOR + PROTÉGÉ · CANDYMAN’S BADNESS CREWMATE WILLIS WINS◆WORLD FINAL · YOON JI RUNNER-UP · CAPJAY TOP EIGHT◆OCT 25 · OFFICIAL RED BULL RECAP + REPLAY + PHOTOS◆NEXT WORLD FINAL · LONDON · NOVEMBER 6, 2027◆2026 SEASON · ROAD TO ZÜRICH COMPLETE◆NEW · RED BULL INTERVIEW: JREAMZ IN HER OWN WORDS◆OCT 24 · RED BULL CONFIRMS ALL 16 WORLD FINALISTS◆PRE-FINAL QUALIFIERS · SHARAY · HAPPYFEET · YOON JI · SLAYER · LIL SYD · HECTOR · WILLIS · RINGO WINBEE◆U.S. FIELD · CAPJAY CONFIRMED; JREAMZ NOT IN TOP 16◆IRELAND CHAMPION · DEMI MORAN · PRE-FINALS ROUTE◆FINLAND CHAMPION · EBONY · OFFICIAL PHOTO PACK · OCT 21◆PRE-FINALS · BIG-SCREEN WATCH PARTY · SCHIFFBAU FOYER◆NEW · RED BULLETIN: SEVEN WILDCARD INTERVIEWS + STALAMUERTE FILE◆NEW · 2026 GLOBAL QUALIFIER RETROSPECTIVE · ATLANTA · LAGOS◆SWISS TV GUIDE · 3+ 9:15PM CEST · ARENA 8PM CEST◆WORLD FINAL SHOW · 8–10:30PM CEST · 2–4:30PM ET◆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 + 8 QUALIFIERS CONFIRMED◆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 WORLD CHAMPION · WILLIS · FRANCE · AGE 16◆U.S. CHAMPION · JREAMZ OUT IN PRE-FINAL TOP 32 · TIE-BREAK VS LIL SYD◆ROUND OF 16 · CAPJAY BEATS HECTOR · LIL SYD BEATS CANDYMAN◆MENTOR + PROTÉGÉ · CANDYMAN’S BADNESS CREWMATE WILLIS WINS◆WORLD FINAL · YOON JI RUNNER-UP · CAPJAY TOP EIGHT◆OCT 25 · OFFICIAL RED BULL RECAP + REPLAY + PHOTOS◆NEXT WORLD FINAL · LONDON · NOVEMBER 6, 2027◆2026 SEASON · ROAD TO ZÜRICH COMPLETE◆NEW · RED BULL INTERVIEW: JREAMZ IN HER OWN WORDS◆OCT 24 · RED BULL CONFIRMS ALL 16 WORLD FINALISTS◆PRE-FINAL QUALIFIERS · SHARAY · HAPPYFEET · YOON JI · SLAYER · LIL SYD · HECTOR · WILLIS · RINGO WINBEE◆U.S. FIELD · CAPJAY CONFIRMED; JREAMZ NOT IN TOP 16◆IRELAND CHAMPION · DEMI MORAN · PRE-FINALS ROUTE◆FINLAND CHAMPION · EBONY · OFFICIAL PHOTO PACK · OCT 21◆PRE-FINALS · BIG-SCREEN WATCH PARTY · SCHIFFBAU FOYER◆NEW · RED BULLETIN: SEVEN WILDCARD INTERVIEWS + STALAMUERTE FILE◆NEW · 2026 GLOBAL QUALIFIER RETROSPECTIVE · ATLANTA · LAGOS◆SWISS TV GUIDE · 3+ 9:15PM CEST · ARENA 8PM CEST◆WORLD FINAL SHOW · 8–10:30PM CEST · 2–4:30PM ET◆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 + 8 QUALIFIERS CONFIRMED◆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 October 24 World Final has concluded. France’s Willis won the 2026 world title over South Korea’s Yoon Ji; watch the official replay and consult the preserved event schedule below.
Post-event update Oct. 25, 2026 · official results and replay confirmed · historical times preserved
Season wrap
2026 World Champion · Willis (France)October 24, 2026 · Yoon Ji (South Korea), runner-up · official replay available
Final
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 · big-screen watch party in the Schiffbau foyer · DMM has not confirmed an online stream
In venue
Oct 22Thu
World Pre-Final · Night 2Schiffbau Zürich · battles 7:30 p.m. CEST (1:30 p.m. ET) · sold out · foyer watch party · 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 8–10:30 p.m. CEST · 2–4:30 p.m. ET · 11 a.m.–1:30 p.m. PT and Arizona · Snipes afterparty to 1 a.m.
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 replay · official
World Final 2026: Willis defeats Yoon Ji. Red Bull provides the full event replay on its official streaming platform.
Update · Oct. 25: Red Bull TV now marks the page “Replay available” (1 h 24 min). Red Bull Austria says the replay is also on the Red Bull Dance YouTube channel ↗.
2026 live broadcast · archived
Red Bull TV, YouTube and TikTok carried the October 24 World Final livestream worldwide; in Switzerland it also aired on 3+, an event media partner. The links below are kept for the record; for the full show, use the replay.
New for Zürich, YouTube viewers voted during the livestream alongside the sold-out arena crowd. Red Bull reports that from the quarter-finals onward the arena audience supplied 80% of the vote and online viewers 20% (SRC-030). Voting closed with the October 24 final.
When it aired · archived
The arena show was scheduled for 8–10:30 p.m. CEST (2–4:30 p.m. ET) on October 24. The pre-event stream listings below are kept as published. Red Bull’s event and season listings show 19:15 UTC (9:15 p.m. CEST / 3:15 p.m. ET) for the livestream; a secondary TV guide also lists 3+ at 9:15 p.m. CEST. The 75-minute difference from the arena start is unresolved for full-show streaming; DMM recommends checking the official platform at the 8 p.m. show start. Oct. 23 update: Red Bull Finland’s Oct. 21 release says the YouTube stream begins at 10 p.m. Finnish time (7 p.m. UTC / 3 p.m. ET), 15 minutes earlier than Red Bull’s event listing. Both are unconfirmed operational start times. Red Bull Finland source ↗ · Independent 3+ listing ↗
In the arena · archived
The October 24 World Final and the October 21–22 Pre-Finals were sold out. Friday's programme was free with no ticket, foyer side events ran free from noon Wednesday to Friday, and Red Bull Switzerland said both Pre-Finals would be shown on a big screen in the Schiffbau foyer. The Dance Week programme below is a record of the event.
RED BULL PRESS RELEASE · OCT 25 · AS REPUBLISHED BY 3MPG
WILLIS: “I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD WIN”
The 16-year-old French champion speaks for himself in Red Bull’s post-final press release. “I never thought I would win,” Willis said. “Just because I’m young doesn’t mean I can’t win.” He called taking the title against “some of the best dancers in the world” incredible and thanked the dancers he battled. For DMM the point is the format: a teenage hip-hop dancer won four battles in Zürich, against Limpopo Boy, Capjay, Locker Zee and Yoon Ji, in a competition where the audience, not a judging panel, decides. Read the press release as republished ↗SOURCE · OCT 27: Red Bull press release dated Zürich, October 24, republished October 25 by 3MPG with Red Bull Content Pool credits (SRC-036). Quotes are attributed to Willis through that release; DMM did not interview him.
OCT 25BATTLE TREE
ROUND BY ROUND · U.S. PRE-FINAL RESULT · RED BULL AUSTRIA + MEDIA PARTNER TICKER
HOW ZÜRICH WAS DECIDED — AND WHERE JREAMZ’S RUN ENDED
Red Bull Austria’s October 25 recap supplies the result American readers were still waiting for. In the Pre-Finals, Austria’s Lil Syd beat Thailand’s Tae Bruce Lee, then met JREAMZ in the Top 32. Red Bull says the battle was close enough to need an extra tie-break round, which Lil Syd won; he then beat Bobby of Hong Kong to take a World Final place. The U.S. champion’s 2026 season ends in the Pre-Final Top 32. In the arena, Swiss media partner 20 Minuten’s live ticker logged Capjay’s opening win over Denmark’s Hector before his quarter-final loss to Willis, along with Lil Syd over Candyman, Locker Zee over Ringo Winbee, Willis over Limpopo Boy, Yoon Ji over Chaa, Xelyna over Happyfeet, and Slayer over SonYa after a tied vote and a deciding round. One storyline from Red Bull’s line-up article landed in full: the new champion’s mentor is his Badness crewmate Candyman, who was also in the Top 16. See the full battle tree ↓SOURCES · OCT 25: Red Bull Austria (SRC-033); 20 Minuten live ticker, press (SRC-034). One opening-round battle, Stalamuerte vs Sharay, remains an inferred pairing rather than a directly verified result (COR-027).
OCT 25WORLD FINAL
RED BULL OFFICIAL RECAP · PUBLISHED OCT 25 · ZÜRICH RESULTS
WILLIS, 16, WINS THE 2026 WORLD FINAL — YOON JI RUNNER-UP
France’s Willis is the Red Bull Dance Your Style 2026 World Champion. The 16-year-old hip-hop dancer defeated South Korea’s waacker Yoon Ji in the October 24 final at Hallenstadion Zürich. His confirmed route: Limpopo Boy, then U.S. wildcard Capjay in the quarter-finals, then Locker Zee in the semi-finals, before Yoon Ji. Switzerland’s Stalamuerte also reached the semi-finals. Red Bull reports that YouTube viewers supplied 20% of votes from the quarter-finals onward, with the arena audience providing 80%. Read Red Bull’s official recap ↗ · Watch the official replay ↗. The recap includes newly credited images of Willis, Capjay, Yoon Ji and other dancers; rights remain to be cleared before republication (SRC-030; IMG-034–042). Next edition: London, November 6, 2027 (SRC-032).
OCT 24OFFICIAL FIELD
WORLD FINAL TODAY · RED BULL NAMES ALL 16 · OCT 23 SOURCE
THE WORLD FINAL TOP 16 IS OFFICIAL — EIGHT PRE-FINAL QUALIFIERS NAMED
Red Bull's official World Final line-up, updated October 23 at 11:00 UTC by Tracy Kawalik, confirms the eight dancers who advanced through the October 21–22 Zürich Pre-Finals: Sharay (Colombia), Happyfeet (New Zealand), Yoon Ji (South Korea), Slayer (United Kingdom), Lil Syd (Austria), Hector (Denmark), Willis (France) and Ringo Winbee (Japan). They join invited wildcards Candyman, Stalamuerte, Capjay, Lockerzee (Locker Zee), Limpopo Boy, Xelyna, SonYa and Chaa. U.S. update: Capjay is the only U.S. representative in the named Top 16; Tampa champion JREAMZ is not listed. Irish champion Demi Moran and Finnish champion Ebony are also absent. The official line-up establishes the final field, not their exact Pre-Final opponents or elimination rounds. The same Red Bull feature includes dancer biographies and credited portrait references; image rights must be checked before reuse. Read Red Bull's complete official Top 16 ↗ · Explore DMM's updated World Field ↓
OCT 23MEDIA WATCH
OFFICIAL RED BULL FINLAND · WORLD FIELD + PHOTO ARCHIVE
FINLAND’S EBONY: OFFICIAL PORTRAIT AND SEVEN PRESS PHOTOS
In an October 21 release, Red Bull Finland profiles Finnish national champion Axelle “Ebony” Munezero, a whacking dancer who won the Helsinki final at Senate Square in September. The official media release includes seven downloadable photographs—five labeled with Ebony and two with Finland’s finalists—credited to Elias Ryynänen / Red Bull Content Pool. DMM logged these as archive candidates, not cleared for republication without checking their terms and original metadata. The release also links directly to the October 24 World Final YouTube livestream. Qualification safeguard: Ebony’s national title does not establish that she reached the World Final Top 16; Red Bull’s October 23 named Top 16 does not include Ebony; her precise exit round is not established. Official Red Bull Finland release and photos ↗ · World Final YouTube link ↗BROADCAST QC · OCT 23: The Finnish release says 10 p.m. Finnish time (19:00 UTC / 3:00 p.m. ET); Red Bull’s event calendar separately lists 19:15 UTC (3:15 p.m. ET). Neither is treated as a confirmed platform start; see COR-017.
OCT 21LATEST
PRE-FINAL FIELD · IRELAND
IRELAND’S DEMI MORAN HEADS INTO THE PRE-FINALS
Red Bull Ireland published a profile of its 2026 national champion on October 20. Demi Moran, 20, from Donaghmede in Dublin, joined the Santry dance school Streets Ahead at 12 under teachers Catherine Small and Chloe Simpson, and competes with the crew Hustlers, which Red Bull says finished third of 25 countries at the UDO World Championships. Irish radio station SPIN 1038 reported in July that she reached the National Final as runner-up at the Dublin qualifier, then won the title at the National Stadium on July 18, beating defending champion Seán Hyland, Brandon Dam and Tecc in the final. Red Bull’s article says she will represent Ireland in Zürich; like JREAMZ, she still has to come through the Pre-Finals to reach the Top 16. Read the Red Bull Ireland profile ↗
OCT 19LATEST
U.S. CHAMPION · IN HER OWN WORDS
JREAMZ TALKS ARIZONA, FAMILY AND DANCING TO THE UNKNOWN
Two days before the Pre-Finals, Red Bull USA published a long interview with JREAMZ by DeMicia Inman. The 18-year-old Phoenix dancer says her father created her stage name, which began as B-Girl Dreams, and calls her parents the foundation of her career. She describes training in hip-hop and street styles at Jukebox Dance Studio, a stretch in breaking and then choreography, and a return to freestyle with krump in the mix. She credits Arizona’s mentors and dance community for carrying her to Zürich, and says she deliberately trains to songs she does not know so her body learns to react in the moment, the exact demand of a battle with unannounced tracks. Her measure of success: “the impact you make is a lot more important than winning.” Read the Red Bull interview ↗TOP 16 STATUS · OCT 20: The interview looks ahead to October 24 but does not mention the Pre-Finals. Red Bull’s Dance Week pages still route national champions through the Pre-Finals, so DMM treats JREAMZ’s World Final place as pending until Red Bull publishes Pre-Final results (COR-013).
OCT 18VIEWING QC
WORLD FINAL · ARENA VS. BROADCAST SCHEDULE
SWISS TV GUIDE LISTS A 9:15PM WORLD FINAL BROADCAST
Red Bull Switzerland confirms the arena show at 8–10:30pm CEST on October 24. Red Bull’s event listing displays a 19:15 UTC (9:15pm CEST) World Final livestream listing, and an independent Swiss TV programme guide lists the World Final on 3+ at 9:15pm CEST. Those two broadcast listings agree, but start 75 minutes after the arena show. The 3+ guide is secondary scheduling evidence, not a broadcaster-origin confirmation or proof that the entire arena show will stream from its opening. DMM advises viewers to check the official Red Bull TV/YouTube event links before showtime and keeps the 8pm arena start distinct from the listed broadcast start. Red Bull event listing ↗ · 3+ programme listing ↗
OCT 18NEW REPORT
GLOBAL COVERAGE · THE 2026 ROAD TO ZÜRICH
THE RED BULLETIN DOCUMENTS THE GLOBAL QUALIFIER SEASON
A new October 17 retrospective in The Red Bulletin looks beyond the World Final field to the dancers who carried the 2026 season. The Swiss publication reports 130 events in more than 30 countries, with examples including Thee Haus of London’s performance in Atlanta, Uzo’s high-heel battle in Lagos and Zax’s Swiss title in Basel. This is a retrospective of the global season, not an official list of Zürich Pre-Final entrants or a confirmation of the 64-entrant press figure. Read the Red Bulletin retrospective ↗
OCT 18LATEST
ROAD TO ZÜRICH · RED BULL’S FINAL-WEEK PREVIEW
RED BULLETIN PROFILES THE WILDCARDS; WORLD FINAL RUNS TO 10:30PM
Three days before the Pre-Finals, Red Bull’s Swiss magazine The Red Bulletin published long-form profiles of all eight wildcards and a Q&A with Swiss champion Zax (both October 17). The wildcard piece adds that Chaa, whose first name is Hinata, also breaks and is chasing a Red Bull BC One world title alongside this one; that Zürich is Capjay’s first Dance Your Style battle outside the U.S.; and that Candyman started dancing after losing a bet. Red Bull Switzerland’s event page now sets the World Final show at 8–10:30pm CEST (2–4:30pm Eastern), followed by a Snipes afterparty until 1am. No Pre-Final names or results have been published.
EDITORIAL CLARIFICATION · OCT 18: The Red Bulletin wildcard feature interviews seven invited dancers; host-country wildcard Stalamuerte is covered in a separate feature published October 15. This corrects the “all eight” description above without erasing the original filed wording (COR-011).
OCT 15ARTIST FILE
WORLD FINAL WILDCARD · CULTURAL LINEAGE
STALAMUERTE: VEVEY ROOTS, MAMS MENTORSHIP AND JUSTE DEBOUT
A separate October 15 Red Bulletin profile follows Swiss wildcard Stalamuerte, also known as Cédric, from early breaking in Vevey through his training with Mamadou “Mams” Kalombo and his 2019 Juste Debout victory with Jean-Michel Cruel. The interview emphasizes his artistic identity and the desire to contribute to hip-hop’s legacy. Read the Red Bulletin artist feature ↗
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. RESULT · OCT 25: Red Bull confirms the online vote counted for 20% from the quarter-finals onward, with 80% from the arena (SRC-030).
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.
NEW · WORLD FINAL 2026:Watch the official full Red Bull TV replay ↗. Red Bull Switzerland also presents page-embedded video of Stalamuerte vs Slayer and Sadeck’s showcase: open the official recap and clips ↗. Individual video IDs and standalone embed rights remain to be checked (MED-004–006). No unverified embed is inserted here.
UPDATE · OCT 25: Red Bull TV’s replay page now reads “Replay available” and runs 1 h 24 min. Red Bull Austria says the replay is also on the Red Bull Dance YouTube channel ↗. Stalamuerte vs Slayer was a quarter-final, although Red Bull Switzerland’s video caption labels it the semi-final (COR-022).
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.
THE FIELD · 17 FILES
PEOPLE BEFORE PLACEMENT
17 DANCERS SHOWN
01Champion
JREAMZ
Arizona
Krump / Hip-Hop Influenced FreestyleOFFICIAL TOP 16 · OCT 23: Red Bull's October 23 official Top 16 does not include JREAMZ. She won the U.S. National Final in Tampa, but did not secure a World Final Top 16 place. Red Bull's published line-up does not specify her Pre-Final elimination round (SRC-029; COR-018).PRE-FINAL RESULT · OCT 25: Red Bull Austria reports JREAMZ reached the Pre-Final Top 32, where she lost to Austria’s Lil Syd in an extra tie-break battle. Lil Syd went on to qualify for the World Final (SRC-033; COR-021).
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.
WORLD FINAL RESULT · OCT 25: France’s Willis, 16, defeated South Korea’s Yoon Ji for the 2026 title. U.S. wildcard Capjay reached the quarter-finals before losing to Willis; Swiss wildcard Stalamuerte reached the semi-finals. Red Bull’s official replay is now available. Official recap ↗ · Replay ↗ · London 2027 ↗ (SRC-030–032).
U.S. RESULTS · OCT 25: JREAMZ reached the Pre-Final Top 32 and lost a tie-break to Lil Syd. Capjay beat Denmark’s Hector in the opening round before falling to Willis in the quarter-finals (SRC-033, SRC-034). Battle tree ↓
WORLD FINAL COMPLETE · OCTOBER 24, 2026 RESULTS OCT 25
ROAD TO ZÜRICH · THE RESULT
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 runs 8–10:30pm CEST, followed by a Snipes afterparty until 1am.
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). Red Bull Switzerland lists the show ending at 10:30pm CEST: 4:30pm Eastern, 3:30pm Central, 2:30pm Mountain, 1:30pm Arizona and Pacific. 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; it still appeared in the calendar on October 18, and would fall 75 minutes into the 150-minute show. Red Bull has not posted YouTube voting steps.UPDATE · OCT 18 · BROADCAST QC: An independent Swiss programme guide lists 3+ at 9:15pm CEST (3:15pm ET), matching Red Bull's published 19:15 UTC event listing. The 8pm arena show remains a different start time; this does not verify whether online viewers see the full show from its opening. See SRC-023 and COR-009.
OFFICIAL FIELD UPDATE · OCT 24: Red Bull published the completed 16-dancer line-up on October 23. Eight invited wildcards join eight confirmed Pre-Final qualifiers: Sharay, Happyfeet, Yoon Ji, Slayer, Lil Syd, Hector, Willis and Ringo Winbee. Capjay is the only U.S. dancer in the named Top 16. The earlier pre-qualification paragraphs above remain as dated historical reporting, not current qualification status. Official full field ↗
8 INVITED WILDCARDS · CONFIRMED+8 PRE-FINAL QUALIFIERS · CONFIRMED=16 NAMED
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 INTERVIEW · OCT 19: She credits Arizona’s dance community and her family, and describes training to unfamiliar music so she can react in the moment. Her Top 16 status is unchanged and still runs through the Pre-Finals.PRE-FINAL RESULT · OCT 25: Red Bull Austria reports JREAMZ reached the Pre-Final Top 32, where she lost to Austria’s Lil Syd in an extra tie-break battle. Lil Syd went on to qualify for the World Final (SRC-033; COR-021).
Donaghmede, Dublin · Hip-hop, house, locking, popping, waacking and krump · Streets Ahead (Santry) · crew: Hustlers. The 20-year-old trained at Streets Ahead from age 12 with Catherine Small and Chloe Simpson; Red Bull says Hustlers finished third of 25 countries at the UDO World Championships. She qualified for the Irish National Final as runner-up at the Dublin qualifier, then won the title at the National Stadium on July 18, 2026, beating defending champion Seán Hyland in the top eight, Brandon Dam in the semi-final and Tecc in the final. Her October 24 Top 16 place is not confirmed: national champions must qualify through the October 21–22 Pre-Finals.STYLES · OCT 21: Her styles are as stated in Red Bull Ireland’s October 20 interview. They were briefly withdrawn during verification and restored after editorial review of that interview (COR-016).OFFICIAL TOP 16 · OCT 23: Demi Moran is not among the eight qualifiers named in Red Bull's October 23 final Top 16. Her Irish national title and documented competition route remain part of the record (SRC-029).
Finland · Whacking. Red Bull Finland identifies Axelle “Ebony” Munezero as the 2026 Finnish national champion after her September win at Helsinki’s Senate Square. In an official October 21 release, she describes the energy of the national-final crowd and the significance of representing Finland internationally. Top 16 status not confirmed: national champions compete in the October 21–22 Pre-Finals for eight World Final places. The release supplies five Ebony photo candidates and two images of Finnish finalists, all credited to Elias Ryynänen / Red Bull Content Pool (IMG-019–025).OFFICIAL TOP 16 · OCT 23: Ebony is not among the eight qualifiers in Red Bull's October 23 final Top 16. The Finnish national title, official interview and photo credits remain valid archive material (SRC-029).
Red Bull's October 23 official article confirms all eight invited wildcards and all eight dancers who earned their places in the October 21–22 Pre-Finals. DMM records the qualifiers by name below; the source does not identify each dancer's precise elimination path or which of the two Pre-Final nights they advanced from. Official line-up ↗
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8P1P2P3P4P5P6P7P8
WORLD FINAL · OCTOBER 24 · HALLENSTADION ZÜRICH
THE 2026 BATTLE TREE
Compiled by DMM from Red Bull’s recaps and the 20 Minuten live ticker. Red Bull also published an official bracket graphic (IMG-043); the order below follows the rounds rather than that graphic’s layout. The arena voted on every battle with colour-coded wristbands; YouTube viewers added 20% of the vote from the quarter-finals.
Round of 16
Lil Syddef. Candyman
Locker Zeedef. Ringo Winbee
Capjaydef. Hector
Willisdef. Limpopo Boy
Yoon Jidef. Chaa
Xelynadef. Happyfeet
Slayerdef. SonYa tie, then decider
Stalamuerteadvanced; Sharay pairing inferred not independently verified · COR-027
Quarter-finals
Locker Zeedef. Lil Syd
Willisdef. Capjay
Yoon Jidef. Xelyna
Stalamuertedef. Slayer
Semi-finals
Willisdef. Locker Zee
Yoon Jidef. Stalamuerte
Final
Willis · Francedef. Yoon Ji · South Korea · 2026 World Champion
Stalamuerte’s quarter-final place is confirmed by Red Bull. Sharay is the remaining Top 16 dancer after placing seven documented opening battles; the pairing and result are inferred, not independently verified (COR-027). Sources: SRC-030, SRC-031, SRC-033, SRC-034.
THE EIGHT QUALIFIERS
ADVANCED FROM OCT 21–22 PRE-FINALS · OFFICIAL OCT 23
P1Confirmed · World Final Top 16
Sharay
Colombia
All-style freestyle · urban dance, jazz, ballet, contemporary and salsa
Named in Red Bull's official World Final Top 16, updated October 23, 2026. Qualified through the Zürich Pre-Finals; the exact qualifying night and battle route are not established by this article. Official Red Bull biography ↗WORLD FINAL · OCT 24: Remaining inferred opening-round pairing: Stalamuerte. The matchup and outcome have not been directly verified in a battle report (COR-027).
Red Bull article photo credit: Romina Amato / Red Bull Content Pool · candidate only, rights unverified (IMG-026)
P2Confirmed · World Final Top 16
Happyfeet
New Zealand · South Auckland
Hip-hop freestyle · Polynesian dance influence
Named in Red Bull's official World Final Top 16, updated October 23, 2026. Qualified through the Zürich Pre-Finals; the exact qualifying night and battle route are not established by this article. Official Red Bull biography ↗WORLD FINAL · OCT 24: Lost his opening battle to Xelyna (SRC-034).
Red Bull article photo credit: Muriel Florence Rieben / Red Bull Content Pool · candidate only, rights unverified (IMG-027)
P3Confirmed · World Final Top 16
Yoon Ji
South Korea
Waacking · winner of South Korea National Final
Named in Red Bull's official World Final Top 16, updated October 23, 2026. Qualified through the Zürich Pre-Finals; the exact qualifying night and battle route are not established by this article. Official Red Bull biography ↗WORLD FINAL · OCT 24: Runner-up. Beat Chaa, Xelyna and Stalamuerte, then lost the hip-hop vs waacking final to Willis (SRC-030).
Red Bull article photo credit: Tyrone Bradley / Red Bull Content Pool · candidate only, rights unverified (IMG-028)
P4Confirmed · World Final Top 16
Slayer
United Kingdom · Chesterfield
Popping · ballet and contemporary training
Named in Red Bull's official World Final Top 16, updated October 23, 2026. Qualified through the Zürich Pre-Finals; the exact qualifying night and battle route are not established by this article. Official Red Bull biography ↗WORLD FINAL · OCT 24: Beat SonYa after a tied vote and a deciding round, then lost a quarter-final to Stalamuerte that Red Bull Switzerland rated perhaps the battle of the night (SRC-031, SRC-034).
Red Bull article photo credit: Romina Amato / Red Bull Content Pool · candidate only, rights unverified (IMG-029)
P5Confirmed · World Final Top 16
Lil Syd
Austria
Hip-hop freestyle · musicality and entertainment
Named in Red Bull's official World Final Top 16, updated October 23, 2026. Qualified through the Zürich Pre-Finals; the exact qualifying night and battle route are not established by this article. Official Red Bull biography ↗WORLD FINAL · OCT 24: Red Bull Austria gives his Pre-Final route: Tae Bruce Lee (Thailand), then JREAMZ (USA) after an extra tie-break battle, then Bobby (Hong Kong). In the arena he won the opening battle against Candyman and lost the quarter-final to Locker Zee (SRC-033, SRC-034).
Red Bull article photo credit: Romina Amato / Red Bull Content Pool · candidate only, rights unverified (IMG-030)
P6Confirmed · World Final Top 16
Hector
Denmark
Hip-hop freestyle · returning World Final competitor
Named in Red Bull's official World Final Top 16, updated October 23, 2026. Qualified through the Zürich Pre-Finals; the exact qualifying night and battle route are not established by this article. Official Red Bull biography ↗WORLD FINAL · OCT 24: Lost his opening battle to Capjay (SRC-034).
Red Bull article photo credit: Little Shao / Red Bull Content Pool · candidate only, rights unverified (IMG-031)
P7Confirmed · World Final Top 16
Willis
France
Footwork / house · two-time French national champion
Named in Red Bull's official World Final Top 16, updated October 23, 2026. Qualified through the Zürich Pre-Finals. WORLD CHAMPION · OCT 24: Defeated Limpopo Boy, Capjay, Locker Zee and Yoon Ji to win the title at age 16 (SRC-030). Official champion recap ↗WORLD FINAL · OCT 24: Red Bull’s results list his style as hip-hop; his line-up biography highlights footwork and a 2026 Juste Debout house title. He also won France’s national title in 2025 but was too young for that year’s World Final. His mentor is Badness crewmate Candyman, also in this Top 16 (SRC-029, SRC-030; COR-023).
Pre-Final portrait: Romina Amato / Red Bull Content Pool (IMG-032); new final photos credited to Little Shao and Fabio Piva (IMG-034, 035, 038, 041); reuse rights unverified.
P8Confirmed · World Final Top 16
Ringo Winbee
Japan
Popping · 2026 Japanese national champion
Named in Red Bull's official World Final Top 16, updated October 23, 2026. Qualified through the Zürich Pre-Finals; the exact qualifying night and battle route are not established by this article. Official Red Bull biography ↗WORLD FINAL · OCT 24: Lost her opening battle to Locker Zee (SRC-034).
Red Bull article photo credit: Romina Amato / Red Bull Content Pool · candidate only, rights unverified (IMG-033)
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 BULLETIN · OCT 17: He started dancing after losing a bet. Now a father of two, he says he wants to dance in Zürich the way a child does, for the joy of moving rather than thinking about technique or winning.WORLD FINAL · OCT 24: Lost the night’s opening battle to Lil Syd. Willis, the Badness crewmate he mentors, went on to win the title (SRC-029, SRC-034).
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 BULLETIN · OCT 15: A standalone profile traces his Vevey beginnings and credits Mamadou “Mams” Kalombo with mentoring his development. Read the artist feature ↗WORLD FINAL · OCT 24: Semi-finalist. Opening-round opponent not directly verified (Sharay inferred; COR-027); beat Slayer in the quarter-finals, then lost to Yoon Ji (SRC-030, SRC-031).
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.RED BULLETIN · OCT 17: Zürich is his first Dance Your Style battle outside the U.S., in front of a crowd that may not follow English lyrics.WORLD FINAL · OCT 24: Beat Denmark’s Hector in the opening round, then lost the quarter-final to eventual champion Willis (SRC-030, SRC-034).
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.WORLD FINAL · OCT 24: Semi-finalist. Beat Ringo Winbee and Lil Syd, then lost to Willis (SRC-030, SRC-033, SRC-034).
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.WORLD FINAL · OCT 24: Lost his opening battle to Willis (SRC-030).
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.WORLD FINAL · OCT 24: Beat Happyfeet, then lost the quarter-final to Yoon Ji (SRC-030, SRC-034).
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.WORLD FINAL · OCT 24: Lost her opening battle to Slayer after a tied vote and a deciding round (SRC-034).
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 BULLETIN · OCT 17: First name Hinata. She found krump at six; her father studied Tight Eyez’s videos to coach her, and at about ten she trained with him for three days. She added breaking at about 12 and joined a development programme for the Youth Olympics. Her two goals: win this title as a krumper and the Red Bull BC One World Final as a breaker.WORLD FINAL · OCT 24: Lost her opening battle to Yoon Ji (SRC-030, SRC-034).
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.
MORE OF THE PRE-FINAL FIELD · OCT 18: Red Bull’s own national pages add three more champions headed to Zürich: Faith Son (India, crowned in Mumbai in April), Isaiah (Canada, Montréal, July 25) and Viegas (Portugal, Lisbon, September 5, his third national title). Red Bull’s season calendar lists more than 40 national finals. On October 17 The Red Bulletin ran a Q&A with Zax: Zacharie Lamrani, 25, from Vevey, who names Mamadou “Mams” Kalombo and Angelo Dello Iacono as mentors. Red Bull’s competitors page now has Wildcards, Pre-Final competitors and National champions sections, but its names did not render on DMM’s October 18 check. Swiss outlet Stilpalast also reports 64 dancers travelling to Zürich and about 400 dancers, DJs and artists expected for Dance Week Press figure.OCT 21: Ireland’s champion Demi Moran (Dublin, crowned July 18) joins the list of known Pre-Final entrants (card above). Pre-Final 1 begins tonight at 7:30pm CEST (1:30pm ET); DMM adds qualifiers only from Red Bull’s published results.
TOP 16 VERIFIED · OCT 24: Red Bull's October 23 line-up lists eight wildcards and eight Pre-Final qualifiers. Capjay is the sole U.S. dancer in the final 16; JREAMZ, Demi Moran and Ebony are not listed. This corrects older pending-status notes without deleting their dated historical context (SRC-029; COR-018).
FINLAND FIELD ADDITION · OCT 23: Red Bull Finland’s October 21 press release identifies whacking dancer Axelle “Ebony” Munezero as its national champion, with seven official photo downloads credited to Elias Ryynänen / Red Bull Content Pool. Her World Final Top 16 status remains pending named Pre-Final results (SRC-028; IMG-019–025).
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.
WATCH PARTY · SEEN OCT 20: Red Bull Switzerland’s French-language Dance Week page adds that, because the Pre-Final seats sold out some time ago, both Pre-Finals will be shown on a big screen in the Schiffbau foyer. DMM has not seen an online stream of the Pre-Finals announced.OCT 21: The same watch-party note also appears in indexed text of Red Bull Switzerland’s German-language Dance Week page. DMM has not yet opened either page directly and treats this as pending direct confirmation.
DMM WATCH · HISTORICAL OCT 21: The Friday bracket reveal was the first planned moment for the eight invited wildcards and eight Pre-Final qualifiers to form a complete field. OCT 24 UPDATE: Red Bull published all 16 names on October 23; DMM has now populated the World Field from that primary source (SRC-029).
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
Final Four plus Marlee Hightower · Surge · Tyler D. Creator · Harini
Tampa Hosts & DJ
Hosts K-Sole & Myverse · DJ Hans
Tampa Showcase
Omarion performed, per Red Bull’s recap
Tampa Weekend · Announced
Workshops led by Amari Marshall · 5v5 exhibition featuring Yoe, Crystal Jackson and Jaïra Joy (pre-event announcements)
Format
1v1 all styles · surprise tracks · crowd vote; YouTube votes added at the World Final
World Pre-Finals
October 21 & 22, 2026 · Schiffbau Zürich · 7:30pm · sold out
Bracket Reveal
October 23, 2026 · Walk Your Style Catwalk & Bracket Reveal · free
World Final
October 24, 2026 · Hallenstadion Zürich, Switzerland · sold out · show 8–10:30pm CEST
Broadcast
Red Bull TV · YouTube · TikTok; 3+ in Switzerland
World Final Partners
Snipes · BMW M · Sony ULT · adidas · Coop; media partners 20 Minuten and 3+
World Champion
Willis · France · age 16 · hip-hop · October 24, 2026 (SRC-030)
World Final Runner-Up
Yoon Ji · South Korea · waacking (SRC-030)
U.S. World Final Result
Capjay · quarter-finals / Top Eight · defeated by Willis (SRC-030)
World Final Semi-Finalist
Stalamuerte · Switzerland · lost to Yoon Ji (SRC-030)
World Final Round of 16
Lil Syd d. Candyman · Locker Zee d. Ringo Winbee · Capjay d. Hector · Willis d. Limpopo Boy · Yoon Ji d. Chaa · Xelyna d. Happyfeet · Slayer d. SonYa · Stalamuerte advanced; opponent inferred as Sharay (not independently confirmed; COR-027) (SRC-030, SRC-033, SRC-034)
World Final Quarter-Finals
Willis d. Capjay · Locker Zee d. Lil Syd · Yoon Ji d. Xelyna · Stalamuerte d. Slayer (SRC-030, SRC-031, SRC-033)
U.S. Champion at the Pre-Finals
JREAMZ · Top 32 · lost an extra tie-break battle to Lil Syd (SRC-033)
Pre-Final Field
60 dancers · two nights at Schiffbau Zürich (SRC-030, SRC-031; COR-026)
World Final DJ
DJ OB One (per 20 Minuten, SRC-034)
Season Size
167 events, per Red Bull’s World Final recap (earlier figures differ; COR-025)
World Final Voting
From quarter-finals: 80% arena, 20% YouTube livestream viewers (SRC-030)
Next World Final
November 6, 2027 · London, United Kingdom · venue TBA (SRC-032) · announced in the arena before the final battle; the first World Final in the UK (SRC-031)
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).
The Red Bulletin profiles Stalamuerte
The separate Swiss-artist feature documents his roots in Vevey, Mams’s mentorship and his 2019 Juste Debout win with Jean-Michel Cruel (SRC-021).
World Final programme completed
Red Bull Switzerland’s event page, refreshed around this date, lists doors at 6pm, the show from 8pm to 10:30pm CEST and a Snipes afterparty until 1am.
The Red Bulletin previews the World Final
Red Bull’s Swiss magazine publishes profiles of all eight wildcards and a Q&A with Swiss national champion Zax, in German and French.
The Red Bulletin publishes a global 2026 retrospective
The editorial round-up reports 130 events across more than 30 countries and highlights Atlanta, Lagos, Basel and other qualifier scenes. This does not establish a Zürich Pre-Final roster (SRC-022).
DMM adds the Red Bulletin details and the show end time
Wildcard cards, Where to Watch, the times card and the Pre-Final field note updated. No Pre-Final names have been published.
DMM adds two missing Red Bulletin articles and completes QC
Global-season retrospective and Stalamuerte’s standalone profile integrated; an earlier seven-versus-eight wildcard wording corrected transparently (COR-011), with Zax’s reported age left unresolved across Red Bulletin articles (COR-012). The viewing guide now counts down to the Pre-Finals first.
DMM cross-checks arena, online and Swiss television listings
Red Bull’s 19:15 UTC livestream listing corresponds to 9:15pm CEST; a secondary 3+ television programme also lists 9:15pm CEST. Both are 75 minutes later than the confirmed 8pm arena show. The difference remains documented without claiming full-show live coverage (SRC-023; COR-009).
Red Bull USA publishes a JREAMZ interview
DeMicia Inman’s feature covers JREAMZ’s stage name, family, Jukebox Dance Studio training, Arizona community and how she prepares for unknown music. It does not address the Pre-Finals (SRC-024; COR-013).
DMM adds the interview and a Pre-Final watch party
Interview logged with four photo credits; Red Bull Switzerland’s French page notes a big-screen Pre-Final watch party in the Schiffbau foyer (SRC-025). Legal-name spelling and training start year logged as open questions (COR-014, COR-015).
Red Bull Ireland profiles champion Demi Moran
Kate Demolder’s interview documents Streets Ahead, mentors Catherine Small and Chloe Simpson, the Hustlers crew and Moran’s preparation for Zürich. DMM logs her as Ireland’s national champion, not a confirmed World Final Top 16 qualifier (SRC-026).
DMM verifies Demi Moran’s route and withdraws an unconfirmed style list
National Final details added from SPIN 1038’s July report (SRC-027); the Demi Moran card’s style list is checked against the Red Bull interview and kept (COR-016). No Pre-Final names or results have been published.
Red Bull Finland publishes an Ebony champion feature and seven press images
The official Finnish media release profiles national champion Axelle “Ebony” Munezero and provides seven downloadable photographs credited to Elias Ryynänen / Red Bull Content Pool. It also supplies a direct YouTube World Final link (SRC-028).
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.
DMM reviews Finland’s official media release and flags conflicting stream times
Ebony added to The World Field as a national champion, not a confirmed Top 16 qualifier. Seven photo candidates added to the archive register; 19:00 UTC in the Finnish release and 19:15 UTC on Red Bull’s event calendar remain unresolved (COR-017). No named Pre-Final results established in this review.
World Final bracket reveal
Walk Your Style Catwalk & Bracket Reveal runs 7–8pm, followed by the LaMuerte session with Stalamuerte and a Party Cypher.
Red Bull confirms all 16 World Final dancers
Tracy Kawalik's official Red Bull feature names the eight Pre-Final qualifiers alongside eight invited wildcards. JREAMZ, Demi Moran and Ebony are not among the 16; exact Pre-Final exit rounds are not given. The article provides eight new portrait/photographer references (SRC-029; IMG-026–033). Earlier scheduled entries are preserved as historical records.
World Final, Hallenstadion Zürich
Capjay competes as an invited wildcard. OCT 24 CONFIRMATION: Red Bull's October 23 full Top 16 names Capjay and the eight Pre-Final qualifiers; JREAMZ is not among them (SRC-029). The World Final result will be added only when Red Bull confirms it.
Willis wins the Zürich World Final; Yoon Ji runner-up
French hip-hop dancer Willis, 16, defeats Limpopo Boy, Capjay (quarter-finals), Locker Zee and Yoon Ji (final) to become World Champion. Yoon Ji beats Chaa, Xelyna and Stalamuerte on her way to the final. Capjay finishes in the Top Eight. Red Bull’s English recap reports 7,500 spectators while its Swiss French recap reports 6,000; DMM does not assert an exact count (SRC-030–031; COR-020).
Red Bull publishes full recap, replay, photo credits and 2027 destination
FraGue Moser’s Red Bull recap provides the full winning route, new Content Pool photo credits and the 80% in-arena / 20% online vote split from the quarter-finals. Red Bull TV provides a full replay. An official event page announces London on November 6, 2027; venue to be announced (SRC-030–032; MED-004; IMG-034–042).
JREAMZ’s Pre-Final run ends in the Top 32
Red Bull Austria reports she lost to Lil Syd in an extra tie-break battle; Lil Syd then beat Bobby of Hong Kong to qualify. Red Bull Switzerland adds that Swiss champion Zax narrowly missed qualification (SRC-031, SRC-033).
From the opening battle to the final
Lil Syd and Candyman opened the night, to Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” according to 20 Minuten. Capjay beat Hector; Slayer beat SonYa after a tied vote and a decider; Stalamuerte beat Slayer in the quarter-finals; Willis beat Limpopo Boy, Capjay, Locker Zee and Yoon Ji. Full tree in The World Field (SRC-030, SRC-031, SRC-033, SRC-034).
DMM adds the battle tree and the U.S. Pre-Final result
Result lines added to all 16 World Field cards; JREAMZ’s exit round recorded (COR-021 resolved); COR-022 to COR-027 opened for source conflicts and the one unreported opening battle.
After-File
Willis in his own words
Red Bull’s press release, as republished by 3MPG, quotes the champion: “I never thought I would win” and “Just because I’m young doesn’t mean I can’t win” (SRC-036).
After October 24What the 2026 field builds next
Teaching, touring, choreography, companies and community work, added as verified.
Source Register · 36 sources · primary and independent reporting
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
SRC-017The Red Bulletin Switzerland · Let’s go Wild(card)! (German) and French edition · published Oct 17, 2026, 23:00 UTC · profiles of seven wildcards (Stalamuerte covered separately in SRC-021); Chaa (Hinata), Capjay and Candyman details · Active, seen in search Oct 18; full page did not render for DMM’s reader
SRC-018The Red Bulletin Switzerland · 10 Fragen an ZAX · published Oct 17, 2026, 23:00 UTC · Zacharie Lamrani, described as 25 (another Oct 17 Bulletin story says 24; COR-012), Vevey; mentors Mams and Angelo Dello Iacono · Active, seen in search Oct 18
SRC-021The Red Bulletin Switzerland · Stalamuerte: Sky’s the Limit (French) · by Pauline Krätzig · published Oct 15, 2026 · Stalamuerte’s Vevey origin, Mams mentorship, Juste Debout 2019 partnership with Jean-Michel Cruel · Official publisher, searchable Oct 18; article text accessible via indexed results
SRC-022The Red Bulletin Switzerland · Le pas décisif (2026 highlights) (French) · by Anne Waak · published Oct 17, 2026 · reports 130 events in more than 30 countries and covers 2026 performances in Atlanta, Lagos and elsewhere · Official publisher, searchable Oct 18; a retrospective, not a Pre-Final roster
SRC-023TV.de · Swiss 3+ October 24 TV guide · World Final programme listed at 21:15 CEST / 9:15pm local, aligning with Red Bull’s published 19:15 UTC livestream event listing; secondary guide, not 3+ official broadcaster-owned confirmation · Independent schedule evidence, reviewed Oct 18; not an official broadcast guarantee
SRC-024Red Bull USA · JREAMZ was born to dance, and now the world is watching · by DeMicia Inman · published Oct 19, 2026, 5:59pm UTC · stage-name origin, B-Girl Dreams, family, Jukebox Dance Studio (Red Bull dates the start to 2019; see COR-015), Arizona community, training to unfamiliar music; photos credited Jon Shih and Marina Oya / Red Bull Content Pool · Active, read in full Oct 20
SRC-025Red Bull Switzerland · Dance Week (French) · Pre-Finals shown on a big screen in the Schiffbau foyer for fans without seats · Official page, seen in search Oct 20; the page did not render for DMM’s reader
SRC-026Red Bull Ireland · Meet Demi Moran, the Irish Red Bull Dance Your Style National Finalist · Kate Demolder · published October 20, 2026 · identifies Moran as Ireland’s 2026 national champion; Streets Ahead mentors Catherine Small and Chloe Simpson; Hustlers crew; Dublin qualifier and national title; 2026 Zürich preparation; three photographs credited Szymon Lazewski / Red Bull Content Pool · Official article, verified Oct 21 by DMM editorial review: byline Kate Demolder, styles, biography and photo credits (Szymon Lazewski / Red Bull Content Pool)
SRC-028Red Bull Finland · Finnish champion Ebony heads to Zürich · official Red Bull Finland media release, published October 21, 2026 at 07:00 EEST; reviewed Oct 23 · Axelle “Ebony” Munezero, whacking, Helsinki Senate Square September win, 160 qualifier events in 54 countries as claimed by Red Bull Finland; seven downloadable press photos credited Elias Ryynänen / Red Bull Content Pool; direct World Final YouTube link · Official publisher press release; photo permissions and stream start require separate checks (COR-017)
SRC-029Red Bull · Complete 2026 World Final Top 16 · by Tracy Kawalik, updated October 23, 2026 at 11:00 UTC; checked October 24 · confirms eight wildcards and eight Pre-Final qualifiers, dancer biographies, credited portraits. The closing stream sentence contains an apparent year typo (“2025”); DMM uses the separate 2026 event page for the event date and does not repeat the typo (COR-019). Primary Red Bull confirmation of the final field; portrait reuse rights not established
SRC-030Red Bull International · Willis rules the floor at the World Final 2026 · by FraGue Moser, published October 25, 2026 at 10:30 UTC · confirms champion Willis (France, 16), runner-up Yoon Ji, Capjay quarter-finals, Stalamuerte semi-finals, 80/20 arena/YouTube vote split from the quarter-finals, Sadeck showcase and nine image/photographer references (IMG-034–042). English edition reports 7,500 spectators; see COR-020. Primary official post-final report, checked Oct 25
SRC-031Red Bull Switzerland (French) · Willis world champion in Zürich · by Red Bull, published October 24, 2026 at 23:20 UTC · independently confirms the champion, runner-up, Stalamuerte semi-final, 60 Pre-Final entrants, embedded Stalamuerte/Slayer and Sadeck showcase videos, London 2027 and replay. Reports 6,000 spectators, in conflict with the international English recap; COR-020. Official localized report, checked Oct 25
SRC-032Red Bull · Dance Your Style World Final London 2027 · official next-event listing confirms Saturday November 6, 2027, London; 16-dancer format, venue not yet announced, ticket registration offered. Official event page, checked Oct 25
SRC-033Red Bull Austria · Willis gewinnt das World Final des Red Bull Dance Your Style 2026 in Zürich (German) · by Red Bull · published October 25, 2026, 09:22 UTC · Lil Syd’s Pre-Final route (Tae Bruce Lee in the Top 64, JREAMZ in the Top 32 after an extra tie-break battle, Bobby in the Top 8), his opening win over Candyman and quarter-final loss to Locker Zee; official battle-tree graphic; 7,500 spectators; 167 events; replay on the Red Bull Dance YouTube channel; London, November 6, 2027 · Official localized report, read in full Oct 25
SRC-03420 Minuten · World Final live ticker (German) · Gina Sergi and Lisa Arnold · October 24, 2026 · press, Swiss media partner · Round-of-16 results for seven battles, DJ OB One, first battle at 20:16 CEST, colour-coded wristband voting · Press source, read Oct 25; the eighth opening battle was not in the text DMM retrieved
SRC-035Red Bull · Red Bull Dance Your Style world champions · lists Willis as 2026 champion after Shinshan, Kieran Lai, The D Soraki, Waackxxxy, MT Pop and Jaïra Joy; related series pages spell him “Wills” (COR-024) · Official page, seen Oct 25
SRC-0363mpg.ch · Willis crowned World Final Champion 2026 in Zurich · republication of Red Bull’s press release · 7,500 sold-out crowd; Red Bull Content Pool captions with image IDs, marked for editorial use · Secondary source, seen Oct 25; used only to corroborate the attendance figure and image notations · Oct 27: re-read; now also the source for Willis’s quoted statement (What Changed, Oct 27). Crowd wording stays “sold-out” per COR-020.
Media Log · 7 video references documented · official World Final replay and highlights
MED-001Harini, 2026 West Qualifier clip · Red Bull USA / YouTube · mpHj6f9iAlM · Live, checked Oct 2
MED-002KiiLo vs Tyler D. Creator, 2025 USA Final Top 16 · stance / YouTube · fdKV6zXgDfY · Live, checked Oct 2
MED-0042026 World Final Zürich · full replay · official Red Bull TV · Watch full replay ↗ · Willis defeats Yoon Ji, Capjay quarter-final, Stalamuerte semi-final; Official Red Bull event page links replay; full playback not independently tested Oct 25CHECKED OCT 25 (LATER): The Red Bull TV page says “Replay available”; listed duration 1 h 23 min 51 s, shorter than the 2.5-hour arena programme. The playback content and embeddability have not been independently tested (COR-009).
MED-005Stalamuerte vs Slayer · official World Final battle highlight · embedded on Red Bull Switzerland’s October 24 recap ↗ · Official page identifies the video; standalone embed URL and playback rights not yet verifiedROUND · OCT 25: A quarter-final. Red Bull Switzerland’s text says quarter-final and its video caption says semi-final; Red Bull’s English recap places Stalamuerte’s semi-final against Yoon Ji (COR-022).
MED-006Sadeck · World Final showcase video · embedded on Red Bull Switzerland’s October 24 recap ↗ · Official page identifies the video; standalone embed URL and playback rights not yet verified
MED-0072026 World Final replay · Red Bull Dance YouTube channel · named by Red Bull Austria (SRC-033) · Red Bull Dance channel ↗ · Direct World Final video ↗ · Official Red Bull Dance channel link; the direct event video is separately linked from Red Bull Finland as https://www.youtube.com/live/ft1dKPsHO7w; playback and embeddability have not been independently tested
If a documented video is later removed, its entry stays here marked “no longer publicly available.”
Image Credit Register · 48 references 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
IMG-012JREAMZ battles Tyler D. Creator for a Final Four spot, Tampa, Sept 19, 2026 · Jon Shih / Red Bull Content Pool · lead image of SRC-024 · Content Pool license to check before use
IMG-013JREAMZ after winning the National Final, Tampa, Sept 19, 2026 · Jon Shih / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-024) · Content Pool license to check before use
IMG-014JREAMZ, captioned by Red Bull as crediting Arizona’s dance community · Marina Oya / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-024) · date and place not stated · License and capture details to check before use
IMG-015JREAMZ, captioned by Red Bull as training for Switzerland · Jon Shih / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-024) · date and place not stated · DMM will not caption it as Zürich preparation until the file’s metadata confirms when and where it was taken
IMG-016Demi Moran, Ireland 2026 Dance Your Style victory (official article lead image) · Szymon Lazewski / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-026) · Candidate only: Content Pool permission, original caption and IPTC to verify
IMG-017Demi Moran performing at the Dublin Dance Your Style final (official article photograph) · Szymon Lazewski / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-026) · Candidate only: license and original image metadata to verify
IMG-018Demi Moran at the Dance Your Style final (additional official article photograph) · Szymon Lazewski / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-026) · Candidate only: license, date and original caption to verify
IMG-019Ebony, Finnish National Final winner — press image 1 · Elias Ryynänen / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-028) · published with Red Bull Finland media release October 21, 2026 · Download offered in official media release; confirm exact file caption, metadata and reuse terms before publication
IMG-020Ebony, Finnish National Final winner — press image 2 · Elias Ryynänen / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-028) · published with Red Bull Finland media release October 21, 2026 · Download offered in official media release; confirm exact file caption, metadata and reuse terms before publication
IMG-021Ebony, Finnish National Final winner — press image 3 · Elias Ryynänen / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-028) · published with Red Bull Finland media release October 21, 2026 · Download offered in official media release; confirm exact file caption, metadata and reuse terms before publication
IMG-022Finnish National Final competitors — press image 4 · Elias Ryynänen / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-028) · published with Red Bull Finland media release October 21, 2026 · Download offered in official media release; confirm exact file caption, metadata and reuse terms before publication
IMG-023Finnish National Final competitors — press image 5 · Elias Ryynänen / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-028) · published with Red Bull Finland media release October 21, 2026 · Download offered in official media release; confirm exact file caption, metadata and reuse terms before publication
IMG-024Ebony, Finnish National Final winner — press image 6 · Elias Ryynänen / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-028) · published with Red Bull Finland media release October 21, 2026 · Download offered in official media release; confirm exact file caption, metadata and reuse terms before publication
IMG-025Ebony, Finnish National Final winner — press image 7 · Elias Ryynänen / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-028) · published with Red Bull Finland media release October 21, 2026 · Download offered in official media release; confirm exact file caption, metadata and reuse terms before publication
IMG-026Sharay — official World Final Top 16 biography portrait · Romina Amato / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-029) · Red Bull article updated Oct 23, 2026 · Credit verified on official article; capture date, Content Pool license and IPTC not independently verified; do not republish yet
IMG-027Happyfeet — official World Final Top 16 biography portrait · Muriel Florence Rieben / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-029) · Red Bull article updated Oct 23, 2026 · Credit verified on official article; capture date, Content Pool license and IPTC not independently verified; do not republish yet
IMG-028Yoon Ji — official World Final Top 16 biography portrait · Tyrone Bradley / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-029) · Red Bull article updated Oct 23, 2026 · Credit verified on official article; capture date, Content Pool license and IPTC not independently verified; do not republish yet
IMG-029Slayer — official World Final Top 16 biography portrait · Romina Amato / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-029) · Red Bull article updated Oct 23, 2026 · Credit verified on official article; capture date, Content Pool license and IPTC not independently verified; do not republish yet
IMG-030Lil Syd — official World Final Top 16 biography portrait · Romina Amato / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-029) · Red Bull article updated Oct 23, 2026 · Credit verified on official article; capture date, Content Pool license and IPTC not independently verified; do not republish yet
IMG-031Hector — official World Final Top 16 biography portrait · Little Shao / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-029) · Red Bull article updated Oct 23, 2026 · Credit verified on official article; capture date, Content Pool license and IPTC not independently verified; do not republish yet
IMG-032Willis — official World Final Top 16 biography portrait · Romina Amato / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-029) · Red Bull article updated Oct 23, 2026 · Credit verified on official article; capture date, Content Pool license and IPTC not independently verified; do not republish yet
IMG-033Ringo Winbee — official World Final Top 16 biography portrait · Romina Amato / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-029) · Red Bull article updated Oct 23, 2026 · Credit verified on official article; capture date, Content Pool license and IPTC not independently verified; do not republish yet
IMG-034Willis — World Final recap lead image · Little Shao / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-030) · Red Bull recap published October 25, 2026 · Editorial caption/credit verified; check individual image identity, original IPTC and Content Pool usage rights before republication. Source placements may repeat a frame.
IMG-035Willis — official World Final recap portrait · Little Shao / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-030) · Red Bull recap published October 25, 2026 · Editorial caption/credit verified; check individual image identity, original IPTC and Content Pool usage rights before republication. Source placements may repeat a frame.
IMG-036Capjay — quarter-finalist at the World Final · Little Shao / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-030) · Red Bull recap published October 25, 2026 · Editorial caption/credit verified; check individual image identity, original IPTC and Content Pool usage rights before republication. Source placements may repeat a frame.
IMG-037Xelyna vs Yoon Ji — World Final action · Romina Amato / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-030) · Red Bull recap published October 25, 2026 · Editorial caption/credit verified; check individual image identity, original IPTC and Content Pool usage rights before republication. Source placements may repeat a frame.
IMG-038Willis — Hallenstadion battle action · Fabio Piva / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-030) · Red Bull recap published October 25, 2026 · Editorial caption/credit verified; check individual image identity, original IPTC and Content Pool usage rights before republication. Source placements may repeat a frame.RIGHTS LEAD · OCT 25: A press republication of Red Bull’s release (SRC-036) shows Content Pool captions SI202610250011 and SI202610250012 (Fabio Piva) marked for editorial use only. DMM still checks each file in the Content Pool before use.
IMG-039Yoon Ji — waacking during the World Final · Little Shao / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-030) · Red Bull recap published October 25, 2026 · Editorial caption/credit verified; check individual image identity, original IPTC and Content Pool usage rights before republication. Source placements may repeat a frame.
IMG-040Candyman vs Lil Syd — World Final battle · Little Shao / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-030) · Red Bull recap published October 25, 2026 · Editorial caption/credit verified; check individual image identity, original IPTC and Content Pool usage rights before republication. Source placements may repeat a frame.
IMG-041Willis — emotional reaction to the World Final title · Fabio Piva / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-030) · Red Bull recap published October 25, 2026 · Editorial caption/credit verified; check individual image identity, original IPTC and Content Pool usage rights before republication. Source placements may repeat a frame.
IMG-042World Final audience voting — Zürich · Tyrone Bradley / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-030) · Red Bull recap published October 25, 2026 · Editorial caption/credit verified; check individual image identity, original IPTC and Content Pool usage rights before republication. Source placements may repeat a frame.
IMG-044Willis · “Best of” World Final gallery · Muriel Florence Rieben / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-033) · published October 25 · Credit seen on the official page; Content Pool terms and IPTC not yet checked
IMG-045Yoon Ji · “Best of” World Final gallery (1) · Muriel Florence Rieben / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-033) · Credit seen on the official page; Content Pool terms and IPTC not yet checked
IMG-046Yoon Ji · “Best of” World Final gallery (2) · Muriel Florence Rieben / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-033) · Credit seen on the official page; Content Pool terms and IPTC not yet checked
IMG-047Hallenstadion crowd · “Best of” World Final gallery · Tyrone Bradley / Red Bull Content Pool (SRC-033) · Credit seen on the official page; Content Pool terms and IPTC not yet checked
IMG-048Lil Syd · Pre-Final and World Final gallery (18 images) · credited only to “Red Bull Content Pool,” no photographer named (SRC-033) · Several file names carry template text instead of captions; DMM will not caption any of them from file names
Archival images keep their original year in any caption so they are never presented as 2026 photos.
Corrections & Open Questions · 27 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.UPDATE · OCT 18: Still listed in the calendar. Red Bull Switzerland now gives the show as 8–10:30pm CEST, so a 19:15 UTC stream would begin 75 minutes into the show. DMM keeps advising readers to tune in at show start.FURTHER CHECK · OCT 18: The 19:15 UTC time also appears on an official Red Bull World Final event listing. Independently, a Swiss 3+ TV guide schedules the World Final for 9:15pm CEST (the same moment). That supports the existence of a published broadcast slot but does not resolve whether streaming opens earlier or includes the arena show’s first 75 minutes. COR-009 stays open for actual full-show coverage and platform start (SRC-023).POST-EVENT · OCT 25: 20 Minuten’s live ticker logs the first battle at 20:16 CEST, and the same outlet pointed online viewers to the YouTube stream from 21:15. Red Bull TV’s replay runs 1 h 24 min, shorter than the 2.5-hour arena programme, and online voting began only at the quarter-finals. Which battles the stream and replay include is still unconfirmed; this item stays open (SRC-034, MED-004).
COR-010 · OPENPre-Final wording and a Moods listing. Red Bull’s English event page says the Hallenstadion final, “the semifinals at the Schiffbau” and the Pre-Finals are sold out; DMM has found no separate semifinal on any Red Bull schedule and reads it as wording, not a new round. Ticket aggregators also list a CHF 15 “Last Chance Pre-Finals” night at Moods in the Schiffbau on October 22, while Red Bull’s programme places both Pre-Finals in Hall 1 and lists them sold out. DMM follows Red Bull’s programme until Red Bull clarifies.
COR-011 · CLARIFIED OCT 18Seven wildcard interviews, not eight. The October 17 Red Bulletin wildcard feature profiles seven dancers and explicitly notes the eighth invitation belongs to host-country wildcard Stalamuerte. The October 15 Red Bulletin interview profiles him separately (SRC-021). The previously drafted October 18 banner’s “all eight” phrasing is preserved as filed with an adjacent dated correction; the current source register and media desk use the precise description.
COR-012 · OPENZax age discrepancy in the same publisher. The October 17 Red Bulletin “10 Fragen an ZAX” describes Zacharie Lamrani as 25, while its October 17 global-retrospective feature calls Zax 24. DMM does not publish an age as independently established until a birthdate or direct confirmation resolves the discrepancy.
COR-013 · RESOLVED OCT 24 (HISTORICAL NOTE)Interview framing vs. the Pre-Final route. Red Bull’s October 19 JREAMZ interview (SRC-024) previews her October 24 World Final appearance without mentioning the Pre-Finals. Red Bull’s Dance Week pages (SRC-009, SRC-010) say national champions contest the Pre-Finals for the last eight Top 16 places. DMM reads the interview as a preview, not a Top 16 confirmation, and kept her status pending until Red Bull published Pre-Final results. Oct 24 resolution: the official Top 16 excludes JREAMZ (SRC-029; COR-018).
COR-014 · OPENJREAMZ’s legal first name. Red Bull’s interview spells it Josette; the Instagram handle that same article links for her uses “jossette,” and DMM’s profile has used both spellings. This dashboard does not print her legal name. DMM will settle one spelling once she or her representatives confirm it.
COR-015 · OPENWhen her studio training began. Red Bull dates her start at Jukebox Dance Studio to 2019; DMM’s profile chronology, built from earlier records, differs. DMM keeps its documented chronology until the difference is resolved directly.
COR-016 · RESOLVED OCT 21Demi Moran’s styles. During the October 21 verification pass, DMM withdrew the card’s style list (hip-hop, house, locking, popping, waacking, krump) because Red Bull’s page did not render for its automated reader. Editorial review of the official October 20 Red Bull Ireland interview (SRC-026) confirmed the list, and it was restored before publication.
COR-017 · OPEN OCT 23Conflicting World Final livestream start times. Red Bull Finland’s October 21 media release (SRC-028) states 22:00 Finland time on October 24, equivalent to 19:00 UTC / 3:00pm ET. Red Bull’s event calendar (SRC-011) lists 19:15 UTC / 3:15pm ET, while the Zürich arena show begins at 18:00 UTC / 2:00pm ET. The official release links to the YouTube event, but DMM has not independently verified the YouTube player’s operational start. Both livestream times remain provisional; no existing arena start time is overwritten.
COR-018 · RESOLVED OCT 24Pending Pre-Final places now confirmed; JREAMZ status updated. Earlier newsroom entries accurately treated JREAMZ, Demi Moran and Ebony as national champions awaiting Top 16 confirmation. Red Bull's October 23 full World Final list (SRC-029) names eight other Pre-Final qualifiers. DMM therefore records that these three did not reach the Top 16, without asserting any particular exit round. Earlier dated copy remains visible with October 24 clarification. COR-013's earlier interview-vs-qualification question is resolved for the final field by SRC-029, although the original October 19 interview itself remains unchanged. UPDATE · OCT 25: JREAMZ’s exit round is now reported (COR-021). Demi Moran’s and Ebony’s Pre-Final exits are still unreported.
COR-019 · SOURCE TYPO FLAG OCT 24Red Bull's Top 16 article uses the wrong year in its closing livestream sentence. The article updated October 23, 2026 says “October 24, 2025” near the bottom. The page title, dated event listing and competition context establish October 24, 2026. DMM does not reproduce the mistaken year or infer any change to the confirmed 2026 date.
COR-020 · OPEN OCT 25Conflicting official attendance figures for the Zürich World Final. Red Bull International’s October 25 English recap (SRC-030) reports 7,500 fans at Hallenstadion, while Red Bull Switzerland’s October 24 French report (SRC-031) reports 6,000. Both are official; DMM uses “sold-out Hallenstadion” without a precise count until the organizer reconciles the figures. UPDATE · OCT 25 (LATER): Red Bull Austria’s recap (SRC-033) and a republication of Red Bull’s press release (SRC-036) also give 7,500. The French-language Swiss report is the only source at 6,000. DMM keeps “sold-out Hallenstadion” until Red Bull reconciles the figures.
COR-021 · RESOLVED OCT 25JREAMZ’s Pre-Final exit. v38 and v39 said Red Bull had not specified her elimination round. Red Bull Austria’s October 25 recap (SRC-033) reports she reached the Pre-Final Top 32 and lost to Lil Syd in an extra tie-break battle. The roster, World Field, Road to Zürich, DMM Watching and the 2026 Record carry dated update lines; earlier wording stays as filed.
COR-022 · OPEN OCT 25Round label for Stalamuerte vs Slayer. Red Bull Switzerland’s French recap (SRC-031) calls it a quarter-final in its text, then captions the embedded video as the semi-final. Red Bull’s English recap (SRC-030) has Stalamuerte facing Yoon Ji in the semi-final, so DMM labels Stalamuerte vs Slayer a quarter-final.
COR-023 · OPEN OCT 25Willis’s style label. Red Bull’s results and recaps (SRC-030, SRC-031, SRC-033) list him as hip-hop; Red Bull’s line-up biography (SRC-029) calls him a footwork talent and cites a 2026 Juste Debout house title. The qualifier card keeps its filed style line and adds the hip-hop result label.
COR-024 · SOURCE TYPO FLAG OCT 25“Wills.” Some Red Bull series and winners pages spell the champion “Wills” (SRC-035). DMM uses Willis, as in the recaps and the line-up article.
COR-025 · OPEN OCT 25Season size. Red Bull’s World Final recaps give 167 events (SRC-030, SRC-033); Red Bull Finland’s October 21 release gave 160 qualifier events in 54 countries (SRC-028); The Red Bulletin’s October 17 retrospective reported 130 events in more than 30 countries (SRC-022). DMM cites 167 as Red Bull’s final-season figure and keeps earlier figures as filed.
COR-026 · OPEN OCT 25Pre-Final field size. Red Bull says 60 dancers contested the Pre-Finals (SRC-030, SRC-031). Red Bull Austria calls Lil Syd’s first round the Top 64 (SRC-033), and 20 Minuten earlier reported 64 national winners (SRC-012). DMM uses 60.
COR-027 · OPEN OCT 25One opening-round battle not directly reported. Seven Round-of-16 battles are documented in the cited ticker. The remaining Stalamuerte–Sharay pairing is inferred by elimination, not independently confirmed by a battle report. Red Bull independently confirms Stalamuerte reached the semi-finals. The battle tree therefore labels the opening pairing as inferred; verify against official video or bracket before presenting it as a directly reported result.
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Dance Mogul Magazine. “Red Bull Dance Your Style 2026: DMM Newsroom and Season Record.” dancemogul.com, updated October 27, 2026. https://www.dancemogul.com/red-bull-dance-your-style-news/ · How to cite Dance Mogul Magazine
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