Two Videos Of Performances At The 2025 Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final Competition (Street/Freestyle Dancing)

@RedBullDance, October 22, 2025

impossible not to feel this one ✨ Jaira Joy to ‪@BadBunnyPR‬ ​⁠ #redbulldanceyourstyle

🎵🎵🎵: NUEVAYoL by Bad Bunny The stage was set. The crowd decided. The world watched. 🌎 Catch the full Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final Los Angeles replay right here: https://win.gs/WorldFinal2025_LA -snip- Jaira Joy was the winner of this 2025 dance competition. ****
Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams presents information about the 2025 Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final competition. This post also showcases two YouTube video of that competition as well as selected comments from the discussion threads of Showcase Video #2.. In addition, read an AI Overview explanation about the differences between freestyle dancing and hip hop dancing- in summation "hip hop dancing" is "freestyle dancing" that is performed to hip hop tracks. The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes. In addition to the dances themselves, I'm interested in focusing on the audiences' reactions to these performances. All copyrights remain with their owners. Thanks to all the dancers who are featured in these showcase videos and thanks to all the dancers who performed in that Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.

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https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/12/examples-of-audience-etiquette-audience.html
"Examples Of Audience Etiquette & Audience Participation At Black American Non-Religious Performances."
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This post showcases a YouTube video short of and a write-up about Colombia, South American dancer Sara Trellez who competed in the 2025 Red Bull Dance Your Style event. 

**** INFORMATION ABOUT THE RED BULL DANCE YOUR STYLE WORLD FINAL COMPETITION From https://www.redbull.com/us-en/events/red-bull-dance-your-style-world-final-2025-los-angeles
"For the first time ever, Los Angeles will host the Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final on October 11, 2025!

After World Finals in cities across the globe, the City of Angels will welcome the best international street dancers to perform in this unique one-on-one mixed-style dance battle, where you – the audience – decide who takes home the coveted title.

INFO -HOW IT WORKS

Red Bull Dance Your Style – where you decide who wins.

What is it?

1v1 street dance freestyle bracket competition.

The twist?

Competitors have NO idea what song will play for their round(s). It's all surprise tracks!

What’s in it for me?

In this competition, the CROWD is the judge, YOU get to decide who wins it all."

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From
https://www.redbull.com/int-en/events/red-bull-dance-your-style-world-final-2025-los-angeles/red-bull-dance-your-style-world-final-event-faq#5-who-selects-the-red-bull-dance-your-style-world-final-winner

"Who selects the Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final winner?

The on-ground audience at the venue in Los Angeles decides who rules the dance floor by placing a vote after each performance battle. The audience must select the red or blue dancer via LED wristbands issued to all ticket holders at the venue. The dancer with the most votes will move on to the next round. Voters can vote for only one dancer per round."

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2- BEST DANCE MOMENTS on the WORLD STAGE | Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final 2025



Red Bull Dance, October 29, 2025

Wanna light up the world stage? Leave it to these all-star movers ✨ Roll the highlights! 🎥

💥 Dancers featured:

00:00 - Jaira Joy

01:10 - Waackxxxy

02:06 - The Crown

03:08 - Jean Michel Cruel

04:06 - Hirokoboogie

05:18 - Dnpri

06:07 - Silent

06:57 - Paris

07:47 - Jaira Joy 

Watch MORE of Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final Los Angeles here 📺: https://win.gs/WorldFinal2025_LA

Stay tuned for next year's Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final Switzerland! 🌎

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD OF THIS VIDEO
Most of these comments are from from October 29, 2025 - November 2025.

Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.

1. @monae917
"The Crown should've won. No shade to shorty but she wasn't thr best up there"

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2. @matttinmunyao3711
"The crown Victory was stolen fosho"

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3. @Homsatlo
"The crown was robbed so hard… it’s insane how effortless he makes it look and so creative"

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4. @albavaldes7804
"One of the worst Red Bull's contest. Sorry."

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6. @tonycurlew
"laccked that something special whic imho would have been crowns finals performance"

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7. @Geechie2ATL
"Ok... Based on this video alone, why do some of you think The Crown should have won? I mean, that sh-t was OK at best. Jaira Joy definitely deserved the win. Are we not all watching the same thing? 😳"

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8. @waterboy2134
"To be able to krump in an afrobeat song is what makes a dancer great. Jean Michel really did it for me.

I think Waackxxxy didn't show that much versatility. Popping, Hiphop, floor work, Afrobeats, audience interaction which Jaira showed. She kinda lacked some of those. She was focused too much on techniques."

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9. @Miyaki-k3j
"I'm not a professional dancer or anything but Wackxxxy showed versatility. Whacking, popping, and floor performance was shown, and she even used a prop to her dancing, I don't think versatility is what Wackxxxy was lacking. For ME, she won every round, except the tie breaker, cause she was obviously tired."

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10. @Katyayanibetha
"Glad to see others in the comments here thinking the same as me ~ The Crown should have won, in my opinion. He was SO good, SO aligned with the music and connected to his "wild root" as one of my teachers, Amit Carmelli, calls it. Jaira Joy was also SO good & I definitely see why she won the entire competition, , for sure, but in the specific battle between him and her, The Crown really should have won."

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11. @rm7523-k7r
"There is that guy in the blue-camouflaged outfit. He was really excited for everyone"

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12. @marklemoine1634
"The best part of these videos is seeing King Davinci’s reactions in the background lol"

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13. @fabrice94
"02:44 His vibes took the whole scene. Best moment for sure."

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14. @Sverigebilden
"I like Hirokoboogie, good energy, stage presence, rhythm, uses the entire dance floor and she can dance 👍"

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15. @김러빗
"프리파이널부터 쭉 보니까 jaira 춤이 엄청 특별하거나 독창적이진 않지만 젤 안정적으로 첨부터 끝까지 높은 퀄로 페이스 유지한 것 같아서 우승할 만했다는 생각 드네요 근데 무대 위에서 내내 서서 보는 관중들도 체력 대단함..댄서들이라 그런가 힘들어보이지도 않음"
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@KimRabbit "Having watched from the pre-finals onwards, I think Jaira's dancing wasn't incredibly special or original, but she maintained a consistently high level of performance from start to finish, which is why I think she deserved to win. But the audience members who stood and watched the entire time also have amazing stamina... maybe it's because they're dancers themselves, but they didn't seem tired at all." ** 16. @martolarte5290
"these dancers are good but they're not d soraki or mt pop. those two have set my standards high"

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17. @Topnotch_procrastinator
"I agree, There's so much uniqueness in mt's performances which this year's battles lacked......"

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18. @tonycurlew
" @Topnotch_procrastinator  crazy that so many think this and that crown should have won this year"

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19.@wharehinga6721
"Crowd hype for nothing"

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20. @nappleton100
"Bar set kinda low across the board here. This caliber of urban or street styles of dance depresses me . Seems like the audience doesn’t know any better either. Are we getting further and further away from true artists and street dancers with real skill? I feel sorry for the younger generation they have no idea what they missed out on and what’s been lost."

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21. @han_holo
"Waackxxxy was robbed!"

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22. @Katyayanibetha
"@elizzy01  Makes sense! Thanks for elaborating. I thought that same thing in one of the matches with Hirokoboogie too - the song they gave her didn't match her style at ALL so she wasn't able to shine like I saw her do in other matches. I'm not as familiar with Waackxxxy's style, though I loved her too, so thanks again for explaining!"

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23. @elizzy01
@Katyayanibetha  No problem. While it's my opinion and less popular among the many Waackxxxy fans (myself included but just being objective), I do think understanding culture comes into play in a room full of other dancers who also study dance (and dance culture) from various genres. There are levels and aspects to dance so when everyone is killing the beat, it's the other nuances that can give a dancer the edge. Waackxxy hit all the beats, but Jaira knew reggaeton better and just had that slight edge - the nuanced cultural details that we can spot and make us go WILD. You can see it in the audience too where they are looking for them to playy with the music and understand it. There are many ways to do it! I can see Jaira's prep/training paid off. I didn't know her before this. 😄

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24. @elizzy01
"@Katyayanibetha  Hirokoboogie had the disadvantage because it's hard to dance locking to other music but she's a beast! TBF they did play her a locking song that she obvs knew and killed.

Waackxxxy has been dancing a long time and I've seen her growth. She has gotten to a point where she's become one of the most versatile Waackers and proving herself with the fusion (+popping) training that got her a DYS win! To be good at this level, you have to be able to dance to anything even when it doesn't suit your style (overcome the disadvantage). But then to one up from that level, know the culture behind the dance genre! It goes deep into connection, feeling, history all that.

Thanks for allowing me to ramble btw 🤣💕

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25. @Katyayanibetha
"@elizzy01  That makes sense too, and that's some brilliant insight! I just realized that I also tend to gravitate toward and like dancers whose dance styles I'm more familiar with too. I thought Waackxxxy was amazing too, but I'm sure I haven't caught all the nuances you mention.

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26. @Katyayanibetha
"@elizzy01  Yes, that's exactly what it was with Hirokoboogie! I loved one of her performances in one of the other competitions leading up to the finals SO much, and the song was SO fitting. I did catch the performance in the finals too that she absolutely rocked too, it was the other one that I didn't feel she got a chance to shine on.

Waackxxxy is definitely super talented and I can tell she has put a LOT of hours in developing her dance. I think this is the first time I've came across waacking, that I can remember, so it's new to me, but she definitely blew me away for sure. So quick thinking and she's good at staying connected to what one of my teachers, Amit Carmelli calls, our "wild root" too, which is one of my top values when it comes to dancing or anything related to music, actually. 'Wild Root' refers to where you get your conscious mind out of the way for the most part so the music is what's moving rather than the dictates of your conscious mind, . In contrast, while not as much during the finals, some of the dancers I saw perform, you can tell that they are solely just showing off moves to the beat of the music rather than actually dancing TO the music, like a 'flow state' too except with less involvement of the mind so that we're primarily moving with soul rather than with conscious thought. Anyway, that's what I love and practice and I found Waackxxy to be really good at staying in touch with that wild root.

Thanks once again for that final insight you shared, as well. I've never participated in a competition, but I've been freestyle dancing for 30 years and playing music & singing since I could talk, performing live solos since Kindergarten, so music was my first love. You've inspired me to dance to genres of music I don't usually dance to now though, because that makes sense. Recently is the first I've ever heard of Red Bull's Dance competitions and I actually didn't even know until now that competitions for freestyle dance even existed! (I am using 'freestyle' here broadly to refer to all these styles, or rather, anything not choreographed ahead of time) So now I'm interested in competing, just because it would be SO fun to. I might even start hosting competitions myself! Virtually live and eventually in person (I've worked a lot in arts & music production & ran my own booking & management agency a long time ago, so I'm experienced at throwing events). I have only known people in circles I run in to freestyle dance, I didn't know it was recognized in this way, so I've been so hyped up and stoked on seeing all these dancers on such a prominent platform as Red Bull is providing. So awesome! I'm stoked as I LOVE to dance SO much and I always get such touching feedback from people sometimes who I dance for, so this has definitely inspired me to do more with it now."...

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