I guess hell froze over -- America's Best Dance Crew won an Emmy! Emmy voters recognized Quest Crew with an award for choreography. They won for 3 of their performances in Season 8, and said in an interview with Yahoo! Music that their Week 4 performance to "Take U There" was the most meaningful to them:
There were two Emmys for Choreography given for 2016. The other winner: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Here's one of my favorite performances from that show:
Tonight is the night! All week long, performers from all over the world have been competing in the World Hip Hop Championships and tonight, we see the culmination of all their hard work. Here's a list of crews going for the gold by rank: Junior Division 6. Bubblegum - New Zealand 5. LilPeepz - Philippines 4. Scream - Russia 3. Kaleidoskope - New Zealand 2. T.eenagers - Canada 1. Next Jr. - Japan Varsity Division 8. Illagroovers - Australia 7. Fraternity - USA 6. Krankyd - Canada 5. Unity Youth - United Kingdom 4. The Alliance - Philippines 3. Masque - New Zealand 2. J.B. Star Varsity - Japan 1. Kana-Boon! - Japan (Defending Champions) Adult Division 9. Connection - Mexico 8. The D - Australia 7. C4 - Canada 6. 13.13 Crew - India 5. Romancon - Philippines 4. Prophecy - USA 3. 159 - Russia 2. Outlawz - USA 1. The Bradas - New Zealand (DC) MegaCrew Division 7. The Jukebox - Mexico 6. D Maniac MegaCrew - Thailand 5. Royal Family Varsity - New Zealand 4. J.B. Star - Japan 3. Lock'n'LOL Crew - South Korea (DC) 2. ID Co - New Zealand 1. UPeepz - Philippines Be sure to head over to HipHopInternational.com and watch the World Championships LIVE at 6:30PM PST. Good luck to all performers! #HHI2016
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Tonite's the big night for Parris Goebel as she premiers The PARRI$ Project at #HHI2016 featuring the music by Parris herself! She promises it to be a special night. And you can watch it LIVE for free! Parris will be broadcasting her show on Facebook Live tonite at10:30PM PST. Don't miss it! Crowns Up!!
Follow us on Facebook all day and nite for all that's happening in Las Vegas. Please bear with me - I'm trying to get a better view and I'm still testing the LIVE feature. Good luck to all!
Yesterday was a looonnnggg day with the Preliminaries in the Junior and Megacrew Divisions. But it was awesome! Dancers are giving us their all on the World stage. Here are the results. These crews move on to the Semi-Finals. Congrats!!! Junior Division 20. Play Dohpe - Australia - 6.48 19. Khaos - New Zealand - 6.55 18. Be Danza Little Monsters - Colombia - 6.60 17. Shake That Legion - UK - 6.66 16. Little Rockers - Mexico - 6.70 15. X-Style Kids - Romania - 6.77 14. J.B. Star Jr. - Japan - 6.85 13. Xtreme Stepz - Canada - 6.87 12. Prodigy - USA - 6.96 11. Trouble Makers - USA - 7.02 10. Onigashima - Japan - 7.13 09. Mighty Shock SD - USA - 7.19 08. Hellraizers - Australia - 7.25 07. RSK - Canada - 7.34 06. Bubblegum - New Zealand - 7.43 05. Scream - Russia - 7.45 04. lilPeepz - Philippines - 7.45 03. T.EENAGERS - Canada - 7.49 02. Kaleidoskope - New Zealand - 7.50 01. Next Jr. - Japan - 7.65 MegaCrew Division 28. 6.46 Original Sin Italy 27. 6.48 Limited Edition SG Singapore 26 6.52 TNK Empire Spain 25. 6.57 Milkshake MegaCrew Peru 24. 6.59 The Drop Fam USA 23. 6.60 Royalty Dominican Republic 22. 6.75 HoodNation Australia 21. 6.80 Team Creatorz Mexico 20. 6.81 Complot Mega Crew Panama 19. 6.84 ForceOne Thailand 18. 6.94 Da’Republik Dominican Republic 17. 6.97 Homies Spain 16. 6.98 The Capital New Zealand 15. 7.14 The Family Canada 14. 7.16 Academy of Brothers Australia 13. 7.26 ZBoyz Mafia Australia 12. 7.31 UP Street Dance Club Philippines 11. 7.49 Chapkis Dance Family USA 10. 7.60 Ill Fam USA 09. 7.60 The Jukebox Mexico 08. 7.68 TwoFourSeven Co Canada 07. 7.70 D Maniac MegaCrw Thailand 06. 7.97 Red Haze Crew Russia 05. 8.01 LGDM Philippines 04. 8.02 J.B. Star Japan 03. 8.08 Royal Family Varsity New Zealand 02. 8.27 ID CO New Zealand 01. 8.48 uPeepz Philippines Check out full score results plus up to the minute #HHI2016 updates at Hip Hop International on Facebook. Remember, follow us on Facebook and Instagram. You'll see that I've been playing around with Facebook Live with performances from Royal Family Varsity, LGDM, and the results readings. Bare with me, I'm in the far back of the room (for the prelims) with only my iPhone- also, I usually don't watch shows with my phone in the air. Preliminaries for the Varsity and Adult Divisions are today and is starting soon! Good luck to all performers!
After an exhausting day of traveling (argh, Delta!!!!), I finally made it to Hip Hop International 2016! Be sure to follow us on Instagram & Facebook - BloggingBestDance. I will be trying to get updates (hopefully, pics/vid/live coverage) of the happenings here in Vegas. Please leave all comments on our Facebook page and use #HHI2016. Good luck to all performers and enjoy!
Sorry for the late post. I'm actually heading to Las Vegas tomorrow evening to cover this year's Hip Hop International. Click on the link below to watch the rest of the LIVESTREAM of the USA Championships or goto HipHopInternational.com
And here are results from the Junior and Varsity Divisions. These medalists will go on to the World Championships this week. Congrats and good luck! Junior Bronze - TROUBLE MAKERS - Los Angeles, CA - 6.32 Silver - MIGHTY SHOCK SD - San Diego, CA - 6.55 Gold - PRODIGY - Las Vegas, NV - 7.15 Varsity Bronze - KABA KIDS - Irvine, CA - 7.90 Silver - FRATERNITY - Oxnard, CA - 7.96 Gold - CHAPKIDZ Suisun, CA - 8.10
Check out this interview from OfficialHHI's YouTube channel with the one and only queen, Parris Goebel. In it, she talks about her inspirations growing up, her memories of her HHI legacy, the story behind Justin Bieber's "Sorry" video, and what's in the works for the future. Crowns up!
Considering that I don't watch sports, I nearly missed this video from a week ago. It's the original champs, The Jabbawockeez, performing a fun set at Game 5 halftime of the NBA Finals. And if you're in the Las Vegas area (like I was last week), be sure to check out the Jabbawockeez all new show - JREAMZ live at the MGM Grand. It's voted the #1 Vegas show for all ages. Go to JBWKZ.com for more info. From JABBAWOCKEEZ OFFICIAL YouTube.
The KINJAZ recently linked up with Fresh Empire in this online series encouraging fans to Keep It Fresh - live life tobacco free. The past several weeks, viewers have been submitting and voting on videos for a chance to win a trip to Los Angeles and meet the KINJAZ themselves. Be sure to check out FRESH MOVES to vote and to find out more. Meantime, you can check out episodes 1-4 right now! From TheKinjaz YouTube.
