The World Finals are over! Just finished last weekend at the London O2 arena (used to be called the Millenium Dome). Here's a quick low down:
Battle for World Supremacy
This time round, there were about 30 countries competing, so there are a lot of rounds to get through. Basically for each round, A does a minute, then B does a minute. A then does another minute and B does another minute. Then the judges vote for the winner at the end of each round. So it's like a knock-out competition.
My first round was against Australia. To be honest I was a little scared, but I tried to look really confident and I think it worked to my favour. In the middle of my routine, the sound went off, which was one of the many technical difficulties that night. I started again and I pulled it off cleaner. Then I won and went to the next round. I was then up against a France, who is one of the best turntablist nations at the moment. I lost to him, but he went on to win 2nd that night. I'm happy.
Solo
This is the category I am more excited about. 33 countries have 3 minute and the top 12 go to the night show. In the end, I didn't get through the night show. The judges weren't djs, they were organisers of the different national heats. As a result, a lot of good djs also didn't go through to the top 12. A lot of shit djs went through... by that I mean really bad djs. There was a big upset, everyone complained and from now on, there's a new rule that only djs can be judges... about time? In the end, 1st was France (DJ Fly), 2nd was USA (DJ Slyce), 3rd was Japan (DJ Co-ma).
All in all it was a very good experience for me. There were many djs (all but a handful) used the hardcore electro style, which the 2006 and 2007 world champions used. I think I have done myself and Hong Kong justice by having a different style and being technical at the same time. Something original.
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