‘This is the Australian Hip Hop Championship. Australia’s premiere hip hop dance competition. Over 4 massive events, the time has come to decide. Which dance crew has what it takes to rise up and claim the ultimate title of Australian Hip Hop Champions 2009?’

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GRAND FINALS

RESULTS
Junior Division
1 – Urban Force Jnr
2 – Kstar
3 – Sublime

Open Division
1 – DVP
2 – JTown
3 – Beatphonik
4 – Rewind
5 – Doppelgangers
6 – Deja
7 – The Collektive
8 – bpMafia
9 – Superhoodz
10 – Snap

VIDEOS

Playlist:
1 DVP
2 J-Town
3 Beatphonik
4 Rewind
5 Doppelgangers
6 Deja
7 The Collektive
8 Superhoodz
9 Kstar
10 Sublime
11 Urban Force Juniors
12 bpMafia
13 Snap
Huge thanks and credit to ‘whyteflame’ for uploading the footage.

Date: Sunday 31 May
Time: Doors open 2.15pm
Place: The Palms at Crown Entertainment Complex
Cost: $55 VIP, $45 Gold or Club Lounge, $35 Silver
Contact: United Entertainment Group (UEG)

The Australian Hip Hop Championship has concluded with some extremely tight competition for first place in both divisions. For the first time,  an Australian national title was won by a crew other than Kstar. DVP has excelled from their 5th place finish last year to win 1st place this year and be crowned Australia’s Hip Hop Champions and also received a $5000 cheque. JTown featuring brothers Jesse and Joel Rasmussen from Sydney followed closely behind. Melbourne’s most experienced crews Beatphonik and Rewind rounded out the top 4, and Sydney’s Doppelgangers scored extremely well for their originality and creativity.

Special shoutouts to all the special performances, Zabrina Araya and her dancers, Mass Mayhem, and the Melbourne House Dancers. Also, huge thanks go out to our special judges, whom worked tirelessly to provide the result they could all agree on and provide constructive feedback for the crews. Finally, thanks to UEG for organising one of the most prestigious and visually sensational hip hop events in Australia!

All crews will be receiving scans of the judges’ comments soon.

JUDGES:

AHC has secured a sensational panel of judges to match the esteem of the event and the quality of the crews. The three international judges are Yuri Tag (Kaba Modern), Taeko Carroll (Fysh ‘n’ Chicks) and Patrick Chen (Dance2XS International).

Workshops with  Yuri and Taeko will be held on June 1 and 2. CLICK HERE for more details of the special workshops!

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PRELIMINARIES REVIEWS

-Canberra Finals-
Thursday 26th March 2009
Doors Open @ 6.30pm
Vikings Auditourium
6 Ricardo Street
Wanniassa, ACT

CANBERRA REVIEW

Competing Crews:
Legs, Fresh Funk Flava, bpMafia, Juse Crew Canberra, Fresh Funk Flava, Urban Lava (Snr),Fresh Funk Fire (Jnr), Urban Lava (Jnr)

The night was a huge success with over 80 dancers performing to a packed house. The standard was extremely high and there is no doubt that the representatives from Canberra will be giving the top crews from Melbourne and Sydney a run for their money.

Qualifying to the National Finals are:
Junior - Fresh Funk Fire
Open:
3 – bpMafia
2 – Fresh Funk Force
1 – Juse Crew Canberra

PLAYLIST:
1 – bpMafia (3rd Place)
2 – Juse Crew (1st Place)

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-Melbourne Finals-
Sunday 5th April 2009
Doors Open 2.00pm
Melbourne Music Academy
53 Victoria Street
Melbourne, VIC

MELBOURNE PREVIEW

Melbourne is set to be a fierce competition this preliminary! Melbourne produced the Winning and 2nd place crews in both the overage and junior division last year. The line up for this preliminary is daunting with big names like, Beatphonik, Rewind, DVP, The Collektive, and Kstar. Superhoods and Undefined are also competing after strong performances recently.

MELBOURNE RESULTS

Juniors:
1 – Kstar
2 – Urban Force Juniors
3 – Sublime
4 – Kykz
5 – Destruct

Open:
1 – Beatphonik
2 – DVP
3 – Rewind
4 – Superhoodz
5 – The Collektive
6 – The Dream
7 – Undefined
8 – X-Cape

MELBOURNE REVIEW

The capacity crowd at MMA went wild after seeing that the standard and quality of the competing crews was so high. This was the highest quality of competition for a preliminary Melbourne has ever seen, and new records were set in the scores some of the crews achieved. The junior crews were truly talented and showcased massive potential, with Kstar awarded their place in the final after a stellar performance. Beatphonik, DVP, Rewind and Superhoodz also qualified amidst some very tough competition.

AHC moves to Sydney in two weeks to find the final crews to qualify for the Grand Finals on May 31st, after which wildcards will be announced.

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- Sydney Finals-
Saturday 18th April 2009
Doors Open 2.30pm
Carriageworks
Bay 20, 245 Wilson Street
Eveleigh, NSW

RESULTS:
1 DoppelGangers
2 JTown
3 Deja
4 Snap

JUDGES: Tabitha and Napoleon, Jillian Myers, Don

PLAYLIST:
1 DoppelGangers
2 JTown
3 Deja
4 Snap
5 Psyke
6 Celcius
7 CENCEMP

Competing Crews:
Buoyan
Celcius
CENCEMP
Deja
DoppelGangers
Friends Junction
J TOWN
Limited Edition
Psyke
SNAP