BtoB Bachata Dance Festival / BachataTakesOverBucharest
Who came, how the competition went and what the scores tell.
01 · The competition
100 dancers in Preliminaries, 10 in the Final. 4 heats and 20 songs. 100 of 101 dancers checked in for the first round.
Preliminaries
100 dancers50L + 50F
Semifinals
40 dancers20L + 20F
Final
10 dancers5L + 5F
Judged by 11 judges from 1 country, who gave 720 scores.
02 · Moments
Read straight from the judges' published scores.
The judges had 3 different favourites among the leaders. Chester Sol won it on the majority.
Slaven Radylov went from 10th in Preliminaries to 5th in the Final.
Among the followers, the tie-break separated Dorottya Ádám from Ioana Elena Jalbă.
Iulia Livescu went from 13th in Preliminaries to 4th in the Final.
20 of David Morante's 25 favourites went through or made the podium, the best of the panel.
03 · The field
Nations
26% of the dancers came from outside Romania.
First-timers and regulars
Most experienced

Experience
04 · Before and after
How registration filled up