BSWC
May 16 to 17, 2026Tenerife, SpainFinished

Tenerife Dance Festival

Clasificatorio Canarias

The event in numbers

Who came, how the competition went and what the scores tell.

115
Dancers
21
Countries
4
Rounds
20
Judges
1,190
Scores given
2 h 50
Of dancing

01 · The competition

Round by round

116 dancers in Preliminaries, 10 in the Finals. 7 heats and 27 songs. 116 of 116 dancers checked in for the first round.

Preliminaries

116 dancers56L + 60F

Second round

72 dancers36L + 36F

Semifinals

30 dancers15L + 15F

Finals

10 dancers5L + 5F

Judged by 20 judges from 10 countries, who gave 1,190 scores.

02 · Moments

What the scores tell

Read straight from the judges' published scores.

A split panelLeaders

The judges had 3 different favourites among the leaders. Jhersy Nolasco won it on the majority.

A split panelFollowers

The judges had 4 different favourites among the followers. Nicole Sukhomlina won it on the majority.

Biggest climbFollowers

yaiza ferreño lodeiro went from 8th in Preliminaries to 2nd in the Finals.

Sharpest eye

10 of Miglė Kreipavičiūtė's 11 favourites went through or made the podium, the best of the panel.

03 · The field

Who came to dance

Nations

21 countries, 4 continents

50% of the dancers came from outside Spain.

ESSpain
57
PLPoland
9
FRFrance
7
LTLithuania
7
IEIreland
6
ITItaly
5
Spain: 57Poland: 9France: 7Lithuania: 7Ireland: 6Italy: 5Unknown: 5Peru: 4Venezuela: 3Argentina: 1Belgium: 1Canada: 1Cyprus: 1Germany: 1Greece: 1Morocco: 1Palestine: 1Portugal: 1Romania: 1Ukraine: 1Uruguay: 1

First-timers and regulars

58%
First World Cup event
67 dancers
17
Regulars
3 or more events before

Experience

5.1
Years dancing, on average
Intermediate
55
Advanced
27
Professional
25
Beginner
5

04 · What happened next

On to Spanish Cup Finals 2027

How the dancers who qualified at Clasificatorio Canarias did there.