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April 11, 2026Warsaw, PolandFinished

El Sol Bachata Festival

El Sol Social Competition - Amateur

The event in numbers

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

54
Dancers
13
Countries
3
Rounds
6
Judges
315
Scores given
1 h 59
Of dancing

01 · The competition

Round by round

53 dancers in Preliminaries, 6 in the Finals. 4 heats and 17 songs. 53 of 53 dancers checked in for the first round.

Preliminaries

53 dancers28L + 25F

Semi Finals

20 dancers10L + 10F

Finals

6 dancers3L + 3F

Judged by 6 judges from 4 countries, who gave 315 scores.

02 · Moments

What the scores tell

Read straight from the judges' published scores.

The deciderLeaders

Among the leaders, the tie-break separated Przemek Tereszczak from Dzmitry Alikhver.

From the last places to the podiumLeaders

Dzmitry Alikhver took one of the last places through Preliminaries (8th of 10) and finished 2nd in the Finals.

UnanimousFollowers

Every judge put Marzena Sypniewska first among the followers in the Finals.

Sharpest eye

20 of Maria Aparicio's 22 favourites went through or made the podium, the best of the panel.

03 · The field

Who came to dance

Nations

13 countries, 2 continents

35% of the dancers came from outside Poland.

PLPoland
35
HUHungary
4
ITItaly
3
ESSpain
3
BGBulgaria
1
COColombia
1
Poland: 35Hungary: 4Italy: 3Spain: 3Bulgaria: 1Colombia: 1Cyprus: 1Czechia: 1Denmark: 1France: 1Individual Neutral Athlete: 1Turkey: 1Ukraine: 1

First-timers and regulars

74%
First World Cup event
40 dancers
2
Regulars
3 or more events before

Experience

3.4
Years dancing, on average
Intermediate
37
Beginner
8
Advanced
7

04 · Before and after

Sign-ups and feedback

How registration filled up

54%
Signed up in the last week