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September 19, 2026Paris, FranceFinished

Paris Bachata Vibe Festival

Pré-sélection Finale (Pro)

The event in numbers

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

62
Dancers
22
Countries
2
Rounds
10
Judges
405
Scores given
0 h 43
Of dancing

01 · The competition

Round by round

61 dancers in Preliminary , 20 in the Semifinal . 2 heats and 8 songs. 61 of 61 dancers checked in for the first round.

Preliminary

61 dancers31L + 30F

Semifinal

20 dancers10L + 10F

Judged by 10 judges from 5 countries, who gave 405 scores.

02 · Moments

What the scores tell

Read straight from the judges' published scores.

The deciderLeaders

Only 1 of 5 judges preferred YERIN RIOS to Cristian Hagen. That was enough to win the leaders.

YERIN RIOSColombia
The panel agreedLeaders

All 5 judges placed PACO PAES 6th.

PACO PAESPeru
From the last places to the podiumLeaders

Sergio Martin Yebra took one of the last places through Preliminary (8th of 10) and finished 3rd in the Semifinal .

Sergio Martin YebraSpain
UnanimousFollowers

Every judge put Natalia Mejía first among the followers in the Semifinal .

Natalia MejíaColombia
The panel splitFollowers

One judge placed Marie Jouberton 1st, another 6th. They finished 3rd.

Marie JoubertonFrance
Sharpest eye

11 of Dimitri Tarabay's 13 favourites went through or made the podium, the best of the panel.

Dimitri TarabayFrance

03 · The field

Who came to dance

Nations

22 countries, 4 continents

66% of the dancers came from outside France.

FRFrance
21
NLNetherlands
5
ESSpain
5
DEGermany
4
COColombia
3
SESweden
3
France: 21Netherlands: 5Spain: 5Germany: 4Colombia: 3Sweden: 3Armenia: 2Denmark: 2Peru: 2Switzerland: 2United Kingdom: 2Bulgaria: 1Cameroon: 1China: 1Egypt: 1Georgia: 1Ireland: 1Lithuania: 1New Caledonia: 1Portugal: 1Serbia: 1Sri Lanka: 1

First-timers and regulars

5%
First World Cup event
3 dancers
28
Regulars
3 or more events before

27 dancers came back from last year's Pré-sélection régionale - Île-de-France (Pro).

Most experienced

Henrik Thewes11 World Cup events before this one

Experience

5.6
Years dancing, on average
Professional
28
Advanced
18
Intermediate
15

04 · Before and after

Sign-ups and feedback

How registration filled up

48%
Signed up in the last week

05 · What happened next

On to Bachata Social French Cup (Pro)

How the dancers who qualified at Pré-sélection Finale (Pro) did there.