Melbourne Bachata Festival
Oceania Qualifier - Melbourne
The event in numbers
Who came, how the competition went and what the scores tell.
- 80
- Dancers
- 15
- Countries
- 3
- Rounds
- 10
- Judges
- 640
- Scores given
- 1 h 58
- Of dancing
01 · The competition
Round by round
78 dancers in Preliminaries, 10 in the Final. 4 heats and 12 songs. 78 of 78 dancers checked in for the first round.
Preliminaries
78 dancers39L + 39F
Semi-Final
30 dancers15L + 15F
Final
10 dancers5L + 5F
Judged by 10 judges from 4 countries, who gave 640 scores.
02 · Moments
What the scores tell
Read straight from the judges' published scores.
Among the leaders, the tie-break separated Thari Aponso from Alonso Olivera.
One judge placed Josh Del Rosario 2nd, another 5th. They finished 3rd.
The judges had 4 different favourites among the followers. Alice Warren won it on the majority.
One judge placed Svajone Jazilionyte 1st, another 5th. They finished 3rd.
Emily Balaburov went from 10th in Preliminaries to 4th in the Final.
19 of Meilin Zhong's 20 favourites went through to the next round, the best of the panel.
03 · The field
Who came to dance
Nations
15 countries, 4 continents
28% of the dancers came from outside Australia.
Australia
New Zealand
India
France
Individual Neutral Athlete
Brazil
First-timers and regulars
Most experienced
Diana Anjos3 World Cup events before this oneExperience
04 · Before and after
Sign-ups and feedback
How registration filled up
05 · What happened next
On to World Cup Finals 2027
How the dancers who qualified at Oceania Qualifier - Melbourne did there.
Alice WarrenAustraliaStill to compete
Thari AponsoAustraliaStill to compete