Baychata Festival
San José Qualifier
The event in numbers
Who came, how the competition went and what the scores tell.
- 62
- Dancers
- 14
- Countries
- 3
- Rounds
- 10
- Judges
- 420
- Scores given
- 1 h 59
- Of dancing
01 · The competition
Round by round
60 dancers in Prelims, 6 in the Finals. 3 heats and 12 songs. 60 of 60 dancers checked in for the first round.
Prelims
60 dancers32L + 28F
Semi-finals
30 dancers15L + 15F
Finals
6 dancers3L + 3F
Judged by 10 judges from 5 countries, who gave 420 scores.
02 · Moments
What the scores tell
Read straight from the judges' published scores.
The judges had 3 different favourites among the leaders. Jose Cueto won it on the majority.
Among the followers, the tie-break separated Shery Gómez Andrade from ellie marie.
16 of Reyes Lemos's 18 favourites went through to the next round, the best of the panel.
03 · The field
Who came to dance
Nations
14 countries, 3 continents
35% of the dancers came from outside United States.
United States
Mexico
Canada
China
India
Argentina
First-timers and regulars
16 dancers came back from last year's Baychata Jack & Jill.
Most experienced
Phoena Pang5 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 San José Qualifier did there.
Jose CuetoMexicoStill to compete
Shery Gómez AndradeMexicoStill to compete