The Red Bull BC One is an annual international breakdancing (B-Boy) competition, established in 2004. The competition is organised by the beverage company Red Bull. Its first event was held in Biel, Switzerland in 2004. The competition's main event is a knockout tournament, featuring sixteen break dancers. The format involves one-on-one battles judged by a panel of five experienced judges Red Bull BC One's has regional finals held in various parts of the world, including North America, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. These regional winners compete in the World Finals, representing their regions internationally. In the 2004 and 2005 events Red Bull BC released an official video that has been criticized due to restrictive music playing rights, as the live music played during the competition had to be dubbed over. From 2006 onwards, Red Bull stopped releasing DVDs and made the videos available online for free. In 2007, Alastair Siddons directed a film about the Red Bull BC One 2007 competition. The film was released in 2009 under the title, 'Turn it Loose'. Since 2014, Red Bull BC One has partnered with the World B-Boy Series to help create Undisputed, which crowns a solo world B-Boy champion.

Winners

Yearly editions

2023

The Red Bull BC One took place in Paris at the Roland-Garros on October 21, 2023. Judges: MC: DJ:

B-boy World Final

Location: Paris, France

B-Girl World Final

Location: Paris, France

2022

In 2022, the 19th Red Bull BC One took place in New York City on November 12, 2022. Judges: MC: DJ:

B-boy World final

Location: New York, United States

B-Girl World Final

Location: New York, United States

2021

The 18th edition of the breaking competition took place for the first time in Gdańsk, Poland, on November 5 and 6. Judges: MC: DJ:

B-boy World Final

Location: Gdańsk, Poland

B-Girl World Final

Location: Gdańsk, Poland

2020

The 17th edition took place in Salzburg, Austria. Judges: MC: DJ:

B-boy World Final

Location: Salzburg, Austria

B-Girl World Final

Location: Salzburg, Austria

2019

In its 16th edition took place on November 9, in Mumbai, India. Judges: MC: DJ:

B-boy World Final

Location: Mumbai, India

B-Girl World Final

Location: Mumbai, India

2018

In 2004, the first Red Bull BC One was held at the cultural centre La Coupole in Biel. Fourteen years later, it to Switzerland. This time, at the Hallenstadion in northern Zurich. Judges: MC: DJ:

B-boy World Final

Location: Zurich, Switzerland

B-Girl World Final

Location: Zurich, Switzerland

2017

The 2017 Red Bull BC One was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on November 4, 2017. Judges: MC: DJ:

B-boy World Final

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

2016

Red Bull BC One held camps around the world that featured traditional cyphers. It no longer held the six regional finals from previous years. Camps were held in Austria, France, South Africa, Italy, Japan, and Ukraine. In 2016, Toronto also held the first direct Canadian qualifier for the world final in Nagoya, Japan. The winners of each cypher competed in a Last Chance Cypher to qualify to the World Finals in Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, Japan on December 3. With the winners of the Last Chance Cypher going against each other in Nagoya alongside fifteen Wild Card entries, chosen by an international team of B-Boy experts. The 2016 event was the final BC One that would feature Taisuke, as he announced his retirement from this competition. Thus, Issei's victory making him the first Japanese champion of Red Bull BC One. Judges: MC: DJ:

B-boy World Final

Location: Nagoya, Japan

2015

On November 14, 2015, the Red Bull BC One World Finals, took place in Rome's Palazzo dei Congressi. Judges: MC: DJ:

B-boy World Final

Location: Rome, Italy

2014

In 2014 Red Bull BC One took place in Paris, France with a round-by-round judging system used by Undisputed. The round-by-round judging format allows boys to see the judges decision after every round. The battle is set for 3 rounds (Finals is 5) but can end if a boy beats his opponent in 2. However, this judging system received a lot of criticism from Red Bull BC One fans throughout social media following the event. Bboys and fans alike, both disagreed with the judges's decisions after many individual battles. Many argued that it was the worst Red Bull BC one competition since its initiation. Due to Menno's victory and Chelles Battle Pro, Gravity was awarded the final spot at Undisputed at the end of the year following Red Bull BC One. Judges: MC: DJ

B-boy World Final

Location: Paris, France

2013

Red Bull BC One took place in Seoul, South Korea, on November 30, 2013. Judges: MC: DJ:

B-boy World Final

Location: Seoul, Korea

2012

Red Bull BC One took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on December 8, 2012. Judges: MC: DJ:

B-boy World Final

Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2011

Red Bull BC One took place in Moscow, Russia on November 26, 2011. Judges: MC: DJ:

B-boy World Final

Location: Moscow, Russia

2010

Red Bull BC One 2010 took place in Tokyo, Japan on November 27, 2010. This marks the first time the competition was held in Asia. Judges: MC: DJ:

B-boy World Final

Location: Tokyo, Japan

2009

Red Bull BC One was held on November 18, 2009, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Tickets went on sale at midnight, October 9, 2009, and were sold out within 30 minutes. Judges: MC: DJ:

B-boy World Final

Location: New York City, United States

2008

For 2008, Red Bull BC One was held in Paris on November 5 at the new 104 Cent Quatre avenue. Judges: MC: DJ:

B-boy World Final

Location: Paris, France

2007

For 2007, qualifiers were held in May and June in 10 countries: Algeria, France, Japan, Germany, Brazil, South Africa, United States, Sweden, Taiwan, and Russia. The winner from each of these nine events, along with four wild card entries and the top 3 finishers from last year's 2006 main event, are the final 16 for the 2007 main event. However, two of the breakdancers – Baek, a wild card selection, and Niek , who won the Germany qualifier – had to withdraw from the competition due to injury. They were replaced by B-boys Cico and Jed. Judges: MC: DJ:

B-boy World Final

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

2006

Judges: MC: DJ:

B-boy World Final

Location: São Paulo, Brazil

2005

Judges: MC: DJ:

B-boy World Final

Location: Berlin, Germany

2004

Judges: MC: DJ:

B-boy World Final

Location: Biel, Switzerland

Red Bull BC One All Stars

Red Bull BC One All Stars is a crew of thirteen internationally renowned dancers. Together, they showcase the art of B-Boying in all of its many forms. Each of the 14 B-Boys has competed in the Red Bull BC One. They travel the world to teach workshops, judge competitions and battle. Each crewmember brings a certain style and skillset, and one new member is added every year. Some notable achievements are the following: Breaker in Bold denotes former Red Bull BC One champion.