[Coverage] ASTRO BATTLEGROUND 舞极限 2016 GRAND
FINAL
Kuala Lumpur, July 2016 – One of the most
anticipated dancing competition in Malaysia, “Astro Battleground 2016” has just come to an end over the last
weekend. It was a great day filled with energetic dance and heartwarming
moments. Our team from wljack.com has
been given an opportunity to do a coverage on the event.
Date: 2nd July 2016
Time: 2.30pm – 6.00pm
Venue: Sunway Pyramid Ice
A close competition between Red Lycans and
Dark Riderz!
Competing
over 5 rounds of different themes, both teams of talented dancers from Red Lycans and Dark Rider have tried their very best in every round in order to
achieve their goals, to win the championship!
Round 1 themed The Style whereby the contestants have to perform their best dance
styles to impress the judges. Round 2 was
titled The Spirit whereby the
contestants performed the routine with ex-contestants. Both round was won by Red Lycans. Leading the match with 2-0,
Red Lycans team has a higher morale
at this point of championship and greater possibility of winning it. However,
the hosts Dennis Yin (Former winner
of Astro
Battleground) and Denise Camilia Tan (Champion of Miss
Astro Chinese International Pageant 2012)
do not want to reveal the scores for the next few rounds until the final
round was over in view of creating more suspense for the audience.
So
there goes Round 3 – The Origin,
whereby the contestants need to perform the routine with Malay traditional dance. Personally, I really like this round as it
is such a unique fusion between street dance and Malaysian traditional dance.
It was really stunning and astonishing from both teams of dancers!
Round 4 – The Journey played the same
background song from Lucas Graham, 7
years which complemented with performance by the contestants in telling the
story of their journey via dancing.
Finally,
it reached the peak of the show, Round
5- The Battle! During this round, it is obvious that both teams really have
what it takes to reach this far. Both teams of contestants can dance really
well! It’s really a tough decision to comment on which team is better than the
other.
Great Judges Made The Final Decision!
Five
prominent international dance gurus, Brian
Puspos from the USA, Funky Lia, 1G and
Bboy Skim from Korea, as well as C.Hsiang from Taiwan sat as judges to
select the best team between ‘Red Lycans’ and ‘Dark Riderz’ based on
choreography, creativity and teamwork.
After
all the 5 rounds of intensive
battles, the winning team was crowned by Red
Lycans. The winning team won away not just RM 50,000 but also the opportunity to represent Malaysia at the Asia Battleground, dubbed as the Asia’s biggest broadcasted street dance
competition, on 8th October
2016. They will be competing with top dancers from Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Beijing and Thailand.
As the
winning team, Red Lycans get to
choose two crews from Dark Riderz to
participate in upcoming Asian
Battleground 2016. Amirul and Black-Z
were both chosen.
One peak after another! Solo battles
champion!
Another
peak of the event was when the eight crews in the winning team square off for
the best solo award by competing among themselves! After the first round of
spectacular competition, the final four turned out to be Koi Kian Boon, Tan Yu Ki, Sheena
Low Hui Lin and Lim Leong Inn.
Finally,
Lim Leong Inn who is also known as KidInn won the solo battle. In fact, he
won 5-0 against all other 3 dancing crews. He has won a solo champion with
prize cash of RM 35,000!
Post Event Media Interview!
Q: Why Black-Z and Amirul were chosen from
Dark Riderz to join Red Lycans in upcoming Asia Battleground?
A: Team Leader for Red Lycans Koi Kian Boon replied that Black-Z has a great leadership and top
notch fundamentals skills while Amirul has
participated in many competitions before. Koi
Kian Boon has a very good impression on both these two newly-joined in Red Lycans crews.
KidInn on the other hand mentioned that his
most feared upcoming opponent is Korean dance team. He felt that Korean dance
team always comes with surprising choreography. When asked regarding his plans
on how he is going to spend his prize money, he said that he will used it to
bring his family for vacation, treat his crews with good meals, as well as
arranging trip to Korea for dancing courses.
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| Me and Red Lycans Koi Kian Boon & KidInn |
For
those of you who have missed the LIVE
show of Astro Battleground 2016 finale, please stay tuned to Astro Wah Lai Toi (CH 311) and Astro Wah Lai Toi HD (CH 310) on 17th July 2016, 8.30pm for
the show.
Asia Battleground 2016 will be broadcasted LIVE via Astro Wah Lai Toi (CH 311) and Astro
Wah Lai Toi HD (CH 310), as well as Astro
Gempak Youtube on 8th
October 2016.
Published
by WLJack.
