German Styling Battle

Be extraordinary and dance the way you feel!

Be part of the first German Styling Battle, showcase your styling and improvisational skills and get a teaching slot at our next Edition in 2026! This is one on one battle where we will have only one champion! Who is ready to fight for the renown title?

Styling Battle Timeline

For both categories: amateurs & pros

Registrations

Registrations for Styling Battle

10:00am - 3:00pm

Styling Battle Briefing

Detailed Rules explanation for participants with a possibility to ask questions.

3:30pm-4:00pm

Styling Battle Competition

Cypher, qualifying rounds, semi-final

4:00-6:00pm

Finale Styling Battle

Finale will be after the official Show Programme on Saturday Night around 11:30pm.

During Saturday Social Night

Regulations

Regulations about music and dance

There are very few regulations to follow, as we wanted to create this battle as free as possible. The only thing which is very important: enjoyment & respect to your rivals!

Styling battle is for advanced bachata dancers

You can be a hobby/amateur with advanced level of bachata dancing or professional.

Detailed battle procedure

This year the competition will be more wild & free!

Pre-Qualification: Cypher

All participants will dance simultaneously to random bachata songs (sensual, traditional & fusion), after the cypher the judges decide 15 dancers who join the qualifying rounds.

Qualifying Rounds: There will be 4 dancers per one round with total of 4 rounds and 16 dancers (1 extra dancer is a winner of London Styling Battle). They battle within the round one against one. If participant loses twice he/she is automatically out of the competition. If participant wins twice he/she proceeds to semi-finals.The list of songs for the qualifying rounds will be known prior to the event (2 weeks before)

Semi-finals: similar to qualifying rounds with total of 8 dancers, 4 dancers will join finale out of semi-finals.

Finals: During Saturday Night Social

Battle is one against one

There will be no gender differences in categories.

Qualifying rounds procedure

  1. All participants of the round will stay in a row depending on the number they got at the lottery. First two dancers go inside the circle and start competing.
  2. Each one of the dancers dance an improvisation of 40 Seconds to a randomly picked song until the specific signal.
  3. After second dancer performed the judges decide immediately who won this battle. They show at one of both dancers without talking to each other. The votes of the judges will be summed up and the winner gets 1 plus point and loser 1 minus point.
  4. The winner stays inside the circle to battle the next one and the loser goes to the end of the queue of the participants of this round.
  5. The one who gets 2 minus points is immediately out of the round, the one who gets 2 plus points goes automatically to semi-finals.
  6. There will be two winners of each qualifying round.

Half-finals and finals

In half-finals there will be only 8 dancers. They will take place right after the qualifying rounds.

The finale will be held at the Saturday Social Night right after the show program.

Winners

Winner will be announced right after finale at the main stage of the event on Saturday night. There will be only one Battle winner. 2nd & 3rd places will be named. The winner gets the teaching slot at the next edition of Extravadanza Bachata Congress.

Prizes

There will be money and Full Passes prizes for different events. As a winner you also get a teaching slot at our next 2026 Edition!

The prizes:

1st place 200€ & 2 Festival Full Passes & opportunity to teach at Extravadanza Bachata Congress 2026
2nd place 100€ & 1 Festival Full Pass
3rd place 1 Festival Full Pass

Festival Prizes in detail (the winner will choose 2 festivals he/she wants to go to, then the 2nd and 3rd places decide right after accordingly):
Bachata Explosion Festival Berlin (17-19 October 2025)
Bindaas Amsterdam Festival (28-30 November 2025)
Luxembourg Bachata Family Festival (6-7 February 2026)
BCN Sensual Family Weekend 2026 (3-9 March 2026)
Extravadanza Bachata Congress 2026 (18-20 September 2026)

Terms & Conditions

The ticket for Styling Battle is not refundable. The name change is possible within the same category until 1 week before the event.

Styling Battle will take place on Saturday, 20 September 2025, if there are enough registrations (at least 16).

The winners of the categories will be announced on Saturday night before the Show program.

The money prize will be paid within 1 week after the end of the event.