Red Bull BC One Germany 2005

May 21st 2005 / BERLIN, Germany / Palace of the Republic

"Lights on!" in Palace of the Republic: More than 1000 breaking-aficionados from all around the world had gathered at the Red Bull BC ONE 2005 to celebrate their heroes. 16 B-Boys from nine countries and five continents had come to Berlin to battle to the max. Shortly before midnight the Red Bull BC ONE saw a glorious winner: heat after heat the 21-year-old Lilou from France impressed the judges with his seemingly endless power and perfect dancing technique. In the finals he beat his Korean fellow B-Boy Hong 10 and became the new „King of the Dancefloor“.

Everyone wanted to be part of it: there was a massive run on the tickets, even those left at the box office were sold out within minutes. For those who couldn’t make it into the Palace of the Republic a huge video wall outside of the palace showed the whole battle live. The arena around the “winners’ circle” was already pumping when the Godfather of Noyze himself, Rahzel, encouraged the crowd to “get ready to rumble!”

16 B-Boys head-to-head: Already in the first heat the renowned jury headed by German B-Boy-legend STORM found it hard to send half of the participants home. The only German B-Boy “Rubber Legz” made clear why he was called that way. He turned and twisted his legs and earned himself some great respect. But in the end he didn’t make it into the next heat.

In the second heat the spectators saw many of their favourites out. Even last year’s semi-finalists Junior and Sonic as well as current champion Omar had to give in. In the semi-finals Korean Hong 10 beat Brazilian Pelezinho. Even Ronnie, last year’s runner-up, finally had to give way. None of them was able to cope with an overwhelmingly strong and energetic Lilou.

In the finals Lilou went all the way to victory. He even suggested battling five minutes instead of three to be able to prove his skills. And then Lilou just went off! He presented a highly explosive mixture of music, finest acrobatics and dancing skills and made the crowd jump off their seats. The judges agreed: The winner of the Red Bull BC ONE 2005 is Lilou! The master’s belt is his!

That night, the Red Bull BC ONE 2005 in the Palace of the Republic in Berlin became part of the history of B-Boying.