ELITE JUDGES

Hip Hop International recognizes the pride, commitment and sacrifices of every dancer who graces our international events and World Championship. HHI strives to ensure that their performances are assessed by individuals with the highest level of accuracy and experience. To accomplish this Hip Hop International has developed Official Elite Judges who are experienced, committed, properly trained and evaluated.

A Judge’s journey to obtain ELITE JUDGE STATUS requires several years of judging experience, participating in the “official” HHI Rules and Regulations Course, judging official HHI events nationally and internationally and successfully completing the HHI Elite Judge Training Program.

Our ELITE JUDGES featured here have met the specific criteria established by Hip Hop International to ensure that the standard of HHI’s Official Rules and Regulations is adhered to year round.

HHI proudly introduces our OFFICIAL ELITE JUDGES who have been trained and equipped with the necessary tools to assist in the FORMULATION, MONITORING and LEADERSHIP of Hip Hop International Judge panels around the world.

IAN LEVIA

IAN LEVIA

 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

HHI TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Diego Matias Rossi AKA Póleo
Diego Matias Rossi AKA Póleo

 ARGENTINA

“Learning and disseminating different knowledge that I may grow is my purpose being a gentleman is my resolve”

Girese Zimmer Santiago
Girese Zimmer Santiago

 BRAZIL

“Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.”

ARNOLD TABORDA AKA ELECTRIC
ARNOLD TABORDA AKA ELECTRIC

 COLOMBIA

“I’m always in constant research and learning about the dance to deliver my best to my students and peers!”

Peter Andreas Maintz
Peter Andreas Maintz

 GERMANY

“It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward - Rocky Balboa
Keep fighting and working hard for you’re goals and you will achieve them!!!!”

Adrienn Réz AKA cRAngEl
Adrienn Réz AKA cRAngEl

 HUNGARY

“Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.”

Viktoria Balogh-Barta AKA MIZVIK
Viktoria Balogh-Barta AKA MIZVIK

 HUNGARY

“Hip Hop Culture can shape not just personality, but society as a whole, by being very open, sharing, unique and trusting the creating force of meaningful togetherness.”

Eti Esther Swisa
Eti Esther Swisa

 ISRAEL

“Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact “

Margherita Vasselli AKA MEG
Margherita Vasselli AKA MEG

 ITALY

“I do my very best to be a reference point to Inspire and be inspired.”

JAVIER VILLASEÑOR AKA JAY LOPEZ
JAVIER VILLASEÑOR AKA JAY LOPEZ

 MEXICO

“GET EVERYONE INVOLVED AND MAKE THEM FEEL AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE TEAM IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF SUCCESS”

Chris Teava
Chris Teava

 NEW ZEALAND

“Champions believe in themselves, even when no one else does.”

Laurent Dunningham AKA L or Legend
Laurent Dunningham AKA L or Legend

 NEW ZEALAND

“Being excellent at what you love to do, will give others the courage, passion and discipline to become who they want to be.”

Edson Del Carpio
Edson Del Carpio

 PERU

“Never forget where you come from and Always keep in mind where you are going…”

Paul Ionuț Gheorghe
Paul Ionuț Gheorghe

 ROMANIA

“In life you don’t have to stop for nothing in this world to make your dream come true.”

Michelle Leigh Oppenshaw
Michelle Leigh Oppenshaw

 SOUTH AFRICA

“You can be a complainer, or you can be an achiever, But you can’t be both.”

Apissara Phetruengrong AKA J.DA
Apissara Phetruengrong AKA J.DA

 THAILAND

“If you love dancing,never give up and your day will come finally.”

Chanukrit Kru Oat Thienkalaya AKA Oat
Chanukrit Kru Oat Thienkalaya AKA Oat

 THAILAND

“Passion, energy, positivity and professionalism with love are the ingredients needed to share knowledge to help others get better.”

Sirichai Kanjanasupark AKA KI
Sirichai Kanjanasupark AKA KI

 THAILAND

“If success was a meal the ingredients would be Humility, Dedication and Hard Work how hungry are you?”

Denyse Nagee AKA Denwah
Denyse Nagee AKA Denwah

 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

“Work for a cause, not for applause, live life to express, not to impress!”

Larysa Kolesnyk Aka Laura
Larysa Kolesnyk Aka Laura

 UKRAINE

“The more you cast upon the rivers, the more flows back to you.”

Del Mak
Del Mak

 UNITED KINGDOM

“Be yourself, set no limits, try you hardest but most of all, enjoy the journey that is life & have fun!”

Arnel Calvario
Arnel Calvario

 USA

“We are all the sum of many extraordinary, brilliant parts that can change the world for the better the more we embrace it, nourish it, & share it with love, courage and moral fortitude.”

Ja Ja Leviner AkA X-clusive aka Superman
Ja Ja Leviner AkA X-clusive aka Superman

 USA

“My goal is to inspire and push all crews to grow as dancers Through love and dance.”

INTERNATIONAL JUDGES

Jesica Díaz

ARGENTINA

Nicolas Blanzari

ARGENTINA

Gina Michael

AUSTRALIA

OFELIA QUIROZ

BOLIVIA

Rene Calderon

BOLIVIA

Shushan Minasian

CYPRUS

Boucau Gregory

FRANCE

Fabrice Aragones

FRANCE

Joel Voundi

FRANCE

Seuline Postros

FRANCE

Adam Gil

ISRAEL

IRENA FREDIN

ISRAEL

Omri Moshe

ISRAEL

Antonella Sorbello

ITALY

Giordano Di Pietro

ITALY

Hiroshi Suzuki

JAPAN

Kaito Masai

JAPAN

Madoka Suzuki

JAPAN

Ryoma Sashara

JAPAN

Taiki Hashizume

JAPAN

Yuta Yamamoto

JAPAN

Paulina Pulido

MEXICO

Sandra Molina

MEXICO

Leslie King

NETHERLANDS

Sherman Doesburg

NETHERLANDS

Chomsorn Praiwan

NEW ZEALAND

John Matthew Quiambao

PHILIPPINES

Miguel Casado

PHILIPPINES

Diogo Fernandes

PORTUGAL

Fernando Lopes

PORTUGAL

Pedro Teixeira

PORTUGAL

Vitor Duarte

PORTUGAL

Mila Redina

RUSSIA

Kim Cumming

SOUTH AFRICA

frank da costa

SPAIN

Pongsiri Wattanasiripakdee

THAILAND

Alina Babenko

UKRAINE

Kateryna Shepelenko

UKRAINE

Max Dumendyak

UKRAINE

Fernanda De Moraes

URUGUAY

Lucia Laporta

URUGUAY

Nicole Damseaux

URUGUAY

Romina Florio

URUGUAY

Sofia Camara

URUGUAY

MaTthew Harding

UNITED KINGDOM

Riquel Olander

USA

NATIONAL JUDGES

ARGENTINA

Diego “Póleo” Rossi

ELITE JUDGE

Jesica Díaz

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Nicolas Blanzari

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Burgos Jonatan

Facundo Nahuel Jaramillo

Gabriel Alejandro Conti Acosta

JORGE OBLITAS

Sergio Rojas

AUSTRALIA

Gina Michael

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Ab Sow

Arisa Herbert

Billie Paea

Courtney-Hale Cassin

Errol Prince Cenita

Gian De Felipe

Jimmy Zhu

Karen Siu

Lowell Demeitita

Melanie Louisa

Michael Francisco

Ngavine Tearea

Stephen Gow

Sugar Kaye

Tiana Canterbury

BELARUS

Aliaksandr Natarau

Aliaksei Valzhankou

Ananko Evgenii

Eduard Kolesnik

Evgeny Lesov

Igor Prohorovich

Natalia Marasova

Oksana Govanovskaya

Sviatlana Turban

BOLIVIA

Ofelia Quiroz

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Rene Calderon

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Marco Olaechea

BRAZIL

Girese Zimmer Santiago

ELITE JUDGE

Anderson Oliveira (Andsoul)

Andre Willian Leite

Clecio Carvalho

Fernando Ferreira (Bboy Fernando)

Genival Jose De Santana

Henrique Dos Santos Oliveira

Jiane Sambati (Ji Sambati)

Jorge Luiz Joaquim (Jorge Casão)

Matheus Mendes

Mickaela De Souza Kovac

Paola Boaventura

CANADA

Alysia Baldo

Anthony Smith

David Matuszewski

Jesse Matteau

Kiana Smith

Marie-Oldile (Mao) Haince-LeBel

CHINA

Zheng Ye

COLOMBIA

Arnold Taborda

ELITE JUDGE

Brandon Franco

Susan Alvarado

Costa Rica

Heiner Joaquin Sanchez Montero

CYPRUS

Shushan Minasian

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Benny Perez

Larry Miguel Olivero

ECUADOR

Alishon Vasayllaje

Allan Salazar

FRANCE

Boucau Gregory

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Fabrice Aragones

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Joel Voundi

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Seuline Postros

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Julia Ortola

Stéphane Sabotinov

GERMANY

Andreas Maintz

ELITE JUDGE

Shelly Hone

GREECE

Eua Zafeirki

Dimitrios Zervas

HONG KONG

John Paul M. Iglesias

HUNGARY

Adrienn Rez

ELITE JUDGE

Viktoria Barta AKA Mizvik

ELITE JUDGE

INDIA

Akshit Juyal

Aman Saklani

Kartik Raja

Poornesh Ramkumar

Pradeep K R

Nimble Funk

Ravi Varman

Sambo Mukherjee

Shailesh Saipogu

Sharath CK

Shubham Rana

IRELAND

Amy McAuley

Ciaran Doherty

Darragh Jones

Jack Doyle

Jamie Stewart

Molly Fitzpatrick

ISRAEL

Eti Esther Swisa

ELITE JUDGE

Adam Gil

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Irena Fredin

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Omri Moshe

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Aleksey Kim

Dima Maryanovsky

Neta-Lee Azulay

ITALY

Margherita Vasselli

ELITE JUDGE

Antonella Sorbello

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Giordano Di Pietro

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Giacomo Merlo

Peppe Mingione

Teddy Wigga

JAPAN

Hiroshi Suzuki

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Kaito Masai

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Madoka Suzuki

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Ryoma Sashara

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Taiki Hashizume

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Yuta Yamamoto

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Hiroyuki Suzuki

Hisae Takashi

Keisuke Kijima

Kiho Sekizuka

Yuki Hando

Yuta Yamamoto

MEXICO

Jay Lopez

ELITE JUDGE

Paulina Pulido

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Sandra Molina

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Alejandro Chavez

Jorge Linares

Mariana Sanchez Lomas

Zuce Morales

Moldova

Kraeva Anastasia

NETHERLANDS

Leslie King

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Sherman Doesburg

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

NEW ZEALAND

Chris Teava

ELITE JUDGE

Laurent Dunningham

ELITE JUDGE

Chomsorn Praiwan

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Tyrese Gungan

Xavian Gungan

PARAGUAY

Alejandro Jr Chamorro Yen

Anna Schaerer

Ramon Mendez

PERU

Edson Del Carpio

ELITE JUDGE

PHILIPPINES

John Matthew Quiambao

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Miguel Cascado

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Antonne Santiago

Ariel “Aye” Alba

Eldin Lao

J-3 Delos Reyes

Jack Jaron B. Manolo

Jesse Reflex Gotangco

Randell San Gregorio

Samuel III Garte

POLAND

Hanna Hibler

PORTUGAL

Vitor Duarte

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Diogo Fernandes

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Fernando Lopes

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Pedro Teixeira

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

ROMANIA

Paul Gheorghe

ELITE JUDGE

Adrian Mihai

Georgiana - Nicoleta Tamas

Roxana Mariana Cabau

RUSSIA

Mila Redina

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Anastasia Kraeva

Igor Shvachko

Semen Nikandrov

Viktoriya Goncharova

SOUTH AFRICA

Michelle Oppenshaw

ELITE JUDGE

Kim Cumming

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Blake Willaims

Caitlin Liggett

Conrad Rust

Di Ross

Graham Gordon Valentyn

Jp Saayman

Kelly Kikx Ernstzen

Marcus Makesumove Mabie

Michaela de oliveira Lopes

Nicolas Strous

Senzo Bhengu

Shameelah Kinnear-Swartz

Wesley Grainger

SPAIN

Frank Da Costa

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Marcos Martinez

Ursula Rilo Garrido

SWITZERLAND

Cindy Brusorio

Letizia Ambrosetti

Nancy Brusorio

Suzana Brito

THAILAND

Chanukrit (Oat) Thienkalaya

ELITE JUDGE

J.Da

ELITE JUDGE

Sirichai Kanjanasupark

ELITE JUDGE

Pongsiri Wattanasiripakdee

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Juthamard Pappanont

Thatcha Kosolprapha

Weera Prasertwanich

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Denyse Nagee

ELITE JUDGE

UKRAINE

Larysa Kolesynk

ELITE JUDGE

Alina Babenko

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Kateryna Shepelenko

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Max Dumendyak

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Alina Matsevko

Alona Pakhomova

Anastasia Kunat

Budareckaia Victoria

Daria Sydorchuk

Daryna Ukrainets

Eva Solovka

Kyslytsia Anastasiia

Liliya Gliva

LIUBOMYR BOVSUNOVSKYI

Mikhael Mrykhin

Olena Demydenko

Olha Rosliak

Schvacko Egor

Tatyana Zhylayeva

Viktoriia Budaretska

Yaroslav Bovsunovskyy

Yuliya Flyaga

Zakonnaja Iryna

UNITED KINGDOM

Del Mak

ELITE JUDGE

Matthew Harding

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Christina Taylor

URUGUAY

Fernanda De Moraes

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Lucia Laporta

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Nicole Damseaux

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Romina Florio

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Sofia Camara

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

USA

ARNEL CALVARIO

ELITE JUDGE

Jaja Azik Leviner

ELITE JUDGE

Riquel Olander

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Alan Kirk (Phlex)

Alan Medina

Andrew Palma

Charles Nguyen

Cheyenne Kibblewhite

Jessica Holyfield

Jun QuEmado

Kennith Allen Thomas

Mikey D’Astoli

Sarah Dokowicz

Tony Calub

Venezuela

Kevin Caceres

COURSE PRESENTERS

Diego Matias Rossi AKA Póleo

ARGENTINA

Girese Zimmer Santiago

BRAZIL

Arnold Taborda

COLOMBIA

Andreas Maintz

GERMANY

Adrienn Rez

HUNGARY

Margherita Vasselli

ITALY

JaY Lopez

MEXICO

Edson Del Carpio

PERU

Xernan G. Alfonso

PHILIPPINES

Maria Budolak

RUSSIA

Michelle Oppenshaw

SOUTH AFRICA

Chanukrit (Oat) Thienkalaya

THAILAND

Sirichai Kanjanasupark

THAILAND

Denyse Nagee

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Larysa Kolesynk

UKRAINE

Del Mak

UNITED KINGDOM