It's Showdown

It's Showdown
Hosted by
WinnerFresno Style PH
Runner-upUnited Alliance
No. of episodes31
Release
Original network
Original releaseOctober 30 (2023-10-30) –
December 2, 2023 (2023-12-02)

It's Showdown was a televised Philippine dance competition airing as a segment of the noon time show, It's Showtime that premiered from October 30 to December 2, 2023.[1][2][3] The segment was then replaced by Expecially for You the following Monday.

During the course of the show, 45 different groups competed. Fresno Style PH was crowned the segment's grand champion on December 2, 2023, at the end of 33 days of competition. United Alliance came in second, with AMK Rock Nation coming in third. Mi Familia Homies and League of Monsters Brothass finished in joint fourth/fifth place, respectively.[4]

Format

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It's Showdown features the so-called "Classic Showtime" format: dance groups from around the Philippines battle and show off their dance skills in the "Showdance Arena" vying to become the segment's grand champion. It is open to all dance groups: all boys, all girls, all LGBTQ+, or mixed, and all ages 16 and up. Creativity, execution, and overall impact are the judging criteria. The competition consists of three rounds: daily rounds, weekly finals, and The Grand Hatawan. The length of the segments has been reduced for unknown reasons. Throughout the competition, there were no monthly finals or semi-finals rounds.

Before the results are revealed, the audience is asked which group they believe has the best performance for that round. Furthermore, the hosts choose an audience member at random to express their feelings about the group. Following each group's performance in each round, the judges' average scores are revealed, and in the second round, both the average scores from the second round and the combined scores from both first and second rounds are revealed.

Each group receives a maximum average score of five points during each round, with a total of ten points available to a group during a round.[1]

Daily Rounds

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There are two stages of the Daily Rounds: the Hatawan-on-One round and the "Dance Showdown" round.

  • Hatawan-on-One Round: Each group's representative competes against the other.
  • Dance Showdown: All members of each group, including the previous round's representative, will perform their dance.
  • Solo Dance Showdown: Only required if the scores of both groups are equal. A representative from each group will be chosen at random from a fish bowl.
Group legend
All-female group All-male group All-LGBTQ+ group Mixed group

Week 1 (October 30–November 3, 2023)

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Date Group Round 1:
Hatawan-on-One 		Round 2:
Dance Showdown 		Combined Score Tie-breaker:
Solo Dance Showdown 		Ref.
Representative Average Average Representative Average
October 30, 2023
(Monday) 		AMK Rock Nation A.J.A 4.0
 4.4
 8.4
 [5]
D' Kweenz 2.0 Baby Melody 3.7
 2.7
 6.4
October 31, 2023
(Tuesday) 		OBS Fuego Eterno John Mark 3.7
 3.3
 7.0
 Jaspher 3.7
 [6]
Uncaged Johnny 3.7
 3.3
 7.0
 Sophia Janna Unrevealed
November 1, 2023
(Wednesday) 		N.D.R.K Chloe 4.3
 3.7
 8.0
 [7]
The Pushy Nance 4.3
 2.7
 7.0
November 2, 2023
(Thursday) 		Outstrip Lex 2.7
 4.0
 6.7
 [8]
Rugged Flavors Onix 3.7
 2.7
 6.4
November 3, 2023
(Friday) 		Discipulus Teng 2.7
 4.3
 7.0
 [9]
Realxtyle AJ 2.7
 3.3
 6.0

Week 2 (November 6–10, 2023)

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Date Group Round 1:
Hatawan-on-One 		Round 2:
Dance Showdown 		Combined Score Ref.
Representative Average Average
November 6, 2023
(Monday) 		PH Icon Juderick 3.3
 4.3
 7.6
 [10]
Remake Pillars Fonzi 3.0
 4.0
 7.0
November 7, 2023
(Tuesday) 		No It's Showdown to fulfill the timeslot of Magpasikat 2023.
November 8, 2023
(Wednesday) 		Femme on Beat Arnel 2.7
 3.0
 5.7
 [11]
The G Crown Chloe 3.7
 3.3
 7.0
November 9, 2023
(Thursday) 		No It's Showdown to fulfill the timeslot of Magpasikat 2023.
November 10, 2023
(Friday) 		Xtreme Connection Brian 2.7
 3.3
 6.0
 [12]
Mi Familia Homies Z90s 3.7
 3.7
 7.4

Week 3 (November 13–17, 2023)

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Date Group Round 1:
Hatawan-on-One 		Round 2:
Dance Showdown 		Combined Score Ref.
Representative Average Average
November 13, 2023
(Monday) 		Hype Impact Family Mark Andrei 2.7
 3.7
 6.4
 [13]
Steps of Gold AJ 3.3
 4.3
 7.6
November 14, 2023
(Tuesday) 		AJ Crew Dondon 3.0
 4.0
 7.0
 [14]
Baby Boys Riansuel 4.3
 2.3
 6.6
November 15, 2023
(Wednesday) 		Elite Pioneers Kerby 4.3
 3.3
 7.6
 [15]
Vivacious Bilog 4.0
 4.0
 8.0
November 16, 2023
(Thursday) 		U'Swagg Vincent Marlou 3.7
 3.7
 7.4
 [16]
United Alliance Justine 3.7
 5.0
 8.7
November 17, 2023
(Friday) 		Ambizious Riocris 3.7
 2.7
 6.4
 [17]
MK Brothers Larry 4.0
 3.7
 7.7

Week 4 (November 20–24, 2023)

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Date Group Round 1:
Hatawan-on-One 		Round 2:
Dance Showdown 		Combined Score Ref.
Representative Average Average
November 20, 2023
(Monday) 		Fresno Style PH C. Alpheus 5.0
 4.7
 9.7
 [18]
New Fam Dhengdheng 3.3
 4.0
 7.3
November 21, 2023
(Tuesday) 		Kinetix CJ 4.0
 3.7
 7.7
 [19]
Rock A Freakers Bgirl Trudis 3.3
 2.7
 6.0
November 22, 2023
(Wednesday) 		J-Force Angels Ced 3.7
 3.7
 7.4
 [20]
Techno Jazz Jolan 2.7
 4.3
 7.0
November 23, 2023
(Thursday) 		JF All Stars JC 2.3
 3.0
 5.3
 [21]
The Cluster Arjhun 3.7
 3.0
 6.7
November 24, 2023
(Friday) 		D' Iconics Baby Chloe 3.3
 3.0
 6.3
 [22]
Four One Fourteen ML 4.3
 4.3
 8.6

Week 5 (November 27–30, 2023)

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Date Group Round 1:
Hatawan-on-One 		Round 2:
Dance Showdown 		Combined Score Ref.
Representative Average Average
November 27, 2023
(Monday) 		Ruthless Comrades Ninja Shogun 4.0
 3.7
 7.7
 [23]
Nocturnal Dance Company Dion 3.0
 3.7
 6.7
November 28, 2023
(Tuesday) 		Rock A Freakers Bgirl Trudis 2.3
 2.3
 4.6
 [24]
Femmelicious Varsity Eca 2.7
 3.0
 5.7
November 29, 2023
(Wednesday) 		Automatic Dance Crew TBA 3.0
 3.3
 6.3
 [25]
League of Monsters Brothass TBA 3.3
 4.7
 8.0
November 30, 2023
(Thursday) 		Human Tribe TBA 3.3
 3.3
 6.6
 [26]
P-Squad TBA 2.7
 2.7
 5.4

Weekly Finals

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On Saturday (weeks 1 to 4) and on Friday (week 5), those who win during the daily rounds will compete to earn a spot in The Grand Hatawan. As with the daily rounds, the criteria is still the same for the weekly finals.

  • Pair-Dagulan Round: Each group sends two representatives to compete against the other.
  • Dance Showdown: All members of each group, including the previous round's representative, will perform their dance. All groups will perform based on the day they have won (for example, the first group to perform is the group that won on Monday, the second on Tuesday, and so on).
  • Solo Dance Showdown: Only required if the scores of two or more groups are equal. A representative from each group will be chosen at random from a fish bowl.

The group with the highest combined scores after two rounds will receive ₱30,000 and proceeds to The Grand Hatawan, while the losing groups will receive ₱10,000.

Group legend
All-female group All-male group All-LGBTQ+ group Mixed group

Weekly Finals 1 (November 4, 2023)

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Group Round 1:
Pair-Dagulan 		Round 2:
Dance Showdown 		Combined Score Ref.
Representatives Average Perform order Average
AMK Rock Nation A.J.A & Goy 4.3
 1 4.3
 8.6
 [27]
OBS Fuego Eterno John Mark & RM 4.0
 2 4.3
 8.3
N.D.R.K Edeson & Chloe 3.0
 3 2.3
 5.3
Outstrip JM & Chan 3.0
 4 3.0
 6.0
Discipulus Teng & TJ 2.3
 5 2.7
 5.0

Weekly Finals 2 (November 11, 2023)

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Only three dance groups advanced to the weekly finals on this week due to the timeslot being allotted for Magpasikat 2023.

Group Round 1:
Pair-Dagulan 		Round 2:
Dance Showdown 		Combined Score Ref.
Representatives Average Perform order Average
The G Crown Chloe & TBA 3.3
 1 2.7
 6.0
 [28]
PH Icon Justin & Jude 2.3
 2 3.3
 5.6
Mi Familia Homies Z90s & The Bronx 2.7
 3 4.0
 6.7

Weekly Finals 3 (November 18, 2023)

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Vivacious, the winning team from Wednesday, November 15, chose not to compete in this round for unknown reasons.

Group Round 1:
Pair-Dagulan 		Round 2:
Dance Showdown 		Combined Score Ref.
Representatives Average Perform order Average
Steps of Gold AJ & Erwin 4.0
 1 4.3
 8.3
 [29]
AJ Crew Dondon & AJ 4.3
 2 4.0
 8.3
United Alliance Justine & Gilmo 4.3
 3 4.7
 9.0