It's Showdown

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.

It's Showdown
Hosted by	Vice Ganda Vhong Navarro Jhong Hilario Karylle Anne Curtis Ogie Alcasid Darren Espanto Jackie Gonzaga
Winner	Fresno Style PH
Runner-up	United Alliance
No. of episodes	31
Release
Original network	Kapamilya Channel A2Z (simulcast) Jeepney TV (simulcast) GTV (simulcast)
Original release	October 30 (2023-10-30) – December 2, 2023 (2023-12-02)

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

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

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.

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Week 1 (October 30–November 3, 2023)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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.

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Weekly Finals 1 (November 4, 2023)

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)

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)

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
	MK Brothers	Larry & Jefferson	3.0	4	3.0	6.0

Weekly Finals 4 (November 25, 2023)

Group		Round 1: Pair-Dagulan		Round 2: Dance Showdown		Combined Score	Ref.
		Representatives	Average	Perform order	Average
	Fresno Style PH	TBA & TBA	4.7	1	4.3	9.0	[30]
	J-Force Angels	TBA & TBA	4.0	2	3.0	7.0
	Kinetix	TBA & TBA	3.3	3	3.7	7.0
	The Cluster	TBA & TBA	3.0	4	3.0	6.0
	Four One Fourteen	TBA & TBA	3.0	5	3.7	6.7

Weekly Finals 5 (December 1, 2023)

Group		Round 1: Pair-Dagulan		Round 2: Dance Showdown		Combined Score	Ref.
		Representatives	Average	Perform order	Average
	Ruthless Comrades	TBA & TBA	3.3	1	3.3	6.6	[31]
	Femmelicious Varsity	TBA & TBA	3.7	2	2.7	6.4
	League of Monsters Brothass	TBA & TBA	4.0	3	4.3	8.3
	Human Tribe	TBA & TBA	3.0	4	3.0	6.0

The Grand Hatawan

The finale, dubbed as The Grand Hatawan, was held on December 2, 2023 after 33 days of competition. The five groups that advanced on the weekly finals will battle one last time to become It's Showdown's grand champion. There are two rounds in the finals: Dancing with a Star and Huling Hataw. Two judges' scores are made public following their evaluations of the contestants' performances in the first round.

• Dancing with a Star: In the first round, each group has to dance with a celebrity. The celebrities assigned on each group are not required to assign points to each group. The top two teams with the judges' highest average scores advance to the final round. The Final Two receive advantages: the group with the highest average score gets to choose who will perform first, and the other group selects which side they want to dance on.
• Huling Hataw: The final two groups will compete against each other in a final showdown.

The grand prizes for the champion are ₱300,000 and a trophy, while the prize for the runner-up is ₱100,000. Meanwhile, the bottom three finalists received ₱50,000.

Live Finale Details
Venue	ABS-CBN Studio 3
Episode Hashtag	#ItsShowdownTheGrandHatawan
Judges	Jopay AC Bonifacio Mickey Perz Jay Roncesvalles Vimi Rivera
Hosts	Vice Ganda Vhong Navarro Jhong Hilario Karylle

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Round 1: Dancing with a Star

Round 1 final results

Group		Judge's Scores					Average Score	Results	Ref.
		Mickey	AC	Vimi	Jopay	Jay
	AMK Rock Nation with Jin Macapagal	7	7	7	8	8	7.4	Eliminated 3rd Place	[32]
	Mi Familia Homies with Awra Briguela	6	6	7	7	7	6.6	Eliminated 4th/5th Place	[33]
	United Alliance with Zeus Collins	8	8	8	8	9	8.2	Advanced Final Two	[34]
	Fresno Style PH with Ken San Jose	8	8	8	9	10	8.6	Advanced Final Two	[35]
	League of Monsters Brothass with Sheena Catacutan of BINI	6	6	7	6	8	6.6	Eliminated 4th/5th Place	[36]

Round 2: Huling Hataw

Huling Hataw final results

Group		Fresno Style PH		United Alliance
Final Average Score	7.8		7.2
Final Result	Grand Champion		Runner-Up
References	[37][38][39][4][40]

Elimination table

Result Details for the Daily Rounds:

•   Advanced to the Weekly Finals
•   Returned, but Eliminated
•   Eliminated

Result Details for the Weekly Finals:

•   Advanced to The Grand Hatawan
•   Eliminated
•   Withdrew

Result Details for The Grand Hatawan:

•   Champion
•   Runner-Up
•   3rd Place
•   4th/5th Place
•   Top Two

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Week No.	Group		Daily Rounds	Weekly Finals	The Grand Hatawan
					Dance Showdown	Huling Hataw
4		Fresno Style PH	ADVANCED	ADVANCED	TOP TWO	CHAMPION
3		United Alliance	ADVANCED	ADVANCED	TOP TWO	RUNNER-UP
1		AMK Rock Nation	ADVANCED	ADVANCED	3RD PLACE	Eliminated
2		Mi Familia Homies	ADVANCED	ADVANCED	4TH/5TH PLACE
5		League of Monsters Brothass	ADVANCED	ADVANCED	4TH/5TH PLACE
5		Ruthless Comrades	ADVANCED	ELIMINATED	Eliminated
5		Femmelicious Varsity	ADVANCED	ELIMINATED
5		Human Tribe	ADVANCED	ELIMINATED
4		Kinetix	ADVANCED	ELIMINATED
4		J-Force Angels	ADVANCED	ELIMINATED
4		Four One Fourteen	ADVANCED	ELIMINATED
4		The Cluster	ADVANCED	ELIMINATED
3		Steps of Gold	ADVANCED	ELIMINATED
3		AJ Crew	ADVANCED	ELIMINATED
3		MK Brothers	ADVANCED	ELIMINATED
3		Vivacious	ADVANCED	WITHDREW	Withdrew
2		The G Crown	ADVANCED	ELIMINATED	Eliminated
2		PH Icon	ADVANCED	ELIMINATED
1		OBS Fuego Eterno	ADVANCED	ELIMINATED
1		Outstrip	ADVANCED	ELIMINATED
1		N.D.R.K.	ADVANCED	ELIMINATED
1		Discipulus	ADVANCED	ELIMINATED
5		P-Squad	ELIMINATED	Eliminated
5		Automatic Dance Crew	ELIMINATED
5		Nocturnal Dance Company[a]	ELIMINATED
4		D' Iconics	ELIMINATED
4		JF All Stars	ELIMINATED
4		Techno Jazz	ELIMINATED
4 & 5		Rock A Freakers[b]	ELIMINATED
4		New Fam	ELIMINATED
3		Ambizious	ELIMINATED
3		U'Swagg	ELIMINATED
3		Elite Pioneers	ELIMINATED
3		Baby Boys	ELIMINATED
3		Hype Impact Family	ELIMINATED
2		Xtreme Connection	ELIMINATED
2		Femme on Beat	ELIMINATED
2		Remake Pillars	ELIMINATED
1		Realxtyle	ELIMINATED
1		Rugged Flavors	ELIMINATED
1		The Pushy	ELIMINATED
1		Uncaged	ELIMINATED
1		D' Kweenz 2.0	ELIMINATED

Notes

1. Nocturnal Dance Company auditioned first on the sixth season of Pilipinas Got Talent, and received a golden buzzer by judge Robin Padilla. The group eventually reached the finals, finishing sixth place. The group also auditioned on GMA Network's Battle of the Judges, a spin-off show based on Got Talent, where they were assigned on Boy Abunda's team. The group was eliminated on the Battle to the Top round after receiving only one star, losing to Bea Alonzo's squad member, Joseph Erwin Valerio, who replaced Moses Gozun due to the latter's participation on WCOPA 2023.
2. Rock A Freakers first entered the competition on November 21, 2023. Kinetix beat the group by 1.7 points. The group re-entered the competition a week later, but lost to Femmelicious Varsity by 1.1 points.