UAAP Cheerdance Competition

The UAAP Cheerdance Competition is an annual one-day event organized by the University Athletic Association of the Philippines for cheerdancing. The sequence of performances is determined by a drawing of lots prior to the competition.

UAAP Cheerdance Competition

Sport	Cheerleading & Dance
Founded	1994
No. of teams	8
Country	Philippines
Most recent champion(s)	National University (8th title)

The 2007 UAAP Cheerdance Competition (CDC) held at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines

Before the announcement of the winners and after all squads have performed, a recap is shown during the telecast. Only the top three teams are announced at the end of the competition. The tally sheet detailing the total number of points earned by all squads is posted on social media shortly after the announcement of the top three.

The 2015 UAAP Cheerdance Competition holds the record as the most attended collegiate sporting event in both the UAAP and across the Philippines, with a record-breaking audience of 25,388 paying attendees.^[1]

Participants

School	Cheerdance Team
Adamson University (AdU)	Adamson Pep Squad (with AdU Drummers Yellers On-line )
Ateneo de Manila University	Ateneo Blue Eagles (known as the Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion until 2022)
De La Salle University (DLSU)	DLSU Animo Squad (DLSU Pep Squad: 1986–2007) (DLSU Animo Squad: 2008–present)
Far Eastern University (FEU)	FEU Cheering Squad (with the FEU Boosters and the FEU Drummers)
National University (NU)	National U Pep Squad (with the NU Cheer Squadron and the NU Percussion Department)
University of the East (UE)	UE Pep Squad (with the UE Red Drummers)
University of the Philippines (UP)	UP Pep Squad (UP Filipiniana Dance Troupe: 1994–1996) (with the UP Varsity Pep Drummers: 2024-present)
University of Santo Tomas (UST)	UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe (with the UST Yellow Jackets)

Judging

Prior to 2008, the panel of judges consisted of representatives from 8 UAAP-member schools and a representative from a credible gymnastics organization. In 2009, the UAAP replaced the panel of judges with specialists from various cheerleading, dance, and gymnastics organizations.

In 2013, a new method for composing the panel of judges was implemented by a Presiding Judge. A single judge was assigned to evaluate each element in the cheerleading criteria. For the dance criteria, either two or five judges were tasked with assessing this particular category.

The criteria for judging vary from year to year. In 2008, the criteria were changed to a more cheerleading-focused point system, providing a maximum score for each element of cheerleading and/or dancing. For the 2013 edition, the criteria were divided into two categories: cheerleading and dance. The cheerleading criteria were further subdivided into four elements (tumbling, stunts, tosses, and pyramids), with a maximum of 100 points for each element. The dance criteria, which also had a maximum of 100 points per judge, were subdivided into four sub-criteria: overall effectiveness, choreography, technique, and execution.

Main Cheerdance / Cheerleading Competition

Year	Season host	Venue	Champion	2nd place	3rd place	4th place	5th place	6th place	7th place	8th place	Ref.
1994	NU	Araneta Coliseum	UST	La Salle	FEU						[2][3][4]
1995	Ateneo	Araneta Coliseum	UST	FEU	UP						[2][3][4]
1996	La Salle	Araneta Coliseum	UST 91.70	UP 88.86	La Salle 86.43	FEU 86.39	Ateneo 83.05	Adamson 81.64	UE 81.19	NU 79.87	[4][5]
1997a	Adamson	The competition was suspended for a year.									[citation needed]
1998b	UE	Araneta Coliseum	FEU	La Salle	UP	Ateneo	UE	Adamson	NU		[2][3][4][6]
1999	UP	Cuneta Astrodome	UP	UST	FEU	La Salle	Adamson	Ateneo	UE	NU	[2][4]
2000	UST	Araneta Coliseum	UP 92.75	UST 89.12	FEU 88.99	Adamson 84.04	UE 83.88	La Salle 82.25	Ateneo 81.38	NU 80.97	[2][4]
2001	FEU	Araneta Coliseum	UP 81.22	Adamson 77.11	UST 76.32	FEU 76.17	UE 74.96	Ateneo 73.80	La Salle 72.55	NU 70.13	[4]
2002	NU	Araneta Coliseum	UST 87.38	UE 84.88	UP 84.00	FEU 80.70	Ateneo 78.60	Adamson 76.80	La Salle 71.50	NU 64.50	[4][7][8][9]
2003	Ateneo	Araneta Coliseum	UST 89.50	UP 88.16	FEU 88.00	Ateneo 83.16	UE 78.50	Adamson 72.60	La Salle 69.60	NU 61.80	[4][7][8][9]
2004	La Salle	Araneta Coliseum	UST 93.61	UP 90.56	FEU 87.09	Ateneo 85.79	La Salle 84.97	Adamson 84.76	UE 79.52	NU 68.44	[4][7][8][9]
2005	Adamson	Araneta Coliseum	UST 90.98	UP 90.76	FEU 88.72	La Salle 76.37	UE 76.15	Adamson 76.09	Ateneo 69.33	NU 64.48	[4][7][8][9]
2006c	UE	Araneta Coliseum	UST 94.96	FEU 93.20	UP 91.70	Adamson	Ateneo	UE	NU		[4][7][8]
2007	UST	Araneta Coliseum	UP 92.66	UST 92.16	FEU 91.66	Ateneo 91.63	Adamson 91.62	UE 91.55	La Salle 89.54	NU 84.23	[4][6][7][8]
2008	UP	Araneta Coliseum	UP 93.90	UST 85.03	FEU 83.96	Ateneo 83.81	Adamson 81.04	UE 72.89	La Salle 70.07	NU 68.36	[4][6][7][10][11]
2009	FEU	Araneta Coliseum	FEU 86.10	Ateneo 83.40	UP 83.10	UST 81.00	NU	UE	La Salle	Adamson	[citation needed]
2010	La Salle	Araneta Coliseum	UP 88.18	FEU 87.28	UST 81.50	Ateneo 78.64	La Salle 75.06	UE 72.20	NU 71.58	Adamson 70.92	[4][11][12]
2011	Ateneo	Smart Araneta Coliseum	UP 81.00	La Salle 73.80	FEU 72.60	UST	Adamson	NU	Ateneo	UE	[3][4][13]
2012	NU	Mall of Asia Arena	UP 92.26	FEU 91.36	NU 85.16	UST 85.56	Ateneo 80.84	UE 79.30	La Salle 81.76	Adamson 77.50	[14][15][16][17]
2013	Adamson	Mall of Asia Arena	NU 87.06	UP 77.52	La Salle 74.56	FEU 73.69	Adamson 69.94	UE 69.88	UST 68.25	Ateneo 64.25	[18]
2014b	UE	Smart Araneta Coliseum	NU 84.69	UP 82.25	UST 78.13	Adamson 75.00	FEU 74.94	La Salle 70.88	UE 68.88	Ateneo 61.81	[19]
2015e	UP	Mall of Asia Arena	NU 83.50	UST 81.44	UP 76.31	FEU 72.94	UE 72.88	La Salle 67.31	Adamson 64.19	Ateneo 51.50	[citation needed]
2016ef	UST	Smart Araneta Coliseum	NU 88.88	FEU 82.31	Adamson 81.88	UST 81.25	UE 80.63	La Salle 70.06	Ateneo 64.00		[citation needed]
2017eg	FEU	Mall of Asia Arena	Adamson 85.94	UST 79.81	UE 79.31	FEU 76.31	NU 76.31	UP 71.94	La Salle 70.94	Ateneo 69.81	[20]
2018e	NU	Mall of Asia Arena	NU 88.88	FEU 81.94	Adamson 79.81	UST 79.75	UE 75.31	UP 71.06	Ateneo 69.75	La Salle 57.44	[21]
2019e	Ateneo	Mall of Asia Arena	NU 90.25	FEU 88.25	Adamson 82.31	UST 81.25	UE 80.63	UP 77.83	Ateneo 74.13	La Salle 72.19	[citation needed]
2020h	La Salle	The competition was suspended for a year.									[22]
2021ij	La Salle	Mall of Asia Arena	FEU 90.93	Adamson 86.06	NU 85.12	UST 77.25	UE 74.06	UP 72.81	La Salle 70.93	Ateneo 61.06	[23]
2022k	Adamson	Mall of Asia Arena	NU 90.38	FEU 89.88	UST 80.00	UE 75.81	Adamson 74.38	UP 71.94	La Salle 66.06	Ateneo 62.81	[24]
2023	UE	Mall of Asia Arena	FEU 87.81	NU 87.13	UST 85.50	Adamson 83.13	UP 75.25	UE 69.88	La Salle 69.44	Ateneo 66.50	[25]
2024	UP	Mall of Asia Arena	NU 89.13	Adamson 84.94	FEU 81.25	UE 80.13	UST 79.31	UP 70.00	La Salle 65.63	Ateneo 61.25	[citation needed]

Notes:

• ^a – The UAAP Board suspended the competition when a member from the UP Filipiniana figured in an accident during practice.
• ^b – In 1998, UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe did not join the competition because of injured members.^[26]
• ^c – De La Salle University was suspended from the league in 2006.
• ^d – Instead of the average score from the five judges, the ranking frequency system was used in ranking and declaring the winners for 2012 UAAP Cheerdance Competition. In the case of NU and UST, NU was declared as the 2nd runner up as 3 out of 5 judges voted for NU as the 3rd placer while 3 out of 5 judges voted for UST as the 4th placer despite the higher score of UST (85.56) than NU (85.16)
• ^e – Merit-based scoring was used in the criteria: 400 points for cheerleading elements and 400 points for dance elements; for a total score of 800. Scores displayed here are its percentage equivalent (e.g. Actual Score divided by 800 then multiplied to 100).
• ^f – University of the Philippines skipped UAAP Season 79 Cheerdance Competition
• ^g – The Far Eastern University and the National University finished the competition tied in the fourth place.
• ^h – In the 2nd quarter of 2020 the remainder of the UAAP Season 82 was scrapped due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. This canceled the 83rd Season as a whole in mid 2020 and the rest of 2021,^[27][28]
• ^i – UAAP Season 84 was scheduled to begin in 2021, but, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UAAP's board of trustees decided to begin the season in March 2022. The UAAP Cheerdance Competition was held on May 22, 2022
• ^j – A new set of rules were applied to fit the COVID-19 Safety Protocols stated by the IATF^[29]
• ^k – The original rules and regulations were reinstituted. A total of 15–25 performers were allowed to perform and execute a 5- to 6-minute routines.^[30]

Group Stunts Division

Year	Host school	Champion	2nd place	3rd place	4th place	5th place	6th place	7th place	8th place	Ref.
2011	ATENEO	UP	FEU	NU
2012	NU	UP	FEU	NU						[15]
2013	AdU	NU	FEU	UST
2014	UE	FEU 86.17	UST 83.67	NU 79.83	UP 78.33	UE 67.50	AdU 64.17	DLSU 61.33
2015	UP	UST	NU	FEU
2016	UST	NU 83.00	UST 76.33	FEU 68.00	AdU 66.00	UE 64.00
2017	FEU	FEU 76.33	AdU 73.17	UP 72.67	UST 72.17	NU 67.33	DLSU 58.83
2018	NU	NU	FEU	AdU	UE	UST	UP	DLSU
2019	ATENEO	NU 237 pts.	FEU 223 pts.	AdU 206 pts.	UE 184 pts.	UST 180 pts.	UP 168 pts.	ATENEO 156 pts.
2020	DLSU	The competition was suspended due to COVID-19
2021	DLSU
2022	AdU	The competition was suspended indefinitely.
2023	UE
2024		To be determined

Other Awards

Stunner Awardees

Season	Year	Season host	Person	School of origin
71	2008	UP	Frances Fleta[31]	UP
72	2009	FEU	[32]	ATENEO
73	2010	DLSU	Nikka de Dios[33]	DLSU
74	2011	ATENEO	Nesza Isabel Salvador[34]	UP
75	2012	NU	Nicolette Erica Ambulo[15]	UP
76	2013	AdU	Ana de Leon[18]	DLSU
77	2014	UE	Camille Isabel Lagmay[35]	UP
The award was discontinued.

Corporate Awards

Season	Year	Host	Award Name	Awardee	Ref.
78	2015	UP	Eats so Easy move	Adamson University (AdU)	[1]
			Oishi Oh Wow Surprising move	Far Eastern University (FEU)
			Smart Prepaid Fearless Jump	University of Santo Tomas (UST)
			Yamaha Best Toss	University of the Philippines (UP)
			PLDT Fantastic move	University of the Philippines (UP)
79	2016	UST	Best Toss	National University (NU)	[36]
			Best Pyramid	National University (NU)
80	2017	FEU	Yamaha Toss	National University (NU)
			Jollibee Inextrahan! Pyramid	Adamson University (AdU)
81	2018	NU	Yamaha Toss	University of Santo Tomas (UST)	[37]
82	2019	ATENEO	Juicy Cologne's Juicy-fied Pyramid	Grand winner: National University (NU) 1st runner-up: Adamson University (AdU) 2nd runner-up: University of the Philippines (UP)	[38]
			AXA's Know You Can Stunt (Best in Pyramid)	National University (NU)
			Yamaha's Best Toss	National University (NU)
			Pure Gold's Always Panalo Move	Far Eastern University (FEU)
83	2020	DLSU	No competition was held due to COVID-19
84	2021	DLSU	Silka Best Awra Dance Move	National University (NU)	[39]
			Skechers Best Performance	Far Eastern University (FEU)
85	2022	AdU	Palmolive Handa Ang Ganda Hair Moment	Far Eastern University (FEU)
			Skechers Most Stylish Team	National University (NU)
			Biogenic Best Pyramid	National University (NU)
			Silka Best Awra Dance Move	National University (NU)
86	2023	UE	Skechers Most Stylish Performance	Far Eastern University (FEU)
			Yamaha Most Unique Dance Move	Far Eastern University (FEU)
			BYS Best Toss	Far Eastern University (FEU)
			Juicy-fied Pyramid	Far Eastern University (FEU)
			Silka Best Awra Dance Move	Far Eastern University (FEU)
87	2024	UP	Mwell Power Performance	National University (NU)
			Juicy-fied Pyramid	National University (NU)
			AIA Best Aerial Performance	National University (NU)
			Jollibee Best Toss	National University (NU)
			Silka Stay Lit Dance Move	National University (NU)
			Skechers Stylish Performance	National University (NU)
			Yamaha Most Unique Dance Move	National University (NU)
			Max Most Synchronized Dance Move	National University (NU)

Championship table

Main Cheerdance Competition

School	Last Championship	Last Top 3 Appearance	Rank			Total	Championship Rank
University of the Philippines	2012	2015	8	6	6	20	1
University of Santo Tomas	2006	2023	8	6	5	19	1
National University	2024	2024	8	1	2	11	1
Far Eastern University	2023	2024	4	8	10	22	4
Adamson University	2017	2024	1	3	3	7	5
De La Salle University	—	2013	—	3	2	5	6
University of the East	—	2017	—	1	1	2	7
Ateneo de Manila University	—	2009	—	1	—	1	8

Note: The Season 84 (2021–2022) Cheerdance Competition was held in May 2022.

Group Stunts Division

School	Last Championship	Last Top 3 Appearance	Rank			Total	Championship Rank
National University	2019	2019	4	1	3	8	1
Far Eastern University	2017	2019	2	5	2	9	2
University of the Philippines	2012	2017	2	—	1	3	3
University of Santo Tomas	2015	2016	1	2	1	4	4
Adamson University	—	2019	—	1	2	3	5
University of the East	—	—	—	—	—	0	6
De La Salle University	—	—	—	—	—	0	7
Ateneo De Manila University	—	—	—	—	—	0	8

No Group Stunts competition have been held since 2020.

See also

• UAAP Street Dance Competition
• NCAA Cheerleading Competition
• List of domestic club championship attendance: UAAP Cheerdance Competition in a global context.
• UP–UST rivalry