Sydney International Bachata Festival 2026

Date8 May 2026

VenueWest HQ

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Entries123

The world's longest-running Bachata festival, SIBF has been bringing the community together since 2008 — 19 years and counting. Held across five days at West HQ in Western Sydney, the 2026 edition featured Jack & Jill competitions across Amateur, Intermediate, Advanced, and Pro divisions, plus BachataNama, international instructors, and a live concert with Kewin Cosmos.

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Amateur

10 judges · majority ≥ 6

Preliminary Round

Leads

Status	#	Bib	Name	J Armando	Alvin	Jake	Daniel	Oscar	CB	Alt	Out
CB	1	023	Cassia McGlashan	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	1	024	Van Nguyen	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	1	026	Edward Lau	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	4	009	Cat Pham	CB	Alt	CB	CB	CB	4	1	0
CB	4	013	Julien Vanvoren	CB	CB	CB	Alt	CB	4	1	0
CB	4	031	Joseph Bauri	Alt	CB	CB	CB	CB	4	1	0
CB	7	016	Kevin Nguyen	CB	CB	Out	CB	CB	4	0	1
CB	7	019	Mingo Fol	CB	CB	Out	CB	CB	4	0	1
CB	7	025	Joaquin Perez	CB	CB	CB	CB	Out	4	0	1
CB	10	014	Josh Edmonds	CB	CB	Alt	CB	Out	3	1	1
CB	11	015	Kourosh Shaban	CB	Out	CB	Out	CB	3	0	2
CB	11	018	Jordy Rivera	Out	CB	CB	CB	Out	3	0	2
CB	11	021	Aaron Brein	CB	Out	CB	CB	Out	3	0	2
CB	11	022	Vivek Rajendran	CB	CB	CB	Out	Out	3	0	2
Alt	11	004	Aaron Stubbs	Out	CB	CB	Out	CB	3	0	2
Alt	16	001	Nicolas Lara Flores	Alt	Alt	CB	Alt	CB	2	3	0
Out	17	010	Daiki Matsuoka	CB	CB	Out	Out	Alt	2	1	2
Out	18	003	Omar Chocano	Out	Out	Out	CB	CB	2	0	3
Out	18	005	Ehsan Shojaedini	Out	Out	Out	CB	CB	2	0	3
Out	18	017	Brandon Lim	CB	Out	Out	Out	CB	2	0	3
Out	21	006	Xavier Paoli	Out	Out	CB	Out	Alt	1	1	3
Out	22	002	Manik Dev	Out	Out	Out	CB	Out	1	0	4
Out	22	012	Jan Wong	Out	CB	Out	Out	Out	1	0	4
Out	24	030	Michael Shafran	Out	Out	Alt	Out	Out	0	1	4
Out	25	011	RUSLAN SHAMRITCKII	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5
Out	25	020	Aurelio Chavez	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5
Out	25	029	Manuel Garber	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5

Follows

Status	#	Bib	Name	Glory	Renata	Danielle	Liz	Chrissy	CB	Alt	Out
CB	1	065	Mika Turusbek Kyzy	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	2	053	Sophie Rose	CB	CB	Alt	CB	CB	4	1	0
CB	2	064	Irina Sorkina	CB	CB	CB	Alt	CB	4	1	0
CB	4	052	Jane Moffett	Out	CB	CB	CB	CB	4	0	1
CB	4	055	Bel Hoang	CB	CB	CB	Out	CB	4	0	1
CB	4	061	Charlotte Ng	CB	CB	Out	CB	CB	4	0	1
CB	4	062	Amy Woodford	Out	CB	CB	CB	CB	4	0	1
CB	4	066	Putri (Yanti) Riyadi	CB	CB	Out	CB	CB	4	0	1
CB	4	068	Giselle Monges	Out	CB	CB	CB	CB	4	0	1
CB	10	056	Shilpa Datta	Alt	CB	CB	Alt	CB	3	2	0
CB	10	074	Alice Lucchino	Alt	Alt	CB	CB	CB	3	2	0
CB	12	057	Kelly-ann O’neill	Out	Alt	CB	CB	CB	3	1	1
CB	13	059	Sharon Yu	CB	CB	Out	Out	CB	3	0	2
CB	13	070	Lilia Ah-Toy-Lus	Out	CB	CB	Out	CB	3	0	2
Alt	13	073	Genevieve Spencer	CB	CB	CB	Out	Out	3	0	2
Alt	16	058	Anaïs Seno	CB	Out	Alt	CB	Out	2	1	2
Out	17	071	Laura Dondzilo	Out	Out	CB	CB	Out	2	0	3
Out	17	075	Andrea Legen	Out	CB	CB	Out	Out	2	0	3
Out	17	077	Anja Viswanathan	CB	Out	Out	CB	Out	2	0	3
Out	20	063	Joanne Baker	CB	Out	Out	Out	Alt	1	1	3
Out	20	067	Karen Guzmán	CB	Out	Out	Out	Alt	1	1	3
Out	22	054	Joanne Adam	Out	Out	Out	CB	Out	1	0	4
Out	22	060	Christina Nolden	Out	Out	CB	Out	Out	1	0	4
Out	22	069	Sonam Arora	CB	Out	Out	Out	Out	1	0	4
Out	22	072	Renata Leyton	Out	Out	Out	CB	Out	1	0	4
Out	22	076	Yudi Correa Romero	CB	Out	Out	Out	Out	1	0	4
Out	27	078	Rhiannon Gonlag	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5

CBCallback — voted to advance

AltAlternate — may advance

OutEliminated

Semi Final

Leads

Status	#	Bib	Name	J Armando	Alvin	Jake	Daniel	Oscar	CB	Alt	Out
CB	1	024	Van Nguyen	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	1	026	Edward Lau	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	3	025	Joaquin Perez	CB	CB	CB	CB	Alt	4	1	0
CB	4	022	Vivek Rajendran	CB	Out	Out	CB	CB	3	0	2
CB	5	023	Cassia McGlashan	Out	Alt	CB	Out	CB	2	1	2
Alt	5	009	Cat Pham	Out	CB	CB	Alt	Out	2	1	2
Out	7	021	Aaron Brein	Alt	Out	Alt	Out	CB	1	2	2
Out	8	013	Julien Vanvoren	CB	Out	Out	Out	Out	1	0	4
Out	8	016	Kevin Nguyen	Out	CB	Out	Out	Out	1	0	4
Out	8	031	Joseph Bauri	Out	Out	Out	CB	Out	1	0	4
Out	11	014	Josh Edmonds	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5
Out	11	015	Kourosh Shaban	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5
Out	11	018	Jordy Rivera	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5
Out	11	019	Mingo Fol	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5

Follows

Status	#	Bib	Name	Glory	Renata	Danielle	Liz	Chrissy	CB	Alt	Out
CB	1	056	Shilpa Datta	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	1	068	Giselle Monges	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	3	061	Charlotte Ng	Out	CB	Out	CB	CB	3	0	2
CB	3	066	Putri (Yanti) Riyadi	Out	CB	Out	CB	CB	3	0	2
CB	5	052	Jane Moffett	CB	Out	CB	Out	Out	2	0	3
Alt	6	065	Mika Turusbek Kyzy	Out	Alt	Alt	Out	CB	1	2	2
Out	6	062	Amy Woodford	Alt	Out	CB	Out	Alt	1	2	2
Out	8	064	Irina Sorkina	Out	Out	CB	Alt	Out	1	1	3
Out	9	053	Sophie Rose	CB	Out	Out	Out	Out	1	0	4
Out	9	057	Kelly-ann O’neill	Out	Out	Out	CB	Out	1	0	4
Out	9	059	Sharon Yu	CB	Out	Out	Out	Out	1	0	4
Out	9	070	Lilia Ah-Toy-Lus	Out	CB	Out	Out	Out	1	0	4
Out	13	055	Bel Hoang	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5
Out	13	074	Alice Lucchino	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5

CBCallback — voted to advance

AltAlternate — may advance

OutEliminated

Final

Couple		Judge Scores (lower = better rank)										RPSS Count (≤ position)
#	Lead & Follow	Nohmon	Yasna	Max	David	Alex	Katie	Julian	Kendrick	Jess	Lauren	≤1	≤2	≤3	≤4	≤5
1	LJoaquin Perez FJane Moffett	1	1	4	3	3	1	2	5	2	1	4	6	8	9	10
2	LCassia McGlashan FPutri (Yanti) Riyadi	5	3	2	1	4	3	1	4	1	3	3	4	7	9	10
3	LVan Nguyen FShilpa Datta	4	2	3	5	2	4	4	1	3	2	1	4	6	9	10
4	LEdward Lau FGiselle Monges	2	4	5	4	1	2	3	3	5	4	1	3	5	8	10
5	LVivek Rajendran FCharlotte Ng	3	5	1	2	5	5	5	2	4	5	1	3	4	5	10

Majority reached (≥ 6)

Close call (5)

Some support

RPSS ≤N = how many judges ranked this couple within positions 1–N

Experienced/Open

10 judges · majority ≥ 6

Preliminary Round

Leads

Status	#	Bib	Name	Nohmon	Tony	Alonso	Don	Emi	CB	Alt	Out
CB	1	101	Kako Acuna	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	1	116	Des	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	1	117	Johnas Liu	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	1	118	Ryan Pun	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	1	120	Yasna Kiani	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	6	115	Aurelien de Chazournes	Alt	CB	CB	CB	CB	4	1	0
CB	7	103	Timothy Velasco	CB	CB	Out	CB	CB	4	0	1
CB	7	107	Leandro Caruso	CB	CB	CB	Out	CB	4	0	1
CB	7	108	Bryan Smith	Out	CB	CB	CB	CB	4	0	1
CB	7	109	Shaun Lorenzo	CB	CB	CB	CB	Out	4	0	1
CB	7	110	Steven Kim	Out	CB	CB	CB	CB	4	0	1
CB	12	106	Anmol Kumar	CB	CB	Alt	CB	Alt	3	2	0
CB	13	105	Joel Edwin	CB	Alt	Out	CB	CB	3	1	1
CB	13	119	David Sepulveda	CB	CB	CB	Out	Alt	3	1	1
Alt	15	113	Thomas Keen	CB	Out	CB	CB	Out	3	0	2
Alt	16	102	Sarven McLinton	Alt	Out	Out	CB	CB	2	1	2
Out	16	121	Everton Freitas	CB	Alt	Out	Out	CB	2	1	2
Out	18	112	Peter Robinson	Out	CB	CB	Out	Out	2	0	3
Out	19	104	Alexander Le	Out	Out	Out	Out	CB	1	0	4
Out	19	114	Sofian Hanifeh	Out	Out	CB	Out	Out	1	0	4
Out	21	111	Frederick Mariano	Out	Out	Alt	Alt	Out	0	2	3
Out	22	122	Nicolas Flores	Out	Out	Out	Alt	Out	0	1	4

Follows

Status	#	Bib	Name	Chrissy	Ieva	Madi	Francisca	Gemma	CB	Alt	Out
CB	1	151	Lorella Giannini	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	1	152	Lisa Hohenacker	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	1	164	Liz Zemlyanoy	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	1	165	Diana Anjos	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	1	169	Emma Carnuccio	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	1	170	Lima Jivani	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	1	172	Laura Eckstein	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	1	176	Isabella Calvo	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	9	174	Van Nguyen	CB	CB	CB	CB	Alt	4	1	0
CB	10	157	Judith Ocana	CB	CB	Out	CB	CB	4	0	1
CB	10	171	Emily Balaburov	CB	CB	Out	CB	CB	4	0	1
CB	12	155	Jessica Saffiotti	CB	Alt	Out	CB	CB	3	1	1
CB	13	161	Keisha Ilsley	CB	CB	Alt	Out	Out	2	1	2
CB	13	179	Leila Marie	Out	Alt	CB	CB	Out	2	1	2
Alt	13	180	Aditi Deshpande	Out	CB	CB	Alt	Out	2	1	2
Alt	16	177	cassia mcglashan	CB	Out	Out	Out	CB	2	0	3
Out	16	173	Lauren Bakowski	Out	Out	CB	Out	CB	2	0	3
Out	18	153	Livi Hosking	Alt	Out	CB	Alt	Out	1	2	2
Out	19	167	Paulina Diaz	Out	Out	CB	Out	Alt	1	1	3
Out	19	175	Georgie Corkett	Out	Out	Alt	Out	CB	1	1	3
Out	21	158	Katie McDougall	Out	CB	Out	Out	Out	1	0	4
Out	21	163	Aurora Bertelli	Out	Out	Out	CB	Out	1	0	4
Out	23	162	Vera Kirillova	Alt	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	1	4
Out	24	154	Ashley Coleman-Bock	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5
Out	24	156	Maria Kosynska	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5
Out	24	159	gloria adrover	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5
Out	24	160	Anastasia Naumova	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5
Out	24	178	Aleksandra Morawska	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5

CBCallback — voted to advance

AltAlternate — may advance

OutEliminated

Semi Final

Leads

Status	#	Bib	Name	Nohmon	Tony	Alonso	Don	Emi	CB	Alt	Out
CB	1	117	Johnas Liu	CB	CB	Alt	CB	CB	4	1	0
CB	2	118	Ryan Pun	CB	Out	CB	CB	CB	4	0	1
CB	3	101	Kako Acuna	CB	CB	CB	Alt	Alt	3	2	0
CB	4	108	Bryan Smith	CB	CB	CB	Out	Out	3	0	2
CB	5	115	Aurelien de Chazournes	Alt	Alt	CB	Out	CB	2	2	1
Alt	5	120	Yasna Kiani	Alt	CB	Out	CB	Alt	2	2	1
Out	7	107	Leandro Caruso	CB	Alt	CB	Out	Out	2	1	2
Out	7	116	Des	Out	CB	Alt	CB	Out	2	1	2
Out	9	105	Joel Edwin	Out	Out	Out	CB	CB	2	0	3
Out	10	119	David Sepulveda	Out	Out	Out	Out	CB	1	0	4
Out	11	103	Timothy Velasco	Out	Out	Out	Alt	Out	0	1	4
Out	12	106	Anmol Kumar	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5
Out	12	109	Shaun Lorenzo	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5
Out	12	110	Steven Kim	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5

Follows

Status	#	Bib	Name	Chrissy	Ieva	Madi	Francisca	Gemma	CB	Alt	Out
CB	1	172	Laura Eckstein	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB	5	0	0
CB	2	171	Emily Balaburov	CB	CB	CB	Out	CB	4	0	1
CB	3	165	Diana Anjos	CB	CB	CB	Alt	Alt	3	2	0
CB	4	164	Liz Zemlyanoy	Out	Alt	CB	CB	CB	3	1	1
CB	5	170	Lima Jivani	CB	Out	Alt	CB	Alt	2	2	1
Alt	6	151	Lorella Giannini	Alt	CB	Out	CB	Out	2	1	2
Out	6	169	Emma Carnuccio	CB	Out	Alt	Out	CB	2	1	2
Out	8	157	Judith Ocana	Out	CB	Out	Out	CB	2	0	3
Out	9	174	Van Nguyen	Out	Alt	CB	Alt	Out	1	2	2
Out	10	152	Lisa Hohenacker	Alt	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	1	4
Out	11	155	Jessica Saffiotti	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5
Out	11	161	Keisha Ilsley	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5
Out	11	176	Isabella Calvo	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5
Out	11	179	Leila Marie	Out	Out	Out	Out	Out	0	0	5

CBCallback — voted to advance

AltAlternate — may advance

OutEliminated

Final

Couple		Judge Scores (lower = better rank)										RPSS Count (≤ position)
#	Lead & Follow	Kelsy	Max	Alex	Eric	Manu	Jason M	Thari	Jen V	Kiki	Meilin	≤1	≤2	≤3	≤4	≤5
1	LKako Acuna FEmily Balaburov	3	1	2	1	1	4	3	1	1	3	5	6	9	10	10
2	LJohnas Liu FLiz Zemlyanoy	2	3	3	4	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	6	9	10	10
3	LRyan Pun FDiana Anjos	5	4	1	2	4	2	5	3	3	2	1	4	6	8	10
4	LBryan Smith FLorella Giannini	4	2	4	3	5	1	1	4	4	4	2	3	4	9	10
5	LAurelien de Chazournes FLaura Eckstein	1	5	5	5	3	5	4	5	5	5	1	1	2	3	10

Majority reached (≥ 6)

Close call (5)

Some support

RPSS ≤N = how many judges ranked this couple within positions 1–N

Pro / Invite-Only

18 judges · majority ≥ 10

Final

Couple		Judge Scores (lower = better rank)																		RPSS Count (≤ position)
#	Lead & Follow	Samuel	Melonito	Manu	Emiliano	Eric	Alonso	Juan	Thari	Jason	Chloe	Yasna	Gemma	Francisca	Meilin	Ieva	Lorella	Liz	Kelsy	≤1	≤2	≤3	≤4	≤5	≤6	≤7	≤8	≤9
1	LManu FChloe	2	1	10	5	4	1	1	1	2	10	1	3	1	2	6	3	1	1	8	11	13	14	15	16	16	16	16
2	LSamuel FLiz	10	2	1	8	1	5	2	2	3	1	5	1	3	1	3	6	10	4	5	8	11	12	14	15	15	16	16
3	LAlonso FFrancisca	4	3	2	4	2	10	3	3	4	3	2	5	10	4	1	1	3	2	2	6	11	15	16	16	16	16	16
4	LMelonito FGemma	3	10	3	3	3	6	7	4	6	2	3	10	4	3	2	2	7	5	0	3	9	11	12	14	16	16	16
5	LJason FIeva	1	7	4	7	5	3	4	5	10	5	6	2	2	6	10	4	2	3	1	4	6	9	12	14	16	16	16
6	LEmiliano FYasna	6	6	5	10	7	7	5	8	8	4	10	8	6	5	5	5	4	8	0	0	0	2	7	10	12	16	16
7	LJuan FLorella	5	4	8	1	8	4	10	6	5	7	7	4	7	8	7	10	8	6	1	1	1	4	6	8	12	16	16
8	LEric FKelsy	7	5	7	6	10	2	8	7	7	8	8	6	5	7	8	7	6	10	0	1	1	1	3	6	12	16	16
9	LThari FMeilin	8	8	6	2	6	8	6	10	1	6	4	7	8	10	4	8	5	7	1	2	2	4	5	9	11	16	16

Majority reached (≥ 10)

Close call (9)

Some support

RPSS ≤N = how many judges ranked this couple within positions 1–N

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