It's Showdown Explained

Season Name:	It's Showdown
Bgcolour:	5e0087
Module1:	Winner: Fresno Style PH Runner Up: United Alliance
Num Episodes:	31
Network:	Kapamilya Channel

It's Showdown was an dance competition airing as a segment of the noon time show, It's Showtime premiered from October 30 to December 2, 2023^{[1] [2] [3]} before being replaced the following Monday by EXpecially For You.

During the course of the segment, 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.

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.

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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All-female group

All-male group

All-LGBTQ+ group

Mixed group

Week 1 (October 30–November 3, 2023)

Date	Group
			Representative	Average	Average		Representative	Average
October 30, 2023 (Monday)			A.J.A	4.0	4.4	8.4			^[4]
			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	^[5]
		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			^[6]
		The Pushy	Nance	4.3	2.7	7.0
November 2, 2023 (Thursday)		Outstrip	Lex	2.7	4.0	6.7			^[7]
		Rugged Flavors	Onix	3.7	2.7	6.4
November 3, 2023 (Friday)		Discipulus	Teng	2.7	4.3	7.0			^[8]
		Realxtyle	AJ	2.7	3.3	6.0

Week 2 (November 6–10, 2023)

Date	Group
			Representative	Average	Average
November 6, 2023 (Monday)		PH Icon	Juderick	3.3	4.3	7.6	^[9]
		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	^[10]
		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	^[11]
		Mi Familia Homies	Z90s	3.7	3.7	7.4

Week 3 (November 13–17, 2023)

Date	Group
			Representative	Average	Average
November 13, 2023 (Monday)		Hype Impact Family	Mark Andrei	2.7	3.7	6.4	^[12]
		Steps of Gold	AJ	3.3	4.3	7.6
November 14, 2023 (Tuesday)		AJ Crew	Dondon	3.0	4.0	7.0	^[13]
		Baby Boys	Riansuel	4.3	2.3	6.6
November 15, 2023 (Wednesday)		Elite Pioneers	Kerby	4.3	3.3	7.6	^[14]
		Vivacious	Bilog	4.0	4.0	8.0
November 16, 2023 (Thursday)		U'Swagg	Vincent Marlou	3.7	3.7	7.4	^[15]
		United Alliance	Justine	3.7	5.0	8.7
November 17, 2023 (Friday)		Ambizious	Riocris	3.7	2.7	6.4	^[16]
		MK Brothers	Larry	4.0	3.7	7.7

Week 4 (November 20–24, 2023)

Date	Group
			Representative	Average	Average
November 20, 2023 (Monday)		Fresno Style PH	C. Alpheus	5.0	4.7	9.7	^[17]
		New Fam	Dhengdheng	3.3	4.0	7.3
November 21, 2023 (Tuesday)		Kinetix	CJ	4.0	3.7	7.7	^[18]
		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	^[19]
		Techno Jazz	Jolan	2.7	4.3	7.0
November 23, 2023 (Thursday)		JF All Stars	JC	2.3	3.0	5.3	^[20]
		The Cluster	Arjhun	3.7	3.0	6.7
November 24, 2023 (Friday)		D' Iconics	Baby Chloe	3.3	3.0	6.3	^[21]
		Four One Fourteen	ML	4.3	4.3	8.6

Week 5 (November 27–30, 2023)

Date	Group
			Representative	Average	Average
November 27, 2023 (Monday)		Ruthless Comrades	Ninja Shogun	4.0	3.7	7.7	^[22]
		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	^[23]
		Femmelicious Varsity	Eca	2.7	3.0	5.7
November 29, 2023 (Wednesday)		Automatic Dance Crew	TBA	3.0	3.3	6.3	^[24]
		League of Monsters Brothass	TBA	3.3	4.7	8.0
November 30, 2023 (Thursday)		Human Tribe	TBA	3.3	3.3	6.6	^[25]
		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 and proceeds to The Grand Hatawan, while the losing groups will receive .

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All-female group

All-male group

All-LGBTQ+ group

Mixed group

Weekly Finals 1 (November 4, 2023)

Group
		Representatives	Average	Perform order	Average
	AMK Rock Nation	A.J.A & Goy	4.3	1	4.3	8.6	^[26]
	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
		Representatives	Average	Perform order	Average
	The G Crown	Chloe & TBA	3.3	1	2.7	6.0	^[27]
	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
		Representatives	Average	Perform order	Average
	Steps of Gold	AJ & Erwin	4.0	1	4.3	8.3	^[28]
	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
		Representatives	Average	Perform order	Average
	Fresno Style PH	TBA & TBA	4.7	1	4.3	9.0	^[29]
	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
		Representatives	Average	Perform order	Average
	Ruthless Comrades	TBA & TBA	3.3	1	3.3	6.6	^[30]
	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 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 and a trophy, while the prize for the runner-up is . Meanwhile, the bottom three finalists received .

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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|} width="5%" style="background:#FFC0CB;" All-female group All-male group All-LGBTQ+ group Mixed group Round 1: Dancing with a Star Round 1 final results Group Average Score Mickey AC Vimi Jopay Jay AMK Rock Nation 7 7 7 8 8 7.4 Eliminated 3rd Place ^[31] Mi Familia Homies 6 6 7 7 7 6.6 Eliminated 4th/5th Place ^[32] United Alliance 8 8 8 8 9 8.2 Advanced Final Two ^[33] Fresno Style PH 8 8 8 9 10 8.6 Advanced Final Two ^[34] League of Monsters Brothass 6 6 7 6 8 6.6 Eliminated 4th/5th Place ^[35] 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 ^[36] ^[37] ^[38] ^[39] ^[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 width="5%" style="background:#FFC0CB;" All-female group All-male group All-LGBTQ+ group Mixed group 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 ELIMINATED 4 D' Iconics ELIMINATED 4 JF All Stars ELIMINATED 4 Techno Jazz ELIMINATED 4 & 5 Rock A Freakers 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 External links ]

Notes and References

1. Web site: October 30, 2023 . Classic 'Showtime' returns; Kim Chiu turns emotional . November 6, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
2. Web site: October 31, 2023 . 'Showtime' searches for best dance groups for new 'It's Showdown' segment . November 6, 2023 . ABS-CBN News.
3. Web site: 'It's Showtime' debuts strongly on new timeslot, launches new segments . 2023-11-06 . Manila Bulletin . en.
4. Web site: October 30, 2023 . AMK Rock Nation at D’Kweenz 2.0, nagharap sa "It’s Showdown" It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
5. Web site: October 31, 2023 . Uncaged at Obs Fuego Eterno, nagharap sa isang matinding dance showdown It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
6. Web site: November 1, 2023 . NDRK at The Pushy, nagharap sa isang matinding dance showdown It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
7. Web site: November 2, 2023 . Rugged Flavors at Outstrip, may intense na paghaharap sa sayawan sa It’s Showdown . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
8. Web site: November 3, 2023 . Discipulus at Realxtyle, nagharap sa isang matinding dance showdown It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
9. Web site: November 6, 2023 . Remake Pillars at PH Icons, nagharap sa isang matinding showdown It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
10. Web site: November 8, 2023 . Femme On Beat at The G Crown, nagharap sa isang matinding dance showdown It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
11. Web site: November 10, 2023 . Xtreme Connection at Mi Familia, nagharap sa It’s Showdown . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
12. Web site: November 13, 2023 . Steps Of Gold at Hypeimpact Family, nagharap sa isang matinding showdown! It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
13. Web site: November 14, 2023 . AJ Crew vs Baby Boys, nagharap sa It’s Showdown! It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
14. Web site: November 15, 2023 . Elite Pioneers at Vivacious, nagharap sa It’s Showdown It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
15. Web site: November 16, 2023 . United Alliance at U’Swagg, may matinding paghaharap sa It’s Showdown It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
16. Web site: November 17, 2023 . Ambizious at MK Brothers, may matinding paghaharap sa It’s Showdown It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
17. Web site: November 20, 2023 . Fresno Style PH at New Fam, may matinding paghaharap sa It’s Showdown It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
18. Web site: November 21, 2023 . Rock A Freakers at Kinetix, nagharap sa It’s Showdown It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
19. Web site: November 22, 2023 . Techno Jazz at J-Forces Angels, may mainit na pagtatapat sa It’s Showdown It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
20. Web site: November 23, 2023 . JF All Stars at The Cluster, may matinding paghaharap sa It’s Showdown It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
21. Web site: November 24, 2023 . D’ Iconics at Four One Fourteen, nagharap sa isang matinding dance showdown It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
22. Web site: November 27, 2023 . Ruthless Comrades at Nocturnal Dance Company, nagharap sa It’s Showdown It’s Showtime . December 2, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
23. Web site: November 28, 2023 . Rock A Freakers at Femmelicious Varsity, may matinding paghaharap sa It’s Showtdown It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
24. Web site: November 29, 2023 . Automatic Dance Crew at League Of Monsters Brothass, nagharap sa It’s Showdown! It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
25. Web site: November 30, 2023 . Human Tribe at P-Squad, may matinding paghaharap sa It’s Showdown It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
26. Web site: November 25, 2023 . Fresno Style PH, wagi sa It’s Showdown weekly finals It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
27. Web site: November 11, 2023 . Mi Familia Homies, wagi sa It’s Showdown weekly finals It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
28. Web site: November 18, 2023 . United Alliance, wagi sa It’s Showdown weekly finals It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
29. Web site: November 25, 2023 . Fresno Style PH, wagi sa It’s Showdown weekly finals It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
30. Web site: ABS-CBN . It's Showtime . December 2, 2023 . League of Monsters Brothass wins It's Showdown weekly final Showtime Online U . December 24, 2023 . YouTube.
31. Web site: December 2, 2023 . AMK Rock Nation performs with Jin Macapagal on It’s Showdown Grand Hatawan It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
32. Web site: December 2, 2023 . Mi Familia Homies performs with Awra Briguela on It’s Showdown Grand Hatawan It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
33. Web site: December 2, 2023 . United Alliance performs with Zeus Collins on It’s Showdown Grand Hatawan It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
34. Web site: December 2, 2023 . Fresno Style PH performs with Ken San Jose on It’s Showdown Grand Hatawan It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
35. Web site: December 2, 2023 . League of Monsters Brothass performs with BINI Sheena on It’s Showdown Grand Hatawan It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
36. Web site: December 2, 2023 . United Alliance at Fresno Style PH, pasok sa It’s Showdown Huling Hataw It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
37. Web site: December 2, 2023 . United Alliance at Fresno Style PH, nagkaroon ng mainit na tapatan sa Huling Hataw It’s Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
38. Web site: December 2, 2023 . Fresno Style PH, itinanghal na It’s Showdown Grand Winner It's Showtime . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN Entertainment.
39. Web site: Antonio . Josiah . December 2, 2023 . 'It's Showtime': Fresno Style PH wins 'It's Showdown' . December 24, 2023 . ABS-CBN News.
40. Web site: 2023-12-04 . Fresno Style PH Is The First "It’s Showdown" Grand Champion PAGEONE . 2023-12-23 . pageone.ph . en-US.