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Maya, 25. Always been a rec dancer. Joined the comp dance fandom for the cool choreo, but love following the talented kids too!

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TDA Vegas Predictions 2026

Just for fun. Everyone who qualified to compete is already a wayyyy better dancer than I've ever been. And way braver too!

Deciding was harder than ever this year.

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Mini: Abbey Scott, Breeze Dang, Stella Fisk, Paisley Matteson, Lily Knopps, Alexa Paul, Haven Bolland, Annsley Huff, Ellianna Buck, Emma Kleve, Brennyn Bishop, Blakely Paule

Junior: Lisbon Hedrick, Lucia Piedrahita, Tatum Self, Callista Crowe, Kaia Erby, Aliya Yen, Madisyn Rose Amos, Soleil Lynch, Kennedy Marble, Chloe Todman, Raine Fan, Junie Beus, Melina Biltz

Teen: Skylar Wong, Regan Gerena, Glee Dang, Joy Lin, Jaya Campagna-Terrell, Rissa Laguana, Georgia Beth Peters, Isabella Tjoe, Helena Olaerts, Taya Osso, Roxie Onellion, Skye Harrell

Senior: Cami Voorhees, Naomi Wright Bennett, Hudson Benayon, Lekha Rajkumar, Victoria Johnson, Alexis Mayer, Madison Ronquillo, Balbina Cueva Toussaint, Lexi Godwin, Carissa Hsu, Makaia Roux

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Curious what you base your preds off of?

How they’ve placed at past nationals, how they placed at regionals this year, watching solos from regionals. I mostly look at results from dance hubs like Florida, Buffalo/Toronto, Minnesota, California, Arizona, Utah. I also consider how kids from that studio tend to do in auditions and dance-offs, and for TDA, I watched most of the BD solos for dancers in my top 10 predictions before posting.

Honestly, predictions are mostly for me to get caught up on the season and excited about nationals. I’m sure I’ll be wrong about plenty of them. Other than Sylvie Win, I don’t feel certain about any of the winners or top 3. Previous winners like Skylar, Regan, and Cami are up against tough competition.

And there are lots of incredible dancers I’ve just never heard of. Learning about new dancers is probably my favorite thing about nationals!

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press play preds?

Might add a couple people once I see solos, but this is what I have so far.

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Mini: Sylvie Win Szyndlar, Breeze Dang, Stella Fisk, Skyla Edgar, Sailor Stormoen, Haven Bolland, Alexa Paul, Ellianna Buck, Savannah Brenly, Scarlett Brenly, Clarke Ashby

Junior: Amaya Rodriguez, Sienna DiPietro, Stella Brinkerhoff, Soleil Lynch, Savannah Jackson, Junie Beus, Aliya Yen, Raine Fan, Madisyn Rose Amos, Melina Biltz

Teen: Regan Gerena, Bree Batstone, Glee Dang, Kelsie Jacobson, Finley Ashfield, Emily Polis, Violet Schwarz, Daphnie Braun, Bristyn Scifres, Mariah Reuvers, Mika Takase, Rissa Laguana, Georgia Beth Peters

Senior: Claire Monge, Gracyn French, Laci Bloss, Lilly Allen, Brynn Kostka, Ceilidh McSeveny, Taylor Morrison, Victoria Johnson, Balbina Cueva Toussaint

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I can't tell if everyone has a ricky solo or everyone is just choreographing ricky-style solos now

[dancelover26]

Now that nattys season has begun, here are a few reminders:

- These are all kids so be kind!

- It’s not a good look for us full grown adults to be raging about how kids we don’t even know performed

- don’t post anything negative on social media, most dancers are on TikTok and instagram (& their parent could be here on tumblr) and can see it

- Nationals is super scary, so mistakes happen, we’re all human

- these kids have a ton of pressure on them already, so be mindful of what you post (even if ur trying to be nice, saying something like “if you don’t win im quitting” could make someone feel pressured)

- if you think someone else should’ve won, that’s fine but you really don’t need to say it publicly

- so much more than just the dance offs are considered in nationals so just because you think some people should’ve placed higher in the dance offs, doesn’t mean there’s some sort of bias

- you can lift someone up without tearing someone else down

- everyone has worked the butts off the entire season for this so no matter who wins, they truly deserve it

- be ready for the crazy dance mom posts hehe

Good luck to everyone competing (& all the lovely moms who are about to experience the most chaotic week of their life)! As always, stay kind!

[ellianadelrey]

DISGUSTING.

[p21jazzqueens]

so scary for everyone there who witnessed that. i hope everyone is doing ok

[clubxcspas]

This is horrific

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kendyl —> innovate dance studio?

[p21jazzqueens]

i love to ask this question after nationals each season!

who are your favorite dancers you discovered/started following this season?

for me, kaia erby, callista crowe, mali phonetrakhom, vera souvannavong, and bree batstone!

[sentintheclowns]

avril mendez, hinkley lucas, hadley morse, kaia erby, & brinley evans come to mind for dancers i didn’t know at all a year ago!

[obsessedwithlarkin]

avril and hadley for me too!!

[istantoomuchsmh]

mali, bree, and calista for me but theres so many talented kids from this season!!

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callista, bree, allyn green, nathaniel chua, stella fisk, liv matson, salome rivas

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Just for fun - these are the real results for Orlando, and I highlighted the ones I predicted.

There are several dancers I just haven't watched before, but part of the fun of watching TDA is getting to see new (to me) dancers.

Mini Female

Top 20: Victoria, Nixie, Eadie, Mila, Liliana, Antonia, Sheridan, Lola, Amaya, Adaline, Olive, Deanna, Alyssa, Grace, Emily, Liv, Abigail, Annsley H, Nola, Addison, Remi, Salome, Lilia

Top 10: Victoria, Nixie, Eadie, Mila, Liliana, Antonia, Sheridan, Lola, Amaya, Adaline, Olive, Deanna, Alyssa

Top 3: Mila Simunic, Amaya Rodriguez, Deanna Tierno

Mini Male

Top 4: Kenny, Sebastian, Lincoln, Jay

Junior Female

Top 20: Anita, Amanda, Harper, Rylie, Lisbon, Kaylani, Ruby, Avery, Mika, Madisyn Rose, Bella L, Ashley, Junie, Cosette, Isabella Z, Izzy P, Lily, Lainey, Makayla, Lior, Kendyl, Ansley M

Top 10: Anita, Amanda, Harper, Rylie, Lisbon, Kaylani, Ruby, Avery, Mika, Madisyn Rose, Bella L

Top 3: Anita, Avery, Lisbon

Junior Male

Top 3: Tristan, Landon, Levi, Noah

Teen Female

Top 20: Crystal, Karli, Kylee, Leila, Zoe, Olivia Rose, Annabelle, Caroline, Paula, Jazlyn, Desa, Maddie, Francesca, Hannah, Alexandra, Amabella, Gemma, Bella RD, Denise, Annalise, Lulu, Amber, Sophia S

Top 10: Crystal, Karli, Kylee, Leila, Zoe, Olivia Rose, Annabelle, Caroline, Paula, Jazlyn, Desa

Top 3: Kylee, Karli, Leila

Teen Male

Top 3: Dylan, Jayden, Santiago

Senior Female

Top 20: Ellen W, Ayla, Nadia, Jazmine, Sofia R, Taya, Sophie G, Kaja, Catherine, Jacqueline, Kaitlyn, Casey, Sophia D, Emily C, Lili, Saya, Ella, Lexi, Ellen Grace O, Balbina, Melanie

Top 10: Ellen W, Ayla, Nadia, Jazmine, Sofia R, Taya, Sophie G, Kaja, Catherine, Jacqueline, Kaitlyn

Top 4: Catherine, Ayla, Sophie, Jacqueline

Senior Male

Top 3: Andres, Nicholas, Ian (had a top 4 prediction)

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orlando predictions 2025

Note: If you're reading this and you're competing for BD this year, know that you're 100 times the dancer I am, so my opinion means nothing. Also, these are mostly based on the solos I've seen, which is only a handful of them.

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Mini

Mini Female Top 3: Mila Simunic, Amaya Rodriguez, Victoria Reich

Mini Female Top 12: Abigail Ruiz, Remi Hilson, Liliana Gonzalez, Adaline Campagnuolo-Butler, Olive Rauser, Paisley Matteson, Antonia DeMartinis, Beccy Crucet, Sheridan Kempton

Mini Female Top 22: Nixie Vance, Stella Brogan, Lola Bryant, Delany Salazar, Deanna Tierno, Annsley Huff, Liv Matson, Leah Disla, Emily Piña, Stella Fisk

Mini Male Top 3: Lincoln Rice, Jay Ramos-Rivera, Kenny Braga

Junior

Junior Female Top 3: Anita Rodriguez, Rylie Borden, Ruby Taylor

Junior Female Top 11: Avery Altobelli, Lior Sulema, Ashley Otano, Mika Takase, Bella Linman, Junie Beus, Isabella Zhong, Lisbon Hedrick

Junior Female Top 22: Reese Braga, Kendyl Miller, Harper Schwalb, Leilani Lawlor, Ella Venerio, Amanda Carpenter, Madisyn Rose Amos, Ansley Matchak, Zoey Martinez, Kaylani Bien-Aime, Madison Ng

Junior Male Top 3: Tristan Jones, Landon Carlberg, Levi Caicco

Teen

Teen Female Top 3/4: Kylee Casares, Paula Marijuan, Zoe Flores and/or Bella Rey D'Armas

Teen Female Top 11: Olivia Rose Toneguzzo, Leila Frey, Jazlyn Quintero, Desa Jankes, Karli Wilkinson, Amabella Tarrago, Savy Luechtefeld

Teen Female Top 22: Caroline Sison, Ella Geraci, Allie Plott, Alex Cruz, Gabriella Velazquez, Madeleine Shen, Lilly Barajas, Zoe Holladay, Denise Torres, Roxie Onellion, Emily Polis

Teen Male Top 3: Santiago Sosa, Dylan Custodio, Gabriel Gebara

Senior

Senior Female Top 4: Sophie Garcia, Ayla Rodriguez, Sofia Rosella, Catherine Clayton

Senior Female Top 10: Caitlyn Polis, Jacqueline Piles, Kaitlyn Santos, Ava D'Ambrosio, Emmeline Gerardi, Lila Caruso

Senior Female Top 20: Morgan Wendt, Jazmine Raine Werner, Adrienne Grunspan, Klaire Simek, Nicole Novodvorets, Stella Eberts, Nadia Wilde, Yazmin Alvarez, Lili Veziroglu, Sophia DeCesare

Senior Male Top 4: Nicholas Bustos, Ian Stegeman, Brady Horne, Andres Jimenez

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vegas predictions 2025

As predicted, better than predicted

Mini

Female

Top 3: Stella Brinkerhoff, Savannah Jackson, Lexie Charnstrom and/or Navy Forrest

Top 10: Sienna DiPietro, Callista Crowe, Aspen Brandt, Alexandra de Groot, Soleil Lynch, Mika Florez, Abbey Scott, Sloane Hall

Top 20: Evie McCune-Barrett, Peyton Root, Elise Carlson, Neriah Karmann, Lily Knopps, Giuliana Shea, Brinley Evans, Aspen Roberts, Harper Kill, Kinley Harper, Sailor Stormoen

Male Top 3: Hudson Matthews, Ryan Blackburn, Jeffrey Wu

Junior

Female

Top 4: Mali Photnetrakhom, Malia Scott, Bella Charnstrom and/or Elsie Sandall

Top 10: Lucia Piedrahita, Emery Duffin, Vera Souvannavong, Charlotte Pham, Mila Ayshford, Tatum Self, Brooklyn Ward

Top 20: Ridley Margolis, Macey Strickland, Kennedy Marble, Addyson Paul, Elizabeth Pugach, Melina Biltz, Amirah Nealy, Kaia Erby, Tabitha Nan, Brooklyn Besch, Scarlett Manzel, Mikayla Isler

Male Top 4: Knox Niejadlik, David Blackburn, Chase Castle, Aiden Suarez

Teen

Female

Top 3: Fiona Wu, Taylor Morrison, Lilly Allen

Top 10: Tori Chun, Stella Condie, Caroline McGowan, Finley Ashfield, Victoria Johnson, Jaya Campagna-Terrell, Georgia Beth Peters, Kelsie Jacobson, Joy Lin

Top 20: Alexis Alvarez, Glee Dang, Alexis Mayer, Ava Rothmund, Casie Yuen, Taya Osso, Kira Reissner, Keelyn Jones, Sophia Schiano, Daphnie Braun

Top 4 Male: Kazuma Brailsford, Gabriel Kleeman, Grayson Niemczyk, Justin Nguyen

Senior

Female

Top 3: Keira Redpath, Beth Anne McGowan, Isabella Lynch

Top 10: Emma Donnelly, Brooklyn Law, Addison Middleton, Claire Monge, Maliah Howard, Bella Jarvis, Nyah Jackson, Ceilidh McSeveney, Hudson Benayon

Top 20: Gabrielle Van Graft, Khloe Thomas-Gill, Laci Bloss, Makaia Roux, Brynn Kostka, Preslie Rosamond, Matissa Conrad, Eve Schmeichel, Avery Land, Lily Kravetz

Male Top 4: Christian de Jesus, Nathaniel Chua, Caleb Abea, Erik Barker

Notes:

More of the EDX kids will prob be in top 10. Most of their solos aren’t posted so I’m not sure which

For mini/junior I can see pretty much everyone in the top 10s in top 3, and everyone in the top 20s in top 10. The competition is insane

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I think I’m sorta predicting all junior, teen, and senior winners from stars? Though I keep flip-flopping on Anita/Rylie, Kylee/Paula, and Nicholas/Ian

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anyone have sheridan, liliana, or abigail ruiz?

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In the last 10 seasons, 2017 was the only year Larkin hasn’t had a best dancer winner.

And they’ve had no repeat winners - different kid(s) every time

2016: Taylor

2018: Ava

2019: Ellie

2020: Savannah and Ali

2021: Kelsie and Caleb

2022: Finley

2023: Malia

2024: Chase

2025: Keira

[project21fan]

I just wanna say a big thank you to everyone who uploads solos, announcements, etc to YouTube during TDA!! You all are the real heroes of nationals season and the rest of us appreciate you so much!

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if I didn’t know already I would not have guessed those solos were by the same choreographer

[regan-thatslife-deactivated2025]

THE NINE 3 FOR 3 yea they’re having the best day ever

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it’s their first 3 winners in one night, right?

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callista’s solo is so good excited to see her recompete

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callistaaaaaaa