The Bracket Challenge
Sixteen pros. Fifteen battles. One perfect bracket. Pick the winner of every Zouk16 battle at ZoukMX 2027 — call every round correctly and walk away with thousands of dollars in festival passes and training.
Enter the ChallengeCall It Perfectly, Win It All
Full passes to major zouk festivals — a season of dancing on us.
A full registration for the 100 Hour Training Program in Playa del Carmen.
Get it right, you’ll have thousands in free zouk passes and training.
How It Works
Sixteen seeded pros. Each pairs with a student partner from the Jack & Jill at the event — the pro is your pick, the draw is the wildcard.
Pick a winner for all fifteen battles, round of 16 through the final. No account needed to start.
Save with your name and email, then click the confirmation link — your bracket counts once confirmed.
Follow the tournament live at ZoukMX. A perfect bracket takes the prize wall; the leaderboard crowns bragging rights either way.
Think It’s Easy?
Here’s how the last bracket actually went — sixteen couples, each a pro with a student partner from the Jack & Jill. Ink-filled card = won that round; red card = champion. Blue stripe = lead pro, red stripe = follow pro.
Camilo MolinaLead pro
Laura DalavaFollow pro
Letícia CastroFollow pro
Luan CorreiaLead pro
Otavio KaneshiroLead pro
Susana BarrientosFollow pro
Filipe MonteiroLead pro
Thieli HanssenFollow pro
KakahLead pro
Ashé JordanFollow pro
Karina LealFollow pro
Gabriel CarvalhoLead pro
Pedro NantesLead pro
Cibele GuimarãesFollow pro
Mari LoiolaFollow proCamilo MolinaLead proLetícia CastroFollow proOtavio KaneshiroLead proFilipe MonteiroLead proKakahLead proKarina LealFollow proPedro NantesLead proCamilo MolinaLead proOtavio KaneshiroLead pro3rdKakahLead proPedro NantesLead pro4thCamilo MolinaLead pro1stKakahLead pro2ndScroll sideways to follow the bracket →
Camilo Molina
Camilo Molina took the 2025 title over Kakah in the final, with Otavio Kaneshiro third and Pedro Nantes fourth.
Leads ran the table
Six of the eight lead pros reached the quarterfinals; only two of the eight follow pros did. All four podium places went to lead pros.
Fame meant nothing
The three most-followed dancers in the field went out early or finished behind smaller names. The champion was eleventh of sixteen by follower count.
Think You Can Call All Fifteen?
Free to enter. No purchase necessary. One entry per person. You can log back in and update your bracket anytime until lock — brackets lock before the first Zouk16 heat at ZoukMX 2027. Earlier confirmed brackets earn additional perks, and if more than one perfect bracket is submitted, the earliest confirmed one wins. Competitor lineup subject to change — if a pro withdraws before lock, affected picks are re-opened. ZoukMX staff, organizers, and competing pros are not eligible for prizes.