2026 DMC Wildcard Champions Announced — London Awaits

The results are official.

After months of competition, two rounds of routines and DJs competing from around the world, the 2026 DMC Wildcard Champions have been crowned.

Three DJs have risen to the top of Classic, Open and Scratch, earning a DMC Wildcard Championship and, most importantly, their place at the 2026 DMC World DJ Championships in London.

Meet the 2026 DMC Wildcard Champions

🏆 DMC WILDCARD CLASSIC CHAMPION

DJ NAGO

🏆 DMC WILDCARD OPEN CHAMPION

DJ DAMIANITO — ITALY

🏆 DMC WILDCARD SCRATCH CHAMPION

DJ CHELL

Congratulations to DJ Nago, DJ Damianito and DJ Chell on earning their place on the DMC World Finals stage.

The Road to the Championship

The DMC Wildcard Championships give DJs around the world another pathway to compete for a place at the DMC World DJ Championships.

This year's competition took place across three disciplines — Classic, Open and Scratch — beginning with an international field of DJs submitting their opening-round routines.

Following the first round of judging, the highest-ranked competitors advanced to the Wildcard Finals.

For the Final Round, every finalist was required to submit an entirely new routine, giving the judges a fresh performance to evaluate with the championships on the line.

Opening-round scores determined advancement and were not carried into the Final Round.

After the final routines were reviewed and all judging was completed and verified, three champions emerged.

Official 2026 DMC Wildcard Final Results

The standings below reflect the official aggregate scores from the Final Round.

WILDCARD CLASSIC

WILDCARD OPEN

WILDCARD SCRATCH

Thank You to Our Competitors and Judges

To every DJ who entered the 2026 DMC Wildcard Championships: thank you.

Every entry represented hours of practice, creativity and commitment to the craft. DJs from around the world stepped forward to represent themselves, their countries and their scenes, and the level of competition across all three categories made narrowing the fields anything but easy.

To every DJ who reached the Final Round: congratulations.

And a huge thank you to our Wildcard judging panels for giving their time, experience and expertise to this year's competition. Thank you to: DJ Shortkut (USA) DJ Swordz (Belgium) DJ Stereossauro (Portugal) DJ Beast Mode (Australia) DJ Spell (Australia) DJ 69 Beats (Poland) DJ Needlesplit (Denmark) Paul Skratch (Canada)

Protecting the Winning Routines

As DJ Nago, DJ Damianito and DJ Chell begin preparing for London, DMC will temporarily hold back their complete winning Final Round routines.

Short excerpts may appear across DMC social channels, but we want to give our champions the opportunity to protect any competition material they may wish to develop or carry forward to the World Finals.

The remaining Wildcard Final Round performances will begin rolling out across DMC channels following the championship announcement.

London Is Next

For our three Wildcard Champions, today's announcement isn't the end of the competition.

It's their ticket to the next one.

DJ Nago, DJ Damianito and DJ Chell will now join national champions and elite competitors from around the world at the 2026 DMC World DJ Championships in London.

DMC41 — DMC WORLD DJ CHAMPIONSHIPS

NOVEMBER 12–14, 2026LONDON, UK

Congratulations to all of our 2026 Wildcard finalists — and especially to our new champions:

DJ Nago. DJ Damianito. DJ Chell.

You earned your place.

London is next. 🏆🇬🇧