Ali Ramdani (born 18 April 1984), better known by his stage name Lilou, is an Algerian-French

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breakdancer. He is part of the French crew Pockemon Crew and the all-star team LEGION X. Since the beginning of his career in 1999, he has won many international prizes, both with his crew and as a solo dancer. He has had a black belt in

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since he was sixteen. He practices

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and can speak

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, French and English. Lilou was the winner of the b-boy competition

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in 2005 and 2009. He is one of the only four competitors to have won the Red Bull BC One twice, the other three being Hong 10, Victor and Menno. He also won

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in 2003 with Pockemon Crew. In 2005, Lilou won the Chief Rocka award at the UK Bboy Championships. The following year, he was part of the Pockemon team that won the Crews competition at the UK Bboy Championships. In 2006, Lilou was featured in the game ''B-Boy'', released by

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. In 2008, Lilou took part in

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' music video " Midnight Madness". He also appears in the film '' StreetDance 2''. In 2012, he joined

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as a dancer and choreographer. In 2014, he became the winner of Undisputed. In doing so, he became the world champion b-boy in 2014. He lists

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, and

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as influences.

References

External links

Lilou's profile
at RedBullBCOne.com
Pockemon crew
official website
Lilou Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lilou 1984 births Breakdancers Living people