Justice Crew performing live in Elizabeth Street Mall, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia on 9/10/2010.
Justice Crew are an all-male hip-hop dance and musical group from Sydney, Australia, who were the winners of Australia's Got Talent in 2010. The group consists of, Emmanuel Rodriguez, Samson Smith, Omar Kamara, Len and John Pearce, Anastasios Repousis, Lukas Bellesini, Paulie Merciadez and Solo Tohi. They cover all types of dancing from, Krumping to B-Boy, Hip-Hop and Breaking. Justice Crew made their musical debut in August 2010 with the single "And Then We Dance".
Two of the members of Justice Crew, Samson Smith and Solo Tohi, originally came from New Zealand and both moved to Sydney to pursue a career in dancing. Twin brothers, Len and John Pearce are of Filipino and Australian descent Emmanuel Rodriguez entered the second series of So You Think You Can Dance Australia in 2009, making it into the top 24. Members in Justice Crew have previously been in other dance crews such as, "Athelites", "Barbie Boys", "Gigabeatz", "Hybrid Formz", "Pussy cat ballz" and many more. They have also been giving free dance classes to disadvantaged children in Sydney.
In 2009, Justice Crew entered the World Hip Hop Dance Championships, held in Las Vegas, representing Australia and competing with dance crews from 30 nations. The event began on July 29 and ended on August 2. They placed 14th in the competition.
In 2010, Justice Crew won the fourth series of Australia's Got Talent. They were inspired to enter the competition after seeing Britains Got Talent winners of 2009, Diversity. After receiving three Yes votes from all three judges in their audition, the group went on to compete in the second semi-finals, where they received a standing ovation, both from the audiences and the judges. In the end, they won the public vote and went on to compete in the grand finale. The first round of the grand final began on 8 June 2010, where Justice Crew performed their final routine. Judge Brian McFadden was so impressed with the performance, he stood on his seat and applauded. Even an often hard-to win over Kyle Sandilands was full of praise for the group's performance. Emmanuel Rodriguez of Justice Crew, said the group scheduling as the second last act to perform added to the pressure to perform well. "They gave us more time to be nervous. But as soon as the music started, we knew we were going to nail it". On the grand final held on, 15 June 2010, it was announced that Justice Crew were the winners and were awarded a prize of $250,000, with singer-guitarist, Cameron Henderson becoming the runner up.
The group divided the prize money so each member got, $28,000 and invested the money into the group, planning to become a fully professional act. Weeks after the competition ended, the group revealed to New Idea magazine that dancing saved their lives. The group stated that they would be struggling if they had not taken up dancing as a hobby. Rodriguez told New Idea magazine, "Getting paid is a big thing. But so is being able to achieve a dream. Winning a TV show is huge!" while other members such as Bellesini said: "If I didn't have dancing I guarantee I'd have been in a much worse position. Dancing pushes you further away from other stuff. It keeps you healthy and out of trouble". Tohi of Justice Crew said, "I can guarantee you, without dancing, I'd be in jail".
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