Secret Wars evolved into a monster of an event last Saturday - with over 700 people in attendance and all 4 artists on top form....Things really heated up for a great finale!
The crowd were hungry to see the art unfold...and thirsty for as much booze as they could possibly consume. The bar staff were working over time trying to serve everyone in the quickest time possible - We under estimated the amount of drink that would be sold and had to re-stock 3-4 times during the night! Don't worry as we will make sure there is at least double the amount available at the final, including bottles of champagne to toast the winner of this years champion.
Sick Reebok customs from Jimi Crayon on display @ the bar
The battles were staggered to allow us time to judge each one - the first to start was Mr K vs Reeps, crowd favourite Reeps going to head to head with the young Mr K who many (including Teck) feel would go on to win this series.
Over the 90 sweaty mins, the artists kept up the pace and both played slightly different tactics from their Q final battles with Reeps keeping his lines a lot cleaner and clinical while Mr K going for a darker and busier picture.
Unless you were sat at the front it was hard to get a look in as the warehouse was near full capacity.. The vibe was electric and the music was on point as DJ Session rocked it out!
90 mins were up and it is now judgement time for the 2 select judges (Brett - MTV & Jeff - PSFK).
Jimi Crayon struggled with the wireless mic as there were so many people it was hard for the mic to recieve the signal from the sound system. After what felt like a good tense 10 mins the results were dropped as follows:
RESULTS:
JUDGE 1 (JEFF) - REEPS
CROWD VOTE - REEPS
JUDGE 2 (BRETT) - MR K
A shock to some but delight to the majority within the crowd - as usual there will always be those who question if a crowd vote is fair but we feel @ Secret Wars HQ that the crowd deserve a say....
BATTLE 2 - HICK vs DRUNK PARK
The heavy weight match up of the night, seeing aussie Drunk Park take on the well dressed Mr Hicks.
Hicks set out his stall and slowly created a crest like picture with his trademark characters in and around, with the slogan title "Home time Drunk Park".
Drunk Park drew a magic show scene, with snakes popping out of the hat and shouting "I've got a bigger bag 'o tricks than the artist formally known as Hicks".. Hey Drunk Park with those lyrics you should be a rapper not an artist :)
RESULTS:
JUDGE 1 (BRETT) - HICKS
CROWD VOTE - DRUNK PARK
JUDGE 2 (JEFF) - HICKS
So there we have it, HICKS vs REEPS is our final battle for this years series! Both have overcome some amazing artists and fully deserve their places in the final.
DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED VERY SOON ON THE SECRET WARS WEBSITE - WATCH THIS SPACE!
PHOTOS BY PHIL - www.phiga.de
