World Cup Floral Art 2025 - Day 3 Part 2 - FINALE!

Hello Flower Friends, welcome back. It's finally happening, the finals of the World Cup Floral Art 2025 here in The Hague. I'm super excited, because I have no idea who's going to be in the top 10. We're going to find out very soon, what do the judges think. I have a feeling, I have my own personal top 10 of course, but you never know what exactly happens. Who gets what scores, why, well the judges know why, but it's anyone's game. So let's see and find out very soon. First, all the competitors were called back on stage. Celebrating each individual country and building up the hype for the announcement of the top 10. It was great seeing everyone run up to the stage in all of their enthusiasm. Celebrating the fact that they were indeed at the World Cup. You can imagine how it must feel, the excitement of being there. A highlight of your floristic career that you will never forget. Forever bound to your fellow competitors by the shared experience. Soon after everyone gathered on stage, the announcement of the final 10 began. I'm going to give them some time, because I've now been given a sheet explaining the task in full. The theme is the City Bicycle of The Hague. You will create a design for The Hague City Bicycle. Ready? 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. And the competition is on. The final 10 competitors were Claudia Tararache from Romania. Tomáš Max Kozinski from Poland. Gábor Nagy from Hungary. Eileen Catharina Melkisson from Norway. Frédéric Dupré from France. Chantal Post from Belgium. Christopher Ernst from Germany. Franka Roenhorst from the Netherlands. Saade Alainen from Finland. And Hiroto Inoue from Japan. The task was a fun one. I still remember decorating my own bike for the yearly flower parade during my elementary school time. The competitors only had 45 minutes for this challenge. The flowers and botanical materials were supplied. They had to work with a new Oasis Renewal block, which is 100% plant-based. And the only other restriction of the design was that it had to be able to be moved off the stage, so it should be able to ride. This means that they could also put things on the saddle or other spots. It being a surprise task, this is yet another one where the competitors don't know what materials they get beforehand. The botanicals were sponsored by Decorum and Margin Park. As the time went on, we saw the choices that the competitors made. Thomas went for a design cascading backwards towards the cyclist, while Frederik went for a design that radiated away from the cyclist, with the point of interest visible from the seat. Gabor was doing a design with a diagonal focus, making for a clean, elegant line. Some beautiful workmanship here by Aileen and Chantal is also well on her way. Christopher went for a big, impactful design, Cala cascading lushly out of the basket. Chantal working on her flower rhythm here. Claudia also did a good job, making sure the design was interesting all over the bike. Gabor seemingly working with a single focus and plan, executing it perfectly. The tension is palpable as we are rushing to the finish line. With the competition officially over, it's time for the judges to do their work. Now let's see some close-up shots of those bikes. Here we have Frederik's bike. As you can see, there's a vocal area from the perspective of the biker. It's a radial design with a few overlapping lines of cala and lily grass. This is Chantal Post's bike. She made a nice rhythm by making some groupings with the Corspedia and Cala. At the base, she created a compact area of celosia, making for a good, calm element in the design. During the wait for the results, the Floral Fundamentals ambassadors were showing bouquets inspired by Dutch masters. Then there was the incredible show by Hanneke Frankema called Growth. That might warrant its own video, but I have a feeling she might be posting something herself pretty soon. It was like a masterclass on presenting, how to keep an audience engaged. Here we have Thomas Max Kaczynski's bike design, with its elegant, thin, cascading lines. Thomas chose for a more monochrome color scheme, with a small touch of orange. Now we are at Gabo Nocce's bike. Here specifically, I like the placement of the bigger leaves, creating a calm area, and then the choice of going for a vocal line type of design. The proportion is beautifully stretched by the tatami of steel grass. This is Christopher's. Again, lovely placement of leaves. I think the generous density he was able to achieve in that time frame, while still showing every flower individually, is incredible. Here are some close-up shots of Claudia's great bike design. Like I said, wonderful how she was able to incorporate the entire bicycle. Saade from Finland, with a lovely, mostly radial design. Some flowers in the box are packed tight, while others are cascading outwards, with some golden aluminum wire. Here we have Franke's design. It's a neatly organized and clean radial design, fitting with the Dutch style. It's finally time for the announcement. They've asked the top 10 to all come on stage. Starting with number 3, it's our good friend Frédéric Dutré from France. The number 2 spot goes to Gabo Nocce from Hungary. And then it's finally time for the first prize. Who wins the World Cup Floral Art 2025? It's Tomasz Maks Kaczynski from Poland. And there you have it. It was a wild ride, even just as a spectator. I can imagine what the competitors felt like. It was amazing to see everyone go through it. You could read the emotions on their faces. The level of all the participants in this competition was incredibly high. Each task was exciting to follow along with. I hope you enjoyed this as much as we did experiencing it first hand. Now before we end this video, let's first talk to our friend Frédéric. Alright Frédéric, that was incredible. I think you did an amazing job. Your booth looks the best. It was one total picture, you can see the concept is very well thought out. You got 3rd place, congratulations. Thank you, thank you. What do you think? How did it feel? I am happy, I am happy. Just before I would like to restart a new World Cup, because I have already participated 10 years ago in Berlin, in the InterFloor World Cup. When I have a restart, already I have a say on my team. Okay, I want to finish on the podium, but not necessarily to win. Because for me, if you finish 2nd place or 3rd place, you have a very long career. Because you can prove you are better than the World Champion. And also, I would like the audience to enjoy a lot about my work and pass a lot of emotion. And I think I have made the job. I think it was very clear to see your style in the works, in the tasks that allowed you to express your style. You were showing your style. I loved the Iris van Herpen, the body, the everything. We could see the tulip shape coming back everywhere. It was incredible, thank you very much. Thank you, thank you Mike, thank you. Alright, that was incredible. That was the World Cup floral art in The Hague. I have said that sentence a lot. This was really a great World Cup. We saw so many incredible works, really incredible artists. The final night was also absolutely amazing. Haneke Frankema's show, it blew me away. I knew it was going to be good, but it was really, really well executed. Very well polished, absolutely perfect. And then the final task was a very interesting task, I think. It was a pleasure to see everyone. And it was amazing to see the final, the top three. So, this was not it guys. There is more coming. We have so much footage. It didn't fit in these couple of days. And we didn't have the time to put everything in. So, there will be more content about the World Cup coming. Some more interviews, some more discussions. We might have some Zoom meetings with some of our friends and discussing the works. So, if you want to see more content about floristry, not just the World Cup, please subscribe to our channel. Like this video if you liked it. And share it with your friends, because that would help us out a lot. So, thank you very much for watching and see you next time.