Berlin State Opera
For 2016, the contestants were the Berlin State Opera-Malakhov's 1999 "Nutcracker", the Bolshoi Ballet's "Nutcracker", the Mariinsky's 2012 "Nutcracker", Das Wiener Staatsballett's 2014 "Nutcracker" and the Semperoper Ballet's "Nutcracker". The winner, shown on December 19, was the Berlin State Opera-Malakhov version.