DreamHack reveals talent lineup for Rio event

DreamHack has revealed the on-air lineup for the upcoming Open tournament in Rio de Janeiro.

Seven familiar faces will be covering the action on the official English broadcast, with Mark "Boq" Wilson once more running the desk, where he will be joined by analysts Christine "⁠potter⁠" Chi and Dustin "dusT" Mouret, after hosting last year's Austin event.

In terms of casting, the on-air team will feature two duos in Mohan "⁠launders⁠" Govindasamy and Conner "Scrawny" Girvan, and Niels "⁠rizc⁠" Topp and Tom "Tombizz" Bissmire, the first of which will also be present at this week's BLAST Pro Series event in São Paulo.

potter will return to the analyst desk in Rio

Taking place from April 19-21 in Rio de Janeiro, DreamHack Open Rio 2019 will feature a total of eight participants, split into two groups of four. Currently, a total of five teams are known, with two invites and the South American qualifier slot still to be filled.

Below is the complete broadcast crew for the event:

Mark "Boq"Wilson - Desk host

Christine "potter"Chi - Analyst
Dustin "dusT"Mouret - Analyst

Mohan "launders"Govindasamy - Caster
Conner "Scrawny"Girvan - Caster
Tom "Tombizz"Bissmire - Caster
Niels "rizc"Topp - Caster

The team list for the Brazilian event currently looks as follows:

AVANGAR
Luminosity
eUnited
TBA FURIA
Sharks
South America Qualifier
TBA Luminosity #39 Lucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' PrassGabriel 'NEKIZ' Schenato FURIA #19 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoRinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior Niels 'rizc' Topp Age: 26 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 AVANGAR #13 Bektiyar 'fitch' BahytovSanjar 'SANJI' KulievTimur 'buster' TulepovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' Ali Mohan 'launders' Govindasamy Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.76 Maps played: 3 KPR: 0.57 DPR: 0.76 eUnited #34 Victor 'food' WongEdgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoAnthony 'vanity' MalaspinaKaleb 'moose' JayneAustin 'Cooper' Abadir Christine 'potter' Chi Age: 32 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 119 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.67 Sharks #95 Renato 'nak' NakanoRaphael 'exit' LacerdaLeonardo 'leo_drk' OliveiraRodrigo 'RCF' FigueiredoJhonatan 'jnt' Silva