The Beatbox Battle World Championship (BBBWC) is hosted triennially (every three years) hosted by Beatbox Battle Tv in a week-long festival held in Berlin, Germany. Face-to-face beatbox battles take place in five different categories:- individual male, individual female, tag-team, loop station and crew battle. In 2015, more than 150 national or major event champions of beatboxing gathered from 50 or so countries, after qualifying to participate in the world event by winning their respective national championships. [1] [2]
The sixth Beatbox Battle World Championship was held in Berlin, Germany from 2 to 6 August 2023. [3] The women's battle has been reinstated. The tag-team, loop station and crew battle, also two new categories: Best new sound FX and Best vocal scratching. [3]
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The first ever Beatbox Battle World Championship was started in 2005 by Alexander "BeeLow" Bülow [8] and took place in 2005 in Leipzig, Germany. The event was the first international beatboxing championship. [1] [2]
The second Beatbox Battle World Championship, took place at the 2BE Club am Hauptbahnhof near Berlin-Central Station in 2009. [9]
The 3rd BBBWC in 2012, the 4th in 2015 and the 5th in 2018 were held at the Astra Kulturhaus in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin. [10] In 2012, over 1000 people attended the event and over 100,000 people viewed the event live online. [11]
In 2018, more than 150 artists from 6 continents and 50 countries qualified for the event, including musicians from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, [12] Singapore, Venezuela, Vietnam, South Africa, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, United States, + 26 European countries were invited to perform in front of around 1,500 spectators. [13]
All competitors have had to qualify for the Beatbox Battle World Championship by winning their national Beatbox Battle championships, or having reached the knock-out stages of the previous Beatbox Battle World Championship, wildcard or special invitation. [14] In the first round, each performer has two minutes time to demonstrate their skills to an international panel of elite judges from the beatboxing world, (such as Reeps One of England) [13] and previous world champions from this tournament, to decide which performers qualify for the Knock-out rounds that are contested in ‘battle mode’ to determine the world champion. The judges base their decision on musicality, technicality, originality, pattern and show quality on the stage. [13] [11]
Individual Male | |||||
Edition | Year | Venue | Champion | Vice Champion | Reference |
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1st BBBWC | 2005 | Kohlrabizirkus, Leipzig, Germany | Joel Turner | RoxorLoops [15] (Senjka Danhieux) [8] | |
2nd BBBWC | 2009 | 2BE Club, Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Germany | ZeDe | Vahtang (Vahtang Kalandadze) | [1] [2] |
3rd BBBWC | 2012 | Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin | SkilleR | Alem | [19] |
4th BBBWC | 2015 | Alem | NaPoM (Neil Meadows) [20] | [1] [2] | |
5th BBBWC | 2018 | Alexinho (Alexis Grimaud) [21] | B-Art (Bart Voogt) [22] | ||
6th BBBWC | 2023 | Neue Welt, Neukölln, Berlin | Footbox G (Tim Van Droogenbroeck) | PACMax (Max Ostrowska) |
Individual Female | |||||
Edition | Year | Venue | Champion | Vice Champion | Reference |
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1st BBBWC | 2005 | Kohlrabizirkus, Leipzig, Germany | Butterscotch [23] | Evangeli | [1] [2] [24] |
2nd BBBWC | 2009 | 2BE Club, Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Germany | Bellatrix | Steff la Cheffe (Stefanie Peter) [26] | [1] [2] |
3rd BBBWC | 2012 | Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin | Pe4enkata [27] [11] (Adriana Nikolova) | Flashbox [28] | |
4th BBBWC | 2015 | Kaila | Sparx | [1] [2] | |
5th BBBWC | 2018 | Kaila (Kaila Mullady) | Chiwawa (Karolina Olech) | ||
6th BBBWC | 2023 | Neue Welt, Neukölln, Berlin | Pe4enkata (Adriana Nikolova) | Prichia |
Tag Team | |||||
Edition | Year | Venue | Champions | Vice Champions | Reference |
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1st BBBWC | 2005 | Kohlrabizirkus, Leipzig, Germany | Attention Deficit Disaudio (Joel Turner, Tom Thum) | (Chrlorophill and Mando) (RoxorLoops, Copycat and Karen) | |
4th BBBWC | 2015 | Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin | Twenteam’8 (Alem and BMG) | 4xSample (Chrlorophill and Mando) | |
5th BBBWC | 2018 | Spider Horse (Gene Shinozaki and Chris Celiz) | Mad Twinz (Jayton and Pash) | ||
6th BBBWC | 2023 | Neue Welt, Neukölln, Berlin | Zen'Hit (kenôzen and Akindé) | Choripan (Gako and Juano) |
Crew | |||||
Edition | Year | Venue | Champions | Vice Champions | Reference |
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2nd BBBWC | 2009 | 2BE Club, Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Germany | Under Kontrol (Micflow, Mr Lips, Tiko, Faya Braz) | Beatburger Band (Jaro Cossigo, Jony Typek, Tiny Beat, Van.Hoe) | [19] |
4th BBBWC | 2015 | Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin | Beatbox Collective (Ball-Zee, Bass6, Bellatrix, BFG, Experimental, Hobbit, MC Zani) | Under Kontrol (Micflow, Mr Lips, Tiko, Faya Braz) | |
5th BBBWC | 2018 | Berywam (MB14, Wawad, Beatness, Rythmind, Beasty) | Beatbox House (Neil "NaPoM" Meadows, Gene Shinozaki, Kenny Urban, Amit Bhowmick, Chris Celiz) | ||
6th BBBWC | 2023 | Neue Welt, Neukölln, Berlin | M.O.M (EON, Geo Popoff, Slizzer) | Kowler Rangers (Epock, Osy, Tunecinoo, Aelmight) |
Loopstation | |||||
Edition | Year | Venue | Champions | Vice Champions | Reference |
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5th BBBWC | 2018 | Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin | Saro (Tristan Coudray) | Inkie (Yuri Obukhov) | |
6th BBBWC | 2023 | Neue Welt, Neukölln, Berlin | 808Banon | Yaswede |
Best new sound FX | |||||
Edition | Year | Venue | Champions | Vice Champions | Reference |
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6th BBBWC | 2023 | Neue Welt, Neukölln, Berlin | Bass | Spain |
Best Vocal Scratching | |||||
Edition | Year | Venue | Champions | Vice Champions | Reference |
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6th BBBWC | 2023 | Neue Welt, Neukölln, Berlin | Do-B | O'Slim |
Country | Name | Classifications |
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Europe | ||
Alem | BBBWC World Champion 2015 | |
Alexinho | French Beatbox Champion 2015 | |
BMG | BBBWC World Champion 2015 | |
Colaps | French Beatbox Champion 2017 | |
Efaybee | BBBWC World Champion 2015 | |
K.I.M | BBBWC World Champion 2012 | |
Wawad | French Beatbox Champion 2014 & 2016 | |
Ameron | Irish Beatbox Champion 2015 | |
Magic | Irish Beatbox Champion 2017 | |
Babeli | German Beatbox Champion 2011-2012 | |
Chezame | German Beatbox Champion 2017 | |
Madox | German Beatbox Champion 2018 | |
Robeat | BBBWC World Champion 2009 | |
BigBen | BBBWC World Champion 2015 | |
FootboxG | Belgium Beatbox Champion 2018 | |
Supernova | Belgium Beatbox Champion 2016 | |
B-Art | Netherlands Beatbox Champion 2014 & 2016 | |
Ibarra | Netherlands Beatbox Champion 2017 | |
Bass bro | Bulgarian Beatbox Champion 2018 | |
KillaBee | Bulgarian Beatbox Champion 2016 | |
MaxO | Bulgarian Beatbox Champion 2017 | |
Blue Lipy | Danish Beatbox Champion 2013-2015 | |
Rawclaw | Danish Beatbox Champion 2017 | |
Bobby | Polish Beatbox Champion 2017 | |
Carlo | Polish Beatbox Champion 2015 | |
Mic Bandit | Polish Beatbox Champion 2017 | |
Zorak 3000 | BBBWC World Champion 2009 | |
Contrix | UK Beatbox Champion 2015 | |
Frosty | UK Beatbox Champion 2017 | |
D-Low | UK Beatbox Champion 2016 | |
Greycloud | Welsh Beatbox Champion 2016 | |
Jomez | Welsh Beatbox Champion 2017 | |
Cosmin | Romanian Beatbox Champion | |
Denis the menace | Swiss Beatbox Champion 2017-2018 | |
Eon | Austrian Beatbox Champion 2013 & 2016 | |
Euzn | Austrian Beatbox Champion 2018 | |
Fredbull | Austrian Beatbox Champion 2015 | |
Mitro | Austrian Beatbox Champion 2017 | |
Fenya | Ukrainian Beatbox Champion 2017 | |
Kaniflow | Ukrainian Beatbox Champion 2017 | |
Fredy Beats | Spanish Beatbox Champion 2015-2016 | |
Zekka | Spanish Beatbox Champion 2017 | |
Geo Popoff | Estonian Beatbox Champion | |
Gneben | Swedish Beatbox Champion 2017 | |
Jayton | Russian Beatbox Champion 2015 | |
Pash | Russian Beatbox Champion 2015 | |
Outcheck | Russian Beatbox Champion 2015 | |
Pizzicato | Russian Beatbox Champion 2016 | |
Kulprate | Slovakian Beatbox Champion 2016 | |
Shoter | Slovakian Beatbox Champion 2017 | |
Matufa | Lithuanian Beatbox Champion 2016 | |
SlyGrid | Lithuanian Beatbox Champion 2015 | |
Nick | Slovenian Beatbox Champion 2017 | |
S-Dope | Greek Beatbox Champion 2017 | |
Sevan | Armenian Beatbox Champion 2017-2018 | |
Shady | Armenian Beatbox Champion 2016 | |
Slizzer | BBBWC World Champion 2015 | |
Tiny Beat | Czech Beatbox Champion 2016 | |
North America | ||
Audical | Wildcard Winner 2018 | |
Mark Martin | American Beatbox Champion 2016 | |
Gene | 2015 BBBWC QF | |
Kenny Urban | GBBB Champion 2016 | |
NaPoM | BBBWC Vice Champion 2015 | |
Wunknown | American Beatbox Champion 2017 | |
BBK | Canadian Champion 2014, 2015 | |
HeAt | Canadian Champion 2016 | |
Elisii | Canadian Champion 2017 | |
BASS | Mexican Champion 2018 | |
BeatG | Salvadorian Champion 2017 | |
Black Rhythm | Puerto Rico Champion 2016 | |
South America | ||
Batman | Uruguayan Champion 2015 | |
Fabulous | Uruguayan Champion 2017 | |
Ex-BiTT | Chilean Champion 2016 | |
Mr.Androide | Latin American Champion 2017 | |
Onetime | Chilean Champion 2015 | |
Waali | Chilean Champion 2017 | |
Phenom | Argentinian Champion 2017 | |
Znowsz | Colombian Champion 2018 | |
Asia | ||
3H | Hongkong Champion 2016, 2017 | |
Heartgrey | Hongkong Champion 2012, 2015, 2016 | |
JER | Taiwanese Champion 2018 | |
Jimix | Taiwanese Champion 2011-2014 + 2016 | |
Zhang Ze | Chinese Champion 2014, 2015 & 2016. | |
Bataco | Asian Champion 2017 | |
Ettoman | Japanese Champion 2017 | |
Kairi | Japanese Champion 2015 | |
Tatsuaki | Japanese Champion 2016 | |
H Has | South Korean Champion 2015 | |
Hiss | South Korean Champion 2018 | |
Two H | South Korean Champion 2010 | |
WinG | South Korean Champion 2017 | |
Austin | Vietnamese Champion 2018 | |
Trung Bao | ||
Azazel | Indian Champion 2017 | |
Fahed | Jordanian Champion 2015, 2016, 2017 | |
Zer0 | Azerbaijan Champion 2014 | |
Piratheeban | Singapore Champion 2016, Asian Champion 2016 | |
Ego | Indonesian Champion 2015 | |
Vincent | Philippines Champion 2018 | |
Oceania | ||
CLR | Australian Champion 2016 | |
Codfish | Australian Champion 2017 | |
Z-Man | Australian Champion 2015 | |
Crkzu | New Zealand Champion 2017 | |
Africa | ||
Demo | Egyptian Champion 2015 | |
FRK | Egyptian Champion 2017 | |
Double-M | Moroccoan Champion 2018 | |
Country | Name | Classifications |
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Europe | ||
Flashbox | BBBWC Vice Champion 2012 | |
Karlotta | French Champion 2017 | |
Chiwawa | ||
Mystic | Polish Champion 2013 | |
Bedsn Beats | ||
Dana McKeon | ||
J9 | BBWC-QF 2015 | |
LadyWake | Italian Champion 2013 | |
North America | ||
HerShe | ||
Kaila Mullady | BBBWC Champion 2015 | |
Verver | ||
Psyreine | ||
South America | ||
Gamuz | Argentinian Champion 2017 | |
Asia | ||
Nicky | ||
Kiyozo | ||
E-Ling | ||
Madibeats | ||
Africa | ||
Neomi | ||
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