Grand Beatbox Battle | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Tournament |
Venue | EX THEATER ROPPONGI (2023) |
Location(s) | Basel, Switzerland (2011-2018) Warsaw, Poland (2019/2021) Tokyo, Japan (2023-) |
Years active | 16 years |
Inaugurated | 2009 |
Founder |
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Organised by | Swissbeatbox |
Website | gbbofficial |
The Grand Beatbox Battle (commonly abbreviated GBB) is an annual international beatboxing competition hosted by Swissbeatbox. The competition holds multiple tournaments for different forms and categories of beatboxing which include: Solo (or Showcase), Loopstation, Tag Team, Crew, Tag Team Loopstation, Producer and Under 18.
The event follows a traditional tournament format, where competitors take turns performing on a stage, and a panel of judges vote on the winner. To qualify for the tournament portion, beatboxers from around the world must submit "wildcards" online for an invitation or by winning another national and international competition, as well as pass an "elimination" round during the competition.
The first Grand Beatbox Battle was held in 2009 in Switzerland. It was part of the BScene Basel music festival where only Swiss-competitors are allowed to participate until 2011, where it was open internationally. [2]
Ed. | Year | Venue | Champion | Vice Champion | Third Place | Fourth Place | Ref. |
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1 | 2009 | Data not found | |||||
2 | 2010 | ||||||
3 | 2011 | Basel, Switzerland | Skiller | KRNFX | Was not awarded | [3] | |
4 | 2012 | Ball-Zee | Skiller | [4] | |||
5 | 2013 | Dharni | Alem | Two H | K.I.M. | [5] [6] [7] [8] | |
6 | 2014 | Dharni | Two H | K.I.M. | Alexinho | [9] | |
7 | 2015 | Gene Shinozaki | Efaybee | Jayton | Babeli | [11] | |
8 | 2016 | Kenny Urban | Napom | Gene Shinozaki | Babeli | [12] [13] | |
9 | 2017 | Napom | Hiss | Alexinho | Trung Bao | [14] [15] | |
10 | 2018 | Codfish | D-low | Hiss | Bataco | [16] [17] | |
11 | 2019 | Warsaw, Poland | D-low | Tomazacre | B-Art | Codfish | [18] [19] |
12 | 2020 | Event was cancelled due to 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. An online edition was held instead. | |||||
13 | 2021 | Warsaw, Poland | Colaps | River | FootboxG | Inertia | [20] [21] |
14 | 2022 | Event was cancelled. | |||||
15 | 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | River | Napom | Wing | Abo Ice | - |
16 | 2024 | Julard | Osis | Remix | KAJI | ||
Ed. | Year | Venue | Champion | Vice Champion | Third Place | Fourth Place | Ref. |
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1 | 2009 | Data not found | |||||
2 | 2010 | ||||||
3 | 2011 | Basel, Switzerland | This competition did not take place in this year | ||||
4 | 2012 | ||||||
5 | 2013 | Grison | Faya Braz | Camero | Slizzer | ||
6 | 2014 | Faya Braz | Hobbit | Was not awarded | [22] | ||
7 | 2015 | Mando | Penkyx | Wawad | MB14 | [23] [24] | |
8 | 2016 | Thorsen | Tioneb | Ibarra | MB14 | [25] [26] | |
9 | 2017 | Saro | Tioneb | MB14 | Penkyx | [27] [28] | |
10 | 2018 | Beatness | Balance | NME | Jarno Ibarra | [29] [30] | |
11 | 2019 | Warsaw, Poland | Rythmind | NME | Inkie | SO-SO | [31] [32] |
12 | 2020 | Event was cancelled due to 2020 COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
13 | 2021 | Warsaw, Poland | BizKit | Frosty | Rythmind | Chris TheOdian | [33] [34] |
14 | 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | Robin | Matej | BizKit | AVH | - |
15 | 2024 | Yaswede | Matej | Raje | Syjo | ||
Ed. | Year | Venue | Champion | Vice Champion | Third Place | Fourth Place | Ref. |
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1 | 2009 | Data not found | |||||
2 | 2010 | ||||||
3 | 2011 | Basel, Switzerland | This competition did not take place in this year | ||||
4 | 2012 | ||||||
5 | 2013 | ||||||
6 | 2014 | ||||||
7 | 2015 | ||||||
8 | 2016 | Fabulous Wadness | Costik Storm | Mad Twinz | Spider Horse | [35] [36] | |
9 | 2017 | Mad Twinz | A&Z | Spider Horse | Costik Storm | [37] [38] | |
10 | 2018 | Spider Horse | Kotcha | K-PoM | Bery | [39] [40] | |
11 | 2019 | Warsaw, Poland | Uniteam | Middle School | Kotcha | 16bitzee | [41] [42] |
12 | 2020 | Event was cancelled due to 2020 COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
13 | 2021 | Warsaw, Poland | Middle School | Rogue Wave | Rofu | ONII-CHAN | [43] [44] |
14 | 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | Rogue Wave | Jairo | Rofu | Jackpot | - |
15 | 2024 | Jairo | Fresh Tonic | MiCo | Future Monster | ||
Ed. | Year | Venue | Champion | Vice Champion | Third Place | Fourth Place | Ref. |
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1 | 2009 | Data not found | |||||
2 | 2010 | ||||||
3 | 2011 | Basel, Switzerland | This competition did not take place in this year | ||||
4 | 2012 | ||||||
5 | 2013 | ||||||
6 | 2014 | ||||||
7 | 2015 | ||||||
8 | 2016 | ||||||
9 | 2017 | ||||||
10 | 2018 | ||||||
11 | 2019 | Warsaw, Poland | |||||
12 | 2020 | Event was cancelled due to 2020 COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
13 | 2021 | Warsaw, Poland | M.O.M | SARUKANI | S.Q.U.I.D | The Razzzones | [45] [46] |
14 | 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | SARUKANI | M.O.M | End Of the Game | YA NA HA | - |
15 | 2024 | Kowler Rangers | Me0ne | Sound of Sony Ω | The Young Drug | ||
Ed. | Year | Venue | Champion | Vice Champion | Third Place | Fourth Place | Ref. |
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1 | 2009 | Data not found | |||||
2 | 2010 | ||||||
3 | 2011 | Basel, Switzerland | This competition did not take place in this year | ||||
4 | 2012 | ||||||
5 | 2013 | ||||||
6 | 2014 | ||||||
7 | 2015 | ||||||
8 | 2016 | ||||||
9 | 2017 | ||||||
10 | 2018 | ||||||
11 | 2019 | Warsaw, Poland | |||||
12 | 2020 | Event was cancelled due to 2020 COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
13 | 2021 | Warsaw, Poland | SORRY | Bery | Scam Talk | No more Participants | [47] [48] [49] |
14 | 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | This competition did not take place in this year | ||||
15 | 2024 | ||||||
Ed. | Year | Venue | Champion | Vice Champion | Third Place | Fourth Place | Ref. | |
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1 | 2009 | Data not found | ||||||
2 | 2010 | |||||||
3 | 2011 | Basel, Switzerland | This competition did not take place in this year | |||||
4 | 2012 | |||||||
5 | 2013 | |||||||
6 | 2014 | |||||||
7 | 2015 | |||||||
8 | 2016 | |||||||
9 | 2017 | |||||||
10 | 2018 | |||||||
11 | 2019 | Warsaw, Poland | ||||||
12 | 2020 | Event was cancelled due to 2020 COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
13 | 2021 | Warsaw, Poland | ||||||
14 | 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | - | |||||
SyJo | Kaos | KBA | FriiDon | - | ||||
15 | 2024 | KBA | Antrix | SyJo | Kaos | |||
Ed. | Year | Venue | Champion | Vice Champion | Third Place | Fourth Place | Ref. |
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1 | 2009 | Data not found | |||||
2 | 2010 | ||||||
3 | 2011 | Basel, Switzerland | This competition did not take place in this year | ||||
4 | 2012 | ||||||
5 | 2013 | ||||||
6 | 2014 | ||||||
7 | 2015 | ||||||
8 | 2016 | ||||||
9 | 2017 | ||||||
10 | 2018 | ||||||
11 | 2019 | Warsaw, Poland | |||||
12 | 2020 | Event was cancelled due to 2020 COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
13 | 2021 | Warsaw, Poland | |||||
14 | 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | Julard | Marvelous | Lennsi | Wand | - |
15 | 2024 | This competition did not take place in this year | |||||
Ref.: [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62]
In 2020, Swissbeatbox held an online GBB competition to act as a qualifier for the cancelled 2020 Grand Beatbox Battle due to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. The event was held in Beatbox Community Discord server and was livestreamed at Swissbeatbox YouTube channel from 4-5th April 2020. The event includes Solo and Loopstation categories. [63]
Results
Category | Champion | Vice Champion | Third Place | Fourth Place | Ref. |
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Solo | Zer0 | Vocodah | Napom | Cloud | |
Loopstation | Frosty | BreZ | Kristóf | Rusy | |
Nation | S | L | TT | C | TTL | P | U18 | Total | |
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1 | France | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
2 | United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
3 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
4 | United Kingdom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Singapore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
7 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Austria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Belgium | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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