Grand Beatbox Battle

Grand Beatbox Battle
Grand Beatbox Battle
	2019 GBB Poster
Status	Active
Genre	Tournament
Venue	EX THEATER ROPPONGI (2023)
Locations	Basel, Switzerland (2011-2018); Warsaw, Poland (2019/2021); Tokyo, Japan (2023-2025)
Years active	17 years
Inaugurated	2009
Founder	Andreas "Pepouni" Fraefel; Kilian "Kilaa" So; Claudio Rudin;
Organised by	Swissbeatbox
Website	gbbofficial.com

Last updated March 13, 2026

The Grand Beatbox Battle (commonly abbreviated GBB) is an annual international beatboxing competition hosted by Swissbeatbox.^[2] The competition holds multiple tournaments for different forms and categories of beatboxing which include: Solo, Tag Team, Crew, Under 18, Loopstation, Tag Team Loopstation and Producer

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"^[3] online for an invitation or by winning another national and international competition, as well as pass an "elimination" round during the competition.

History

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.^[4]

Results

Solo

#	Year	Venue	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of participants
#	Year	Venue	Final			Semi-finalists			Number of participants
1	2009	Kaserne, Basel	Marzel	n/a	Knackeboul	No information			?
2	2010	BCScene Center, Basel	Marzel	n/a	BeatBrenning	Keumart and Steff la Cheffe			8
3	2011	Kaserne Rossstall, Basel	Skiller	n/a^[5]	KRNFX	BeatBrenning and Babeli			8
4	2012	Kaserne Rossstall, Basel	Ball-Zee	n/a^[6]	Skiller	KRNFX and MC Zani			8
5	2013	Kuppel and Kaserne, Basel	Dharni	n/a^[7]^[8]	Alem	Two H	n/a^[9]^[10]	K.I.M.	14
6	2014	SUD & Kaserne, Basel	Dharni	n/a^[11]	Two H	K.I.M.	n/a^[12]	Alexinho	11
7	2015	Volkshaus, Basel	Gene Shinozaki	n/a^[13]	Efaybee	Jayton	n/a	Babeli	13
8	2016	Volkshaus, Basel	Kenny Urban	n/a^[14]	Napom	Gene Shinozaki	n/a^[15]	Babeli	18
9	2017	Voltahalle, Basel	Napom	n/a^[16]	Hiss	Alexinho	n/a^[17]	Trung Bao	16
10	2018	Volkshaus, Basel	Codfish	3–2^[18]	D-low	Hiss	n/a^[19]	Bataco	15
11	2019	klub Stodola, Warsaw	D-low	3–2^[20]	Tomazacre	B-Art	n/a^[21]	Codfish	16
12	2020	Event was cancelled due to 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. An online edition was held instead.
13	2021	EXPO XXI, Warsaw	Colaps	4–1^[22]	River	FootboxG	5–0^[23]	Inertia	26
14	2023	EX Theater Roppongi, Tokyo	River	3–2^[24]	Napom	Wing	5–0^[25]	Abo Ice	18
15	2024	Toyosu PIT, Tokyo	Julard	4–1^[26]	Osis	Remix	3–2^[27]	KAJI	16
16	2025	EX Theater Roppongi, Tokyo	PACMax	3–2	Wing	BlackRoll	5–0	KAJI	16
17	2026	Arena COS Torwar, Warsaw	TBD			TBD			20

Loop Station

#	Year	Venue	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of participants
#	Year	Venue	Final			Semi-finalists			Number of participants
5	2013	Kuppel and Kaserne, Basel	Grison	n/a	Faya Braz	Camero	n/a	Slizzer	?
6	2014	SUD & Kaserne, Basel	Faya Braz	n/a^[28]	Hobbit	Was not awarded			?
7	2015	Volkshaus, Basel	Mando	n/a^[29]	Penkyx	Wawad	n/a^[30]	MB14	?
8	2016	Volkshaus, Basel	Thorsen	n/a^[31]	Tioneb	Ibarra	n/a^[32]	MB14	?
9	2017	Voltahalle, Basel	Saro	n/a^[33]	Tioneb	MB14	n/a^[34]	Penkyx	?
10	2018	Volkshaus, Basel	Beatness	n/a^[35]	Balance	NME	n/a^[36]	Jarno Ibarra	?
11	2019	klub Stodola, Warsaw	Rythmind	3–2^[37]	NME	Inkie	n/a^[38]	SO-SO	?
12	2020	Event was cancelled due to 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
13	2021	EXPO XXI, Warsaw	BizKit	3–2^[39]	Frosty	Rythmind	3–2^[40]	Chris TheOdian	?
14	2023	EX Theater Roppongi, Tokyo	Robin	3–2^[41]	Matej	BizKit	3–2^[42]	AVH	?
15	2024	Toyosu PIT, Tokyo	Yaswede	5–0^[43]	Matej	Raje	4–1^[44]	Syjo	?
16	2025	EX Theater Roppongi, Tokyo	Martin Benati	5–0	Dice	MAHIRO	3–2	Yaswede	?
17	2026	Arena COS Torwar, Warsaw	TBD			TBD			?

Tag Team

#	Year	Venue	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of participants
#	Year	Venue	Final			Semi-finalists			Number of participants
8	2016	Volkshaus, Basel	Fabulous Wadness	n/a^[45]	Costik Storm	Mad Twinz	n/a^[46]	Spider Horse	?
9	2017	Voltahalle, Basel	Mad Twinz	n/a^[47]	A&Z	Spider Horse	n/a^[48]	Costik Storm	?
10	2018	Volkshaus, Basel	Spider Horse	n/a^[49]	Kotcha	K-PoM	n/a^[50]	Bery	?
11	2019	klub Stodola, Warsaw	Uniteam	n/a^[51]	Middle School	Kotcha	n/a^[52]	16bitzee	?
12	2020	Event was cancelled due to 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
13	2021	EXPO XXI, Warsaw	Middle School	n/a^[53]	Rogue Wave	Rofu	n/a^[54]	ONII-CHAN	?
14	2023	EX Theater Roppongi, Tokyo	Rogue Wave	n/a^[55]	Jairo	Rofu	n/a^[56]	Jackpot	?
15	2024	Toyosu PIT, Tokyo	Jairo	n/a	Fresh Tonic	MiCo	n/a	Future Monster	?
16	2025	EX Theater Roppongi, Tokyo	MaxSkill	4-1	Hiss & WING	Fresh Tonic	n/a	MiCo	?
17	2026	Arena COS Torwar, Warsaw	TBD			TBD

Crew

#	Year	Venue	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of participants
#	Year	Venue	Final			Semi-finalists			Number of participants
13	2021	EXPO XXI, Warsaw	M.O.M	n/a^[57]	SARUKANI	S.Q.U.I.D	n/a^[58]	The Razzzones	?
14	2023	EX Theater Roppongi, Tokyo	SARUKANI	n/a^[59]	M.O.M	E.O.G	n/a^[60]	YA NA HA	?
15	2024	Toyosu PIT, Tokyo	Kowler Rangers	n/a	Me0ne	Sound of Sony Ω	n/a	The Young Drug	?
16	2025	EX Theater Roppongi, Tokyo	The Beatbox House	n/a	orbitt	Recoll	n/a	No more participants	?
17	2026	Arena COS Torwar, Warsaw	TBD			TBD

Tag Team Loopstation

#	Year	Venue		Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place		Number of participants
#	Year	Venue		Final				Semi-finalists				Number of participants
13	2021	EXPO XXI, Warsaw		SORRY	n/a^[61]	Bery		Scam Talk^[62]				3

Producer

#	Year	Venue	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of participants
#	Year	Venue	Final			Semi-finalists			Number of participants
14	2023	EX Theater Roppongi, Tokyo	SyJo	n/a	Kaos	KBA	n/a	FriiDon	6
15	2024	Toyosu PIT, Tokyo	KBA	n/a	Antrix	SyJo	n/a	Kaos	4
16	2025	EX Theater Roppongi, Tokyo	Watt	n/a	LFO	No more participants			2

Under 18

#	Year	Venue		Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place		Number of participants
#	Year	Venue		Final				Semi-finalists				Number of participants
14	2023	EX Theater Roppongi		Julard	n/a^[63]	Marvelous		Lennsi	n/a^[64]	Wand		8

7 To Smoke

#	Year	Venue	King	1st Win	2nd Win	3rd Win	4th Win	5th Win	6th Win	7th Win
6	2014	Basel	Alexinho	Battle 4 5–0 Efaybee	Battle 5 5–0 Wawad	Battle 6 5–0 Faya Braz	Battle 7 4–1 Fozzy	Battle 8 5–0 Heartgrey	Battle 9 3–2 Two H	Battle 10 4–1 BMG
7	2015		Alem	Battle 22 n/a Dharni	Battle 23 n/a Gene	Battle 24 n/a Jayton	Battle 25 n/a Kenny Urban	Battle 26 n/a K.I.M.	Battle 27 n/a B-Art	Battle 28 n/a Alexinho
8	2016		Alexinho	Battle 7 5–0 Bloomer	Battle 15 3–2 Bataco	Battle 16 5–0 B-Art	Battle 17 4–1 K.I.M.	Battle 18 5–0 Bloomer	Battle 19 5–0 Dharni	Battle 20 4–1 Kenny Urban
9	2017		Alexinho	Battle 7 3–1 Rythmind Xin Wang voted tie	Battle 8 5–0 Wawad	Battle 9 4–0 Zhang Zhe Xin Wang voted tie	Battle 10 5–0 Gene	Battle 11 5–0 Cosmin	Battle 12 4–0 Ah Xin Funkaztek voted tie	Battle 13 4–0 Pash B-Art voted tie
10	2018		Colaps	Battle 6 n/a Rythmind	Battle 7 5–0 Pash	Battle 8 n/a B-Art	Battle 9 3–1 Hiss Beatness voted tie	Battle 10 5–0 Bloomer	Battle 11 2–1 Napom 2 judges voted tie	Battle 12 5–0 Kénôzen
11	2019	Warsaw	Zekka	Battle 1 5–0 Mark Martin	Battle 2 3–2 Akindé	Battle 3 n/a Audical	Battle 4 5–0 Alexinho	Battle 5 5–0 Mr. Androide	Battle 6 4–1 SO-SO	Battle 28 5–0 SO-SO
13	2021	Warsaw	Inertia^[65]	No battles uploaded
14	2023	Tokyo	Alexinho	Battle 2 5–0 Napom	Battle 3 5–0 Vahtang	Battle 4 5–0 PacMax	Battle 12 4–1 PacMax	Battle 13 4–1 Pash	Battle 14 3–2 Max0	Battle 15 5–0 Inertia
15	2024		Napom	Battle 1 4–1 Mighty	Battle 16 3–2 BlackRoll	Battle 17 3–2 PacMax	Battle 18 3–2 Remix	Battle 19 4–1 Abo Ice	Battle 20 3–2 Bookie Blanco	Battle 21 4–1 Max0
16	2025		River	Battle 1 3–2 Inertia	Battle 2 3–2 Remix	Battle 3 4–1 momimaru	Battle 11 3–2 Inertia	Battle 12 5–0 Bookie Blanco	Battle 13 4–1 NERO	Battle 14 5–0 CJ

Participants

Info

Only countries that were represented at least once in any "Grand Beatbox Battle" are listed.
The year 2009 cannot be found in this table because no data was found for this year.


Number of Participants each Year in all Countries	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2021	2023	2024	2025	Total (Country)
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	3
Austria	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	3	1	-	10
Azerbaijan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
Belgium	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	3	3	-	1	1	15
Bulgaria	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	7
Canada	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	2	2	4	1	1	1	16
Chile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	6
China	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	3	7
Colombia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Czech Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2
Denmark	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	5
France	1	4	-	3	6	7	8	11	7	11	16	11	8	5	88
Germany	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	-	-	6	10	3	1	32
Hong Kong	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	6
Hungary	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5
India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	5	-	11
Indonesia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
Iran	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	4
Ireland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
Israel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2
Italy	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	5
Japan	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	2	2	3	6	11	13	14	70
Kazakhstan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	1
Lithuania	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Luxembourg	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	5
Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	1	1	7
Netherlands	-	-	2	-	1	3	3	1	3	1	1	1	-	-	16
Norway	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Romania	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Russia	-	-	-	1	-	2	2	2	3	1	2	6	1	-	20
Saudi Arabia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2
Singapore	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	7
Slovenia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
South Korea	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	2	4	2	5	6	3	5	30
Spain	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	8
South Africa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
Switzerland	20	13	13	3	3	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	58
Taiwan	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
United Kingdom	1	3	4	1	3	1	1	-	6	7	2	2	-	-	31
United States of America	-	-	-	1	-	3	8	4	6	3	9	7	2	9	52
Vietnam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	1	-	-	-	6

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