UK Beatbox Championships

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Since 2024, the UK Beatbox Championships (UKBC) have been hosted every year in Bristol, England Prior to 2024, they have been held in London. This historic annual all-day event, which brings together the country's top beatbox artists for gladiatorial knock-out of face to face beatbox battles, in five different categories solo, female, team, loopstation and under-18. The 2019 UK Beatbox Championships was held on 23 and 24 November 2019.

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History

The UK Beatbox Championships are one of the major tournaments in British Hip Hop music scene, and has been held at various venues in its history that include the Scala at Kings Cross, [1] the O2 Academy Islington, [2] the Garage, Highbury [3] the Grand Theatre, Clapham, London and the Battersea Arts Centre [4] The first ever UK Beatbox Championship took place in 2005 in London, England, hosted by UK Beatbox Championships. [5] Qualification for the UK Beatbox Championships consists of geographical heats held around Britain, which are contested from February through to June in London(South-east), Bristol (South-West) (Bristol heats), Nottingham (Midlands) and Liverpool (North). [6] Beatboxing is the art of producing percussion, rhythm and musical sounds using only parts of the human body, namely the mouth, lips, tongue, vocal cords, nasal passage and throat. [6] The event attracts around 1000 spectators and is live streamed to around 90 countries globally. [1] A panel of highly respected judges include former winners and international judges from the beatboxing fraternity. [6] The judges listen for originality, musical composition, technique, clarity, complexity, timing, rhythm, flow, and performance. They look for witty response in battle, ingenuity, endurance and intelligence. [7]

In 2020, because of the Covid-19 Pandemic, the UKBB championships were successfully held online, the judges included Chiwawa, Chris Selez, D-Low, Kim, Sizzler, Frosty, Inkie and Rythmind.

Timeline

UKBC Historical results 2005 to present

Solo
YearChampionRunner-UpSemi-FinalistSemi-FinalistVideo/Reference
2005Faith FSX Beardyman MC ZaniDr Badfunk [9]
2006 Beardyman Pikey EsquireFozDr Rhythm [10]
2007 Beardyman [11] MC ZaniBellatrixTalisman [12]
2008MC Zani Reeps One LippicoolThePetebox [13]
2009 Reeps One ThePeteboxLaythBig Taj [14]
2010 Reeps One HobbitLaythYasson [15]
2011Ball-Zee Reeps One HobbitBeatfox [16]
2012Ball-ZeeBeatFoxExperimentalGriff [17]
2013Ball-ZeeHobbitMinamusRaw Element [18]
2014ContrixHobbitABHBig Taj [19]
2015ContrixBeatFoxTrey QuaCull [20]
2016 D-Low ABHContrixBeatfox [21]
2017Frosty D-Low ABHRenegrade [22]
2018 D-Low FrostyBeatFoxGraycloud [23]
2019ABHBass VenturaKimmybeatboxEpos [24]
Women
YearChampionRunner-UpSemi-FinalistSemi-FinalistVideo/Reference
2012 WomenGrace SavageDana McKeon-- [17]
2013 WomenGrace SavageDana McKeonMC LycanNess [18]
2014 WomenBellatrixBeBoxDirty Gut BucketJ9 [19]
2015 WomenEvent abolished---
Teams
YearChampionRunner-UpSemi-FinalistSemi-FinalistVideo/Reference
2012 TeamsIllBitsMinamus & Raw Element-- [17]
2013 TeamsIllBitsMinamus & CrumpetsTyTe & BevisSoundByts & Feman [18]
2014 TeamsIllBitsABH & ContrixMicB & SubsonicGrace Savage & Bellatrix [19]
2015 TeamsBURDABH & ContrixA-CloudThe Foosa [20]
2016 TeamsBURDA-CloudWavelessABH & Contrix [21]
2017 TeamsKotchaA-CloudUltragradeBPM [22]
2018 TeamsKotchaA-CloudBPMIntensifree [23]
2019 TeamsA-CloudK-A-PowThrowbackBassacre [24]
2020 TeamsCancelled due to Covid-19 Pandemic
Loopstation
YearChampionRunner-UpSemi-FinalistSemi-FinalistVideo/Reference
2013 LoopstationHobbitMr Phormula-- [18]
2014 LoopstationHobbitOxboxRam ZMr Phormula [19]
2015 LoopstationOxboxRam ZFrackMotormouf [20]
2016 LoopstationBellatrixHeavy TrebleOxboxMotormouf [21]
2017 LoopstationBalance D-Low FrostyBowl [22]
2018 LoopstationBalanceOxboxFrosty D-Low [23]
2019 LoopstationFrostyGuuruOxboxTMY [24]
2020 LoopstationEposTMYClockworxDomtapper
Under 18
YearChampionRunner-UpSemi-FinalistSemi-FinalistVideo/Reference
2014 Under 18sD-Low [25] RedbeardScorchFrostyFX [19]
2015 Under 18sRedbeardLewie GEposScorch [20]
2016 Under 18sFrostyEposMaishDroplet [21]
2017 Under 18sEposMaishSonorousCrocs [22]
2018 Under 18sJeddzinoW1shSonorousMozzie [23]
2019 Under 18sKyle ESHvansMozzieChewisMarcus Bush [24]
2020 Under 18sCancelled due to Covid-19 Pandemic

References

  1. 1 2 "2016 UK Beatboxing Championships - The Finals". scala.co.uk. 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Vauxhall UK Beatboxing Championships 2010 - The Grand Finals". ra.co. 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "2019 UK Beatbox Championships Live at The Garage, Highbury". thegarage.london. 2019.
  4. ↑ "2018 UK Beatbox Championships". voicemag.uk. 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "UK Beatbox Championship home". ukbeatboxchampionships.com. 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Vauxhall UK Beatbox Championship 2012". vauxhall.co.uk. 2012. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "UKBC Judging Criteria". ukbeatboxchampionships.com. 2018. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "2015-05-29 Beatbox Battle World Championship". astra-berlin.de. 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "2005 UKBC Results". ukbc.com. 2005. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "2006 UKBC Results". ukbc.com. 2006. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019.
  11. ↑ "The beat goes on". independent.co.uk. 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  12. ↑ "2007 UKBC Results". ukbc.com. 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  13. ↑ "2008 UKBC Results". ukbc.com. 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  14. ↑ "2009 UKBC Results". ukbc.com. 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  15. ↑ "2010 UKBC Results". ukbc.com. 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  16. ↑ "2011 UKBC Results". ukbc.com. 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  17. 1 2 3 "2012 UKBC Results". ukbc.com. 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  18. 1 2 3 4 "2013 UKBC Results". ukbc.com. 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 "2014 UKBC Results". ukbc.com. 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  20. 1 2 3 4 "2015 UKBC Results". ukbc.com. 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  21. 1 2 3 4 "2016 UKBC Results". ukbc.com. 2017. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  22. 1 2 3 4 "2017 UKBC Results". ukbc.com. 2017. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  23. 1 2 3 4 "2018 UKBC Results". ukbc.com. 2018. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  24. 1 2 3 4 "Congratulations to our 2019 UK Beatbox Championship winners". UK Beatbox Championship on facebook. 2019.
  25. ↑ "Dan is unbeatable in national contest". Swindon Advertiser. 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
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