Grand Beatbox Battle

Grand Beatbox Battle
Grand Beatbox Battle
	2019 GBB Poster
Status	Active
Genre	Tournament
Date(s)	October 22, 2021
Ends	October 24, 2021
Frequency	Annually
Venue	EXPO XXI (2021)
Location(s)	Warsaw, Poland (2019-present); Basel, Switzerland
Years active	12 years
Inaugurated	2009
Founder	Andreas "Pepouni" Fraefel; Kilian "Kilaa" So[1]; Claudio "Ciaccolo" Rudin;
Most recent	29 March 2020
Attendance	~2,000 (2020)
Area	Worldwide
Activity	Beatboxing
Organised by	Swissbeatbox
People	Scott Jackson (MC)
Website	grandbeatboxbattle.ch

The Grand Beatbox Battle (commonly abbreviated GBB) is an annual international beatboxing competition hosted by Swissbeatbox. Along with the triennial Beatbox Battle World Championship, it is considered one of the pre-eminent beatboxing events. The competition holds multiple tournaments for different forms and categories of beatboxing which include: Solo (or Showcase), Loopstation, Tag Team, Tag Team Loopstation, and Crew.

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.[2]

History

The Grand Beatbox Battle (originally abbreviated as GBB) was first held in Switzerland in 2009 by Swissbeatbox, a beatbox organization with a YouTube channel run by Andreas “Pepouni” Fraefel. In 2011 the event became international.[3]

The event is streamed live on YouTube and edited versions of the battles and eliminations are uploaded periodically after the event. In addition to battles, the Swissbeatbox YouTube channel showcases beatboxing talent from around the world.[4]

Fraefel announced that the 2020 edition would be postponed from April to August,[5] and then from August to December.[6] The edition for 2020 was officially cancelled and postponed to October 22nd 2021 after concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Format

Wildcards and Eliminations

In order to be invited to the GBB to compete, beatboxers must record a video of themselves performing an unedited beatbox routine and submit it to Swissbeatbox for judging. Anyone can submit a wildcard, but there are a limited number of spots in the "elimination" round. Usually, the two finalists (or 4, including semi-finalists in the Solo category) are automatically qualified for the next year's event.[7]

Alternatively, competitors can win other beatboxing competitions for an invitation. Some examples are the Grand Beatbox Battle 7 to Smoke, the Asia Beatbox Championships, and the Great North Battle.

During the first phase of the event, each beatboxer participates in an “Elimination” round, where they perform a routine without an opponent. The panel of judges then decide whom to place in the top 8 to compete tournament-style for the GBB champion title.[8]

Judges

The judges for the battles are usually past winners of the GBB or another beatboxing competition, or esteemed individuals within the beatbox community. There are usually an odd number of judges to minimize tie battles. Judges will frequently perform “showcases” to entertain during the event and showcase their beatboxing ability.

Solo

The most traditional of the beatbox battles, a Solo battle follows the formula of a battle rap, where each competitor takes two turns beatboxing. The judges will then vote on who moves on to the next round.

Loopstation

A Loopstation battle is a type of battle where a beatboxer uses the loop machine usually Boss RC-505, along with other hardware, to loop and add effects and add other modifications to their beatboxing to create music.

Tag Team

A Tag Team battle is when two beatboxers from the same country perform a routine at the same time, against another Tag Team.

Tag Team Loopstation and Crew

In 2020, Swissbeatbox announced a new Tag Team Loopstation category, a combination of Tag Team and Loopstation, where two beatboxers use two loopstations at the same time. They also announced Crew battles, where teams of 3-6 beatboxers battle on stage.

7 to Smoke

After the GBB is held, a smaller series of battles called a "7toSmoke" is held, where eight beatboxers repeatedly battle, taking one turn each. The first beatboxer to win seven rounds is declared the winner and sometimes given a guaranteed spot in the elimination round of the next year's GBB.[9]

Categories

GBB 2009

Event date(s) Venue / held	Categories	Judges	Champion	Runner-up	Knock-out rounds	Participants
October 31 BCScene Center (Basel, Switzerland)	Solo	ZeDe ROE Ciaccolo Camero Stella Hampi	Marzel	Knackeboul		Keumart

GBB 2010

Event date(s) Venue / held	Categories	Judges	Champion	Runner-up	Knock-out rounds	Participants
April 3 BCScene Center (Basel, Switzerland)	Solo	Beelow Camero Stella Hampi ROE Chocolococolo Knackeboul	Marzel	BeatBrenning		Philos

GBB 2011

Event date(s) Venue / held	Categories	Judges	Champion	Runner-up	Knock-out rounds	Participants
April 2 Kaserne Rossstall (Basel, Switzerland)	Solo	ZeDe Lytos Beelow Camero NeXor DoubleBox	Skiller	KRNFX	Top 4 : Babeli BeatBrenning	Duke Andi Pasco Philos Koqa A-Damn Caruso Hobbit Larry Dee-Jo Lee-On Slizzer Danubio Keumart BRA DaiBeat Uruz YasSon Luca Thorer HeartGrey Stammboum

GBB 2012

Event date(s) Venue / held	Categories	Judges	Champion	Runner-up	Knock-out rounds	Participants
April 3 Kaserne Rossstall (Basel, Switzerland)	Solo	ZeDe Beelow K.I.M. Steff la Cheffe	Ball-Zee	Skiller	Top 4 : Mc Zani KRNFX Top 8 : Scott Jackson Babeli Dharni Ibarra	Migu Mysterio Rookiie Dee-Jo K. Wayne Hobbit Two.H Beat-Quest Refko Pasco Cagla D-9 Koqa Funkaztek Monkie Denis the Menace Big Ben YasSon Lee-On Keumart

GBB 2013

Event date(s) Venue / held	Categories	Judges	Champion	Runner-up	Knock-out rounds	Participants
March 15 Kaserne Rossstall (Basel, Switzerland)	Solo	Ball-Zee Beelow BMG Vahtang ZeDe	Dharni	Alem	3rd - Two.H 4th - K.I.M	Robeat Keumart Primitiv Beat Rhino Babeli Tatsuya Döme Sh0h YasSon
March 16 Kuppel (Basel, Switzerland)	Loopstation	Ball-Zee Beelow BMG Vahtang	Grison	Faya Braz	3rd - Camero 4th - Slizzer	Scott Jackson Masta Mic Hans

GBB 2014

Event date(s) Venue / held	Categories	Judges	Champion	Runner-up	Knock-out rounds	Participants
February 28 Kaserne Rossstall (Basel, Switzerland)	Solo	Reeps One Beelow Babeli Skiller Alem Phil Merk	Dharni	Two.H	3rd - K.I.M. 4th - Alexinho	Markooz Wawad B-Art Sid FX HeartGrey Jimix Funkaztek
March 1 Kuppel (Basel, Switzerland)	Loopstation	Reeps One Beelow Phil Merk Skiller Alem	Faya Braz	Hobbit	Top 4 : Camero Penkyx Top 8 : Keumart Gasu DeGree Grison
March 1 Kuppel (Basel, Switzerland)	7toSmoke (10 battles)	K.I.M Dharni Camero Pepouni	Alexinho (7)		Efaybee (3) HeartGrey (0) Two.H (0) BMG Faya Braz (0) Fozzy (0) Wawad (0)

GBB 2015

Event date(s) Venue / held	Categories	Judges	Champion	Runner-up	Knock-out rounds	Participants
March 6 Sommercasino (Basel, Switzerland)	Solo	Beelow Faya Braz Alem Dharni ZeDe Ball-Zee	Gene Shinozaki	Efaybee	3rd - Jayton 4th - Babeli	K.I.M. Alexinho Pash Timmeh Kenny Urban B-Art Slykku Funkaztek Denis the Menace
March 7 Volkshaus (Basel, Switzerland)	Loopstation	Beelow Bal-Zee Faya Braz Alem Dharni ZeDe	Mando	2nd - Penkyx 3rd - Wawad 4th - MB14	Ibarra Keumart Sung Lee Ram Z
March 7 Volkshaus (Basel, Switzerland)	7toSmoke (28 battles)	Mando ZeDe TyTe Funkaztek Big Ben	Alem (7)		K.I.M (4) Gene Shinozaki (0) Dharni (5) Alexinho (3) B-art (0) Jayton (3) Kenny Urban (4)

GBB 2016

Event date(s) Venue / held	Categories	Judges	Champion	Runner-up	Knock-out rounds	Participants
March 4 - 5 Volkshaus (Basel, Switzerland)	Solo	Beelow Mando ZeDe Alem Skiller Reeps One	Kenny Urban	NaPoM	3rd - Gene Shinozaki 4th - Babeli	Efaybee Jayton Bloomer Beat Rhino Cosmin Bataco Arthur Henry Kaila Mullady Funkaztek Zhang Ze
	Loopstation	ZeDe Skiller Alem Reeps One Mando Beelow	Thorsen	2nd - Tioneb 3rd - Ibarra 4th - MB14	Arthur Henry Oxbox Gon Wawad
	Tag team	ZeDe Reeps One Pe4enkata Mando Beelow	Fabulous Wadness (Wawad and Beatness)	Costik Storm (Alexinho and Efaybee)	3rd - Mad Twinz (Pash and Jayton) 4th - Spider Horse (Gene Shinozaki and Chris Celiz)	K-PoM (Kenny Urban and NaPoM) Power Couple (Kaila Mullady and Mark Martin) Polyrhythm (B-Art and Timmeh) Shadow Sumo ( K.I.M. and Big Ben) Special Team ( Alem and Skiller)
	7toSmoke (20 battles)	Babeli BMG Kaz Funkaztek Gene Shinozaki	Alexinho (7)		B-art (3) Dharni (2) K.I.M (1) Bataco (4) Bloomer (3) Kenny Urban (0) NaPoM (0)

GBB 2017

Event date(s) Venue / held	Categories	Judges	Champion	Runner-up	Knock-out rounds	Participants
March 17 - 18 Voltahalle (Basel, Switzerland)	Solo	Alem Dharni Wawad Gene Shinozaki ZeDe	NaPoM	2nd - Hiss 3rd - Alexinho 4th - Trung Bao	Two.H Slizzer Efaybee Jayton	Kenny Urban Babeli Thorsen BMG B-Art HeartGrey Chris Celiz Zhang Ze
	Loopstation	Wawad Alem Faya Braz Dharni Gene Shinozaki	Saro	2nd - Tioneb 3rd - MB14 4th - Penkyx	Thorsen Robin Slizzer Camero
	Tag team	Wawad Beatness Alem Dharni ZeDe	Mad Twinz (Pash and Jayton)	A&Z (Ah Xin and Zhang Ze)	3rd - Spider Horse (Gene Shinozaki and Chris Celiz) 4th - Costik Storm (Alexinho and Efaybee)	K-PoM (Kenny Urban and NaPoM) Chakra Breaker (Eon and Georgy) MNSTWNSS (Hiss and Two.H) D.T.N. (Nin'oz and Andro) Illdem (Ettoman and Tatsuaki)
	7toSmoke (13 battles)	NaPoM Keumart B-Art Funkaztek Xin Wang	Alexinho (7)		Zhang Ze (1) Wawad (0) Pash (4) Gene Shinozaki (0) Cosmin (0) Ah Xin (0) Rythmind (1)

GBB 2018

Event date(s) Venue / held	Categories	Judges	Champion	Runner-up	Knock-out rounds	Participants
March 2 - 3 Volkshaus (Basel, Switzerland)	Solo	Kenny Urban NaPoM Zhang Ze Alexinho ZeDe KRNFX	Codfish	2nd - D-Low 3rd - Hiss 4th - Bataco	Piratheeban Trung Bao H-Has Show-Go	Bigman Rythmind Chris Celiz Helium Ish FootBoxG Villain Ah Xin
	Loopstation	Saro Alexinho ZeDe Thorsen KRNFX Zhang Ze	Beatness	2nd - Balance 3rd - NME 4th - Ibarra	Oxbox Inkie Tioneb Thai Son
	Tag team	Pash Jayton Alexinho Saro Thorsen	Spider Horse (Gene Shinozaki and Chris Celiz)	Kotcha (D-Low and Frosty)	3rd - K-Pom (NaPoM and Kenny Urban) 4th - BeRy (Beatness and Rythmind)	X-Touch (Samy Try and Bronix) A-Cloud (Akam and Graycloud) Adeft (B-Art and Voxel) 2Real (Hiss and Huckle) Presidential Host (Scott Jackson and BBK)
	7toSmoke (12 battles)	Beatness Chris Celiz Show-Go Ghiizmo	Colaps (7)		Bloomer (2) B-art (0) Hiss (0) NaPoM (1) Kenôzen (1) Rythmind (1) Pash (0)

GBB 2019

Event date(s) Venue / held	Categories	Judges	Champion	Runner-up	Knock-out rounds	Participants
April 12 - 14 Club Stodola (Warsaw, Poland)	Solo	Reeps One Dharni Skiller Pe4enkata ZeDe	D-Low	2nd - Tomazacre 3rd - B-Art 4th - Codfish	MB14 Colaps River Zekka	Bataco Show-Go Trung Bao FootBoxG Elisii Cloud Audical H-Has
	Loopstation	MB14 Sam Perry Tom Thum Beardyman The Petebox	Rythmind	2nd - NME 3rd - Inkie 4th - SO-SO	BreZ Thai Son Beatness Balance
	Tag team	Pash Jayton Gene Shinozaki Chris Celiz Slizzer	Uniteam (Alem and Alexinho)	Middle School (FootboxG and Supernova)	3rd - Kotcha (D-Low and Frosty) 4th - 16BITZEE (Hobbit and Ball-Zee)	Lightship (Kaila Mullady and Mark Martin) Zen'hit (Akindé and Kenôzen) Abructed (Tomazacre and Mr. Androide) Shadow Sumo ( K.I.M. and Big Ben) Elisiimo (Elisii and Simon) A-Cloud (Akam and Graycloud)
	7toSmoke (23 battles)	B-Art Frosty MB14 Colaps Chezame	Zekka (7)		Mark Martin (0) Akindé (4) Audical (2) Alexinho (5) Mr.Androide (5) SO-SO (1) FootboxG (4)

GBBWL 2020 Online [6]

Event date(s) Venue / held	Categories	Judges	Champion	Runner-up	Knock-out rounds	Participants
March 29, April 4 Beatbox Community Discord / Swissbeatbox's YouTube	Solo	Dharni Skiller Chris Celiz K.I.M. Reeps One	Zer0	2nd - Vocodah 3rd - NaPoM 4th - Cloud	H-Has Pacmax Remix Dudz	Piratheeban Mr. Androide Mighty Pingpong Po Antilt Hiss Balistix River
	Loopstation	Tom Thum Beatness MB14 Gene Shinozaki ZeDe	Frosty	BreZ	3rd - Kristóf 4th - Rusy	Bizkit Gregrox Garmon Sungbeats KBA Friidon Dgymie DJ-Low (D-Low) Voxel Hoguma

GBBWL 2021

Event date(s) Venue / held	Categories	Judges	Champion	Runner-up	Knock-out rounds	Participants
October 22 - 25 EXPO XXI (Warsaw, Poland)	Solo	ZeDe D-Low Pe4enkata Kenny Urban Reeps One	Colaps	2nd - River 3rd - FootboxG 4th - King Inertia	Top 8 : D-Koy B-Art Zekka Alem Top 16 : Zer0 Alexinho Gene Shinozaki Hiss Vocodah NaPoM Elisii Helium	Improver Max Den Kohey Two.H Stitch Heartzel Tomazacre Mr. Androide Trung Bao
	Solo Loopstation	Saro The Petebox Beatness Inkie ZeDe	BizKit	2nd - Frosty 3rd - Rythmind 4th - Chris Theodian	BreZ SXIN Dice Robin	SO-SO Balance KBA Slizzer Matej DgyMie Sung Beats Gasper Grom M-Age
	Tag team	Beatness BMG D-Low Chris Celiz Kenny Urban	Middle School (FootboxG and Supernova)	Rogue Wave (River and Colaps)	3rd - Rofu (HIRO and Fuga) 4th - ONII-CHAN (Chezame and SXIN)	Zen'hit (Akindé and Kenôzen) Dreamerz (Pono and BizKit) Jackpot (WinG and Hellcat) Huskey (RUSY and Kohey) Shadow Sumo (K.I.M. and Big Ben) Wildcard Guys (SO-SO and Kaji) Blue Mountain (JordoX and Scribbly Doodle)
	Tag team Loopstation	Inkie The Petebox ZeDe Saro Gene Shinozaki	SORRY (SO-SO and RUSY)	Bery (Beatness and Rythmind)	3rd - Scam Talk (BreZ and Chris Theodian)
	Crew	Beatness Beasty Mc Zani Chris Celiz Kenny Urban	MOM (Geo Popoff, Eon and Slizzer)	SARUKANI (SO-SO, RUSY, Kohey and Kaji)	3rd - S.Q.U.I.D. (Efaybee, Orfey, Robin, Chris Theodian and BreZ) 4th - The Razzzones (Chlorophil, Rapha, Johannes and Kays)
October 25 - 26 Progresja (Warsaw, Poland)	7toSmoke	(TBD)	King Inertia	(TBD)

References

"Swissbeatbox - World's largest Beatbox Platform". Swissbeatbox. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
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External links

Swissbeatbox.com - World's largest Beatbox Platform.
Humanbeatbox.com - An online beatbox community.

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[2] "About Grand Beatbox Battle". HUMAN BEATBOX. 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2020-01-28.

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[4] "Beatboxing Gets a Formidable Ally in the Shape of DPA Microphones - ETNow.com". www.etnow.com. Retrieved 2020-01-28.

[5] "GBB 2020 POSTPONED". youtube.com. Swissbeatbox. Retrieved 2020-03-14.

[:0-6] "GBB 2020 RESCHEDULED". facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-03-28.

[7] "The Complete Guide to Beatbox Battles". HUMAN BEATBOX. 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2020-01-28.

[8] "Swissbeatbox - World's largest Beatbox Platform". Swissbeatbox. Retrieved 2020-01-28.

[9] "Everything you need to know about 7 to Smoke beatbox battles". HUMAN BEATBOX. 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2020-01-30.