Grand Beatbox Battle

Grand Beatbox Battle
2019 GBB Poster
StatusActive
GenreTournament
VenueEX THEATER ROPPONGI (2023)
Location(s)Basel, Switzerland (2011-2018)
Warsaw, Poland (2019/2021)
Tokyo, Japan (2023-)
Years active15 years
Inaugurated2009 (2009)
Founder
  • Andreas "Pepouni" Fraefel
  • Kilian "Kilaa" So[1]
  • Claudio Rudin
Organised bySwissbeatbox
Websitegbbofficial.com

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.

History

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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 in 2011, where it was open internationally.[2]

Results

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Solo

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Ed. Year Venue Champion Vice Champion Third Place Fourth Place Ref.
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]

[10]

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
13 2021 Warsaw, Poland Colaps River FootboxG Inertia [20][21]
14 2023 Tokyo, Japan River Napom Wing Abo Ice -
15 2024 Julard Osis Remix KAJI

Loop Station

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Ed. Year Venue Champion Vice

Champion

Third Place Fourth Place Ref.
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

Tag Team

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Ed. Year Venue Champion Vice

Champion

Third Place Fourth Place Ref.
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

Crew

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Ed. Year Venue Champion Vice

Champion

Third Place Fourth Place Ref.
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

Tag Team Loopstation

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Ed. Year Venue Champion Vice

Champion

Third Place Fourth Place Ref.
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

Producer

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Ed. Year Venue Champion Vice

Champion

Third Place Fourth Place Ref.
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 Day 1 SyJo KBA FriiDon Kaos -
Day 2 SyJo Kaos KBA FriiDon -
15 2024 KBA Antrix SyJo Kaos

Under 18

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Ed. Year Venue Champion Vice

Champion

Third Place Fourth Place Ref.
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

Participants

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Info

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  • 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 Total

(Country)

Australia Australia - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - 2
Austria Austria - 1 - - - - - 2 - - 3 3 1 10
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1
Belgium Belgium - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 3 3 - 1 14
Bulgaria Bulgaria - 1 1 - - - 1 - - - - 1 1 5
Canada Canada - 2 2 1 - - - - 2 2 4 1 1 15
Chile Chile - - - - - - - - - 2 2 2 - 6
China China - - - - - - 1 2 1 - - - - 4
Czech Republic Czech

Republic

- - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1
Denmark Denmark - - - - - - 1 1 - - 1 1 1 5
France France 1 4 - 3 6 7 8 11 7 11 16 11 8 83
Germany Germany 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 - - 6 10 3 31
Hong Kong Hong Kong - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - - - 3 6
Hungary Hungary - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 4 5
India India - - - - - - - - 1 - - 5 5 11
Indonesia Indonesia - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1
Iran - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2
Ireland - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1
Israel Israel - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1
Italy Italy - - - - - 1 - - 1 1 - - 1 4
Japan Japan - - - 2 - - 1 2 2 3 6 11 13 40
Lithuania Lithuania - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1
Luxembourg Luxembourg - 1 - 1 - - - 1 - - 1 1 - 5
Malaysia Malaysia - - - - - - - - - - 2 3 1 6
Netherlands Netherlands - - 2 - 1 3 3 1 3 1 1 1 - 16
Norway Norway - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1
Romania Romania - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - 2
Russia Russia - - - 1 - 2 2 2 3 1 2 6 1 20
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 2
Singapore Singapore - - 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 - - 1 - 7
Slovenia Slovenia - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1
South Korea South Korea - - 1 1 1 - - 2 4 2 5 6 2 24
Spain Spain - - - 1 3 - - - - 1 1 - 1 7
South Africa - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1
Switzerland Switzerland 20 13 13 3 3 3 2 1 - - - - - 58
Taiwan Taiwan - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 1
United Kingdom United

Kingdom

1 3 4 1 3 1 1 - 6 7 2 2 - 31
United States United States

of America

- - - 1 - 3 8 4 6 3 9 7 2 43
Vietnam Vietnam - - - - - - - 1 2 2 1 - - 6

Ref.: [50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]

Grand Beatbox Battle Online

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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.
Solo Zer0 Vocodah Napom Cloud
Loopstation Frosty BreZ Kristóf Rusy

Performances by nation

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As of the 2023 edition
Nation S L TT C TTL P U18 Total
1  France 2 5 3 0 0 0 1 11
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 0 1 1 0 0 2
7  Australia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
 Austria 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
 Belgium 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Bulgaria 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Denmark 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
 Russia 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Spain 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Swissbeatbox - World's largest Beatbox Platform". Swissbeatbox. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  2. ^ "About Grand Beatbox Battle". Human Beatbox. September 6, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  3. ^ Swissbeatbox (11 April 2011). "KRNFX vs SKILLER Grand Beatbox Battle 2011 FINAL" – via YouTube.
  4. ^ Swissbeatbox (10 April 2012). "SKILLER vs BALL-ZEE Grand Beatbox Battle 2012 FINAL" – via YouTube.
  5. ^ Swissbeatbox (8 April 2013). "DHARNI Grand Beatbox Battle 13 Showcase Grand Final" – via YouTube.
  6. ^ Swissbeatbox (April 2013). "ALEM Grand Beatbox Battle 13 Showcase Grand Final" – via YouTube.
  7. ^ Swissbeatbox (April 2013). "TWO.H Grand Beatbox Battle 13 Showcase Small Final" – via YouTube.
  8. ^ Swissbeatbox (April 2013). "K.I.M. Grand Beatbox Battle 13 Showcase Small Final" – via YouTube.
  9. ^ Swissbeatbox (11 May 2014). "DHARNI (SNG) vs TWO.H (KOR) Grand Beatbox Battle 2014 FINAL" – via YouTube.
  10. ^ Swissbeatbox (11 May 2014). "ALEXINHO (FRA) vs K.I.M. (FRA) | Grand Beatbox Battle 2014 | SMALL FINAL" – via YouTube.
  11. ^ Swissbeatbox (26 April 2015). "GENE (USA) vs EFAYBEE (FRA) Grand Beatbox Battle 2015 FINAL" – via YouTube.
  12. ^ Swissbeatbox (29 April 2016). "KENNY URBAN vs NaPoM Grand Beatbox SHOWCASE Battle 2016 FINAL" – via YouTube.
  13. ^ Swissbeatbox (28 April 2016). "BABELI vs GENE Grand Beatbox SHOWCASE Battle 2016 SMALL FINAL" – via YouTube.
  14. ^ Swissbeatbox (29 April 2017). "HISS vs NaPoM Grand Beatbox SHOWCASE Battle 2017 FINAL" – via YouTube.
  15. ^ Swissbeatbox (28 April 2017). "ALEXINHO vs TRUNG BAO Grand Beatbox SHOWCASE Battle 2017 SMALL FINAL" – via YouTube.
  16. ^ Swissbeatbox (1 April 2018). "CODFISH vs D-LOW Grand Beatbox SHOWCASE Battle 2018 FINAL" – via YouTube.
  17. ^ Swissbeatbox (31 March 2018). "HISS vs BATACO Grand Beatbox SHOWCASE Battle 2018 SMALL FINAL" – via YouTube.
  18. ^ Swissbeatbox (7 May 2019). "D-LOW vs TOMAZACRE Grand Beatbox Battle 2019 Final" – via YouTube.
  19. ^ Swissbeatbox (12 May 2019). "B-ART vs CODFISH Grand Beatbox Battle 2019 SMALL FINAL" – via YouTube.
  20. ^ Swissbeatbox (10 January 2022). "RIVER' 🇫🇷 vs Colaps 🇫🇷 GRAND BEATBOX BATTLE 2021: WORLD LEAGUE Grand Final" – via YouTube.
  21. ^ Swissbeatbox (8 January 2022). "FootboxG 🇧🇪 vs King Inertia 🇺🇸 GRAND BEATBOX BATTLE 2021: WORLD LEAGUE Small Final" – via YouTube.
  22. ^ Swissbeatbox (29 March 2014). "HOBBIT vs FAYA BRAZ | Grand Beatbox Battle 2014 | Loopstation FINAL". YouTube.
  23. ^ Swissbeatbox (28 March 2015). "MANDO (GER) vs PENKYX (BEL) | Grand Beatbox LOOPSTATION Battle '15 | FINAL". YouTube.
  24. ^ Swissbeatbox (26 March 2015). "MB14 (FRA) vs WAWAD (FRA) | Grand Beatbox LOOPSTATION Battle '15 | SMALL FINAL". YouTube.
  25. ^ Swissbeatbox (6 April 2016). "THORSEN vs TIONEB | Grand Beatbox LOOPSTATION Battle 2016 | FINAL". YouTube.
  26. ^ Swissbeatbox (5 April 2016). "BARRA vs MB14 | Grand Beatbox LOOPSTATION Battle 2016 | SMALL FINAL". YouTube.
  27. ^ Swissbeatbox (3 April 2017). "TIONEB vs SARO | Grand Beatbox LOOPSTATION Battle 2017 | FINAL". YouTube.
  28. ^ Swissbeatbox (2 April 2017). "MB14 vs PENKYX | Grand Beatbox LOOPSTATION Battle 2017 | SMALL FINAL". YouTube.
  29. ^ Swissbeatbox (11 April 2018). "BEATNESS vs BALANCE | Grand Beatbox LOOPSTATION Battle 2018 | FINAL". YouTube.
  30. ^ Swissbeatbox (10 April 2018). "NME vs JARNO IBARRA | Grand Beatbox LOOPSTATION Battle 2018 | SMALL FINAL". YouTube.
  31. ^ Swissbeatbox (23 May 2019). "NME vs RYTHMIND | Grand Beatbox Battle 2019 | LOOPSTATION Final". YouTube.
  32. ^ Swissbeatbox (22 May 2019). "INKIE vs SO-SO | Grand Beatbox Battle 2019 | LOOPSTATION Small Final". YouTube.
  33. ^ Swissbeatbox (19 May 2022). "Frosty 🇬🇧 vs BizKit 🇺🇸 | GRAND BEATBOX BATTLE 2021: WORLD LEAGUE | Grand Final". YouTube.
  34. ^ Swissbeatbox (17 May 2022). "Rythmind 🇫🇷 vs Chris TheOdian 🇫🇷 | GRAND BEATBOX BATTLE 2021: WORLD LEAGUE | Small Final". YouTube.
  35. ^ Swissbeatbox (16 May 2016). "COSTIK STORM vs FABULOUS WADNESS | Grand Beatbox TAG TEAM Battle 2016 | GRAND FINAL". YouTube.
  36. ^ Swissbeatbox (15 May 2016). "SPIDER HORSE vs MAD TWINZ | Grand Beatbox TAG TEAM Battle 2016 | SMALL FINAL". YouTube.
  37. ^ Swissbeatbox (14 May 2017). "MAD TWINZ vs A&Z | Grand Beatbox TAG TEAM Battle 2017 | FINAL". YouTube.
  38. ^ Swissbeatbox (13 May 2017). "SPIDERHORSE vs COSTIK STORM | Grand Beatbox TAG TEAM Battle 2017 | SMALL FINAL". YouTube.
  39. ^ Swissbeatbox (25 April 2018). "KOTCHA vs SPIDER HORSE | Grand Beatbox TAG TEAM Battle 2018 | FINAL". YouTube.
  40. ^ Swissbeatbox (24 April 2018). "BERY vs K-PoM | Grand Beatbox TAG TEAM Battle 2018 | SMALL FINAL". YouTube.
  41. ^ Swissbeatbox (8 June 2019). "UNITEAM vs MIDDLE SCHOOL | Grand Beatbox Battle 2019 | Tag Team Final". YouTube.
  42. ^ Swissbeatbox (7 June 2019). "KOTCHA vs 16BITZEE | Grand Beatbox Battle 2019 | Tag Team Small Final". YouTube.
  43. ^ Swissbeatbox (3 March 2022). "Middle School 🇧🇪 vs Rogue Wave 🇫🇷 🇨🇴 | GRAND BEATBOX BATTLE 2021: WORLD LEAGUE | Grand Final". YouTube.
  44. ^ Swissbeatbox (1 March 2022). "Onii-Chan 🇩🇪 vs Rofu 🇯🇵 | GRAND BEATBOX BATTLE 2021: WORLD LEAGUE | Small Final". YouTube.
  45. ^ Swissbeatbox (30 January 2022). "M.O.M. 🇦🇹 | GRAND BEATBOX BATTLE 2021: WORLD LEAGUE | Crew Showcase". YouTube.
  46. ^ Swissbeatbox (28 January 2022). "Sarukani 🇯🇵 | GRAND BEATBOX BATTLE 2021: WORLD LEAGUE | Crew Showcase". YouTube.
  47. ^ Swissbeatbox (21 March 2022). "SORRY 🇯🇵 | GRAND BEATBOX BATTLE 2021: WORLD LEAGUE | Tag Team Loopstation Elimination". YouTube.
  48. ^ Swissbeatbox (19 March 2022). "Bery 🇫🇷 | GRAND BEATBOX BATTLE 2021: WORLD LEAGUE | Tag Team Loopstation Elimination". YouTube.
  49. ^ Swissbeatbox (23 March 2022). "Scam Talk 🇫🇷 | GRAND BEATBOX BATTLE 2021: WORLD LEAGUE | Tag Team Loopstation Showcase". YouTube.
  50. ^ Swissbeatbox (8 December 2017). "GBBB 2018 | SOLO Wildcard Winners". YouTube.
  51. ^ Swissbeatbox (12 November 2018). "GBB 2019 SOLO Wildcard Winner Announcement". YouTube.
  52. ^ Swissbeatbox (9 January 2019). "GBB 2019 LOOPSTATION Wildcard Winner Announcement". YouTube.
  53. ^ Swissbeatbox (11 November 2019). "GBB 2019 TAG TEAM Wildcard Winner Announcement". YouTube.
  54. ^ Swissbeatbox (14 May 2021). "Solo Wildcard Winners Announcement | GBB21: WORLD LEAGUE". YouTube.
  55. ^ Swissbeatbox (15 June 2021). "CREW Wildcard Winners Announcement | GBB21: WORLD LEAGUE". YouTube.
  56. ^ Swissbeatbox (13 May 2021). "LOOPSTATION (Solo) Wildcard Winners | GBB21: WORLD LEAGUE". YouTube.
  57. ^ Swissbeatbox (14 June 2021). "TAG TEAM Wildcard Winners Announcement | GBB21: WORLD LEAGUE". YouTube.
  58. ^ Swissbeatbox (27 March 2023). "Solo Qualified Wildcard Winners Announcement | GBB23: World League". YouTube.
  59. ^ Swissbeatbox (14 March 2023). "Crew Wildcard Winners Announcement | GBB23: World League". YouTube.
  60. ^ Swissbeatbox (26 March 2023). "Loopstation Qualified Wildcard Winners Announcement | GBB23: World League". YouTube.
  61. ^ Swissbeatbox (25 February 2023). "Tag Team Wildcard Winners Announcement | GBB23: World League". YouTube.
  62. ^ Swissbeatbox (5 March 2023). "Producer Wildcard Winners Announcement | GBB23: World League". YouTube.
  63. ^ Swissbeatbox (29 March 2020). "HELLO LOVELY BEATBOX COMMUNITY! As you know the GBB20 is postponed and many other battles are cancelled". Facebook.
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