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 (2009)
Founder	Andreas "Pepouni" Fraefel Kilian "Kilaa" So[1] Claudio Rudin
Organised by	Swissbeatbox
Website	gbbofficial.com

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.

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]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	B-Art	5
	MB14	0
					B-Art	0
					D-low	5
	D-low	5
	Colaps	0
									D-low	3
									Tomazacre	2
	RIVER'	1
	Tomazacre	4
					Tomazacre	3
					Codfish	2			Third place
	Zekka	0
	Codfish	5
									B-Art	W
									Codfish	L

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	D-Koy	4
	Zer0	1
					D-Koy	1
					FootboxG	4
	Alexinho	0
	FootboxG	5
									FootboxG	1
									RIVER'	4
	Gene	2
	B-Art	3
					B-Art	0
					RIVER'	5
	RIVER'	5
	Hiss	0
													RIVER'	1
													Colaps	4
	Colaps	5
	Vocodah	0
					Colaps	4
					Zekka	1
	NaPoM	1
	Zekka	4
									Colaps	5
									King Inertia	0			Third place
	Elisii	0
	Alem	5
					Alem	1							FootboxG	5
					King Inertia	4							King Inertia	0
	King Inertia	3*
	Helium	1*

• Reeps One voted OT in King Inertia vs. Helium. It is worth noting that OT votes were deemed illegal in this event, technically making his vote invalid and resulting in an official score of 3-1.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	RIVER'	5
	momimaru	0
					RIVER'	5
					abo ice	0
	Mr. Androide	0
	abo ice	5
									RIVER'	3
									NaPoM	2
	WinG	5
	Improver	0
					WinG	2
					NaPoM	3			Third place
	NaPoM	5
	Dilip	0
									abo ice	0
									WinG	5

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	abo ice	0
	Remix	5
					Remix	1
					Osis	4
	Osis	5
	Helium	0
									Osis	1
									Julard	4
	WinG	1
	KAJI	4
					KAJI	1
					Julard	4			Third place
	Alexinho	0
	Julard	5
									Remix	3
									KAJI	2

Judge Votes

Battle	Colaps	FootboxG	Dharni	Hiss	NaPoM	Total Score
abo ice vs Remix	Remix	Remix	Remix	Remix	Remix	0-5
Osis vs Helium	Osis	Osis	Osis	Osis	Osis	5-0
WinG vs KAJI	KAJI	WinG	KAJI	KAJI	KAJI	1-4
Alexinho vs Julard	Julard	Julard	Julard	Julard	Julard	0-5
Remix vs Osis	Osis	Osis	Osis	Osis	Remix	1-4
KAJI vs Julard	Julard	Julard	KAJI	Julard	Julard	1-4
Remix vs KAJI	KAJI	KAJI	Remix	Remix	Remix	3-2
Osis vs Julard	Julard	Osis	Julard	Julard	Julard	1-4

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	KAJI	5
	Codfish	0
					KAJI	0
					PACMax	5
	PACMax	5
	Osis	0
									PACMax	3
									WinG	2
	NaPoM	0
	BlackRoll	5
					BlackRoll	0
					WinG	5			Third place
	WinG	4
	DEN	1
									KAJI	0
									BlackRoll	5

Judge Votes

Battle	RIVER'	D-low	Pe4enkata	Ball-Zee	Trung Bao	Total Score
KAJI vs Codfish	KAJI	KAJI	KAJI	KAJI	KAJI	5-0
PACMax vs Osis	PACMax	PACMax	PACMax	PACMax	PACMax	5-0
NaPoM vs Blackroll	Blackroll	Blackroll	Blackroll	Blackroll	Blackroll	0-5
WinG vs DEN	WinG	WinG	WinG	WinG	DEN	4-1
KAJI vs PACMax	PACMax	PACMax	PACMax	PACMax	PACMax	0-5
Blackroll vs WinG	WinG	WinG	WinG	WinG	WinG	0-5
KAJI vs Blackroll	Blackroll	Blackroll	Blackroll	Blackroll	Blackroll	0-5
PACMax vs WinG	WinG	PACMax	PACMax	WinG	PACMax	3-2

#	Year	Venue		Final				Semi-finalists				Number of participants
				Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
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			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	5–0[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

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Rythmind	3
	BreZ	2
					Rythmind	0
					Frosty	5
	SXIN	0
	Frosty	5
									Frosty	2
									Bizkit	3
	Chris TheOdian	3
	Dice	2
					Chris TheOdian	0
					Bizkit	5			Third place
	Bizkit	3
	Robin	2
									Rythmind	3
									Chris TheOdian	2

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Bizkit	5
	Mirsa	0
					Bizkit	1
					Robin	4
	Dice	0
	Robin	5
									Robin	3
									Matej	2
	Josh O	1
	Matej	4
					Matej	5
					AVH	0			Third place
	BreZ	1
	AVH	4
									Bizkit	3
									AVH	2

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Matej	4
	808Banon	1
					Matej	4
					SyJo	1
	Cardona	0
	SyJo	5
									Matej	0
									Yaswede	5
	Josh O	0
	Yaswede	5
					Yaswede	3
					Raje	2			Third place
	Duncan	1
	Raje	4
									SyJo	1
									Raje	4

Judge Votes

Battle	Bizkit	Robin	Frosty	Slizzer	Tioneb	Total Score
Matej vs 808Banon	Matej	Matej	Matej	Matej	808Banon	4-1
Cardona vs SyJo	SyJo	SyJo	SyJo	SyJo	SyJo	0-5
Josh O vs Yaswede	Yaswede	Yaswede	Yaswede	Yaswede	Yaswede	0-5
Duncan vs Raje	Raje	Raje	Raje	Duncan	Raje	1-4
Matej vs SyJo	SyJo	Matej	Matej	Matej	Matej	4-1
Yaswede vs Raje	Yaswede	Yaswede	Raje	Yaswede	Raje	3-2
SyJo vs Raje	Raje	?	Raje	?	?	1-4
Matej vs Yaswede	Yaswede	Yaswede	Yaswede	Yaswede	Yaswede	0-5

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Yaswede	5
	Mirsa	0
					Yaswede	1*
					DICE	3*
	DICE	5
	SyJo	0
									DICE	0
									Martin Benati	5
	Nils	0
	Martin Benati	5
					Martin Benati	5
					MAHIRO	0			Third place
	MAHIRO	5
	JUNNO	0
									Yaswede	2
									MAHIRO	3

• In Yaswede vs DICE, SO-SO voted OT, but OT votes have been illegal in GBB since 2021 and they have always been illegal for the loopstation category. However, SO-SO wasn't forced to vote as there was already a majority for DICE, so the official score is 3-1.

Judge Votes

Battle	SO-SO	Saro	KBA	INKIE	Beardyman	Total Score
Yaswede vs Mirsa	Yaswede	Yaswede	Yaswede	Yaswede	Yaswede	5-0
Dice vs SyJo	Dice	Dice	Dice	Dice	Dice	5-0
Nils vs Martin Benati	Martin Benati	Martin Benati	Martin Benati	Martin Benati	Martin Benati	0-5
MAHIRO vs JUNNO	MAHIRO	MAHIRO	MAHIRO	MAHIRO	MAHIRO	5-0
Yaswede vs Dice	OT	Dice	Yaswede	Dice	Dice	1-3*
Martin Benati vs MAHIRO	Martin Benati	Martin Benati	Martin Benati	Martin Benati	Martin Benati	5-0
Yaswede vs MAHIRO	?	Yaswede	MAHIRO	?	?	2-3
Dice vs Martin Benati	Martin Benati	Martin Benati	Martin Benati	Martin Benati	Martin Benati	0-5

#	Year	Venue		Final				Semi-finalists				Number of participants
				Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
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	5–0[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				?

#	Year	Venue		Final				Semi-finalists				Number of participants
				Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
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

#	Year	Venue		Final				Semi-finalists				Number of participants
				Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
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

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

#	Year	Venue						Semi-finalists				Number of participants
				Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
14	2023	EX Theater Roppongi, Tokyo		SyJo	n/a	Kaos		KBA	n/a	FriiDon		6
15	2024	Toyosu PIT, Tokyo		KBA	4–1	Antrix		SyJo	n/a	Kaos		4
16	2025	EX Theater Roppongi, Tokyo		Watt	3–2	LFO		No more participants				2

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

#	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 4–1 Akindé	Battle 3 5-0 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			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

• 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	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

Ref.:^{[66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78]}

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 4–5 April 2020. The event includes Solo and Loopstation categories.^[79]

Results

Category	Champion	Vice Champion	Third place	Fourth place	Ref.
Solo	Zer0	Vocodah	Napom	Cloud
Loopstation	Frosty	BreZ	Kristóf	Rusy

As of the 2025 edition

	Nation	S	L	TT	C	TTL	P	U18	7TS	Total
1	France	4	6	3	1	1		1	7	22
2	United States	3	1	1	1				2	8
3	Japan		3	1	1	1				6
4	Bulgaria	1		1						2
	Belgium		1	1						2
	Switzerland	2								2
	United Kingdom	2	1[80]				1[81]			2
	Singapore	2								2
	Germany		1				4[81]			5
	Denmark		1				1			2
	Spain		1						1	2
12	Australia	1								1
	Russia			1						1
	Austria				1					1
	Czech Republic		1				1			1
Total		17	11	8	4	1	3	1	10	53

• List of beatboxers
• Beatbox Battle World Championship
• UK Beatbox Championships
• Breath Control: The History of the Human Beat Box
• Mouth drumming