Beatbox Battle World Championship


The Beatbox Battle World Championship is hosted triennially hosted by Beatbox Battle Tv in a week-long festival held in Berlin, Germany. Face-to-face beatbox battles take place in five different categories:- individual male, individual female, tag-team, crew battle and loop station. In 2015, more than 150 national or major event champions of beatboxing gathered from 50 or so countries, after qualifying to participate in the world event by winning their respective national championships.

History

The first ever Beatbox Battle World Championship was started in 2005 by Alexander “BeeLow” Bülow and took place in 2005 in Leipzig, Germany. The event was the first international beatboxing championship.
The second Beatbox Battle World Championship, took place at the 2BE Club am Hauptbahnhof near Berlin-Central Station in 2009.
The 3rd BBBWC in 2012, the 4th in 2015 and the 5th in 2018 were held at the Astra Kulturhaus in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin.
More than 150 artists from 6 continents and 50 countries qualified for the event, including musicians from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Venezuela, Vietnam, South Africa, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, United States, + 26 European countries were invited to perform in front of around 1,500 spectators.

Event format and qualification

All competitors have had to qualify for the Beatbox Battle World Championship by winning their national Beatbox Battle championships, or having reached the knock-out stages of the previous Beatbox Battle World Championship, wildcard or special invitation.
In the first round, each performer has two minutes time to demonstrate their skills to an international panel of elite judges from the beatboxing world, and previous world champions from this tournament, to decide which performers qualify for the Knock-out rounds that are contested in ‘battle mode’ to determine the world champion. The judges base their decision on musicality, technicality, originality, pattern and show quality on the stage.

Wildcards

To qualify for the tournament, a beatboxer has to qualify by winning their national championships. however, there are exceptions to this rule.
Some international events are also recognized by the World Championship committee. This was the case for Gene Shinozaki and Dharni, winners of the Grand Beatbox Battles, were invited to compete in the World Championships 2015. There was also a wildcard competition for 2018, where wannabe contenders entered a video for judgement to win a place at the 2018 BBBWC. The results of the 2018 Wildcard event were as follows:

Qualifying history for 2018 BBBWC

2018 participants included:

Europe

Female : Bedsn Beats, Chiwawa, Dana McKeon, Flashbox BBBWC Vice World Champion 2012, J9 BBBWC-QF 2015, Karlotta French Champion 2017, Lady Wake Italian Champion 2013, Mystic Polish Champion 2013, Tressym.
Male : :fr:Alem |Alem BBBWC World Champion 2015, Alexinho French Champion 2015, Ameron Irish champion 2015, Babeli German Champion 2011 & 2012, B-Art Netherlands Champion 2014 & 2016, Bass bro Bulgarian Chhampion 2018, BigBen BBBWC-QF 2015, Blue Lipy Danish Champion 2013, 2104 & 2015, BMG BBBWC-QF 2015, Bobby Polish Champion 2017, Carlo Polish Champion 2015, Chezame German Champion 2017, Colaps French Champion 2017, Contrix UK Champion 2015, Cosmin Romanian Wildcard, Denis the menace Swiss Champion 2017 & 2018, D-low UK Champion 2016, Efaybee BBBWC-16 2015, Eon Austrian Champion 2013 & 2016, Euzn Austrian Champion 2018, Fenya Ukrainian Champion 2017, FootboxG Belgium Champion 2018, Fredy Beats Spanish Champion 2015 & 2016, Frosty UK Champion 2017, Geo Popoff Estonian Champion, Fredbull Austrian Champion 2015, Gneben Swedish Champion 2017, Greycloud Welsh Champion 2016, Ibarra Netherlands Champion 2017, Jayton Russia, Jomez Welsh Champion 2017, KillaBee Bulgarian Champion 2016, Kaniflow Ukrainian Champion 2015, K.I.M BBBWC-QF 2012, Kulprate Slovakian Champion 2016, Madox German Wildcard 2018, Magic Irish Champion 2017, Matufa Lithuanian Champion 2016, MaxO Bulgarian Champion 2017, Mic Bandit Polish Champion 2017, Mitro Austrian Champion 2017, Nick Slovenian Champion 2017, Outcheck Russian Champion 2015, Pash Russia, Pizzicato Russian Champion 2016, Rawclaw Danish Champion 2017, Robeat 2009 BBBWC Last 16, S-Dope Greek Champion 2017, Sevan Armenian Champion 2017 & 2018, Shady Armenian Champion 2016, Shoter Slovakian Champion 2017, Slizzer 2015 BBBWC Last 16, SlyGrid Lithuanian Champion 2015, Supernova Belgium Champion 2016, Thomson Iceland Champion 2018, Tiny Beat Czech Champion 2016, Wawad French Champion 2014 & 2016, Zekka Spanish Champion 2017, Zorak 3000 2009 BBBWC Last 16.

North America

Female : HerShe, Kaila BBBWC World Champion 2015, Psyreine, Verver.
Male : Audical Wildcard Winner 2018, BASS Mexican Champion 2018, BBK Canadian Champion 2014 & 2015, BeatG Salvadorian Champion 2017, Black Rhythm Puerto Rico Champion 2016, Mark Martin American Beatbox Champion 2016, Elisii Canadian Champion 2017, HeAt Canadian Champion 2016, Gene 2015 BBBWC QF, Kenny Urban GBBB Champion 2016, Napom BBBWC Vice Champion 2015, Wunknown American Champion 2017.

South America

Female : Gamuz Argentina Champion 2017.
Male : Batman Uruguay Champion 2015, Ex-BiTT Chilean Champion 2016, Fabulous Uruguay Champion 2017, Mr.Androide Latin American Champion 2017, Onetime Chilean Champion 2015, Phenom Argentina Champion 2017, Waali Chilean Champion 2017, Znowsz Colombian Champion 2018.

Oceania

Male : CLR Australian Champion 2016, Codfish Australian Champion 2017, Crkzu New Zealand Champion 2017,
Z-Man Australian Champion 2015,

Africa

Female : Neomi.
Male : Double-M Moroccan Champion 2018, Demo Egyptian Champion 2015, FRK Egyptian Champion 2017

Asia

Female : E-Ling, Kiyozo, Madibeats, Nicky.
Male : 3H Hong Kong Champion 2016 & 2017, Austin Vietnamese Champion 2018, Azazel India champion 2017, Bataco Asian Champion 2017, Ego Indonesian Champion 2015, Ettoman Japanese Champion 2017, Fahed Jordanian Champion 2015, 2016 & 2017, Heartgrey Hong Kong Champion 2012, 2015 & 2016, H Has South Korea Champion 2015, Hiss South Korea Champion 2018, JER Taiwan Champion 2018, Jimix Taiwan Champion 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2016, Kairi Japanese Champion 2015, Piratheeban Singapore Champion 2016 and Asian Champion 2016, Tatsuaki Japanese Champion 2016, Two H South Korea Champion 2010, Trung Bao Vietnam, Vincent Philippines Champion 2018, WinG South Korea Champion 2017, Zer0 Azerbaijan Champion 2014, Zhang Ze Chinese Champion 2014, 2015 & 2016.