Grand Beatbox Battle 2016

Grand Beatbox Battle 2016
GBBB 2016 promotional banner.
Dates	March 4–5, 2016
Venue	Volkshaus Basel
Location	Basel, Switzerland
Previous event	GBBB 2015
Next event	GBBB 2017
Presented by	Scott Jackson
Organized by	Swissbeatbox
Categories	Showcase Tag Team Loopstation

The Grand Beatbox Battle 2016 (also abbreviated to GBBB 16) was the 8th edition of the Grand Beatbox Battle. The event took place at Volkshaus Basel in Basel, Switzerland from March 4–5, 2016.

Participants

Showcase

Name	Qualification	Name	Qualification
Gene	GBBB 2015 Showcase Champion	Bataco	5th Wildcard Winner
Efaybee	GBBB 2015 Showcase Vice Champion	FunkAzteK	1st Swiss Wildcard Winner
Babeli	GBBB 2015 Semifinalist	Arthur Henry	2nd Swiss Wildcard Winner
Jayton	GBBB 2015 Semifinalist	Zhang Ze	China Beatbox Championship 2015 Winner
Pash	1st Wildcard Winner	NaPoM	Invited
Bloomer	2nd Wildcard Winner	Kaila Mullady	Invited
Beat Rhino	3rd Wildcard Winner	Kenny Urban	Invited
Cosmin	4th Wildcard Winner

Tag Team

There was no wildcard competition for the Tag Team category; all participants were invited.

Name
K-PoM (Kenny Urban & NaPoM)	Fabulous Wadness (Wawad & Beatness)
Mad Twinz (Pash & Jayton)	Shadow Sumo (K.I.M. & BigBen)
Power Couple (Kaila Mullady & Mark Martin)	Costik Storm (Efaybee & Alexinho)
Polyrhythm (B-Art & Timmeh)	Alem & Skiller
Spider Horse (Gene Shinozaki & Chris Celiz)

Loopstation

Name	Qualification
Wawad	GBBB 2015 Loopstation 3rd place
MB14	GBBB 2015 Loopstation 4th place
Ibarra	1st Wildcard Winner
Gon	2nd Wildcard Winner
Arthur Henry	Swiss Wildcard Winner
Oxbox	Invited
Tioneb	Invited
Thorsen	Invited

7 To Smoke

Name
B-Art	Bloomer
K.I.M.	Kenny Urban
Dharni	NaPoM
Bataco	Alexinho

Judges

Name (Showcase)	Name (Tag Team)	Name (Loop)	Name (7TS)
Bee Low	Bee Low	Bee Low	Babeli
Skiller	ZeDe	Mando	BMG
ZeDe	Mando	Reeps One	Kaz
Alem	Pe4enkata	Alem	Funkaztek
Reeps One	Reeps One	ZeDe	Gene
Mando		Skiller

Results

Showcase

	Semi Final				Final
	Gene	2 votes
	NaPoM	4 votes
					NaPoM	Lose
					Kenny Urban	Win
					Small Final
	Babeli	1 vote		Gene	Win
	Kenny Urban	5 votes			Babeli	Lose

Tag Team

	Semi Final				Final
	Mad Twinz	1 vote
	Costik Storm	4 votes
					Costik Storm	Lose
					Fabulous Wadness	Win
					Small Final
	Spider Horse	0-1 votes*		Mad Twinz	Win
	Fabulous Wadness	4-5 votes*			Spider Horse	Lose

• Reeps One's vote in Spider Horse vs. Fabulous Wadness was not visible in the official video.

Loopstation

	1/4 Final				Semi Final				Final
	Tioneb	5 votes
	Gon	1 vote
					Tioneb	5 votes
					Ibarra	1 vote
	Ibarra	6 votes
	Wawad	0 votes
									Tioneb	Lose
									Thorsen	Win
	Arthur Henry	0 votes
	Thorsen	6 votes
					Thorsen	4 votes			Small Final
					MB14	2 votes
	Oxbox	0 votes							Ibarra	Win
	MB14	6 votes							MB14	Lose

7 To Smoke

Name	Score
B-Art	3
K.I.M	1
Dharni	2
Bataco	4
Bloomer	3
Kenny Urban	0
NaPoM	0
Alexinho	7