Grand Beatbox Battle 2017

Grand Beatbox Battle 2017
GBBB 2017 promotional image.
Dates	March 17–18, 2017
Venue	Voltahalle
Location	Basel, Switzerland
Previous event	GBBB 2016
Next event	GBBB 2018
Presented by	Scott Jackson
Organized by	Swissbeatbox BScene
Categories	Solo Tag Team Loopstation

The Grand Beatbox Battle 2017 (also abbreviated to GBBB 17) was the 9th edition of the Grand Beatbox Battle, an annual international beatboxing competition. The event was held at Voltahalle in Basel, Switzerland from March 17–18, 2017.

Participants

Showcase

Name	Qualification	Name	Qualification
Kenny Urban	GBBB 2016 Champion	Jayton	3rd Wildcard Winner
NaPoM	GBBB 2016 Vice Champion	Slizzer	4th Wildcard Winner
Babeli	GBBB 2016 4th place	Trung Bao	5th Wildcard Winner
Efaybee	GBBB 2016 5th place	Two.H	6th Wildcard Winner
Zhang Ze	GBBB 2016 6th place	BMG	7th Wildcard Winner
Alexinho	GBBB 7 to Smoke 2016 Champion	B-Art	8th Wildcard Winner
Hiss	1st Wildcard Winner	Chris Celiz	10th Wildcard Winner*
Thorsen	2nd Wildcard Winner	HeartGrey	China Beatbox Championship 2016 Champion

• Chris Celiz acted as a replacement for Zer0 (9th Wildcard Winner).

Tag Team

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

Name
Mad Twinz (Pash & Jayton)	Spider Horse (Gene Shinozaki & Chris Celiz)
K-PoM (NaPoM & Kenny Urban)	D.T.N. (Nin'oz & Andro)
Costik Storm (Alexinho & Efaybee)	iLLDEM (Ettoman & Tatsuaki)
Chakrabreaker (Eon & Georgy)	A&Z (Zhang Ze & Ah Xin)*
MNSTWNSS (Hiss & Two.H)

• A&Z acted as a replacement for BURD (Bellatrix & Grace Savage).

Loopstation

Name	Qualification
Thorsen	GBBB 2016 Loopstation Champion
Tioneb	GBBB 2016 Loopstation Vice Champion
Saro	1st Wildcard Winner
Robin	2nd Wildcard Winner
Camero	3rd Wildcard Winner*
Slizzer	Nomination
MB14	Nomination
Penkyx	Nomination

• Camero acted as a replacement for Grace Savage (Nomination).

7 To Smoke

Name
Zhang Ze	Cosmin
Wawad	Ah Xin
Pash	Rythmind
Gene	Alexinho

Judges

Name (Showcase)	Name (Tag Team)	Name (Loop)	Name (7TS)
Dharni	Dharni	Dharni	NaPoM
Wawad	ZeDe	Wawad	Keumart
Alem	Alem	Alem	B-Art
ZeDe	Wawad	Faya Braz	Funkaztek
Gene Shinozaki	Beatness	Gene Shinozaki	Xin Wang

Results

Showcase

	1/4 Final				Semi Final				Final
	Alexinho	4 votes
	Two.H	1 vote
					Alexinho	0 votes*
					Hiss	2 votes*
	Hiss	5 votes
	Slizzer	0 votes
									Hiss	Lose
									NaPoM	Win
	Trung Bao	3 votes
	Efaybee	2 votes
					Trung Bao	0 votes			Small Final
					NaPoM	5 votes
	NaPoM	4 votes*							Alexinho	Win
	Jayton	0 votes*							Trung Bao	Lose

• Dharni voted TIE in NaPoM vs. Jayton.
• Wawad, Alem, and Gene Shinozaki voted TIE in Hiss vs. Alexinho.

Judge Votes

Battle	Dharni	Wawad	Alem	ZeDe	Gene Shinozaki	Overrall Score
Alexinho vs Two.H	Alexinho	Alexinho	Alexinho	Alexinho	Two.H	4-1
Hiss vs Slizzer	Hiss	Hiss	Hiss	Hiss	Hiss	5-0
Trung Bao vs Efaybee	Efaybee	Trung Bao	Efaybee	Trung Bao	Trung Bao	3-2
NaPoM vs Jayton	OT	NaPoM	NaPoM	NaPoM	NaPoM	4-0*
Alexinho vs Hiss	Hiss	OT	OT	Hiss	OT	0-2*
Trung Bao vs NaPoM	NaPoM	NaPoM	NaPoM	NaPoM	NaPoM	0-5
Alexinho vs Trung Bao	?	?	?	?	?	?-?
Hiss vs NaPoM	?	?	?	?	?	?-?

Tag Team

	Semi Final				Final
	Mad Twinz	5 votes
	Spider Horse	0 votes
					Mad Twinz	Win
					A&Z	Lose
					Small Final
	Costik Storm	2 votes		Spider Horse	Win
	A&Z	3 votes			Costik Storm	Lose

Judge Votes

Battle	Dharni	ZeDe	Alem	Wawad	Beatness	Overrall Score
Mad Twinz vs Spider Horse	Mad Twinz	Mad Twinz	Mad Twinz	Mad Twinz	Mad Twinz	5-0
Costik Storm vs A&Z	Costik Storm	Costik Storm	A&Z	A&Z	A&Z	2-3
Spider Horse vs Costik Storm	?	?	?	?	?	?-?
Mad Twinz vs A&Z	?	?	?	?	?	?-?

Loopstation

	1/4 Final				Semi Final				Final
	Penkyx	5 votes
	Thorsen	0 votes
					Penkyx	1 vote
					Tioneb	4 votes
	Robin	1 vote
	Tioneb	4 votes
									Tioneb	0 Votes
									Saro	5 Votes
	MB14	3 votes
	Slizzer	2 votes
					MB14	0 votes			Small Final
					Saro	5 votes
	Camero	0 votes							Penkyx	Lose
	Saro	5 votes							MB14	Win

Judge Votes

Battle	Dharni	Wawad	Alem	Faya Braz	Gene Shinozaki	Overrall Score
Penkyx vs Thorsen	Penkyx	Penkyx	Penkyx	Penkyx	Penkyx	5-0
Robin vs Tioneb	Tioneb	Tioneb	Tioneb	Tioneb	Robin	1-4
MB14 vs Slizzer	MB14	MB14	Slizzer	Slizzer	MB14	3-2
Camero vs Saro	Saro	Saro	Saro	Saro	Saro	0-5
Penkyx vs Tioneb	Tioneb	Tioneb	Tioneb	Penkyx	Tioneb	1-4
MB14 vs Saro	Saro	Saro	Saro	Saro	Saro	0-5
Penkyx vs MB14	?	?	?	?	?	?-?
Tioneb vs Saro	Saro	Saro	Saro	Saro	Saro	0-5

7 To Smoke

Name	Score
Zhang Ze	1
Wawad	0
Pash	4
Gene	0
Cosmin	0
Ah Xin	0
Rythmind	1
Alexinho	7

Gallery

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Saro performing

Saro vs MB14 in the Semi Finals