Grand Beatbox Battle 2019

Grand Beatbox Battle 2019
GBB 19 logo.
Dates	April 12–14, 2019
Venue	klub Stodola
Location	Warsaw, Poland
Previous event	GBBB 2018
Next event	GBB 2020 (cancelled) GBB 2021
Presented by	Scott Jackson
Organized by	Swissbeatbox
Categories	Solo Tag Team Loopstation

The Grand Beatbox Battle 2019 (also abbreviated to GBB 2019 or GBB 19) was the 11th edition of the Grand Beatbox Battle, an annual international beatboxing competition. The event took place at klub Stodola in Warsaw, Poland from April 12–14, 2019.

Participants

Solo

Name	Qualification	Name	Qualification
Codfish	GBBB 2018 Champion	Elisii	5th Wildcard Winner
D-low	GBBB 2018 Vice Champion	Zekka	6th Wildcard Winner
BATACO	GBBB 2018 4th place	Cloud	7th Wildcard Winner
Colaps	GBBB 7 to Smoke 2018 Champion	B-Art	8th Wildcard Winner*
H-Has	1st Wildcard Winner	MB14	8th Wildcard Winner*
SHOW-GO	2nd Wildcard Winner	Audical	10th Wildcard Winner*
Trung Bao	3rd Wildcard Winner	Tomazacre	10th Wildcard Winner*
FootboxG	4th Wildcard Winner	River	12th Wildcard Winner*

• B-Art and MB14 were both designated winners of the 8th Wildcard.
• Audical and Tomazacre were both designated winners of the 10th Wildcard.
• River acted as a replacement for Wing (Asia Beatbox Championship 2018 Champion).

Tag Team

Name	Qualification	Name	Qualification
Kotcha (D-low & Frosty)	GBBB 2018 Vice Champions	16bitzee (Ball-Zee & Hobbit)	6th Wildcard Winners
Uniteam (Alem & Alexinho)	1st Wildcard Winners	Middle School (FootboxG & Supernova)	7th Wildcard Winners
Lightship (Kaila Mullady & Mark Martin)	3rd Wildcard Winners	Shadow Sumo (BigBen & K.I.M)	8th Wildcard Winners*
Zen'Hit (Akindé & Kenôzen)	4th Wildcard Winners	ELISIMO (Elisii & Simon)	8th Wildcard Winners*
Abducted (Mr. Androide & Tomazacre)	5th Wildcard Winners	A-Cloud (A-Kam & Graycloud)	10th Wildcard Winners*

• Shadow Sumo and Elisimo were both designated winners of the 8th Wildcard.
• A-Cloud acted as a replacement for WABE (Wawad & Beasty, 2nd Wildcard Winners).

Loopstation

Name	Qualification
Beatness	GBBB 2018 Champion
Balance	GBBB 2018 Vice Champion
Rythmind	1st Wildcard Winner
Inkie	2nd Wildcard Winner
BreZ	3rd Wildcard Winner
NME	4th Wildcard Winner
Thai Son	5th Wildcard Winner
SO-SO	6th Wildcard Winner

7 To Smoke

Name
Mark Martin	Alexinho
Zekka	Mr. Androide
Akindé	SO-SO*
Audical	FootboxG

• So-So acted as a replacement for Tomazacre.^{[citation needed]}

Judges

Name (Solo)	Name (Tag Team)	Name (Loop)	Name (7TS)
Dharni	Chris Celiz	Beardyman	Chezame
Pe4enkata	Gene Shinozaki	MB14	MB14
Reeps One	Jayton	Sam Perry	B-Art
Skiller	Pash	THePETEBOX	Frosty
ZeDe	Slizzer	Tom Thum	Colaps

Results

Solo

Rank	Name
1	B-Art
2	Zekka
3	River
4	D-low
5	Colaps
6	Tomazacre
7	Codfish
8	MB14
9	Vocodah
10	Elisii
11	SHOW-GO
12	FootboxG
13	Trung Bao
14	BATACO
15	H-Has
16	Cloud

	1/4 Final				Semi Final				Final
	B-Art	5 votes
	MB14	0 votes
					B-Art	0 votes
					D-low	5 votes
	D-low	5 votes
	Colaps	0 votes
									D-low	Win
									Tomazacre	Lose
	River	1 vote
	Tomazacre	4 votes
					Tomazacre	3 votes			Small Final
					Codfish	2 votes
	Zekka	0 votes							B-Art	Win
	Codfish	5 votes							Codfish	Lose

Tag Team

Rank	Name
1	Uniteam
2	Middle School
3	16bitzee
4	Kotcha
5	Shadow Sumo
6	N/A
7	N/A
8	N/A
9	N/A
10	N/A
11	N/A

	Semi Final				Final
	Uniteam	3 votes
	Kotcha	2 votes
					Uniteam	Win
					Middle School	Lose
					Small Final
	16bitzee	0 votes		Kotcha	Win
	Middle School	5 votes			16bitzee	Lose

Italic denotes a battle went into Overtime.

Loopstation

	1/4 Final				Semi Final				Final
	BreZ	2 votes
	NME	3 votes
					NME	5 votes*
					INKIE	0 votes*
	Thai Son	0 votes
	INKIE	5 votes
									NME	2 votes
									Rythmind	3 votes
	SO-SO	5 votes
	Beatness	0 votes
					SO-SO	0 votes			Small Final
					Rythmind	5 votes
	Rythmind	5 votes							INKIE	Win
	Balance	0 votes							SO-SO	Lose

INKIE automatically lost his battle against NME for changing the note of a sound in round 1 without vocally iinputting anything. The judges admitted this was a mistake as it didn't officially break the rules so INKIE was awarded a judge position at GBB21.

7 To Smoke

Name	Score
Mark Martin	0
Zekka	7
Akindé	4
Audical	2
Alexinho	5
Mr. Androide	5
SO-SO	1
FootboxG	4

Prizes

The 1st place winner of each category (D-low, Uniteam, and Rythmind) received the following prizes (3,500€ value):

• DPA d:facto Microphone
• BOSS RC-505 Loopstation
• BOSS VE-20 Vocal Performer
• Roland M-100 AIRA Headphones
• Roland Rubix44 Audio Interface
• Dynaudio LYD 7 Studio Monitors
• Vochlea Dubler
• THTC T-shirt
• DPA T-shirt

The 2nd place winner of each category (Tomazacre, Middle School, and NME) received the following prizes (2,200€ value):

• DPA d:facto Microphone
• BOSS RC-202 Loopstation
• Dynaudio Music 3 Wireless Speaker
• Vochlea Dubler
• THTC T-shirt
• DPA T-shirt

The 3rd place winner of each category (B-Art, Kotcha, and Inkie) received the following prizes (350€ value):

• Dynaudio Music 1 Wireless Speaker
• THTC T-shirt

Reference:

Gallery

Solo wildcard rankings (#1-#20)

Tag Team wildcard rankings (#1-#20)

Loopstation wildcard rankings (#1-#20)

Pe4enkata performing a Judge Showcase.

Tomazacre performing.

Slizzer performing a Judge Showcase.

River performing.

Trung Bao performing.

B-Art performing.

Codfish performing.

D-low performing.

Inkie performing.

FootboxG performing.

Elisii performing.

Beardyman performing a Judge Showcase.

BreZ performing.

Saro performing a Showcase.

D-Low vs B-Art in the Semi Final