Grand Beatbox Battle 2021

The Grand Beatbox Battle 2021: World League (also abbreviated to GBB 2021 or GBB 21) was an international beatboxing competition hosted by Swissbeatbox. It was the 12th edition of the Grand Beatbox Battle and took place at EXPO XXI in Warsaw, Poland from October 22–24, 2021, with an afterparty and 7 To Smoke battle taking place at Progesja in Warsaw, Poland on October 25, 2021.^[1]^[2]

Overview[]

All qualified participants from the Grand Beatbox Battle 2020 automatically qualified for this event,^[3] for a total of 26 Solo participants, 11 Tag Team participants, 17 Solo Loopstation participants, 3 Tag Team Loopstation participants, and 4 Crew participants.

The event was livestreamed for free on the Swissbeatbox YouTube channel.

Timeline[]

A wildcard competition began on April 1, 2021 for an additional seven Solo participants, three Tag Team participants, four Solo Loopstation participants, and one Crew participant.^[4] Solo and Solo Loop wildcard entries closed on April 30 and winners were announced on May 13. Tag Team and Crew wildcard entries closed on May 31 and winners were announced on June 14.^[5]

Participants[]

Solo[]

Name	Qualification	Name	Qualification
Tomazacre	GBB 2019 Vice Champion	King Inertia	Great North Battle 2019 Champion
B-Art	GBB 2019 3rd place	Hiss	Asia Beatbox Championship 2019 Champion
Zekka	GBB 2019 7 to Smoke Champion	Zer0	Grand Beatbox Battle Online 2020 Champion
Trung Bao	1st GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner	River'	1st GBB 2021 Wildcard Winner
Colaps	3rd GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner	Alexinho	2nd GBB 2021 Wildcard Winner
Vocodah	4th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner	Gene	3rd GBB 2021 Wildcard Winner
Mr. Androide	5th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner	Stitch	4th GBB 2021 Wildcard Winner
Helium	7th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner	Max	5th GBB 2021 Wildcard Winner
Elisii	8th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner*	Alem	7th GBB 2021 Wildcard Winner
Two.H	9th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner	Improver	8th GBB 2021 Wildcard Winner*
NaPoM	10th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner	FootboxG	9th GBB 2021 Wildcard Winner*
D-Koy	11th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner	DEN	10th GBB 2021 Wildcard Winner*
Kohey	12th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner	Heartzel	11th GBB 2021 Wildcard Winner*

Elisii initially dropped out of GBB 2020 and forfeited his place to D-Koy. Swissbeatbox allowed him to qualify for GBB 2021 in light of the circumstances regarding the cancellation of the former event.^[6]
Improver acted as a replacement for MB14 (6th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner).^[7]
FootboxG acted as a replacement for Show-Go (6th GBB 2021 Wildcard Winner).^[8]
DEN acted as a replacement for Wawad (2nd GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner).^[9]
Heartzel was given the opportunity to replace Helium due to uncertainty of the latter being able to leave Russia the week of the event. Helium was ultimately able to make it, and Swissbeatbox decided to honor Heartzel's participation.^[10]
Due to requests from Vocodah and D-Koy, they are both listed as "Artist" in the official battle videos.

Tag Team[]

Name	Qualification	Name	Qualification
Middle School (FootboxG & Supernova)	GBB 2019 Vice Champions	Jackpot (WinG & Hellcat)	2nd GBB 2021 Wildcard Winners
Shadow Sumo (BigBen & K.I.M)	2nd GBB 2020 Wildcard Winners	ONII-CHAN (Chezame & SXIN)	3rd GBB 2021 Wildcard Winners
Zen'Hit (Akindé & Kenôzen)	3rd GBB 2020 Wildcard Winners	Wildcard Guys (SO-SO & KAJI)	4th GBB 2021 Wildcard Winners*
Rogue Wave (River' & Colaps)	7th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winners	Dreamerz (Pono & BizKit)	5th GBB 2021 Wildcard Winners*
Rofu (Fuga & HIRO)	9th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winners	Blue Mountain Beatbox (JordoX & Scribbly Doodle)	6th GBB 2021 Wildcard Winners*
HUSKEY (RUSY & Kohey)	1st GBB 2021 Wildcard Winners

Rhythmination (Yuto & Riki, 4th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner), Abducted (Mr. Androide & Tomazacre, 5th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner) and Lightship (Kaila Mullady & Mark Martin, 8th 2020 Wildcard Winners) dropped out of the tournament prior to the wildcard results. Because of this, one extra spot was given to the 4th GBB 2021 Wildcard Winner, Wildcard Guys.^[11]
Dreamerz acted as a replacement for Wolfgang (MB14 & Saro, 1st GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner).^[12]
Blue Mountain Beatbox acted as a replacement for A-Cloud (A-Kam & Graycloud, 6th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner).^[13]

Solo Loopstation[]

Name	Qualification	Name	Qualification
Rythmind	GBB 2019 Champion	SungBeats	9th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner
Robin	1st GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner	Chris TheOdian	10th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner
BreZ	2nd GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner	Frosty	Grand Beatbox Battle Online 2020 Champion
SXIN	3rd GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner	Dice	1st GBB 2021 Wildcard Winner
DgyMie	4th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner	M-Age	3rd GBB 2021 Wildcard Winner
SO-SO	5th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner	Matej	4th GBB 2021 Wildcard Winner
Balance	6th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner	BizKit	5th GBB 2021 Wildcard Winner*
Slizzer	7th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner	KBA	6th GBB 2021 Wildcard Winner*
Gasper Grom	8th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winner

BizKit acted as a replacement for NME (GBB 2019 Vice Champion).
KBA acted as a replacement for Zhang Ze (2nd GBB 2021 Wildcard Winner).^[14]

Crew[]

Name	Qualification
S.Q.U.I.D (Efaybee, Orfey, Robin, Chris TheOdian, & BreZ)	1st GBB 2020 Wildcard Winners
MOM (Geo Popoff, Eon, & Slizzer)	2nd GBB 2020 Wildcard Winners
The Razzzones (ChloroPhil, Rapha, OffTheBox^[*], & Kays)	3rd GBB 2020 Wildcard Winners
SARUKANI (SO-SO, RUSY, Kohey, & KAJI)	1st GBB 2021 Wildcard Winners

Tag Team Loopstation[]

Name	Qualification
Bery (Beatness & Rythmind)	1st GBB 2020 Wildcard Winners
SORRY (SO-SO & Rusy)	2nd GBB 2020 Wildcard Winners
Scam Talk (BreZ & Chris TheOdian)	4th GBB 2020 Wildcard Winners

Freedom of Sin (FriiDon & SXIN, 3rd GBB 2020 Wildcard Winners) was qualified but ultimately dropped out of the event.^[15]

Number of participants by country[]

Rank	Country	Participants
1	France	15
2	United States	8
3	Germany	6
4	Japan	6
5	South Korea	5
6	Canada	4
7	Austria	3
8	Belgium	3
9	Chile	2
10	Malaysia	2
11	Russia	2
12	United Kingdom	2
13	Azerbaijan	1
14	Czech Republic	1
15	Denmark	1
16	Israel	1
17	Luxembourg	1
18	Netherlands	1
19	Slovenia	1
20	Spain	1
21	Vietnam	1

Judges[]

Battles[]

Solo	Tag Team	Solo Loop	Crew	Tag Team Loop
D-low	D-low	Inkie	MC Zani	Inkie
Kenny Urban	Kenny Urban	THePETEBOX	Kenny Urban	THePETEBOX
ZeDe	Chris Celiz	ZeDe	Chris Celiz	ZeDe
Reeps One	Beatness	Beatness	Beatness	Gene Shinozaki
Pe4enkata	BMG	Saro	Beasty	Saro

Wildcards[]

Name (Solo)	Name (Tag Team & Crew)	Name (Solo Loop)
Kenny Urban	Kenny Urban	Tioneb
Pe4enkata	Chris Celiz	Inkie
Skiller	MC Zani	Saro
KIM	Hobbit	Hobbit
Ball-Zee	Zhang Ze	Pe4enkata

Results[]

Solo[]

Eliminations
Rank	Name
1	King Inertia
2	D-Koy
3	Gene
4	NaPoM
5	Colaps
6	River'
7	Alexinho
8	Elisii
9	Alem
10	FootboxG
11	Hiss
12	Vocodah
13	Zekka
14	B-Art
15	Zer0
16	Helium
17	Improver
18	Max
19	DEN
20	Kohey
21	Two.H
22	Stitch
23	Heartzel
24	Mr. Androide
25	Tomazacre
26	Trung Bao

Top 16

1/4 Final

Semi Final

Final

D-Koy

4 Votes

Zer0

1 Vote

D-Koy

1 Vote

FootboxG

4 Votes

Alexinho

0 Votes

FootboxG

5 votes

FootboxG

1 vote

River'

4 votes

Gene

2 Votes

B-Art

3 votes

B-Art

0 votes

River'

5 votes

River'

5 Votes

Hiss

0 Votes

River'

1 vote

Colaps

4 votes

Colaps

5 Votes

Vocodah

0 Votes

Colaps

4 Votes

Zekka

1 Vote

NaPoM

1 Vote

Zekka

4 Votes

Colaps

5 votes

King Inertia

0 votes

Small Final

Elisii

0 Votes

Alem

5 votes

Alem

1 vote

FootboxG

5 Votes

King Inertia

4 votes

King Inertia

0 Votes

King Inertia

3 Votes*

Helium

1 vote*

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.
D-low confirmed in an analysis video that the Small Final score was 5-0.
D-low confirmed in an analysis video that the Final score was 4-1. He voted for Colaps.^[16]

Judge Votes[]


Battle	D-low	Kenny Urban	Pe4enkata	Reeps One	ZeDe	Total Score
D-Koy vs Zer0	Zer0	D-Koy	D-Koy	D-Koy	D-Koy	4-1
Alexinho vs FootboxG	FootboxG	FootboxG	FootboxG	FootboxG	FootboxG	0-5
Gene vs B-Art	B-Art	B-Art	B-Art	Gene	Gene	2-3
River' vs Hiss	River'	River'	River'	River'	River'	5-0
Colaps vs Vocodah	Colaps	Colaps	Colaps	Colaps	Colaps	5-0
NaPoM vs Zekka	Zekka	NaPoM	Zekka	Zekka	Zekka	1-4
Elisii vs Alem	Alem	Alem	Alem	Alem	Alem	0-5
King Inertia vs Helium	King Inertia	King Inertia	King Inertia	OT	Helium	3-1
D-Koy vs FootboxG	D-Koy	FootboxG	FootboxG	FootboxG	FootboxG	1-4
B-Art vs River'	River'	River'	River'	River'	River'	0-5
Colaps vs Zekka	Zekka	Colaps	Colaps	Colaps	Colaps	4-1
Alem vs King Inertia	King Inertia	King Inertia	Alem	King Inertia	King Inertia	1-4
FootboxG vs River'	River'	River'	River'	River'	FootboxG	1-4
Colaps vs King Inertia	Colaps	Colaps	Colaps	Colaps	Colaps	5-0
FootboxG vs King Inertia	FootboxG	FootboxG	FootboxG	FootboxG	FootboxG	5-0
River' vs Colaps	Colaps	???	???	???	???	1-4

D-low confirmed in an analysis video that the Final score was 4-1 but it is unknown which judge voted for River, he revealed that he voted for Colaps.

Tag Team[]

Eliminations
Rank	Name
1	Middle School
2	Rogue Wave
3	Rofu
4	ONII-CHAN
5	Zen'Hit
6	Dreamerz
7	Jackpot
8	HUSKEY
9	Shadow Sumo
10	Wildcard Guys
11	Blue Mountain Beatbox

Semi Final			Final


Middle School	5 votes
ONII-CHAN	0 Votes


			Middle School	Win
			Rogue Wave	Lose


			Small Final

Rofu	0 votes	ONII-CHAN	Lose
Rogue Wave	5 votes		Rofu	Win

Judge Votes[]


Battle	Beatness	BMG	Chris Celiz	D-low	Kenny Urban	Total Score
Middle School vs Onii-Chan	Middle School	Middle School	Middle School	Middle School	Middle School	5-0
Rofu vs Rogue Wave	Rogue Wave	Rogue Wave	Rogue Wave	Rogue Wave	Rogue Wave	0-5
Onii-Chan vs Rofu	???	???	???	???	???	?-?
Middle School vs Rogue Wave	???	???	???	???	???	?-?

It is not known which judge voted for who in Onii Chan vs Rofu or Middle School vs Rogue Wave, nor was the overrall vote count revealed.

Solo Loopstation[]

Eliminations
Rank	Name
1	BizKit
2	Rythmind
3	Robin
4	SXIN
5	Chris TheOdian
6	Dice
7	Frosty
8	BreZ
9	SO-SO
10	Balance
11	KBA
12	Slizzer
13	Matej
14	DgyMie
15	SungBeats
16	Gasper Grom
17	M-Age

1/4 Final

Semi Final

Final

Rythmind

3 Votes

BreZ

2 Votes

Rythmind

0 Votes

Frosty

5 votes

SXIN

0 votes

Frosty

5 votes

Frosty

2 votes

BizKit

3 votes

Chris TheOdian

3 votes

Dice

2 votes

Chris TheOdian

0 votes

Small Final

BizKit

5 votes

BizKit

3 votes

Rythmind

3 votes

Robin

2 votes

Chris TheOdian

2 Votes

BreZ confirmed in one of his Instagram stories shortly after GBB21 that 5 out of 8 solo loopstation battles were split decisions (3-2), hence confirming that both the Small Final and Final were split decisions (3-2).^{[citation needed]}

Judge Votes[]


Battle	Beatness	INKIE	PETEBox	Saro	ZeDe	Total Score
Rythmind vs BreZ	Rythmind	BreZ	BreZ	Rythmind	Rythmind	3-2
SXIN vs Frosty	Frosty	Frosty	Frosty	Frosty	Frosty	0-5
Chris TheOdian vs Dice	Chris TheOdian	Chris TheOdian	Dice	Dice	Chris TheOdian	3-2
Bizkit vs Robin	Robin	Bizkit	Robin	Bizkit	Bizkit	3-2
Rythmind vs Frosty	Frosty	Frosty	Frosty	Frosty	Frosty	0-5
Chris TheOdian vs Bizkit	Bizkit	Bizkit	Bizkit	Bizkit	Bizkit	0-5
Rythmind vs Chris TheOdian	???	???	???	???	???	3-2
Frosty vs Bizkit	???	???	???	???	???	2-3

Rythmind vs Chris TheOdian and Frosty vs Bizkit were both 3-2 decisions but it is not known which judge voted for who

Tag Team Loopstation[]

Rank	Name
1	SORRY
2	Bery
3	Scam Talk

Crew[]

Rank	Name
1	M.O.M
2	SARUKANI
3	S.Q.U.I.D
4	The Razzzones

7 To Smoke[]

Name	Score	Results
Zekka	1	Won: Improver Lost: NaPoM, King Inertia (2x)
Improver	1	Won: King Inertia Lost: Zekka, Vocodah, King Inertia
NaPoM	2	Won: Zekka, Vocodah Lost: B-Art, Vocodah, King Inertia
Vocodah	5	Won: Improver, NaPoM, Bookie Blanco, B-Art, Villain Lost: NaPoM, King Inertia
B-Art	2	Won: NaPoM, Bookie Blanco Lost: King Inertia, Vocodah
Bookie Blanco	0	Won: Lost: B-Art, Vocodah
King Inertia	7	Won: B-Art, Villain, Zekka (2x) , Vocodah, Improver, NaPoM Lost: Improver
Villain	0	Won: Lost: King Inertia, Vocodah

Trivia[]

Bizkit, despite only winning a loopstation wildcard because NME dropped out, ended up winning the competition.

GBB21 remains, to this day, the event with the most participant beatboxers.

Gallery[]

Solo Wildcard Winners Announcement - GBB21- WORLD LEAGUE

TOP 30-8 Solo Showcase Wildcard Compilation - GBB21- WORLD LEAGUE

TAG TEAM Wildcard Winners Announcement - GBB21- WORLD LEAGUE

LOOPSTATION (Solo) Wildcard Winners - GBB21- WORLD LEAGUE

Top 20-6 LOOPSTATION (Solo) Wildcard Compilation - GBB21- WORLD LEAGUE

CREW Wildcard Winners Announcement - GBB21- WORLD LEAGUE

References[]

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↑ "GBB21: World League TAG TEAM & CREW Wildcard Winner Anouncement | LIVESTREAM." YouTube.
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↑ "COLAPS VS RIVER GBB21 - OFFICIAL ANALYSIS (D-LOW)." 17:12. Accessed January 17, 2022.

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Grand Beatbox Battle
Events	2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 (cancelled) • 2021 • 2022 (cancelled) • 2023 • 2024
Champions	Solo	Marzel • Skiller • Ball-Zee • Dharni • Gene • Kenny Urban • NaPoM • Codfish • D-low • Colaps • River • Julard
	Tag Team	Fabulous Wadness • Mad Twinz • Spider Horse • Uni team • Middle School • Rogue Wave • Jai ro
	Loopstation	Grison • Faya Braz • Mando • Thorsen • Saro • Beatness • Rythmind • BizKit • Robin • Yaswede
	Tag-Team Loopstation	SO RRY
	Under 18	Julard
	Crew	M.O.M • SA RU KA NI • Kow ler Ran gers
	Producer	SyJo • KBA
Vice Champions	Solo	Knackeboul • BeatBrenning • KRNFX • Skiller • Alem • Two.H • Efaybee • NaPoM • Hiss • D-low • Tomazacre • River' • NaPoM • Osis
	Tag Team	Costik Storm • A&Z • Kot cha • Middle School • Jairo • Fresh Tonic
	Loopstation	Faya Braz • Hobbit • Penkyx • Tioneb • Balance • NME • Frosty • Matej • Matej
	Tag-Team Loopstation	BE RY
	Under 18	Marvelous
	Crew	SARUKANI • M.O.M • MeOne
	Producer	KBA • Antrix
Related	Grand Beatbox Battle Online 2020 • Swissbeatbox