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The Grand Beatbox Battle 2023: World League (also abbreviated to GBB 2023 or GBB 23) was the 13th edition of the Grand Beatbox Battle, an international beatboxing competition hosted by Swissbeatbox. The event took place from October 18–21, 2023 in the EX Theater Roppongi in Tokyo, Japan, marking the first time that GBB was held outside of Europe.[1][2] Official afterparties took place each day in the 1OAK Tokyo, R3 Club Lounge and BAIA, as well as a 7 to Smoke event on October 22 at Spotify O-EAST.[3][4]

History[]

The Grand Beatbox Battle 2023 was confirmed to be in production following the cancellation of GBB 2022 on April 26, 2022,[5] and an official teaser was released on September 17.[2] The teaser announcement revealed that the event would take place in "an all-new city" and included an image of the skyline of Tokyo, Japan, leading many to speculate that it had moved to the country. On October 1, Swissbeatbox confirmed on social media that GBB 2023 would take place in Tokyo.[1] On November 1, Swissbeatbox announced the rules and regulations of the Wildcards with a second phase for Solo & Loopstation Wildcards (Initially Top 25 and Top 15 respectively and then Top 27 and Top 20 respectively) and two new categories, Producer Showcase, where unlimited devices and controllers can be used for a Loopstation, as this last category will become exclusively for use by the BOSS RC-505 and BOSS RC-505 MKII, and U18, where there will be a competition for beatboxers of any age under 18.[4] The Tag Team Loopstation category was postponed to a future GBB edition and the Wildcards process started on January 1. On January 3, Swissbeatbox did a livestreaming together with the Wildcard Judges of the categories.[6]

Participants[]

Solo[]

Name Qualification Name Qualification
River' GBB 2021 Solo Vice Champion Helium 4th GBB 2023 Solo Wildcard
King Inertia GBB 2021 7 To Smoke Champion Mr. Androide 5th GBB 2023 Solo Wildcard
Waali Maestro Beatbox America 2022 Champion DEN 6th GBB 2023 Solo Wildcard
momimaru BeatCity Japan 2023 Champion JP 7th GBB 2023 Solo Wildcard
Pono Oceania Beatbox Championships 2023 Champion Dilip 8th GBB 2023 Solo Wildcard
MaxO European Beatbox Championship 2023 Champion ZVD 9th GBB 2023 Solo Wildcard
WinG 1st GBB 2023 Solo Wildcard Improver 10th GBB 2023 Solo Wildcard
ABO ICE 2nd GBB 2023 Solo Wildcard H-has 12th GBB 2023 Solo Wildcard*
NaPoM 3rd GBB 2023 Solo Wildcard BizKit 13th GBB 2023 Solo Wildcard*
  • H-has acted as a replacement for Max (11th GBB 2023 Solo Wildcard)[7], who would have acted as a replacement for Colaps (GBB 2021 Solo Champion), who only participated in Tag Team and Crew.[8]
  • BizKit acted as a replacement for FootboxG (GBB 2021 Solo 3rd Place)[9], who only did a Showcase.[10]

Tag Team[]

Name Qualification Name Qualification
Rogue Wave

(River' & Colaps)

GBB 2021 Tag Team Vice Champions Huskey

(RUSY & Kohey)

4th GBB 2023 Tag Team Wildcard
Rofu

(Fuga & HIRO)

GBB 2021 Tag Team 3rd Place Jackpot

(WinG & Hellcat)

5th GBB 2023 Tag Team Wildcard
Jairo

(YAMORI & John-T)

1st GBB 2023 Tag Team Wildcard Pahlawan

(Artsy & Heartzel)

6th GBB 2023 Tag Team Wildcard
ZieGer

(Yuichi & Yuske)

2nd GBB 2023 Tag Team Wildcard Lotus

(ZVD & Rahul)

7th GBB 2023 Tag Team Wildcard*
  • Lotus acted as replacements for Hippy & Max (3rd GBB 2023 Tag Team Wildcard).[11]

Loopstation[]

Name Qualification Name Qualification
BizKit GBB 2021 Loopstation Champion Robin 4th GBB 2023 Loopstation Wildcard
BreZ 1st GBB 2023 Loopstation Wildcard AVH 6th GBB 2023 Loopstation Wildcard
Josh O 2nd GBB 2023 Loopstation Wildcard Mirsa 7th GBB 2023 Loopstation Wildcard
Dice 3rd GBB 2023 Loopstation Wildcard Matej 8th GBB 2023 Loopstation Wildcard*
  • Matej acted as a replacement for Epos (5th GBB 2023 Loopstation Wildcard).[12]

Producer[]

Name Qualification
Frosty GBB 2021 Loopstation Vice Champion
SyJo 1st GBB 2023 Producer Wildcard
Kaos 2nd GBB 2023 Producer Wildcard
KBA 3rd GBB 2023 Producer Wildcard
Antrix 5th GBB 2023 Producer Wildcard
FRIIDON 6th GBB 2023 Producer Wildcard*
  • FRIIDON acted as a replacement for Oxygenic (4th GBB 2023 Producer Wildcard).[13][14]

Crew[]

Name Qualification
M.O.M

(Geo Popoff, Eon, & Slizzer)

GBB 2021 Crew Champions
SARUKANI

(SO-SO, RUSY, KAJI, & Kohey)

1st GBB 2023 Crew Wildcard
YA NA HA

(Helium, Vahtang, Andrey Grizz-Lee, & Taras Stanin)

2nd GBB 2023 Crew Wildcard
End Of the Game

(K.I.M., Faya Braz, Colaps, & Scouilla)

4th GBB 2023 Crew Wildcard
The Razzzones

(ChloroPhil, Marvelin, Bricks, & Kays)

5th GBB 2023 Crew Wildcard
Desible

(Mihir, Shivali, SonuBBX, & Wah Da Fu)

6th GBB 2023 Crew Wildcard*

Under 18[]

Name Qualification Name Qualification
Julard 2nd GBB 2023 Under 18 Wildcard BP 7th GBB 2023 Under 18 Wildcard
Serpent 3rd GBB 2023 Under 18 Wildcard Wand 8th GBB 2023 Under 18 Wildcard
Deity 4th GBB 2023 Under 18 Wildcard Marvelous 11th GBB 2023 Under 18 Wildcard*
Lennsi 5th GBB 2023 Under 18 Wildcard Clarkceds 12th GBB 2023 Under 18 Wildcard*
  • Marvelous acted as a replacement for M1klz (1st GBB 2023 Under 18 Wildcard).[16]
  • Clarkceds acted as a replacement for Leevy (6th GBB 2023 Under 18 Wildcard).[17][18]

Judges[]

Name (Solo) Name (Tag Team) Name (Loopstation) Name (Producer) Name (Crew) Name (U18) Name (7 to Smoke)
Alexinho Pe4enkata Saro Tioneb Hobbit Pe4enkata FootboxG
SkilleR Supernova Beardyman Beardyman NeXor SkilleR NeXor
D-low Alem Rythmind Inkie Amit D-low Alem
Wawad Jayton Kristóf ZeDe Wawad ZeDe FunkAzteK
Gene Pash Tom Thum Tom Thum Sh0h Alem Dilip
  • All judges (except 7 to Smoke) also ranked the wildcard entries for their respective categories.

Referee[]

  • Referee was a new role added to the Loopstation and Producer categories in GBB 23.
  • They only check whether the participants are cheating and do not vote on the battles.
Name (Loopstation) Name (Producer)
Tioneb Kristóf

Results[]

Solo[]

Eliminations
Rank Name
1 River'
2 NaPoM
3 WinG
4 Mr. Androide
5 ABO ICE
6 Improver
7 Dilip
8 momimaru
9 MaxO
10 BizKit
11 Helium
12 DEN
13 King Inertia
14 H-has
15 ZVD
16 JP
17 Pono
18 Waali

[19]

1/4 Final Semi Final Final
                   
       
  River'  5 Votes
  momimaru  0 Votes  
  River'  5 Votes
    ABO ICE  0 Votes  
  Mr. Androide  0 Votes*
  ABO ICE  5 Votes*  
  River'  3 Votes
    NaPoM  2 Votes
  WinG  5 Votes
  Improver  0 Votes  
  WinG  2 Votes Small Final
    NaPoM  3 Votes  
  NaPoM  5 Votes   ABO ICE  0 Votes
  Dilip  0 Votes     WinG  5 Votes
  • D-low mixed up his voting signs in Mr Androide vs abo ice, accidentally voting for Mr. Androide instead of abo ice, whom he intended to vote for.
  • In D-Low's analysis of River vs NaPoM, he said that it was the second split decision of the night for the solo category, which means abo ice vs WinG was a 5-0 decision for WinG
  • NaPoM mentioned in a livestream that the decision of River' vs NaPoM was 3-2 to River
Judge Votes[]
Battle Alexinho D-low Gene Skiller Wawad Total Score
River' vs momimaru River' River' River' River' River' 5-0
Mr. Androide vs abo ice abo ice abo ice* abo ice abo ice abo ice 0-5
WinG vs Improver WinG WinG WinG WinG WinG 5-0
NaPoM vs Dilip NaPoM NaPoM NaPoM NaPoM NaPoM 5-0
River' vs abo ice River' River' River' River' River' 5-0
WinG vs NaPoM NaPoM NaPoM NaPoM WinG WinG 2-3
abo ice vs WinG WinG WinG WinG WinG WinG 0-5
River' vs NaPoM River' NaPoM NaPoM River' River' 3-2
  • D-low mixed up his voting signs in Mr Androide vs abo ice, accidentally voting for Mr. Androide instead of abo ice, whom he intended to vote for.

Tag Team[]

Eliminations
Rank Name
1 Rogue Wave
2 Jairo
3 Jackpot
4 Rofu
5 Lotus
6 ZieGer
7 Huskey
8 Pahlawan

[20]

  Semi Final Final
             
  Rogue Wave 5 votes  
  Rofu 0 votes  
 
      Rogue Wave Win
    Jairo Lose
 
 
Small Final
  Jairo 5 votes*   Rofu  Win
  Jackpot 0 votes*     Jackpot  Lose
  • Jackpot would have been disqualified in Jairo vs Jackpot due to Hellcat's use of a whistle in their 2nd round. Hence, Jairo would have won regardless of the judges' voting
Judge Votes[]
Battle Alem Jayton Pash Pe4enkata Supernova Total Score
Rogue Wave vs Rofu Rogue Wave Rogue Wave Rogue Wave Rogue Wave Rogue Wave 5-0
Jairo vs Jackpot Jairo Jairo Jairo Jairo Jairo 5-0
Rofu vs Jackpot ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
Rogue Wave vs Jairo ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
  • It is not known which judge voted for who in Rofu vs Jackpot or Rogue Wave vs Jairo, nor was the overrall vote count revealed.

Loopstation[]

1/4 Final Semi Final Final
                   
       
  BizKit  5 votes
  Mirsa  0 votes  
  BizKit  1 votes
    Robin  4 votes  
  Dice  0 votes
  Robin  5 votes  
  Robin  3 votes
    Matej  2 votes
  Josh O  1 vote
  Matej  4 votes  
  Matej  5 votes Small Final
    AVH  0 votes  
  BreZ  1 vote   BizKit  3 votes
  AVH  4 votes     AVH  2 votes
  • Unlike U18, rankings were not adjusted by replacements as the loopers have already prepared their rounds for their opponents.
  • AVH commented on Newfie's reaction to Bizkit vs AVH that the battle was a 3-2 decision to Bizkit.
  • Robin declared on the radio on December 20 that the score of the final was 3-2 in his favor.
Judge Votes[]
Battle Beardyman Kristof Rythmind Saro Tom Thum Total Score
Bizkit vs Mirsa Bizkit Bizkit Bizkit Bizkit Bizkit 5-0
Dice vs Robin Robin Robin Robin Robin Robin 0-5
Josh O vs Matej Matej Josh O Matej Matej Matej 1-4
BreZ vs AVH BreZ AVH AVH AVH AVH 1-4
Bizkit vs Robin Robin Robin Robin Bizkit Robin 1-4
Matej vs AVH Matej Matej Matej Matej Matej 5-0
Bizkit vs AVH ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? 3-2
Robin vs Matej ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? 3-2
  • Bizkit vs AVH and Robin vs Matej were both 3-2 decisions but it is not known which judge voted for who

Producer[]

Showcase Day 1
Rank Name
1 SyJo
2 KBA
3 FRIIDON
4 Kaos
5 Frosty
6 Antrix
Showcase Day 2
Rank Name
1 SyJo
2 Kaos
3 KBA
4 FRIIDON
5 Frosty
6 Antrix
Overrall Results
Rank Name
1 SyJo
2 KBA
3 Kaos
4 FRIIDON
5 Frosty
6 Antrix
  • Antrix placed 6th place both days due to both of his showcases being primarily vocally triggered instead of making the sounds at the moment.

Crew[]

Eliminations
Rank Name
1 SARUKANI
2 M.O.M
3 End Of the Game
4 YA NA HA
5 The Razzzones
6 Desible
Final
SARUKANI Win
M.O.M Lose
Small Final
End Of the Game Win
YA NA HA Lose

Under 18[]

1/4 Final Semi Final Final
                   
       
  Julard  5 Votes
  Clarkceds  0 Votes  
  Julard  5 Votes
    Lennsi  0 Votes  
  Lennsi  4 Votes
  BP  1 Votes  
  Julard  Win
    Marvelous  Lose
  Deity  2 Votes
  Wand  3 Votes  
  Wand  2 Votes Small Final
    Marvelous  3 Votes  
  Serpent  1 Votes   Lennsi  Win
  Marvelous  4 Votes     Wand  Lose


Judge Votes[]
Battle Alem D-low Pe4enkata Skiller ZeDe Total Score
Julard vs Clarkceds Julard Julard Julard Julard Julard 5-0
Lennsi vs BP Lennsi Lennsi Lennsi Lennsi BP 4-1
Deity vs Wand Wand Deity Deity Wand Wand 2-3
Serpent vs Marvelous Marvelous Serpent Marvelous Marvelous Marvelous 1-4
Julard vs Lennsi Julard Julard Julard Julard Julard 5-0
Wand vs Marvelous Marvelous Wand Wand Marvelous Marvelous 2-3
Lennsi vs Wand ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
Julard vs Marvelous Julard ??? ??? ??? ??? ???


It is not known which judge voted for who in Lennsi vs Wand or Julard vs Marvelous (except for Alem), nor was the overrall vote count revealed.

7 To Smoke[]

Name Score Results
NaPoM 3 Won: King Inertia, Mighty, Vahtang

Lost: Alexinho, PACMax

King Inertia 0 Won:

Lost: NaPoM, Mighty, Alexinho

Alexinho 7 Won: NaPoM, Vahtang, PACMax (x2), Pash, MaxO, King Inertia

Lost: Max0

Vahtang 0 Won:

Lost: Alexinho, NaPoM

PACMax 1 Won: NaPoM

Lost: Alexinho (x2)

MaxO 2 Won: Alexinho, Pash

Lost: Mighty, Alexinho

Pash 0 Won:

Lost: MaxO, Alexinho

Mighty 2 Won: MaxO, King Inertia

Lost: NaPoM

Judge Votes[]

Challenger King
King Inertia(0 Votes) NaPoM(5 Votes)
Alexinho(5 Votes) NaPoM(0 Votes)
Vahtang(0 Votes) Alexinho(5 Votes)
PACMax(0 Votes) Alexinho(5 Votes)
MaxO(4 Votes) Alexinho(1 Vote)
Pash(0 Votes) MaxO(5 Votes)
Mighty(4 Votes) MaxO(1 Vote)
King Inertia(2 Votes) Mighty(3 Votes)
NaPoM(4 Votes) Mighty(1 Vote)
Vahtang(0 Votes) NaPoM(5 Votes)
PACMax(4 Votes) NaPoM(1 Vote)
Alexinho(4 Votes) PACMax(1 Vote)
Pash(1 Vote) Alexinho(4 Votes)
MaxO(2 Votes) Alexinho(3 Votes)
King Inertia(0 Votes) Alexinho(5 Votes)

Prizes[]

The 1st place winners of every category (except 7 To Smoke) each received a pair of V-MODA Crossfade wireless headphones, an RC-505mkII with a carrying case and microphone cable, and a custom Avirex jacket. Cash prizes were also given in different amounts for each category:

  • Solo (River'): $20,000[21]
  • Tag Team (Rogue Wave): $12,000[22]
  • Loopstation (Robin): $15,000[23]
  • Producer (SyJo): $5,000[24]
  • Crew (SARUKANI): $12,000
  • U18 (Julard): $3,000

Cash prizes were split between participants for the Tag Team and Crew categories.

The 1st place winner of the 7 To Smoke event (Alexinho) received $3,000 and a direct qualification to the GBB24 Solo category.

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 https://www.instagram.com/p/CjK50z3D-uz/ Accessed October 1, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://www.instagram.com/p/CimvfqCALOi/ "GBB23 | WE ARE BACK!" Accessed October 1, 2022.
  3. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cju9ZD2jwcu/ Accessed October 15, 2022.
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://swissbeatbox.com/newsfeed/gbb-2023-wildcard-competition/ Accessed November 4, 2022.
  5. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc0gI_APirQ/ Accessed October 15, 2022.
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVC6WTSFKQI Accessed January 3, 2023.
  7. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwfn1gyNUV0/ Accessed August 28th, 2023.
  8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4kGrZILNl0&t=5063s Accessed April 1st, 2023.
  9. https://www.instagram.com/p/CxQt56TNzIF Accessed September 16th, 2023.
  10. https://www.instagram.com/p/CxQ7RovLcJY Accessed September 16th, 2023.
  11. https://www.instagram.com/p/CwDZ-fotMEh Accessed August 18th, 2023.
  12. https://www.instagram.com/p/CyTk3TvtVSi Accessed October 12nd, 2023.
  13. https://www.instagram.com/p/CxQtIUjNaxP Accessed September 16th, 2023.
  14. https://www.instagram.com/p/CxncThbNFaJ Accessed September 25th, 2023.
  15. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cul-KFUrLqz Accessed July 12th, 2023.
  16. https://www.instagram.com/p/CyTjiiqNvaJ Accessed October 12nd, 2023.
  17. https://www.instagram.com/p/CwGLkGVNet8 Accessed September 16th, 2023.
  18. https://www.instagram.com/p/CxQuRbrtKmE Accessed September 16th, 2023.
  19. https://www.instagram.com/p/CzTe40ftC-P/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
  20. https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx1R4l9Day2SVaQlmAr_hGZe-K6oWRLSu4
  21. https://youtu.be/x4VMdBy4_ok?si=9spp5V1NnChKxon5&t=588 Accessed April 15, 2024.
  22. https://youtu.be/36K4hpClrLY?si=hb_1x4zpq59Ved6S&t=529 Accessed April 15, 2024.
  23. https://youtu.be/XUzf2uYOuvk?si=AEbjMS8tFt1pgt_O&t=1130 Accessed April 15, 2024.
  24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48lHFHRVwZA Accessed April 15, 2024.
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