The Grand Beatbox Battle 2024 (also abbreviated to GBB 2024 or GBB 24) was the 14th edition of the Grand Beatbox Battle, an international beatboxing competition hosted by Swissbeatbox. The event took place from November 1–3, 2024 at the Toyosu PIT in Tokyo, Japan, an afterparty was held on November 3 at Kiranah Garden Toyosu in Tokyo, Japan and 7 to Smoke was held on November 4 at Spotify O-EAST in Tokyo, Japan.
History[]
The Grand Beatbox Battle 2024 was confirmed by Pepouni in the video uploaded by Swissbeatbox: "Merry Merry Beatbox! | SBX X-mas Wishes for 2024". Later at the beginning of the year it was revealed that the start of the Wildcards would begin on January 21st[1] and on January 19th that the event would return to Tokyo, Japan, being the second time it will be held there[2]. On January 20th, Swissbeatbox announced the rules and regulations of the Wildcards, which would begin one day later, in addition to the pre-qualifications, the Wildcard Judges and removing the U18 Category & Round 2 of the Solo and Loopstation categories[3].
Qualified participants[]
Solo[]
Name | Qualification | Name | Qualification |
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GBB 2023 Solo 3rd place | 1st Wildcard Winner | ||
GBB 2023 7 To Smoke Champion | 2nd Wildcard Winner | ||
GBB 2023 U18 Champion | 3rd Wildcard Winner | ||
Beatland Beatbox Battle 2023 Champion | 4th Wildcard Winner | ||
Florida Beatbox Battle 2024 Champion[5] | 5th Wildcard Winner | ||
Great North Battle 2024 Champion[6] | 6th Wildcard Winner | ||
BeatCity Japan 2024 Champion | 8th Wildcard Winner | ||
Africa & Mena Region Qualifier 2024 Champion | 10th Wildcard Winner* |
momimaru acted as a replacement for
Improver (7th Wildcard Winner) due to his health problem.
Tag Team[]
Name | Qualification | Name | Qualification |
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GBB 2023 Tag Team Vice Champions | 5th Wildcard Winner | ||
(Se-MA & DYU-TAR) |
1st Wildcard Winner | (Yuichi & Yuske) |
6th Wildcard Winner |
(Bookie Blanco & PACMax) |
2nd Wildcard Winner | (The-O & HiccuP) |
9th Wildcard Winner* |
(Mizuki & CoLoA) |
4th Wildcard Winner |
SARSHIANS acted as a replacement for
Fake and Autotune (Improver & Taras Stanin, 3rd Wildcard Winner).
Loopstation[]
Name | Qualification | Name | Qualification |
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GBB 2023 Loopstation Vice Champion | 4th Wildcard Winner | ||
Beatland Beatbox Battle 2023 Champion | 5th Wildcard Winner | ||
2nd Wildcard Winner | 6th Wildcard Winner | ||
3rd Wildcard Winner | 7th Wildcard Winner* |
Producer[]
Name | Qualification |
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GBB 2023 Producer Champion | |
1st Wildcard Winner | |
2nd Wildcard Winner | |
3rd Wildcard Winner |
Crew[]
Name | Qualification |
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1st Wildcard Winner | |
2nd Wildcard Winner | |
(3 - Shinyaaa, Bly Crepsley & fkd) |
3rd Wildcard Winner |
(4 - Kawai Senpai, Vinzayn, Ani & Wah Da Fu*) |
4th Wildcard Winner |
- Wah Da Fu acted as a replacement for BassFace, making the crew still elegible to participate.[12]
Judges[]
Wildcards[]
Name (Solo) | Name (Tag Team) | Name (Loop) | Name (Producer) | Name (Crew) |
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Battles[]
Name (Solo) | Name (Tag Team) | Name (Loop) | Name (Producer) | Name (Crew) | Name (7 to Smoke) |
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Referee (in Battles)[]
- 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) |
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Results[]
Solo[]
Rank | Name |
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1 | |
2 | |
3 | |
4 | |
5 | |
6 | |
7 | |
8 | |
9 | |
10 | |
11 | |
12 | |
13 | |
14 | |
15 | |
16 |
- Remix and BlackRoll ended with the same total points after all judges’ scores were calculated. Remix received higher rankings from 3 out of 5 judges, so he secured the 8th spot.[13]
Rank[14] | Overrall | Score | |||||
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1. | 1 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 1 = 11 | ||||||
2. | 5 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 12 | ||||||
3. | 3 + 2 + 1 + 5 + 8 = 21 | ||||||
4. | 7 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 21 | ||||||
5. | 2 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 26 | ||||||
6. | 10 + 4 + 9 + 9 + 4 = 36 | ||||||
7. | 6 + 12 + 7 + 4 + 9 = 38 | ||||||
8. | 11 + 9 + 8 + 10 + 5 = 43 | ||||||
9. | 4 + 7 + 12 + 13 + 7 = 43 | ||||||
10. | 8 + 11 + 10 + 7 + 10 = 46 | ||||||
11. | 9 + 8 + 11 + 14 + 11 = 53 | ||||||
12. | 13 + 14 + 4 + 12 + 13 = 56 | ||||||
13. | 12 + 10 + 13 + 15 + 13 = 63 | ||||||
14. | 14 + 16 + 16 + 8 + 12 = 66 | ||||||
15. | 16 + 13 + 15 + 11 + 15 = 70 | ||||||
16. | 15 + 15 + 14 + 16 + 16 = 76 |
- Colaps's position as the no.2 judge (In Instagram post) is proven by the reaction and analysis videos of "Colaps Japan".[15]
- If you have any reference to which judges gave the other rankings, please edit them here.
- Remix revealed that the result of the small final was a 3-2 to him in the podcast with BBXINT.[16]
- Osis revealed that the result of the final was 4-1, with FootboxG voting for him during a beatbox lesson with one of the wiki editors.
Judge Votes[]
- NaPoM revealed in the livestream that he preferred Remix in Small Final more than KAJI, indicating that he voted for Remix in the Small Final.
- FootboxG revealed in an SBX livestream with PACMax that he voted for KAJI in the small final.
Tag Team[]
Rank | Name |
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1 | |
2 | |
3 | |
4 | |
5 | |
6 | |
7 |
Rank[17] | Judge No.1 | Judge No.2 | Judge No.3 | Judge No.4 | Judge No.5 | Overrall | Score |
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1. | 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 5 | ||||||
2. | 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 2 = 12 | ||||||
3. | 4 + 2 + 4 + 4 + 3 = 17 | ||||||
4. | 3 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 17 | ||||||
5. | 5 + 4 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 24 | ||||||
6. | 6 + 6 + 6 + 7 + 6 = 31 | ||||||
7. | 7 + 7 + 7 + 6 + 7 = 34 |
- (If I remember correctly) Who gave each ranking has not been made public.
- For the reasons stated above, this article uses the numbers used by Instagram.
Semi Final | Final | |||||
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5 Votes | |||||
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0 Votes | |||||
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Win | |||||
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Lose | |||||
Small Final | ||||||
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4 Votes | |
Lose | |||
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1 Vote | |
Win |
Judge Votes[]
Loopstation[]
Judge Votes[]
- Slizzer mixed up his voting signs in SyJo vs Cardona, accidentally voting for Cardona instead of SyJo, whom he intended to vote for.
- In Swissbeatbox's reaction livestream, Kristóf announced that the score of the small final was 4-1 in favor of Raje, with Frosty and BizKit voting for Raje.
- In Yaswede's reaction video, he stated that the score was 5-0 in his favor. This was also confirmed by Kristóf in Swissbeatbox's reaction livestream.
Producer[]
Rank | Name |
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1 | |
2 | |
3 | |
4 |
Semi Final | Final | |||||
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1 Vote | |||||
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4 Votes | |||||
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Win | |||||
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Lose | |||||
Small Final | ||||||
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2 Votes | |
Win | |||
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3 Votes | |
Lose |
Judge Votes[]
- KBA stated in CLAM loopstation community that he knows that Robin, Frosty and Tioneb voted for him in the final. However, he does not know who either of the Mad Twinz voted for.
Crew[]
Rank | Name |
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1 | |
2 | |
3 | |
4 |
Final | |
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Win | |
Lose |
Small Final | |
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Win | |
Lose |
7 To Smoke[]
Name | Score | Results |
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7 | Won: Mighty, BlackRoll, PACMax, Remix, ABO ICE, Bookie Blanco, MaxO
Lost: MaxO, Remix | |
0 | Won:
Lost: NaPoM, Remix, BlackRoll | |
5 | Won: NaPoM, PACMax, ABO ICE, BlackRoll, Bookie Blanco
Lost: Remix, BlackRoll, NaPoM | |
0 | Won:
Lost: MaxO, Remix, NaPoM | |
1 | Won: Remix
Lost: MaxO, BlackRoll, NaPoM | |
4 | Won: ABO ICE, Bookie Blanco, MaxO, Mighty
Lost: MaxO, NaPoM | |
0 | Won:
Lost: MaxO, BlackRoll, NaPoM | |
4 | Won: MaxO, Mighty, NaPoM, PACMax
Lost: ABO ICE, NaPoM |
Judge Votes[]
- In ABO ICE vs REMIX, Eon did not cast a vote.
Prizes[]
The 1st place winners of every category (except 7 To Smoke) each received an RC-505mkII with a carrying case, Roland RMC B-10 Microphone Cable, V-Moda Crossfade 3 Wireless Headphone, and a hoodie. The top 3 for every category also received cash prizes :
Solo[]
Loopstation[]
Tag Team[]
Crew[]
Producer[]
Cash prizes were split between participants for the Tag Team and Crew categories.
The 1st place winner of the 7 To Smoke event (NaPoM) received $1,000 and a direct qualification to GBB 2025 Solo category.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/C1mXE4dt0Bt/?hl=es Accessed January 19th, 2024.
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/C2SGppYNbaD Accessed January 19th, 2024.
- ↑ https://swissbeatbox.com/newsfeed/gbb-2024-wildcard-competition-rules-and-application/ Accessed January 21st, 2024.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 @swissbeatbox "Here you have all the qualified Solo 👤 participants thus far!! 🔶 #GBB24TOKYO We still have 3️⃣ more to go!! Are you excited for this edition of GBB?! 🔥🏯" Accessed May 24, 2024.
- ↑ https://www.le-florida.org/evenement/florida-beatbox-festival-2024/ Accessed November 21, 2023.
- ↑ https://beatboxcanada.com/events
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 @swissbeatbox "Here you have all the qualified Tag Team 👥 participants thus far!! 🔶 #GBB24TOKYO This one is going to be LIT!! 🔥🏯" Accessed May 24, 2024.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 @swissbeatbox "Here you have all the qualified Loopstation 🎧 participants thus far!! 🔶 #GBB24TOKYO Can you believe that GBB is happening in Tokyo again?! 🔥🏯" Accessed May 24, 2024.
- ↑ @swissbeatbox "Unfortunately BreZ 🇫🇷 will not be able to partake in GBB24 🔶 therefore we will have 808banon 🇺🇸 taking his place! Please give some support to @brezbeatbox regardless as he has been elevating the GBB level for many years now 💪" Accessed May 14, 2024.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 @swissbeatbox "Here you have all the qualified Producer 🔊 participants thus far!! 🔶 #GBB24TOKYO Time for this category to shine for the 2nd time!! 🔥🏯" Accessed May 24, 2024.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 @swissbeatbox "Here you have all the qualified Crew 👥👥 participants thus far!! 🔶 #GBB24TOKYO ...and that’s the last category for this year!! 🔥🏯" Accessed May 24, 2024.
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/C8ZrRumC9VL Accessed June 21st, 2024.
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/DB4Dp1RIie9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Accessed November 3rd, 2024.
- ↑ @swissbeatbox 🔊 The solo judge results for the @grand.beatbox.battle eliminations are here.
- ↑ Colaps' reaction & analysis video to GBB24 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7BGMGpL1kBKcWxr0OjGfqFmLz4bb8QIG
- ↑ https://youtu.be/lsCLPQGYhCs?t=2473
- ↑ @swissbeatbox 🎤 Who’s #1?!🔥 Tag Team Rankings Revealed!
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