# Emergenza

Emergenza is an annual music festival for unsigned bands. Its concerts have been held in more than 150 cities around the world.
Annually, a series of global elimination rounds takes place in various countries. Advancing bands are selected based on audience reception of their performances, with the ultimate winners determined by Emergenza judges during regional and final concerts.

## History

The Emergenza Festival had its origins in 1992 when a group of musician friends organized its inaugural event in Rome, Italy, with an initial audience of 245 attendees. Over the course of five months, attendance grew significantly, reaching three thousand. During the same year, the festival released its first compilation album.
From 1993 to 2003, Emergenza produced a total of 54 albums, including both live and studio recordings. In 1995, the official Emergenza logo was introduced.
The festival expanded beyond Italy on January 7, 1996, with its first concert held at the Gibus Club in Paris, France, attracting 113 participating bands. The following year marked the debut of the Emergenza European Final at the London Astoria in the United Kingdom, drawing an audience of 2,500.
In 2001, the festival crossed the Atlantic Ocean and landed in Montreal, Canada. By 2002, Emergenza had expanded to five cities, and in 2003, it featured over 700 bands across 190 events during its first U.S. season. The following year, 2,876 musicians participated in the United States, and an impressive sixteen thousand performed for audiences in Europe and Canada. By 2005, the festival had reached seventy North American cities.
Emergenza continued to grow, extending its reach to Japan and Australia in 2006, with shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Tokyo. Later, Perth in Western Australia and Brisbane were included in Australia's roster. From 2008 to 2010, the festival expanded its presence to the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Russia, and New Zealand.

## International finals
### 2023

| Year | Finalist Band | City/Country | Place |
| 2023 | The Rock Boy | France | — |
| 2023 | Afternoon Astronauts | Finland | — |
| 2023 | Grell | Germany | — |
| 2023 | Indra | Italy | — |
| 2023 | Oscar Kusko | Sweden | — |
| 2023 | Catch The Fox | Norway | — |
| 2023 | Wojtek | Denmark | — |
| 2023 | TRAinnovation | Japan | Winner |

### 2018

| Year | Finalist Band | City/Country | Place |
| 2018 | MELANCHOLIA | Italy | 1 |
| 2018 | COAST DOWN | Germany | 2 |
| 2018 | PANACHE! | France | 3 |
| 2018 | TAYLOR BEADLE-WILLIAMS | Australia | 4 |
| 2018 | MAGGIE PETKOVIC | Norway | 5 |
| 2018 | ART IN CRIME | Germany | 6 |
| 2018 | THAN | Japan | 7 |
| 2018 | I REVOLT | Finland | 8 |
| 2018 | TAM TEPLO | Russia | 9 |
| 2018 | Nerd Connection | South Korea | 9 |
| 2018 | MASSFACE | Russia | 11 |
| 2018 | DJOCY SANTOS | The Netherlands | 12 |
| 2018 | SAINT CITY ORCHESTRA | Switzerland | 13 |
| 2018 | THE KLETS | Belgium | 14 |
| 2018 | ALFA MARTIANS | France | 15 |
| 2018 | YESTERDAY IS HISTORY | Switzerland | 16 |
| 2018 | PETTY THINGS | Germany | 17 |
| 2018 | VEIRA | Poland | 18 |
| 2018 | TROPIC ACID | Spain | 19 |
| 2018 | BREAK UP LINES | Canada | 20 |
| 2018 | RAIN | Denmark | 21 |

### 2017

| Year | Finalist Band | City/Country | Place |
| 2017 | THE AGENCY | Denmark | 1 |
| 2017 | VOSEM PO GRINVICHU | Russia | 2 |
| 2017 | THE TREUEMEN | Germany | 3 |
| 2017 | SNARE COVER | Japan | 4 |
| 2017 | FRANK E LE FORME SONICHE | Italy | 5 |
| 2017 | OAKS ABOVE | Canada | 6 |
| 2017 | AMOLI | Norway | 7 |
| 2017 | DELIRIOUS MOB CREW | Switzerland | 8 |
| 2017 | ANVILED | Poland | 9 |
| 2017 | UNDERWOODS | Italy | 10 |
| 2017 | INTERIEUR NUIT | France | 11 |
| 2017 | CALLUM CHYNOWETH BAND | Australia | 12 |
| 2017 | 61 MINDS | Belgium | 13 |
| 2017 | WALKING AFTER U | South Korea | 14 |
| 2017 | SEMPERFIELD | Germany | 15 |
| 2017 | HUANASTONE | Sweden | 16 |
| 2017 | STILL AWAKE | Germany | 17 |
| 2017 | TIME FOR ACTION | Spain | 18 |
| 2017 | BEATS UNLIMETED CREW | The Netherlands | 19 |
| 2017 | PLEINS PHARES | France | 20 |

### 2016

| Year | Finalist Band | City/Country | Place | Prize |
| 2016 | Gain Eleven | Sweden | 1 | |
| 2016 | Ku.dA | Italy | 2 | |
| 2016 | Noeazy | South Korea | 3 | Best Drummer |
| 2016 | Lady Moustache | Germany | 4 | |
| 2016 | Tri-Hidden Panic | France | 5 | Best Singer |
| 2016 | Orjazzmic | Spain | 6 | Best Bassist |
| 2016 | Skizzoidman | Japan | 7 | |
| 2016 | Owing to the Rain | Germany | 8 | |
| 2016 | Earthist | Italy | 9 | |
| 2016 | Hometown Lights | Canada | 10 | |
| 2016 | Rooftop Sailors | Switzerland | 11 | |
| 2016 | Sno | Norway | 12 | Best Keyboard |
| 2016 | Kellem | France | 13 | |
| 2016 | Octavian | Australia | 14 | |
| 2016 | Enter Rana | Finland | 15 | Best Guitarist |
| 2016 | Kressi | Russia | 16 | |
| 2016 | Jack Rabbit | Netherland | 17 | |
| 2016 | Madmagus | Belgium | 18 | |
| 2016 | Antiplan | Poland | 19 | |
| 2016 | Demian | Germany | 20 | |
| 2016 | Sweet Sleep | Japan | 21 | |

### 2015

| Year | Finalist Band | City/Country | Place | Prize |
| 2015 | Ninja Beats | Japan | 1 | |
| 2015 | Green Light District | Finland | 2 | |
| 2015 | Casablanca Drivers | France | 3 | |
| 2015 | Pravada | Russia | 4 | Best Drummer |
| 2015 | Love Cream | Australia | 5 | Best Singer |
| 2015 | Iréne | Sweden | 6 | |
| 2015 | Cedric | Germany | 7 | |
| 2015 | Candy Robbers | Belgium | 8 | |
| 2015 | Alfen | Denmark | 9 | |
| 2015 | Death Koolaid | UK | 10 | |
| 2015 | Lee Youn Chan Band | South Korea | 11 | Best Guitarist |
| 2015 | Syndicate | Germany | 12 | |
| 2015 | Schoko | Germany | 13 | Best Bassist |
| 2015 | Pora Wiatru | Poland | 14 | |
| 2015 | Siren | Italy | 15 | |
| 2015 | The II Romans | Switzerland | 16 | |
| 2015 | The Plugs | France | 17 | |
| 2015 | Pop James | Italy | 18 | |
| 2015 | Les Funktionnaires | Canada | 19 | |
| 2015 | To By Four | The Netherlands | 20 | |

### 2014

| Year | Finalist Band | City/Country | Place | Prize |
| 2014 | The Scheen | Norway | 1 | |
| 2014 | The Kitchies | France | 2 | 2nd Best Drummer |
| 2014 | Shata QS | Poland | 3 | Best Singer |
| 2014 | Mercury White | Australia | 4 | |
| 2014 | Achille's Family | France | 5 | Best Drummer |
| 2014 | Oak and Willow | Italy | 6 | 2nd Best Bass |
| 2014 | The Shouting Men | Germany | 7 | Best Bass |
| 2014 | Mr. Serious and Groove Monkeys | Germany | 7 | 2nd Best Guitar |
| 2014 | Guesstimate | Spain | 9 | |
| 2014 | Blue Machine | Denmark | 10 | Best Guitar |
| 2014 | Face | Switzerland | 11 | |
| 2014 | Roadcrew | The Nederland | 12 | |
| 2014 | Thekenpoet | Germany | 13 | |
| 2014 | The Asphere's | Japan | 14 | |
| 2014 | Swim | Russia | 15 | |
| 2014 | Carlos Candido Band | Canada | 16 | |
| 2014 | David Pear | UK | 17 | |
| 2014 | Yabanci Degiliz | Turkey | 18 | |

### 2013

| Year | Finalist Band | City/Country | Place | Prize |
| 2013 | Obsolete Radio | France | 1 | |
| 2013 | Goldmouth | Germany | 2 | Best Guitarist |
| 2013 | Ordinary People | Italy | 3 | Best Bassist |
| 2013 | Cuervo | Australia | 4 | 2nd Best Bassist |
| 2013 | Shout | Finland | 5 | |
| 2013 | Taro & Jiro | Japan | 6 | 2nd Best Guitarist |
| 2013 | Finalstair | Germany | 7 | Best Drummer |
| 2013 | Hey! Elizabeth | Italy | 7 | |
| 2013 | Collect Call From Mars | Netherland | 9 | |
| 2013 | Cities Lullabies | France | 10 | |
| 2013 | Straight Jack Cat | Poland | 11 | |
| 2013 | Noyze | Canada | 12 | |
| 2013 | Rocco | Russia | 13 | Best Singer |
| 2013 | Awesome Arnold | Switzerland | 14 | |
| 2013 | Flowers in Syrup | Germany | 15 | |
| 2013 | Black Orchid Empire | UK | 16 | 2nd Best Drummer |
| 2013 | Negative Nancy | Sweden | 17 | |
| 2013 | Vucaque | Spain | 18 | |
| 2013 | Kaos | Turkey | 19 | |

### 2012

| Year | Finalist Band | City/Country | Place | Prize |
| 2012 | Hurricane Love | Sweden | 1 | |
| 2012 | The Joking | France | 2 | Best bassist |
| 2012 | Rhys Crommin & The Toms | Australia | 3 | |
| 2012 | Avaivartika | Japan | 4 | 2nd-best bassist |
| 2012 | The Blennies | Italy | 5 | 2nd-best drummer |
| 2012 | Mari!Mari! | Russia | 6 | 2nd-best guitarist |
| 2012 | Dudes | Norway | 5 | |
| 2012 | Odette | Spain | 8 | Best drummer |
| 2012 | The Carnabys | UK | 9 | Best guitarist |
| 2012 | Jimmy Dee | Netherlands | 10 | |
| 2012 | Disconnected Blind | Canada | 11 | |
| 2012 | Alcapell | Germany | 12 | |
| 2012 | Wellbad | Germany | 13 | |
| 2012 | Chico | Poland | 14 | |
| 2012 | Buddies | France | 15 | |
| 2012 | I Come From the Sun | Germany | 16 | Best singer |
| 2012 | Caffeine | Czech Republic | 17 | |
| 2012 | Mono Band | Turkey | 18 | |

### 2011

| Year | Finalist Band | City/Country | Place | Prize |
| 2011 | Envy | Oslo, Norway | 1 | Winning Band |
| 2011 | LSD on CIA | Copenhagen. Denmark | 2 | 2nd band, best bass player |
| 2011 | Ruby Cube | Toulouse, France | 3 | Best guitar player |
| 2011 | S.H.E. | Tokyo, Japan | 4 | |
| 2011 | LeBelle | Melbourne, Australia | 5 | Woodbrass prize |
| 2011 | Emmecosta | Gothenburg, Sweden | 6 | 2nd-best drummer |
| 2011 | Cafe Jazz | Dresden, Germany | 5 | Best drummer |
| 2011 | Cours Toujours | Montreal, Canada | 8 | Best singer |
| 2011 | Rag Dolls | Basilea, Switzerland | 9 | |
| 2011 | No Comment Band | Minsk, Belarus | 10 | 2nd-best bass player |
| 2011 | Downhill | Bratislava, Slovakia | 11 | |
| 2011 | Filthy Whisky | London. UK | 12 | |
| 2011 | Mathieu Neil | Paris, France | 13 | |
| 2011 | Knuckles of Frisco | Arnhem, Netherlands | 14 | 2nd-best guitar player |
| 2011 | Kerouac | Dublin, Ireland | 15 | |
| 2011 | Professor Grabowski | Munich, Germany | 16 | |
| 2011 | Cyrene | Barcelona, Spain | 17 | |
| 2011 | F.O.O.S. | Turin, Italy | 18 | |

### 2010

| Year | Finalist Band | City/Country | Place | Prize |
| 2010 | Hanatochiruran | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | Winning band, 2nd-best bass player |
| 2010 | Waldo & Marsha | Århus, Denmark | 2 | 2nd band |
| 2010 | Barton Fink | Montreal, Canada | 3 | 2nd-best drummer |
| 2010 | Modern Error | Sydney, Australia | 4 | |
| 2010 | Phases Cachés | Paris, France | 5 | Best bass player |
| 2010 | Factory Brains | Stockholm, Sweden | 6 | Best guitar player |
| 2010 | Waste | Bayreuth, Germany | 7 | Best singer |
| 2010 | Pop-Porn | Prague, Czech Republic | 8 | Best drummer |
| 2010 | Sir James | Tilburg, Netherlands | 9 | 2nd-best guitar player |
| 2010 | Manolo Panic | Zurich, Switzerland | 10 | |
| 2010 | C.A.N. | Paris, France | 11 | |
| 2010 | Stepanov's Starlings | St. Petersburg, Russia | 12 | |
| 2010 | Brothorst | Oberursel, Germany | 13 | |
| 2010 | Stardust | Florence, Italy | 14 | |
| 2010 | Envy Assured | London, UK | 15 | |
| 2010 | The Melillo Brothers | New York, USA | 16 | |
| 2010 | Wednesday Fall | Barcelona, Spain | 17 | |

### 2009

| Year | Finalist Band | City/Country | Place | Prize |
| 2009 | Kid Galahad | Gothenburg, Sweden | 1 | Winning band, best drummer |
| 2009 | Werner Krauss | Leipzig, Germany | 2 | 2nd band |
| 2009 | YaSeeDee | Ferrara, Italy | 3 | Best bass player |
| 2009 | The Wallpapers | Paris, France | 4 | |
| 2009 | The Reefs | Melbourne, Australia | 5 | 2nd-best drummer |
| 2009 | Guru Guru | Tokyo, Japan | 6 | 2nd-best guitar player |
| 2009 | The Excess | Munich, Germany | 7 | Best guitar player |
| 2009 | Back Pocket Memory | Los Angeles, USA | 8 | |
| 2009 | Lily Sparks | New York, USA | 9 | Best singer |
| 2009 | Year of the Dog | Helsinki, Finland | 10 | |
| 2009 | The Vlegels | Tilburg, Netherlands | 11 | Best Drummer |
| 2009 | Kaodic | Montreal, Canada | 12 | 2nd-best bass player |
| 2009 | Leet | Hamburg, Germany | 13 | |
| 2009 | The Winter Kicks | London, UK | 14 | |
| 2009 | Gorodskaya Kultura | Moscow, Russia | 15 | |
| 2009 | TBA | Prague, Czech Republic | 16 | |
| 2009 | Clock N' Works | Paris, France | 17 | |
| 2009 | Susan's Red Nipples | Barcelona, Spain | 18 | |

### 2008

| Year | Finalist Band | City/Country | Place | Prize |
| 2008 | Gloria Cycles | Brighton, UK | 1 | Winning band |
| 2008 | The Mad Trist | Maastricht, Netherlands | 2 | 2nd band |
| 2008 | A Match for the Curious | Toronto, Canada | 3 | 2nd-best guitar player |
| 2008 | Auregan | Paris, France | 4 | Best performer |
| 2008 | The Vandolls | Sydney, Australia | 5 | Best guitar player |
| 2008 | Temple Hill | New York, USA | 6 | Best bass player |
| 2008 | Tako Lako | Copenhagen, Denmark | 7 | Best drummer |
| 2008 | Crossed Keys | Los Angeles, USA | 8 | |
| 2008 | The King Size | Treviso, Italy | 9 | |
| 2008 | Namaste | Paris, France | 10 | |
| 2008 | The Ran | Helsinki, Finland | 11 | |
| 2008 | Tash | Stuttgart, Germany | 12 | |
| 2008 | Die Fischer | Munich, Germany | 13 | |
| 2008 | Drowning Fate | Frankfurt, Germany | 14 | 2nd-best drummer |
| 2008 | Aerial View | Nancy, France | 15 | |
| 2008 | PXR | Budapest, Hungary | 16 | |
| 2008 | Katarsick | Barcelona, Spain | 17 | |
| 2008 | Dizastro | Chicago, USA | 18 | |

### 2007

| Year | Finalist Band | City/Country | Place | Prize |
| 2007 | Fire Flies | New York, USA | 1 | Winning band, best drummer |
| 2007 | The New Hotness | Los Angeles, USA | 2 | 2nd band |
| 2007 | Für Kerstins Letzte | Munich, Germany | 3 | 3rd band |
| 2007 | La Tête Ailleurs | Paris, France | 4 | |
| 2007 | McGoozer | London, UK | 5 | Best singer |
| 2007 | Park Avenue | Milan, Italy | 6 | Best guitar player |
| 2007 | The 101's | Tilburg, Netherlands | 7 | 2nd-best drummer |
| 2007 | Monorev | Bern, Switzerland | 8 | |
| 2007 | Thalamus | Stockholm, Sweden | 9 | Best bass player |
| 2007 | Sunset Drivers | Montreal, Canada | 10 | Mentioned guitar player, mentioned bass player |
| 2007 | The Jerks | Stuttgart, Germany | 11 | |
| 2007 | Furykane | Paris, France | 12 | |
| 2007 | Metro Vox | Chicago, USA | 13 | |
| 2007 | Mirramaze | Oslo, Norway | 14 | |
| 2007 | No One Cares | Barcelona, Spain | 15 | |
| 2007 | 4th Street Traffic | London, UK | 16 | |
| 2007 | Stillroom | Dublin, Ireland | 17 | |

### 2006

| Year | Finalist Band | City/Country | Place | Prize |
| 2006 | The Sessions | Vancouver, Canada | 1 | Winning band |
| 2006 | The New Brand | Copenhagen, Denmark | 2 | 2nd band, best original song, 2nd-mentioned drummer |
| 2006 | My Baby Wants to Eat Your Pussy | Munich, Germany | 3 | 3rd-best band, best drummer, best singer, 2nd-best bass player, best rhythm, best electric-guitar player |
| 2006 | Berto Ramon | Chicago, USA | 4 | Best visual & sound performance |
| 2006 | Concubine | Tilburg, Netherlands | 5 | Mentioned drummer |
| 2006 | Sujeto K | Valencia, Spain | 6 | Mentioned bass player, 2nd-mentioned guitar player |
| 2006 | The Echoes | Dallas, USA | 7 | |
| 2006 | Verse of Trek | Bordeaux, France | 8 | |
| 2006 | Son | Cologne, Germany | 9 | |
| 2006 | Humano | Granada, Spain | 10 | |
| 2006 | Bawdy Festival | Paris, France | 11 | |
| 2006 | The Greed | Stockholm, Sweden | 12 | Best rhythm guitar, 2nd-best drummer, best guitar arrangements, mentioned guitar player |
| 2006 | Cabiria | Milan, Italy | 13 | |
| 2006 | Captain Cutthroat | Boston, USA | 14 | 2nd-best drummer |
| 2006 | Lament | Leipzig, Germany | 15 | Best acoustic-guitar player |
| 2006 | Dear Catastrophe | Dublin, Ireland | 16 | |
| 2006 | Daily Blowjob | Florence, Italy | 17 | |
| 2006 | Ill System | London, UK | 18 | |
| 2006 | Vile Conundrum | San Francisco, USA | 19 | Best bass player |
| 2006 | Kid at the Back | London, UK | 20 | |
| 2006 | Flashmob | Basel, Switzerland | 21 | |
| 2006 | Hellrazor | Vancouver, Canada | 22 | |

### 2005

| Year | Finalist Band | City/Country | Place | Prize |
| 2005 | Rock Hard Power Spray | Århus, Denmark | 1 | Winning band, best electric-guitar player |
| 2005 | Natives of the New Dawn | Detroit, USA | 2 | 2nd band, best singer, best performance, best guitar arrangements |
| 2005 | LIK...ID | Paris, France | 3 | |
| 2005 | Echovalve | Chicago, USA | 4 | Best bass player |
| 2005 | Kimono | Berlin, Germany | 5 | |
| 2005 | Indra | Manchester, UK | 6 | Best drummer |
| 2005 | Pummel | Edinburgh, UK | 7 | |
| 2005 | The Naives | Madrid, Spain | 8 | Best original song |
| 2005 | Band Called Pharisee | Chicago, USA | 9 | |
| 2005 | Sixteenth Solid Spread | Barcelona, Spain | 10 | Best rhythm guitar |
| 2005 | Stonefield | Cologne, Germany | 11 | |
| 2005 | The Perfect Guardaroba | Ancona, Italy | 12 | |
| 2005 | Blush | Basel, Switzerland | 13 | Best acoustic-guitar player |
| 2005 | Seven Stories | Montreal, Canada | 14 | |
| 2005 | Ska'n'Ska | Stockholm, Sweden | 15 | |
| 2005 | Kill the Nice Guy | Florence, Italy | 16 | |
| 2005 | Lazuright | Lindau, Germany | 17 | |
| 2005 | Fast Friday | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | 18 | |
| 2005 | Hindoslem | Vienna, Austria | 19 | Best bass player |
| 2005 | Chugga-Chugga | Paris, France | 20 | |

### 2004

| Finalist Band | City/Country | Place | Prize |
| Mr Brown | Hamburg, Germany | 1 | Winning band |
| Lexxi | Glasgow, UK | 2 | 2nd band |
| Les Breauvachons | Paris, France | 3 | Best acoustic-guitar player, best visual & sound performance |
| Fluttr | Boston, USA | 4 | |
| Pete Möss | Montreal, Canada | 5 | Best rhythm-guitar player, best singer |
| Idioterne | Madrid, Spain | 6 | Best drummer |
| Glasshouse | Philadelphia, UK | 7 | |
| Einshoch6 | Munich, Germany | 8 | |
| Lost Property Office | Rome, Italy | 9 | |
| Mellophone | Århus, Denmark | 10 | Best original song |
| Running Against Radar | Toronto, Canada | 11 | |
| Granvista | Gothenburg, Sweden | 12 | |
| Addicted | Milan, Italy | 13 | |
| Fevertree | Bournemouth, UK | 14 | Best guitar player |
| Ego | Barcelona, Spain | 15 | Best bass player, best keyboard player |
| Alta Pressione | Florence, Italy | 16 | |
| Mē Sages | Paris, France | 17 | |
| Pretty Overdosed | Vienna, Austria | 18 | Best drummer |
| Elfish | Zurich, Switzerland | 19 | Best bass player |
| Klartext | Berlin, Germany | 20 | |

### 2003

| Finalist Band | City/Country | Place | Prize |
| Nervous Nellie | Stockholm, Sweden | 1 | Winning band |
| Dead by Chocolate | Bologna, Italy | 2 | 2nd band, second-best guitar |
| La Suite Mosquito | Barcelona, Spain | 3 | |
| No Radical Change | Florence, Italy | 4 | Third-best drummer |
| Muff | Hannover, Germany | 5 | |
| Sirupop | Vienna, Austria | 6 | |
| Slave to the Squarewave | Toronto, Canada | 7 | Second-best guitar |
| Toupé | Southampton, UK | 8 | Best bass, second-best drummer, best show, best arrangements |
| Klem | Paris, France | 9 | Best drummer |
| Sutrapumo | Copenhagen, Denmark | 10 | |
| Elikan Dew | Berlin, Germany | 11 | |
| Inborn | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | 12 | |
| Revoc On | Milan, Italy | 13 | |
| Jove | London, UK | 14 | Best singer |
| Bist | Munich, Germany | 15 | Best bess player, best keyboard player |
| Inertia | Rome, Italy | 16 | |
| Broken Pictures | Montreal, Canada | 17 | |
| Flangers | Montpellier, France | 18 | |
| BSK | Zurich, Switzerland | 19 | |
| Duke | Bordeaux, France | 20 | Best guitar, second-best bass |
| Crave | Madrid, Spain | 21 | |
| Sleeping Sun | Ruhrgebiet, Germany | 22 | Second-best guitar |
| Toadstool | Genoa, Italy | 23 | |
| Mahout Operator | Frankfurt, Germany | 24 | |
| Adrenalin | Cologne, Germany | 25 | |
| Maechtig | Hamburg, Germany | 26 | |

### 2002

| Finalist Band | City/Country | Place | Prize |
| Munshy | Paris, France | 1 | Winning band, best guitar, best drummer, best singer, best live show |
| Kerosin | Berlin, Germany | 2 | 2nd band, 3rd-best drummer |
| Stone Park | Stockholm, Sweden | 3 | 2nd-best drummer, best original song |
| Direct Line | Montreal, Canada | 4 | Third-best drummer |
| Orange Marmalade | Zurich, Switzerland | 5 | |
| Ners | Bologna, Italy | 6 | |
| Uncle Rock | London, UK | 7 | Second-best guitar |
| The Grand | Copenhagen, Denmark | 8 | |
| Verdrengungskuntler | Hamburg, Germany | 9 | |
| Jay Kod | Brussels, Belgium | 10 | Best bass |
| Itchy Poopzkid | Mannheim, Germany | 11 | |
| Desert Rain | Dortmund, Germany | 12 | |

### 2001

| Finalist Band | City/Country | Place | Prize |
| Willowtree | Stockholm, Sweden | 1 | Winning band |
| Sincere | Brussels, Belgium | 2 | 2nd band |
| Morris | Copenhagen, Denmark | 3 | Best song |
| Sore! | Hamburg, Germany | 4 | Best guitar |
| Mindjuice | Munich, Germany | 5 | Best guitar |
| Athenais | Montpellier, France | 6 | Best singer |
| Pimate Pookie | Hannover, Germany | 7 | Best show |
| Thaibnakkel | Frankfurt, Germany | 8 | Best bassist |
| Deadline | Munich, Germany | 9 | |
| Tiger Fernandez | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | 10 | |
| 13 Ampsun | London, UK | 11 | |
| Big-Tingsagwan | Paris, France | 12 | Best drummer |
| Free Fall | Dortmund, Germany | 13 | Best bassist |
| 330 Mle | Vienna, Austria | 14 | |
| Zero Tre | Florence, Italy | 15 | |
| Rearview | Cologne, Germany | 16 | |
| Frozen Peas | Zurich, Switzerland | 17 | |
| Introdusco | Milan, Italy | 18 | |
| Variety | Karlsruhe, Germany | 19 | Best bassist |
| Drew | Rome, Italy | 20 | |

### 2000

| Finalist Band | City/Country | Place |
| Altzheima | Karlsruhe, Germany | — |
| Zen | Rome, Italy | — |
| Big Bang | Paris, France | — |
| L.D.C. | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | — |
| The Oujia Problem | London, UK | — |
No places were awarded this year.