UK Beatbox Championships 2018

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The **UK Beatbox Championships** 2018 (UKBC 2018) was a national beatbox competition that took place in London, England. This competition consisted of four categories **(Solo, Under 18s, Tag-Team and Loopstation)**.

The participants are classified to the competition by special invitation of the organization or by wildcard.

## Format

### Solo

In the first round, **each participant makes a 90 seconds presentation (Showcase)**, where the judges evaluated whether he is fit for the second round. **The 15 best beatboxers + The last year's champion, move on to the next stage.**

**In the second phase, the 16 beatboxers face off in a knockout stage** with round of 16, quaterfinals, semifinals and finals. The rounds are distributed as follows:

1. ***Round of 16*:** 2 rounds of 60 seconds.
2. ***Quaterfinals & Semifinals*:** 2 rounds of 90 seconds.
3. ***Final*:** 2 rounds of 120 seconds.

### Tag-Team

In the first round, **the teams make a 2-minute presentation**, where **the 3 best couples + The last year's champions** advance to the knockout stage.

**In the second phase, the 4 pairs faced each other in the semifinal and final**, which they have two rounds of 120 seconds each.

### Loopstation

In the first round, **each participant makes a 3-minute presentation (Showcase)**, where the judges evaluated whether he is fit for the second round. **The 3 best beatboxers + the last year's champion**, move on to the next stage.

In the second phase, **the 4 beatboxers face off in a knockout stage** with semifinals and finals. In each battle, the beatboxers have two rounds of 180 seconds each.

### Under 18s

**The 16 beatboxers face off in a knockout stage** with round of 16, quaterfinals, semifinals and finals. The rounds are distributed as follows:

1. ***Round of 16 & Quaterfinals*:** 2 rounds of 60 seconds.
2. ***Semifinals*:** 2 rounds of 90 seconds.
3. ***Final*:** 2 rounds of 120 seconds.

## Participants & Judges

### Solo

* **Frosty** advances directly to the knockout stage, after being **the champion of the last edition.**

### Tag-Team

 A-Cloud
 BPM
 Kotcha
 Tee-Ess

* **Kotcha** advances directly to the knockout stage, after being **the champions of the last edition.**

### Loopstation

 Pelbo
 Balance

* **Balance** advances directly to the knockout stage, after being **the champion of the last edition.**

### Under 18s

 H. Gladstone
 Jaystruction
 Mikro Melody

1. ***Judges (Elimination Round):** BMG, Lexie T & Mad Twinz (Pash & Jayton)*
2. ***Judges (Knockout Stage):** Alexinho, Pepouni & Gene*

## Results

### Solo

#### First Round (Elimination Showcase)

The 16 beatboxers classified to advance to the next round were: **Frosty, Beatfox, Sel, D-Low, Bass Ventura, A-Kam, Graycloud, Maverick, Pye, Madz, Redbeard, Alucard, Xankish, Zerotone, Epos & Tormented Vocals.**

### Tag-Team

#### First Round (Elimination Showcase)

The 4 teams classified to advance to the next round were:  **Kotcha, IntensiFree, BPM & A-Cloud.**

### Loopstation

#### First Round (Elimination Showcase)

The 4 beatboxers classified to advance to the next round were:  **Balance, DJ-Low, Frosty & Oxbox.**