Grand Beatbox Battle 2016

GBB 2016 Poster with all the participants

The **Grand Beatbox Battle 2016 (GBB 2016)** was a beatbox competition that took place between March 4th - March 5th, 2016, in Basel, Switzerland. This competition consisted of three categories **(Solo, Tag-Team and Loopstation)**.

It was the **first time that the Tag-Team category** was implemented in the history of **GBB**.

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 4-minute presentation (Showcase), where the judges evaluated whether he is fit for the second round. The 4 best beatboxers 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 90 seconds each.

### Tag-Team

Similar to Solo, the teams make a 4-minute presentation, where the 4 best couples 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 90 seconds each.

### Loopstation

All competitors go directly to the knockout stage, where there are quarterfinals, semifinals and finals. In each battle, the competitors have 2 rounds of 3 minutes.

## Participants and Judges

### Solo

***Judges:** Alem, Skiller, ZeDe, Reeps One, Beelow, Mando*

### Tag-Team

 Mad Twinz
 Power Couple
 Polyrhythm
 Spider Horse

* *All the teams were **invited.***

***Judges:** Alem, Skiller, ZeDe, Reeps One, Beelow, Mando*

### Loopstation

 Ibarra
 Gon
 Wawad

***Judges:** Alem, Skiller, ZeDe, Reeps One, Beelow, Mando*

## Results

### Solo

#### First Round

The 4 beatboxers classified to advance to the next round were: ***Gene, NaPoM, Babeli, Kenny Urban***

### Tag-Team

The 4 teams qualified for the knockout stage were: **Mad Twinz, Cosmik Storm, Spider Horse, Fabulous Wadness.**

## Grand Beatbox 7toSmoke Battle 2016

It is a competition that celebrates on the last day of the GBB. This competition is free, this means that anyone who wants to enter can do it. The winner of the competition has a guaranteed quota for GBB 2017. This consists of two stages:

### First stage

All participants have to show that they are qualified for the next round and for this, they have a minute of presentation. The 8 best presentations go to the next round.

### Second stage

It is very similar to the King of the Hill of the Break-dance competition. The one that was qualified as the best presentation is placed as the "king", while the other 7 participants form a line (from 2nd to 8th in order) and they try to defeat him in a single-round of a minute for each participant. For each battle you won, a point is added and if it manages to defeat the "king", it takes its place. The loser goes to the end of the line again waiting for his turn. It should also be noted that there is a maximum of 28 battles. The winner of the tournament is who gets first 7 points or he has more points at the end of the 28 battles (in the latter case, when there is a tie, a battle is made between these two).

### Results

 **Alexinho** is the winner of the **7thSmoke 2016** and has a guaranteed quota to the **GBB 2017** after beating  **Kenny Urban in battle #20 and reaching 7 points.**