The UK Beatbox Championships (UKBC) are hosted every year in London, England. This historic annual all-day event, which brings together the country's top beatbox artists for gladiatorial knock-out of face to face beatbox battles, in five different categories solo, female, team, loopstation and under-18. The 2019 UK Beatbox Championships was held on 23 and 24 November 2019.
History
The UK Beatbox Championships are one of the major tournaments in British Hip Hop music scene, and has been held at various venues in its history that include the Scala at Kings Cross, the O2 Academy Islington, the Garage, Highbury the Grand Theatre, Clapham, London and the Battersea Arts Centre The first ever UK Beatbox Championship took place in 2005 in London, England, hosted by UK Beatbox Championships. Qualification for the UK Beatbox Championships consists of geographical heats held around Britain, which are contested from February through to June in London(South-east), Bristol (South-West) (Bristol heats), Nottingham (Midlands) and Liverpool (North). Beatboxing is the art of producing percussion, rhythm and musical sounds using only parts of the human body, namely the mouth, lips, tongue, vocal cords, nasal passage and throat. The event attracts around 1000 spectators and is live streamed to around 90 countries globally. A panel of highly respected judges include former winners and international judges from the beatboxing fraternity. The judges listen for originality, musical composition, technique, clarity, complexity, timing, rhythm, flow, and performance. They look for witty response in battle, ingenuity, endurance and intelligence.
In 2020, because of the Covid-19 Pandemic, the UKBB championships were successfully held online, the judges included Chiwawa, Chris Selez, D-Low, Kim, Sizzler, Frosty, Inkie and Rythmind.
Timeline
2005 UKBB inaugural event won by Faith FSX. The tournament was sponsored in the early years by Vauxhall, since then the sponsor has been Relentless energy drink and Popbox. The winners of each title qualify for the Beatbox Battle World Championship in Berlin. 2006 - Solo was won by Beardyman 2007 - Solo was won by Beardyman 2008 - Solo was won by MC Zani 2009 - Solo was won by Reeps One 2010 - Solo was won by Reeps One 2011 - Solo was won by Ball-Zee 2012 - Male Solo was won by Ball-Zee 2012 - A solo event for ladies was introduced and was won by Grace Savage. 2012 - A team event was introduced and was won by Illbits. 2013 - Solo was won by Ball-Zee 2013 - Solo Female was won by Grace Savage 2013 - Team event was won by Illbits 2014 - Solo was won by Contirx 2014 - Solo Female was won by Bellatrix 2014 - Team event was won by Illbits 2014 - Loopstation was introduced and was won by Hobbit. 2014 - An Under 18 tournament was introduced and was won by D-Low. 2015 - Solo was won by D-Low 2015 - Solo Female was abolished as a category 2015 - Team Category was won by all female beatbox team BURD (Bellatrix and Grace Savage) 2015 - Loopstation was won by OxBox. 2015 - Under 18 was won by RedBeard 2016 - Solo was won by D-Low 2016 - Team Category was won by all female beatbox team BURD (Bellatrix and Grace Savage) 2016 - Loopstation was won by Bellatrix 2016 - Under 18 was won by Frosty 2017 - Solo was won by Frosty 2017 - Team Category was won by Kotcha 2017 - Loopstation was won by Balance 2017 - Under 18 was won by Epos 2018 - Solo was won by D-Low 2018 - Team Category was won by Kotcha 2018 - Loopstation was won by Balance 2018 - Under 18 was won by Jeddzino 2019 - Solo was won by ABH 2019 - Team Category was won by A-Cloud 2019 - Loopstation was won by Frosty 2019 - Under 18 was won by Kyleeshvns 2020 - Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, only the Solo and Loopstation events went ahead and were held online. 2021 2022