Since 2024, the UK Beatbox Championships (UKBC) have been hosted every year in Bristol, England. Prior to 2024, they have been held in London. 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 2025 UK Beatbox Championships was held on 20 and 21 November 2025 at Trinity Center. A new international battle clock competition was held to celebrate 20 years of UK Beatboxing Championships during the 2025 championships.

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 Celiz, D-Low, Kim, Sizzler, Frosty, Inkie and Rythmind. The UKBB championships were unsuccessful in receiving their arts council England funding application 2022 and was unable to hold another event until 2024.

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. 2020 – Solo and Loopsation were won by Epos 2024 – Solo was won by Bass Ventura 2024 – Loopstation was won by Har-V 2024 – Under 18 was won by Deity 2024 – Team Category was won by Throwback

UKBC Historical results 2005 to present SoloYearChampionRunner-upSemi-FinalistSemi-FinalistVideo/Reference2005Faith FSX BeardymanMC ZaniDr Badfunk 2006Beardyman Pikey EsquireFozDr Rhythm 2007Beardyman MC ZaniBellatrixTalisman 2008MC Zani Reeps OneLippicoolThePetebox 2009Reeps One ThePeteboxLaythBig Taj 2010Reeps One HobbitLaythYasson 2011Ball-Zee Reeps OneHobbitBeatfox 2012Ball-ZeeBeatFoxExperimentalGriff 2013Ball-Zee HobbitMinamusRaw Element 2014Contrix HobbitABHBig Taj 2015Contrix BeatFoxTrey QuaCull 2016D-Low ABHContrixBeatfox 2017FrostyD-LowABHRenegrade 2018D-LowFrostyBeatFoxGraycloud 2019 ABH Bass Ventura Kimmybeatbox Epos 2020EposX-FlawzW1shShiro2024Bass VenturaGraycloudMadzEpos2025EposAspiePyeTMY

WomenYearChampionRunner-upSemi-FinalistSemi-FinalistVideo/Reference2012 WomenGrace Savage Dana McKeon – – 2013 WomenGrace Savage Dana McKeonMC LycanNess 2014 WomenBellatrix BeBoxDirty Gut BucketJ9 2015 WomenEvent abolished – – –

TeamsYearChampionRunner-upSemi-FinalistSemi-FinalistVideo/Reference2012 TeamsIllBits Minamus & Raw Element – – 2013 TeamsIllBits Minamus & CrumpetsTyTe & BevisSoundByts & Feman 2014 TeamsIllBits ABH & ContrixMicB & SubsonicGrace Savage & Bellatrix 2015 TeamsBURD ABH & ContrixA-CloudThe Foosa 2016 TeamsBURD A-CloudWavelessABH & Contrix 2017 TeamsKotcha A-CloudUltragradeBPM 2018 TeamsKotchaA-CloudBPMIntensifree 2019 Teams A-Cloud K-A-Pow Throwback Bassacre 2020 Teams Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2024 TeamsThrowbackKa-pow!HushFunkstep2025 TeamsChuchidKa-Pow!Weights N WokThrowback

LoopstationYearChampionRunner-upSemi-FinalistSemi-FinalistVideo/Reference2013 LoopstationHobbitMr Phormula – –2014 LoopstationHobbit OxboxRam ZMr Phormula 2015 LoopstationOxbox Ram ZFrackMotormouf 2016 LoopstationBellatrix Heavy TrebleOxboxMotormouf 2017 LoopstationBalance D-LowFrostyBowl 2018 Loopstation Balance Oxbox Frosty D-Low 2019 Loopstation Frosty Guuru Oxbox TMY 2020 Loopstation Epos TMY Clockworx Domtapper 2024 LoopstationHar-VObjektTMYReload2025 LoopstationFrostyEposTMYTomker

Under 18YearChampionRunner-upSemi-FinalistSemi-FinalistVideo/Reference2014 Under 18sD-Low Redbeard ScorchFrostyFX 2015 Under 18sRedbeard Lewie GEposScorch 2016 Under 18sFrosty EposMaishDroplet 2017 Under 18sEpos MaishSonorousCrocs 2018 Under 18sJeddzinoW1shSonorousMozzie 2019 Under 18s Kyle ESHvans Mozzie Chewis Marcus Bush 2020 Under 18s Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2024 Under 18sDeityAlxieHiddenTax2025 Under 18sIzenExotixAlxieHidden

References

External links UK Beatbox Championships on facebook Swissbeatbox.com – World's largest Beatbox Platform Beatboxbattle.tv – Organizer of the World Beatbox Championship Humanbeatbox.com – One of the first Beatboxing Online-Communities