entry submission info

The UK Beatbox Championships is now celebrating its 20th Anniversary and is recognised for its professional-level competition that brings together talented musicians from across the UK and for the first time in its 20 years, the globe.

As part of the 20-year celebration and with D-low’s creative involvement as artistic director, we will hold an international battle to celebrate beatboxers form around the world and giving them to chance to battle on the UKBC stage.

The competition consisting of part invitation and part wildcard (online submission) entry will be the first time it has happened at the UK Beatbox Championships.

Read all the relevant entry guidelines, record your wildcard and fill out the entry form for the Battle Clock Beatbox Champs International category here.

IMPORTANT – If you do not fill out and submit a entry form this will mean your entry video will not be seen and subsequently not be a valid entry into the competition.

The Battle Clock Beatbox Championships (International Category) will work like this:

There are 4 invitees and (at least) 4 wildcard places available.

20th September 2025 (Day 1)

• Showcase Eliminations of 3 minutes each
• From this a Top 8 ranking will be decided who will go directly into Top 8 (Quarter Final) battles that night

21st September 2025 (Day 2)

• Top 4 (Semi Final) from yesterday’s winners
• Top 2 (Final) battle
• Find out who the Battle Clock Beatbox Champion is!

The “Battle Clock” will works as follows:

As seen very rarely in the beatbox battle scene, this battle format will be using a ‘chess clock’ or ‘buzzer’ to pass the round over to your opponent.

Each battle will consist of 2 minutes of battle time, per battler (4 minutes in total). This 2 minutes can be used however the current battler chooses and they can “buzz” over their round by hitting the button on stage. For example, Beatboxer A could start and use 40 seconds of their 2 minutes (leaving 1 minute 5o seconds left) then “buzz” over to Beatboxer B who uses 1 minute of their 2 minutes and so on until each beatboxer’s 2 minutes is finished. Judges will then vote in the normal judging style.

RULES

There are only 2 rules for this category and these are:

1. You must press the buzzer/button at least once per round (so you must pass the round to your opponent at least once)
2. You can only press the buzzer/button up to a maximum of 6 times

Yes anyone from around the world is permitted to enter and submit an entry.

However, if you are already a participant in the UK Beatbox Championships you will not permitted entry. This is to help keep the whole competition fresh and unique !

If you are chosen to enter the battle you will be responsible for your own entry into the UK and any visa requirements that may be needed for your visit. Important – make sure you will be able to get a visa in time. You can find more info here: https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa

We are of course here to help and can supply invitation/visa support letters to help with the process. If you think you require one or are unsure, please contact us at admin@ukbeatboxchampionships.com so we can discuss with you further.

Anyone can enter but you/they must be 14+ years of age and all persons under the age of 18 either participating or attending the event must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. 

• A guardian will need to be over the age 21.
• All participants under the age of 18 will need to provide a signed participation consent form from a parent or legal guardian. Please contact us for this form.
• A guardian can not be a competitor in the event.
• A guardian cannot be a member of staff from the event or venue, or a member of the organising team. crew or a team volunteer.
• A guardian can only act as guardian for 1 person under the age of 18, this means a 1:1 ratio, 1 guardian for every 1 under 18 individual.
• A guardian will need to provide their full name (as on valid Photo ID), address, contact details, and details of the under 18 person they are acting as guardian for, in advance of the event in order to have their guardian status verified.
• A guardian will need to provide valid photo ID at the event in order for them and the under 18 person they are acting as guardian to be admitted.
• No persons under the age of 18 can be admitted to any event after party. 

Submit a Solo Video Wildcard of up to 1:30 minutes (90 seconds) +/- 5% in length. Not sticking to the length may result in marking your entry down. Your spoken intro to your entry is not included in this time limit.

At the beginning of your Video Submission you must say, “My name is ________ and this is my submission to  Battle Clock Beatbox Championships at UKBC 2025”. Upload your video to YouTube with the title “Your Name – 2025 UKBC – Battle Clock Beatbox Championships”.

Entry videos must be shot live and overdubbing is not allowed. You can use minimal audio fx such as eq, compression and reverb and no automation of any kind is allowed. For more in-depth info on audio processing please read the “Can I process the audio of my entry?” question.

Judges will rank all entries and the Top 4 ranked International Battlers will join the 4 invitees to enter the live Eliminations 20th September 2025. From this a Top 8 will be ranked to enter the battles on 20th & 21st September 2025.

Entries to UK Beatbox Championships may process audio mix after recording under the following rules:

• The following effects processes may be used in the following categories:
  
  • Solo: EQ, Compression (including Multiband Compression) and Reverb.
  • Under 18s: EQ, Compression (including Multiband Compression) and Reverb.
  • Tag Team: EQ, Compression (including Multiband Compression) and Reverb
  • Loopstation: EQ and Compression (including Multiband Compression)
• The use of a noise remover is permitted to remove background noise such as “hissing” from the recording.
• No automation of any kind may be used on the parameters of the effects listed.
  This includes but not limited to:
  
  • Changing parameters over time of the entry.
  • Mixing different sounds with separate settings.
  • Use of AI or computerised automation such as Dynamic EQ or LFO’s. 
• For the Team category, each member of the Team is permitted to use a different microphone and each have different processing (as above stated) applied, however automation is still  strictly not allowed. 
• In the event that the Judges/UKBC team suspects that these rules have not been followed, we will ask for a copy of the raw audio to be sent and may request a meeting with you and/or the engineer who mixed/mastered the audio of the entry.
• If you are found to have not followed these rules, your entry may face disqualification.

Each participant must keep RAW audio files of their demo entry and have these ready to send (if they are requested by the judges).

Please keep these ready until AFTER DEMO SUBMISSION RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT

D-Low 🇬🇧 || Heartzel 🇲🇾 || Zede 🇨🇭

Judging criteria will be based on but not limited to Originality, Musicality, Technicality, Flow/Performance and Stage Presence (live battles only).

For more information on judging criteria examples visit the battle info page here.

All competitors must agree to, complete and sign a Media Release Form prior to the event to be allowed to participate in the live event. Under 18 competitors must get their parent or legal guardian to sign on their behalf.

All competitors must agree to, complete and sign a Code of Conduct form prior to the event to be allowed to participate in the live event. Under 18 competitors must get their parent or legal guardian to sign on their behalf. 

The Code of Conduct can be found here.