Rules

Rules

Universal Wildcard Rules

Please note: You must be 14+ to be legible to compete

The deadline for all Wildcards is now 30th April

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SUBMIT YOUR WILDCARDS VIA THE COMPETE BUTTON BELOW AND FILL OUT THE FORM

  • Your Wildcard must be uploaded and public on YouTube.

  • Your video must be recorded in 480p quality minimum.

  • Your video must be recorded in a Landscape format.

  • Your Face must be fully visible throughout the duration of your Wildcard.

  • Mixing and Mastering is allowed but we may need access to the raw audio in some cases.

  • You must start your Wildcard with: “My name is (Insert stage name), this is my Wildcard for the Motion Beatbox Battle 2026 (insert your category).

  • Your Wildcard video must have “Motion Beatbox Battle 2026 Wildcard (Insert Category Here)” At either the start or the end of the video title. 

    Examples: 

    Song name - Artist name (Motion Beatbox Battle 2026 (Insert Category) Wildcard)

    OR

    (Motion Beatbox Battle 2026 (Insert Category) Wildcard) Song name - Artist name

  • In the description of your video you must list all of your equipment that you used and if applicable the people who mixed, mastered and edited your Wildcard.

Examples:

Audio Equipment: Phones built in microphone.

Video Equipment: Phones built in camera.

Mastered by: Myself

Edited by: Myself

Solo Wildcard Rules

  • Your Wildcard must be anywhere between 1.45 - 2.00 minutes, it is up to your personal choice, as long as it is between those times it will be an acceptable entry.

  • Your video must be one complete take from start to finish, no cuts of any kind.

  • Solo: EQ, Compression (including Multiband Compression), and reverb is allowed.

  • Noise removers to remove hissing and humming sounds from the audio background is allowed.

Loopstation Wildcard Rules

  • Your wildcard can be anywhere between 3.5-4 minutes long anywhere in between is fine and will be judged.

  • Single device only, either:

    RC505 MK1/2

  • Cables are permitted in order to unlock another level of the Loopstation if desired

  • All inputs into the Loopstation must be produced by only your body/mouth

  • Pre records are not permitted

  • We may need a Raw file of either your audio and video recordings, so please keep them saved in case of this.

  • In your wildcard we will need to be able to see the wires plugged into your Loopstation in order to assure fair play.

  • In the description of your video you must list all of your equipment that you used and if applicable the people who mixed, mastered and edited your Wildcard.

TagTeam Wildcard Rules

  • Your Wildcard must be anywhere between 1.50 - 2.10 minutes, it is up to your personal choice, as long as it is between those times it will be an acceptable entry.

  • Your video must be one complete take from start to finish, no cuts of any kind.

  • Mixing and Mastering is allowed but we may need access to the raw audio in some cases.

  • Solo: EQ, Compression (including Multiband Compression), and reverb is allowed.

  • Noise removers to remove hissing and humming sounds from the audio background is allowed.

Producer Wildcard Rules

  • Your wildcard can be between 03:00 - 3:30 minutes long.

  • Everything in the Wildcard must be sourced or triggered vocally 

  • No pre-records are allowed

  • No limit on “second devices”

  • All MIDI devices are allowed