Kirkland Bodie
Bahamas National Finals

Stroy
Czech Republic National Finals

Winners of the The Race from each country* or continent will go directly to the World Final as their country's representative. The World Final happens in a different country every year.

GBOB is The Global Battle of the Bands - the worldwide music competition for bands playing their own songs, live - having reached over 50,000 musicians in 45 countries for 15 years. Live Competitions happen in different countries around the world, and the winners will go to the GBOB World Final.

* If there are too few participants in one country, they will be regrouped and compete with bands from another country. This will happen until there are enough number of bands in a group of countries. Winner in the group of countries will still represent his home country in the World Final.

Every week and month, we feature the best songs and videos from different categories.

Judges, Panel Voters and A&R in The Race and in GBOB are the Staff and Guest Industry Professionals from different areas of both the Indie and Mainstream Music Industry. Top bands will also win extra prizes from Partners and Sponsors later.

Past jugdes in GBOB include Steve Lillywhite, Jime Lowe (Grammy-winning Producers), Glenn Matlock (Sex Pistols), Kee Marcello (Europe), Ben Adams (A1), and more. Previous partners of GBOB around the world include MTV, Redbull, Converse, more.

GBOB World Finalists
World Finals in Thailand

RULES & GUIDELINES

You can send videos, do the challenges below, anytime before the end of the Race. Are you ready?