A Brief History Of "Battle Of The Year"

In 1995 From HereTo Fame GmbH became one of the
promoters of the "Battle Of The Year".

Thomas Hergenröther is responsible for the contents of
the event (dancing crews, DJs, judges, hosts,..) while
FHTF organises the BOTY carries it out.

In summer 1999 Thomas Hergenröther and the main staff of the event split
up with the From HereTo Fame GmbH and founded a new agency with SMO (Münster).
Together they held the event in 2000. SMO is a well known German event agency putting their main emphasis on youth culture and trendsport events like for example the "Münster Monster" - Skateboard Worldchampionships.

Since janurary 2001 the new full event partner is the Backspin Magazine
which now, in association with the "Battle of the Year" Headoffice, is the event organizer.

After the BOTY took place at the EXPO 2000 in Hannover with almost
10.000 attending spectators and artists from all over the world, the BOTY found a new location in 2001: the Volkswagen Halle in Braunschweig. About 9.000 people attended the event 2001. After mostly positive feedback the
organizers managed it to stay in Braunschweig for 2002, 2003, 2004 and
2005!