Radio BurgerFuel’s Battle of the Bands
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After the success of last year, we’re back again with Radio BurgerFuel’s Battle of the Bands, powered by JB Hi-Fi. We had some epic entries, but the Top 5 were selected to battle it out at BurgerFuel HQ, before the winning performance crowned Radio BurgerFuel x JB Hi-Fi Battle of the Bands 2025 champion!

Our five finalists were:

Adoneyen

ICE

Th' Goodside

Fan Club

And...Nel

The prize

The winner of Radio BurgerFuel's Battle of the Bands will score the Ultimate Musician Starter Pack*:

- $5,000 cash for the band
- $1000 JB HI-FI voucher
- A year's supply of BurgerFuel for each member
- A spot to play at BurgerFuel’s Friday Night Bites, a BurgerFuel Head Office exclusive event
- Your music featured on Radio BurgerFuel’s Playlist, streaming to 61 stores nationwide for the year and in JB HI-FI stores nationwide
- Promotion via BurgerFuel’s socials and blog series - promoted to the masses.

PLUS, WE'LL CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS A PRODUCED MUSIC VIDEO, powered by Radio BurgerFuel and JB Hi-Fi

THE JUDGES PANEL

Ladi6 – iconic New Zealand recording artist with many awards under belt, including Best Female Solo Artist and Best Urban Hip Hop Album at the 2011 New Zealand Music Awards

Jared Wrennall - Lead vocalist of NZ's alternative rock group Dead Favours and was previously a part of the Grammy Award-nominated punk band Steriogram

DJ Scissorhands – DJ and Producer, including Radio BurgerFuel resident DJ and Cut Class Scratch Tutor

Lee Densem – Radio BurgerFuel founder and Minister of Sound. Lee also has an extensive background in radio broadcasting

Karl Lock - JB Hi-FI Music, Games and Movie Manager has seen 3000+ bands play live and knows what it takes to make it big in NZ

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AND THE WINNERS ARE...

FAN CLUB!

CHECK OUT WHAT WENT DOWN...

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