Radio BurgerFuel’s Battle of the Bands 
Powered by JB Hi-Fi

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! 

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