2025 Battles

1. WINNER Southside 1 - The Portals (Port Melb PS)
2. WINNER Southside 2 - The Ripoffs (Ripponlea PS)
3. WINNER Northside 1 - No Hat No Play (Wales St PS)
4. WINNER Northside 2 - The Thornberries (Thornbury PS)
5. WILD CARD Southside - Parental Guidance (St Kilda Park PS)
6. WILD CARD Northside - The 2nd ImPrestons (Preston South PS)

1. Bronte Public - Lost Property
2. Clovelly Public - The Cloey Pick-Ups
3. Bondi Public - Bondinamite
4. Bondi Beach Public - The Distractions
5. Bourke Street Public - Red Hot Chilli Parents

Most tickets sold and recipient of the Incursion Prize:  BONDINAMITE

WINNER: BONDINAMITE

RUNNER-UP: LOST PROPERTY

Judges: 

Jim Finn (Artist - Art vs Science)

Chris Erskine (Senior VP - Marketing & Promotions, Warner Music Australasia)

Emily Albert (Executive Director at Alberts, and Head of Music Education: Right from the Start)

Osher Gunsberg (Media Presenter, Author & Musician)

1. Not Competing - EdAble Org - The Candlesnakes - Special Guest Performance
2. Patterson Lakes PS - The Drop-offs
3. Hampton PS - Kiss n Go
4. Sandringham East PS - Carpool Tunnel Syndrome
5. Sandringham PS - The Sandy Pit

Most tickets sold and recipient of the Ferguson Plarre's Bakehouse Prize:  KISS'n'GO

WINNER: THE DROP-OFFS

Judges: 

Mozë (Artist)

Stephen Raitman (Music Teacher - DEEL)

Fiona Lee Maynard (Artist - Painters and Dockers)

Greg Ratten (Host & Producer - 88.3 SouthernFM show, ROCK-UP! with Ratts)

Andrew Yeaman (PBOB Alumnus - The Ripoffs)

1. Not Competing - MOTHer ROCKers - Mums of the Hills - Special Guest Performance
2. Ferny Creek PS - Permission Slipped
3. Billanook PS - The Sheffield Roadies
4. Emerald PS -The Tall Ones
5. Kallista PS - In General
6. Mt. Dandenong PS - Mt Dandy Warhols

Most tickets sold and recipient of the Ferguson Plarre's Bakehouse Prize:  MT DANDY WARHOLS

WINNER: MT DANDY WARHOLS

RUNNER-UP: IN GENERAL

Judges: 

Roscoe James Irwin (Artist & Musical Director - The Cat Empire)

Jonathan Gay (Owner - Upwey Music)

Mark Gardner (Artist, 3MDR Host & Producer - Brassed Off)

1. Northcote PS - The Nits
2. Fairfield PS - North Side Hustle
3. Preston South - The 2nd ImPrestons
4. Ivanhoe East PS - Lost Property
5. Westgarth PS - The Sick Baes
6. Thornbury PS - The Thornberries

Most tickets sold and recipient of Rock Academy Scholarship:

 THE 2ND IMPRESTONS

Second most tickets sold and recipient of the Ferguson Plarre's Bakehouse Prize:  NORTH SIDE HUSTLE

WINNER: THE THORNBERRIES

RUNNER-UP: NORTH SIDE HUSTLE

Judges: 

Kylie Auldist (Artist, The Bamboos)

Brad Pinto (Artist, CDB)

Miriam Wallace (Wallace Social PR, Freddy Negro)

Carl Pannuzzo (PBOB Alumnus - Westgarth Idol Band/Checkerboard Lounge)

1. Preston West PS - The Quadranglers
2. Richmond PS - Rage Against The Canteen
3. Nth Melb PS - Rock'N'Roll Call
4. Brunswick South PS - No Recess
5. Brunswick East PS - Assembly
6. Wales Street PS - No Hat No Play

Most tickets sold and recipient of Rock Academy Scholarship:

NO HAT NO PLAY 

Second most tickets sold and recipient of the Ferguson Plarre's Bakehouse Prize: THE QUADRANGLERS

WINNER: NO HAT NO PLAY

RUNNER-UP: ASSEMBLY

Judges:

Michael Parisi (Right Hand Management/Vinyl Tap Podcast)

Quan Yeomans (Regurgitator)

Brit Wynne (Artist Booker - Pinnacle Hotel)

Erynn Binns (PBOB Alumnus - Double Denim) 

1. Elwood PS - Naplan Death
2. Ripponlea PS - The Ripoffs
3. Caulfield Junior College - The Apparents
4. St Kilda PS - Primary Scream
5. Albert Park PS - Phat Albert

Most tickets sold and recipient of Rock Academy Scholarship: PRIMARY SCREAM

Second most tickets sold and recipient of the Ferguson Plarre's Bakehouse Prize: THE RIPOFFS

WINNER: THE RIPOFFS

RUNNER-UP: PRIMARY SCREAM

Judges:

Tim Watson (Taxiride)

Martin Boulton (Music Writer & frm. Editor-The Age EG )

Matthew O'Gorman (Triple M's Homegrown / British India)

Michael Burrows (PBOB Alumnus - Buncha Counts / Brand Music)

1. Port Melb PS - The Portals
2. Middle Park PS - The Middle Sparks
3. Galilee CPS - The Late Notes
4. St Kilda Park PS - Parental Guidance
5. Elsternwick PS - Lunchbox 20

Most tickets sold and recipient of Rock Academy Scholarship: THE PORTALS

Second most tickets sold and recipient of the Ferguson Plarre's Bakehouse Prize: PARENTAL GUIDANCE

WINNER: THE PORTALS

RUNNER-UP: THE LATE NOTES

Judges: 

Paulie Stewart (Painters and Dockers)

Jack Howard (Hunters and Collectors)

Fleur Thiemeyer (Legendary Costume Designer to the Stars)

Kyla Davies (PBOB Alumnus - Parental As Anything, 3x Winner)