Which boy band is the best?
Billboard’s 2020 Boy Band Battle will pit 32 boy bands against each other in 5 rounds of tournament-style play. The bracket begins with 32 “teams” in 16 matchups.
Go here to cast your votes! (Click on the vote button, enter your email, and make your choices. You will be allowed to vote 10 times per round.)
Participants and matchups were determined through an editorial committee and only include bands that have been active in the past 30 years — sorry, that means no Beatles or Jackson 5.
Round 1 voting opens at 1 p.m. ET Nov. 18 and closes at 1 p.m. ET on Nov. 25.
Round 2 begins at 1:01 p.m. ET on Nov. 25 and closes at 1 p.m. ET on Dec. 2.
Round 3 begins at 1:01 p.m. ET Dec. 2 and closes at 1 p.m. ET on Dec. 9
The semi-finals begin at 1:01 p.m. ET Dec. 9 and closes at 1 p.m. ET on Dec. 16
The finals begin at 1:01 p.m. ET Dec 16 and closes at 1 p.m. ET on Dec. 23, when a winner will be declared.
See the full list of first round matchups below:
BTS vs. Why Don’t We?
NSYNC vs. Westlife
Jonas Brothers vs. The Wanted
Super Junior vs. Aventura
CNCO vs. B2K
Boyz II Men vs. Day26
98 Degrees vs. New Edition
EXO vs. 2Gether
NCT 127 vs. Seventeen
Menudo vs. Monsta X
Hanson vs. 112
5 Seconds of Summer vs. Color Me Badd
BigBang vs. All 4 One
New Kids on the Block vs. Son By Four
Backstreet Boys vs. Take That
One Direction vs. Piso 21