These are the thirteen national winners who will battle it out during the ultimate drum final:

Tiago de Souza is Brazil's Drummer of Tomorrow. Carlos Andres Baro Sepulveda won the finals in Chile. Chris Lawson is the Australian Mapex Drummer of Tomorrow winner for 2012. All the way from China comes Wei Bin. Paul Rosi represents France. Andreas Goeschl was voted Drummer of Tomorrow in Germany. Muhammad Iqbal was winner in Indonesia. Riccardo Speca was chosen as Italy's Drummer of Tomorrow. Wojtek Sitnik won in Poland. Paco Casas is Spain's champion. And Cheng Sun will represent Taiwan. Will Stokes was chosen as UK's champion. Michael Davila was announced the US winner.

Check out all world finalists in this video:

For the world final, each contestant will perform one 4-minute song with a live band (selected from a song list provided a month prior to the world final), in addition to one drum solo of a duration not exceeding 3 minutes. For their drum solo, contestants are permitted to bring their own preprogrammed loop to play along to (if required).

Contestants will be judged by a panel of judges who have significant experience and substantial knowledge in drumming.

The winner of the competition will receive a Mapex Black Panther Kit (either a Black Panther Blaster Kit or a Black Panther Velvetone Kit), a two-year Mapex endorsement contract plus a week's tuition in Musician's Institute in LA plus full return tickets and a week's accommodation.