Contestants
Judging Form
As they check-in, each contestant will be given a form with all the
contestants' names listed alphbetically by first name. Their own
name on the sheet will be crossed out because no one will score
themselves.
The contestants will judge one another as each takes the stage to sing.
For each of the three categories, each contestant/judge will simply
circle the score which most accurately reflects their opinioin of each
of their competitors.
In the hypothetical example below, Pat correctly scored each of her
competitors as they
sang, by circling their score in each category and then totalling the
Row.
Vocal talent is only 1/2 the total score. Stage presence and Song
Choice are very important to the overall score.
After everyone sings, all the score sheets will be collected from the
contestants and tabulated.
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In the example above, Amy got a total of 28 points from Pat but in the
spreadsheet below, her
total from all the score sheets is 477.
All the scores from everyone's score sheets will be entered into the
spreadsheet below and each contestant's totals will be calculated.
As you can also see in this example, James is a point behind
Steve
in vocal talent, but beat Steve in overall points by two and qualified
for the finals
because his scores for Song Choice and Stage Presence were both
better. Steve may have had the better voice, but James made the
finals because
of his choice and performance. This is an important point for the
contestants to remember.
Here's a hypothetical version of the tabulation sheet:
All the scores from all the sheets are loaded into this tabulation grid
and the math is done automatically. As you can see in the above
example, ARIE has the highest Vocal Talent score, but didn't finish in
the top three while Josh came in first place because his song choice
and stage presence were stronger. While these results are not
typical, the example shows that it CAN happen.
This is why we stress that picking the right song and having great
stage presence are SO important! Each contestant should consider
these factors when choosing their song.
Again, the results above are completely ficticious and in no way
reflect any possible outcome for the actual competition.
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