I wonder why the judges' individual score sheets for each performance, with scores for each of the four categories and related comments, for the Panorama finals, are not published for the public record!. Seems to me that this transparency would improve public understanding of the judging system as well as public confidence in the results (perhaps).
Seems like a simple chart of these scores, with judges identified only as Judge 1, Judge 2 etc, could be posted on-line subsequent to the Finals.
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Lloyd, I don't think any band in the competition will want other bands in the same competition to know their comments or a breakdown of the total score of 274,especially when you have a judge(s) saying very good for something like rhythm and giving 9 and the same judge saying very good for rhythm to another band and giving 7.5 Situations like this exist.
Simple, it would just cause more arguing. The judges decision is final.
You are probably correct, Patrick. Revealing the individual judges' scores would create more argument (argument is not a stranger to Panorama anyway). At the very least, Pan Trinbago should post the totals of the judges' scores (i.e added together) for each band in each of the four categories. It would be insightful to know how each band ranks in each category.