I think being a judge is a skill like anything else. If, like in Jivemasters, you have 4 criteria to vote for then you must adhere to this - a lot of people seem to find this difficult to do.
You need to not care if the couple you are judging are ex-psychotic girlfriends or your mum or your best mate dancing with your wife or the members of bleedin Westlife (gits).
You also need patience to wait to the end and write down your marks. (or possibly write them in pencil or on another piece of paper till you decide on the "final" marks)
You must also resist the temptation to alter the marks based on some other criteria after you've written them down
i.e. "Oh i have it as a draw but really they were better!" Or "I'll give her more marks now cos she has fantastic...hair!"
Realise there is nothing difficult about couples being "about the same" you make your decision, if they are all equal, fine, other judges will disagree with you anyway.
If you are reading this and you find any of that difficult, then you're simply a poor judge - don't do it again, Ill willingly follow you to such competitions with a cattle prod to "remind you" that touching a voting form is forbidden
....anyway, just shout abuse* at the people taking part instead
* Oi Amir you suck....oh its not Amir, its Victor...oh hang on, my glasses were set to negative.
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