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What Is slam-voting.com?

slam-voting.com is a live scoring system for poetry slams and similar stage competitions. It helps organizers assign scores in real time and display results on a public screen (projector, TV, or smartphone).

What Can the System Do?

  • Jury scoring with a configurable score range and optional drop scoring
  • Applause ranking as an alternative to a jury
  • Live display via PIN, letting the audience follow results in real time on their own device
  • Tiebreaker procedures for tied scores (5 different methods)
  • Group divisions within a round (e.g. a preliminary round with groups A, B, C)
  • Feature guests, performances that are excluded from the rankings
  • Multiple rounds per competition with an overall ranking across all rounds

Who Is slam-voting.com For?

The system is designed for:

  • Hosts and organizers of poetry slams
  • Cultural organizations that regularly run stage competitions
  • Schools and universities with their own slam formats

How Do I Get Started?

  1. Create an account, registration and team setup
  2. Your first competition, ready to go in 5 minutes
  3. Set up the display, generate a PIN and start the live view