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Jury Scoring

Jury scoring is the classic scoring system for poetry slams. A fixed number of jurors assigns scores, and the system automatically calculates the average and the rankings.

Setup

When creating a round, select Jury Scoring and configure:

  • Number of jurors, e.g. 5 jurors
  • Score range, minimum and maximum (e.g. 1 to 10)
  • Drop scoring: drop the highest and/or lowest score (optional)

Drop Scoring

Drop scoring is a proven method to balance out outliers:

  • Drop the highest: the highest individual score is ignored
  • Drop the lowest: the lowest individual score is ignored
  • Drop both: both the highest and lowest are ignored

Dropped scores are shown with a strikethrough on the display so the audience can follow the process.

Live Entry

During the event, you enter scores live:

  1. Open the live view of your round
  2. Select the current performer
  3. Enter the scores per juror (J1, J2, J3, ...)
  4. The final score is calculated automatically

Jury scoring table with drop scores

Scorekeeper Lock

To prevent multiple people from entering scores at the same time, there is a lock: only one scorekeeper can be active per competition at a time. The lock is automatically assigned when you open the live view. When you leave the live view or close the tab, the system releases the lock. How to manually release or hand over the lock is described in the Live Controls.

Score Calculation

The final score is calculated as follows:

  1. All juror scores are collected
  2. Optionally: the highest/lowest score is dropped
  3. The average of the remaining scores is the final score

Example

5 jurors give: 7, 8, 6, 9, 7

  • Without drop scoring: average = 7.4
  • With drop scoring (highest + lowest): drop 9 and 6, average of 7, 8, 7 = 7.33

Locking Scores

After all jurors have submitted their scores, the score for a performer is locked. From this point on, the scores can no longer be changed (except by an admin reset). This ensures that results are final.

Ties

If two or more performers have exactly the same final score, a warning automatically appears with options for a tiebreaker.