Groups

Groups allow you to split a round into multiple sub-groups. Typical scenario: a preliminary round with 8 participants, divided into 2 groups. The best performer from each group advances, plus an optional wildcard.

When Are Groups Useful?

• Preliminary rounds with many participants where not everyone should compete against each other
• Parallel groups when you want to break the evening into blocks
• Advancement scenarios where the best from each group plus optional wildcards advance to the final

Enable Groups

You configure groups in the lineup editor when creating or editing a round (only possible in draft status).

1. Open the lineup editor
2. Enable the groups toggle in the header
3. Two groups are created automatically
4. Adjust the number. Maximum 3 groups per round. A group must not be larger than half of all participants in the round.
5. Move the group dividers by drag-and-drop to determine which performers belong to which group

Each performer gets a colored group badge (G1, G2, G3).

Configure Advancement

When groups are active, you can define how many performers advance overall:

• Advance: total number of people who advance from this round
• Wildcards: additional slots awarded to the best remaining performers across all groups

Advancement Criteria

Criterion	Description
Top per group	Distributed evenly. Each group sends the same number of performers through. Any remaining spots go as wildcards to the best non-advancers.
Top per group + wildcards	Top 1 per group, the rest as wildcards (the best across all groups).

Wildcards

Wildcards are the "best losers." For example, if 3 people should advance and there are 2 groups, the best performer from each group advances. The third spot goes to the person with the best result among the remaining performers from all groups.

Ties with Groups

With groups, there are two types of ties:

1. Within a group: Two performers in the same group have identical scores. This is handled like a normal tiebreaker.
2. Cross-group: A tie at the wildcard cutoff between performers from different groups. This is only shown after all ties within groups have been resolved.

The final overall ranking can only be displayed once all open ties (within and across groups) have been resolved or accepted.

Feature Guests in Groups

Feature guests can be assigned to a group (e.g. for a performance during the break between Group 1 and Group 2). However, they are completely excluded from advancement and tie detection.

Limitations

• Groups can only be configured in draft status. In live mode, they are locked.
• Maximum 3 groups in the interface (the color palette supports 3)
• Each group must have at least 2 performers
• Group names are not customizable. The label is always "Group 1", "Group 2", etc.

On the Display

When groups are active, the live display shows results grouped. The final overall ranking marks who advances and who moves up as a wildcard.