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@NicolasREMY Watching the live judging for Best in Show, there was some avoidable confusion for the judges which resulted in my image receiving two different scores.

2:20 – My score 48 ie 6, 6, 5, 6, 8, 9,
9

3:00 – My score 46 ie 6, 6, 5, 6, 7, 9,
7

Due to the confusion, my image lost 2 points on the second pass.

In this particular competition, this point discrepency would have made no difference, as the
winning image for Best in Show scored 65 points.

However in a closer competition, it
could have been the difference between winning and losing Best
Picture of the Year.

I’m wondering whether this might be
useful feedback to the organisers so that any future judging
process can be streamlined to avoid any such discrepency.

Such issues in the future might lead to Best in Show having to later be retracted if the scoring process can reliably be called into question by those privy to the live judging?

In a competition which promotes 2nd place to first place in the category from which Best in Show is awarded, the reliability of the scoring process at every stage seems especially important.