WA Grand Finalists - Storm The Stage

hi Congrats to the finalists. i wasn't there on sunday, but i heard from some people that the judges weren't very qualified? i think the people behind this event should be congratulated for getting it going. but surely to make it a top class event in the future can't they get full time industry professionals to judge at the semi finals stage? I think it would give the event far more cred. Did they try to get people like Tom Gutteridge or Marcelle Scmitz and were knocked back? If so, that's a surprising pity. I was told that one of the judges knew one of the finalists well, and had trained them in the past. I'd like to know what other people thought of the judges. What do other people think?