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Rock Eisteddfod judges corrupt?

Wed, 19 Sept 2001, 11:12 am
Gilly17 posts in thread
This is aimed to any of us that were involved with or viewed the Rock Eisteddfod Grand Final. The results stand as followed:

1. John Septimus Roe
2. Como
3. Perth Modern
4. Willetton
5. Mandurah Combined

To many of us involved with the schools production found these results rather suprising.

For the record, all my comments are not biased and I will not name my school for various reasons.

The general thought backstage was that Padbury (Harry Potter) and Yanchep (just a wish away from home) deserved places 1 and 2 respectively. Ocean Reef (Cobacabana) was of outstanding quality and also deserved to be in the top 5. Mandurah was thought to place higher, but 5th is a reasonable place. Willetton was alright, they deserved 4th and probably could have been beaten by Mandurah and other schools. Perth Modern was good, they always have been and always will be good so they deserved 3rd. Como: don't get me wrong, I loved their performance but the sets and costumes didn't really deserve 2nd. Watching the production during rehearsals you get to the finale and think "Finally, some colour in the performance!". And John Septimus Roe, simple idea and did a bloody good job of it, but most of us didn't think they deserved 1st place.
The performers choice award: who decides that? If the performers do, the only people they must of asked is the people from Como because I and most other schools would not say Como.

Hopefully there is a judge on this page that can answer this posting and shead some light on the situation. Comments?

How is it all judged and how did you get these results?

Cheers,
Alan Gill

RE: Rock Eisteddfod judges corrupt?

Sun, 23 Sept 2001, 01:31 pm
I agree. The experience isn't about winning, it's about having fun and all of that. But I'm not "mad" that my school did not win, I'm just trying to comprehend the judges decisions. Sometimes you can never figure them out. Who knows, the judging criteria maybe really obscure to the ones that we have as performers. It also helps schools to know that the judges are looking for so that they can plan their schools performance better.

Cheers
Alan

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