judging panel
Competition scoring body
A judging panel is a group assembled to evaluate contestants, submissions, or performances in a competition.
The panel typically includes experts or authorities whose collective judgment determines winners: The judging panel awarded first place to the documentary.
In talent shows, the judging panel often provides commentary and scores throughout the competition.
- juryLegal decision-making body
- scoresAchieves points; many
- score cardsForms recording points earned
- talent showAmateur performance contest
- reality TVFilmed unscripted programming
deliberation · final decision · verdict · critique · tough crowd · evaluation · audition · competition · talent · ratings · feedback · harsh criticism · Simon Cowell · golden buzzer · buzzers · scorecards · elimination · auditorium
- Cooking Showscooking shows, Top Chef, Iron Chef, Hell's Kitchen, baking show
- beard contestsfull beard, goatee, handlebar mustache, mutton chops, Fu Manchu
- livestock showsstock show, livestock show, livestock shows, showring, show ring
- ice skatingfigure skating, speed skating, ice dancing, short track, ice rink
- awardsaward, awards, winner, winners, prize
- Fashion Competitionsrunway show, runway shows, catwalk, beauty pageants, pageants
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Competition participants
competitors · participants · candidates · applicants · performers
judging panelaudience
Gathered viewers collectively
spectators · crowd · viewers · onlookers · general public
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