How often do you agree with the Judges decisions?
Hello. I am fairly new to Barbershop. I’ve been listening to the society and internationals for going on about 3 years now. I have listened to the livestreams for 2 years. I am always impressed with the quality of singing that comes out during the competition. So I’m always surprised to see the listing of quartets advance to the next rounds. I am a musician so I can hear when some quartets aren’t going to advance but there are sometimes where I listen to a quartet in the quarter finals and am surprised they didn’t even sniff the 20. And don’t get me started on the chorus competitions. I’m completely at a loss for who even wins those! I know singing in essence is art so it’s quite subjective. However, the scoring in BHS seems to be operate quite objectively(or as objective as possible). Given that objectively I’m curious to know how often many long standing barber shoppers tend to agree with the judges.If there are any on Reddit please let me know whether you do. Also, please let me know what to be listening for when watching these competitions because I love music and I want to understand the essence of Barbershop and what makes champions from a world of greats!