You are a judge indeed and I like how you’ve said so much and I must say I have similar thoughts too especially this part.
Let’s keep it going, and please people, some comments on some entries look kind of crazy. Someone will give a really bad performance , hit all kinds of crazy off key notes, and either sing half heartedly or the audio is just absolutely terrible. And then I see their friends and family saying it was an amazing or fantastic performance and they are in love with their voice. Often times I see these comments coming from people who have won before and I don’t think there is anything wrong with encouraging someone but we don’t have to lie to anyone because we don’t want to hurt their feelings.
Like you’ve said, it is good to encourage people but being truthful to them will help them even grow better than lying to them. Most times, I just choose to keep quiet if I know what I’d say might be take the wrong way but it’s funny when I read through other’s comments. 😶
Well, well, it will hopefully get better from here but that is if people read through this post and know where they need to do better. Good luck to those who do. 🤭
Thanks for your insightful comment. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts and siding with this perspective. If people enter a judged competition they should expect to be judged. I am not a Simon Cowell or anything like that, but if I hear something atrocious, I want to say something, but commenting on hundreds of entries telling people what they did wrong is time consuming enough lol
But I think in the coming weeks, I will try and showcase a bit more constructive criticism, but only to those who I think could really appreciate it, others clearly don’t care about any presentation factors and just submit their entries quickly, but if they don’t care about their entry or its sound quality or the volume levels, then I also won’t give much care or thought when reviewing their entry. It works both ways and they get what they put out.
And that’s what I appreciate about knowing someone like you. It has been a motivation on every side to always want to do better.
Although, it hurts sometimes to be told the truth but it is only then that we know that we really have to do better.
It will be nice to always get your constructive criticism and any advice you have too. 🤲