The national panel is basically similar year to year, and basically the same panel judges the bodybuilding nationals as the figure nationals. To qualify to be a national level judge, you have to test at national level. And since figure is so new, the national level judges have basically gotten to be national level judges by testing the bodybuilding shows of the past.Originally Posted by ScorpioChiq
Obviously that is flawed in many ways - but it hurts the figure girls more than the bodybuilders since at least most of the panel are qualified based on proving themselves as good bodybuilding judges. There should be a seperate figure/fitness/bikini vs. bodybuilding panel for sure, at that level at least. But then there would still be the problem at local/procincial shows.
It's too bad - although it is what it is. I am quite sure they will be seperate events next year, but still, the national level judges for figure should strictly be high level figure/bikini/fitness athletes, or at least individuals who really have an eye for it and who follow the sport religiously. Same idea with bodybuilding judges, however I think that is basically true of most judges (ie, they follow bodybuilding religiously)
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