Can you appeal against a judges descision in childrens dancing competitions?

Question

My daughter has recently started entering our local dance competitions. She is only 5 and therefore in the baby section. However we feel she has been misjudged and this didnt come from us as parents but lots of people from the contest have said this on her last 2 occassions of dancing. I just wondered if you could appeal to someone about the judge not being fair or not seeming to allocate points accordingly?
any help here would be appreciated as i am new to this whole thing.
thanx

thanx to those who answered so far, but please read this.
I have never pushed my kids to any thing they dont want do. She dances because she wants to and enjoys it. Me myself I never have and never will want to dance as i am much happier reading a book thank you, so please dont judge me becuase you dont know me.
And also the people who have commented on judges pointsbeing wrong have been other dance teachers.
I dont care if she wins or not I never said she should come first as we are not like that,but i just wondered because of all that was said to me if there was some misjudging with the points thats all.

Answer 1

noo you can't do that, part of dance is to learn what u did wrong and improve and do better on the next, so my advice would be to listen to the judges tapes or comments or what ever and work on it, or try a new studio or choreographer, judges have different tastes for example if your daughter was a tap dancer the judges may be into ballet and modern, but there could be a competition where the judges are really into tap and the dancers who do ballet and modern wont do as good. Another thing to try is a change of costume.

Answer 2

Did she have a good time? At age five, that is really the only issue. Especially in individual sports, the emphasis needs to be on the experience and giving your all, not on results. Out of all the kids in her age group, only one was going home a winner.

When I umpired youth softball and baseball (which have rules parents may be familiar with, unlike dance), there were always parents yelling stuff from the seats. I learned quickly the 90% of what comes from the stands, 50% of what comes from the players, and 10% of what comes from the coaches is just wrong--even in a familiar sport like baseball, most people don't really know the rules and are very quick to see the action how they want to see it. So unless you and the parents you talked with know enough about dancing that they could be competent judges, it doesn't really matter what all of you say. You're probably wrong.

After your edit: If you didn't pay a lot to be in the competition, the judges are probably volunteers. There is definitely a chance they are incompetent. It really doesn't matter and there isn't a lot you can do about it. Have your daughter keep dancing, and as she gets to higher levels of competition, she'll have better judges to perform for. In the state where I fence, we had some issues with directors (referees), and at the annual meeting everyone decided it would be worth paying more to compete so we could bring in dedicated referees, rather than having experienced fencers (competing in the same tournament) direct other fencers in the competition. Maybe you need to pursuade other parents to get better judges, but realize that it will cost you more to participate. For the five year old category, I don't think you'll get much support, but you could try.

Answer 3

SHE IS 5 YEARS OLD! At this age, she should only be worried about having fun. You cannot go against the judge's decision. You yourself said you are new to this whole thing. The people judging are professionals. They have the experience to do this sort of thing, or they wouldn't be doing it. If you don't know anything about dance, how do you know she wasn't judged fairly? You wouldn't try to perform a surgery if you weren't a surgeon, so please don't try to judge a dance performance if you're not a dancer. Also, remember that every judge judges differently. You could perform the same dance in front of 10 different judges and get 10 different results. If you don't like the way they judge at this competition, there are hundreds of other competitions across the country - find a different one! Let your baby enjoy being a baby - they grow up too fast as it is.

Answer 4

If she's only 5, I recon this competition results will have no impact on her future career. Attempts to appeal will make you look bad, that's all. My understanding is that appeals can be made if you think the winner was not qualified to dance in that section (not the right age, or other things like that). Still, sticky business. But if it's only about the skill of competitors - then no. Judges decision is final.

Answer 5

i'm a severe college swimmer (i've got additionally watched many diving rounds for the period of my nevertheless-energetic profession) yet to be completely honest i've got in no way seen a severe college swimmer do a handstand dive; i think of this is only too complicated yet I only had to declare that to get that bias out of ways; all i comprehend approximately handstand dives have come from gazing the Olympics on television. To be completely honest i think it impacts their degree of undertaking slightly yet they could make it much less complicated with regard to issues like what number rotations or somersaults they accomplish that this is quite confusing to tell. A handstand, although, does have extra opportunities for receiving deductions on scores for a whole multitude of motives (incorrect stability, pushing out too a techniques ect.) so as this is probably why handstand dives are finished very not often (each and every diver contained in the around of 20 is had to do a minimum of one handstand dive).

Answer 6

Even if you're not just being maternal, any appeal would certainly appear that way. This is not a great tragedy, and it's best to focus on how well she does, not how well she scores. Later, if this persists, she will learn from it that life is not fair, though she's too young yet for that lesson.

Answer 7

OMG this just shouts out at me....I am living my life through my child's...and only my child is best!
get a life hunny and accept that the winner did win. Your child will feel embarrassed if you start throwing your weight around and being a bad looser. Your child may also feel she has failed you with your disappointed and unsporting attitude.

Praise your child for taking part instead and tell her how proud you are of her...and it;s the taking part that is the most important....


otherwise you are setting your child up to be a bad sport..

Answer 8

Hi my daughter used to do dancing compitions, as you can not go against the judges descision, the best thing to do is to get your daughter to make sure she dances near and infront of the judge, that way she will get noticed more.
I found that at competitons if a child danced behind the judge they would 9/10 not get through to the next round.
You could also have a word with your daughters dance teacher and see what they suggest.

Answer 9

Are you a pushy parent who's trying to live out their dreams through your child ? Do you have a son who, if his football team is losing, you run on to the pitch and assault the referee ? Just let the child have fun & dance; it doesn't matter one iota who "wins" other than in your own mind. Oh, and you don't spell "decision" like that.

Answer 10

suck it up and shake it off. Your child probably wasn't the best.