I agree with Bailin. I don't have any problem with Jason judging categories that he hasn't entered, and have someone else judge the categories he IS entered in. The problem is if he ends up in contention for the top prize. None of the judges know who has entered each tank (unless they've seen it before, in which case we just need to trust them to judge fairly and honestly anyway) because the names are not revealed until the very end. I suppose we could do something like, if he DID end up in contention for the top prize, then he bow out of picking the over-all winner, and the other judges make that call. Same would be true of Phil, if he judged the categories that Jason was competing in, but he was competing in Biotopes... If he was one of the top two contenders in Biotopes, he would have to sit out the final decision making round. I think that would work, what do the rest of you think? Karen _______________________________________________ AGA-Contest mailing list AGA-Contest@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-contest