Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5126335-20170920060048/@comment-5126335-20170922052313

Only two Judge Cuts episodes left until the Quarterfinals.

For the Quarterfinals, this was the idea I had for how we determine who makes it through.

The four main judges AND the four guest judges rank each of the 12 acts. Then we add each acts' placements together and get the average. The five acts with the best average (lowest number in this case) move on, while the middle three face the Dunkin' Save (which the guest judges will vote for again). The four main judges would then choose between the remaining two acts.

I think this could work. However, none of the other judges do. Why not? They think it should just be the four main judges ranking the acts, and getting the average from those four rankings.

If we're not holding a wiki-wide poll to determine who moves on then why not use all eight judges? It's the next closest thing to how the real show works. You don't just have the four main judges deciding who moves on each week.