Rules for the Jury

The 14th International Edvard Grieg Piano Competition

 

First Round

There are 24 qualified candidates participating in the first round. Each juror is requested to conscientiously give a "yes" vote to 12 candidates who will then continue to the second round. In addition to this, the jurors are requested to award points to all 24 candidates as follows: Points shall be given on a scale from 1 to 25 where 25 is the best score, and where the 12 candidates that have received a "yes" vote from a juror to proceed to the second round are awarded from 18 to 25 points by that juror. It is possible to give the same number of points to more than one candidate.

The 12 candidates who receive the highest number of "yes" votes will continue to the second round. In the event of a tie, in which the number of "yes" votes cannot determine which candidate(s) out of two or more with the same amount of votes should continue to the second round, the points will be taken into consideration in the following way: The number of points awarded to the tieing candidates by all jurors will be added up, and the candidate(s) with the highest score(s) will then become one of the 12 candidates continuing to the second round.

In the event of this method resulting in a tie between two or more candidates and thus not being able to determine which candidate(s) shall proceed to the next round, the Chairman of the Jury shall request the jurors to rank the candidates in question by giving, in the event of a tie between three candidates,  3 points to the best candidate, 2 to the second best and 1 to the third best, the range of the scale depending on the number of candidates involved in the tie. The candidate(s) with highest total of points will continue to the second round.

If, after this ranking, identical totals of points prevent a clear indication of which candidate(s) should proceed to the second round, the Chairman of the Jury shall cast the deciding vote(s).

 

Second Round

There are 12 qualified candidates participating in the second round. Each juror is requested to conscientiously give a "yes" vote to 6 candidates who will then continue to the semi-final. In addition to this, the jurors are requested to award points to all 12 candidates as follows: Points shall be given on a scale from 1 to 25 where 25 is the best score, and where the 6 candidates that have received a "yes" vote from a juror to proceed to the semi-final are awarded from 20 to 25 points by that juror. It is possible to give the same number of points to more than one candidate.

The 6 candidates who receive the highest number of "yes" votes will continue to the semi-final. In the event of a tie, in which the number of "yes" votes cannot determine which candidate(s) out of two or more with the same amount of votes should continue to the semi-final, the points will be taken into consideration in the following way: The number of points awarded to the tieing candidates by all jurors will be added up, and the candidate(s) with the highest score(s) will then become one of the 6 candidates continuing to the semi-final.

In the event of this method resulting in a tie between two or more candidates and thus not being able to determine which candidate(s) shall proceed to the semi-final, the Chairman of the Jury shall request the jurors to rank the candidates in question by giving, in the event of a tie between three candidates,  3 points to the best candidate, 2 to the second best and 1 to the third best, the range of the scale depending on the number of candidates involved in the tie. The candidate(s) with highest total of points will continue to the semi-final.

If, after this ranking, identical totals of points prevent a clear indication of which candidate(s) should proceed to the semi-final, the Chairman of the Jury shall cast the deciding vote(s).

 

Semi-final

There are 6 qualified candidates participating in the semi-final. Each juror is requested to conscientiously give a "yes" vote to 3 candidates who will then continue to the final. In addition to this, the jurors are requested to award points to all 6 candidates as follows: Points shall be given on a scale from 1 to 25 where 25 is the best score, and where the 3 candidates that have received a "yes" vote from a juror to proceed to the final are awarded from 22 to 25 points by that juror. It is possible to give the same number of points to more than one candidate.

The 3 candidates who receive the highest number of "yes" votes will continue to the final. In the event of a tie, in which the number of "yes" votes cannot determine which candidate(s) out of two or more with the same amount of votes should continue to the final, the points will be taken into consideration in the following way: The number of points awarded to the tieing candidates by all jurors will be added up, and the candidate(s) with the highest score(s) will then become one of the 3 candidates continuing to the final.

In the event of this method  resulting in a tie between two or more candidates and thus not being able to determine which candidate(s) shall proceed to the final, the Chairman of the Jury shall request the jurors to rank the candidates in question by giving, in the event of a tie between three candidates, 3 points to the best candidate, 2 to the second best and 1 to the third best, the range of the scale depending on the number of candidates involved in the tie. The candidate(s) with highest total of points will continue to the final.

If, after this ranking, identical totals of points prevent a clear indication of which candidate(s) should proceed to the semi-final, the Chairman of the Jury shall cast the deciding vote(s).

 

Final

There are three qualified candidates participating in the final. Each juror is requested to conscientiously rank the candidates he or she considers best, awarding points as follows: 3 points to the best, 2 points to the second best and 1 point to the third best. Points awarded by each individual juror are then collated, and the candidate with the highest total number of points is the winner of the competition; the candidate with the second highest total of points takes second place and the candidate with the lowest total of points takes third place.

The prizes may not be shared. If three candidates tie for the first prize, each of the seven jurors is requested to give one additional point to one of the tieing candidates. The candidate with the highest number of points then receives the first prize, or the candidate with the lowest number of points receives the third prize.

If still, or only, two candidates are in a tie for a specific prize, each of the seven jurors is requested to give one additional point to one of the tieing candidates. The candidate with the highest number of points then receives this specific prize.

If the candidates, after this second round of additional points, are still in a tie, the Chairman of the Jury shall cast the deciding vote.

In the final it is also possible to evaluate the performance of candidates throughout the competition. Any such discourse shall be initiated by the Chairman of the Jury.

 

Applicable to all rounds

Jurors are permitted to cast votes in favour of candidates they have taught, but strict impartiality is expected in all cases.

If formal dissent arises that cannot be resolved by the Jury itself, the Competition Director shall be consulted.

The numbers of points awarded during the first three rounds may be determined according to the following table of artistic standard of performance:

1-10: Poor performance
11-14: Average performance
15-17: Satisfactory performance
18-20: Good performance
21-23: Very good performance
24-25: Excellent performance