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Understanding Scoresheets

Contestant Scoring Analysis (CSA)

If you're a quartet member, and have competed in the past, you've seen this form before. If you are in a chorus, your Music Team has seen it, but you as a member of the chorus may not. These paragraphs are provided to help explain the parts of the CSA.

The CSA is the report that the Contest Administrator (CA) produces from his contest scoring computer program. He prints it out after each contestant's scores have been entered, and) { the Associate Contest Administrator (ACA) verifies it.

These are what you'll find on a CSA:
  1. The Name of the Convention
  2. The Name of the District, and Location of the Contest
  3. The Date of the Session
  4. The Session Name
  5. The Order of Your Appearance, and a place for the CA to write the rank when the session is over
  6. The Name of The Contestant, and the Judges Numbers
  7. The Name of the First Song, Scores, Song Total, and Song Average
  8. The Name of the Second Song, Scores, Song Total, and Song Average
  9. Totals for each Category, Total Session Score, and Average
  10. Average for each Category
  11. Previous score (This would display if the session was Finals session with scores from the Semi-Finals session being added)
  12. The Total Score, and Average
  13. The Keys to the Judges Numbers
  14. Below the Judges names are descriptions of the Scoring Categories

After the CSA is printed, it is placed with the other CSAs arranged by score in descending order. When the Contest is over, the CA hand writes the rank number in the spot provided. Evaluation information may be attached to the CSA. Once the scores are verified at the end of the contest and announcements are made, the CA or ACA will deliver the CSA to an official contestant representative.

Official Scoring Summary (OSS)

This is the report that everyone wants as soon as the contest session is over, the Score Sheet. The OSS is a composite listing of all the competitors; what songs they sang; how they scored in each category for each song; a total score and an average.

The Report does not show what each judge awarded, but instead it shows the aggregate total each category.

Here are all the past score sheets.

For questions and information about these programs contact:
Rafi Hasib
MAD District VP for Contest & Judging