Online DJ Competition Blog

CONGRATS TO FONG FONG AMAZING SET!!!!!! GOOD LUCK IN THE WORLD FINALS!!!!

whats going on with the random videos with no video! of dj sets in the final?

GOOD LUCK MY FRIENDS - NO CHEATING ON TH VOTING OR I'LL COME AND GETCHA!

Now a waiting game,thats messed up hope this gets resolved quickly,we all started with a time frame,we should stick to it. ROUND 3 judges will have a hard time choosin the next 7 djs very tough decisions,good luck to everyone in this competition.

We're waiting for Los Angeles to wake up and will have the answer. We want to extend until Wednesday. Tony.

Because of this problem with talenthouse will the period of votes be extended?

The same problem today...

Hi Tony, Thanks for the response. Don't get me wrong, I'm very much 'chilled out' and I'm not trying to discredit this competition because I do think you guys have value as a platform for the exposure of new turntablists. I can't hate on a competition that is the only provider of real insentives in terms of rewards (both exposure and prize based). Last year I won the WTK scratch freestyle competition and the prizes and exposure I recieved from that amount to very little in comparison to what is available from participating in the qualifying heats of this event. You have sponsorship and media attention and this is something severely lacking in other competitions. My issue though is centred on the judging system itself. The pro judges you have organised for this competition are of an amazing standard, and yet they have no power over who is ranked a place in the top 3 prize awarding positions in the qualifying rounds. These prizes are motivators for people like me, but when public vote is the only means of attaining these rewards, the process becomes more of an advertising campaign and the emphasis of a skill showcase loses its focus. If you allowed the judges to vote the top three places then I would accept the statement you made in the article: 'The answer must be simply that CHILE, SINGAPORE, PORTUGAL, ITALY, SPAIN AND ECUADOR have thrilled the public and the pro judges more than DJs from the nations that normally lead the way.' But when the pro judges have no say about the top 3 positions your statement is mistaken and it becomes clear examining the voting system that those countries won the top places from having more public support than nations that normally lead the way. I’m not trying to totally discredit the work of the top positions from the previous rounds by the way. I think some of those places were well deserved skill-wise and it makes me proud to see Chile and other countries that otherwise wouldn’t have this opportunity placing. This is another thing I like about your online competition, that you’re providing worldwide opportunity. I’d just like to see things done in a fairer way. I can’t speak for everyone of course, but many of my friends who entered in previous rounds and qualified in 4th-10th place feel somewhat cheated out of the prize positions. This system may get you more attention on the web, but it’s frustrating a lot of the competitors themselves... Vekked raised some good suggestions for system reform.. Anyway I hope you can see I’m not out to have a go at you guys for no reason, and I hope you can take the constructive aspects of what’s been discussed. Regards, chile

One last thing, is there any sort of security to verify the top 3 public votes aren't cheating? I'm not going to accuse anyone, but there's definitely incentive to cheat and make fake twitter/facebook accounts, and there's been a couple suspicious cases. In a perfect world it wouldn't be necessary, but I think it would be naive to not do any sort of review before sending them the prizes. If it is already being done and everything has turned out legit then great.