They look at the both bands and go off what judge gave the lowest rating. So one judge had McCallum 13 and then Poteet at a 20 in one category and they will take the 13 lowest score. Basically whoever has the most lowest scores. That is what was explained to me. Believe me the kids are heartbroken over it, but hey, they placed 26 last year and tied for 12th this year and that’s a win in our books.