and why Yaxeni didn't win is beyond me......
No knock on Iris....but c'mon....Yax is the ideal.
This is why it has been said bodybuilding is more like figure skating, Diving, or Dancing etc, when it comes to judging. It is always down to a small panel's vote, and the result will always be unpopular with someone! That said, bodybuilding is sometimes like the Eurovision Song Contest, ie politics sway who wins! And the judging criteria changes constantly, so the athletes don't know what anyone wants either.
Personally, I would not want to be a judge, sometimes they must need bodyguards to keep them safe.
Have they ever tried an audience vote I wonder? Ie, push buttons by each seat, so the people decide? it probably would not work in small local contests where whole gym's attend for their "man", but it might work with big contests like the Olympia and Arnold, where large diverse audiences attend, even if the audience vote only played a part in the process....