Product updates
What’s new in JnJ Scoring
Recent changes for organisers, judges and competition audiences. Dates use Australia/Sydney release dates.
16 October 2026
- Fixed
Private organiser registration dashboard
Shared organiser links now open with the event PIN and show live ticket counts alongside separate registration totals, a registration trend and division totals.
14 October 2026
- Improved
Clearer Bachatanama battle setup
Draft matchups use a single card grid that works with touch, keyboard or drag-and-drop, with explicit saves before locking and a local pairing-discard option.
- Improved
Clearer Bachatanama bye warnings
Battle setup shows when later rounds could need a bye and offers clear entrant counts to avoid one.
- Improved
Safer Bachatanama battle recovery
Organisers can redo the latest battle results without changing its matchups, or reset a whole bracket while keeping registrations. Draw warnings ask for a deliberate choice when a bye is involved.
- Improved
Reliable demo walkthrough links
Demo Mode now opens the verified elimination and final Judge, MC, audience and Briefer walkthroughs, with a reset limited to those fixtures.
- Added
Bachatanama demo links
Demo Mode and briefing panels now include the existing Bachatanama organiser workspace and read-only MC display for the sample event.
- Improved
Clearer Bachatanama MC results
The MC display keeps earlier battle results available in a collapsed history and makes each winner easier to identify.
- Fixed
Closed round results stay visible
Organisers can continue viewing saved Preliminary, Quarter-Final and Semi-Final results after closing a round.
- Improved
Event entry totals at a glance
The event overview now shows current J&J and, where enabled, Bachatanama entry totals, with a saved choice between simple List and Card views.
- Improved
Clearer Bachatanama event status
List view now clearly marks Bachatanama as disabled for events where it is not enabled.
12 October 2026
- Improved
Clearer judge voting cards
Judge cards now keep the bib clear above a separate private-note control, and the guide explains the vote cycle, targets and display controls in plainer language.
- Improved
A clearer event menu
Organiser pages group registration, judging, competitors and event tools in a consistent order, with clearer section breaks.
- Improved
Clearer round navigation and setup
The current menu page is highlighted consistently, and the round creation form explains the stage choice more clearly.
- Improved
Public displays in Demo Mode
Demo Mode includes available public audience displays for elimination and final rounds alongside the Judge and MC screens.
- Improved
Cleaner Bachatanama test entries
After scratching an unused Bachatanama entry, organisers can confirm its removal while battle history stays protected.
- Improved
A clearer event overview
Organisers can see each event’s date, registration capacity, ticket provider and Bachatanama availability at a glance before opening it.
11 October 2026
- Added
Verified audience publishing
Organisers can publish a completed competition to the audience display with no countdown or a 5- or 10-second reveal.
- Added
Participant profiles on public displays
Public judge-progress and MC displays can show a participant’s country, Instagram handle and profile photo when they choose to share those details.
- Added
More Bachatanama battle support
The organiser-recorded knockout advances winners through later rounds, while the read-only MC display follows the same battle link through to the champion.
- Improved
Clearer Bachatanama roles and battle controls
Bachatanama signups now record Lead or Follow, and organisers can run same-role draws, set achievable qualifier targets, correct pairings deliberately and choose extra qualifiers themselves.
- Added
One registration page for every shared division
Organisers can share one event page where participants choose their division and scan its registration QR code.
- Improved
Earlier rounds on the MC screen
The MC can open a compact history section for earlier announced rounds while keeping the current round in focus.
- Added
Paper-friendly event checklist
The runbook now includes pens and clipboards, with a reminder to enter paper-recorded decisions in JnJ Scoring before tallying.
- Added
Briefing demos and sample competitors
Organisers can share isolated Judge and MC demo screens. The demo event also includes clearly labelled synthetic J&J and Bachatanama profiles.
- Improved
Repeatable demo finals
The isolated sample competition can safely reset its judging flow and restore representative final-round results for another walkthrough.
- Fixed
Reliable daily demo timing
The sample event’s automatic reset now waits until after 3am Sydney, keeping the demo ready at the intended daily time.
- Added
A clearer registration hub
Organisers can copy, open, print or share locally generated QR codes for walk-in and division signup links. Public entrants confirm they have paid the organiser before submitting.
- Improved
Simpler organiser navigation
The event menu puts J&J Rounds near the top, keeps setup and event tools easy to reach, and offers a saved text-size preference for admin pages.
- Improved
Clearer judging on phones
Judge cards keep longer bib numbers and Lead/Follow labels visible. Both-role judges submit each role’s ballot, private notes stay separate from voting, and the submit action stays within reach.
- Improved
A quicker judge scoring refresher
The judge screen now keeps display controls clear of the event logo, uses a more compact bib layout, and briefly explains the current tap sequence, targets and device-only notes on first entry.
- Improved
Faster competitor photo browsing
Organisers see smaller photo previews in the registry and can open a full photo when needed.
- Improved
Safer settings drafts
Automatic registration sync has its own Save and Discard controls, and ticket configuration makes unsaved changes clearer.
- Fixed
MC photos work with separate display links
The MC roster can display participant photos when its public-progress link differs from the MC link.
- Fixed
DQ results survive a re-tally
Re-tallying a Final or Pro round keeps a disqualified couple visible at the bottom while the remaining placements are recalculated.
- Fixed
Resend a verification link
New organisers who missed their verification email can request a fresh link from the sign-in flow.
10 October 2026
- Added
Bachatanama 1-on-1 battles
Organisers can draw and lock battle matchups, record the hand-pointing judge’s winner, advance the smaller group and draw the next round.
- Added
Participant profile choices
Registration supports country, Instagram and optional profile photos, with participant consent controlling what appears on public displays.
- Added
Private judge strength notes
Judges can keep a personal strength note on their own device while reviewing a competitor; it is not sent with their vote.
- Added
Public judge progress display
Organisers can share a read-only progress screen showing which judges have voted and the Lead/Follow progress for individual rounds.
- Improved
Guided booking-form mapping
Organisers can map booking-form answers to entry types and participant details, with clearer previews and editable field labels.
- Improved
More flexible registration
Public division signup is clearer, walk-in registration requests a phone number, and organisers can manage participant links from a dedicated Registration page.
- Improved
Demo stays ready to explore
The isolated sample competition refreshes daily with synthetic profiles, keeping demo judging and MC screens ready to try.
- Improved
Event logos across competition screens
An optional event logo can appear in settings, judge setup, scoring and public result displays.
- Improved
Responsive event settings
Settings navigation and booking controls are easier to use on smaller screens, with clearer discovery and save states.
7 September 2026
- Improved
Clearer information for event organisers
The site now explains how JnJ Scoring helps organisers, with verified event examples and clearer paths to discuss an event or explore results.
1 September 2026
- Added
More control over judge names on public results
Organisers can choose to show judge aliases instead of names on public results, while the organiser view keeps the full judge list.
- Added
Manually supplied final placements
Organisers can publish supplied Lead and Follow final placements when no digital final-round scores were recorded, with the display clearly identified as manual.
23 August 2026
- Improved
More flexible elimination judging
Judges assigned to both roles can review Leads and Follows together, with separate callback and alternate targets for each role.
- Fixed
Zero-callback rounds
Organisers can now publish and tally an elimination round configured with no callbacks.
- Fixed
More reliable walk-in registration
Walk-in entries can be added safely when an older database index is missing, without creating a duplicate registration.
20 August 2026
- Added
Optional automatic registration sync
Organisers can keep event registrations in sync automatically on a selected interval, with syncing paused when an event is ended or has active scoring.
19 August 2026
- Added
Ticket Tailor registration support
Organisers can connect Ticket Tailor events and sync attendee registrations into JnJ Scoring.
- Improved
Safer, clearer registration syncing
Registration sync now keeps existing organiser edits and reports incomplete provider data instead of treating it as an empty attendee list.
18 August 2026
- Improved
More reliable organiser invitations
Organisers can retrieve an invitation link when email delivery is unavailable, and invitation screens explain when an email was not sent.
12 August 2026
- Added
Organiser account management
Administrators can create and manage organiser accounts and invitations from the platform console.
- Improved
Safer result publishing
Result publishing now checks that an event is ready before it becomes public.
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