I agree in parts. I learnt to focus on the speaker more after this evaluation. The drama is often required in competitions to stand apart from other contestants.

@@RanjithVenkatesh thanks for replying. I won the evaluation contest at my club last night. I am wondering if I should dramatize it a bit for area level now.

@@realrushiG Congratulations Rushikesh and good luck with your journey !:)

@@realrushiG Honestly, you shouldn't. There are two types of evaluators- ones who deliver their evaluation to show their speaking skills off, and the others who deliver an evaluation for the speaker to grow. A perfect blend of both is what makes you win. But then, you are talking to the contestant. Keep it conversational. Your tone should be explanatory. An evaluation is equivalent to you helping people grow, and steps of growth should always be broken down, elaborately. If I am a judge, I'd be looking for the unique points of recommendation that you had to offer, something that others missed out but you grabbed on to, rather than how good of a speaker you are. But then again, eloquence does play a fair amount of role in it. Eloquence, not dramatization.

I came second in this evaluation contest. I learnt a lot from the this experience about putting the speaker above my evaluation.

@@RanjithVenkatesh please elaborate. I don't understand when you said "putting the speaker above your evaluation"

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