during our preliminary round of competition, we will be eliminating a total of 27 delegates prior to official judging via a panel of preliminary judges. the 50 delegates that received the highest amount of votes in the preliminary round of competition advance to the finals. each preliminary judge was emailed a ballot sheet asking them to choose from the 77 delegates, the 50 delegates they feel should move on to the final competition. marie and nik's ballots count as double. below is the final list of the 27 eliminated delegates.

3rd and final group of eliminated delegates 8.10.10

the 3rd group of delegates below received the next lowest amount of votes in the preliminary round of judging and are therefore eliminated from the competition.

2nd group of eliminated delegates 8.12.10

this 2nd group of delegates below received the next lowest amount of votes in the preliminary round of judging and are therefore eliminated from the competition.

1st group of eliminated delegates 8.13.10

the group of delegates below received the lowest amount of votes in the preliminary round of judging and are therefore eliminated from the competition.