In their own way, these judges have already reached a level of Fame. Someone they don't know called (one point) their boss (minus one point) and asked if that boss could judge an award show inconsequential to anyone outside the 206 or 425 area code. Said boss declined, and looked around to see who was in the proverbial dog house (one point) or who he could spare for a few days (minus one point) to grace a starving market with wisdom of which work, in their opinion (several points), they liked. Hey, it's a beginning...