Hurricane Idol/Season 4

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 * style="text-align:center; white-space:wrap; color:#FFFFFF" | Hurricane Idol 2014 (III) What will be the best hurricane name of them all in autumn 2014?

How it works
In Hurricane Idol, names that have or will be used to name hurricanes are put into a competition based on what the judges and the other users of Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki decide. Once the competition is complete, the last name that stands out will be crowned the most popular hurricane name of the year.

Round 1 - Auditions
In the Audition rounds, users will submit names that are their favorites or they believe they could be the best name of the year. The Auditions only last about a week, so make sure to submit your most favorite names!

Round 2 - Judges Decision
After all the names have been submitted, the judges will search through them and will agree on which names are the best to move on through to the next round. Hopefully the names you submitted make it!

Round 3 - Top 25 names
After the judges have decided on the top 25 names, they will be brought to the main focus point, the competition. The names will be voted upon by the judges and users of Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki.

Round 4 - Top 15 names are announced
After the voting has ended, the top 15 names will be announced by the judges. Afterwards, more voting will continue on the names that made it through.

Round 5 - Top 10 names are announced
Continuing on, the top 10 names will be announced and more voting will continue afterwards.

Round 5 - Final 6 are announced
Once the final 6 have been announced, the major part of the competition will begin. Intense voting will begin to try and save names that are the most popular to the Wiki.

Round 6 - Final 5 are announced
Final 5 will be announced by the judges based on the votes, and more voting will continue to reveal the final 4.

Round 7 - Final 4 are announced
Final 4 will be announced by the judges based on the votes, and more voting will continue to reveal the final 3.

Round 8 - Final 3 are announced
Final 3 will be announced by the judges based on the votes, and more voting will continue to reveal the final 2.

Round 9 - Final 2 are announced
The Final 2 will be announced by the judges based on the votes. Afterwards, an entire week will be used to collect a high amount of votes.

Round 10 - Winner is announced
The moment everyone will be waiting for will occur. The final 2 names will be split into the runner-up and winner. Based on the week long voting, the winner will be announced. The winner will be crowned the best name of the year and will hold that title until next season.

Season 4 Judges
The following users below have been named the judges of this competition. Any questions or concerns about Hurricane Idol can go on their talk pages.


 * Steve820 - Background: Steve820 (a.k.a. Steven or Steve) has plenty of knowledge of tropical cyclones and their names and has been active on this wiki, editing and creating a large amount of awesome seasons, for almost 2 years (since October 2012). He's also been active on the Hurricanes Wiki for more than a year (since July 2013). In general, he's been interested in tropical cyclones for 4 years, ever since September 2010. Since he lives in Southern California, he's never been through any tropical cyclones in his lifetime but has been through the remnants of Pacific hurricanes before. He is very excited to be your host of season IV of Hurricane Idol!
 * Andrew444 - Background: Better known as Andy, Andrew has now been present on Hurricane Wiki for over three years and Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki for nearly three. He also is sporadically active on Wikipedia and other wikis. Andy's love for hurricane started with Danielle in 2010, and has blossomed to other basins, European windstorms, and even more! He is very excited to be judging Season IV after stepping down from last season as the host judge. Andy has witnessed a number of storms in his lifetime, most notably Typhoon Halong in 2014.


 * CycloneRyne94 - Backgroud: CycloneRyne94 (a.k.a Ryne) has meteorology or hurricane tracking experience dating back to before the creation of Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki (Since Hurricane Rita from 2005).


 * He has made dozens of seasons as has had over 7,500 edits total.
 * And he is also a Tornado Kind of Guy, he would love to be the next HI Judge!


 * He also hopes to be Host in Idol season 5


 * Not David Brown - Background: Not David Brown has always interested in weather, but until some random moment when Hurricane Richard (2010) was on the news, he realized that he wanted to know a lot more. He deeply studied through several books, websites, even people. By December he new how and where they form, which direction they go, the SSHS and more of the intermediate level info. He found this wiki in 2011, the early stages, and left (he also never had an account). One person he remembered when joining again was Steve. He decided to join April this year and he loves the wiki! He has also experienced a few post-tropical cyclones (Since he lives in NW Ohio), such as Sandy, Lee'11, Arlene '05, and Ike. Now as a judge of Season IV (4), he is ecstatic and excited!
 * HypercaneTeen - Background: He makes very intense and hyperactive seasons on HHW, he's been a bureaucrat and administrator here since January 4, 2014. he's been a contributor here since May 18, 2013. Starting since 2010 he's been interested in hurricanes and their wrath and beauty. He's also been through the extratropical remnants of Hurricane Sandy. He also knows alot about tropical cyclone formation and dissipation. He is also very excited to be a judge on Hurricane Idol Season IV!!


 * Raraahahahromaromamagagaoohlala - I like cheese. Okay, nevermind. I enjoy hurricanes in general. Need I say more? ;D

Rounds

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