Hi,
I would like to know if judges have a problem with words that are "bleeped" out. For example, in my daughter's 14 yr old solo, there are lyrics such as "I don't give a f",. They do bleep out the whole word, but the f can be heard. There are a couple of "sh" sounds too to represent another 4 letter word, but again, the whole word is bleeped out. I'd like to know if judge's are okay with bleeped out lyrics and if there is a sound of the word that is bleeped out, is that a problem? Also, what about suggestive lyrics, such as “get it up”, “foreplay”, “touch you in all the right places”, etc? I wouldn't question it so much if it wasn't a solo. The moves she does don't seem to be inappropriate at all, but I am worried she will be given poor marks because of the lyrics and this would be discouraging to her. Any advice? Is there a standard where as long as the lyric is bleeped out mostly, that it is okay? Most hip hop songs are a bit sexual in nature, I have found, so I wonder if I am making a big deal over nothing. I have not yet approached the choreographer nor the director of the studio yet. Please let me know what you think.

It would depend on the content of the rest of the song. I am not a fan of using songs that need bleeping. I have edited songs, myself, to remove all questionable content and it made it that it was not obvious that anything was bleeped. If I could not, I would not use the song.

Honestly, because other judges have been known to mark down, I would just avoid it, altogether.