I emailed Dave Liberman and confirmed that they will not be doing the 60 second routine for the pre-judging portion of the show. Here's the response from Dave...
That is ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. We want to let EVERY COMPETITOR pose at the evening Finals so to make sure the prejudging is over before the Finals, we have eliminated the 60 second posing at prejudging...To be honest, I really don't believe that it is really looked at or judged....The judging is on the comparisons.
Please keep in mind that if there are more than 100 competitors, the NPC might cut down the routines too 60 seconds...We will do our best to avoid this BUT the NPC does reserve the right to do this. The goal is have everyone get a chance to perform their routine in front of their friends & family's, and still get the show done before Sunday morning services:-) VERY BEST OF LUCK TO YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE SHOW! Please let me know if there is anything I can do for you.
Sincerely,
Dave Liberman ________________________________________
Thanks for passing on the info. I knew about the prejudging without 60 sec routines, when I did the show last year they had a lot of competitors and let everybody do 90 sec for the evening, but they timed it exactly, so better make sure you don't go over! What weightclass are you gonna be in?
I will be a LHW, 198 this morning. A buddy of mine used to work in a recording studio, he did my music last time, and will be doing it again this time - I am glad they will take a CD. It will be 90 sec for sure.
How about you? You've probably seen posts from FitDoc (he was also in a recent NNN), he will be a Middle.
Three other guys from my gym are entering, 2 more LHW's and a Teen (don't know what that dude weighs).