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Tammy,

This is simply not possible. If you look at the quarterfinal judging system, you are given a maximum of 190 rounds. This is EXACTLY enough rounds to pit each of the 20 songs against each other once. (20*(20-1))/2 is the math. The -1 is there because you can't compete against yourself, and the /2 is because Song A vs. Song B is considered the same round as Song B vs. Song A.

It is very possible that there are two artists with similar cover art, or the same artist has two songs with the same art, which might lead you to assume (at a glance) that you are judging the same song. But it is simply not mathematically possible that you would have gotten the exact same matchup twice. I have voted over 1,500 times during the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals since I started participating in February. Jillian I believe has voted over 2,000 times in that period, and collectively, fans we speak with regularly have voted several thousand more times. None of us have ever observed the same matchup happening twice during the quarterfinals, semifinals, or finals.