A jury judges all applications and once done they choose the best out of them.
These bands are then accompanied by the bands that the international network of B-Jazz selects to take part in the finals.
During the finals the members of the international professional jury judge all six finalists.
They pay attention to (amongst others) technical skills, diversity, individuality and originality.
The interpretation of the mandatory composition gets also judged.
The members of the jury for the preselection were:
 Peter Hertmans Belgium
guitarist, composer, coordinator of the jazz department of LUCA | School of Arts (Leuven, Belgium) and teacher jazz guitar at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels (Belgium) |
 Maarten Weyler Belgium
chairman of the music education & training at School of Arts/Royal Conservatory Gent (Belgium) and teacher at the Istanbul University State Conservatory (Turkey) |
 Danny Theuwis Belgium
programmer music & literature @ 30CC and coordinator & programmer for Leuven Jazz festival |
For the finals the members of the jury are:
 Anneleen Boehme Belgium
bassplayer and composer/arranger |
 Artan Buleshkaj Belgium
guitarist, composer and teacher |
 Jan Formannoy Netherlands
guitarist and main subject teacher guitar at Maastricht Conservatory (Netherlands) / chairman of the jury |
 Sabine Kühlich Germany
singer, composer and teacher jazz vocals at the Jazz Voice Hochschule für Musik Würzburg in Germany |
 Leon Lhoëst Netherlands
pianist, composer/arranger, editor for Jazz&mo’ magazine and teacher at the Conservatories of Gent (Belgium) and Maastricht (Netherlands) |
 Marco Siniscalco Italy
educator bass guitar at Saint Louis College of Music in Rome (Italy) |
 Filip Verneert Belgium
musician / representative for Muziekmozaïek Folk & Jazz / secretary of the jury |
The best live interpretation of the obligatory composition will be judged by:
| Peter Hertmans Belgium
guitarist, composer, coordinator of the jazz department of LUCA | School of Arts (Leuven, Belgium) and teacher jazz guitar at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels (Belgium) |
 Patrick Mortier Belgium
musician, producer and publisher / representative for Sabam |