Band votings primarily look like a means to support your favorite band in whatever contest. In fact it is your contact information (eMail address) such voting sites are out for. That is easy to get since you usually have to register before casting your vote.
What's in it for the band? Will it really be the "best" band who wins? No. The winner will be the band with the largest number of friends eager enough to spend their precious time signing up for yet another "service" to cast their vote.
Are such band contests objective? Probably not. Rarely any music lover will hang around such voting sites on a regular basis. Music fans use other sites to find great new stuff.
So it will be those occasional visitors, aka friends of the band, who will vote for their friends, maybe even without listening to their music anyway. There's not really an "objective jury".
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