Judge promotions April 2017
At the proposal of the Judge Responsible, the AIDA Board approved the following judge promotions on April 12, 2017
| "AI" judges | |
| Prochazkova | Pavlina |
| Hanson | Carla |
| "B" judges | |
| Romanova | Ekaterina |
| Russu | Alexandru |
| Savva | Savvas |
| Wright | John |
| Zuzic | Mario |
| "C" judges | |
| Dinic | Sandra |
| Foetinger | Christian |
| Joki | Antero |
| Karjuk | Aleksandar |
| Molchanova | Oksana |
| Monico | Michele |
| Rakhmatullin | Yuriy |
| "D" judges | |
| Besstrashnova | Anna |
| Espresate | Francisco |
| Folkvord | John |
| Jeffares | Ben |
| Jeschke | Barbara |
| Lowe | Gary |
| Millard | Steve |
| Sidorova | Olga |
| Trost | Rene |
Additional promotions based on the new IOP (voted on March 22, 2017)
| "Pool B" judges | |
| Jana Balounva | |
| Eva Tommerup Johnsen | |
| Nicolay Kanivets | |
| Junko Kitahama | |
| Vedran Milat | |
| Olena Mukha | |
| Irina Zelenkova |
