Average Score by Location
The following table lists the average panelist score and average total score for each location the show has broadcasted from. The exception is the 25th Anniversary Special that aired on October 27, 2018 due to the unique Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank format used.
| Venue | City | State | Average Score | Average Total | Shows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Charleston Performing Arts Center | Charleston | SC | 17.6667 | 53 | 1 |
| Sangamon Auditorium | Springfield | IL | 16.6667 | 50 | 1 |
| Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts | Orlando | FL | 16.5 | 49.5 | 2 |
| Providence Performing Arts Center | Providence | RI | 16 | 48 | 1 |
| Hill Auditorium at University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | MI | 15.6667 | 47 | 1 |
| Byham Theater | Pittsburgh | PA | 15.3333 | 46 | 1 |
| Merrill Hall at Asilomar Conference Grounds | Pacific Grove | CA | 15.3333 | 46 | 1 |
| Orpheum Theatre | Memphis | TN | 15.3333 | 46 | 1 |
| Pikes Peak Center | Colorado Springs | CO | 15.3333 | 46 | 1 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago | IL | 15.3333 | 46 | 1 |
| Riverside Theater | Milwaukee | WI | 15.2222 | 45.6667 | 3 |
| Fox Theatre | Detroit | MI | 15.1667 | 45.5 | 2 |
| Davies Symphony Hall | San Francisco | CA | 15 | 45 | 1 |
| Eaton Chapel at Beloit College | Beloit | WI | 15 | 45 | 1 |
| Loews Portofino Bay Hotel | Orlando | FL | 15 | 45 | 1 |
| Warner Theatre | Washington | DC | 15 | 45 | 1 |
| Pasadena Civic Auditorium | Pasadena | CA | 14.6667 | 44 | 2 |
| Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa | Phoenix | AZ | 14.6667 | 44 | 1 |
| Capitol Center for the Arts | Concord | NH | 14.6667 | 44 | 1 |
| East County Performaning Arts Center | El Cajon | CA | 14.6667 | 44 | 1 |
| Miller Auditorium | Kalamazoo | MI | 14.6667 | 44 | 1 |
| New York University's Skirball Center | New York City | NY | 14.6667 | 44 | 1 |
| Wait Chapel at Wake Forest University | Winston-Salem | NC | 14.6667 | 44 | 1 |
| Wheeler Opera House | Aspen | CO | 14.6667 | 44 | 1 |
| Tennesee Performing Arts Center | Nashville | TN | 14.5 | 43.5 | 2 |
| Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts | Miami | FL | 14.3333 | 43 | 2 |
| Music Center at Strathmore | North Bethesda | MD | 14.3333 | 43 | 2 |
| Straz Center for the Performing Arts | Tampa | FL | 14.3333 | 43 | 2 |
| Academy of Music | Philadelphia | PA | 14.3333 | 43 | 1 |
| Ikeda Theater | Mesa | AZ | 14.3333 | 43 | 1 |
| Schuster Performing Arts Center | Dayton | OH | 14.3333 | 43 | 1 |
| State Theatre | Minneapolis | MN | 14.3333 | 43 | 1 |
| Van Duzer Theatre at Humboldt State University | Arcata | CA | 14.3333 | 43 | 1 |
| Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park | Chicago | IL | 14.2381 | 42.7143 | 7 |
| Abranavel Hall | Salt Lake City | UT | 14.1667 | 42.5 | 2 |
| Brown Theatre | Houston | TX | 14.1667 | 42.5 | 2 |
| Fox Theatre | Atlanta | GA | 14 | 42 | 4 |
| John Lyman Center at Southern Connecticut State University | New Haven | CT | 14 | 42 | 3 |
| Carolina Theatre | Durham | NC | 14 | 42 | 2 |
| Belk Theatre at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center | Charlotte | NC | 14 | 42 | 1 |
| Benedum Center | Pittsburgh | PA | 14 | 42 | 1 |
| Eastern Kentucky University's Center for the Arts | Richmond | KY | 14 | 42 | 1 |
| Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall | Baltimore | MD | 14 | 42 | 1 |
| Kraushaar Auditorium at Goucher College | Towson | MD | 14 | 42 | 1 |
| Morris Performing Arts Center | South Bend | IN | 14 | 42 | 1 |
| Oklahoma City Civic Center | Oklahoma City | OK | 14 | 42 | 1 |
| Orpheum Theater Center | Sioux Falls | SD | 14 | 42 | 1 |
| Palace Theatre | Manchester | NH | 14 | 42 | 1 |
| Bass Concert Hall | Austin | TX | 13.8889 | 41.6667 | 3 |
| Memorial Hall at the University of North Carolina | Chapel Hill | NC | 13.8889 | 41.6667 | 3 |
| Powell Hall | St. Louis | MO | 13.8333 | 41.5 | 2 |
| Tanglewood/Koussevitzky Music Shed | Lenox | MA | 13.6667 | 41 | 5 |
| Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University | Washington | DC | 13.6667 | 41 | 2 |
| Prudential Hall at New Jersey Performing Arts Center | Newark | NJ | 13.6667 | 41 | 2 |
| Centennial Hall at The University of Arizona | Tuscon | AZ | 13.6667 | 41 | 1 |
| Century II Concert Hall | Wichita | KS | 13.6667 | 41 | 1 |
| Dolby Theatre | Los Angeles | CA | 13.6667 | 41 | 1 |
| Sandler Center for the Performing Arts | Virginia Beach | VA | 13.6667 | 41 | 1 |
| Wang Theatre at Citi Performing Arts Center | Boston | MA | 13.5833 | 40.75 | 4 |
| Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts | Vienna | VA | 13.5833 | 40.75 | 4 |
| Des Moines Civic Center | Des Moines | IA | 13.5 | 40.5 | 2 |
| Parker Playhouse | Fort Lauderdale | FL | 13.5 | 40.5 | 2 |
| The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts | Hartford | CT | 13.5 | 40.5 | 2 |
| Blossom Music Center | Cuyahoga Falls | OH | 13.3333 | 40 | 1 |
| Comerica Theatre | Phoenix | AZ | 13.3333 | 40 | 1 |
| Coronado Performing Arts Center | Rockford | IL | 13.3333 | 40 | 1 |
| Durham Performing Arts Center | Durham | NC | 13.3333 | 40 | 1 |
| Lebanon Opera House | Lebanon | NH | 13.3333 | 40 | 1 |
| Lied Center for Perfoming Arts | Lincoln | NE | 13.3333 | 40 | 1 |
| Merrill Auditorium | Portland | ME | 13.3333 | 40 | 1 |
| Palace Theatre | Columbus | OH | 13.3333 | 40 | 1 |
| Proctors Theatre | Schenectady | NY | 13.3333 | 40 | 1 |
| Chase Auditorium | Chicago | IL | 13.3056 | 39.9168 | 481 |
| Home/Remote Studios | 13.1905 | 39.5714 | 84 | ||
| Paramount Theatre | Seattle | WA | 13.1111 | 39.3333 | 3 |
| Laurie Auditorium at Trinity University | San Antonio | TX | 13 | 39 | 1 |
| Music Hall at Fair Park | Dallas | TX | 13 | 39 | 1 |
| Pease Auditorium | Ypsilanti | MI | 13 | 39 | 1 |
| Samford University Wright Center | Birmingham | AL | 13 | 39 | 1 |
| Savannah Civic Center | Savannah | GA | 13 | 39 | 1 |
| Symphony Center | Chicago | IL | 13 | 39 | 1 |
| Chautauqua Auditorium | Boulder | CO | 12.8889 | 38.6667 | 3 |
| The Mann Center for the Performing Arts | Philadelphia | PA | 12.8333 | 38.5 | 4 |
| Beckman Auditorium | Pasadena | CA | 12.8333 | 38.5 | 2 |
| Victoria Theatre | Dayton | OH | 12.8333 | 38.5 | 2 |
| Carnegie Hall | New York City | NY | 12.7778 | 38.3333 | 3 |
| Chicago Public Radio/WBEZ | Chicago | IL | 12.7526 | 26.1765 | 323 |
| Harris Theater | Chicago | IL | 12.75 | 38.25 | 4 |
| Orpheum Theatre | Minneapolis | MN | 12.6667 | 38 | 2 |
| State Theatre at Playhouse Square | Cleveland | OH | 12.6667 | 38 | 2 |
| AT&T Performing Arts Center | Dallas | TX | 12.6667 | 38 | 1 |
| Cincinnati Music Hall | Cincinatti | OH | 12.6667 | 38 | 1 |
| Eccles Theater | Salt Lake City | UT | 12.6667 | 38 | 1 |
| Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts | Louisville | KY | 12.6667 | 38 | 1 |
| Lemer Theatre | Elkhart | IN | 12.6667 | 38 | 1 |
| Lincoln Theatre | Washington | DC | 12.6667 | 38 | 1 |
| McFarlin Auditorium | Dallas | TX | 12.6667 | 38 | 1 |
| Nokia Theatre | Los Angeles | CA | 12.6667 | 38 | 1 |
| Ohio Theatre | Columbus | OH | 12.6667 | 38 | 1 |
| War Memorial Opera House | San Francisco | CA | 12.6667 | 38 | 1 |
| Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall | Portland | OR | 12.5833 | 37.75 | 4 |
| Cal Performances Zellerbach Hall | Berkeley | CA | 12.5333 | 37.6 | 5 |
| BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music | Brooklyn | NY | 12.4167 | 37.25 | 4 |
| Clowes Memorial Hall | Indianapolis | IN | 12.3333 | 37 | 1 |
| Diana Wortham Theatre | Asheville | NC | 12.3333 | 37 | 1 |
| Greek Theatre | Los Angeles | CA | 12.3333 | 37 | 1 |
| Power Center for the Performing Arts | Ann Arbor | MI | 12.3333 | 37 | 1 |
| Saenger Theatre | New Orleans | LA | 12.3333 | 37 | 1 |
| Thomas Wolfe Auditorium | Asheville | NC | 12.3333 | 37 | 1 |
| Arlington Theatre at UC Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara | CA | 12 | 36 | 1 |
| Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre | Atlanta | GA | 12 | 36 | 1 |
| Fox Theatre | St. Louis | MO | 12 | 36 | 1 |
| Michigan Theater | Ann Arbor | MI | 12 | 36 | 1 |
| Mulroy Civic Center | Syracuse | NY | 12 | 36 | 1 |
| Palace Theater | Waterbury | CT | 12 | 36 | 1 |
| Red Rocks Amphitheatre | Denver | CO | 12 | 36 | 1 |
| Van Wezel Performing Arts All | Sarasota | FL | 12 | 36 | 1 |
| Nourse Theater | San Francisco | CA | 11.7778 | 35.3333 | 3 |
| Kingsbury Hall at University of Utah | Salt Lake City | UT | 11.6667 | 35 | 2 |
| Bama Theatre | Tuscaloosa | AL | 11.6667 | 35 | 1 |
| Davis Concert Hall | Fairbanks | AK | 11.6667 | 35 | 1 |
| Folly Theatre | Kansas City | MO | 11.6667 | 35 | 1 |
| KJZZ | Phoenix | AZ | 11.6667 | 35 | 1 |
| San Diego Civic Theatre | San Diego | CA | 11.5 | 34.5 | 2 |
| Moore Theatre | Seattle | WA | 11.3333 | 34 | 2 |
| Altria Theater | Richmond | VA | 11.3333 | 34 | 1 |
| Buell Theater | Denver | CO | 11.3333 | 34 | 1 |
| Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts | Houston | TX | 11.3333 | 34 | 1 |
| Overture Center for the Arts | Madison | WI | 11.3333 | 34 | 1 |
| Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Casino | Las Vegas | NV | 11.3333 | 34 | 1 |
| Red River Music Hall | Tempe | AZ | 11.3333 | 34 | 1 |
| Fitzgerald Theater | St. Paul | MN | 11 | 33 | 2 |
| Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts | New Orleans | LA | 11 | 33 | 1 |
| Norwalk Concert Hall | Norwalk | CT | 11 | 33 | 1 |
| Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall | New York City | NY | 11 | 33 | 1 |
| TBD | Baltimore | MD | 11 | 33 | 1 |
| Goodman Theatre | Chicago | IL | 10.6667 | 32 | 2 |
| Baton Rouge River Center | Baton Rouge | LA | 10.6667 | 32 | 1 |
| Sam's Town | Las Vegas | NV | 10.6667 | 32 | 1 |
| Shea's Buffalo Theatre | Buffalo | NY | 10.6667 | 32 | 1 |
| Akron Civic Theatre | Akron | OH | 10.3333 | 31 | 1 |
| Jewett Center at Westminster College | Salt Lake City | UT | 10.3333 | 31 | 1 |
| Morse Auditorium | Boston | MA | 9.3333 | 28 | 1 |
| Rochester Auditorium Theatre | Rochester | NY | 9.3333 | 28 | 1 |
| UC Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures | Santa Barbara | CA | 8.3333 | 25 | 1 |
| Hawaii Theatre | Honolulu | HI | 7 | 21 | 1 |