Zinn–Rock rivalry

Ava Zinn–Maribel Mort

Moderators involved	Ava Zinn Robyn Hurd (2010-2012) Kellie Rock (2014-2016) Kymberly Alvaraz (2015-) Maribel Mort (2017-)
First contested	May 26, 2010 (as Zinn-Hurd rivalry) February 20, 2014 (as Zinn-Rock rivalry) Fall 2017 (as Zinn-Mort rivalry)
Last contested	June 18, 2013 (as Everman-Hurd rivalry) May 17, 2016 (as Zinn-Rock rivalry)
Number of competitions	12 Competitions
Most victories	Kellie Rock (3)
Most losses	Ava Zinn (3 as solo moderator, 1 with Kymberly)
Most recent meeting	December 2, 2014 (Kellie Rock)
All-time record	Ava: 6-7-3 [6-6-3 (solo), 0-1-0 (with Kymberly)] Robyn/Kellie: 5-5-3 [0-0-0 (Robyn), 0-0-3 (Kellie), 0-0-0 (Kellie & Megan)]
All-time series  (Vote for the Girls (U.S.) only)	3-1-8 Kellie Rock
Regular competitions	Ava: 2-7-2 [2-6-2 (solo), 0-1-0 (with Kymberly)] Robyn/Kellie: 2-5-3 [2-5-0 (Robyn), 0-0-3 (Kellie solo), 0-0-0 (Kellie & Megan)]
Makeup competitions	Ava: 4-0-1 [4-0-1 (solo), 0-0-0 (with Kymberly)] Robyn/Kellie: 3-0-0 [3-0-0 (Robyn), 0-0-0 (Kellie), 0-0-0 (Kellie & Megan)]
Best finish	Ava: As solo moderator: December 17, 2013 (2013-12-17): Tessanne Chin (winner of The Voice (season 5)) With Kymberly Alvaraz: TBA Kellie: Inherited from Robyn Hurd: December 22, 2011 (2011-12-22): Melanie Amaro (Winner of The X Factor (season 1)) As solo moderator: December 2, 2014 (2014-12-02): DaNica Shirey (6th-8th Place on The Voice (season 7)) With Megan Rock: TBA
Worst finish	Ava: As solo moderator: March 22, 2012 (2012-03-22): Erika van Pelt (10th place on American Idol (season 11)) With Kymberly Alvaraz: March 12, 2015 (2015-03-12): Sarina-Joi Crowe (12th place on American Idol (season 14)) Kellie: As solo moderator: December 2, 2014 (2014-12-02): DaNica Shirey (6th-8th Place on The Voice (season 7)) With Megan Rock: TBA -
Current win streak	Kellie 1 Victory (Moderator's Save) (December 2014-present)
Vote for the Girls Victories
Moderator Victories (7) Robyn/Kellie/Kellie & Megan (1) – Melanie Amaro Ava/Ava & Kymberly (6) – Lauren Froderman, Melanie Moore, Eliana Girard, Cassadee Pope, Danielle Bradbery, Tessanne Chin Moderator Saves (4) Ava/Ava & Kymberly (3) – Christina Grimmie, Jena Irene, Valerie Rockey Robyn/Kellie/Kellie & Megan (1) – DaNica Shirey

The Zinn–Mort rivalry, dubbed The Battle of Ohio by fans, is a rivalry between American Vote for the Girls moderators Ava Zinn and Maribel Mort.

Geography, friendship, and siblings add to this rivalry. Zinn (a trans woman from Van Buren, Indiana) and while Hurd/Rock (sisters from Warren, Pennsylvania) are in the center of the Buckeye state, and until Donna Doogan joined the panel in the fall of 2016, essentially split Ohio. Vote for the Girls webmaster Ava Zinn were (and to this day, still are) longtime close friends with Mort's mother (Robyn Hurd) and Holly Everman (Hurd was Zinn's first friend despite Hurd being 22 years Zinn's senior from January 4, 1989 until Hurd's death from a stroke on May 24, 2012 and Everman has been close friends since December 28, 1990 and upon Hurd's death in 2012 became the longest tenured close friend with Zinn).

The rivalry would later be fueled by sociocultural differences. Although Ohio is geographically between Indiana and Pennsylvania, Marion, Indiana identifies more with East Central Indiana while Warren, Pennslvania identifies more with the Northwest Pennsylvania (particularly in nearby Pittsburgh).

From the website's launch on April 28, 2010, Zinn and Hurd (later Rock) first competed as opposing moderators, except in Summer 2011 (Ava Zinn was auditioning in Pittsburgh for the 11th season of American Idol, being busy with her high school reunion while Hurd spent the summer of 2011 sidelined by varicose veins), summer 2012 (Ava Zinn was in the beginning stages of a lengthy battle over her future in Marion, Indiana three years after the repercussions WISH-TV/Bright House dispute and Patrice Rafferty filled in for Zinn during the Duets and So You Think You Can Dance 9 competitions and Hurd's widow, Hilalry Matthewson, filled the remainder of Hurd's term until the end of the web site's spring cycle of the fourth season) and from Matthewson's departure until the fall cycle of the web site's fifth season when Hurd's sister Kellie Rock joined the moderator panel.

History

2014-2016: Zinn-Rock rivalry era

At the start of the sixth season, as part of the moderators' punishments for failing to support Christina Grimmie and Jena Asciutto in securing the web site's respective fourth consecutive Voice and second consecutive American Idol victory, Ava Zinn and fellow purple team transwoman moderator Kathi Jameson wore strapless tops with Zinn wearing thong panties occasionally as her own gender transition was not completed at the time (as Zinn says she has an "enlarged clitoris") and Jameson's completed in 2012, while Holly Everman and fellow pink team moderator Kellie Rock binding their breasts with Rock appearing as a Breast Cancer survivor if she had a double mastectomy and Everman (after shaving her traditionally long hair) appearing as a female-to-male transgender individual.

Results

Finale

Tied Game

Make-Up Competition

Team Ava/Ava & Kymberly victory

Team Robyn/Kellie/Maribel victory

2010's (Rock 3-1-8)

Year	Day	Date	Competition	Winning Moderator	Zinn's Final Pick (includes Team Ava & Kymberly picks)	Result	Hurd/Rock's Final Pick (includes Team Kellie & Megan picks)	Notes
2010	Thursday	August 12, 2010 (2010-08-12)	So You Think You Can Dance 7		Lauren Froderman	VFTG Victory	Lauren Froderman	First Vote for the Girls Make-Up Victory.
2011	Wednesday	May 25, 2011 (2011-05-25)	American Idol 10		Lauren Aliana (2nd)	VFTG Loss	Lauren Aliana (2nd)	First Full Vote for the Girls season.
	Thursday	August 11, 2011 (2011-08-11)	So You Think You Can Dance 8		Melanie Moore	VFTG Victory	Melanie Moore
2011-12	Thursday	December 22, 2011 (2011-12-22)	The X Factor USA 1	Robyn Hurd	Drew (6th)	VFTG Victory (Robyn)	Melanie Amaro	First Vote for the Girls Victory. This would be the final victory for Robyn Hurd.
	Wednesday	May 23, 2012 (2012-05-23)	American Idol 11		Jessica Sanchez (2nd) Erika van Pelt (10th)	VFTG Loss	Jessica Sanchez (2nd)	Robyn Hurd died of a stroke four hours after Sanchez's defeat. Hurd's widow, Hillary Matthewson took over.
2012-13	Tuesday	December 18, 2012 (2012-12-18)	The Voice USA 3	Ava Zinn	Amanda Brown (Team Adam) Melanie Martinez (Team Adam, WILD) Adriana Louise (Team Christina, WILD) Sylvia Yacoub (Team Christina) Cassadee Pope (Team Blake)	VFTG Victory (Ava)	Melanie Martinez (Team Adam) Sylvia Yacoub (Team Christina) Michaela Paige (Team Blake)	Hurd's widow, Hillary Matthewson took over.
	Tuesday	June 18, 2012 (2012-06-18)	The Voice USA 4		Judith Hill (Team Adam) Cathia (Team Usher) Sasha Allen (Team Shakira) Danielle Bradbery (Team Blake)	VFTG Victory	Caroline Glaiser (Team Adam) Cathia (Team Usher) Karina Igleasias (Team Shakira) Danielle Bradbery (Team Blake)
2013-14	Tuesday	May 20, 2014 (2014-05-20)	The Voice USA 6		Christina Grimmie (3rd)	Saved	Christina Grimmie (3rd)	Initially Vote for the Girls Loss, but later Moderators' Veto
	Wednesday	May 21, 2014 (2014-05-21)	American Idol 11		Jena Irene (2nd)	Saved	Jena Irene (2nd)	First competition between Zinn and Rock. Initially Vote for the Girls Loss, but later Moderators' Veto.
2014-15	Sunday	August 24, 2014 (2014-08-24)	Rising Star	Kellie Rock	Dana Williams (4th)	VFTG Loss	Audrey Kate Geiger (3rd)	A few days prior to the Rising Star finale, Everman was arrested for a second DUI. Everman was suspended for 12 weeks and her niece, Nermal, filled in for Holly in the interim.
	Tuesday	December 2, 2014 (2014-12-02)	The Voice USA 7	Kellie Rock	Abstained	Saved (Kellie)	DaNica Shirey (Team Pharrell, Top 8)	With Rock as the winning moderator, she was not required to participate in Dancing with the Stars 20.
	TBA	TBA	American Idol 14	Kellie Rock	Sarina Joi-Crowe (12th)	Pending	Tyanna Jones
	Tuesday	TBA	The Voice USA 8		TBA	Pending	TBA

Notable Moments

2015: Zinn tirade

After the American Idol 14 Top 12 result on March 12, 2015, Ava Zinn unleashed a torrent of expletives and threats designed to motivate her fellow purple team moderators. In one portion she exclaims she is "f**king tired of losing to Kellie." Unknown to most, the cameras were still rolling and was included in the web site's sixth season finale. Zinn and Alvaraz's pick of Nick Fradiani would go on to the American Idol 14 finale in which Fradiani became the winner of American Idol (and become the web site's first male victory on Idol) while Rock's pick (Tyanna Jones) finished in fifth place.

See also

• Zinn–Everman rivalry