Does How We Look On Stage Matter More Than How We Sound...?

Have you ever wondered how much the visual aspect of a performance matters to the listener? Like, if you were going to enter two competitions, where one required submitting an audio recording and the other required a video recording, which one would you have a better chance of being accepted to? Or would it make any difference at all? A 2013 study of international competition finalists went viral, when it seemed like the results suggested that how a musician looks on stage matters more than...