This Puzzle Trick Is Not Cheating!

Here are the links to the puzzles in the video:
Kurt’s first puzzle: https://tinyurl.com/ya9dn9q3
Kurt’s second puzzle: https://tinyurl.com/y98qeu24
Final Kurt puzzle: https://tinyurl.com/ya74d5f7
Maho Yokota 3 star puzzle: https://tinyurl.com/ycuhgous

Starbattle rules:
Place 2 stars in every row/column/region such that no two stars touch each other even diagonally. [NB In Maho's puzzle there needs to be 3 stars in each row/column/region.]
The puzzle website featured in Kurt's part of the video is here:
https://www.puzzle-star-battle.com/

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