The 10 youths found guilty of murdering Jack Woodley had claimed they had an unfair trial.
Appeal judges said they were "satisfied that all of the convictions are safe".
All 10, now aged between 16 and 19, were sentenced to life with minimum terms of between eight and 17 years. Their lawyers argued a break in the 11-week-long trial had an unfair impact on the youths and, in his summing up, His Honour Judge Rodney Jameson KC "crossed the boundary" from being an impartial and "neutral umpire" into offering an opinion that damaged jurors' views of the defendants.
"On the contrary, it was in our view a thorough and fair rehearsal of the evidence and issues, and was sufficient to overcome any difficulties which may have been caused by the two-week interruption of proceedings."At the trial, prosecutors said the group had gone to the Houghton Feast on 16 October looking to fight someone and attacked Mr Woodley as he walked towards the town centre.
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