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One last thing to do... reveal the Scoreboard: 0 / 35 Juries Voted Jury Voting: Netherlands 0 Indonesia 0 Finland 0 Romania 0 Argentina 0 Slovenia 0 Great Britain 0 Ireland 0 Morocco 0 Russia 0 Mexico 0 Croatia 0 United States 0 Slovakia 0 Tunisia 0 Algeria 0 Portugal 0 Lithuania 0 Canada 0 Malta 0 France 0 Iran 0 Greece 0 Moldova 0 New Zealand 0 Bulgaria 0 Azerbaijan 0 Kazakhstan 0 Germany 0 India 0 Brazil 0 Denmark 0 Serbia 0 Poland 0 Italy 0 Remember the contest begins tomorrow morning at 10:30 UK time (GMT+1)! I hope to see you all there! Goodbye for now!

And with that we have a special guest and new Totallympics member I hear to open the contest! "It is with great pride I declare the 2017 Totallympics Annual International Song Contest open" Thank you everyone for joining us tonight for the Opening Ceremony!!

To begin this ceremony we will rise, rise into the skies above the city of Brighton, look out along the Sussex coast, inland to the South Downs and out to the English Channel and mainland Europe and the world beyond. But look, now we are at the top of the tallest moving observation tower in the world, the i360, what can we see? In the distance the Irish delegation are boarding a raft leaving the island of St Kilda, we can see the Mexican and Moldovan delegations finishing their hike along Glyndwr's Way, we can see the Lithuania team's hot air baloon landing by the Clifton Suspension Bridge, we can see Potugal at the highest point in Britain and we can see Algeria in a bad mood counting down the seconds until they can leave the Giant's Causeway. So now is the time to bring the delegations of the world together and welcome the entire Totallympic's community to Brighton. So without further ado, let us welcome the delagtions to Brighton, region by region, welcoming them to the contest with a parade of nations, led by a cultural anthem from their host region.

Well, do you wanna go the seaside? Because that's where Totallympics is heading, to the coastal city and home to the Kooks, it's ....

THE HIGHLANDS (SCO) The Highlands is not technically a county, but it is a region of Scotland that is truely stunning. It will be the base for Portugal @kungshamra71 and Croatia @dcro. Portugal we expect a photo from the top, you don't have long to climb it either, so you might want to cheat and take the cable car. Portugal - Ben Nevis (highest point in Britain) Croatia - Dunoon (home of the Highland Games)

If Brighton's music scene has impressed you so far, there's more of that to come! But the next part of the ceremony is very significant in Brighton. Brighton is a city that is very eco-conscious, it is where the Green Party has their only MP and this environmentally friendly community have come up with an excellent way to reuse waste - to use it as musical instruments! Yes, the amazing Stomp percussion group were founded in Brighton in the 1990s and here with a domestic recycling performance that is genius in so many ways is Stomp.

That was the Parade of Nations, but there is one more obstacle to overcome before competing nations will be fully welcomed to the contest! It is the infamous BRIGHTON BIG BALLS: Once our competitors can overcome this challenge then they are truely ready to take on the musical marathon that is the Totallympics Song Contest!

Welcome to the 2017 Totallympics Annual International Song Contest Opening Ceremony! There is only one possible way to open this contest and that is to celebrate the reason why we are here, in Britain, today. That reason is Birdy and Rhodes with their stunning song Let it all go. So everyone enjoy this special performance from last years winners, Birdy and Rhodes....

Sussex (SE) Sussex is a county in South East England, also known as Sussex-by-the-sea, and is technically divided into 2 (East and West Sussex - with the City of Brighton and Hove diving the two) and will be home to Serbia @DaniSRB@dareza and @rybak. As this is my home county you'll be treated to two of my favourite spots - so enjoy! With West Wittering do beware - on a sunny day most of the surrounding villages flock to the beach and it can be infested with people - but you shoudl be alright at this time of year. Serbia, your choice of Alfriston is a timy village in East Sussex, but it is beautiful! It is surrounded by rolling hills and the beach is just a few minutes walk down the road - it is one of the most picturesque villages I have ever been to! There is currently a big campaign in the village to stop the council putting in traffic lights as they will ruin the image of the village! Poland - West Witterings Serbia - Alfriston

We are in for a treat with another performance from Stomp, this one lifting the atmosphere of the ceremony with drama and combat....

The scene has been set for this evenings show. Outside the sea is calm, the sun is setting, the illuminations on the pier are being switched on! The city is calm and Brighton is ready for an explosion of music, dance and performce that will declare the contest open. If the delegations are ready, the show shall begin...

THE NORTH AZERBAIJAN INDIA IRAN ITALY NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND

Now the ceremony has begun, there may be one question you might be asking yourself ... Where is the Totallympics Song Contest being held in Britain? So far there has been no word on the venue, last year we were in Kaunas and Kosice, so where will we be in Britain? Well, you're net getting the answer to that question too easily, there's a couple of clues that should reveal where this great contest will be held. Clue 1: This contest has been all about counties so far! So the host county for this contest is....

@dcro at the home of the Highland Games, I'm sure he's already busy working out all the qualifying procedures and tripartite invitiation systems for this year's edition

Wow! Everyone has made it!!

MERSEYSIDE (N) And last but not least, we head to Merseyside and welcome Netherlands @heywoodu and Azerbaijan @il_qar. Both will be staying in Liverpool so enjoy this wonderful city full of culture and some of the friendliest people. Netherlands/Azerbaijan - Liverpool

LONDON (SE) London, our capital and largest city, will be home to Brazil @titicow @vinipereira and @Federer91. But we will be sending our delegations to parts of London you may not have sene before... Brazil - Camden Town Bulgaria - Clapham

poor Zaho she will play the Family Robinson for my part i said before that i was in lost in Scotland i will not leave the Haunted castle for those cubix rocks

Yorkshire (N) Yorkshire is one of the largest counties on the country, and is technically divided into 4 (North, West, South and East Riding) and will be home to New Zealand @Wanderer and Iran @MHSN New Zealand - Whitby Iran - York

I don't think being gay has anything to do with it And anyway, people who are not getting in semi-violent demonstrations won't get in this kind of trouble neither. Too bad for her, hopefully she makes better choices next time

Yes I do A lot of our best players play at the Tilburg Trappers, a Dutch club that plays in the German Oberliga (the 3rd tier in Germany I think) because there it would have more competition than in Dutch/Belgian league. The Trappers made it to the Oberliga play-off finals and that was being played this week, so they logically wouldn't let their players go to Belfast. The Dutch coach only focusses on Estonia, because in his eyes, that's the only team they could realistically beat and so keep behind them to avoid relegation. That match is tomorrow and today's Trappers match gave some good news. The Trappers won the 4th game in the finals, meaning they went 3-1 up and decided the final. That means the players are now free to travel to Belfast tomorrow morning and they could, in theory, significantly improve the strength of the team. No idea how good they actually are, this is all just what I read on newspaper websites and a forum and I barely know any names, but it definitely is an explanation: 1) a lot of players are missing because they were playing for the Trappers and 2) the focus is on Estonia.

Nordic Combined at this moment. Max quota per NOC are 4 athletes. Total quota are 55 (50 for rule D.1 and 5 for rule D.2.) According to the WC standings: Quota Country The best athletes, who counted (their places at the WC in brackets) 4 FRENZEL Eric (1), RYDZEK Johannes (2), RIESSLE Fabian (4), KIRCHEISEN Bjoern (5). 4 SEIDL Mario (6), DENIFL Wilhelm (9), GRUBER Bernhard (10), ORTER Philipp (17). 4 GRAABAK Joergen (11), ANDERSEN Espen (15), KROG Magnus (18), SCHMID Jan (23). 4 WATABE Akito (3), NAGAI Hideaki (22), WATABE Yoshito (24), WATANABE Takehiro (32). 4 BRAUD Francois (12), GERARD Antoine (33), LAHEURTE Maxime (35), MUHLETHALER Laurent (55). 4 HEROLA Ilkka (7), HIRVONEN Eero (8), MUTRU Leevi (36), MAEKIAHO Arttu (58). 3 PORTYK Tomas (37), DVORAK Miroslav (41), PAZOUT Ondrej (64). 2 COSTA Samuel (14), PITTIN Alessandro (38). 2 FLETCHER Bryan (34), FLETCHER Taylor (49). 2 CIESLAR Adam (43), SLOWIOK Pawel (50). 2 BARKOV Viacheslav (52), YAHIN Ernest (55). 2 ILVES Kristjan (42), TIIRMAA Karl-August (67). 1 HUG Tim (16). 1 JELENKO Marjan (63). 1 PARK Je-un (67). Total - 40 athletes with 1 host spot inside. Then should use CC until we reached 50. According to the CC standings: Quota Country The best athletes, who counted (their places at the CC in brackets) +2 RUNGGALDIER Lukas (12), BAUER Armin (17). +2 LOOMIS Ben (28), GOOD Jasper (30). +2 MASTIEV Samir (42), NABEEV Niyaz (70). +1 PASICHNYK Viktor (38). +1 DANEK Lukas (55). +1 VRHOVNIK Vid (63). +1 PIHO Han Hendrik (72). +10. Total - 50. 10 countries have 4 quoats for the team event: The last 5 guotas according to the CC standings: Quota Country The best athletes, who counted (their places at the CC in brackets) +1 SARC Leon (72). +1 MAZURCHUK Dmytro (75). +1 PIHO Kail (97). +1 TWARDOSZ Pawel (99). +1 +4. Total - 54. At this moment there aren't any more athletes for filling the last quota. Without 10 countries for the team event (40 quotas), the other 14 quoats goes: 4 - , 3 - , 2 - , 1 - .

Thank you everyone for the nice comments!! I'm glad you all enjoyed it! Have big respect now for previous hosts as the ceremony is a lot harder work than it looks!

We all know what bird is the true horror of TISC and it's neither crows nor starlings!

Well, the best summary is the quote from Beach Boys' song "Fun, Fun, Fun" (later covered by Status Quo feat. Beach Boys): "She makes the Indy 500 look like a Roman chariot race now"

Women's ski jumping at this moment. Max quota per NOC are 4 athletes. Total quota for women's ski jumping are 35 According to the WC standings: Quota Country The best athletes, who counted (their places at the WC in brackets) 4 TAKANASHI Sara (1), ITO Yuki (2), SETO Yuka (12), IWABUCHI Kaori (18). 4 ALTHAUS Katharina (4), VOGT Carina (5), WUERTH Svenja (10), STRAUB Ramona (19). 4 KLINEC Ema (7), VTIC Maja (11), ROGELJ Spela (17), BOGATAJ Ursa (22). 4 AVVAKUMOVA Irina (9), BARANNIKOVA Anastasiya (25), TIKHONOVA Sofia (27), KUSTOVA Alexandra (35). 4 HENDRICKSON Sarah (14), ENGLUND Nita (16), RINGQUIST Abby (28), GERAGHTY-MOATS Tara (40). 4 LEMARE Lea (23), MORAT Lucile (24), MATTEL Coline (32), AVOCAT GROS Oceane (42). 3 IRASCHKO-STOLZ Daniela (6), SEIFRIEDSBERGER Jacqueline (8), HOELZL Chiara (13). 3 MALSINER Manuela (15), RUNGGALDIER Elena (21), INSAM Evelyn (30). 1 HENRICH Taylor (33). 1 LUNDBY Maren (3). 1 KYKKAENEN Julia (20). 1 HARALAMBIE Daniela (37). Total - 34 athletes. Host guota 1 PARK Guy-Lim (60) +1. Total - 35 athletes.

Woohoo, the Magee siblings have won a medal in the mixed doubles

I agree there is no point for such a Games, no doubt, actually some of our national federations are not satisfied when the NOC pushes them to send their athletes here but you think there is a point for Commonwealth Games or even Mediterranean Games ? what Commonwealth countries have in common ? (I know the answer though but that's not something those countries should be proud of) what about the "Racist Games" ? some users here (I'm not talking about you) can participate there for sure.

Well, yes today it was very very bad in all points , slow skating, lack of vivacity, poor goaltenders performances from both goalies. only 56% Saves from the second netminder Radziszewski is absolutely disastrous number, in fact from some 16 shots he received 8 goals. I watched the match and I had feeling like your players lost this match mainly in their heads already before the start, they started the match like non prepared, distracted...I don´t know, it wasn´t Poland from the previous matches, maybe the problem was also about stamina after yesterdays game with Hungary, perhaps also the physical preparation was bad and insufficient. who know...the truth is that today it was very bad match from Poland. but still Austria had also a tone of luck, some goals were very dumb and extremely lucky and rarely repeatable, but they win was deserved ofc today.

Clearly haven't been to Brighton - most of my work in preparing was censoring what could be shared here!

Now we will introduce a new band on the Brighton indie scene - they're music is fantastic and I reckon this song could do quite well in the contest... It's Fickle Friends with Swim

Now to introduce one of Brighton's most famous landmarks, the Royal Pavillion. It was inspired by Indian architecture and built in the 19th Century. During the Second World War thousands of sick and wounded Indian soldiers were treated in the Pavillion and today this Indian connection lives on.

With some fantastic music already tonight from Birdy and Rhones and the Kooks, it is time for another amazing Brighton band to take to the stage! Please welcome Royal Blood with Figure it Out

SOUTH EAST BRAZIL BULGARIA GREAT BRITAIN POLAND SERBIA

Ok, I'll add another one that should

It's cool see some italian artists performe at TISC

SCOTLAND CROATIA GREECE IRELAND MOROCCO PORTUGAL TUNISIA

So the county is Sussex, but what about the city... Anyone got any ideas? Maybe Clue 2 will help... This is The Kooks with Seaside

He looks so friendly and not threatening at all

Yes, I always wanted to go there and visit (spend some time) the pubs, markets...the only missing thing is there no sea, but well we can´t have everything

Andrea Baxter just finished her round with a horse Indy 500... I think @heywoodu would approve that name.

Islamic solidarity??? lol What is next, Games of Christian brotherhood or World Budisth champs

DYFED (WAL) Dyfed is a county in South West, that mixes coastal, urban and rural lifestyles into one and will be the base for Malta @Glen and Romania @africaboy Malta - Rural Carmarthen Romania - St Davids (home of the Patron Saint of Wales)

@heywoodu finally I found something interesting

Set up a tent, make some Algerian food, sell it to the tourists, get rich

COUNTY ANTRIM (NIR) County Antrim is located in the North-East of the island of Ireland and will be home to Algeria @bestmen and Germany @catgamer @OlympicsFan Algeria - Giants Causeway Germany - Belfast

Well according to a news 2 days ago, there will be 431 events and so far OCA currently lists 426 of them. OCA rejects our vice-president's plan to reduce to 420-something events in 36 sports (so the sports will stay as it is now, unless the equestrian issue finally force those events to be held somewhere else and maybe it is possible to make room for other events). What I know is that all the Olympic events listed in the current program, no changes will be made. And the Organizing Committee's VP also stated that there will be no changes of event numbers in jet ski, paragliding, and bridge.

It's not calculated like that. Average points per jury are used. In Algeria's case: avg pts = 215 (all-time points) / 105 (number of juries that could have voted for ALG) = 2,05 min pts = 0,70 (from 2015 TISC Open) max pts = 3,58 (from 2016 TISC Annual) And since 35 nations are competing here we get this. AVG = 34 * 2,05 = 69,7 (70) MIN = 34 * 0,70 = 23,8 (24) MAX = 34 * 3,58 = 121,72 (122)

London Calling: Personal Bests, Milestones and Number 8 Only weeks are separating us from the Grand Final of the 2017 Totallympics Annual International Song Contest, and it promises to be nothing short of spectacular as 35 nations will fight it out to earn the honor of having the best song. Though it's not all about winning, as some nations may be looking just to have their best performance ever. 35 nations will compete in the upcoming contest, a record since the transition to the new forum, but also an overall record for the TISC Annual contests. Every nation will aim to get points from the other 34, but how many points do you need to beat you personal best, or even "personal worst" in this case? Here it is. A graph has three segments. Blue arrows represent how many points a nation needs to get to match their average performance over the years. Top of the each black line represents the points needed to match the personal best, while the bottom of the each line represents the points needed to match the personal worst. Exact points for each of the three aspects are given in the table below. So what do we see in this graph. Well, first of all, another proof of Irish dominance. There are only 5 nations whose best ever performance is better than Irish average one (those are GBR, GER, FRA, ITA and MEX)! Moreover, if we take a look at Ireland's "worst" performance, it is still higher than the best ever performance from 10 other nations competing here. But it's not all about Ireland. One nation that stands out is just about the most consistent one, Portugal. They need 75 points for the best ever, and 64 for the worst ever result! In all of their three participations they finished on very similar points. Totallympics' very own Mr. Consistency One nation is missing from all this however, the "wild card" Iran, our only debutante this year. No history records can help us pinpoint their performance, but we will take a look at what Iran needs to do to be the most successful debutante ever (excluding the nations that debuted at the very first contest). But let me tell you, getting a crown for being the best debutante ever is no easy task. When Colombia debuted back at the 2014 TISC Open contest, they earned massive 228 points and finished second. Some of the most successful debutantes also include Switzerland (5th place at the 2014 TISC Open) and Australia (6th place at the 2014 TISC Annual). It appears as though first time performers have never won this thing however, excluding the very first contest of course. Milestones Now we take a look at some of the milestones that are bound to happen at the 2017 TISC Annual contest. First of all, our British hosts should get their 1000th point in TISC history. As of now, they are on 996 points, so just about the first voters may wrap this up. Hosting this contest should make this milestone even more special to the team GB. Some of the smaller, personal milestones, include the possibility (probability) of reaching their 500th TISC point for team Argentina (497 as of now) and Greece (459). There are also some of the overall milestones bound to be reached. Indonesia, which will open the voting proceedings on April 29 will also become the 250th jury to present their votes. Also, 20000th overall TISC point will be awarded in this edition. It will be awarded by the jury number 8 in the voting order, Algeria. More specifically, it will go to the nation that gets 8 points from Algeria. Notice the recurring theme? Well, I guess we should keep an eye on number 8 in the Grand Final of this, the 8th edition of TISC.

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