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So far from reading through the replies, most people would like to see some kind of contest to be held during that period when the Olympics would have been held. And from the options so far, a lot of people are favouring the Festival of Music option and then also some appetite for a sports theme too. I will allow time for more input but currently I'm thinking we could hold a contest based on a Festival of Music type concept. Users could represent the nations who have not taken part in TISC. Also to incorporate some type of sports theme, then the format could be in the style of a sporting tournament, with either groups or knock-out rounds as some have suggested. I agree with those who said it should feel much different to TISC so that users don't feel fatigued when the 15th milestone edition of TISC begins just a month or 2 after that. We want to have as much participation there as possible and who knows, maybe this once-off different style of contest will attract someone new. The suggestion that users' choice of nation is kept secret is a good idea also and is another element to help it feel like something different.

Happy Easter

Time for the voting. One-by-one of course

Maybe in the Festival of Music representing planet Jupiter.

Ahh 90s Eurovision I won’t drop any spoilers

Recovery rates are not accurate as a lot of countries are not even reporting or updating on recovery rates.

That's a PPJ average of 8.83 across 6 rounds of voting

So here it is, the Romanian song from the first ever edition of TISC.... Avantgarde - Alina Visează

It’s the magic of TISC... complain that you are not receiving any points and bang, you get some nice points in the next turn. Ask about a song that has been missing for 5 years and bang, you find it the very next day. We have a magic lamp that grants wishes.

Blasted penguins

Breaking news: we have finally tracked down the missing Romanian song from TISC Open 2013. I will post it later after work. You can’t believe how happy I am that we finally got it back after 5 years and to complete the full list of songs that have taken part officially in the history of TISC

Ok, I added a quick survey on the Discussion thread. No need to have a strict vote but just to make sure firstly that more people want to have this event than not and if so, what type of event....

Thoughts on a Special Contest this Summer? Now that the Olympics have been postponed this summer and with the lack of sporting events to keep us entertained, users have expressed an interest in holding a once-off special contest during the time Tokyo 2020 was due to take place this summer. As such, I would like to gauge opinions and come to an overall consensus about whether a special contest should take place and how it should differ from the standard TISC events. I will not set a deadline on this vote for now as this is just to generate ideas and not to make firm decisions. Also this survey is open to all members of the forum, not exclusive to users who have participated in TISC. If you want more questions or options to be added to this survey, please write on thread and we can add them. Like I said, this is not a strict vote, this is more a survey to see where opinions lie.... Question 1: Would you like to see a once-off special contest to be held this summer with the final being held at some point during the old Olympic schedule? (a) Yes (b) No Question 2: Would you like it to be a themed contest? For example (sports themed, movie themed, instrumental themed, talent show themed, any other themed)? (a) Yes (b) No Question 3: If we have a themed contest, which type of theme do you prefer? Please answer even if you answered "No" to Question 2. (a) Festival of Music style - representing the nations who have not participated in TISC (b) Sports themed (c) Movie themed (d) Instrumental themed (e) Talent Show themed (f) Dance Music themed (g) Dance themed (h) Other theme - please specify Comments: (please add all additional comments and opinions in the comment box below.

Yeah I agree with it being different in feel and format from the standard TISC. Hopefully it will attract a different audience too. If we agree then it would be more like a a contest endorsed by TISC but not a standard TISC event. And the rules can be changed up and indeed organised by someone different completely if needs be.

I will arrange a vote to see if users want a contest during the original Olympic dates and what type of contest.

Medal tables are one of the most interesting parts of the Olympics for me. Yeah probably boring if you are from America because you win hundreds of medals and you practically know where in the table you are gonna finish each time. But for the rest of the smaller nations it really means something when an athlete wins a medal. It’s a great feeling of achievement and the medal table is another aspect of this. And another reason why tables should only be sorted by number of golds won and not total medals because that way smaller nations can climb a bit higher. Fiji with their 1 gold medal beats another medium nation who only wins 3 silvers and 3 bronze. I love that However, all-time medal tables are indeed boring

I actually thought that Lithuania would win this time. I did not expect it to end up on the right hand side.

And rumour has it that Israel has been invited to replace them in The Committee.

By the way, who survived in The Committee this time and who received the cement shoes treatment?

By the way, another interesting stat is that this contest was the first time ever that Australia finished outside the top 10

@Wanderer ruined your streak. He awarded 12 points to your song in the 2017 Open and crashed your streak

ISRAEL AT THE TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST Continent - Europe Population: 9.05 million Capital: Jerusalem TISC Appearances 7 TISC Open Appearances 3 TISC Annual Appearances 4 National Records Overall Best Finish 7th National Record Points 110 pts National Record Average 3.06 PPJ National Record Points Streak 4 National Record Medal Streak 2 National Records Open Best Finish 17th National Record Points 77 pts National Record Average 1.93 PPJ National Record Points Streak 3 National Records Annual Best Finish 7th National Record Points 110 pts National Record Average 3.06 PPJ National Record Points Streak 4 Overall Medals 0 0 0 Israel - List of All TISC Entries Edition Contest Artist - Song Rank Points #1 TISC Open 2013 Did Not Participate - - #2 TISC Annual 2014 Did Not Participate - - #3 TISC Open 2014 Did Not Participate - - #4 TISC Annual 2015 Did Not Participate - - #5 TISC Open 2015 Did Not Participate - - #6 TISC Annual 2016 Did Not Participate - - #7 TISC Open 2016 Did Not Participate - - #8 TISC Annual 2017 Did Not Participate - - #9 TISC Open 2017 Did Not Participate - - #10 TISC Annual 2018 Did Not Participate - - #11 TISC Open 2018 Did Not Participate - - #12 TISC Annual 2019 Did Not Participate - - #13 TISC Open 2019 Did Not Participate - - #14 TISC Annual 2020 Eliad - Journey 21st 75 pts #15 TISC Open 2020 Idan Raichel - Boiee 30th 39 pts #16 TISC Annual 2021 Dennis Lloyd - Alien 7th 110 pts #17 TISC Open 2021 Baaz Sharabi - Halevai 35th 9 pts #18 TISC Annual 2022 Ran Danker - Beyt Meshuga'im 36th 42 pts #19 TISC Open 2022 Asaf Avidan - Reckoning Song 17th 77 pts #20 TISC Annual 2023 Full Trunk & Jimbo J - Chilling In The Kibbutz 38th 11 pts Most Successful Israeli Entry

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Hands up who knows how to represent 10000 in Roman numerals

I wonder will we ever see a tie for position (truly tied after all criteria have been exhausted). I guess it's more likely to happen with low scoring songs and even then it's still not that likely to happen.