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1 minute ago, Olympian1010 said:

Billie fell out of the top five at the end, so who's ready for an obscure indie entry next year? 

TISC is apparently harder to win than the Grammys and the Oscars. 

 

Joking aside, as popular as Billie is, her Barbie song is too low-key for a song contest to win. The Dua Lipa song from the same movie would probably get more points in TISC. 

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Italy is the first country to win the annual contest three times. 

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So this means that if  gets any points from Italy, they win. 

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Just now, Olympian1010 said:

 repeat winning in  would be so on-brand for TISC 

And the country that can mess up for them is... actually themselves as they are the last country to vote. 

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Open contest: the most modern music wins

 

Annual contest: Italian and German retro music in the Top5

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I doubt that I will be able to post my votes today. If I get lucky and have time for it, I will let you know. Good luck to everyone!

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@OlympicIRL I have been thinking about a rule change for the Open contest. Or maybe it wouldn't even be a rule change, I just misinterpreted the song eligibility rule. We say that the song must be at least 5 years old. Are we saying this about song itself or the recording? 

 

What I am saying here is what if a song is more than 5 years old, but the original artist makes a new recording, which isn't more than 5 years old? That's not a cover because it was recorded by the original artist. Can a new recording of an old song be submitted for the Open contest if it was recorded by the original artist? I think a recording like that should be eligible even if it differs from the original version in some way, as it's still an old song, performed by the original artist. 

 

I doubt that this would be relevant in most, if not all cases, but I just want to clarify it. 

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Also, for reference here are my favorite songs so far, mostly the songs with 12 points and some runner-ups. Maybe after 9 editions you can guess where my highest points will go.  (And yes, none of these songs won TISC. Only one of them was Top3.)

 

 Dulce Pontes - Canção do Mar

 Aldous Harding - Zoo Eyes

 Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly

 The Idan Raichel Project - Bo'ee

 Ashe & FINNEAS - Till Forever Falls Apart

 Evgenya Redko - Laikinai

 The Rumour Said Fire - The Balcony

 Kwiat Jabłoni ft. Julia Pietrucha - "Drogi proste"

 The Motans - În Golul Tău

 Asaf Avidan - Reckoning Song

 Jerry Heil, alyona alyona, Ela. - #KUPALA

 Toto Cutugno - L'italiano

 Μαρίνα Σάττι - ΜΑΝΤΙΣΣΑ

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Since this is my 10th edition participating in this contest I tought I should look up what my current "all-time" ranking is since I joined in 2019. 

 

Fun fact: I have given 12 points to 9 different nations in the 9 editions I participated. Nobody repeated so far on the top. So after 9 editions, these are my Top10 nations...

 

1st  47 points - 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze

2nd  39 points - 1 gold

3rd  37 points

4th  36 points - 1 silver, 1 bronze

5th  33 points - 1 gold, 1 silver

6th  32 points - 1 gold

7th  32 points

8th  31 points - 1 gold, 1 silver

9th  30 points - 1 gold, 1 bronze

10th  30 points - 2 silver

 

And now let's see which nations gave the most points to Hungary since I joined...

 

1st  51 points - 1 silver, 1 bronze

2nd  49 points - 1 gold

3rd  48 points - 2 gold, 1 bronze

4th  45 points - 1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze

5th  38 points - 1 silver, 1 bronze

6th  37 points - 2 silver

7th  35 points - 2 silver

8th  33 points - 1 gold, 1 silver

9th  33 points - 1 bronze

10th  32 points - 2 silver, 1 bronze

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 Hungary 

Azahriah - introvertált dal

 

 

Lyrics

 

Spoiler

Oh, my-my-my friend

I'm sorry that I wasn't good to you

 

I'm telling you, at night on the cobblestone streets

I saw a partying crowd

And I pondered about how long it had been

That I felt like a child, come on, come on!

My childhood is covered in concrete

Since a palace dweller is no longer waiting for miracles

Just strolling alone on the roads

Until our final hour has struck (Goodbye)

 

She could never wait enough, so she buries again

A hundred and one bad memories from her childhood

Her face clings to the image, as she would like you to see it

But in reality, she never, never comes back

 

Every night and in the morning I would change

I promise, I take the control into my hands that's been waiting for a long time

Don't be mad if I'm a little crazy, but what could I harm?

You, even if I don't write, I don't pick up when you call

I don't understand why you cry

I'm also fed up with being locked in

(And I'm eating chili Soba(noodles) in my room)

Ah, I surround myself with a wall to separate myself

Believe me, I didn't ask for this to end this way

The pit is deep

She would lure, but baby, but don't be afraid!

I see at the end of the tunnel, at the end of the tunnel

The light that you stole, I'm not on top today

Because my existence is in crisis

Just say that "You're okay, no need to be afraid

Let's try to live!"

Because all this is just a small thing in the big world

Because what was beautiful was only what was long ago

That's just this sorrow being discussed

Madness catches up and all my nightmares

When I would rest, but she

 

She would never tire enough, so she buries again

All the old torment and sorrow

But please don't worry about me, it's still very good for me!

Just think of me, if I never rise again!

 

Every night and in the morning I would change

But every night and in the morning I would lock myself in

Every night and in the morning I would ch-ch-ch-ch-change

Every night and in the morning I lock myself in.

 

 

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Of course the one time I pick an English language song we get our best result ever. 

 

Thank you everyone who voted for our song! First ever podium, 152 points, only 11 points from the win, this went beyond my expectations. 

 

@Olympian1010, thank you for organizing this event!

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Great Britain and Hungary being more Irish than Ireland is turning out to be a winning strategy so far. 

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Huh, maybe I shouldn't go to sleep after all. 

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15 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

If you're so certain, how about you make your prediction public 

I will tell you in a PM because I don't want to publicly foreshadow how I will vote later. 

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Of all the TISC contests I have entered, I feel like this is the one where I am the most certain about which song will win in the end. But maybe I will be wrong, it happened before. 

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Hungary and GB being more Irish than Ireland. And GB even "stole" Saoirse Ronan! Now this is a proper TISC anniversary!

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I wonder how many Lorde songs will be submitted to TISC before the biggest hits show up. It's like there's a silent agreement that submitting Royals would be unfair. 

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Well, here I go with a song that might be unexpected from Hungary, but this 10 year anniversary can't go down without at least one Central/Eastern European country sending a Celtic rock band. This is TISC after all.  

 

 

 

 Hungary 

Paddy and the Rats - Castaway

 

 

Lyrics

 

Spoiler

As I walk along the lonely shore
On life I'm wondering
Don't know why is it so hard to let go
All that I believed
Leave the child inside me on the road
For the man I must become
I hope I find the place where I belong

The night is dark, I need to find
A lighthouse on the coast
It should lead me and it's light my mind
And drive away my ghosts
I early learned the power of love
But many times I've failed
As I could free myself from all my chains
As I could free myself from all my chains

Here I go a castaway
Try to turn my storm to silence
Here I go against the dark to find the light
Here I go against the rain
To find my soaking soul asylum
‘Til I find peace for my broken heart

My prideful mind is always false to my pure and humble heart
Always leads me to the wrong decision ‘till I fall apart
Responsibility, it must win over happiness
But my idealistic soul won't acquiesce
But my idealistic soul won't acquiesce

 

Here I go a castaway
Try to turn my storm to silence
Here I go against the dark to find the light
Here I go against the rain
To find my soaking soul asylum
‘Til I find peace for my broken heart

So I find myself in doubt
But I'm holding on
It's a lifelong blackout
But I'm holding on
I feel I lost my route
But I'm holding on
Desperately I'm crying out
That I'm holding on

Here I go a castaway
Try to turn my storm to silence
Here I go against the dark to find the light
Here I go against the rain
To find my soaking soul asylum
‘Til I find peace for my broken heart
‘Til I find peace for my broken heart

 

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I am very busy but I will try to find enough time for these. I think I already know what I will submit, the time has come to try out something a bit less Hungarian just for the fun of it. 

 

 is in

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21 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:

 

Sure, I'm open to suggestions. Would it just be a simple poll like "Who is your favourite winner?" or "Who is your favourite runner-up?" and would it be a public poll?

 

 

Yeah, just public polls, because it's easier to do it that way.

 

But maybe we will get some other suggestions in this thread. 

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Hey @OlympicIRL, I was just thinking, in honor of the 10th anniversary, maybe we could have a poll on which TISC winning song is everyone's favorite? And maybe also have a poll on the TISC runner-ups? 

 

I mean, it's not much, but it would give an opportunity to revisit the winners and the runner-ups for the 10th anniversary. 

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1 hour ago, Wanderer said:

This is the first time I gave 12 to the winning song!

Somehow my 12 points are stuck between the 4th and the 10th place, with the exception of two songs that were barely in the Top20. At this point I would be happy if one of my 12 points winners finish on the podium. 

 

12 points given by Hungary since I joined

 

Open 2019 -  - 10th place

Annual 2020 -  - 20th place

Open 2020 -   - 4th place

Annual 2021 -  - 6th place

Open 2021 -  - 4th place

Annual 2022 -  - 7th place

Open 2022 -  - 17th place

Annual 2023 -  - 10th place

 

 

And, um, let's just say that if you are fighting for the win and you don't get any points from me, you are one step towards victory.

 

Open 2019 - - 2 points

Annual 2020 -  - 0 points

Open 2020 -  - 0 pints

Annual 2021 -  - 10 points

Open 2021 -  - 0 points

Annual 2022 -  - 0 points

Open 2022 -  - 0 points

Annual 2023 -  - 0 points

 

Yeah... 2/8 so far.  You can say that the Weeknd is the only TISC winner in the past 4 years that I truly supported. 

 

Edited March 18, 2023 by Vektor

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I voted for it, but I would have never guessed that  will be this close to winning with that song. 

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The big European countries are taking TISC lately. 

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Hm, looking at the last three countries voting... maaaybe Italy got this?