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  On 1/26/2019 at 7:04 AM, dcro said:

Why would president call people to boycott yes/no question? If anything sounds anti-democratic, then that would be president doing that.

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Because the referendum had a clause that said there had to be a 50% turnout for the vote to be valid! Ultimately they ignored that rule anyway!

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  On 7/13/2018 at 2:40 AM, Olympian1010 said:

Im in love with the British public and their reception of Trump

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Such a proud day to be British! I was one of those marching through London with 250’000 others! I hope Trump got the message that he and his policies are not welcome in the UK.

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/estherruthneica/status/1017745559640256512

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  On 5/8/2018 at 9:25 PM, rybak said:

Good question, for who Russia will give their 12 points in final when  and  are out? 

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Goop point! Georgia are very unlikely to qualify as well! Maybe Cyprus (there is a big Russian connection there) or a new Central European friend, like Czech Republic or Hungary?

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12:  Moldova

10:  Israel

8:  Australia

7:  Azerbaijan

6:  Germany

5:  Montenegro

4:  Albania

3:  Ukraine

2:  France 

1:  Portugal

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  On 2/7/2018 at 9:24 PM, rybak said:

I don't like this song :/ Asanda would be much better choice...

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I did agree with you before tonight, but Asanda's voice wasn't great and the dancing/staging didn't lift the song at all, it was much better on radio and very messy on TV. SuRie's performance was powerful and really got the crowd going, which really hepled her come across well on TV. Asanda may have done better in Lisbon, but SuRie was the best tonight.

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UK Song for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest: Storm by SuRie

 

 

 

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The UK song selection Eurovision You Decide Contest will be held tonight in Brighton (clearly inspired by the Totallympics Song Contest held in the city last year!) 

Some of the songs are decent this year, especially Legends by Asanda which has a great afrobeat vibe, so fingers crossed the British public picks that tonight!

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Happy New Year everyone!! Always good to be waking up in an Olympic year!!

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  On 2/26/2017 at 12:13 AM, Gianlu33 said:

The moldavian song... please, anyone kill me now

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It's brilliant!! There's so many ballads (my country included) this year and Moldova is something a bit different! The live performance really lifts it too, really slick dancing!

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  On 11/1/2016 at 2:59 PM, dcro said:

After Singapore changed its country code from SIN to SGP, Lebanon decided to do the same! It's LBN from now on.

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That change makes sense, LIB was always too confusing and more like Libya!

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  On 5/13/2016 at 9:43 PM, rybak said:

And here are my annual predictions who will give who 12 points in Grand Final

 

Jury/Televoting:

Albania - Italy/Spain
Armenia - Russia/Ukraine
Australia - France/France
Austria - France/France
Azerbaijan - Russia/Russia
Belarus - Russia/Ukraine
Belgium - France/Netherlands
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Serbia/Serbia
Bulgaria - Russia/Russia
Croatia - Australia/Bulgaria
Cyprus - Italy/Italy
Czech Republic - Russia/Azerbaijan
Denmark - Australia/Australia
Estonia - Russia/Latvia
Finland - Sweden/Australia
France - Australia/Belgium
Georgia - Ukraine/Ukraine
Germany - France/Russia
Greece - Cyprus/Cyprus
Hungary - Ukraine/France
Iceland - Sweden/Sweden
Ireland - Australia/Poland
Israel - France/France
Italy - Spain/Spain
Latvia - Russia/France
Lithuania - Ukraine/Latvia
Macedonia - Serbia/Serbia
Malta - Italy/Azerbaijan
Moldova - Ukraine/Russia
Montenegro - Serbia/Serbia
Netherlands - Belgium/France
Norway - Sweden/Sweden
Poland - Ukraine/France
Russia - Armenia/Armenia
San Marino - Australia/Malta
Serbia - Russia/Ukraine
Slovenia - Serbia/Serbia
Spain - Italy/Armenia
Sweden - Australia/Australia
Switzerland - France/France
Ukraine - Armenia/Armenia
United Kingdom - Australia/Poland

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I think you are 100% right about the UK jury - the head of our jury has publically said that she just wants someone shy to stand there and sing and that she dislikes any gimmicks on stage? It will be between Poland and Lithuania for our televote - it is every year and I doubt it will be any different.

Some other interesting patterns you may have not seen

• Ireland will give lots of points to Latvia
• Belgium/Netherlands/France will give high points to Armenia
• The head of the german jury was a judge on the Voice of Germany when the Armenian contestant was competing - so Germany will give lots of points to Armenia as well

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Totallympics Top 10 after 12 users have voted - there is still time to vote before the 1st Semi-Final

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  On 4/2/2016 at 7:50 AM, Werloc said:

Don't give up hope that easily After weeks of judging it took the number 1 spot in my TOP 43.

 

I strongly believe that it will be the best Bulgarian placement in their history and has a very high chance to be in the TOP 10.

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Could not agree with you more about Russia, it is dated and overrated. I hope the juries share your view and that the televoters vote for something more modern. I really hope Russia do not win with this as it will push the progress of the contest back 10 years and reduce the musical credibility that has been built up with excellent winners over the past few years.

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Thank you to everyone who has voted so far. The current Top 10 after 7 voters is....

Croatia	46
Iceland	33
Malta	31
Italy	30
Australia	27
Bulgaria	21
Austria	19
Czech Republic	19
France	18
Spain	18

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  On 3/28/2016 at 4:30 PM, bestmen said:

Portugal is not in so you can't vote

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Anyone from anywhere can vote in this thread!

Even Algeria can vote if you want!

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12 - Croatia

10 - Australia

8 - Bulgaria

7 - Iceland

6 - Malta

5 - Germany

4 - Poland

3 - Belgium

2 - Bosnia and Herzegovina

1 - Macedonia

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TOTALLYMPICS VOTE FOR EUROVISION 2016

 

 

INSTRUCTIONS

Simply pick your TOP 10 songs from the 43 participating nations and award point like so:

12 - TBD

10 - TBD

8 - TBD

7 - TBD

6 - TBD

5 - TBD

4 - TBD

3 - TBD

2 - TBD

1 - TBD

 

I will update the scoreboard as and when it is necessary and we will see over time who the users of Totallympics thinks deserves the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 crown. You cannot vote for your own country. Happy voting!

 

A brief recap of all the songs is available below along with a link to a playlist with all 43 songs in full, should you wish to take a listen!

 

 

FULL YOUTUBE PLAYLIST

 

SCOREBOARD

After 12 voters

Croatia	55	Lithuania	11
Australia	52	Norway	11
France	45	Greece	8
Iceland	45	Ukraine	8
Malta	42	Armenia	7
Bulgaria	41	Albania	6
Italy	36	Latvia	5
Austria	32	Moldova	5
Spain	30	Macedonia	4
Cyprus	27	Netherlands	4
Czech Republic	27	Belarus	3
Azerbaijan	26	Belgium	3
Hungary	25	Bosnia & Herzegovina	2
Russia	25	Serbia	2
Sweden	19	Georgia	0
Poland	16	Ireland	0
Denmark	15	Montenegro	0
Finland	15	San Marino	0
Israel	15	Slovenia	0
Germany	14	Switzerland	0
Estonia	11	United Kingdom	0

 

Edited May 2, 2016 by uk12points

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I think my favourites this year have to be Croatia and Australia, but there is something about Bosnia that I really like as well. 

 

For the UK - they will do very well to get into the top 20, hopefully a good live vocal, staging and placing may be able to do that so that the BBC sticks with the national selection format, but just with better (and more interesting) songs next time.