Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2018

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Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2018

 

Totallympics Forum - 9 September 2018 - 11 November 2018

 

 

 

Official Schedule
Until Saturday, November 3rd: Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4)

From Sunday, November 4th: Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5)
 

Sunday, September 9th

12:00 National Jury Registration Window Open

 

Wednesday, September 19th

12:00 National Entries Selection Window Open

 

Friday, October 5th

23:30 National Jury Registration and National Entries Window Closed

 

Saturday, October 6th

00:00 Host Jury Voting Window Open

 

Sunday, October 7th

23:00 Host Jury Voting Window Closed

 

Monday, October 8th

12:00 National Jury Voting Window Open

 

Tuesday, October 23rd

23:30 National Jury Voting Window Closed (Extended to October 25, 2018 at 11:00 EDT)

 

Friday, October 26th

12:00 Festival of Music and Road to TOISC 2018

 

Saturday, October 27th

TBD Voting Order Draw

 

Friday, November 9th

TBD Opening Ceremony

 

Saturday, November 10th

TBD Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2018 Grand Final

 

Sunday, November 11th

TBD Closing Ceremony

 

 

 

 

Provisional Voting Schedule

 

Voting Schedule -- Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2018
#	Country	Time (EST)	Local Time
1	Colombia	05:00	05:00
2	Great Britain	05:12	10:12
3	Tunisia	05:24	11:24
4	Croatia	05:36	11:36
5	Malta	05:48	11:48
6	Mexico	06:00	05:00
7	Serbia	06:12	12:12
8	United States	06:24	06:24
9	New Zealand	06:36	00:36 (SUN)
10	Ireland	06:48	11:48
Break 1
#	Country	Time (EST)	Local Time
11	India	08:00	18:30
12	Finland	08:15	15:15
13	Egypt	08:30	15:30
14	Greece	08:45	15:45
15	Bulgaria	09:00	16:00
16	Lithuania	09:15	16:15
17	Austria	09:30	15:30
18	Argentina	09:45	11:45
19	Chile	10:00	12:00
20	Spain	10:15	16:15
21	Romania	10:30	17:30
22	France	10:45	16:45
Break 2
#	Country	Time (EST)	Local Time
23	Indonesia	13:00	01:00 (SUN)
24	Denmark	13:10	19:10
25	Poland	13:20	19:20
26	Italy	13:30	19:30
27	Slovenia	13:40	19:40
28	Portugal	13:50	18:50
29	Slovakia	14:00	20:00
30	Netherlands	14:10	20:10
31	Turkey	14:20	22:20
32	Algeria	14:30	20:30
33	Canada	14:40	14:40
34	Brazil	14:50	17:50
35	Russia	15:00	23:00

 

 

 

 

Participating Nations

 

Nation		Jury Member(s)	Artist and Song
Algeria		@bestmen	Song: Breakfast with a Stranger Artist: Samira Brahmia
Argentina		@konig @LDOG	Song: Costumbres Argentinas Artist: Los Abuelos de la Nada
Austria		@Gigs	Song: Maschin Artist: Bilderbuch
Brazil		@vinipereira @titicow	Song: Quando Bate Aquela Saudade Artist:  Rubel
Bulgaria		@stefanbg	Song: Na Ruba Artist: Elitsa Naumova ft Siso
Canada		@intoronto	Song: Bobcaygeon Artist: The Tragically Hip
Chile		@Pabloffo	Song: Nada Nuevo Bajo El Sol Artist: Los Bunkers
Colombia		@Damian	Song: Bonita Artist: Cabas
Croatia		@dcro	Song: 365 Artist: Saša, Tin, Kedžo
Denmark		@Agger	Song: Sacre Coeur Artist: Tina Dickow
Egypt		@thepharoah	Song: Helwa ya baladi Artist: Dalida
Finland		@Finnator123	Song: Clouds Artist: Redrama ft AJ McLean
France		@Benolympique @Bohemia	Song: Je te donne Artist: Jean-Jacques Goldman, Michael Jones
Great Britain		@uk12points	Song: Mighty Quinn Artist: Manfred Mann
Greece		@Janakis	Song: Ti Imouna Gia Sena Artist: Antonis Remos
India		@Dolby	Song: Nat Bhairav Artist: Pt. Shivkumar Sharma, Hariprasad Chaurasia & Brij Bhushan Kabra
Indonesia		@Griff88	Song: Mobil Balap Artist: Naif
Ireland		@OlympicIRL	Song: Over the Hills and Far Away Artist: Gary Moore
Italy		@Gianlu33 @Henry_Leon @Pablita @SteveParker	Song: Nord sud ovest est Artist: 883
Lithuania		@Werloc	Song: Smėlio Žmonės (Sand People) Artist: Jurga
Malta		@Glen	Song: Pure Artist: Claudia Faniello
Mexico		@mrv86	Song: Eres Artist: Cafe Tacvba
Netherlands		@heywoodu	Song: No Surrender Artist: Kane
New Zealand		@Wanderer	Song: The Cigarette Duet Artist: Princess Chelsea ft. Jonathan Bree
Poland		@rybak	Song: Varsovie Artist: Brodka
Portugal		@kungshamra71	Song: Desfado Artist: Ana Moura
Romania		@africaboy	Song: Sun is Up Artist: INNA
Russia		@FC Mezhgorye	Song: перемен Artist: Victor Tsoi
Serbia		@DaniSRB @dareza	Song: Lutka Artist: S.A.R.S.
Slovakia		@hckosice	Song: Amnestia na neveru Artist: Elán
Slovenia		@justony	Song: Street 45 Artist: Elvis Jackson
Spain		@Enrique	Song: Eloise Artist: Tino Casal
Tunisia		@amen09 @tuniscof	Song: Chatha / حسان الدوس شطحة Artist: Hassen Doss
Turkey		@Memo	Song:  Oyle De Guzel Artist: Sertab Erener
United States		@dezbee2008 @Olympian1010	Song: Some Nights Artist: fun
Uruguay (withdrawn)		@NaBUru38	Song: The Dream Artist: Fer Silvera

Total Number of Jury Members:   45   Total Number of Nations:   36

 

Official Playlist

 

 

TISC Team Challenge Format + Rules

 

 

 

Festival of Music

 

@dcro	Faroe Islands South Africa
@mrv86	Benin Venezuela
@Olympian1010	Macedonia
@konig	Puerto Rico  Uruguay
@OlympicIRL	Laos  Madagascar
@Pabloffo	Iceland  Norway
@Janakis	Jamaica
@Dragon	Gibraltar  Kenya
@uk12points	Georgia  Singapore
@hckosice	Czech Republic Ecuador
@Werloc	Australia
@DaniSRB	Romani Music
@wumo26	Japan  Philippines
@Wanderer	Peru  Switzerland
@LDOG	Bolivia

[dezbee2008 819]

Charter and Official Rulebook

 

 

 

SECTION 1 - SONG CHOICE AND ELIGIBILITY:

 

1. (a) All songs must be released on or before December 31st, 2013, in keeping with TISC Open rules whereby songs released in the last 5 years are ineligible to compete.

 

1. (b) All songs must be ORIGINAL to the nation for which they are competing. In other words, if a song is a copy or cover of an original song by an artist from another nation, then it is ONLY permitted to participate for the nation of the artist who produced the original version. If the artist of the cover version is from the same nation as the original artist, then the cover version must fulfill rule 1(a) in order to be eligible to participate.

 

1. (c) Songs that competed at Eurovision shall be excluded from competing at TISC. However, songs which competed in a national final but were not put forward to represent their nation at Eurovision may be selected to compete at TISC.

 

 

SECTION 2 - ARTIST CHOICE AND ELIGIBILITY:

 

2. (a) Artists chosen to represent a nation must have been born in or be of the same nationality as the nation for which they are participating OR they must have more or equal association with that nation.

 

2. (b) In the case of bands, at least 50% of the band must be born in or be of the same nationality as the nation for which they are participating OR they should have more or equal association with that nation.

 

2. (c) For the purposes of the Totallympics International Song Contest, the same concept of nationality as that used by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) will be adopted. So, for example, artists from Scotland must represent Great Britain, artists from Faroe Islands must represent Denmark, etc.

 

 

SECTION 3 - NATIONAL JURY VOTING:

 

3. (a) National juries may consist of a single jury member OR a multi-member jury made up of two or more users from that nation.

 

3. (b) National juries must send their votes in SECRET (via private message) to the host organising member(s) of the song contest as requested during the designated voting window.

 

3. (c) Each jury member in a multi-member jury shall send their individual preferences in SECRET (via private message) to the host organising member(s). The votes from each of the members of the multi-member jury will be combined to form a single set of votes which will represent the overall voting preference of that national jury. In this way, the votes from each of the participating national juries, whether single or multi-member juries, will hold equal value or weight.

 

3. (d) National juries will use the following voting format:

• (i) Jury members will award points to their 12 favourite songs in ascending manner from points 1 through 12 (inclusive) with the first preference receiving a maximum score of 12 points, second preference receiving 11 points, third preference receiving 10 points, and so forth until the song of 12th preference which will receive a single point.

 

• 1st preference -> 12 points
• 2nd preference -> 11 points
• 3rd preference -> 10 points
• 4th preference -> 9 points
• 5th preference -> 8 points
• 6th preference -> 7 points
• 7th preference -> 6 points
• 8th preference -> 5 points
• 9th preference -> 4 points
• 10th preference -> 3 points
• 11th preference -> 2 points
• 12th preference -> 1 point

 

• (ii) In single member juries, these scores will subsequently represent the National Jury Vote of that nation. However, in multi-member juries, the votes of all the jury members from that nation will be combined to form a single set of points. The song which has received the most number of points from that national jury will be deemed to be the overall first preference choice of that jury and will receive the maximum score of 12 points; the song which has received the second highest number of points from that national jury will be deemed to be the overall second preference choice of that jury and will receive a score of 11 points, and so forth until the song which has received the 12th highest number of points which will receive a single point from that national jury.

 

3. (d) National juries must submit their votes by the official voting deadline as designated by the host organiser(s). National juries who fail to submit their votes within the required time frame will be disqualified from the contest.

 

3. (e) Any Nation which fails to participate in the voting process will be automatically disqualified from the contest.

 

3. (f) A random draw will take place in advance of the Grand Final to determine the order in which the National Juries will reveal their votes. This draw must be shown to be transparent and available to competing members should they wish to follow the result.

The result of this draw must always be adhered to in order to preserve the random nature in which the voting will progress during the Grand Final. A National Jury may only request a "swap" in their designated voting position if, after the random draw, they have been assigned a voting slot outside of "reasonable hours". For the purpose of this contest, reasonable hours will be determined as anytime between 08:30-23:00 local time of that national jury. During the "swap" process, the host organiser will first look to make swaps between National Juries who are eligible for swaps after the random draw.

 

 

SECTION 4 - NATIONAL JURY TIE-BREAK PROCEDURES:

 

4. (a) In the event of a tie in the combined votes of multi-member juries, the following set of rules outlines how the tie-break will be resolved:

• (i) The song which has received points from the greatest number of jury members will be deemed the winner of the tie. For example, take the following scenario.... Songs A, B, and C each received a combined score of 10 points after the results of each national jury member were combined and calculated. Song A received a single score of 10 points from one jury member, Song B received scores of 7 points and 3 points from two separate jury members and Song C received scores of 5 points, 3 points and 2 points from 3 separate jury members. All three songs received a total of 10 points, however, Song C is deemed to be the winner of the tie because a greater number of jury members voted for that song (3 members in this case).
• (ii) If the songs remain deadlocked after 4 (a) (i), the song which received the highest value score from an individual jury member will be deemed the winner of the tie. For example, take the following scenario.... Song A and Song B each received a combined score of 14 points after the results of each national jury member were combined and calculated. Song A received scores of 8+6 points while Song B received scores of 7+7 points. Song A will be deemed the winner of that tie since that song received a score of higher value (8 points) from one of the national jury members.
• (iii) If the songs remain deadlocked after 4 (a) (i) and (ii), jury members from that national jury who did not award any votes to any of the songs involved in the tie-break will be asked to break the tie. This tie-break rule can only ever be used to break ties in juries of 3 members or more and ONLY if there is a jury member who did not vote for any of the songs involved in the tie-break.
• (iv) After the procedures 4 (a) (i), (ii) and (iii) have been carried out, all outstanding ties within the votes of a national jury shall be resolved by carrying out a single random draw. The nature of this random draw shall be as follows:
• The names of each national jury member will be entered into a draw. Each name will be drawn. The first jury member drawn will be awarded the right to break the unresolved tie of highest value. The second jury member drawn will be awarded the right to break the unresolved tie of the second highest value. For example, take the following scenario.... there are two members of National Jury X. After the votes of User A and User B are combined and calculated the following situation arises:

 

      COUNTRY (Total points) -> Combined value

• Country A (24 points) -> 12 points
• Country B (21 points) -> 11 or 10 points
• Country C (21 points) -> 11 or 10 points
• Country D (18 points) -> 9 points
• Country E (16 points) -> 8 points
• Country F (13 points) -> 7 or 6 points
• Country G (13 points) -> 7 or 6 points
• Country H (10 points) -> 5 points
• Country I (7 points) -> 4 or 3 points
• County J (7 points) -> 4 or 3 points
• Country K (4 points) -> 2 points
• Country L (1 point) -> 1 or 0 points
• County M (1 point) -> 1 or 0 points

 

• Those highlighted in red text are those ties which could not be resolved by 4 (a) (i), (ii) or (iii). As a result of the random draw, User A was drawn first, meaning that user will be given the right to break the unresolved tie of the highest value (the tie between Country B and C for 11 or 10 points). User B was drawn second meaning that user will be given the right to break the unresolved tie of the second highest value (the tie between Country F and G for 7 or 6 points). The order will then be reversed so that User B will be given the right to break the unresolved tie of the third highest value (the tie between Country I and J for 4 or 3 points). User A will finally be given to break the unresolved tie of the fourth highest value (the tie between Country L and M for 1 or 0 points).
• This procedure to break the unresolved ties will be used for national juries of any number with the first user drawn being given the right to break the unresolved tie of the highest value, the second user drawn being given the right to break the unresolved tie of the second highest value, third user the third highest tie, etc. reversing the order if need be when the order has completed one cycle.
• However, it should be noted that unresolved tie-breaks which require random draws will occur mostly in two-member juries since national juries with 3 or more members will likely resolve all ties through 4 (a) (i), (ii) or (iii).

 

 

SECTION 5 - OVERALL SCOREBOARD TIE-BREAK PROCEDURES:

 

5. (a) In the event of a tie in the overall scoreboard between two or more nations, the following set of rules outlines how the tie-break will be resolved:

• (i) The nation which has received points from the greatest number of National Juries will be deemed the winner of the tie.
• (ii) If there is still a tie after 5 (a) (i), the nation which has received the greatest number of 12 points will be deemed the winner of the tie.
• (iii) If there is still a tie after 5 (a) (i), (ii), the nation which has received the greatest number of 11 points will be deemed the winner of the tie. If the tie remains deadlocked, the process will continue by counting the number of 10 points each nation received, 9 points, 8 points, and so on until the tie-break can be resolved.

5. (b) If there is still a tie in the overall scoreboard between two or more nations after 5 (a) (i), (ii) and (iii) have been implemented, those nations shall be deemed to have tied for position in the overall scoreboard.

 

 

SECTION 6 - TEAM CHALLENGE FORMAT AND RULES:

 

6. (a) Each edition of the Totallympics International Song Contest will feature a Team Challenge competition. The main purpose of this team element is to further enhance the community spirit that is an integral feature of TISC events and to provide another means of encouraging users to interact with one another.

 

(b) The TISC Team Challenge event may vary in format from one contest to the next. The nature of the format will be dependent on the number of participating nations.

 

(c) Nations will be assigned to their team by random draw.

 

(d) The ideal format is that there will be a minimum of 8 teams, each made up of 4 nations. However, if that is not possible, the teams will be formed from one of the following formats (listed in order of preference):

• (i) teams of 3 nations
• (ii) teams of 5 nations
• (iii) if it's not possible for each team to have the same number of nations, a special provision will be introduced (for example: power plays).

 

(e) It is recommended that the teams shall be named after various cities/regions of the host country and combined with a nickname. For example, a contest in Brazil might feature teams called the Brasilia Capitals and Manaus Amazons.

 

 

SECTION 7 - ELIGIBILITY, CONDUCT AND RESPONSIBILITY OF PARTICIPANTS:

 

7. (a) Any first time participant must have been registered on the forum at least 2 months before they take part in the contest. The date used to calculate the 2 months rule will be 2 months prior to the National Selection deadline. A first time participant may be allowed special dispensation to participate in TISC, even if they do not fulfill the 2-month rule criteria. However, in such circumstances, that user must have shown a high level of activity in the forum in terms of posts and presence.

These rules are not designed to exclude, only to ensure TISC retains a distinct character, built upon a unique community atmosphere created by users of the forum.

 

7. (b) Participating users shall be respectful of the song choice of all nations once they fulfill all of the necessary eligibility requirements.

 

7. (c) Participating users must not reveal or give any indication as to their preferences or voting choices at any stage before the official announcement of the votes during the Grand Final.

 

7. (d) Participating users must not discuss private voting procedures with other members so as to ensure fairness is always in play and to ensure any suspense during the Grand Final is kept intact.

 

7. (e) Participating users must be respectful when posting and discussing with other members on the Totallympics International Song Contest Thread.

 

7. (f) If foul play is detected with respect to 7 (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) at any stage before, during or after the contest, the TISC organising committee reserves the right to place the participation or result of that nation under review.

 

 

SECTION 8 - HOSTING DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

8. (a) The host organisation must allow a minimum of 3 weeks from the opening date for the national selection and the deadline to submit an entry. This is to give users enough time to see the thread, consider song and artist choices and submit their entries.

 

8. (b) The host organisation must allow a minimum of 2 weeks for National Juries to submit their votes during the National Jury voting phase. This is to allow jury members enough time to consider each song carefully before casting their votes.

 

8. (c) The host organiser(s) must submit their votes in advance of receiving votes from other National Juries by private message. The votes of the host(s) should be sent by private message to a neutral party after the national selection window has passed and before the national jury voting phase begins.

 

8. (d) The host organiser(s) must abide by the same rules that govern the participation of users in the Totallympics International Song Contest as outlined in Section 6.

 

 

SECTION 9 - FUTURE HOSTING RIGHTS:

 

9. (a) Upon completion of the relevant song contest, the winning nation will automatically be awarded the rights to host the subsequent Totallympics International Song Contest 1 year later.

 

9. (b) If the winning nation wishes to decline the hosting duties, a discussion will be raised in the relevant TISC thread to discuss hosting options and allowing users to put forward their bid to become the next hosts.

[heywoodu 15,172]

is in

[Bohemia 1,418]

 

 is in 

[Benolympique 2,398]

france ^^

[Werloc 3,169]

is on board yet again

[rybak 3,219]

 is in once again 

[hckošice 14,863]

Still waiting for the visas but ofc provisionally  is in

 

 

[Gianlu33 4,600]

Of course, Italy is in  

[vinipereira 3,241]