Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2018

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Join us in about 90 minutes for the closing ceremony.

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We'll be starting in a few minutes. I know it's kinda late and we don't have a lot of people here at this hour, but I gotta get this going. Hope you join me.

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Welcome everyone to the closing ceremony of the 2018 Totallympics Open International Song Contest. As per tradition, we will bring back this year's open winner Tina Dickow to perform her winning song Sacre Coeur

 

 

 

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Now, besides Denmark, the hosts are honored with silver, as well as Ireland for adding yet another medal to their collection... a bronze

 

 Denmark 

 

 United States 

 

 Ireland 

 

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We are bringing back a couple of our favorite delegations to perform their post-TISC hits, so first up we have Meghan Trainor and her hit song "No"

 

 

Up next we have Zedd and Grey, but this time joined by Maren Morris with "The Middle"

 

 

Up next, we have the Backstreet Boys performing some of their greatest hits since their tour announcement.

 

 

Next up, we'll introduce you to a possible future TISC participant (spoiler alert?) who competed on America's Got Talent. Hailing here from Orlando, it's Mandy Harvey with her song Try

 

 

And finally, we have to honor Christina Grimmie in some way. She was our first participant in 2013 and got us to a good start with a 6th place finish before she was gunned down here in Orlando in 2016.

 

 

A day or so after she died, Orlando would experience a mass shooting at a nearby nightclub, so here's a tribute to the 49 souls lost that same weekend from legendary singer Elton John

 

 

 

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If you were with us on Saturday, we had 4 contests running simultaneously throughout the day. Besides the main contest, we held a regional team challenge, a mixed music'thlon, and an all-around competition. So without further ado, let's hand out those awards.

 

First up, it's the regional team challenge, where all 35 countries were drawn to one of 7 regions.

 

Gold: Great Lakes --  @OlympicIRL @Gigs @Agger @Memo @amen09 @tuniscof

Silver: Atlantic --  yours truly + @Olympian1010 @stefanbg @Bohemia @Benolympique @hckosice @Damian

Bronze: Northeast --  @Wanderer @Werloc @Griff88 @heywoodu @uk12points

 

Next is the mixed music'thlon, which was actually a trial run, billed as more urban and more inclusive, which turned into a success. The side contest basically allowed me and fellow female jurors @Bohemia @DaniSRB and @Pablita to play with the boys.

 

Gold: Team Stunning --  @Bohemia @Benolympique @Agger

Silver: Team Cranberries --  @DaniSRB @dareza @OlympicIRL

Bronze: Team Roxette --  yours truly + @Olympian1010 @Finnator123

 

Honorable mention to Team Jazzu --  @Pablita @Henry_Leon @SteveParker @Gianlu33 @hckosice

 

Finally, we have the all-around competition, where at least 30 countries who competed in the Jubilee and this contest had their points added up.

 

Gold: 

Silver: 

Bronze: 

 

 

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Once again, the final scoreboard

 

 



FINAL			Argentina		72
Denmark		202	Netherlands		69
United States		182	Chile		61
Ireland		127	Slovakia		60
Great Britain		113	Italy		56
Bulgaria		109	Canada		55
Brazil		109	Slovenia		53
Algeria		107	Turkey		52
New Zealand		105	Mexico		52
Portugal		104	Colombia		51
Poland		103	Russia		49
Serbia		101	Egypt		43
France		99	Croatia		37
Lithuania		94	Tunisia		37
Austria		84	Indonesia		29
Malta		81	Greece		28
Romania		81	India		27
Finland		80	Spain		18

 

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This is the part where we look into the future and pass the baton to the next hosts, but since Italy threw a last-minute curveball and announced that they're dropping plans to host the 2019 Annual contest, I was told that we gotta send it off to someone, so @Agger  @wumo26 it's all yours.

 

 

 

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As of now, the contest is closed, but the American delegation will like to thank you for coming down here to Orlando to brave the heat to participate in the contest. I'm sorry that you're leaving Florida knowing that we can't do elections right (yes, we're in recount mode here), but I think we can agree that this contest went flawlessly. Anyway, Team USA will figure out the next steps, but there's no doubt we will participate in all future contests.

 

 

 

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Apparently, only one new TISC Record was set at this edition:

• Highest ranking for an entry that did not receive a maximum 12-point score (Open): 4th – Great Britain (2018 Open)

 

Additionally, Algeria's score of 107 points and 3.15 are new African Continental Records. Now all Continental Records are set over 100 points and 3.00 PPJ.