Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2022

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11 minutes ago, ManuCHIL said:

I didn't know that was possible :O

 

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[Federer91 2,793]

Haven't forgotten, just can't make a decision yet.  I want to put something different this time, but there is always a thing, that speaks to me like "This won't translate well to non-bulgarians" 

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10 hours ago, dcro said:

Second champion ever to return.

 

For the first one, Jazzu, the return didn't go very well... at all.

Well, half of the champion

 

I still have a huge discography of Leon Somov & Jazzu to choose from if I ever feel like committing them back into the contest. 

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6 hours ago, dcro said:

I was mostly stunned by the inconsistency of the results with Jazzu. It's as if the voters said: "How dare you enter again?!"

 

TISC being TISC, i guess.

 

EDIT: Oh wait, the Weeknd entered after winning too. The outcome was not that disimlar, though.

I don't blame them though, the song was vastly different from the one that won aaaand it was also in Lithuanian, so that already kills like 25% chance of doing well just by not being in English, from a country with a non influential European language. 

 

You can get away with French, Italian, Spanish, because that's cultural, but definitely not with Lithuanian  

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

  IRELAND 

 

 

The Irish delegation are pleased to announce Westlife as the artist to represent Ireland at the 2022 Totallympics Open International Song Contest in Czech Republic.

 

The band which were formed back in 1998 are still going strong after 24 years, having reformed in 2018 after a seven year break.

 

I have chosen their 1999 single "Flying Without Wings" as the song to represent Ireland this year.

A beautiful uplifting love song describing that feeling of the heart and body when you are lucky enough to find the thing in your life that makes everything make sense and gives you meaning... be it the love of your life, children, family or a deep friendship.

 

 

I hope you enjoy

 

 

 

Westlife - Flying Without Wings

 

 

 

Lyrics:

 

Spoiler

 

Everybody's looking for that something
One thing that makes it all complete
You'll find it in the strangest places
Places you never knew it could be

Some find it in the face of their children
Some find it in their lover's eyes
Who can deny the joy it brings
When you've found that special thing
You're flying without wings

 

Some find it sharing every morning
Some in their solitary nights
You'll find it in the words of others
A simple line can make you laugh or cry

You find it in the deepest friendship
The kind you cherish all your life
And when you know how much that means
You've found that special thing
You're flying without wings

 

So, impossible as they may seem
You've got to fight for every dream
'Cause who's to know
Which one you let go
Would have made you complete

 

Well, for me it's waking up beside you
To watch the sunrise on your face
To know that I can say, "I love you"
In any given time or place

 

It's little things that only I know
Those are the things that make you mine
And it's like flying without wings
'Cause you're my special thing
I'm flying without wings

 

And you're the place my life begins
And you'll be where it ends
I'm flying without wings
And that's the joy you bring
I'm flying without wings

 

 

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1 hour ago, Federer91 said:

I want to put something different this time, but there is always a thing, that speaks to me like "This won't translate well to non-bulgarians" 

[Federer91 2,793]

B U L G A R I A

 

Райна и Константин - Ти си ми всичко

 

Rayna & Konstantin - You are my everything

From 2006 (enjoy 🎶)

 

 

 

Lyrics

Константин: Зная колко ме обичаш, но страха във мен шепти. Във живота става всичко - можеш друг да срещнеш ти.   Райна: Точно ти си любовта, която искам, чуваш ли, чуваш ли...?   Припев: Райна и Константин: Всичко започва и свършва със теб. Ужасно много те обичам. Не би останало нищо от мен без теб, ако съм някой ден...   Райна: Всеки миг живот без тебе е живот на чернова. Искам вечно да си с мене, обещаваш ли това?   Константин: Точно ти си любовта, която искам, чуваш ли, чуваш ли...?   Припев: (х2) Райна и Константин: Всичко започва и свършва със теб. Ужасно много те обичам. Не би останало нищо от мен без теб, ако съм някой ден...   Райна: Ти си ми всичко... Константин: Ти си ми всичко...   Припев: (х2) Райна и Константин: Всичко започва и свършва със теб. Ужасно много те обичам. Не би останало нищо от мен без теб, ако съм някой ден...   Райна: Ти си всичко за мен...   Константин: Ти си всичко за мен...

Konstantin: I know how much you love me but the fear inside me whispers. Everything happens in life - you can meet someone else. Rayna: You're exactly the love I want do you hear, do you hear...?   Chorus: Rayna and Konstantin: It all starts and ends with you. I love you so much. There would be nothing left of me without you if i am someday... Rayna: Every moment of life without you is a draft life. I want you to be with me forever do you promise that? Konstantin: You're exactly the love I want do you hear, do you hear...? Chorus: (x2) Raina and Konstantin: It all starts and ends with you. I love you so much. There would be nothing left of me without you if i am someday... Rayna: You're my Everything... Konstantin: You're my Everything... Chorus: (x2) Rayna and Konstantin: It all starts and ends with you. I love you so much. There would be nothing left of me without you if i am someday... Rayna: You're my Everything... Konstantin: You're my Everything...

 

For this edition i wanted to choose something different, but even i wouldn't have bet, that it will be a pop-folk song. Or a genre of music known here as "chalga" (a.k.a. Balkan pop-folk) and one, which has people in two camps - you are either pro-chalga, or anti-chalga, with very few in the middle.

 

I didn't want to go deep with the ethnic sound, so i chose a more neutral love ballad from the duo Rayna and Konstantin. They were once a very beloved and adored real-life couple with a very pure love, until eventually having a heartbreaking separation in 2009. Even to this day this song hits very hard for chalga fans here.

 

[Federer91 2,793]

34 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Nah, i chickened out , went with something more safe. 

[intoronto 5,638]

Canada  

 

I tried to keep the song selection Olympic themed, after all we are an Olympic forum. The song that was selected was Canadian Television's theme song for the 2010 Winter Olympics. I have been super busy so haven't gotten a chance to research/post here until now.