Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2023

[dezbee2008 809]

Congrats to  for winning the contest. Matt, you did great with hosting despite all the troubles.

 

And that twist in the end 

[konig 1,298]

On 11/25/2023 at 8:20 PM, hckošice said:

 Slovakia Calling!         

 

 ARG - 12 Points               

 HUN - 11 Points               

 SWE - 10 Points             

 ITA - 9 Points              

 SLO - 8 Points              

 DEN - 7 Points              

 NED - 6 Points              

 USA - 5 Points              

 INA - 4 Points              

MEX - 3 Points              

 IRL - 2 Points              

 CZE - 1 Points             

 

I didnt see this!!, i dont know what to say..........I feel indebted

[Olympian1010 7,479]

Finally had a couple days to rest, so here are my personal votes for those interested.

 

 - 12 (This was the standout song to me. I liked the lyrics, beat, and overall presentation. The music video gave me a good laugh @Belle)

 - 11 (I heard this song so much in childhood. Speed Network had a bunch of ads with this song. Nostalgia vote @OlympicIRL)

 - 10 (Amusing presentation, beautiful lyrics, and nice vocals @Roamingrover86)

 - 9 (I like Lorde. I think this song gets points even if I didn't know her though. Nice curveball @dcro)

 - 8 (Pop with traditional sounds? Obviously scored points from me. Looking forward to seeing what she comes up with for Eurovision.)

 - 7 (Again, nice piece of more traditional music. Vocals and atmosphere were great @kungshamra71)

 - 6 (I just liked this one. A solid, well produced song @catgamer)

 - 5 (Again, another song I just vibed with after a while. It had a memorable chorus @Werloc)

 - 4 (Another song with solid production and great visuals @Vic Liu)

 - 3 (Could have snagged a few points earlier if I was in a single jury @Dnl)

 - 2 (Jazzy, traditional, great vocals. All things that work in favor of getting points from me @Memo)

 - 1 (This song just felt a bit more "out there" than many of the others, so I wanted to reward a more bold choice in my opinion.)

 - R1 (A nice modern pop song, just wasn't enough room in my top 12 @NikolaB)

 - R2 (Same as above @IoNuTzZ)

 - R3 (I liked the song, it just ultimately didn't score points @justony)

 - R4 (I know it didn't score points, but this might be my favorite Argentine entry at TISC.)

[Werloc 3,127]

14 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Finally had a couple days to rest, so here are my personal votes for those interested.

 

 - 12 (This was the standout song to me. I liked the lyrics, beat, and overall presentation. The music video gave me a good laugh @Belle)

 - 11 (I heard this song so much in childhood. Speed Network had a bunch of ads with this song. Nostalgia vote @OlympicIRL)

 - 10 (Amusing presentation, beautiful lyrics, and nice vocals @Roamingrover86)

 - 9 (I like Lorde. I think this song gets points even if I didn't know her though. Nice curveball @dcro)

 - 8 (Pop with traditional sounds? Obviously scored points from me. Looking forward to seeing what she comes up with for Eurovision.)

 - 7 (Again, nice piece of more traditional music. Vocals and atmosphere were great @kungshamra71)

 - 6 (I just liked this one. A solid, well produced song @catgamer)

 - 5 (Again, another song I just vibed with after a while. It had a memorable chorus @Werloc)

 - 4 (Another song with solid production and great visuals @Vic Liu)

 - 3 (Could have snagged a few points earlier if I was in a single jury @Dnl)

 - 2 (Jazzy, traditional, great vocals. All things that work in favor of getting points from me @Memo)

 - 1 (This song just felt a bit more "out there" than many of the others, so I wanted to reward a more bold choice in my opinion.)

 - R1 (A nice modern pop song, just wasn't enough room in my top 12 @NikolaB)

 - R2 (Same as above @IoNuTzZ)

 - R3 (I liked the song, it just ultimately didn't score points @justony)

 - R4 (I know it didn't score points, but this might be my favorite Argentine entry at TISC.)

Don't want to rain on your parade, but couldn't skim past the comment on the Italian song being a bold choice. This was an international hit across Europe, I remember it being overplayed everywhere in Lithuania when I was a child  

 

It has a very similar cultural impact as the famous Volare Cantare and other Italian classics during that era of music.

 

So from the Italian perspective, it's as bold of a choice as the UK sending The Beatles or Queen  

[Olympian1010 7,479]

14 minutes ago, Werloc said:

Don't want to rain on your parade, but couldn't skim past the comment on the Italian song being a bold choice. This was an international hit across Europe, I remember it being overplayed everywhere in Lithuania when I was a child  

 

It has a very similar cultural impact as the famous Volare Cantare and other Italian classics during that era of music.

 

So from the Italian perspective, it's as bold of a choice as the UK sending The Beatles or Queen  

I wasn't aware of any that. It doesn't really change my opinion of song, but I guess it shows my age and geography 

[heywoodu 13,560]

What the hell, anyone here who happened to watch the ski jumping World Cup in Lillehammer and heard the stadium speakers playing......Italy's 2023 TOISC entry (a 1983 song!)?  

[heywoodu 13,560]

On 11/29/2023 at 8:44 PM, Werloc said:

Don't want to rain on your parade, but couldn't skim past the comment on the Italian song being a bold choice. This was an international hit across Europe, I remember it being overplayed everywhere in Lithuania when I was a child  

Right, immediately after my previous comment and enthousiasm I read this, oops  

 

Don't think I had ever heard the song, name or name of the singer though, so I'm still glad I got to learn it thanks to TISC  

[OlympicIRL 4,770]

2 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Right, immediately after my previous comment and enthousiasm I read this, oops  

 

Don't think I had ever heard the song, name or name of the singer though, so I'm still glad I got to learn it thanks to TISC  

I also was totally unaware of this song until TISC  

[Bohemia 1,259]

Now I'm curious to know where in Europe this song was a success, because here it's well-known too!

[Cobi 947]

13 minutes ago, Bohemia said:

Now I'm curious to know where in Europe this song was a success, because here it's well-known too!

It was fairly popular in Spain too!