Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024

[Erigert 111]

  On 2/21/2025 at 10:41 PM, konig said:

Do you want to be the host?

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I'd like to but at the moment I don't think I have enough free time on my hands

[konig 1,507]

We are in march without the beginning of the song contest, first time i can remember that 

[Olympian1010 8,066]

Well, let's follow the rules in the absence of @OlympicIRL

 

I believe @Wanderer was interested in the being the next host, as the  jury didn't want to host two contests in a row. Let's give him until Friday to respond in one way or another.

 

If we haven't heard from @Wanderer by Friday, then perhaps it's time to extend hosting rights to @Belle 

 

If @Belle is unable to step in as host, then we begin the bidding process for interested juries and go from there.

[OlympicIRL 5,534]

Hi everyone,

 

@Sindo has encouraged me to come on the forum to address the situation about the next contest. I have been very busy lately and I haven't had the much time to dedicate to TISC. I must admit though motivation has been pretty low as well at the present time. I will be traveling in Asia for some of the next month so I don't know if I will be able to organise TISC. If neither @Wanderer nor @Belle want to host then we can open it up to bids from any user who wants to host. And if no one wants to host then I suggest we have a TISC hiatus and re-assess some time in the future.

[heywoodu 15,319]

Since it's already a week later, I think it's safe to assume @Wanderer and @Belle are both not interested in organizing the contest (to be clear: no judgement, anyone can be busy, just not have the time or motivation to do so or any other reason, no worries)?

[Federer91 2,875]

I know the forum is in a rather dark timeline currently with not much engagement and activity, but I never imagined a time when we won't be having a song contest.  I too have opted in and out of contests throughout the years, but it was always a given, that twice a year there will be TISC. And this for over a decade 

[heywoodu 15,319]

  On 3/12/2025 at 5:21 PM, Federer91 said:

I know the forum is in a rather dark timeline currently with not much engagement and activity, but I never imagined a time when we won't be having a song contest.  I too have opted in and out of contests throughout the years, but it was always a given, that twice a year there will be TISC. And this for over a decade 

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It would be nice to think of a way to do this that makes hosting it a bit easier. I mean, as a participant it is definitely lots of fun, but it is truly insane how much time hosting it can cost, even with the always massive amounts of help you get from people like @OlympicIRL.

[Cobi 983]

When I hosted back in 2023 I created an Excel template where I only had to input the votes of the country and the running order and both the voting templates and the scoreboard were automatically generated. I think I still have the file on my computer, in case it helps. Unfortunately, I don't have time to host the contest this year, but I can help with that part if needed.