Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2020

[konig 1,503]

@Ionoutz24thanks for the 2 points!!.

[dcro 10,210]

Just now, konig said:

What is that theory?

Egypt and Portugal entered the same song, therefore they have the same target audience.

[Cobi 981]

Just now, konig said:

The first jury i see is Spain......and a silver medal, many thanks!! @Cobi, si que has flipado con nuestra canción.

Ya conocía la canción de antes. Hace un par de años Enanitos Verdes hizo una colaboración con un grupo de rock español (Hombres G) versionando esta canción y la he escuchado bastantes veces. Estuvo muy muy cerca de llevarse los 12 puntos.

 

I had already listened to that song. A couple of years ago, Enanitos Verdes made a collab with a Spanish rock band (Hombres G) singing Lamento Boliviano and I really liked it. It was very close to get my 12 points.

[heywoodu 15,135]

MOLDOVA

 

 

	Romania	11
	Malta	10
	Mexico	9
	Portugal	8
	Poland	7
	Netherlands	6
	Germany	5
	Egypt	4
	Hungary	3
	Argentina	2
	New Zealand	1

[catgamer 117]

Thanks @Ionoutz24 for those points?

[dcro 10,210]

12 Serbia?

[kungshamra71 892]

18 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Morning break

 

The first of five sessions is already behind us and it's a close race! Canada leads the charge, but Malta and Ireland are close behind, while only three nations are waiting for their first points. Interestingly, already six nations have received a set of 12 points, which promises for a close battle. With that, we take our first break: feel free to grab a cup of coffee or tea, maybe some hot chocolate is more your choice?

 

We're getting ourselves a nice double shot of hot chocolate with some extra cream!

 

Early December is closing in, which in the Netherlands means - or at least used to mean - the national celebration of Sinterklaas, a children's party full of festivities, fun and children getting presents. Traditionally these are delivered in a large bag on 5 December, often done by friends or neighbours to make the children think it came from Sinterklaas. A tradition in the days leading up to this is to put a shoe down somewhere in the house, preferrably with a carrot or something for Sinterklaas' horse, and the next morning a small present can be found there!

 

Sinterklaas on Amerigo, his trusted horse for many years, who sadly passed away aged 30 last year

Anyhow, there's not only gifts related to Sinterklaas, there's also things to eat! Most notably, the so-called kruidnoten: small, mostly round sort of cookies which are the main thing around the Sinterklaas celebrations - hands full of them are quite literally thrown around for example in classrooms. Beware: a lot of people call them 'pepernoten', for some weird reason. Pepernoten are a very different kind of 'snack' though, they taste entirely different - 10/10 would not recommend. Kruidnoten are made with basically the same ingredients as speculaas, another kind of cookie which comes in all shapes and sizes.

 

In the middle we see kruidnoten, the regular ones, with chocolate-covered kruidnoten on the right. The ones on the left are 'pepernoten', avoid them, pick the kruidnoten, which by the way are really easy to make yourself!

As a third option for your snack during this coffee break, there's the stroopwafels - few things are as Dutch as these bits of absolute delight. Basically it's two thin waffles with caramelized syrup in between them, it's magic. Extra magic if one lays a stroopwafel on top of their hot beverage (or a heater) for a little bit, to make the whole thing just a tad softer and even more magical.

 

The goodness that are stroopwafels

 

The last option is a simple, yet very much local one: 'Veluwse Zwienenkeutels', basically translated as 'Veluwe boar droppings'. No, they are not actually made up of pig shit, they are delicious soft chocolates with a tasty and of course chocolatey inside, which one can get in plenty of smaller shops around the Veluwe.

 

A bag with some Zwienenkeutels

 

Our musical entertainment for this short break comes from the mid-90's, the time in which the so-called Happy Hardcore scene was big in the Netherlands. The nation is represented by a song out of this genre in TOISC 2020 after a long internal battle between Rainbow in the Sky and the 1996 song Have You Ever Been Mellow by the Party Animals, one of the leading groups in the Happy Hardcore era.
 

 

That's it for the morning break, enjoy what's on offer and we'll be back at 11:00 CET!

I’m actually gonna leave temporary to have a sinterklaas brunch with stroopwafels and kruidnoten and all that! Love this season 

[Vektor 3,326]

Wow, not just one point, it's 3! Winning!

[heywoodu 15,135]

1 minute ago, kungshamra71 said:

I’m actually gonna leave temporary to have a sinterklaas brunch with stroopwafels and kruidnoten and all that! Love this season 

Sinterklaas brunch already?  

 

I hope you get some nice presents  

[heywoodu 15,135]

MOLDOVA

 

 

	Serbia	12
	Romania	11
	Malta	10
	Mexico	9
	Portugal	8
	Poland	7
	Netherlands	6
	Germany	5
	Egypt	4
	Hungary	3
	Argentina	2
	New Zealand	1

 

Acestea au fost voturile moldovenești, vă mulțumesc foarte mult și le dorim tuturor noroc pentru restul zilei!

 

Those were the Moldovan votes, thank you very much and we wish everyone good luck for the rest of the day!