Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2021

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11 hours ago, dcro said:

If I am not mistaken, this should be the Team Challenge allocation...

 

Torun Gingerbreads -

Hel Grey Seals -

Malbork Knights -

Masurian White Storks -

Leszno Speedway Racers -

Drawno Otters -

Tatra Chamois -

Podlasie Bisons -

Baltic Cods -  

And you had 100% right  

[dcro 10,210]

First time we have a wildcard team member in a while... And again it is Brazil.

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Later today I will introduce first city/town of one of the teams.

[Wanderer 1,726]

 Austria

 

 

Sinuswelle - Ich mache mir die Welt

 

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The first team, which will be introduced to their base before next week Grand Final, which will take place in Kraków is...

 

Baltic Cods

 

 

The team consists of four countries

 

•  Moldova
•  Lithuania
•  Croatia
•  Slovenia

 

There are at least two populations of cod in the Baltic Sea: One large population that spawns east of Bornholm and one population spawning west of Bornholm. Eastern Baltic cod is genetically distinct and adapted to the brackish environment. Adaptations include differences in hemoglobin type, osmoregulatory capacity, egg buoyancy, sperm swimming characteristics and spawning season. The adaptive responses to the environmental conditions in the Baltic Sea may contribute to an effective reproductive barrier, and thus, eastern Baltic cod can be viewed as an example of ongoing speciation.

 

The western Baltic cod consists of one or several small subpopulations that are genetically more similar to the North Sea cod. In the Arkona basin (located off Cape Arkona, Rügen), spawning and migrating cod from both the eastern and western stocks intermingle in proportions that vary seasonally. The immigration of eastern cod into the western Baltic management unit may mask a poor state of the populations in the western management unit.

 

Without further ado (because I believe that most of us know what cod is ) let's go to presented the town where "Baltic cods" will prepare to Grand Final. Selected town is Władysławowo.

 

 

Władysławowo is a town located on the south coast of the Baltic Sea in Kashubia in the Eastern Pomerania region in northern part of country. This city is also commonly called "Summer Capital of Poland" since in every summer thousands of tourists arrive there for their vacations.

 

 

The town have an extensive tourist infrastructure. One of the tourist attractions is the location by the open sea and the Puck Bay, as well as in the vicinity of the Coastal Landscape Park. The city has a seaport located on the open sea, part of which is the western breakwater which also functions as a tourist pier. Five seaside bathing areas have been organized here.

 

In Władysławowo we can found the promenade named "Sport Stars Alley" with pavement stars with the names and surnames of famous Polish and three foreign sportsmen. Here you can check which athletes have their stars there...

 

 

In Władysławowo there is the Olympic Preparation Center "Cetniewo". The resort has clay tennis courts and a court in the hall, a football fields, a swimming pool, it has a sports equipment rental. The center is well liked by Polish athletes, annualy in summer on the center is organized an athletics meeting, the center also saw Weightlifting European Championships in 2006.  

 

 

On May 30, 2012, the only "Ocean Park" in Poland was opened on Żwirowa Street in Władysławowo. The greatest attraction of Ocean Park is the reproduction of the 34-meter blue whale. There you can also see dozens of other marine and ocean mammals and fish, such as: sperm whale, whale shark, great white shark, giant squid and so on. All exhibits are life-size. 

 

One of the attractions is Dom Rybaka (Fisherman's House) - public building, built in the 1950s, originally erected for hotel purposes. Currently, it is the seat of the Władysławowo City Hall and other institutions. It is the architectural dominant of the city. Part of the building is an observation tower, which allows you to observe a fragment of the Gdańsk Coast.

 

 

In connection with the plans to build a large fishing port and a fish processing center in Władysławowo in the 1950s, on the initiative of the Minister of Shipping Mieczysław Popiel, the construction of a large hotel for fishermen and sailors was started on the coastal slope. The process of erecting the building took place in the years 1953-1956, and it was put into use in June 1957. It had 150 hotel beds. Due to the person who initiated the construction, the building was originally called "Popielówka", and the tower dominating the building (ironically referring to the famous building in Kruszwica) was called "Popiel's Tower.

 

It consists of a 4-story main body and a high, 8-story tower; both parts of the building are connected by an arcaded connector. There are two observation decks in the tower: one at 45m above sea level, the other at 63m above sea level.

 

The tower houses a private Butterfly Museum with over 3,000 exhibits 

 

To finish presentation of the team and city I recommend you also to watching this video.

 

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

And just for fun, here is how the TISC Annual 2021 will pan out based on the voting positions each nation has been drawn in

 

Congratulations @Yannakis

Look away @Bohemia and @Benolympique

 

Rank	Nation	Voting Position	Average Finish for that Voting Position
1	Greece	35	14.55
2	New Zealand	26	14.80
3	Moldova	9	15.67
4	Denmark	32	15.71
5	Romania	2	15.93
6	Indonesia	16	16.67
7	Slovenia	37	16.67
8	Argentina	24	16.80
9	Sweden	22	16.87
10	Kazakhstan	15	16.93
11	Czech Republic	33	17.07
12	Canada	25	17.13
13	United States	8	17.40
14	Great Britain	34	17.54
15	Spain	3	17.60
16	Poland	17	17.60
17	Tunisia	7	18.07
18	Israel	13	18.13
19	Croatia	28	18.20
20	Lithuania	18	18.47
21	Portugal	23	18.53
22	Norway	30	18.53
23	Bulgaria	20	18.53
24	Netherlands	27	19.27
25	Germany	10	19.33
26	Serbia	4	19.40
27	Slovakia	12	19.66
28	China	11	20.40
29	Mexico	5	20.67
30	Finland	14	20.93
31	Malta	21	20.93
32	Italy	6	21.13
33	Brazil	19	21.60
34	Hungary	31	22.80
35	Ireland	1	23.33
36	India	29	23.33
37	France	36	28.33

 

[Werloc 3,164]

1 hour ago, OlympicIRL said:

And just for fun, here is how the TISC Annual 2021 will pan out based on the voting positions each nation has been drawn in

 

Congratulations @Yannakis

Look away @Bohemia and @Benolympique

 

Rank	Nation	Voting Position	Average Finish for that Voting Position
1	Greece	35	14.55
2	New Zealand	26	14.80
3	Moldova	9	15.67
4	Denmark	32	15.71
5	Romania	2	15.93
6	Indonesia	16	16.67
7	Slovenia	37	16.67
8	Argentina	24	16.80
9	Sweden	22	16.87
10	Kazakhstan	15	16.93
11	Czech Republic	33	17.07
12	Canada	25	17.13
13	United States	8	17.40
14	Great Britain	34	17.54
15	Spain	3	17.60
16	Poland	17	17.60
17	Tunisia	7	18.07
18	Israel	13	18.13
19	Croatia	28	18.20
20	Lithuania	18	18.47
21	Portugal	23	18.53
22	Norway	30	18.53
23	Bulgaria	20	18.53
24	Netherlands	27	19.27
25	Germany	10	19.33
26	Serbia	4	19.40
27	Slovakia	12	19.66
28	China	11	20.40
29	Mexico	5	20.67
30	Finland	14	20.93
31	Malta	21	20.93
32	Italy	6	21.13
33	Brazil	19	21.60
34	Hungary	31	22.80
35	Ireland	1	23.33
36	India	29	23.33
37	France	36	28.33

 

You're going to save the average for voting position number 1  

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

7 minutes ago, Werloc said:

You're going to save the average for voting position number 1  

 

Well at least my favourite will lead the contest for a little time. The last time that happened was 4 years ago at TISC Annual 2017 when my favourite held a 3-way tie for the lead for one round of voting

[dcro 10,210]

11 hours ago, OlympicIRL said:

 

Well at least my favourite will lead the contest for a little time. The last time that happened was 4 years ago at TISC Annual 2017 when my favourite held a 3-way tie for the lead for one round of voting

I remember this feeling going into 2019 Open.

 

I was so happy about my personal favorite taking a lead for once. But then it turned out that Liquid Lunch was the first ever winner to earn the opening 12 points.

[dcro 10,210]

Since I am updating some stats right now, I thought I'd share some trivia...

 

• Number of nations that competed at TISC - 59
• Number of nations with at least one victory - 10 (16.9%)
• Number of nations with at least one podium finish - 21 (35.6%)
• Number of nations with at least one Top 10 finish - 42 (71.2%)
• Number of nations with at least one Top 20 finish - 52 (88.1%)
• Number of nations that never finished inside of Top 20 - 7 (11.9%)
• Number of nations that never finished outside of Top 20 - 2 (3.4%) - only and !