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I cant believe what just happened. made it to the final and secured a team spot in Paris 🥹🥹🥹🥹. I shed a lot of happy tears for them.13 points
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Hi everyone!!!! 👋 Tomorrow I'll go to Paris 2024 Volunteer Convention. I was selected to be a volunteer for both Olympics and Paralympics ! I think it can be interesting for you, if I'll post photos from tomorrow's event 😁13 points
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Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
maestro and 11 others reacted to Henry_Leon for a topic
TAISC 2024 - Closing Ceremony Ladies and Gentlemen, please stand for the National anthem of Italy “Il canto degli Italiani” The Kolors Stan Walker Smash Into Pieces and now the english version of Italodisco: Before the greetings, I have to thanks: team italia, for the support, suggestions and for trusting me with some choices @Pablita @Gianlu33 @SteveParker for help and technical support @Sindo and @OlympicIRL for the magnificent logo @vinipereira I would like to thank all the participants of this edition and who have made it possible this event year-by-year. See you in autumn for the Open contest. Bye12 points -
Athletics 2024 Discussion Thread
Gianlu33 and 10 others reacted to OlympicIRL for a topic
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Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
Pablita and 10 others reacted to OlympicIRL for a topic
Apologies to @Henry_Leon for not being there yesterday for the show. I was traveling home from my vacation and was only able to get caught up now. What an amazing show it was. Huge congratulations to our hosts and deserving champions on their 3rd TISC victory!! @Henry_Leon@SteveParker@Gianlu33@Pablita Well done to our other medalists @Wanderer and @Belle for a great result Finally I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who voted for my entry at this contest. Really glad you enjoyed it @catgamer@NikolaB@Cobi@Vic Liu@justony@Hipooo@maestro@Makedonas@Ruslan@Belle@Bohemia@Benolympique@vinipereira@Cinnamon Bun Thanks so much to @dcro and @Glen for awarding your silver medal to the Irish song and to @Wumo and the Italian jury @Henry_Leon@SteveParker@Gianlu33@Pablita for awarding your 12 points to Ireland this year Thanks as always for everyone for continuing to participate and make this show interesting and entertaining for us all11 points -
Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
Wumo and 10 others reacted to Olympian1010 for a topic
My personal votes and thoughts - - 12 (One of the clearest winner picks for me. Great vocals, visuals, arrangement. Plus, the Maori segments are beautiful. @Wanderer) - 11 (This was the only other song considered for my 12 points. It caught my attention quickly as well. It stood out from everything else, and the lyrics were interesting @Vektor) - 10 (I think we might have some overlapping taste @Vic Liu. I liked the "throwback" nature of this song, and the lyrics/video were fun.) - 9 (Just a fun, catchy, lively song. A nice ode to one's homeland @kungshamra71) - 8 (I like the risk you took with this @hckošice. It has a great message and stood out from many of the other entires.) - 7 (This is similar to some music I listen to more frequently. There was just something about it that keep me thinking about it @Wumo) - 6 (A nice dance/party track. It got points for the integration of Maltese @Glen) - 5 (Eley has a really good vocal. The song is a great pop track @Werloc) - 4 (Retro in a way that was fun and stuck out @Henry_Leon @Gianlu33 @Pablita) - 3 (Definitely an artist with a lot of promise @Hipooo) - 2 (This originally feel outside my points, but creeped it's way back in. The vocal is nice and lyrics are interesting enough @Benolympique @Bohemia) - 1 (This got me to move, and it was fun, so finally some points for you @konig) - R1 (Catchy, but just under the line for points @mrv86) - R2 (This almost snuck into the points. I'll be interested to see how she does at Eurovision @NikolaB) - R3 (Great vocal, a nice country vibe. I just couldn't find room for it in my points @Fer GUA) - R4 (I couldn't find the translated lyrics, and that hurt your chances for points @justony. The song was interesting, but I couldn't undertsand the message.)11 points -
Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
OlympicIRL and 10 others reacted to Henry_Leon for a topic
ITALY Ireland 12 Guatemala 11 Moldova 10 Spain 9 Germany 8 Brazil 7 Portugal 6 Netherlands 5 Lithuania 4 Mexico 3 Albania 2 Malta 1 the winner: The Kolors - Italodisco11 points -
Now that it's all over, I'd like to offer my congratulations to @Gianlu33,@Henry_Leon, @Pablita, @SteveParker on their win , but also to @Wandererand @Belle on their medals . Extending my congratulations to @Henry_Leon, who run the contest smoothly throughout and hosted a great show this weekend . Thank you to those who voted for our song, @Roamingrover86, @OlympicIRL, @Wumo, @IoNuTzZ, @Wanderer, @vinipereira . Unfortunately my song choice proved to be completely unsuccessful and the result is rather awful, but it is what it is. We can only aim at better results from here. A huge thank you to our teammates @Belle, @Wanderer, @NikolaB, @Ionoutz24 . You gifted us the team event gold, as I think our song contributed just 7 points out of the 466. Below you can see my personal ballot. 1st 12 pts Netherlands 2nd 11 pts Spain 3rd 10 pts Indonesia 4th 9 pts Ireland 5th 8 pts United States 6th 7 pts Chile 7th 6 pts France 8th 5 pts Croatia 9th 4 pts India 10th 3 pts Portugal 11th 2 pts Brazil 12th 1 pts Czechia Res1 Great Britain Res2 New Zealand Res3 Sweden As a general comment, we were two jury members this time, however we voted 22 different songs. Brazil and Portugal were the only songs that got points from both of us. This was my 6th TISC. I haven't voted for the winning song twice and both times it was Italy. This was the first time that I didn't give points to any of the eventual medallists. New Zealand and Sweden were both among my reserves. I have never been as sure that a song is going to win, as I was with the Dutch entry this time. I'm very surprised it only got 10th place. As a whole, this was another fun experience and the fight for gold was thoroughly enjoyable. I'm looking forward to seeing all of you again in the next open contest this autumn!10 points
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Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
Olympian1010 and 9 others reacted to Wanderer for a topic
STOP THE COUNT!!!!10 points -
Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024 Unqualified Nations
canadafan2024 and 8 others reacted to Olympian1010 for a topic
should now have a representative in fencing I’ll be pretty happy if they can get additional quotas in archery, athletics, or any other sports.9 points -
Fencing CPE American Olympic Qualifier 2024
Wumo and 8 others reacted to Olympian1010 for a topic
QUOTA!!!!!!!!!9 points -
Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
OlympicIRL and 8 others reacted to hckošice for a topic
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Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
Olympian1010 and 8 others reacted to hckošice for a topic
You mean Universality tripartite point for participation. Nice of you9 points -
Hello all! I'm Book. A long time fan of the Olympics but only recently started lurking on this forum, looking for qualification updates. Thought I'd pop in and start talking now, seems like a fun crowd. I'm from the US, born in Los Angeles and spent most of my life in Oregon, now living in Massachusetts. My first memories of sports was at a rec center built as part of a parks initiative of the 1984 games. After getting the Olympic bug in 2008 I convinced my parents to drive me up to Vancouver in 2010 where we stayed in Canada just long enough to see the first two heats of 2 man bobsleigh. I was luckily able to get some tickets to Football, Athletics, Rhythmic Gymnastics, and Modern Pentathlon for Paris, so my Olympic hype is at an all time high right now. Looking for some sport climbing tickets still. On the forum I hope to be a resident expert on US Track and Field trials and LA 2028 planning, anything Olympics on the US west coast I'll chat to anyone about.9 points
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Weightlifting IWF World Cup 2024
Roamingrover86 and 7 others reacted to MHSN for a topic
61kg quotas, no change in top 10 even though some of them improved their results and next in line in case of reallocation:8 points -
Rustam Djangabaev (6th in current ranking at +102kg) is tested positive for doping, his name had been removed from the World Cup start list, which means he is not going to Paris 2024 anyway that's his 2nd time, we won't see him for a while, maybe forever.8 points
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Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
Cobi and 7 others reacted to kungshamra71 for a topic
Finally have the time to react to this contest. Thanks again to all those who gave points to Portugal, i'm always happy to share a bit of my land's music to you and the fact that some of you liked a song from my hometown is even better! Also I wonder if the 15th place is some top record for Portugal? In any case, congrats to Italy for the win, although it was not one of my favorite songs at all (it was 22 on my top list) but i have a peculiar musical taste Some comments about the points i gave: - 12 Loved the melody and i like chinese language in songs so this as a topper to me - 11 I found out about Jain thanks to TISC many years ago, and i became a fan thanks to that. I stopped following her songs some time ago so when i heard her voice and learned she had this new stuff, i knew this was gonna be one of my top 3. - 10 Such a powerful sound! - 9 The type of spanish music i like. It gave me so much vibes from early 2000s spanish music, which brings many happy memories from my teenage years there. - 8 This traditional songs are always gonna get points from me, 100% - 7 I could see this one in Eurovision - 6 As more as I hear this one, the better it gets. One of my favorites right now actually - 5 , - 4, Nothing to say about this ones, just sounded nice - 3 , Don't find it particularly special but the message of the lyrics is really great so had to have points - 2 Nothing to say again, just sounded nice - 1 I love this song, the artist, and the amazing message it gaves (just like the movie), but I usually try to never give any points to famous singers/songs, unless they are so good that it is impossible for me to do so, which is why I had reserved my "1 point" to this one. I really liked this edition though! Can't wait for the next one! Thanks to everyone who shared with all of us a bit of your country's music!8 points -
Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
maestro and 7 others reacted to Henry_Leon for a topic
TAISC 2024 - Closing Ceremony mention Fair-Play : (last in the ranking) Slovakia but to make last place less bitter he also wins a pack of Italian Easter sweets: dove, chocolate egg, Easter lamb, Neapolitan pastiera @hckošice8 points -
Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
Olympian1010 and 7 others reacted to Erigert for a topic
YYYYEEEESSSSS! Thanks Hippo! Now Im sure Slovakia wont catch me anymore in the ranking8 points -
Lunch break, time to recount and thanks to all who voted for me (you´ll find your tag bellow) :8 points
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Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
Olympian1010 and 7 others reacted to hckošice for a topic
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Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
SteveParker and 7 others reacted to Henry_Leon for a topic
TAISC 2024 - Opening Ceremony Welcome back in the third and last part of the Ceremony where we unveil Scoreboard 2024 GRAND FINAL SCOREBOARD 35 JURIES 1 Albania 0 19 Italy 0 2 Argentina 0 20 Kazakhstan 0 3 Brazil 0 21 Lithuania 0 4 Bulgaria 0 22 Malta 0 5 Chile 0 23 Mexico 0 6 China 0 24 Moldova 0 7 Croatia 0 25 Netherlands 0 8 Czech Republic 0 26 New Zealand 0 9 Denmark 0 27 Poland 0 10 France 0 28 Portugal 0 11 Germany 0 29 Romania 0 12 Great Britain 0 30 Serbia 0 13 Greece 0 31 Slovakia 0 14 Guatemala 0 32 Slovenia 0 15 Hungary 0 33 Spain 0 16 India 0 34 Sweden 0 17 Indonesia 0 35 United States 0 18 Ireland 0 First call: Albania for those who missed the logo unveiled or TEAM Challenge Competition Remember also the: Order of Vote Host Time GMT+1 Local Time First Quarter 1 10:45 10:45 Albania 2 10:55 10:55 Croatia 3 11:10 11:10 Germany 4 11:25 11:25 Serbia 5 11:35 07:35 Chile 6 11:45 17:45 Indonesia 7 12:00 12:00 Spain 8 12:10 12:10 Slovakia Second Quarter 9 13:20 17:50 India 10 13:30 14:30 Moldova 11 13:45 14:45 Bulgaria 12 13:55 20:55 China 13 14:05 14:05 Slovenia 14 14:15 14:15 Czech Republic 15 14:30 15:30 Greece 16 14:40 19:40 Kazakhstan 17 14:50 14:50 Hungary Half Time Third Quarter 18 16:50 9:50 Mexico 19 17:05 17:05 Poland 20 17:15 17:15 Netherlands 21 17:30 10:30 Guatemala 22 17:40 13:40 Argentina 23 17:55 16:55 Ireland 24 18:05 18:05 Sweden 25 18:20 10:20 (PDT) 13.20 (EDT) United States 26 18:35 18:35 France 27 18:50 18:50 Denmark Fourth Quarter 28 20:00 21:00 Romania 29 20:15 8:15 (Sunday) New Zealand 30 20:25 21:25 Lituania 31 20:40 20:40 Malta 32 20:55 16:55 Brazil 33 21:10 20:10 Great Britain 34 21:20 20:20 Portugal 35 21:30 21:30 Italy See you tomorrow at 10.30 CET (GMT+1) for the GRAND FINAL of TAISC 2024 I wish everyone good luck. Thank you and good (European) evening. Nabucco/Va Pensiero _Giuseppe Verdi --------------------------------------- The End8 points -
Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
Hipooo and 7 others reacted to Henry_Leon for a topic
TAISC 2024 - Opening Ceremony Welcome back for part two. Now will have the parade of 35 nations participant at TAISC 2024 ,, that will be accompanied by music of two great Italian composers from movie soundtracks: Once Upon a Time in the West (OST) by Ennio Morricone Albania Alban Skenderaj Argentina Emmanuel Horvilleur Brazil Chady Bulgaria Grafa & The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices Chile Karla Grunewaldt China Leah Dou Croatia Silente Czech Republic janetykavka Denmark Eee Gee France Jain Germany Purple Disco Machine, Kungs ft. Julian Perretta Great Britain The Libertines Greece Παιδί Τραύμα Guatemala Gaby Moreno Hungary Azahriah India Jasleen Royal ft Arijit Singh Indonesia Mahalini Ireland Picture This ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Life Is Beautiful (OST) by Nicola Piovani ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kazakhstan Kalifarniya Lituania ELEY Malta Aidan Mexico Riva Taylor & Los Rumberos Moldova Kapushon Netherlands SERA New Zealand Stan Walker Poland Gibbs Portugal Soraia Ramos Romania wrs Serbia Teya Dora Slovakia Kali Slovenia Masayah Spain La La Love You & Samuraï Sweden Smash Into Pieces United States Billie Eilish Italy The Kolors8 points -
Hi everyone! A bit of a family emergency is going on right now (my dad isn’t doing too well, he’s on his way to the hospital as I type this), which may explain my lack of inactivity on Totallympics and updating all of the various sporting events If anyone wants to post any of them that’ll be appreciated, and if not then I’ll post them when I’m fully back! Actually, it might even be within a few days. I’ve just thought about it, and when I’m not busy visiting him at the hospital, I might choose to watch/share results of some sports. Bit of a confusing response I know, but to explain my thought process, watching (along with playing, but irrelevant point) sports and sharing results on Totallympics are two of my favourite things to do. Trying to not worry too much when personal problems is hard for me, and it might be what I need to not freak out and have mental breakdowns every couple of minutes. But we’ll see.7 points
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Athletics 2024 Discussion Thread
Wumo and 6 others reacted to Biathlonfan for a topic
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN,IT'S OFFICIAL .MYKOLAS ALEKNA HAS THROWN 74.41 .7 points -
Quotas in men’s and women’s team sprint in track cycling through the Olympic Rankings!7 points
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For two reasons: 1, For internal fairness. Imagine you are the champion of 59kg left unselected, but your teammate 49kg is merely a silver medalist but selected. You will definitely feel unfair and it’s not good for the team atmosphere. Real champions should always prioritize the selection regardless of rivals’ attendance. 2, You just never know if North Korea will successfully lobby IOC or IWF for a wild card, maybe only one category per gender. I personally think it possible. No one can guarantee anything until the OG begins.7 points
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Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
maestro and 6 others reacted to Henry_Leon for a topic
TAISC 2024 - Closing Ceremony TAISC 2024 bronze: Sweden Smash Into Pieces @Belle TAISC 2024 Silver: New Zealand Stan Walker @Wanderer TAISC 2024 Gold: Italy The Kolors @Pablita @Gianlu33 @SteveParker Henry_Leon7 points -
Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
OlympicIRL and 6 others reacted to hckošice for a topic
Congrats Well done & Thanks for the votes @OlympicIRL @dezbee2008 @Olympian1010 @Wanderer and @Cinnamon Bun Great entries and music choices and my favorites of this edition. Thanks for sharing See you in fall and what I learned today... never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never ever Hiphop From other side, if we turn the ranking upside down, Slovakia finally won that gold ! Ciao7 points -
a bit off topic, but had to mention it... Regardless of this result, I am still the most happy guy on this forum tonight since my HC Košice just kicked out the hated arch-rival Slovan Bratislava express-pronto in 4 games 4-0 in the Ice Hockey league Quarterfinal play-offs So that´s for that and now back to TISC and exciting 34th place7 points
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Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
Ruslan and 6 others reacted to Henry_Leon for a topic
@vinipereira These are the votes of BRAZIL Guatemala 10 New Zealand 9 Kazakhstan 8 Ireland 7 China 6 Argentina 5 Croatia 4 Mexico 3 Netherlands 2 Greece 17 points -
Hey all, Currently following the Grand Final from Tirana, where my wife and I have just begun a five day vacation in Albania.7 points
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Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
maestro and 6 others reacted to Henry_Leon for a topic
Halftime show presented by -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ItaloDiSco ♪♫ ♪♫ ♪♫ For the break something to listen7 points -
Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
Olympian1010 and 6 others reacted to konig for a topic
Dont show you "surprise" for this7 points -
Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
Roamingrover86 and 6 others reacted to Griff88 for a topic
Buon giorno, Italia. Indonesia here. Here are the results of the Indonesian jury. INDONESIA Mexico 10 Denmark 9 Spain 8 France 7 Czech Republic 6 New Zealand 5 Guatemala 4 India 3 Croatia 2 Romania 17 points -
Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
Roamingrover86 and 6 others reacted to Henry_Leon for a topic
spoiler to prevent heart attacks all nations will receive points some nations ................................................later7 points -
Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
Olympian1010 and 6 others reacted to konig for a topic
Here is the 7:30 AM, all my family sleeping except.......the argentinian jury7 points -
Shooting ISSF Rifle & Pistol Final World Olympic Qualifier 2024
Roamingrover86 and 5 others reacted to phelps for a topic
just asking myself why in this competition are there people that already achieved the qualification (and therefore can't get any other quota place) and/or why tare there those mixed team events that don't award any quota place? nor those events award points for the OQR/WR, therefore are absolutely useless for those who are not in the hunt for a quota place and actually only make a lot of confusion6 points -
Now the only thing France still needs to decide is the venue6 points
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Track Cycling Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024
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Before the action kicks off tomorrow, I thought I'd take a look at the individual track events to see if we are likely to see and changes as a result of Milton. Men's Team Pursuit: Confirmed Quotas: In my opinion, the Olympic field is set - China could spring a surprise and overtake Belgium, but the two teams have been equally matched across the season so it would seem to be unlikely. At a minimum, China need to finish at least 7th and hope that Belgium have an absolute nightmare in order for them to be in with any real chance. Men's Madison: Confirmed Quotas from Team Pursuit: Safe Individual Quotas: Contested Quotas: - 4750 - 4621 --------------- - 4398 All three are counting 2 NC events from 2024 and all have similar discard scores of 10th or 11th. It will be difficult for Switzerland to be able to do enough to overtake Czechia to get into the last quota spot - they'd need to finish at least 8th and keep 3 places between themselves and Czechia. That is something that they have not been able to do so far in the qualification window so it looks like both Austria and Czechia should qualify for Paris. Men's Omnium: Confirmed Quotas from Team Pursuit: Expected Quotas from Madison: Safe Individual Quotas: Continental Quota: Contested Quotas: - 1432 - 1394 --------------- - 1231 - 1189 There is potential for change in the final quotas in this event. Colombia should be safe as they have only competed in 2 NC events across the last 2 years whereas Indonesia is already counting their two 2024 NC events. Kazakhstan will need to finish higher than 16th to be able to overtake Indonesia. Hong Kong may have left themselves with too much to do after their poor result in the 2nd leg of last year's NC. For the continental quota, Egypt will be safe by virtue of the fact that South Africa are not competing in Milton despite being just 40 points off the quota. If I was a betting man, I'd say that Colombia and Kazakhstan will likely take the last 2 quotas for the men's endurance events.6 points -
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Cycling - Track
Topicmaster1010 and 5 others reacted to intoronto for a topic
Kelsey Mitchell is back for the last Nations Cup stop https://assets.ctfassets.net/761l7gh5x5an/6qNVJ95yF3TNbAx7UCuhLi/5ec7cdb0d15a556211c8af6720178b39/Team_Publication_as_25.03.pdf6 points -
Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
maestro and 5 others reacted to Henry_Leon for a topic
TAISC 2024 - Closing Ceremony Continental prizes: (minimum three nations in contest) Best American: Guatemala Best Asian: Indonesia Best European: Italy6 points -
Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
maestro and 5 others reacted to Henry_Leon for a topic
Italian jurors voted: ITA pts nation tot pts Henry Leon @SteveParker @Pablita @Gianlu33 12 Ireland 32 7 12 10 3 11 Guatemala 31 11 9 11 10 Moldova 27 10 10 7 9 Spain 23 11 12 8 Germania 18 11 7 7 Brazil 17 12 5 6 Portugal 16 8 6 2 5 Netherlands 16 12 4 4 Lituania 15 1 8 6 3 Mexico 14 2 8 4 2 Albania 13 4 9 1 Malta 11 4 7 Romania 10 10 Indonesia 9 9 Czech 9 9 Slovakia 8 6 2 India 8 5 3 Francia 8 8 Argentina 6 6 Kazakhstan 5 5 Poland 5 5 China 3 3 Chile 3 3 Sweden 2 2 Montenegro 1 1 Croatia 1 1 Slovenia 1 16 points -
FRANCE Italy 10 Ireland 9 Romania 8 Bulgaria 7 Lithuania 6 Poland 5 Brazil 4 Denmark 3 Kazakhstan 2 New Zealand 16 points
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23-0... it was 0-0 a certain time... then came the splash6 points
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Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
Olympian1010 and 5 others reacted to heywoodu for a topic
This is a robbery. was in the lead and now it's not anymore, that's impossible!6 points -
Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
Olympian1010 and 5 others reacted to heywoodu for a topic
No points in this voting round and only leading by 1 point, it's over.6 points -
Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
SteveParker and 5 others reacted to Henry_Leon for a topic
TAISC 2024 - Opening Ceremony TEATRO ALLA SCALA March 22nd, 2024 h. 17:00 GMT (18:00 Local Time) Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024 ----------------------------------- Opening Ceremony ----------------------------------- Special Guest: La Rappresentante di Lista (Veronica Lucchesi & Dario Mangiaracina) TAISC 2023 Winner ----------------------------------- Participant Nations Parade Competitors' Oath Follow Live the Grand Final * Saturday 23rd March * 9:30 GMT Teatro alla Scala The Teatro alla Scala was founded, under the auspices of the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, to replace the Royal Ducal Theatre, which was destroyed by fire on February 1776 and had until then been the home of opera in Milan. The cost of building the new theatre was borne by the owners of the boxes at the Ducal, in exchange for possession of the land on which stood the church of Santa Maria alla Scala (hence the name) and for renewed ownership of their boxes. Designed by neoclassical architect Giuseppe Piermarini, La Scala opened on 3 August 1778 with Antonio Salieri's opera L'Europa riconosciuta. The theatre is regarded as one of the leading opera and ballet theatres globally. The theater complex is home to the La Scala Theatre Chorus, La Scala Theatre Ballet, La Scala Theatre Orchestra, and the Filarmonica della Scala orchestra and is located in the square of the same name, next to the Casino Ricordi, home to the Scala Theater Museum. The original structure was renovated in 1907 when it was given its current layout. In 1943, during World War II, La Scala was severely damaged by bombing. It was rebuilt and reopened on 11 May 1946. The theatre underwent a major renovation from early 2002 to late 2004. The Milan City Council approved the project by the architect Mario Botta for the restoration. The opera house re-opened on 7 December 2004 with a production, conducted by Riccardo Muti, of Salieri's Europa riconosciuta, the the same opera performed at La Scala's inauguration in 17786 points -
Hopefully one day (although sadly I doubt it) this will be the normal situation: simply living their regular life like anyone else, without excplicitly 'having' (according to society) to announce them being anything else than straight. Not sure if I'm wording this exactly how I mean it, so just to be clear: what I mean is that I hope one day (which sadly doesn't seem to be close) being gay, bi or anything is considered just as normal by society as being straight, and it's not a matter of 'if you don't explicitly come out, you must be straight' anymore.6 points