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Although Antarctica has not participated in TISC with an entry, progress was made earlier this year when they ceased their 4-year long boycott of TISC and accepted an invitation to be part of the TISC Jubilee celebrations as a special guest of honour. The reconciliation was hailed as a huge success after years of conflict with TISC which culminated in Antarctica setting up their own rival to TISC, named WINTERFEST, and setting out to sabotage many editions of TISC during that period. As part of the Jubilee's reconciliation process, Antarctica agreed to end their boycott of TISC and also to disband WINTERFEST. As a special tribute, let's look at Antarctica's entry in the final-ever WINTERFEST that took place earlier this year. ANTARCTICA AT THE TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST ANTARCTICA Continent - Antarctica Population: 0.001 million people Population: 12.00 million penguins TISC Appearances 0 TISC Open Appearances 0 TISC Annual Appearances 0 National Records Best Finish (Overall) - Best Finish (Open) - Best Finish (Annual) - Antarctica NR Points (Overall) - Antarctica NR Points (Open) - Antarctica NR Points (Annual) - Antarctica NR Average (Overall) - Antarctica NR Average (Open) - Antarctica NR Average (Annual) - NR Points Streak (Overall) - NR Points Streak (Open) - NR Points Streak (Annual) - Antarctica NR Medal Streak - TISC Record 0 0 0 List of Antarctic Entries: #1 TISC Open 2013 Did Not Participate - - #2 TISC Annual 2014 Did Not Participate - - #3 TISC Open 2014 Boycotted - - #4 TISC Annual 2015 Boycotted - - #5 TISC Open 2015 Boycotted - - #6 TISC Annual 2016 Boycotted - - #7 TISC Open 2016 Boycotted - - #8 TISC Annual 2017 Boycotted - - #9 TISC Open 2017 Boycotted - - #10 TISC Annual 2018 Did Not Participate - Invited as Special Guest - - Antarctica's 2018 WINTERFEST entry

Reading the rules...

So Frederiksberg is kinda like the Lesotho of Denmark?

@hckosice Czech Republic vs Slovakia, you were right about who would the winner be

Guys, I'll be posting starting around 5pm EST tomorrow for the opening ceremony. Hope you join us.

What three nations? Oh, wait. Those three nations ( ) are not starting in the gold medal match. It only means that their votes will be looked at to decide the gold medal match results. And it's those specific three nations because they are the final 3 voters.

MIXED TEAM MUSIC'THLON - Rules and Regulations Mixed Team Music'thlon will be held in two stages: Stage 1 - Round Robin Stage 2 - Playoff Stage 1 - Round Robin: Double Round Robin system - Mixed teams will face each other twice, for a total of 6 rounds Each of the 6 rounds will last for 3 votes, during which the scores from both members of a respective team will be added up Points distribution will be as follows: Win - 3 points Draw - 1 point Loss - 0 points All 4 Mixed teams will advance to Stage 2 - Playoffs Stage 2 - Playoff: Page Playoff system - Mixed teams will be seeded according to their positions after Stage 1 - Round Robin Each of the 3 playoff rounds will last for 3 votes, during which the scores from both members of a respective team will be added up In total, there will be 9 rounds (6 round robin + 3 playoff), each lasting 3 votes, for a total of 27 counting votes. Votes of the 8 participating nations will be excluded for the purposes of Mixed Team Music'thlon. Votes used during the corresponding stages will be as follows: Round Robin, Round 1: Round Robin, Round 2: Round Robin, Round 3: Round Robin, Round 4: Round Robin, Round 5: Round Robin, Round 6: Playoff, Semifinals: Playoff, Bronze Medal Match: Playoff, Gold Medal Match: Awards Future of the Mixed Team Music'thlon is uncertain at this point. However, if there is a next edition of this competition, then the winning team of this edition will be automatically qualified with the same composition. STAGE 1 SCOREBOARD MIXED TEAM MUSIC'THLON Round Robin Standings Mixed Team Composition Win Draw Loss +/- POINTS Team Cranberries / 0 0 0 0 0 Team Jazzu / 0 0 0 0 0 Team Roxette / 0 0 0 0 0 Team Stunning / 0 0 0 0 0 Round Robin Matches Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Jazzu Cranberries Stunning Roxette Jazzu Jazzu Roxette Jazzu Jazzu Jazzu Cranberries Stunning Stunning Roxette Roxette Cranberries Stunning Cranberries Cranberries Stunning Cranberries Stunning Roxette Roxette STAGE 2 SCOREBOARD MIXED TEAM MUSIC'THLON Playoff Upper Semifinal Gold Medal Match Round Robin 1 Winner Upper Semifinal Round Robin 2 Winner Bronze Medal Match Bronze Medal Match Composition: Team Cranberries - / Team Jazzu - / Team Roxette - / Team Stunning - / Loser Upper Semifinal Winner Lower Semifinal Lower Semifinal Round Robin 3 Round Robin 4

Almost Ok, because I've got nothing better to do: this Brazilian girl and me were kind of saying we were dating, even though we had never met face to face yet. Before I went to Brazil to meet her for the first time (which eventually resulted in a 3,5 year relationship) I used to watch videos of other people on YouTube going through the exact same thing (especially that insanely nervous first moment) and in my favourite one they used 'A moment like this' for the backdrop

12 points.

Impressive record of USA. I'm not 100% sure but I think it's the only recurrent participant that I have never voted. We'll see if that changes this time.

I'm telling you, China created a team out of some non-Paralympic top athletes and is gonna medal in Beijing

And today both, Mexico and Brazil qualified to synchro finals Good participation from Latin American countries in this edition.

Hashemi is a two time World Champion now this is great for an average weightlifter like him. we had so many much better weightlifters had to retire with only 1 or 2 bronze or silver. happy for Beiralvand and his bronze medal. that last CJ lift was unexpected. and Sohrab Moradi at 96kg lifted 20kg more than Hashemi here

That´s so incrdeibliy sad. He´s like the most famous doper in weightlifting and he shows up at the world championship 2 years after he got busted.

unfortunately there is nothing in the rules against registering like this and withdrawing. and for "registering" you have to participate in weight-in and make weight which he did . that's all he had to do to fulfill one of those 6 qualification events.

no he will not. that's a sure thing. he already filled the withdrawal paper

now it's official... tomorrow and saturday @ the Nico Sapio meet in Genua, Santo Condorelli will make his debut as an Italian swimmer... and if he gets the required clockings within the next couple of weeks, he's going to be part of our National Team already at the Short Course Worlds next month in China...

Irish Delegation Arrives in Orlando ahead of Tomorrow's Opening Ceremony The Irish delegation have arrived in Florida ahead of tomorrow's Opening Ceremony. The team are currently settling into their accomodation at Floridays Resort and are planning a fun-filled day around the Orlando parks at Universal and Disney, where they will receive VIP treatment courtesy of their kind American hosts. The official Irish TISC twitter account tweeted their arrival this morning: View from OlympicIRL and Séamus' apartment:

Road to TISC Open 2018  Today marks the eve of the TISC Open 2018 Opening Ceremony and, as such, we have come to the final edition of this year's "Road to TISC Open 2018" series. There are three nations left to review: Antarctica, who have a colourful history with TISC; the United States who are hosting this year's edition for the first time. But up first today, we remember the history of our most recent TISC champions - TISC Annual 2018 gold medalists, Italy! ITALY AT THE TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST Continent - Europe Population: 59.28 million Capital: Rome TISC Appearances 10 TISC Open Appearances 5 TISC Annual Appearances 5 National Records Best Finish (Overall) 1st Best Finish (Open) 2nd Best Finish (Annual) 1st Italy NR Points (Overall) 206 pts Italy NR Points (Open) 206 pts Italy NR Points (Annual) 188 pts Italy NR Average (Overall) 6.24 PPJ Italy NR Average (Open) 6.24 PPJ Italy NR Average (Annual) 4.70 PPJ NR Points Streak (Overall) 9 NR Points Streak (Open) 9 NR Points Streak (Annual) 8 Italy NR Medal Streak 5 TISC Record 1 2 0 TISC Annual 2018 TISC Open 2013 TISC Annual 2016 List of Italian Entries: #1 TISC Open 2013 Andrea Bocelli - Con Te Partiro 2nd 206 pts #2 TISC Annual 2014 Chiara - Vieni Con Me 25th 56 pts #3 TISC Open 2014 Elisa - Luce (tramonti a nord est) 19th 76 pts #4 TISC Annual 2015 Cesare Cremonini - Logico 5th 114 pts #5 TISC Open 2015 Lucio Dalla - Caruso 13th 91 pts #6 TISC Annual 2016 Nek - Fatti Avanti Amore 2nd 147 pts #7 TISC Open 2016 Umberto Tozzi - Gloria 11th 88 pts #8 TISC Annual 2017 Alessio Bernabei - Noi Siamo Infinito 12th 96 pts #9 TISC Open 2017 Branduardi & Vecchioni - Samarcanda 29th 45 pts #10 TISC Annual 2018 Takagi & Ketra ft. Lorenzo Fragola & Arisa - L'esercito del Selfie 1st 188 pts Most Successful Italian Entry

basically I agree on everything... I'd be happy also with just 3+1 minute as the Kumite bouts time limits (4+1 would be better, but still)... and the best competition format to me is the one used in wrestling until last year (I don't like the idea of a competition over more than 1 day)...preliminaries and repechage in the early session and finals in the late session... moreover, having 12 individual events (10 kumite + 2 kata) in the schedule, I'd like to see 3 events per day over 4 days (1 kata and 2 kumite classes in the first 2 days and 3 kumite weights in the last 2 days, with the heavyweights always as the final class, of course)...

in Top 7 yes, but the South Korean 8th placer (upgraded to 2nd) also has a clean record. maybe he wasn't just there. it's not necessary to attend a ceremony to receive your medal. they can just send it to your home. and as I asked before, no idea if Zielinksi really receives anything. funny that Ilya Ilyin himself was there in Ashgabat when they were awarding "his medal" to someone else

Although to be fair, it is completely insane XTC has such a big tabboo on it and is actually illegal. Smoking tobacco kills thousands and thousands of people a year here, alcohol kills thousands and thousands of people a year, XTC kills...7-8 people a year (in the Netherlands), yet you can get your cigarettes and alcohol in basically every supermarket, but XTC - the stuff of which the main effect is basically that you become one big happy hugging machine - is illegal. XTC is actually ranked very low in terms of danger, way under tobacco, alcohol, a ton of different kind of drugs and even weed

I really miss Australia in the contests AUSTRALIA Angus & Julia Stone - Santa Monica Dream

it seems Mohammadpour wasn't the only weightlifter receiving his medal in Ashgabat, Gulnoi (THA, 2012) and Ulanov (KAZ, 2016) also received their medals. https://www.iwf.net/2018/11/08/three-lifters-awarded-olympic-medals/ interesting that they only awarded the gold medal in that weight where all 3 medalists are disqualified now. no silver and bronze ?

Noted. He's not even from Amsterdam, but what I read, he sounds like someone who has smoked something at a coffeeshop.

Wise lesson: never in your life take Emile Ratelband seriously (even if he is serious)

@heywoodu It's some "interesting" people living in the Netherlands? A 69-year-old entrepreneur in the Netherlands wants to legally change his age to 49 so he can go back to work and meet more women on Tinder, according to his lawsuit. The self-proclaimed positivity guru argued that he feels 20 years younger, and compared the age difference to being transgender, despite the concepts being completely different. "You can change your name. You can change your gender. Why not your age? Nowhere are you so discriminated against as with your age," he told De Telegraaf. Ratelband argued that he is a "young god" and said changing his age would allow him to "live differently," saying he would get more matches on Tinder if he could use a younger age. https://www.thisisinsider.com/dutch-man-emile-ratelband-wants-to-legally-change-his-age-to-49-2018-11

She literally started the sport in September and found out then this would be her first major event.

TISC is Coming to America... This Week!

Such a festive time of year.

No, it's because of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, that's why Spain is evil in Dutch culture.

Wait, he was in the Olympics as a 19-year old and since then had no international competition ever again?

Dafne Navarro Loza managed to finish 7th in the qualification... that's Mexico's best result ever. I hope she does great at the semifinal, so she can better her resume.

I knew I was going to miss something...I give up...it's too complicated... p.s. fixed...

GREAT BRITAIN AT THE TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST Continent - Europe Population: 66.65 million Capital: London TISC Appearances 10 TISC Open Appearances 5 TISC Annual Appearances 5 National Records Best Finish (Overall) 1st Best Finish (Open) 3rd Best Finish (Annual) 1st GB NR Points (Overall) 186 pts GB NR Points (Open) 178 pts GB NR Points (Annual) 186 pts GB NR Average (Overall) 5.73 PPJ GB NR Average (Open) 5.39 PPJ GB NR Average (Annual) 5.73 PPJ NR Points Streak (Overall) 9 NR Points Streak (Open) 9 NR Points Streak (Annual) 5 GB NR Medal Streak 5 TISC Record 2 1 1 TISC Annual 2016 TISC Annual 2017 TISC Annual 2015 TISC Open 2013 List of British Entries: #1 TISC Open 2013 John Lennon - Imagine 3rd 178 pts #2 TISC Annual 2014 Gary Barlow - Let Me Go 4th 147 pts #3 TISC Open 2014 Paloma Faith - Picking Up The Pieces 11th 107 pts #4 TISC Annual 2015 George Ezra - Listen to the Man 2nd 172 pts #5 TISC Open 2015 Elton John - Tiny Dancer 6th 135 pts #6 TISC Annual 2016 Birdy & Rhodes - Let It All Go 1st 173 pts #7 TISC Open 2016 T'Pau - China In Your Hand 12th 84 pts #8 TISC Annual 2017 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human 1st 186 pts #9 TISC Open 2017 Only Boys Aloud - Câlon Lan 8th 101 pts #10 TISC Annual 2018 Rae Morris - Someone Out There 25th 64 pts Most Successful British Entry

Saeid Mohammadpour finally received his gold medal from 2012 London Olympics officially today in Ashgabat after 6 years ! he originally finished 5th but top 4 all tested positive for doping I assume this is kind of a record to be upgraded from 5th place to gold medal. this is a picture of him on the "podium"

POLAND AT THE TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST Continent - Europe Population: 38.09 million Capital: Warsaw TISC Appearances 10 TISC Open Appearances 5 TISC Annual Appearances 5 National Records Best Finish (Overall) 4th Best Finish (Open) 4th Best Finish (Annual) 9th Poland NR Points (Overall) 143 pts Poland NR Points (Open) 143 pts Poland Points (Annual) 110 pts Poland NR Average (Overall) 3.58 PPJ Poland NR Average (Open) 3.58 PPJ Poland NR Average (Annual) 2.75 PPJ NR Points Streak (Overall) 5 NR Points Streak (Open) 5 NR Points Streak (Annual) 4 Poland NR Medal Streak 2 TISC Record 0 0 0 List of Polish Entries: #1 TISC Open 2013 LemON - Napraw 21st 51 pts #2 TISC Annual 2014 Enej - Lili 21st 62 pts #3 TISC Open 2014 Peter and Jacob - Emotions 4th 143 pts #4 TISC Annual 2015 Edyta Gorniak - Your High 20th 56 pts #5 TISC Open 2015 Ewa Farna - Cicho 9th 118 pts #6 TISC Annual 2016 Margaret - Heartbeat 27th 43 pts #7 TISC Open 2016 Feel / Iwona Wegrowska - Pokonaj Siebie 22nd 56 pts #8 TISC Annual 2017 Sylwia Grzeszczak - Tamta Dziewczyna 28th 49 pts #9 TISC Open 2017 Patricia Kazadi and M. Pokora - Wanna Feel You Now 9th 97 pts #10 TISC Annual 2018 Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Without You 9th 110 pts Most Successful Polish Entry

Thanks, now I'm already understanding 3% of the whole thing

Looks like Durango is a bit of a choker. She will fail to qualify here despite winning both pistol qualification rounds.