Nathy

1 minute ago, dcro said:

 

Your entry took me right home, from which I've been mostly away in the past few years.

 

That part "And I even miss your rain..." couldn't be more ironic since my hometown has more yearly rain than London.

I'm happy to know that this song really spoke to someone else. When I was in my early 20s, I was so convinced that I would make my life elsewhere than Switzerland. I had that will to leave and go live elsewhere. I thought that elsewhere might be Australia as I went there on a working-holiday visa and thought I might not come back to Switzerland for a long time, if ever. Well, life has a funny way of teaching you to know better haha. After 2 months in Australia (different places), I felt homesick and came back to where is definitely "home"

When I heard this song it brought me back to those years and this is also why I decided to present it for the contest.

2 minutes ago, vinipereira said:

 

Same here, and also gave me hope. I suppose we should thank @uk12points for such an amazing choice that had a beautiful meaning for some people - and that's a prize by itself

 

Absolutely! This song is now a permanent resident into my Apple Music Thank you @uk12points!

Oh man and the competition's logo is AMAZINGLY STUNNING

Hi everyone,

I know the contest has just been closed, I'm a little late. But I couldn't be there yesterday as I anticipated before confirming Switzerland's participation and I would like to say a few things.

First of all, auguri all'Italia One of my 2 blood-countries winning makes me super proud

Second, WOW, finishing just shy of 100pts is SUPER DUPER AMAZING! Being temporarily in the Top5 and even Top3 is more than I had imagined! I'm glad so many of you liked Eliane, whom I just discovered looking for Switzerland's entry in this contest. She really has a great voice.

And third, I would like to thank the nations that have voted for Switzerland. Thank you Algeria (11pts), India (10pts), Azerbaijan & Indonesia (9pts), Germany & Russia (8pts), Lithuania (5pts), Brazil & Ireland & Romania (3pts), Bulgaria & Malta (2pts) and Italy (1pt).

Last but not least, a HUGE. No, IMMENSE thank you from the bottom of my heart to Croatia ( @dcro ) & Netherlands  ( @heywoodu ) for awarding 12 POINTS to Switzerland

Obrigado @vinipereira and Brazil for hosting this year's TISC

EDIT PS: Great Britain's song hit directly into my soul, hence my 12pts.

And he's my starting SS

Guys have you seen how the Astros beat the Padres yesterday? Hilarious

On 4/4/2018 at 16:27, Sindo said:

Please for those who voted/votes received in the last 24 hours (from Monday afternoon at 4pm CET, let's say), double check if everything is ok because we have migrated the server so some posts/private messages have been lost in the following hours.

Ah that's why one of my messages disappeared^^

WOW!!! That's short! Manfred must be happy haha!

The game Dodgers-Dbacks was a lot of fun, if you guys can watch the replay or condensed, I recommend it!

On 4/1/2018 at 07:03, thepharoah said:

Blue Jays achieved their 1st victory of the season , after defeating Yankees 5-3 with a homer of solarte in 8th inning 

And Pillar who stole 3 bases (2nd, 3rd and home) in ONE inning

After a rusty start, the last 2 games of the Blue Jays and Dodgers were fun to watch!

And Happ starting the season with a HR, awesome! Even more because he was on my fantasy team haha! But I traded him for Moncada.

The Jury of Switzerland has voted!

So many good songs this year

1 hour ago, Werloc said:

Liked it because of the voting, not because of the sickness Get well

Thank you

15 hours ago, Werloc said:

@Belle @Nathy @Gigs @Argenis Gonzalez Hey there, I was wondering how's the voting process going for you?

Haven't started yet... I was sick, then on a business trip and now I'm even sicker than before

Will vote today or tomorrow though

It also doesn't matter to me if there's a music video or not I listen more than I watch.

ELIANE - DEAR HOME

For the TISC 2018, Switzerland presents 27-year old Eliane Müller from Lucerne. She is a singer-songwriter and the song "Dear Home" is part of her 4th album "Slow Motion" that was released in November 2017.

21 hours ago, rybak said:

It will be contest of an emotional ladies? So far they lead among selected artists 

Welp... That's also the kind I had chosen...

Well, Ohtani was perfect as a batter yesterday, pleasure to watch! 3 walks and an rbi single

A lot of good pitchers made their season debuts yesterday.

• Terrible start of Spring Training for Nola: 2IP, 4H, 3ER, 3K.
• Bumgarner's start wasn't much better: 1.2IP, 4H, 2ER, 5K. The Giants lost 10-12 to the Cubs
• Greinke was a little sharper: 1.2IP, 3H, 1ER, 0K
• Scherzer was good: 2IP, 1H, 1ER, 3K
• Kershaw was perfect: 1IP, 0H, 0ER, 0K

That being said, the Dodgers still lost 0-2 to the Mariners and the Blue Jays lost a second day in a row to the Tigers, 3-6.

Only 3 games on TV tonight BUT Ohtani might be in the Angels' lineup as a hitter! I'll watch if that's the case. If not, I'll put the Brewers on:

19:05 Mets @ Astros (Syndergaard vs Verlander / nice pitching matchup)

21:05 Indians @ Brewers (Tomlin vs Guerra)

21:10 Angels @ Padres (Skaggs vs Lyles)

The draw in Acapulco is STACKED!!!

Notable first round matchups

Rublev vs Ferrer

Nishikori vs Shapovalov

Possible notable second round matchups

Chung vs Sock

Mannarino vs Anderson

Del Potro vs Rublev/Ferrer

Thiem vs Nishikori/Shapovalov

Isner vs Schwartzman (who oddly enough plays Verdasco in the first round, whom he just beat yesterday in Rio's final )

In the end, Ohtani threw 31 pitches, didn't make it out of the 2nd inning (the plan was for him to throw 2 innings) and gave up a HR to Broxton of the Brewers. But the Angels ended up winning 6-5 anyway. The Blue Jays lost 4-5 to the Tigers and the split-squad Dodgers lots 4-8 to the Royals and 3-9 to the Giants.

Today's televised games:

19:05 Braves @ Nationals (Kazmir - Scherzer)

19:05 Orioles @ Red Sox (Ynoa - Johnson)

19:05 Astros @ Cardinals (Cole - Mikolas)

19:05 Yankees @ Phillies (Montgomery - Nola)

19:05 Rays @ Twins (Snell - Gibson)

19:07 Tigers @ Blue Jays (Boyd - Happ)

19:10 Marlins @ Mets (Cloyd - Gsellman)

21:05 Cubs @ Giants (Tseng - Bumgarner)

21:05 Reds SS @ White Sox (Castillo - Guerrero)

21:05 Indians @ Reds SS (Bauer - Bailey)

21:10 Dodgers @ Mariners (Kershaw - Gonzales)

21:10 Padres @ Angels (Mitchell - Richards)

I'll watch the start of the Phillies to see Nola, then the Jays until the Dodgers game, then switch to KershGod

Just watched the replay of the Shapovalov-Tiafoe matchup in Delray and, as sad as I am that Shapo did not make it to the final, Tiafoe played amazing! No wonder he beat Delpo earlier in the tournament... The NextGen guys are really starting the year well, I'm loving it!

Soooooooooo close to a last medal

It took me a little time to get into these Games, but once the Swiss athletes started to be involved and winning medals, it was easier

I have a few favorite moments:

• The double in women's ski slopestyle that was unexpected
• Cologna's 4th Olympic Gold Medal (tying Simon Ammann), shed some tears
• Zenhäusern's Silver Medal in slalom
• Gisin's Gold and Holdener's Bronze in the alpine combined
• The happiness of the Men's curling team when they won bronze
• USA Women's hockey team finally winning Gold again

My biggest disappointment is seeing Lara Gut leave South Korea without a medal She's so talented, it pains me that she ends up 4th too many times or doesn't finish races. I really hope she'll win Gold at some point.

There were a few big upsets as well:

• USA beating Sweden in curling for gold...
• Ledecka winning gold in 2 different sports...
• Canada not winning a medal in classic curling...
• Both Hirscher AND Kirstoffersen DNF in the slalom...
• Germany playing for (and almost winning) gold in men's hockey

There were probably others that I'm forgetting but these are the ones I'll remember.

Overall good Games for Switzerland, tying 1988 Calgary for the medals total (15) and surpassing the target (11) announced before.

Tough 1st inning for Ohtani but only one score (on a wild pitch then a bad throw from the catcher).

And Ohtani's first K is Orf.

Villar welcomes Ohtani with a groundrule double

I'm sure it'll be worth it!

And one of the young guns went deep yesterday already! Fernando Tatis Jr from the Padres! Maybe a name to keep in mind this season (he's ranked the 8th best prospect in the league).