Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2019

dcro · November 3, 2019

While there are certainly users who intend to appreciate songs irregardless of their language, there are some pretty clear patterns going on every edition. Maybe because users who appreciate foreign entries usually end up awarding completely different songs?

Anyway, in these 13 editions we have in general witnessed name-recognizing patterns, English songs nesting in the top half, regular friendliness towards debuting/returning nations. Oh, and famous songs underperforming, probably because everyone freaked out when Zombie had a victory lap for the entire contest.

Take our Danish hosts for example. They are pretty good at switching between English and Danish songs. And yet, all of their four top 10 finishes were achieved when they entered a song in English, I believe.

KingOfTheRhinos · November 3, 2019

3 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

12 pts: I mean come on, one of the best songs of the decade

Gets me an easy podium! I have lots more up my sleeve. I don't think Riptide was the best song this contest but it's the most well known. I should of went with another song from Vance Joy. Dream Your Life Away had multiple songs I could see win TISC.

dcro · November 3, 2019

While I awarded 11 points to Austrlalia, I do realize it's overrated. I just have some good memories from back when that song featured heavily on the radio. It was hard to put that aside.

Agger · November 3, 2019

10 minutes ago, dcro said:

While there are certainly users who intend to appreciate songs irregardless of their language, there are some pretty clear patterns going on every edition. Maybe because users who appreciate foreign entries usually end up awarding completely different songs?

Anyway, in these 13 editions we have in general witnessed name-recognizing patterns, English songs nesting in the top half, regular friendliness towards debuting/returning nations. Oh, and famous songs underperforming, probably because everyone freaked out when Zombie had a victory lap for the entire contest.

Take our Danish hosts for example. They are pretty good at switching between English and Danish songs. And yet, all of their four top 10 finishes were achieved when they entered a song in English, I believe.

Pretty good? I believe we've had 2 songs in Danish (Kris Herman and CV Jørgensen)

dcro · November 3, 2019

Just now, Agger said:

Pretty good? I believe we've had 2 songs in Danish (Kris Herman and CV Jørgensen)

Myrkur?

Agger · November 3, 2019

Just now, dcro said:

Myrkur?

Oh yeah. Î need some more sleep after that after party. Not looking forward to @Wumo seeing the bill

Wumo · November 3, 2019

7 minutes ago, Agger said:

Oh yeah. Î need some more sleep after that after party. Not looking forward to @Wumo seeing the bill

Me when I see the bill:

Billedresultat for shocked heat attack gif"

Agger · November 3, 2019

3 minutes ago, Wumo said:

Me when I see the bill:

Be careful with your dicky ticker!

Agger · November 3, 2019

But here are my personal votes:

12 pts. :GBR - The Stone Roses have played the by far worst concert I've ever been to, but I still love their music, I would have selected She Bangs the Drums instead, but still a great song and I'm really sad that it didn't end up better.

11 pts. :NED - What can I say? Congratulations! I'm not always a big fan of the "electro swing" idea, but this one put me in a great mood.

10 pts. :NOR - Morten Harket has one of the greatest vocals of popular music (if you ask me). I would have prefered some A-ha song, but he has some very decent solo songs as well and this is a beauty.

9 pts. :POR - Beautiful vocals and beautiful song

8 pts. :LTU - I hated this one the first time (not quite enough to cut it, though) but it really grew on me, especially the chorus.

7 pts. :MLT - I actually think this was the first song of this year to get stuck in my mind. Luckily for fine reasons.

6 pts. :AUS - Well. A very fine song that went up and down during my time trying to decide. Never really listened that much to the song though it's pretty famous in Denmark as well.

5 pts. :IRL - Started as my main contender for breaking the top 3 and I still really like the celtic style and her voice, but when I heard it some more times, it felt a bit too much like the same over and over, though still very nice.

4 pts. :ARG - Not the best of best, but I enjoyed the song and. Very clearly influenced by some of the greats of british music, the song makes me think of both The Verve and David Bowie, Too bad that it didn't end up with any points from us.

3 pts. :HUN - A nice, calm song. Folk music with some more modern inspiration.

2 pts. :CHN - I feel really sad that this one ended up 2nd to last. Maybe not the most modern song, but I really enjoyed the vocals and the piano.

1 pt. :SWE - I feel ashamed by myself for only giving Abba 1 point. But I'm really more of a "The Visitors" kind of guy and Mamma Mia simply didn't feel like the right thing for me this time.