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Totallympics, please let's hear a round of applause for the Winner of the TISC Special 2020: COSTA RICA Fellow Users, please rise for Costa Rica's National Anthem Let's close the celebrations listening the rightful winner Patterns - Spirit It has been a pleasure to see you tonight! Thank you for your interest and we'll see each other soon!

Gold Medal Match Now, for real, the user finishing in 2nd place is That means that our TISC Special Champion is none other than

Gold Medal Match Now let's meet the identify of the second group of judges Judge Kronos voted for.... Judge Hummer voted for.... Judge Master Rufus voted for.... Now, the user finishing in 19th place Judge Juli voted for.... Judge Absent voted for.... Judge Wörmann voted for.... Judge Ikhor voted for.... Judge Piaff voted for....

Would you prefer to be Judge Absinth?

Thank you everyone for their attention and support all trough this week. Fellows, we made this Special edition quite an enjoyable one. My most sincere acknowledgement to each of you, but especially fellow organizars @OlympicIRL @dcro @Vektor @Wumo and of course, the people who kindl came to my aid on short notice: my reserve juries @hckosice @Cobi @dezbee2008 @intoronto @Olympian1010 @Sindo @Vic Liu & @Vojthas. For me, the top 5 in no particular order were this: &

Gold Medal Match Now let's meet the identify of the last group of judges Now, the user finishing in 13th place Judge Granat voted for.... Now, the user finishing in 11th place Judge Mon Cherie voted for.... Judge Ahlerich voted for.... Judge Rembrandt voted for.... Judge Corlandus voted for.... Judge Gigolo voted for.... Judge Bonfire voted for.... Judge Salinero voted for.... Judge Valegro voted for.... Now, the user finishing in 2nd place

Also big thanks to those who supported my entry, , to at least get some success in the Challenge Trophy.

So you got killed by lack of choice and I self-destructed myself with too many options? Fucking classic

My top five would look like this: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Actually top six Additionally, I enjoyed

Congrats to everyone, especially to those who took their time to host and organize the competition. Thank you! ---- On a side note, the reason why I chose is my parents are from there. Congrats to @OlympicIRL and on the win!

Nah, @mrv86 already said goodbye. The reveal will be on the next special edition of TISC 2025

Werloc choose Japan and i like what dezbee choose.......weird tournament P.D: Olimpian choose the gayest clip song ever.

My mom after I told her ML is a Dutch idea - "Yeah, I knew it was created by someone from a country where they smoke the weed" I do feel the need to tag @heywoodu

Bronze Medal Match Sunday, August 16th 2020, 19:30 (GMT +2) North Macedonia 12 vs 4 Côte d'Ivoire A total of 24 match judges, plus a reserve, have been assigned the task of adjudicating this match. The judges are each allocated a specialised hut which are located at various vantage points surrounding the arena where the artists will perform. These judging huts can be seen in the diagram below with each cell representing a judge, known by an alias. Each judge will determine which of the contestants perform better either a technical or artistic mark, and thus award a point to said competitor. Scorecards will be revealed by blocks, after a determined number of marks are completed. H North Macedonia X Côte d'Ivoire F Judge Granat voted for.... Judge Mon Cherie voted for.... Judge Ahlerich voted for.... Judge Rembrandt voted for.... Judge Gigolo voted for.... Judge Bonfire voted for.... Judge Salinero voted for.... And finally, Judge Valegro voted for.... Final Scorecard

Sorry I'm late everyone! Wow, where to start.... @mrv86 I cannot thank you enough for all you have done to save this contest. This required a huge effort and commitment to organise these knock-out stages and you did it brilliantly and at short notice. Amazing job, I don't know what would have happened if you hadn't stepped forward And thanks to all the other elves who stepped forward and helped out too @Wumo @Vektor and @dcro. Thanks a lot all 3 of you for your help to organise it I really did not think my entry would still be alive so late into the contest and really thought Gibraltar had this final, so thank you all who placed a vote for Costa Rica at any stage of the contest and indeed the final! When I discovered this band, I was delighted to be able to share them here and represent who are sadly absent in this forum. I would love if we could find a Costa Rican user to bring them to TISC for real. Not sure how serious @dcro was about us looking for a user but it's a nice idea even if it might not be possible. I could not vote in this contest but my favourites were and . Thanks to all who participated and let me find some new music and artists that I never heard before! I wasn't sure if anyone would guess Costa Rica was my entry but glad it made some surprises when it was revealed. @EupenM @Vojthas great to see you here in TISC for the first time and would love you to join us for the TISC Open 2020 in the next months. It's always good to have fresh ears and new users to add to our already varied bunch of music lovers. @Sindo thanks so much for your good sport in participating in this special edition. You are more than welcome to join us in the standard TISC editions anytime, it's been a pleasure to have you take part for the first time. And an honourable mention for @Quasit who made a pleasant return to TISC after his many years of service as a neutral observer behind the scenes. Thanks again everyone, looking forward to the next contest in the Netherlands. No pressure @heywoodu

So now when the contest is over I will reveal my personal top 5 + some honourable mentions: 1. @justony 2. @OlympicIRL 3. @Sindo 4. @Vic Liu 5. @Vektor Honourable mentions: @dcro @mrv86 @Ashton @amen09 Also to @Werloc, your entry was in the better half of my personal list. Unfortunately I never got the chance to vote for it

Canada wins Annual 2020 and then Costa Rica wins Special 2020... if a South American country won't win Open 2020 I will be disappointed.

I am surprised Gibraltar made it so far. Its not that good lol

Why am I Judge Absent?

I don't buy it. My theory is that @Werloc picked that particular song so that 2014 Open would no longer be his worst result.

And the winner of the Bronze Medal Match is: NORTH MACEDONIA Congratulations! Now listen one more time Toše Proeski - The Hardest Thing

Gold Silver Bronze 4th 5th Albania 4W-1D-1L (31-15) 6th Barbados 4W-1D-1L (29-17) 7th Burundi 4W-0D-2L (26-20) 8th Sri Lanka 3W-1D-2L (25-21) 9th South Africa - 4W-0D-1L (22-17) 10th Cape Verde - 3W-1D-1L (26-13) 11th Somalia - 3W-0D-2L (24-15) 12th Cuba - 2W-2D-1L (18-21) 13th Guinea - 2W-1D-2L (23-16) 14th Angola - 2W-1D-2L (21-18) 15th Puerto Rico - 2W-1D-2L (18-21) 16th Guatemala - 2W-0D-3L (17-22) 17th Belarus - 3W-2D-1L (45-31) 18th Kosovo - 3W-0D-5L (40-43) 19th Jamaica - 3W-1D-3L (30-29) 20th Zambia - 2W-1D-4L (24-35) 21st Kiribati - 3W-0D-3L (21-25) 22nd Mali - 2W-0D-3L (17-22) 23rd Hong Kong - 1W-1D-4L (20-26) 24th Monaco - 1W-1D-4L (16-30) 25th South Korea - 1W-0D-4L (14-25) 26th Iceland - 0W-2D-3L (15-24) 27th Iraq - 0W-1D-4L (15-24) 28th Chinese Taipei - 0W-1D-4L (14-25) 29th Belize - 0W-0D-5L (9-30) 30th Japan - 0W-0D-5L (8-31)

And the winner of the Challenge Trophy is: BELARUS Congratulations! Let's hear once more NIZKIZ - Niebiaspiečna

Great to see Belarus receive some accolades. They really deserved to be in the main draw.

Challenge Final Sunday, August 16th 2020, 18:30 (GMT +2) Belarus 10 vs 6 Kosovo A total of 24 match judges, plus a reserve, have been assigned the task of adjudicating this match. The judges are each allocated a specialised hut which are located at various vantage points surrounding the arena where the artists will perform. These judging huts can be seen in the diagram below with each cell representing a judge, known by an alias. Each judge will determine which of the contestants perform better either a technical or artistic mark, and thus award a point to said competitor. Scorecards will be revealed by blocks, after a determined number of marks are completed. H Belarus X Kosovo F Judge Granat voted for.... Judge Mon Cherie voted for.... Judge Ahlerich voted for.... Judge Rembrandt voted for.... Judge Gigolo voted for.... Judge Bonfire voted for.... Judge Salinero voted for.... And finally, Judge Valegro voted for.... Final Scorecard

Update... Gold Silver Bronze 4th 5th Albania 4W-1D-1L (31-15) 6th Barbados 4W-1D-1L (29-17) 7th Burundi 4W-0D-2L (26-20) 8th Sri Lanka 3W-1D-2L (25-21) 9th South Africa - 4W-0D-1L (22-17) 10th Cape Verde - 3W-1D-1L (26-13) 11th Somalia - 3W-0D-2L (24-15) 12th Cuba - 2W-2D-1L (18-21) 13th Guinea - 2W-1D-2L (23-16) 14th Angola - 2W-1D-2L (21-18) 15th Puerto Rico - 2W-1D-2L (18-21) 16th Guatemala - 2W-0D-3L (17-22) 17th 18th 19th Jamaica - 3W-1D-3L (30-29) 20th Zambia - 2W-1D-4L (24-35) 21st Kiribati - 3W-0D-3L (21-25) 22nd Mali - 2W-0D-3L (17-22) 23rd Hong Kong - 1W-1D-4L (20-26) 24th Monaco - 1W-1D-4L (16-30) 25th South Korea - 1W-0D-4L (14-25) 26th Iceland - 0W-2D-3L (15-24) 27th Iraq - 0W-1D-4L (15-24) 28th Chinese Taipei - 0W-1D-4L (14-25) 29th Belize - 0W-0D-5L (9-30) 30th Japan - 0W-0D-5L (8-31)

OMG! My song was one step away from the final! Thank you to everyone who voted for Ivory Coast!

@Sindo and @justony you both have very good taste. I love these songs

Even when it's anonymous. What this contest proved is that we're simps for @OlympicIRL

Maybe dcro? I thought it was rybak at first (he often picks Macedonia for TISC festiavl of music - and I was shocked not to see Cyprus beside his name to be honest )

If @Vojthas picked upside down Poland What are the chances @OlympicIRL picked reverse Ireland?

Thanks When I saw which group I ended in I thought, "Shit". And then when my entry met in the repechages, I thougt, "My god. Why? "

The song is the only one of these songs which I discovered here and now I listen this at least 10 times daily. This entry is highly underrated.

That’s @Fly_like_a_don

You were familiar with Rihanna? Damn, I thought she was underground.

Also, Anselmo Ralph is a judge on The Voice Portugal, so Angola is @kungshamra71

Would have been a bit too obvious

I'm as shocked for @heywoodu Belize @Vojthas just picked upside down Poland It's actually pretty funny how a lot of the forum users that I banter with most are in this first group As for my own pick, I was torn between 10 and more songs, I've even showcased some on Japan day. Am I disappointed about the results? A little. Am I disappointed that I picked that song? It's still a banger on my Japanese Spotify playlist and you won't convince me otherwise Thanks for the 5 or however many votes there were. As one man would have said, you might even call him a best man, you have music culture friends.

Gold Medal Match Now let's meet the identify of the first group of judges Judge Emperor voted for.... Judge Uno voted for.... Judge Harpagon voted for.... Judge Piccolomino voted for.... Judge Draufgänger voted for.... Judge Pepel voted for.... Judge Woyceck voted for.... Judge Taine voted for....

Bronze Medal Match Sunday, August 16th 2020, 19:30 (GMT +2) North Macedonia 5 vs 3 Côte d'Ivoire A total of 24 match judges, plus a reserve, have been assigned the task of adjudicating this match. The judges are each allocated a specialised hut which are located at various vantage points surrounding the arena where the artists will perform. These judging huts can be seen in the diagram below with each cell representing a judge, known by an alias. Each judge will determine which of the contestants perform better either a technical or artistic mark, and thus award a point to said competitor. Scorecards will be revealed by blocks, after a determined number of marks are completed. H North Macedonia X Côte d'Ivoire F Judge Kronos voted for.... Judge Hummer voted for.... Judge Master Rufus voted for.... Judge Juli voted for.... Judge Absent voted for.... Judge Wörmann voted for.... Judge Ikhor voted for.... Judge Piaff voted for.... Intermediate Scorecard

Oh wow. Actually nobody from Group E won anything during the whole knock-out stage! Cape Verde and Cuba got eliminated in the Round of 16. Mali lost in the repechage, and then immediately in the Challenge quarters. Iceland and Taipei lost immediately in the lower bracket.

She apparently has no regrets over her vote.

Edith is back from the grave to place a vote

Is this supposed to be a vailed insult at someone @mrv86? “Judge Absent“

I don’t know, there’s a clear risk to entering a mainstream song in the contest, as voting in this contest has shown. I think it should be left up to the juries of each contest. People should be allowed to enter whatever song they want as long as it meets the minimum requirements.

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Meanwhile in Poland...pretty understandable a lot of riders were pissed off in the Tour Bitwa Warszawska They didn't expect cyclocross this time of the year

New Rules of TISC... 1. Don't pick up a song in your native language. You will only get points from the drunk and alone. 2. Don't choose a star. You will be kicked out or even banned. 3. Don't vote for your neighbours. You will only enter a beef with bestmen. And if you are in beef with him, you ain't getting out of it. I got new rules I count them.

Social distancing Lyon's style