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We proceed to the medal ceremony! Awarding the medals will be former British contestant and music legend... Sir Elton John! Congratulations to all the medallists: Great Britain Brazil Serbia

Sadly, the time has come to close this fantastic contest! But not without a celebration of what has been and what will come... So welcome to the Closing Ceremony of the Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2017! And we begin with this years winner, from the host nation, Rag'n'bone Man....

I just realised that - see edited above!

@MHSN It seems I wrote Slovenia by accident, but in the last scoreboard post I took 5 points from Slovenia and gave the to Moldova as my spreadsheet noticed the problem. So the final scoreboard has correctly recorded your vote!

Closing Ceremony all set for tonight at 19:00 UK time

A little word about the closing ceremony.... I will not be around tomorrow day and I do not know what time my plans will finish! Currently I have scheduled the closing ceremony for 19:00 UK Time tomorrow, but that may change or be postponed to Monday - apologies for any inconvenience caused!

A couple of thank yous at the end of the final! Big thank you to @OlympicIRL for his eternal help as guardian of the Totallympics Song Contest and for making the fantastic scoreboard! Another big thank you to @vinipereira for the logo he created - it was beautiful! And a big thank you to everyone on the forum and the people who got involved today who make the hours of template making so worthwhile when there is such a fantastic day at the end!

FANTASTIC!! I'm already super excited for our first South American host of TISC! I'm sure you'll put on an amazing show!

Testing the split vote (Don't worry didn't work)

Congratulations Brazil @vinipereira @titicow on a well fought second place and on topping the medal count with 6 golds! What do you think about hosting the next contest - I think you'd be great hosts!! But it's up to you to decide of course!

I remain stunned by the monopoly the committee has on this contest - every member voting for GB! Does Iran qualify for the committee next year? As it has given points to the winner every time.

35 / 35 Juries Voted Jury Voting: ITA Netherlands 97 Indonesia 83 Finland 15 Romania 63 Argentina 78 Slovenia 78 Great Britain 186 Ireland 58 Morocco 100 Russia 26 Mexico 80 Croatia 70 United States 58 Slovakia 56 Tunisia 88 Algeria 96 Portugal 107 Lithuania 115 Canada 29 Malta 124 France 70 Iran 135 Greece 32 Moldova 73 New Zealand 124 Bulgaria 69 Azerbaijan 10 Kazakhstan 23 Germany 49 India 57 Brazil 142 Denmark 50 Serbia 137 Poland 49 Italy 103 CURRENT TOP 5 POSITIONS 1 Great Britain 186 2 Brazil 142 3 Serbia 137 4 Iran 136 5 Malta 124 What a perfect end to a fantastic contest! Congratulations to myself for winning (slightly odd)! Congratulations to Brazil for finishing second and winning the medal table and congratulaions to Serbia on a fantastic third, could have been second had they not given their highest points to their main rival! Also, Malta sneaks into 5th place after a tie-break with New Zealand. Both had points from 18 juries, but Malta had two 12 points to New Zealand's one. Thank you for everyone who has joined in today and I hope you've enjoyed the contest today! It wasn't quite the close finish we would've liked, but nevertheless there was excitement all the way through! (BTW if the adding up looks wrong on this scoreboard it is not! It is just correcting a couple of mistakes along the way! Sorry for any problems caused as some countries have gone up and some down)

That's one word for it!

Shock - Malta draw level with New Zealand for 5th place and would move ahead on countback if Italy doesn't vote for New Zealand

Well there was quite a palava over the points from Italy to Croatia - you were only awarded points a few hours into todays final! Due to a confusion over votes and ranking!

What was Bob Marley?

They will finish second

Serbia need 10 points from Italy to be sure of second, Iran need 11!

34 / 35 Juries Voted Jury Voting: SRB Netherlands 97 Indonesia 83 Finland 15 Romania 63 Argentina 78 Slovenia 72 Great Britain 174 Ireland 58 Morocco 94 Russia 24 Mexico 73 Croatia 62 United States 58 Slovakia 56 Tunisia 88 Algeria 91 Portugal 107 Lithuania 115 Canada 29 Malta 114 France 70 Iran 132 Greece 32 Moldova 68 New Zealand 124 Bulgaria 60 Azerbaijan 10 Kazakhstan 23 Germany 49 India 57 Brazil 141 Denmark 50 Serbia 133 Poland 50 Italy 103 CURRENT TOP 5 POSITIONS 1 Great Britain 174 2 Brazil 141 3 Serbia 133 4 Iran 132 5 New Zealand 124 Oh Serbia, Serbia, Serbia! 12 points to Brazil and 11 to Iran! That does mean that Italy will have deciding vote on who will finish second. Any of Brazil, Serbia or Iran could come second, but Italy has the power! Now we will do some very different! Italy will announce their votes point by point, as the battle for second place and a spot in the top 5 is so wide open. So, Italy, it might not be the power to crown the champion, but you have power to pick second place... We all want to know so don't keep us in suspense for too long!

33 / 35 Juries Voted Jury Voting: BRA Netherlands 97 Indonesia 83 Finland 15 Romania 63 Argentina 77 Slovenia 72 Great Britain 174 Ireland 49 Morocco 94 Russia 16 Mexico 66 Croatia 62 United States 58 Slovakia 46 Tunisia 88 Algeria 86 Portugal 103 Lithuania 115 Canada 29 Malta 114 France 70 Iran 121 Greece 32 Moldova 68 New Zealand 118 Bulgaria 60 Azerbaijan 10 Kazakhstan 23 Germany 49 India 57 Brazil 129 Denmark 50 Serbia 133 Poland 46 Italy 101 CURRENT TOP 5 POSITIONS 1 Great Britain 174 2 Serbia 133 3 Brazil 129 4 Iran 121 5 New Zealand 118 Brazil effectively minimized the damage there by not giving any points to Serbia or Iran. Let's see whether Serbia can be just as effectively and hold their position into the final votes. Serbia, we are ready, are you?

Second place will be offered - if they say no then we will have an open game of luck to decide I presume!

Thank you everyone! Thank you to everyone who voted for GB. But there is still much more to be decided - in particular who will finish second and be offered the first chance to host next years contest (I'll let someone else do it next time!)

Scenes at the AMEX Stadium in Brighton - where the thousands of British TISC fans have just found out GB has won!

32 / 35 Juries Voted Jury Voting: GER Netherlands 97 Indonesia 73 Finland 15 Romania 63 Argentina 76 Slovenia 72 Great Britain 165 Ireland 41 Morocco 94 Russia 16 Mexico 63 Croatia 56 United States 58 Slovakia 46 Tunisia 88 Algeria 86 Portugal 92 Lithuania 115 Canada 29 Malta 109 France 63 Iran 121 Greece 32 Moldova 64 New Zealand 106 Bulgaria 60 Azerbaijan 10 Kazakhstan 23 Germany 47 India 57 Brazil 129 Denmark 50 Serbia 133 Poland 46 Italy 101 CURRENT TOP 5 POSITIONS 1 Great Britain 165 2 Serbia 133 3 Brazil 129 4 Iran 121 5 Lithuania 115 GB has won the 2017 TISC Song Contest! Mathematically it is impossible for Serbia or Brazil to catch them as they still have to vote! Woooooo! 2 Annual TISCs in a row now for GB after many nearly, but not quite, results! Thank you to everyone who voted for GB. But there is still a dramatic contest for the other places! Next up is Brazil, now if they give points to their main rivals that could be crucial for the rankings. Brazil, pleas emay we have your votes?

Come on OlympicsFan - if you don't vote soon I will have to post them as we are now behind schedule