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Fun fact! I just drove past the stadium this morning! Also there’s nothing built there yet just a lot of groundwork by the looks of it!

Athletics World Marathon Majors Series 2018 - 2019 (Virgin Money London Marathon)   Multi-Stage Event - 16 September 2018 - 28 September 2019     The following Nations have qualified 1 Quota Place for Athletics at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Men's Marathon T12  Japan  Morocco Spain  Spain  
The following Nations have qualified 1 Quota Place for Athletics at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Men's Marathon T46  Australia  Great Britain  Morocco  Portugal   The following Nations have qualified 1 Quota Place for Athletics at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Men's Marathon T54  China  Japan  Switzerland  United States   The following Nations have qualified 1 Quota Place for Athletics at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Women's Marathon T12  Brazil  Japan  Lithuania  Morocco   The following Nations have qualified 1 Quota Place for Athletics at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Women's Marathon T54  Australia  Switzerland  United States  United States

Athletics World Marathon Majors Series 2018 - 2019 (Virgin Money London Marathon)   Multi-Stage Event - 16 September 2018 - 28 September 2019     The following Nations have qualified 1 Quota Place for Athletics at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Men's Marathon T12  Japan  Morocco Spain  Spain  
The following Nations have qualified 1 Quota Place for Athletics at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Men's Marathon T46  Australia  Great Britain  Morocco  Portugal   The following Nations have qualified 1 Quota Place for Athletics at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Men's Marathon T54  China  Japan  Switzerland  United States   The following Nations have qualified 1 Quota Place for Athletics at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Women's Marathon T12  Brazil  Japan  Lithuania  Morocco   The following Nations have qualified 1 Quota Place for Athletics at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Women's Marathon T54  Australia  Switzerland  United States  United States

Gorillaz - Humility
 

 
Lyrics
    Question, do I need the US jury's approval because this song features American guitarist George Benson?
 

Yesterday ;GER and , today two for
I will post a full summary at the end of the competition

Because the referendum had a clause that said there had to be a 50% turnout for the vote to be valid! Ultimately they ignored that rule anyway!

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Congratulations to @Agger and @wumo26 for an amazing victory and congratulations to @dezbee2008 and @Olympian1010 for successfully organising another incredible contest. 
Pretty pleased with my voting, Denmark 9 points, USA 12, Ireland 11 
Big thanks to everyone who voted for the British song, so close to a medal but the Anglo-Irish TISC battle will roll on after such a close result!
Finally @OlympicIRL and @dcro have done it once again, coming up with exciting and (simple!!!) team challenges and little extras that add so much to the contest and keeps us on our toes! All eyes on Italy 2019 now!

A few (unconfirmed) rumours from the Danish jury:
Small baskets have been seen by the doors of the jury members of last year's committee with the short greeting: "Agger sends his regards"
The committee was created to make sure that the most deserving song won, never intended as a selfish thing working to win the competition themselves. When a coup happened last year, it seemed very clear that Denmark had to show who's the boss and so it happened. What will happen next is unsure.
Meanwhile it sounds like the Danish jury, the press secretary and numerous major Danish people have meetings planned to consider the possibilities of hosting next year's contest.
The only thing that seems official is that the jury president plans to hold a press conference in the beginning of the next week. If we'll hear anything before that seems highly uncertain 

teammate high five
 
"Thanks for the points man......"

NETHERLANDS
 
 
 
Jury Spokesperson: heywoodu

 
 
 
Goedemorgen, goedemiddag en goedenavond vanuit Nederland! Na langdurig onderling overleg is de jury tot een oordeel gekomen, waarbij twaalf landen de punten absoluut verdiend hebben. Wij feliciteren de winnaar van onze twaalf punten dan ook van harte, net als de uiteindelijke winnaar van de competitite. Goed, de Nederlandse stemmen:
Good morning, good afternoon and good evening from the Netherlands! After a long deliberation among the members of the jury, we have reached a verdict, in which twelve nations were very much deservedly awarded their points. We would like to congratulate the winner of our twelve points, as well as the eventual winner of the competition. Alright, the Dutch votes:
 
 
 
 
  Brazil 10  
  Great Britain 9   Canada 8   Slovakia 7   Tunisia 6   Bulgaria 5   United States 4   Algeria 3   France 2   Portugal 1

SLOVAKIA
 
 
 
Jury Spokesperson: hckosice

 
 
 
Dobrý večer USA, Hlásia sa Košice, Hlási sa Slovensko,
Na úvod, nam dovoľte sa poďakovať usporiadateľskému výboru za krásne privítanie. Je nám cťou a radosťou, že sa opäť môžeme zúčastniť tejto výnimočnej súťaže.
A teraz pristúpme k hlasovaniu Slovenskej poroty :
Good evening USA ! Košice calling ! Slovakia calling !
First, pleas let us to thank to the organizing committee for the great welcome we received, it´s really a pleisure and honor to be part of this exceptional competition.
And now, we´ll present you the Slovak votes :
 
 
 
 
  France 10  
  Great Britain 9   Algeria 8   Ireland 7   Chile 6   Denmark 5   Argentina 4   Bulgaria 3   Indonesia 2   Portugal 1  

Great Britain enters the top 5 while Brazil falls. Up next is Great Lakes regional captain Denmark and @Agger
 
 
 Number of Juries Voted So Far: 23 / 35     Argentina   51       Colombia   49       Chile   44       Great Britain   75       Spain   13       Tunisia   10       Romania   58       Croatia   28       France   64       Malta   33       Indonesia   17       Mexico   34       Denmark   133       Serbia   63       Poland   83       United States   123       Italy   55       New Zealand   58       Slovenia   26       Ireland   68       Portugal   57       India   17       Slovakia   41       Finland   40       Netherlands   49       Egypt   26       Turkey   36       Greece   20       Algeria   72       Bulgaria   59       Canada   41       Lithuania   58       Brazil   73       Austria   75       Russia   45  
 
 
Current Top 5 Positions
 
1     Denmark ▶︎ 133 2     United States ▶︎ 123 3     Poland ▶︎ 83 4     Great Britain ▲ 75 5     Austria ▼ 75  
 

Sorry for missing my votes!! Got my time zones mixed up where I am, thought I was voting at 7pm, turns out it was 6pm! Everyone who got points from me is very welcome! 

As far as tendencies over years show, I'm expecting points for India here

MALTA
 
 
 
Jury Spokesperson: Glen

 
 
Greetings from Malta. We hope everyone is enjoying the show. And now, the votes of the Maltese jury.
 
 
 
 
  Italy 10  
  Denmark 9   Great Britain 8   Algeria 7   Spain 6   Romania 5   Portugal 4   Argentina 3   Poland 2   Serbia 1  

Sorry for missing my votes!! Got my time zones mixed up where I am, thought I was voting at 7pm, turns out it was 6pm! Everyone who got points from me is very welcome! 

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
 

Definitely be good to clear this up.
 
My preference has always been giving the winner first refusal, followed by second and third place. If all 3 decline then an open selection where individuals or groups of members are invited to nominate themselves as the next host. However, there should be some minimum eligibilty requirements, firstly the country should have competed in the contest that had just taken place, secondly the specific member bidding should have participated in at least 2 contests and thirdly member should be active across the entire forum, not simply popping up twice a year for TISC. If all these conditions are met then I'm happy with a random draw or some convoluted game of keys to decide the host, but definitely not a vote by members.

Singapore
 
We Are Singapore - bit of a personal story to this one since I'm now living in Singapore and heard this non-stop throughout the months of July and August everywhere, culminating in the National Day performance its become a major earworm so had to share it here!
 
OFFICIAL VIDEO

 
LIVE NATIONAL DAY PARADE PERFORMANCE

Of course, Ireland's worst ever entry is named "Bad Decisions".

TISC Team Challenge Guidelines -
USA 2018
 
 
The team competition consists of 7 teams of 5 nations each. Each team is based in a different region. Each team also has a designated captain who will be of extra significance to their team in terms of opportunities to score an extra bonus and who could have a role in breaking potential ties between teams in the final TISC Challenge rankings. As a result of today's random draw, we now know the members for each of the 7 teams. (c)  coming after a flag indicates that nation will serve as captain for their respective team:  
Atlantic Region - (c)
Northeast Region - (c)
Eastern Midwest Region - (c)
Western Midwest Region - (c)
South Region - (c)
Mountain Region - (c)
Pacific Region - (c)
 
 
 
The TISC Team Challenge will be held in a relay format with a different team member covering each of the 5 legs. Each leg will last for a total of 7 consecutive votes. Leg 1 will involve the votes of the juries positioned 1-7 in the voting order; leg 2 will involve the votes of the juries positioned 8-14 in the voting order; leg 3 will involve the votes of the juries positioned 15-21 in the voting order; leg 4 will involve the votes of the juries positioned 22-28 in the voting order; and finally leg 5 will involve the votes of the juries positioned 29-35 in the voting order. The running order of the relays will be as follows:  
                 Leg 1:  Leg 2:  Leg 3:  Leg 4:  Leg 5:  
 
Only the score of the team member taking part in that specific leg will count for the team score. If the running team member fails to score throughout their entire leg, the team takes a forfeit in the form of -25 penalty points. If two team members from the same team fail to score throughout their respective legs, their team will be eliminated from the team competition. In the unlikely event where only 2 or fewer teams avoid elimination, elimination will count as a team forfeit of an additional -100 penalty points. Eliminated teams still cannot place higher than non-eliminated teams in the final team ranking. Additional bonus or penalty points can be awarded to teams who achieved one or more of the following achievements:  
 5 team members scoring a maximum 12 point score on their leg 25  4 team members scoring a maximum 12 point score on their leg 15  3 team members scoring a maximum 12 point score on their leg 10  2 team members scoring a maximum 12 point score on their leg 5  Team Captain scoring a maximum 12 point score on their leg 5  Team member scoring on each of the votes on their leg 10  Fair play award (team who awarded fewest points to their own team members) 10  Penguin forfeit (team who awarded most points to their own team members) -10  Team member failing to score on their leg -25
 
 
If there is a tie for the Fair Play and Penguin awards, the specified bonus and penalty points will be divided between the tied teams. If there is a tie between two or more teams once all 5 legs have been completed, the highest and lowest scoring members for each team will be discarded, and the scores of the 3 middle scoring team members will be used to determine the tie-break. If there is still a tie, only the score of the team captains will be used to determine the tie-break. If there is still a tie after the tie-break rule has been applied, the teams will be deemed to have tied for position.  
 

Oh my, welcome to the team @uk12points

Since there has been a discussion throughout the games about how NOCs have been claiming mixed team medals as their own I thought I'd have a look and see who the mixed team medalists are! Prepare for a long list!
 
Italy: 6-2-0 (8)
Hungary: 4-1-0 (5)
Bulgaria: 3-1-0 (4)
China: 3-1-0 (4)
Spain: 2-2-2 (6)
Mexico: 2-1-2 (5)
Ukraine: 2-1-2 (5)
France: 2-1-1 (4)
Vietnam: 2-1-0 (3)
United States: 2-0-7 (9)
Australia: 1-3-2 (6)
Egypt: 1-2-3 (6)
Japan: 1-2-3 (6)
Russia: 1-2-3 (6)
Chinese Taipei: 1-2-0 (3)
India: 1-2-0 (3)
Germany: 1-1-4 (6)
Colombia: 1-1-0 (2)
Portugal: 1-1-0 (2)
Belarus: 1-0-1 (2)
Canada: 1-0-1 (2)
Poland: 1-0-1 (2)
Slovenia: 1-0-1 (2)
South Africa: 1-0-1 (2)
Sweden: 1-0-1 (2)
Uzbekistan: 1-0-1 (2)
Azerbaijan: 1-0-0 (1)
Cambodia: 1-0-0 (1)
Croatia: 1-0-0 (1)
Denmark: 1-0-0 (1)
Haiti: 1-0-0 (1)
Honduras: 1-0-0 (1)
Mongolia: 1-0-0 (1)
Panama: 1-0-0 (1)
Singapore: 1-0-0 (1)
Sri Lanka: 1-0-0 (1)
Switzerland: 1-0-0 (1)
Venezuela: 1-0-0 (1)
Argentina: 0-4-2 (6)
New Zealand: 0-3-0 (3)
Great Britain: 0-2-1 (3)
Netherlands: 0-2-0 (2)
South Korea: 0-2-0 (2)
Thailand: 0-2-0 (2)
Belgium: 0-1-1 (2)
Czech Republic: 0-1-1 (2)
Ecuador: 0-1-1 (2)
Kazakhstan: 0-1-1 (2)
Kyrgyzstan: 0-1-1 (2)
Tajikistan: 0-1-1 (2)
Zimbabwe: 0-1-1 (2)
Costa Rica: 0-1-0 (1)
Estonia: 0-1-0 (1)
Fiji: 0-1-0 (1)
Hong Kong: 0-1-0 (1)
Madagascar: 0-1-0 (1)
Malaysia: 0-1-0 (1)
Morocco: 0-1-0 (1)
Norway: 0-1-0 (1)
Algeria: 0-0-2 (2)
Austria: 0-0-2 (2)
Brazil: 0-0-2 (2)
Burundi: 0-0-1 (1)
Finland: 0-0-1 (1)
Greece: 0-0-1 (1)
Guatemala: 0-0-1 (1)
Kosovo: 0-0-1 (1)
Mauritius: 0-0-1 (1)
Namibia: 0-0-1 (1)
Peru: 0-0-1 (1)
Turkmenistan: 0-0-1 (1)
Zambia: 0-0-1 (1)
 
 
This list means that technically 106 nations will be taking medals home from Buenos Aires with Costa Rica, Cambodia, Guatemala, Fiji, Haiti, Panama, Singapore, Tajikistan, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Turkmenistan, Namibia and Peru winning medals in mixed team events but not individual events.

Wheelchair Tennis at the Asian Para Games 2018  
Jakarta (INA) - 7 October 2018 - 12 October 2018  
  The following Nation has qualified 1 Quota Place for Wheelchair Tennis at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Men's Singles Japan   The following Nation has qualified 1 Quota Place for Wheelchair Tennis at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Women's Singles Japan