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Brief presentation and a visit from a familiar face TOISC 2019 wants to celebrate Denmark's history in not only TISC, as many of you have already noticed, but also the historical musical roots Denmark comes from. During this ceremony, we will have several artists presenting the musical history of Denmark. At first, we are not going far back in our musical history, as this artist has written some of the most recent history of Denmark in TISC. We are happy to welcome last year's winner, Tina Dickow!

Good evening, Totallympics! Velkommen til Danmark! It's an honour for the Host Jury to welcome you all to the Opening Ceremony for TISC Open 2019. We have tried our best to welcome all participants with open arms here to small and beautiful Denmark. Without you, we could not make TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST. So from the bottom of our hearts, thank you. First we want to present what our small, but beautiful country can offer. Enjoy!

Announcement Hello, Totallympians The Host Jury would like inform all that the Opening Ceremony will begin in one hour, 18:00 (CET). We hope many of you will follow it.

Roskilde Station - Photo: Slaunger - Wiki We can now welcome @Werloc, @justony and @Belle to what many calls the capitol of Danish Music, Roskilde. This is also the city where Communions can be said to have had their breakthrough. Roskilde dates to about 1000 AD and became the Christian center of Denmark only some 20 years later. The city grew rapidly due to the important role of the church where Roskilde was the preferred city to whoever wanted to stay close to the important people of the Danish church. Slowly the city declined as Copenhagen grew and with the Reformation the city lost it’s position as religious center. With the introduction of the Railway the city became a major city again becoming a bit of a satellite city. Nowadays Roskilde is the 10th largest city in Denmark, but for one week every year it’s unofficially the 4th largest as 130.000 guests from all around the world visit for the Roskilde Festival, one of the most popular music festivals in Europe. Roskilde Cathedral - Photo: Jens Cederskjold - Wiki In sports, FC Roskilde plays in the Danish 1st division in football. Roskilde will also host the start of the 2nd Stage of the 2021 Tour de France. Several major sports stars are however from Roskilde, among who Thomas Ebert from the legendary Danish lightweight coxless four winning Olympic gold in both 2004 and 2008, men’s doubles silver medalist in badminton, Carsten Mogensen and F1-driver Kevin Magnussen are among the more well-known. Roskilde Festival - Orange Stage - Photo: Bill Ebbesen - Wiki We will make sure that you will be able to spend your time here. Roskilde Cathedral with the tombs of most Danish kings and queens and the Viking Ship museum are both very interesting historical sights, while the former Roskilde Royal Mansion has a lovely museum of contemporary art. And of course, as you’re here for a music contest, we would very much advice you to visit Ragnarock, museum of rock, pop and youth culture.

The host jury has two announcements: Firstly, the host jury should have sent voting templates to all national juries. If one or more national juries haven't received their voting templates yet then please contact the host jury. Secondly, the host jury would like some help from one or two users on Saturday. One of the jurors in the host jury will not be present during the whole Grand final and therefore the host jury would like one or two users to help updating the standing in the TISC Team Challenge after every national jury has presented their votes as the host jury will focus on updating the scoreboard and post voting templates for those national juries which are not present on Saturday.

Sønderborg Station - Photo: Beethoven9 - Wiki Well, hello there @Gianlu33, @Henry_Leon, @Pablita, @SteveParker, @Skijumpingmaster and @Wanderer to Sønderborg, birthplace of Raveonettes bassist Sune Wagner. I hope the bus ride was comfortable enough! The history of Sønderborg is too long to mention it all, but it really starts between 1170 and 1230 where Sønderborg Castle was built as a part of the defense against enemies from the South. The city grew and became an important harbor, especially for the trade with the Hanseatic cities in Northern Germany. The former king Christian II was held prisoner in the castle after he tried to retake the nation after losing it to bad decisions in 1523. 341 years later, the city was close to the centre of attention once again during the 2nd Schleswig War, where the most famous battle, the battle of Dybbøl, happened just a few km away and Sønderborg was bombarded as well. After the Danish defeat, Sønderborg and the rest of Schleswig became German territory and was so until 1920. In 1919 a famous historic myth even tells that the German soldier Bruno Topff created the “Republic of Als” in Sønderborg. In 1920 it became Danish again after a referendum and has been so ever since. Sønderborg Castle - Photo: Erik Christensen - Wiki When it comes to sports, Sønderborg isn’t one of the most famous Danish cities. It will however host the finish of the 3rd stage of the 2021 Tour de France. Meanwhile the handball legend Lars Christiansen and former PGA Championships 3rd place Anders Hansen are among the wellknown athletes from the city. Dybbøl Mill - Photo: Erik Christensen - Wiki As it’s very clear, there are certainly plenty of history to get to know with the castle and Dybbøl within a short distance, as well as several other historical sites to see while strolling around. You could also enjoy the lovely nature and of course the coastline. And of course, you can’t be in Southern Jutland without having a go at a classic Sønderjysk Kaffebord!

Update - Week 43- October 21 to October 27 - 2019 Men's Marathon +1 +1 https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/italy/daniele-meucci-202349 https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/rwanda/john-hakizimana-384452 Women's Marathon +1 +1 +1 https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/stephanie-twell-205877 https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/germany/katharina-heinig-228604 https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/ukraine/olga-skrypak-236492 Qualified Quotas Overview Men (Total Quota: 450) Women (Total Quota: 442)

The host jury hasn't heard anything from the Bulgarian jury, hence it seems that Bulgaria doesn't participate in TOISC 2019.

There is not planned a voting process for Festival of Music.

You can post 2 song per nation. It's not an official rule, but more precedent in TISC.

On Saturday between 18:00-20:00, the official format and guidelines for TISC Team Challenge will be presented and at that time it will be known which national juries will participate. In short, you can probably post your entry in Festival of Music on Sunday.

Yes, I will. Every time a manager makes a transfer via PM to me, I will inform them how many transfer they have left.

Creating your biathlon team Your biathlon team will consist of 5 female and 5 male biathletes. You are only allowed to select 2 biathletes from the same nation. Only 1 male and 1 female biathlete from the same nation are allowed. 2 male or 2 female biathletes from the same nation are not allowed. For the first World Cup round, managers will have 160 points to their disposal to buy 10 biathletes for their team. "Price Lists" BMG 2020-21 Grades.xlsx For every World Cup Round, managers select one male captain and one female captain. See 2e for points. Point Systems a) Points for Individual races (Individual, Sprint, Pursuit and Mass Start) Place Points 1 40 2 35 3 30 4 26 5 23 6 20 7 18 8 16 9 14 10 12 11 10 12 9 13 8 14 7 15 6 16 5 17 4 18 3 19 2 20 1 b) Points for Shooting (Individual, Sprint, Pursuit and Mass Start) Description Points For every target hit 2 Bonus: 10/10 targets hit (Sprint) 10 Bonus: 20/20 targets hit (Individual, Pursuit and Mass Start) 20 Sprint Example: Biathlete 1’s shooting: 0+2 = 16 points Biathlete 2’s shooting: 0+0 = 30 points Individual/Pursuit/Mass Start Example: Biathlete 1’s shooting: 0+2+1+1 = 32 points Biathlete 2’s shooting: 0+0+0+0 = 60 points c) Course Time Points (Sprint, Individual) The biathletes with the 10 fastest course times in a race will be awarded as follow: Place Points 1 25 2 20 3 16 4 13 5 10 6 8 7 6 8 4 9 2 10 1 d) Points for Position in Pursuit Description Points For at least keeping his/her place/position in the pursuit 5 For taking 5 places (Start in Top 21) 5 For taking 10 places (Start in Top 21) 10 For taking 20 places (Start in Top 21) 20 For taking 5 places (Start outside Top 21) 2.5 For taking 10 places (Start outside Top 21) 5 For taking 20 places (Start outside Top 21) 10 Example with d): Biathlete 1’s pursuit: Start: 14, Finish: 6 = 5+8 = 13 points Biathlete 2’s pursuit: Start 11, Finish 13 = 0 points Biathlete 3’s pursuit: Start 30, Finish 17 = 5+6.5 = 11.5 points Biathlete 4’s pursuit: Start 27, Finish 27 = 5 points e) Captain Bonus For every World Cup Round, managers select one male captain and one female captain. The selected captains will double their points for their placements in individual races. See 2a. Notice! Captains will not double their scores in other categories of the point system. f) Relays in any format will not count for any points in BMG. g) After each trimester (see calendar), the Top 10 in the Overall World Cup will be awarded as follow: Place Points 1 25 2 20 3 16 4 13 5 10 6 8 7 6 8 4 9 2 10 1 h) By the end of the season, if a manager have 5 or more biathletes in the Overall World Cup Top 10 on his/her team, he/she will be awarded 50 additional points to his/her total i) If a manager have a team with a total over 160 grade points, one of his/her's biathelete's points will be deducted/not counted in each race until the total grade points on his/her team are 160 or under. 3) Transfer system a) The transfer window is open from the last race in a WC round has been completed to the start of the next race in the following WC round. Example: A WC round ends Sunday, January 15th, the next race starts Thursday, January 19th, 11:00. Transfer window closes Thursday, January 19th, 11:00. b) Every user/manager are allowed to switch out 2 biathletes on their team in one transfer window. c) Every user/manager are given 8 transfers in total during the whole season and 3 each trimester. d) Managers are not allowed to have a team where the total point grade is over 160 points after completing transfers. e) The rules in 1) must not be violated. 4) Ranking/Standing a) The standing for managers will updated after every competition/race within five hours after the end of the competition/race. Exception! In case of two races are held on the same day, the standing will be updated after the last race have been completed. 5) Mistakes and Problems a) Mistakes with points for managers, can be reported to the host of the BMG in the Discussion thread or via a personal message with the headline “Mistake” b) The deadline for reporting any mistakes regarding points is 24 hours before the start of the upcoming WC round. Example: Men’s Sprint, Thursday January 25th 12:30, deadline is Wednesday January 24th 12:30. c) Any mistakes not reported before the end of the deadline will count and cannot be changed. d) If the site is down for a longer period for all users, BMG will be stopped immediately, and not continue until all participants can log on the site again. 6) Final Standing After the last race of the World Cup season has been completed, the final standing of BMG will be published as quickly as possible. The winning manager will be the one who has managed to score most points overall by having chosen the biathletes who have performed best according to the point systems. The winner will have the honor of calling him-or herself a true biathlon manager, or just someone who is really good at this particular game.

... I'm very disappointed. However, I expected someone like you would do something like that.

What!! Are you telling me you have had an affair with my TISC mistress!

South Africa Yvonne Chaka Chaka - Umqombothi

Discus throw could also likely be cut from Diamond League. Daniel Ståhl is obviously quite frustrated about this. Besides, his current coach, who has been a big part of Ståhl's progress, has said he will retire from athletics if discus throw is cut from Diamond League. The main reason is that the overall prize money in discus will go down if it is no longer part of Diamond League and his coach will likely have to spend more of his own money traveling with Ståhl.

Some news about next year's Diamond League Source: IAAF (https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-diamond-league/news/diamond-league-2020-season-meetings) "The Diamond League General Assembly has today agreed on 14 meetings and 1 final for the 2020 season, which includes all current meetings. Gateshead will replace Birmingham as a venue, as Birmingham’s stadium is being redeveloped for the 2022 Commonwealth Games so is not available to host the IAAF Diamond League, and there will be a second Diamond League meeting in China. The dates for the Diamond League meetings in 2020 are listed below. A discussion was held on the disciplines to be included in the 90-minute international broadcast window with a review of the fan, athlete and broadcast research. Further work is being undertaken on whether each meeting is able to host 11 or 12 Diamond League disciplines in the set time frame and which events each meeting will host outside the 90-minute broadcast window. A final decision on the disciplines will be made at the beginning of November 2019. The IAAF will also launch a second international series of one-day meetings in 2020 (entitled the World Athletics Continental Tour), which will provide world-class competition, top flight world ranking points and earning opportunities for many more athletes, with a focus on those disciplines not featuring regularly in the Diamond League, and which will be broadcast around the world. The world rankings system will be structured so that athletes in every discipline will earn the same level of points at their highest available one-day meeting series, whether that is in the Diamond League or the new tour". The dates for the Diamond League meetings in 2020 are: Doha - 17 April China (venue to be advised) - 10 May Shanghai - 16 May Stockholm - 24 May Rome - 28 May Rabat - 31 May Eugene - 7 June Oslo - 11 June Paris - 13 June London - 4 July Monaco - 10 July Gateshead - 16 August Lausanne - 20 August Brussels - 4 September Zurich - 11 September

Update - Week 42 - October 14 to October 20 - 2019 Men's Marathon +1 +1 https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/kenya/wilson-loyanae-erupe-264299 https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/canada/trevor-hofbauer-316651 Women's Marathon +1 https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/canada/dayna-pidhoresky-268522 Qualified Quotas Overview Men (Total Quota: 448) Women (Total Quota: 439)

It's not official yet that the national jury doesn't participate. When the host jury presents the official TISC Team Challenge format next week, it will be confirmed if and juries will participate.

Festival of Music begins! The member of the Egyptian jury couldn't wait, so let the Festival of Music begin! For those who are new to TISC, Festival of Music is an opportunity for any TISC participant to present songs and artists from nations who are not represented at this year's TISC Open. All participants of TOISC 2019 can write a post about which nation or nations they would to like present in Festival of Music. Usually a TISC participant can present up to two entries from two different nations. Remember, the same rules apply to entries in Festival of Music as TOISC 2019. Artists must be from or associated with the nation they represent, and entries must have been released on or before December 31st, 2014. Enjoy the festival!

A short announcement from the Organizing Host Committee: A flight is on its way with most of the jury members who missed the flight yesterday. Sadly 3 jury members, @stefanbg, @Canada4thewin, @Jan Linha, never showed up. The three jury members only option to come to Denmark is to buy a ticket themself. The host jury will inform the confirmed participants for TOISC 2019 at some point in the upcoming week how this will affect the TISC Team Challenge. For now, the organizing committee and host jury wil do their best to welcome the last national juries and create the best experience for all national juries during their stay in Denmark.

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Well at least and are placed close to each other in the voting order.

It's unbelievable there is still no one on Team Dizzy Mizz Lizzy!