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Thank you, Colombia.  Jury Vote: Colombia Argentina 11 11 Colombia 0 Chile 0 Great Britain 0 Spain 0 Tunisia 0 Romania 8 8 Croatia 3 3 France 0 Malta 5 5 Indonesia 0 Mexico 12 12 Denmark 0 Serbia 0 Poland 6 6 United States 10 10 Italy 0 New Zealand 0 Slovenia 0 Ireland 0 Portugal 0 India 0 Slovakia 0 Finland 4 4 Netherlands 9 9 Egypt 0 Turkey 0 Greece 0 Algeria 2 2 Bulgaria 0 Canada 0 Lithuania 0 Brazil 1 1 Austria 7 7 Russia 0

COLOMBIA Mexico 12 Argentina 11 United States 10 Netherlands 9 Romania 8 Austria 7 Poland 6 Malta 5 Finland 4 Croatia 3 Algeria 2 Brazil 1 So that's where the Colombian points were placed. Thank you for a great contest, looking forward to an amazing show. Goodbye from Colombia.

COLOMBIA Argentina 11 United States 10 Netherlands 9 Romania 8 Austria 7 Poland 6 Malta 5 Finland 4 Croatia 3 Algeria 2 Brazil 1

COLOMBIA Jury Spokesperson: Damien Good morning everyone from Colombia. It is my honour to deliver the open the voting segment in this year's TISC. So let me reveal the results of the Colombian National Jury United States 10 Netherlands 9 Romania 8 Austria 7 Poland 6 Malta 5 Finland 4 Croatia 3 Algeria 2 Brazil 1

Welcome to the 2018 Totallympics Open International Song Contest Grand Final. I'm glad that you're up bright and early as we begin to reveal the results from 35 participating nations. I have sent a PM to all of you for this contest in advance, along with the 12 countries you voted for. When it's your turn, you can post your votes one at a time. Wait about a minute between each post, and when you're finished, I will update the scoreboard and we move along to the next jury. The country with the most points wins the contest. In addition to the main show, @dcro is handling a side competition called the Mixed Team Music'thlon, while @OlympicIRL handles the team competition, which is why you were separated into regions. So, without further ado, let's begin with Colombia and @Damian. May we have your votes please?  Number of Juries Voted So Far: 0 / 35 Argentina 0 Colombia 0 Chile 0 Great Britain 0 Spain 0 Tunisia 0 Romania 0 Croatia 0 France 0 Malta 0 Indonesia 0 Mexico 0 Denmark 0 Serbia 0 Poland 0 United States 0 Italy 0 New Zealand 0 Slovenia 0 Ireland 0 Portugal 0 India 0 Slovakia 0 Finland 0 Netherlands 0 Egypt 0 Turkey 0 Greece 0 Algeria 0 Bulgaria 0 Canada 0 Lithuania 0 Brazil 0 Austria 0 Russia 0 Current Top 5 Positions 1 Colombia ▶︎ 0 2 Great Britain ▶︎ 0 3 Tunisia ▶︎ 0 4 Croatia ▶︎ 0 5 Malta ▶︎ 0

The show will start shortly, but at the request of @Olympian1010, we'll have a moment of silence for the shooting victims in Thousand Oaks, CA, as well as the fires spreading through the area.

Or, as some would say...

Scoreboard For our final act of the opening ceremony, we reveal the full scoreboard, so without further ado, here it is...  Number of Juries Voted So Far: 0 / 35 Argentina 0 Colombia 0 Chile 0 Great Britain 0 Spain 0 Tunisia 0 Romania 0 Croatia 0 France 0 Malta 0 Indonesia 0 Mexico 0 Denmark 0 Serbia 0 Poland 0 United States 0 Italy 0 New Zealand 0 Slovenia 0 Ireland 0 Portugal 0 India 0 Slovakia 0 Finland 0 Netherlands 0 Egypt 0 Turkey 0 Greece 0 Algeria 0 Bulgaria 0 Canada 0 Lithuania 0 Brazil 0 Austria 0 Russia 0 Current Top 5 Positions 1 Colombia ▶︎ 0 2 Great Britain ▶︎ 0 3 Tunisia ▶︎ 0 4 Croatia ▶︎ 0 5 Malta ▶︎ 0 And here's the logo in its form On behalf of the American delegation, I would like to thank @OlympicIRL for helping me organize this task of hosting the contest, which is not easy, but it was worth it. I would also like to thank @vinipereira with the logo despite being away from his home for some time. Special thanks to @hckosice @heywoodu @dcro @mrv86 and many others for their offers, as well as @Olympian1010 for manning the delegation while I held hosting duties. Finally, we'll be starting bright and early at 5 am EST for the main show, so bring your inner emotional lady with you

He's an "I" person We needed a "we" person to welcome us

Before we reveal the scoreboard, there is one person I want you to meet... Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, who will welcome you all to the city beautiful...

While we await the revealing of the scoreboard, enjoy the trip down memory lane... History of USA at TISC Of course it can't be TISC without going through the entire US catalog: Christina Grimmie -- Feelin Good (TISC Open 2013) 6th, 150pts Florida Georgia Line feat Nelly -- Cruise (Remix) (TISC Annual 2014) 8th, 120 Cupid feat B.O.B -- 369 (TISC Open 2014) 21st, 65 Nick Jonas -- Jealous (TISC Annual 2015) 21st, 56 Train -- Drops of Jupiter (TISC Open 2015) 4th, 140 Meghan Trainor -- Dear Future Husband (TISC Annual 2016) 14th, 86 Kelly Clarkson -- In a Moment Like This (TISC Open 2016) 4th, 132 Zedd, Aloe Blacc, & Grey -- Candyman (TISC Annual 2017) 24th, 58 Dia Frampton -- The Broken Ones (TISC Open 2017) 3rd, 169 Carrie Underwood feat Ludacris -- The Champion (TISC Annual 2018) 3rd, 161

Pacific Region Nation: Greece Jury: Janakis Artist: Antonis Remos Base: Anchorage, Alaska Nation: Portugal Jury: kungshamra71 Artist: Ana Moura Base: Seattle, Washington Nation: Romania Jury: africaboy Artist: INNA Portland, Oregon Nation: Russia (regional captain) Jury: FC Merzhegoye Artist: Victor Tsoi Base: Los Angeles, California Nation: Serbia Jury: DaniSRB, dareza Artist: S.A.RS Base: San Francisco, California

This is the opening ceremony. We're almost done.

Mountain Region Nation: Brazil Jury: titicow, vinipereira Artist: Rubel Base: Salt Lake City, Utah Nation: Egypt (regional captains) Jury: thepharoah Artist: Dalida Base: Denver, Colorado Nation: Mexico Jury: mrv86 Artist: Cafe Tacvba Base: Phoenix, Arizona Nation: Slovenia Jury: justony Artist: Elvis Jackson Base: Albuquerque, New Mexico Nation: Spain Jury: Enrique Artist: Tino Casal Base: Las Vegas, Nevada

South Region Canada (regional captains) Jury: intoronto Artist: The Tragically Hip Base: Dallas, Texas Nation: Chile Jury: Pabloffo Artist: Los Bunkers Base: Nashville, Tennessee Nation: Finland Jury: Finnator123 Artist: Redrama, AJ McLean New Orleans, Louisiana Nation: Italy Jury: Gianlu33, Henry_Leon, Pablita, SteveParker Artist: 883 Base: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Nation: Malta Jury: Glen Artist: Claudia Faniello Base: Little Rock, Arkansas

Midwest Region Nation: Algeria Jury: bestmen Artist: Samira Brahmia Base: Kansas City, Missouri Nation: Argentina Jury: konig, LDOG Artist: Los Abuelos de la Nada Base: Des Moines, Iowa Nation: Croatia (regional captains) Jury: dcro Artist: Saša, Tin, Kedžo Base: Minneapolis, MN Nation: India Jury: Dolby Artist: Pt. Shivkum ar Sharma, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Brij Bhushan Kabra Base: Ohama, Nebraska Nation: Poland Jury: rybak Artist: Brodka Base: Wichita, Kansas

Great Lakes Region Nation: Austria Jury: Gigs Artist: Bilderbuch Base: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Nation: Denmark (regional captain) Jury: Agger Artist: Tina Dickow Base: Chicago, Illinois Nation: Ireland Jury: OlympicIRL Artist: Gary Moore Base: Detroit, Michigan Nation: Tunisia Jury: amen09, tuniscof Artist: Hassen Doss Base: Indianapolis, Indiana Nation: Turkey Jury: Memo Artist: Sertab Erener Base: Cleveland, Ohio

Northeast Region Nation: Great Britain Jury: uk12points Artist: Manfred Mann Base: Burlington, Vermont Nation: Indonesia Jury: Griff88 Artist: Naif Base: Atlantic City, New Jersey Nation: Lithuania (regional captain) Jury: Werloc Artist: Jurga Base: New York, New York Nation: Netherlands Jury: heywoodu Artist: Kane Base: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Nation: New Zealand Jury: Wanderer Artist: Princess Chelsea, Jonathan Bree Base: Boston, Massachusetts

Parade of Nations Now it's time to introduce the 35 nations competing in the contest, in alphabetical order, separated by the regions and the cities they've been pre-assigned to represent. Atlantic Region Nation: Bulgaria Jury: stefanbg Artist: Elitsa Naumova, Siso Base: Baltimore, Maryland Nation: Colombia Jury: Damian Artist: Cabas Base: Atlanta, Georgia Nation:: France Jury: Bohemia, Benolympique Artist: Jean-Jacques Goldman, Michael Jones Base: Washington, DC Nation: Slovakia Jury: hckosice Artist: Elán Base: Richmond, Virginia Nation: United States (regional captain) Jury: dezbee2008, Olympian1010 Artist: fun Base: Orlando, Florida

Host Venues (yes, you read that right) We're switching things up a bit with the venue, or shall I say 2 venues. The opening ceremony venue will be held at Walt Disney World, while the show itself will be held at Amway Center. About Disney World: In 1955, a brand new theme park was built in Anaheim, California. This park was the idea of Walt Disney and became known as Disneyland. At the time it was one of the biggest and most innovative parks in the world. The ideas behind Disneyland was that Disney could create a place where both kids and adults can go and have fun. From the time of opening, Disneyland became an immediate success. In the mid-1960's, Walt Disney wanted to build another park in Florida, based on the concept started in Disneyland. In 1971, the concept became a reality when Walt Disney World opened in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Unfortunately, Walt Disney passed away in 1966, and never had the chance to see his vision for the park come to fruition. The original idea was to create a new park similar to Disneyland, but with other aspects such as lodging areas and other novel ideas. One of the most creative and innovative ideas that Disney had was the creation of the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. This area, known as EPCOT was to be an area that served as a testing ground for ideas which could be used in cities in the future. These ideas for EPCOT sprang from concepts of the future that were seen in the World's Fair. Over the course of time, Disney World has become one of the most popular destinations for tourists in the world. In fact, the Magic Kingdom which is at the heart of Disney World is the most popular theme park in the world with nearly 17 million visitors going through the park on an annual basis. In addition, EPCOT, Animal Kingdom and the Hollywood Studios attractions are also ranked in the top ten for visitors. Through the course of time, Disney World has increased in size and attractions to become a place that has something for everyone. About Amway Center: From its signature spire and modern architecture to its public spaces and comfortable amenities, the Amway Center is an iconic destination to Central Florida and beyond. The Amway Center features a modern mix of metal and glass exterior materials and the spire serves as a beacon amid Orlando’s vibrant downtown. With an ultimate capacity of more than 20,000 seats, the arena was designed to respond to its distinct urban setting while revealing the activities occurring within. Bounded by Church Street, Hughey Avenue, South Street, and Division Avenue, the Amway Center’s primary entrance faces north to Church Street, creating a natural extension of the nearby downtown entertainment core. The Church Street entry features a large public entry plaza connecting to the Amway Center’s spacious entry lobby.

The next part of the opening ceremony will be a surprise, so stay tuned

Tourist Hotspots Some of the famous landmarks we have include Mount Rushmore, the Grand Canyon, Times Square, Statue of Liberty, the Alamo and more. Each one of these landmarks has history behind them and they rake in at least 1 million visitors a year, plus billions in revenue.

Musical History of the United States Yes, I get it, the history of the United States is complicated even for an American like me. I'm not gonna indulge too much on it since it's mostly about wars, so instead, here are several videos that tell you about the evolution of the United States through music, from Spiritual to Jazz, Country, Rock and Roll, Hip Hop, and so on Or if you're looking for specifics, we got them too...

Welcome to the 2018 Totallympics Open International Song Contest The day has finally come. 2 months after we sent out a call to participate in the premiere forum musical competition event, the American delegation will like to welcome you to the 2018 Totallympics Open International Song Contest, our 11th edition overall, our 6th open edition, and it also marks the 5th anniversary of the very first edition that began in the fall (or spring for you southern hemisphere folks) of 2013. But before we get to any of that, let's hear the national anthem of the United States, the Star Spangled Banner, but it's performed by 7-year-old Malea Emma

Less than 5 minutes, who's here?