SteveParker

Thanks @Henry_Leon, you was an amazing host, it was a great TISC.
 
And a big thanks and mention to @Pablita, the Italian TISC song choice strategy 2 in a row  

I missed most part of TAISC 2024 due to work commitments. But i liked the overall quality of the songs entered this time. 
Unfortunately the song I entered didn’t score so well. I am still trying to figure out the  type of song that would score well. 
I generally tend to score a song automatically more if the artist sang the song in his/her local language as opposed to English (which is a foreign language for most) 
 
Finally, I must thank @Henry_Leon for hosting this edition so successfully & his passion for this event was visible in his effort. 
It takes a lot of time out of your personal schedule to host such an event. 
 
Congratulations to Team  Italia on winning this edition. I must confess i liked your nomination for the open contest more than this one. But this was a worthy winner too. 
 
Looking forward to TISC (open) 2024 
 

Now that it's all over, I'd like to offer my congratulations to @Gianlu33,@Henry_Leon, @Pablita, @SteveParker on their win , but also to @Wandererand @Belle on their medals . 
 
Extending my congratulations to @Henry_Leon, who run the contest smoothly throughout and hosted a great show this weekend . 
 
Thank you to those who voted for our song, @Roamingrover86, @OlympicIRL, @Wumo, @IoNuTzZ, @Wanderer, @vinipereira . Unfortunately my song choice proved to be completely unsuccessful and the result is rather awful, but it is what it is. We can only aim at better results from here.
 
A huge thank you to our teammates @Belle, @Wanderer, @NikolaB, @Ionoutz24 . You gifted us the team event gold, as I think our song contributed just 7 points out of the 466. 
 
Below you can see my personal ballot.
 
1st   12 pts   Netherlands  2nd   11 pts   Spain  3rd   10 pts   Indonesia  4th   9 pts   Ireland  5th   8 pts  United States  6th   7 pts   Chile  7th   6 pts   France  8th   5 pts   Croatia  9th   4 pts   India  10th   3 pts   Portugal  11th   2 pts   Brazil  12th   1 pts   Czechia    Res1   Great Britain  Res2   New Zealand   Res3   Sweden  
As a general comment, we were two jury members this time, however we voted 22 different songs. Brazil and Portugal were the only songs that got points from both of us. 
 
This was my 6th TISC. I haven't voted for the winning song twice and both times it was Italy.
 
This was the first time that I didn't give points to any of the eventual medallists. New Zealand and Sweden were both among my reserves.
 
I have never been as sure that a song is going to win, as I was with the Dutch entry this time. I'm very surprised it only got 10th place.
 
As a whole, this was another fun experience and the fight for gold was thoroughly enjoyable.
 
I'm looking forward to seeing all of you again in the next open contest this autumn!

Thanks @Roamingrover86

News:

The whole world celebrates the Italian success:

these are the version in other language
(I don't know if they are official cover, or if they just took the backing track)
 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

But I must say the difference in using a song in Swedish is very big against using a song in English. 
 
Still the next year I will use a song in Swedish since I really want to people to hear the Swedish language too. Sadly it’s not very popular but it doesn’t matter for me. 

TAISC 2024 - Closing Ceremony
 
Ladies and Gentlemen, please stand for the National anthem of Italy “Il canto degli Italiani”
 

 
 


 
 
  The Kolors   Stan Walker Smash Into Pieces    
 
and now the english version of  Italodisco:

 
Before the greetings, I have to thanks:
 
 
team italia, for the support, suggestions and for trusting me with some choices @Pablita @Gianlu33 @SteveParker

for help and technical support @Sindo and @OlympicIRL

for the magnificent logo @vinipereira 

 
I would like to thank all the participants of this edition and who have made it possible this event year-by-year.
 
See you in autumn for the Open contest.
 
Bye

 


 
 
 
 

TAISC 2024 - Closing Ceremony
 
mention Fair-Play :
(last in the ranking)
 
Slovakia
but to make last place less bitter he also wins a pack of Italian Easter sweets: dove, chocolate egg, Easter lamb, Neapolitan pastiera
 

@hckošice
 
 
 
 

TAISC 2024 - Closing Ceremony
 
TAISC 2024 bronze:
 

 
Sweden
Smash Into Pieces
 
@Belle
 
TAISC 2024 Silver:
 

 
New Zealand Stan Walker   @Wanderer  
TAISC 2024 Gold:
 

 
Italy
The Kolors  
@Pablita @Gianlu33 @SteveParker Henry_Leon
 
 

 

TAISC 2024 - Closing Ceremony
 
Welcome to the Closing Ceremony of the Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024
 
I would like to thank all the participants of this edition and who have made it possible this event
year-by-year.
 
 
Let's start with the prizes:
 
 
TEAM CHALLENGE CONTEST
The winners:
 
 
@Belle @Wanderer @NikolaB @Ionoutz24
@Makedonas/ @maestro
Congratulations
 
 
The prize is the plush toy "Corty" , the red squirrel mascot of Cortina 2021 Alpine Skiing WC
(one for each member):
 

    

TAISC 2024 - Closing Ceremony
 
Continental prizes:
(minimum three nations in contest)
 
 
Best American:
Guatemala
 
 
Best Asian:
 Indonesia
 
 
Best European:
Italy
 

Apologies to @Henry_Leon for not being there yesterday for the show. I was traveling home from my vacation and was only able to get caught up now. What an amazing show it was. Huge congratulations to our hosts and deserving champions on their 3rd TISC victory!! @Henry_Leon@SteveParker@Gianlu33@Pablita

Well done to our other medalists @Wanderer and @Belle for a great result

Finally I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who voted for my entry at this contest. Really glad you enjoyed it

@catgamer@NikolaB@Cobi@Vic Liu@justony@Hipooo@maestro@Makedonas@Ruslan@Belle@Bohemia@Benolympique@vinipereira@Cinnamon Bun
Thanks so much to @dcro and @Glen for awarding your silver medal to the Irish song and to @Wumo and the Italian jury @Henry_Leon@SteveParker@Gianlu33@Pablita for awarding your 12 points to Ireland this year

Thanks as always for everyone for continuing to participate and make this show interesting and entertaining for us all
 

We are a golden team. 
 
Thank you for an amazing placement. Keep this up and you will win soon. 

Thanks to all   the juryes who voted for Italy
 
Congratulations to New Zeland and Sweden
 
Another great TAISC edition
 
Good job @Henry_Leon
 

and yesss  
 
we win it again
 

Thanks to all   the juryes who voted for Italy
 
Congratulations to New Zeland and Sweden
 
Another great TAISC edition
 
Good job @Henry_Leon
 

Thanks to all   the juryes who voted for Italy
 
Congratulations to New Zeland and Sweden
 
Another great TAISC edition
 
Good job @Henry_Leon
 

and yesss  
 
we win it again
 

Is the big winner here. 

ITALY
Ireland 12 Guatemala 11 Moldova 10 Spain 9 Germany 8 Brazil 7 Portugal 6 Netherlands 5 Lithuania 4 Mexico 3 Albania 2 Malta 1  
the winner:  The Kolors - Italodisco
 

ITALY
  12 Guatemala 11 Moldova 10 Spain 9 Germany 8 Brazil 7 Portugal 6 Netherlands 5 Lithuania 4 Mexico 3 Albania 2 Malta 1 Bye
 

a bit off topic, but had to mention it...
 
Regardless of this result, I am still the most happy guy on this forum tonight
 
since my HC Košice just kicked out the hated arch-rival Slovan Bratislava express-pronto in 4 games 4-0 in the Ice Hockey league Quarterfinal play-offs
 

 
So that´s for that and now back to TISC and exciting 34th place

I'm ill, but I'm on bed with curling & TISC. Not a bad Saturday evening

Five  nations to vote (with Italy)
 
1   New Zealand +2 142
2   Italy   138 3   Sweden +7 139