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Open contest: the most modern music wins
 
Annual contest: Italian and German retro music in the Top5

Open contest: the most modern music wins
 
Annual contest: Italian and German retro music in the Top5

: My wife watch the end of the clip and says "what are they doing?, they are crazy", i answer: you dont see the all blacks, arent you?

And for the 11 points...
 
 
GUATEMALA
 Germany
 
11
 
 New Zealand
 
10
 
 France
 
9
 
 Mexico
 
8
 
 Hungary
 
7
 
 Croatia
 
6
 
 Romania
 
5
 
 Malta
 
4
 
 India
 
3
 
 Kazakhstan
 
2
 
 Lithuania
 
1
 

I doubt that I will be able to post my votes today. If I get lucky and have time for it, I will let you know. Good luck to everyone!

SERBIA
Hungary 11 Italy 10 Sweden 9  Chile 8 Ireland 7 Bulgaria 6 Great Britain 5 New Zealand 4 France 3  Czech Republic 2 Brazil 1  

Best debut vote ever, I'd say!
 
Thanks Albania!

Post 1
Përshëndetje nga Shqipëria/ Hello from Albania!
Great to participate at such event.
Below my points from 1 to 10
 
ALBANIA
Portugal 10 Kazakhstan 9 Poland 8 Sweden 7 Italy 6 Hungary 5 Serbia 4 Germany 3 Romania 2 Malta 1  

I doubt that I will be able to post my votes today. If I get lucky and have time for it, I will let you know. Good luck to everyone!

We are back after 12 years in men's handball. Well done, boys!

We are back after 12 years in men's handball. Well done, boys!

Also, for reference here are my favorite songs so far, mostly the songs with 12 points and some runner-ups. Maybe after 9 editions you can guess where my highest points will go.  (And yes, none of these songs won TISC. Only one of them was Top3.)
 
 Dulce Pontes - Canção do Mar
 Aldous Harding - Zoo Eyes
 Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly
 The Idan Raichel Project - Bo'ee
 Ashe & FINNEAS - Till Forever Falls Apart
 Evgenya Redko - Laikinai
 The Rumour Said Fire - The Balcony
 Kwiat Jabłoni ft. Julia Pietrucha - "Drogi proste"
 The Motans - În Golul Tău
 Asaf Avidan - Reckoning Song
 Jerry Heil, alyona alyona, Ela. - #KUPALA
 Toto Cutugno - L'italiano
 Μαρίνα Σάττι - ΜΑΝΤΙΣΣΑ

Since this is my 10th edition participating in this contest I tought I should look up what my current "all-time" ranking is since I joined in 2019. 
 
Fun fact: I have given 12 points to 9 different nations in the 9 editions I participated. Nobody repeated so far on the top. So after 9 editions, these are my Top10 nations...
 
1st  47 points - 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze
2nd  39 points - 1 gold
3rd  37 points
4th  36 points - 1 silver, 1 bronze
5th  33 points - 1 gold, 1 silver
6th  32 points - 1 gold
7th  32 points
8th  31 points - 1 gold, 1 silver
9th  30 points - 1 gold, 1 bronze
10th  30 points - 2 silver
 
And now let's see which nations gave the most points to Hungary since I joined...
 
1st  51 points - 1 silver, 1 bronze
2nd  49 points - 1 gold
3rd  48 points - 2 gold, 1 bronze
4th  45 points - 1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze
5th  38 points - 1 silver, 1 bronze
6th  37 points - 2 silver
7th  35 points - 2 silver
8th  33 points - 1 gold, 1 silver
9th  33 points - 1 bronze
10th  32 points - 2 silver, 1 bronze

I am not getting winning vibes from anything so far. Maybe Belgium? If they nail the staging that can be a jury favorite + it could get a lot of televotes. Italy is also a good bet as always. Croatia at #1 is kinda confusing, it's not as strong as previous fun ESC entries, definitely not as Cha Cha Cha for example. 

It should have been easier for us to win this quota because this team is a still medal contender for Paris. But at the very least we got it in the end, and that's what matters. And now let's get to the final. 

It should have been easier for us to win this quota because this team is a still medal contender for Paris. But at the very least we got it in the end, and that's what matters. And now let's get to the final. 

It should have been easier for us to win this quota because this team is a still medal contender for Paris. But at the very least we got it in the end, and that's what matters. And now let's get to the final. 

It should have been easier for us to win this quota because this team is a still medal contender for Paris. But at the very least we got it in the end, and that's what matters. And now let's get to the final. 

No amount of overperformance can make me forget the fact that we lost the 1954 final as one of the biggest favorites ever for the World title. We could have been one of very few nations to have the most prestigious national team sports title in the world but we "chocked" from a 2-0 lead. But yeah, we are overperforming with out current team. 

That's Hungarian team sports for you in a nutshell outside of water polo. 

That's Hungarian team sports for you in a nutshell outside of water polo. 

That's Hungarian team sports for you in a nutshell outside of water polo. 

Ofc they want to win, but it's not a competitive game for them at this point, which is a big deal. For Spain this is a preparation match for the Games while Hungary is playing to survive. The gap between the two teams isn't that significant, Hungary beat Spain on a friendly match before Eurobasket, so if Spain isn't 100% on the field because they are already celebrating their quota, that can be decisive. 
 
But there's always a chance that the Hungarian team has a bad day and they crumble under pressure while Spain has a nice calm match and they win. 

Come on Canada, we don't want to eliminate you. 

So the bracket is looking like...
 
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Teams who haven't already qualified to Paris:            
 
I don't see any good reason to doubt that        will qualify. I guess  has a small chance for an upset.