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"TISC is a simple game; 37 counties send their best songs and at the end, the Irish win." - Gary Lineker

"TISC is a simple game; 37 counties send their best songs and at the end, the Irish win." - Gary Lineker

"TISC is a simple game; 37 counties send their best songs and at the end, the Irish win." - Gary Lineker

"TISC is a simple game; 37 counties send their best songs and at the end, the Irish win." - Gary Lineker

"TISC is a simple game; 37 counties send their best songs and at the end, the Irish win." - Gary Lineker

"TISC is a simple game; 37 counties send their best songs and at the end, the Irish win." - Gary Lineker

"TISC is a simple game; 37 counties send their best songs and at the end, the Irish win." - Gary Lineker

NETHERLANDS  
Goedenavond Totallympics! Het is ons weer een waar genoegen om deel uit te maken van dit mooie evenement, we willen onze Poolse vrienden graag bedanken voor het organiseren van een erg leuk muziekfeest. Dan volgen nu de stemmen van de Nederlandse jury.
 
 
Good evening Totallympics! Once again it's a true pleasure to be part of this wonderful event, we'd like to thank our Polish friends for organizing this very enjoyable musical party. Without further ado, here are the votes of the Dutch jury.
         MALTA 10  NORWAY 9  GREAT BRITAIN 8  MEXICO 7  TUNISIA 6  ITALY 5  SWEDEN 4  SPAIN 3  NEW ZEALAND 2  FRANCE 1

ARGENTINA Buenos días a todos, aquí los votos de los inventores del Tango para todos ustedes
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
Good morning everyone, here the votes of the inventors of Tango for all of you.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         CROATIA 10  NEW ZEALAND 9  TUNISIA 8  CZECH REPUBLIC 7  NORWAY 6  POLAND 5  INDONESIA 4  HUNGARY 3  FINLAND 2  GREECE 1

poland  
Greeting from jury in National language
 
Witajcie drodzy użytkownicy Totallympics. Nadszedł czas na przedstawienie głosów przez jury organizujące TAISC 2021. Mamy nadzieję że jak na razie jesteście zadowoleni z tego konkursu. Bez zbędnego przedłużania przejdźmy do punktów....
 
 
 
 
English Translation of Greeting
 
 
Welcome fellow members of Totallympics. It's time for TAISC 2021 Host Jury to present their votes. We are hoping that you enjoy this contest so far. Without further ado, let's go to the points....
 
 
 
 
         ARGENTINA 10  BULGARIA 9  SLOVENIA 8  HUNGARY 7  TUNISIA 6  GREECE 5  SPAIN 4  MEXICO  3  NORWAY 2  GERMANY 1

Let's begin the show!
 

 

 
 
Ladies and gentlemens welcome to the opening ceremony of Totallympics Annual International Song Contest Poland 2021!
 
 

But besides Mariah Carey's Emotions I can't forgot remind you the best (to date) Polish entry at TISC. Emotions of Peter and Jacob.
 

Official Voting Order
 
Voting Order Host Jury
Time
National Jury
Time 
1   Ireland 11:00-11:15  10:00-10:15 2   Romania 11:15-11:30  12:15-12:30 3   Spain 11:30-11:45  11:30-11:45 4   Serbia 11:45-12:00  11:45-12:00 5   Czech Republic 12:00-12:15  12:00-12:15 6   Italy 12:15-12:30  12:15-12:30 7   Tunisia 12:30-12:45  11:30-11:45 8   United States 12:45-13:00  06:45-07:00  9   Moldova 13:00-13:15 14:00-14:15   Breakfast/Coffee Break 13:15 13:45 10   Germany 13:45-14:00  13:45-14:00 11   China 14:00-14:15  20:00-20:15 12   Slovakia 14:15-14:30   14:15-14:30 13   Israel 14:30-14:45  15:30-15:45 14   Finland 14:45-15:00  15:45-16:00 15   Kazakhstan 15:00-15:15  19:00-19:15 16   Indonesia 15:15-15:30  20:15-20:30 17   Poland 15:30-15:45  15:30-15:45 18   Lithuania 15:45-16:00 16:45-17:00   Lunch/Dinner Break 16:00 17:00 19   Brazil 17:00-17:15 12:00-12:15 20   India
17:15-17:30 20:45-21:00 21   Malta
17:30-17:45 17:30-17:45 22   Sweden
17:45-18:00 17:45-18:00 23   Portugal
18:00-18:15 17:00-17:15 24   Argentina
18:15-18:30 13:15-13:30 25   Canada
18:30-18:45 12:30-12:45 26   Greece
18:45-19:00 19:45-20:00 27   Netherlands
19:00-19:15 19:00-19:15 28   Croatia 19:15-19:30 19:15-19:30   Snack/Supper Break 19:30 20:00 29   Bulgaria
20:00-20:15  21:00-21:15 30   Norway
20:15-20:30 20:15-20:30 31   Hungary
20:30-20:45 20:30-20:45 32   Denmark
20:45-21:00 20:45-21:00 33   Mexico
 21:00-21:15 14:00-14:15 34   Great Britain
21:15-21:30 20:15-20:30 35   New Zealand
21:30-21:45 07:30-07:45 36   France
21:45-22:00 21:45-22:00 37   Slovenia
22:00-22:15 22:00-22:15

Finally I can say that, each jury have received their full set of templates 

The logo have been revealed!
 
It's about time to presented Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2021 logo. Ladies and gentlemen, this is it:
 
 

 
As you can see there is white stork (it was reason why I presented the White Storks team as last). As you could read earlier today this bird is one of the Polish animal symbol as over 25% of all storks is living here by most of the year. With Poland's national flag in the background. But it isn't just flag, the red part of logo is as well water over which the stork is flying and on the white part of the flag you can see blades of grass. Simply, the white stork is flying over one of the hundrends Masurian lakes. It's song contest, so the notes couldn't be missed in the logo as well. 
 
This year contest motto is "Let the notes fly!"
 
I want say a big thank you to @Olympian1010 who helped created this stunning logo and idea for the motto. Thank you so much!
 
The opening ceremony which is scheduled for Friday, April 16th will take place in Moszna Palace in small village Moszna.
 

 
The Moszna Palace is a historic castle and palace located in the small village of Moszna, in southwestern Poland. Situated approximately 30 kilometres south of the regional capital Opole, the residence is an excellent example of romantic fairy-tale and eclectic architecture.
 
The history of this building begins in the 18th century, although traces of older cellars were discovered in the gardens during excavation and reconstruction works at the beginning of the 20th century. Some of the those could have been remnants of a presumed Templar stronghold.
 


 
The central part of the castle is an old baroque palace which was partially destroyed by fire on the night of April 2, 1896 and was reconstructed in the same year in its original form by Franz Hubert von Tiele-Winckler (the son of Hubert von Tiele-Winckler). The reconstruction works involved an extension of the residence. The eastern Neogothic-styled wing of the building was built by 1900, along with an adjacent orangery. In 1912-1914, the western wing was built in the Neo-Renaissance style. The architectural form of the castle contains a wide variety of styles, thus it can be generally defined as eclectic. The height of the building, as well as its numerous turrets and spires, give the impression of verticalism. The whole castle has exactly ninety-nine turrets. Inside, it contains 365 rooms with a total floorage of 7,000 sq. m. and a cubic capacity of about 65,000m The castle was twice visited by the German Emperor Wilhelm II. His participation in hunting during his stay at the castle was documented in a hand-written chronicle in 1911 as well as in the following year.
After World War II the castle did not have a permanent owner and was the home of various institutions until 1972 when it became a convalescent home. Later it became a Public Health Care Centre for Therapies of Neuroses. Nowadays it can be visited by tourists since the health institution has moved to another building in the neighbourhood. The castle also has a chapel which is used as a concert hall. Since 1998 the castle housed a gallery in which works of various artists are presented at regular exhibitions.
 

 
Apart from the castle itself, the entire complex includes a park which has no precise boundaries and includes nearby fields, meadows and a forest. Only the main axis of the park can be characterised as geometrical. Starting from the gate, it leads along the oak and then horse-chestnut avenues, towards the castle. Further on, the park passes into an avenue of lime trees with symmetrical canals running along both sides of the path, lined with a few varieties of rhododendrons. The axis of the park terminates at the base of a former monument of Hubert von Tiele-Winckler. On the eastern side of the avenue there is a pond with an islet referred to by the owners as Easter Island. The islet is planted with needle-leaved shrubs and can be reached by a Chinese-styled bridge. The garden, as part of the whole park complex was restored slightly earlier than the castle itself. Preserved documents of 1868 state that the improvement in the garden's aesthetic quality was undertaken by Hubert von Tiele-Winckler.
 

Yesterday, due to draw we didn't visit any place in Poland, but today we will catch up on by visiting...
 
Kwidzyn Castle
 

 
Kwidzyn Castle is a large brick gothic castle in the town of Kwidzyn. It is an example of Teutonic Knights' castles architecture. Since 2018 it's a Monument of History.
 

 
Throughout history, the castle has been rebuilt many times, depending on various factors, it was expanded and partially dismantled. During its greatest development (between the 16th and 19th centuries), it was a four-winged, regular complex with an internal cloister courtyard. Regular four-sided towers, crowned with soaring hip roofs, were extended in the corners. The exception was the high (59 m) tower located in the south-eastern corner. In 1798, the castle was partially demolished by the Prussian authorities. As part of the work, the eastern wings (adjacent to the cathedral) and the representative southern wing (located on the side of the old town) were demolished, which included, among others, the bishop's refectory. Since then, the castle has lost its closed, regular form.
 
The only room from the Middle Ages preserved in the castle is the so-called chapel / scriptorium, in which painted figures placed on the vaults of the northern span were discovered, which are uniform in style and can be dated to the last quarter of the 14th century.
A characteristic element of the castle is the largest sanitary and defense tower in the Teutonic state - the dansker tower - located 55 meters from the west wing of the castle on the lowest terraces of the Vistula valley. Dansker is connected to the main body of the castle by the world's longest porch supported by five high arcades, several meters high. From the north there is a well tower connected by two arcades with the castle, commonly known as a small dansker tower. 

Provisional table of voting order after the draw:
 
 
 Ireland
1  Romania
2  Spain 3  Serbia 4  Mexico 5  Italy 6  Tunisia 7  United States 8  Moldova 9  Germany 10  China 11  Slovakia 12  Israel 13  Finland 14  Kazakhstan 15  Indonesia 16  Poland 17  Lithuania 18  Brazil 19  Bulgaria 20  Malta 21  Sweden 22  Portugal 23  Argentina 24  Canada 25  New Zealand 26  Netherlands 27  Croatia 28  India 29  Norway 30  Hungary 31  Denmark 32  Czech Republic 33  Great Britain 34  Greece 35  France 36  Slovenia 37  
Detailed voting order, with hours will be revealed around Monday.

Good day everyone.
 
Less than an hour to start the Draw for Totallympics Annual International Song Contest
 
In the meantime, I will explain (as best as I can) the procedure for the Draw:
 
 
PHASE Ia
 
As usual, this year's edition will have a team competition. Our host
have decided to divide the 37 participating countries into 9 groups.
 
During this phase we will reveal the names of those teams and their base
camp during the next few days before they travel to Krakow for the Final,
as well as the order in which they will feature in the voting draw
by means of a random procedure at 18:30 CET
 
 
 
PHASE Ib
 
As you're well aware, dividing 37 into 9 doesn't reflect an exact number.
 
In principle, every team will be composed of 4 entries, but in this stage
we will assign a Wildcard entry to one of the teams, with the role of said
extra member to be revealed later.
 
Once again, this will be done by a random result at 18:35 CET
 
 
PHASE II
 
As it is tradition with TISC, in this phase a panel of volunteers
will pick a combination from two grids, which shall reveal the team and
voting position each jury will have for the final.
 
Due to technical difficulties, this will be ready at 19:30 CET
 
 
 
See you around.

Tomorrows prediction 
 
50kg -  , 
 
53kg - , /  (51:49)
 
57kg -  
 
62kg -  - both athlethes capable of Olympic Medal, Marwa trying for her 2nd Olympic medal at Tokyo. 
Outside chance for Cameroon 
 
68kg - ,  
Small Outside chance for Tunisia 
 
 
76kg  - , 
 
Small chance for Ivory Coast too. 
 
Such a shame that Yvette Zie of Burkina Faso isn't here, could have been an easy qualification. 
 
 

66 hours left to vote.
 
I'm still waiting for votes from: @intoronto @Vic Liu @Finnator123 @catgamer @Makedonas @Yannakis @Fly_like_a_don @Dnl @Gianlu33 @Glen @mrv86 (I see that you will send the votes tomorrow) @Ionoutz24 @heywoodu who again turned into latewoodu and probably want to be first ever TISC participant, who posted song as first but will send the votes as last, @Skijumpingmaster @justony @amen09 @Olympian1010

Official statement
 
The organizing committee want apologize everyone who didn't get the April's Fool Joke and those, who got health problems after reading a post from few hours ago. The Grand Final of TAISC 2021 will take place as planned at April 17th, with Opening Ceremony day earlier and with Festival of Music which will begin on April 5th. Host nation is still waiting impatiently for votes from yet missing 14 countries, as it was mentioned yesterday, the deadline to send the votes is now scheduled for Monday, April 5th at 18:00 CET (GMT+2).
 
Best regards

looking at the Greco brackets, there is no direct elimination because there are max 6 wrestlers in each weight which means luck doesn't matter here and they have to actually beat the rest to qualify.
 
60: easy to say and . but TUN can do something. the MAR guy is also a former olympian but no chance really.
67: without Egypt who is already qualified I say and .
77: it will be between MAR, EGY and ALG. the Morocco guy is quite experienced but old, if he is fit I would say and
87: again between TUN, EGY and ALG. I say and
97: once again TUN, EGY and ALG. I pick and
130: is a sure thing. the other 3 are more or less in the same level I go with
 
no chance for other countries unless they have some naturalized wrestlers I'm not aware of.

Some of you surely is aware about it, but it is still worth to mention that just 71 hours left to send the votes
 
@Federer91 @intoronto @Vic Liu @Agger @Finnator123 @catgamer @Makedonas @Yannakis @Fly_like_a_don @Dnl @Gianlu33 @SteveParker @Glen @mrv86 @Ionoutz24 @heywoodu @Skijumpingmaster @hckošice @justony @amen09 @Olympian1010
 

Today we will visit two places... First one is...
 
Church of Assumption of Holy Mary in Haczów
 

 
Church of Assumption of Holy Mary is a Gothic, log building wooden church from the fifteenth-century, located in the village of Haczów (Subcarpathian Voivodeship), which is designated as part of the UNESCO Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland.
 
The church in Haczów is the largest wooden Gothic church in Europe, and simultaneously one of the oldest wooden framework churches in Poland.
 

 
The wooden church in Haczów was built out of a wooden framework, raised after 1459, and expanded in 1624 (with the building of the 25 metre starling tower, built away from the church, topped out with a cupola, the creation of windows in the nave, and the building of an earth bulwark) The interior of the church is decorated with a polychrome from 1494 which is most likely the oldest polychrome of its type in Europe, representing the oldest collection of representative paintings in Poland, and later expanded in 1864.
 

The second place is...
 
Kruszyniany Mosque
 

 
It is a wooden mosque located in the village of Kruszyniany, in Podlaskie Voivodeship. The building is the oldest Lipka Tatar mosque in Poland, built on the plan of a rectangle, in specifications of 10 by 13 metres.
 
The village of Kruszyniany was assigned by King John III Sobieski to the Tatars who had participated on the side of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the war against the Ottoman Empire. After the Lipka Tatars populace settled in the area, the Tatars built the mosque, which was first mentioned in a document dating back to 1717. The present mosque was most likely built in the second half of the eighteenth-century, or in the first half of the nineteenth-century (the exact date of construction of the building is unknown), on the site of the former mosque. In 1846, the building underwent renovation, information about which is found on a stone plaque, next to the women's entrance.
 

 
The shape of the building resembles the surrounding churches with two towers. The exterior and interior are covered with dark green wood paneling. On the north side, the building is decorated with two towers also covered with wood. On the ridge of the roof there is a third (slightly smaller than the others) turret without windows. It is slightly shifted towards the mihrab. The roofs of both towers and turrets have the shape of a helmet crowned with a crescent moon at the top. The roof of the main part of the building is covered with shingles.
The interior is divided into two parts: for men and women. The entrance for women is located on the main axis of the building. It is topped with a triangular tympanum with two towers on its sides. The entrance for men is in the side wall. The women's room is much smaller and is separated from the male part by a wooden partition, in which, at a height of about 1 m, there is a longitudinal slot covered with a white, transparent curtain.
 


 
The interior is decorated with carpets, and the walls with muhirs - a calligraphic notation of quotes from the Koran. 
 
Kruszyniany village was designated one of Poland's official national Monuments of History on November 20, 2012. Its listing is maintained by the National Heritage Board of Poland.