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Congrats @OlympicIRL for the new gold  and again chapeau-bas for the whole work and dedication to the TISC. Another amazing and wonderful job done 
 
Congrats to all the medalists and thanks to all who voted for us. 
 
 

MALTA  
 
Il-lejla t-tajba. Wasal il-ħin għal-voti tal-iżgħar pajjiż li qed jieħu sehem f'din il-kompetizzjoni. Ippermettuli nirringrazzja lill-organizzaturi għal din il-ġurnata ta' mużika minn madwar id-dinja kollha.
 
Dawn huma l-ewwel voti tal-ġurija maltija!
 
 
 
Good evening. It's time for the votes of the smallest nation participating in this contest. Allow me to thank the organisers for this wonderful day of music from all around the world.
 
These are the first results of the votes of the Maltese national jury!
 
 
 
    Ireland 10     Serbia 9     Turkey 8     Netherlands 7     Sweden 6     Albania 5     Spain 4     Canada 3     Tunisia 2     Great Britain 1  
 

ALBANIA  
Greetings from Albania!
 
These are the results of the votes of the Albanian national jury!
 
 
    Germany 10     Israel 9     Turkey 8     Romania 7     Canada 6     Ireland 5     Argentina 4     Tunisia 3     Ukraine 2     Sweden 1  

TURKEY  
Greetings from Turkey!
 
These are the results of the votes of the Turkish national jury!
 
 
    Ireland 10     Romania 9     Tunisia 8     Spain 7     Slovenia 6     Brazil 5     Malta 4     Germany 3     Italy 2     Bulgaria 1  

UNITED STATES  
Greetings from the United States of America!
 
These are the results of the votes of the American national jury!
 
 
    Ukraine 10     Sweden 9     Portugal 8     Turkey 7     Spain 6     Great Britain 5     Tunisia 4     Germany 3     Canada 2     Kazakhstan 1  

MEXICO  
 
    Tunisia 12     Great Britain 11     China 10     Indonesia 9     United States 8     Slovenia 7     France 6     Lithuania 5     Denmark 4     Malta 3     Turkey 2     Ireland 1  

My thoughts on the top 5:
 - I expected this song to be at the top, it's addictive.
 - Not my type of music, but I was surprised by this one, very good.
 - I liked the singer's voice, I'll definitely look into him more.
 - This song touches the soul, I didn't have to listen twice to know it deserved a podium finish.
 - It reminds me of some Latin songs, the vibe, the rhythm, it's hard to listen to and not want to dance. Sensational.
Honorable mentions to , , and , which were my reserves and it was difficult not to include them in the top 12.

ROMANIA  
Greetings from Romania!
 
These are the results of the votes of the Romanian national jury!
 
 
    Ukraine 10     Israel 9     Poland 8     Lithuania 7     France 6     Serbia 5     Slovakia 4     Tunisia 3     Kazakhstan 2     Great Britain 1  

SERBIA  
Greetings from Serbia!
 
These are the results of the votes of the Serbian national jury!
 
 
    China 10     Argentina 9     France 8     Greece 7     Lithuania 6     Ireland 5     Spain 4     Tunisia 3     Netherlands 2     Ukraine 1  

Pairs Event
 
 
We now know the 16 nations that will participate in the Pairs Competition that kicks-off in the second-half of the contest.
It involves the 12 nations who were eliminated in the team event in sessions 1 and 2 and they are joined by the 4 lowest ranked nations individually at the halfway point.
 
Pairs are balanced by pairing the best ranked team with the lowest ranked team and so on. Links to the rules for the pairs event can be found in the opening post in this thread.
 
 
So here are your 8 pairs


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PORTUGAL  
Greetings from Portugal!
 
These are the results of the votes of the Portuguese national jury!
 
 
    Mexico 10     Albania 9     Argentina 8     Kazakhstan 7     Romania 6     Poland 5     Italy 4     Sweden 3     Israel 2     Tunisia 1  

Thanks  @amen09

Same story between France and Tunisia 

INDIA  
Greetings from India!
 
These are the results of the votes of the Indian national jury!
 
 
    Romania 10     Bulgaria 9     Slovakia 8     Serbia 7     Guatemala 6     Albania 5     Israel 4     Tunisia 3     China 2     Great Britain 1  

And as always, here were my personal points:
 
12 points : Denmark (I'm disappointed Denmark isn't doing better (for now), I've been listening to this song everyday for weeks)
11 points : Guatemala
10 points : Portugal
9 points : Tunisia
8 points : Mexico
7 points : Ireland
6 points : GB
5 points : USA
4 points : Netherlands
3 points : Argentina
2 points : Poland
1 point : China
+ reserves : Lithuania, Indonesia, Greece

Great  

FRANCE And our 12 points go to... Tunisia!
 
    Tunisia 12     Portugal 11     United States 10     Denmark 9     Israel 8     Guatemala 7     Spain 6     Serbia 5     Mexico 4     Poland 3     Ireland 2     Ukraine 1

to   12 points
 
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KAZAKHSTAN  
Greetings from Kazakhstan!
 
These are the results of the votes of the Kazakh national jury!
 
 
    Great Britain 10     Romania 9     Sweden 8     Argentina 7     Netherlands 6     Ireland 5     Tunisia 4     Turkey 3     Denmark 2     Slovakia 1  

Trying to count the combined votes of our team
 

 

INDONESIA  
 
    France 12     Romania 11     Malta 10     Serbia 9     Tunisia 8     Great Britain 7     Ireland 6     Israel 5     Lithuania 4     Greece 3     Argentina 2     China 1
 
This concludes the votes from the Indonesian jury.
 
Thank you to our wonderful host @OlympicIRL and good luck to all participants.
 
Sampai jumpa! (See you again!)

Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2025  
  Opening Ceremony     
 
   
Good evening and welcome to the Opening Ceremony of the Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2025!
 
34 nations have made their way to the Emerald Isle to participate in the 24th edition of this great musical extravaganza!
 
 
Stay braced for a mystical-themed ceremony this evening where lines will be blurred between old and new, myth and modern as we make our way towards our host venue which will be revealed later.
 
 
All music included in this ceremony comes from Irish musicians and composers as we celebrate the return of TISC to this nation for the first time in over 10 years!
 
As we say here in Ireland: Céad Míle Fáilte.... One hundred-thousand welcomes
 
 
 
 
Opening Theme:
 
Battle of Cúl Dremne - Shaun Davey
 
 
 

 

 

 

Ok, I have added links to the rules for the team and pairs event in the first post in the thread.
Please note, the team and pairs events will only be updated after every 3 juries during the Grand Final.
 
I am planning to begin the Opening Ceremony at 19:30 GMT tomorrow but if it runs a bit later I will post on thread to let you know. Please don't expect wonders from the opening ceremony. When taking on the organisation I said we will have a slimmed down version of TISC this time as I have been juggling it with my work, Christmas, holidays and now exams too . I wish I could have prepared more but I prioritised what was important and essential.

But the main thing was I wanted to get TISC up and running once more after a hiatus of over a year and I'm sure you will agree that's the most important thing and hopefully we will have a fun day together like we usually do.
 
See you all soon, if you have any questions, let me know!

Hi @OlympicIRL  and all dear members in Totallympics. I lost my dear mother tonight. I don’t be able to post Sweden’s votes. @OlympicIRL already know this. We will see if I will be online on the final. How much I love TISC I have other things to focus on right now. Take care of you people. 

The first-half of voting nations have received their voting templates already. I will continue to work on the remaining templates for the second-half voting nations over the coming days