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13-year-old from Japan into the final after winning Group C !

I don't know about anyone else but the site has been really bad for me this evening, very slow to load pages and very often timing out. Hopefully @Sindo can work his magic soon to fix this mess

IRELAND After much deliberation, the Irish National Selection Committee is delighted to announce Dublin-born singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy as this year's TISC Annual 2021 representative for Ireland. Having been considered for previous TISC Annuals, Dermot finally gets his chance this year to compete at TISC with his single entitled "Giants". Commenting on his single, Dermot had the following words to say: "Change hurts and growing hurts. "Giants" is a song about just that, steeped in bittersweet nostalgia. It's about acknowledging our loss of youth and how time inevitably changes things. Yet in the same breath the song is an encouragement to be brave – individually, and collectively. Walking into an unknown future together can be beautiful just as much as it is scary. I want people to listen to this song and hold on to that thought. Let go of the past and grab the change that is in front of us, and make it for the better. Even if it hurts" I hope you enjoy Dermot Kennedy - Giants Lyrics: We used to be giants When did we stop? Just say the word, and I'll be yours You know I never forgot The hope and the hurt Has lived inside of me But there's gold in the dirt I never took the time to see But I knew of it's worth When you walked beside of me And my hand fit in yours Like a bird would find the breeze We used to be giants When did we stop? Say the word, and I'll be yours You know I never forgot We were the song in the silence But time catches up Just say the word, and I'll be yours You know I never forgot I knew from the start You'd be the one to set me free That day in the park When the hurt would hide from me Those eyes used to know me, it's been way too long You are the moon and the stars, and all they gaze upon Time won't ever move slowly, what you waitin' on? Yeah, what you waitin' on? We used to be giants When did we stop? Say the word, and I'll be yours You know I never forgot We were the song in the silence But time catches up Just say the word, and I'll be yours You know I never forgot Darlin', just say you will Will you remember those times? That I have held until tonight If you say you will, I'll leave it all behind Don't you remember those times? We used to be giants So when did we stop? Just say the word, and I'll be yours You know I never forgot We were the song in the silence But time catches up Just say the word, and I'll be yours You know I never forgot We used to be giants Giants Oh, I still love you though I still love you though

My favourites by far so far are and . I like and from the one time I heard I liked it as well. I still haven’t heard some of newly selected entries though like and

Uganda be kidding me!

Mexico and Greece becoming multi juries after 16 editions... this is amazing

Is there any potential new nation this year? I don’t remember any new forum members from somewhere new but I could be wrong.

I think there’s a big chance Norway is going to be my favourite this year. I am growing to love the song and can even look past the Tix’s outfit now I think he could do something really good with the staging on this one too. I think it will surprise many because it is a grower

Séamus is packing his bags and listening to “The Rocky Road To Poland”.... it can only mean one thing! Ireland is in

Yes, her song is called "Maps" apparently, that's all I know

Not a fan of the German song at all

Team Ireland Men Leon Reid (60m) Israel Olatunde (60m) Dean Adams (60m) Mark English (800m) Cian McPhillips (800m) John Fitzsimons (800m) Andrew Coscoran (1500m) Paul Robinson (1500m) Luke McCann (1500m) John Travers (3000m) Seán Tobin (3000m) Darragh McElhinney (3000m) Women Ciara Neville (60m) Joan Healy (60m) Molly Scott (60m) Phil Healy (400m) Sophie Becker (400m) Sharlene Mawdsley (400m) Nadia Power (800m) Síofra Cléirigh Buttner (800m) Georgie Hartigan (800m) Ciara Mageean (1500m) Michelle Finn (3000m) Sarah Lavin (60m Hurdles) A team of 24 athletes for Ireland (12 men and 12 women) and not a field event athlete in sight. One day we might have someone who can jump or throw something far.

I don't mind the song, it's much better in Norwegian by the way. But the staging is too much, it makes it seem really cheesy. I was never a fan of Monument anyway. I think KEiiNO would have been the "right" choice for Norway in that they have a fandom across Europe that will vote for them and would have brought them a decent result. I just don't rate the song though.

I did a quick re-listen of your last podcast to see what I could pick up on as “notheen” came to mind straight away . I just know you have a very clear accent and you pronounce most sounds really clearly. You pronounce the “s” sound very clearly at the beginning and at the end of words. Almost like a double “ss” if that makes sense. On the other hand you don’t stress vowel sounds too much. And one word I noticed a difference in how I pronounce the word was “digress”. You said it like dig as in to dig a hole, whereas I pronounce it as die But I “die-gress”. And that is my totally amateur take on your accent. You could have more fun analysing mine and trying to understand it

TISC XV - TISC Open 2020 (Netherlands) Totallympics (Open) International Song Contest 2020 Venue: Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, Netherlands  PARTICIPATING NATIONS 35  *Click on the Flag to listen to that Nation's TISC Open 2020 entry Argentina Brazil Bulgaria Canada China Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Egypt France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Lithuania Malta Mexico Moldova Netherlands New Zealand Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Tunisia United States Grand Final: Saturday November 14th, 2020 Final Scoreboard TOISC - NETHERLANDS 2020 China 18 67 Serbia 1 237 Portugal 19 67 Canada 2 165 Indonesia 20 62 Malta 3 143 United States 21 62 Ireland 4 143 Italy 22 57 France 5 124 Denmark 23 56 India 6 124 Poland 24 48 Germany 7 118 Spain 25 44 Lithuania 8 109 Croatia 26 44 Kazakhstan 9 99 Slovenia 27 41 New Zealand 10 91 Egypt 28 40 Netherlands 11 85 Tunisia 29 39 Romania 12 85 Israel 30 39 Argentina 13 85 Slovakia 31 36 Brazil 14 82 Greece 32 35 Moldova 15 79 Mexico 33 35 Czech Republic 16 77 Hungary 34 23 Great Britain 17 75 Bulgaria 35 14 TISC Open 2020 Winner Irish Stew Of Sindidun - Lady Of New Tomorrow

I want Croatia to enter something like this again, such a catchy song

In terms of most watched sporting events in 2020 here is our top 10.... 1 Gaelic Football All-Ireland Final: Dublin v Mayo 876.6k 2 Rugby Six Nations: France v Ireland 850.3k 3 Hurling All-Ireland Final: Limerick v Waterford 712.9k 4 Rugby Six Nations: Ireland v Scotland 635.8k 5 Rugby Six Nations: England v Ireland 634.4k 6 Rugby Six Nations: Ireland v Wales 605.2k 7 Football Euro 2020 Play-Off: Slovakia v Ireland 570.4k 8 Rugby Six Nations: Ireland v Italy 540.6k 9 Hurling All-Ireland Semi-Final: Limerick v Galway 534.0k 10 Gaelic Football All-Ireland Semi-Final: Mayo v Tipperary 533.2k

Sarah Sjostrom has broken her elbow https://swimswam.com/multi-olympic-medal-contender-sarah-sjostrom-breaks-elbow/

Isn't there usually some kind of contest after Eurovision featuring the artists that came second in the national finals? Maybe organised by OGAE groups or something?

Commiserations to our guy Gebrasy but what a wonderful performance from start to finish. He has many new fans now too from all over the world and hopefully this will inspire him to keep pursuing the dream

Gorgeous music

Loving this interval act

-16ºC in Vilnius now

So emotional afterwards.... you don't need to understand Lithuanian to know how much that meant to him

Outstanding performance Gebrasy! Wow!!!!!