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I also added St. Helena

Yeah Norfolk Islands are a member of World Athletics. We can also add Falkland Islands too then

You can decide the song later, just make sure you book your nation early so someone doesn’t steal it

I have also added French Guiana, Greenland and Niue Island.

Since it is a TISC Special with the aim of representing the world then yes we can allow those. And for other TISC events we will continue with the current rules for those events. So maybe I will update the list to include all member nations of World Athletics? It seems like one of the most extensive lists and we have to draw the line somewhere. If there is still another nation or territory outside of that which you want to use, we can discuss that of course.

And again just to be clear, registrations begin today at 18:00 Irish time (GMT +1) and users must post them by private message.

Hi everyone, just a few notes to get us started. This contest will be held officially in Japan as a way to mark the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and will take place over the course of the old Olympic schedule. As such, I have scheduled a special Japan Day on the date the Opening Ceremony should have taken place (Friday, August 24th). On this day I want you all to post tributes to Japan - anything cultural, music-related, gaming related, whatever you want. It won't be possible to host a TISC ceremony on that date as it requires too much preparation for me to handle and I also have work on that day so please I would like your active participation with that idea. Please post whatever you can manage, be it formally or informally, it doesn't matter. The point is, we should celebrate Japan on that day. Secondly, I will be adding to the schedule with different events throughout the course of the contest. Please give me some ideas for what you would like to have to help fill up the time. Again, this special contest is both a tribute to Japan and to TISC so any idea along those lines are most welcome. I will not be available throughout the entire duration of the contest and therefore I encourage everyone to take control of this Special Event. If you have ideas or suggestions or anything you want to include as part of the calendar then feel free to go ahead and organise them. I will need everyone's help in this as I won't be able to take ownership of the entire thing. Additionally on one of the days I want to organise a special TISC event that looks back to the very first contest in 2013. So I have prepared a full replay including a re-creation of the votes cast by each jury and the scoreboards for that contest so that we can re-live that contest and also so new users can experience it for the first time. I am not sure exactly when on the schedule that will take place yet but it will probably be a weekend. And of course it will not take an entire day like usual TISC contests, as it is a replay, it will be able to be condensed into a much shorter format. Any questions, just post on thread and again, this Special event is for everyone to own, so please I encourage you all to actively participate in both organisation and taking part in the Special TISC event itself. Thank you, OlympicIRL

Totallympics International Song Contest - Special Event Registration and Song Selection: Participants must confirm their participation via Private Message only. This Private Message should be sent to the organiser @OlympicIRL during the registration period. This is to ensure that each user's choice of entry and nation is kept secret. Only one entry per nation is allowed and representation will be offered on a first come, first serve basis. Therefore it is important to book your nation of choice as early as possible. It is also recommended that you send a couple of back-up choice of nations in case your preferred nation has already been chosen. Participants will be informed as early as possible if their nation of choice has already been booked. To register, you must send your nation of choice and the song choice by private message to OlympicIRL during the official registration period. Please DO NOT post your registration or entry on thread as we want to keep the song choice of each participant secret. In the Private Message to confirm registration, participants may also include their choice of nation and song selection at that time. However, choice of nation and song selection can be made at any point during the registration period. However, it must be sent by Private Message only and within the registration period. Participants may only represent nations who have NEVER taken part in a TISC event. For a full list of eligible nations, please see here and the full list is also located at the end of this post. All songs must be ORIGINAL to the nation for which they are competing. In other words, if a song is a copy or cover of an original song by an artist from another nation, then it is ONLY permitted to participate for the nation of the artist who produced the original version. If the artist of the cover version is from the same nation as the original artist then the cover will be eligible to use as the entry if so wished. Songs that competed at Eurovision shall be excluded from competing in this TISC Special. However, songs which competed in a national final but were not put forward to represent their nation at Eurovision may be selected to compete at this contest. There will be no multi-juries. Members from the same nation are free to choose any nation they wish so long as that nation has not taken part in TISC previously and so long as that nation has not already been chosen by another participating user. Artists chosen to represent a nation must have been born in or be of the same nationality as the nation for which they are participating OR they must have more or equal association with that nation. In the case of bands, at least 50% of the band must be born in or be of the same nationality as the nation for which they are participating OR they should have more or equal association with that nation. Competition Format: The competition will follow a round-robin group stage format followed by a knock-out phase to determine the champions. The specific format will be finalised when the final number of participants is known. Each match will consists of 1 vs 1 contests between songs with a select number of judges (members) voting on each match. Each judge's votes will not be revealed until the end of the contest so that the maximum level of secrecy can be kept intact. As all matches will be 1 vs 1 contests, to cast their vote, judges will simply vote for which of the two songs they prefer. Judges will not be involved in the matches of their own songs or in group matches involving the songs in the same group as that judge's entry. Where possible, each judge will vote on an equal amount of matches. All jurors will be asked to vote in the medal matches. The jurors voting in each match will be decided in advance of the contest by random draw and will be kept secret. Jurors will be informed in advance by private message from the organiser as to which matches they will be voting on and the times allocated to their voting schedule. The results of the matches will be revealed at a set time each day. The full schedule will be finalised when the final number of participants is known. Judges can continue and indeed are encouraged to continue to participate in the voting process even after their own entry has been eliminated. Tie-Break Criteria: Ties will be allowed in group matches without any need to break the tie. Songs involved in the tie will be awarded an equal number of points. At the end of the group stage, teams tied for position within the group will be separated firstly by "vote difference", then by head-to-head between the teams tied for position, then by votes received against the highest ranked nation in the group, then by votes received against the second highest ranked nation in the group (continuing down the rankings in that fashion). If the nations are still tied, an independent judge (who is not participating in the contest) will be asked to break the tie. During knock-out matches and medal matches, ties will not be allowed to stand. As such all ties must be broken to determine the winner. To do so a panel of neutral judges before the start of the contest will be compiled and they will be called upon to break the tie by voting for their favourite song. This panel will be made created after the official registration period ends and the identity of these neutral judges will be made known on the thread before the tournament commences. List of Eligible Nations and Territories: Afghanistan Albania American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua & Barbuda Armenia Aruba Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chinese Tapiei Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Cuba Cyprus Democratic Republic of Congo Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Gibraltar Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Iceland Iraq Jamaica Japan Jordan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Luxembourg Macao Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Marshall Islands Martinque Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Island Norfolk Island North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Puerto Rico Qatar Réunion Rwanda St. Helena St. Kitts & Nevis St. Lucia St. Pierre & Miquelon St. Vincent & the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Tokelau Trinidad & Tobago Turkmenistan Turks & Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates US Virgin Islands Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

TISC Special 2020 Full Schedule of Matches Please see the complete schedule of matches for the upcoming Totallympics International Song Contest - Special Event. Please be advised that although set times have been allocated for each match, these match times are subject to change at short notice. Let's just say that it's impossible for me to schedule my time down to the hour over 2 weeks so don't be shocked if things change or if sometimes I cannot be present to deliver the results of a match at the specified time. I will do my best to update on the thread if there will be any delays or changes but I can't promise anything concrete. Day -2 Wednesday 22nd July Group A Match 01 19:00: Japan v Jamaica Match 02 19:30: Guinea v Gibraltar Group B Match 03 20:00: Sri Lanka v Somalia Match 04 20:30: Kosovo v Puerto Rico Group C Match 05 21:00: Zambia v Guatemala Match 06 21:30: South Korea v Burundi Day -1 Thursday 23rd July Group D Match 07 19:00: Monaco v Costa Rica Match 08 19:30: South Africa v Iraq Group E Match 09 20:00: Cape Verde v Iceland Match 10 20:30: Mali v Cuba Group F Match 11 21:00: Barbados v Belize Match 12 21:30: North Macedonia v Angola Day 0 Friday 24th July Japan Day Day 1 Saturday 25th July Group A Match 13 13:00: Gibraltar v Belarus Match 14 13:20: Guinea v Japan Group B Match 15 13:40: Sri Lanka v Kosovo Match 16 14:00: Somalia v Kiribati Group C Match 17 18:00: Zambia v South Korea Match 18 18:20: Guatemala v Albania Group D Match 19 18:40: Monaco v South Africa Match 20 19:00: Costa Rica v Côte d'Ivoire Group E Match 21 21:00: Cape Verde v Mali Match 22 21:20: Iceland v Chinese Taipei Group F Match 23 21:40: Barbados v North Macedonia Match 24 22:00: Belize v Hong Kong Day 2 Sunday 26th July Group A Match 25 12:00: Jamaica v Guinea Match 26 13:00: Belarus v Japan Group B Match 27 17:00: Puerto Rico v Sri Lanka Match 28 17:30: Kiribati v Kosovo Group C Match 29 20:00: Burundi v Zambia Match 30 20:30: Albania v South Korea Day 3 Monday 27th July Group D Match 31 13:00: Iraq v Monaco Match 32 13:30: Côte d'Ivoire v South Africa Group E Match 33 17:00: Cuba v Cape Verde Match 34 17:30: Chinese Tapiei v Mali Group F Match 35 20:00: Angola v Barbados Match 36 20:30: Hong Kong v North Macedonia Day 4 Tuesday 28th July Group A Match 37 13:00: Belarus v Guinea Match 38 13:30: Gibraltar v Jamaica Group B Match 39 17:00: Kiribati v Sri Lanka Match 40 17:30: Somalia v Puerto Rico Group C Match 41 20:00: Albania v Zambia Match 42 20:30: Guatemala v Burundi Day 5 Wednesday 29th July Group D Match 43 13:00: Côte d'Ivoire v Monaco Match 44 13:30: Costa Rica v Iraq Group E Match 45 17:00: Chinese Tapiei v Cape Verde Match 46 17:30: Iceland v Cuba Group F Match 47 20:00: Hong Kong v Barbados Match 48 20:30: Belize v Angola Day 6 Thursday 29th July Group A Match 49 14:00: Jamaica v Belarus Match 50 14:00: Japan v Gibraltar Group B Match 51 15:00: Kosovo v Somalia Match 52 15:00: Puerto Rico v Kiribati Group C Match 53 18:00: South Korea v Guatemala Match 54 18:00: Burundi v Albania Group D Match 55 19:00: South Africa v Costa Rica Match 56 19:00: Iraq v Côte d'Ivoire Group E Match 57 20:00: Mali v Iceland Match 58 20:00: Cuba v Chinese Taipei Group F Match 59 21:00: North Macedonia v Belize Match 60 21:00: Angola v Hong Kong Day 7 Tuesday 11th August Repechages Match 61 13:30: Costa Rica v Belarus Match 62 14:00: Guatemala v Mali Challenge Trophy Match 63 16:00: Jamaica (A4) v (F5) Belize Match 64 16:30: Kiribati (B4) v (E5) Chinese Taipei Match 65 17:00: South Korea (C4) v (D5) Monaco Match 66 18:30: Iraq (D4) v (C5) Zambia Match 67 19:00: Iceland (E4) v (B5) Kosovo Match 68 19:30: Hong Kong (F4) v (A5) Japan Day 8 Wednesday 12th August Round of 16 Match 69 13:00: Guinea (A2) v (C2) Burundi Match 70 13:30: South Africa (D1) v (F3) North Macedonia Match 71 15:00: Somalia (B1) v (D3) Costa Rica Match 72 15:30: Barbados (F1) v (E2) Cuba Match 73 17:00: Albania (C1) v (B3) Puerto Rico Match 74 17:30: Cape Verde (E1) v (D2) Côte d'Ivoire Match 75 19:00: Gibraltar (A1) v (C3) Guatemala Match 76 19:30: Sri Lanka (B2) v (F2) Angola Day 9 Thursday 13th August Challenge Trophy Match 77 13:00: Jamaica v Kiribati Match 78 13:30: Monaco v Belarus Match 79 15:00: Zambia v Mali Match 80 15:30: Kosovo v Hong Kong Quarter-Finals Match 81 17:30: Burundi v North Macedonia Match 82 18:00: Costa Rica v Barbados Match 83 19:30: Albania v Côte d'Ivoire Match 84 20:00: Gibraltar v Sri Lanka Day 10 Friday 14th August Challenge Trophy Match 85 15:00: Jamaica v Belarus Match 86 16:00: Zambia v Kosovo Semi-Finals Match 87 19:00: North Macedonia v Costa Rica Match 88 20:00: Côte d'Ivoire v Gibraltar Day 11 Sunday 15th August Challenge Trophy Final Match 89 14:00: Belarus v Kosovo Bronze Medal Match Match 90 18:00: North Macedonia v Côte d'Ivoire Gold Medal Match Match 91 20:00: Costa Rica v Gibraltar

Schedule & Results Group A Japan Guinea Gibraltar Jamaica Belarus Wednesday, July 22nd 2020, 19:00 (GMT +1) Japan 1 vs 7 Jamaica Wednesday, July 22nd 2020, 19:30 (GMT +1) Guinea 3 vs 5 Gibraltar Saturday, July 25th 2020, 13:00 (GMT +1) Gibraltar 5 vs 3 Belarus Saturday, July 25th 2020, 13:20 (GMT +1) Guinea 7 vs 1 Japan Sunday, July 26th 2020, 12:00 (GMT +1) Jamaica 2 vs 6 Guinea Sunday, July 26th 2020, 13:00 (GMT +1) Belarus 7 vs 1 Japan Tuesday, July 28th 2020, 13:00 (GMT +1) Belarus 4 vs 4 Guinea Tuesday, July 28th 2020, 13:30 (GMT +1) Gibraltar 6 vs 2 Jamaica Thursday, July 30th 2020, 14:00 (GMT +1) Jamaica 4 vs 4 Belarus Thursday, July 30th 2020, 14:00 (GMT +1) Japan 2 vs 6 Gibraltar Nation P W D L VF VA VD Pts Gibraltar 4 4 0 0 22 10 +12 12 Guinea 4 2 1 1 20 12 +8 7 Belarus 4 1 2 1 18 14 +4 5 Jamaica 4 1 1 2 15 17 -2 4 Japan 4 0 0 4 5 27 -22 0 Qualified as A1 (Group A Winner): Gibraltar Qualified as A2 (Group A Runner-Up): Guinea Advanced to Repechage as A3 (Group A 3rd Place): Belarus Group B Kiribati Sri Lanka Somalia Kosovo Puerto Rico Wednesday, July 22nd 2020, 20:00 (GMT +1) Sri Lanka 3 vs 5 Somalia Wednesday, July 22nd 2020, 20:30 (GMT +1) Kosovo 2 vs 6 Puerto Rico Saturday, July 25th 2020, 13:40 (GMT +1) Sri Lanka 5 vs 3 Kosovo Saturday, July 25th 14:00, 17:30 (GMT +1) Somalia 7 vs 1 Kiribati Sunday, July 26th 2020, 17:00 (GMT +1) Puerto Rico 4 vs 4 Sri Lanka Sunday, July 26th 2020, 17:30 (GMT +1) Kiribati 5 vs 3 Kosovo Tuesday, July 28th 2020, 17:00 (GMT +1) Kiribati 2 vs 6 Sri Lanka Tuesday, July 28th 2020, 17:30 (GMT +1) Somalia 3 vs 5 Puerto Rico Thursday, July 30th 2020, 15:00 (GMT +1) Kosovo 2 vs 6 Somalia Thursday, July 30th 2020, 15:00 (GMT +1) Puerto Rico 1 vs 7 Kiribati Nation P W D L VF VA VD Pts Somalia 4 3 0 1 21 11 +10 9 Sri Lanka 4 2 1 1 18 14 +4 7 Puerto Rico 4 2 1 1 16 16 0 7 Kiribati 4 2 0 2 15 17 -2 6 Kosovo 4 0 0 4 10 22 -12 0 Qualified as B1 (Group B Winner): Somalia Qualified as B2 (Group B Runner-Up): Sri Lanka Qualified as B3 (Group B 3rd Place): Puerto Rico Group C Guatemala Burundi South Korea Zambia Albania Wednesday, July 22nd 2020, 21:00 (GMT +1) Zambia 3 vs 5 Guatemala Wednesday, July 22nd 2020, 21:30 (GMT +1) South Korea 0 vs 8 Burundi Saturday, July 25th 2020, 18:00 (GMT +1) Zambia 1 vs 7 South Korea Saturday, July 25th 2020, 18:20 (GMT +1) Guatemala 3 vs 5 Albania Sunday, July 26th 2020, 20:00 (GMT +1) Burundi 5 vs 3 Zambia Sunday, July 26th 2020, 20:30 (GMT +1) Albania 7 vs 1 South Korea Tuesday, July 28th 2020, 20:00 (GMT +1) Albania 4 vs 4 Zambia Tuesday, July 28th 2020, 20:30 (GMT +1) Guatemala 3 vs 5 Burundi Thursday, July 30th 2020, 18:00 (GMT +1) South Korea 3 vs 5 Guatemala Thursday, July 30th 2020, 18:00 (GMT +1) Burundi 1 vs 7 Albania Nation P W D L VF VA VD Pts Albania 4 3 1 0 23 9 +14 10 Burundi 4 3 0 1 19 13 +6 9 Guatemala 4 2 0 2 16 16 0 6 South Korea 4 1 0 3 11 21 -10 3 Zambia 4 0 1 3 11 21 -10 1 Qualified as C1 (Group C Winner): Albania Qualified as C2 (Group C Runner-Up): Burundi Advanced to Repechage as C3 (Group C 3rd Place): Guatemala Group D Monaco Costa Rica South Africa Iraq Côte d'Ivoire Thursday, July 23rd 2020, 19:00 (GMT +1) Monaco 1 vs 7 Costa Rica Thursday, July 23rd 2020, 19:30 (GMT +1) South Africa 5 vs 3 Iraq Saturday, July 25th 2020, 18:40 (GMT +1) Monaco 3 vs 5 South Africa Saturday, July 25th 2020, 19:00 (GMT +1) Costa Rica 3 vs 5 Côte d'Ivoire Monday, July 27th 2020, 13:00 (GMT +1) Iraq 4 vs 4 Monaco Monday, July 27th 2020, 13:30 (GMT +1) Côte d'Ivoire 3 vs 5 South Africa Wednesday, July 29th 2020, 13:00 (GMT +1) Côte d'Ivoire 5 vs 3 Monaco Wednesday, July 29th 2020, 13:30 (GMT +1) Costa Rica 5 vs 3 Iraq Thursday, July 31st 2020, 19:00 (GMT +1) South Africa 5 vs 3 Costa Rica Thursday, July 31st 2020, 19:00 (GMT +1) Iraq 2 vs 6 Côte d'Ivoire Nation P W D L VF VA VD Pts South Africa 4 4 0 0 20 12 +8 12 Côte d'Ivoire 4 3 0 1 19 13 +6 9 Costa Rica 4 2 0 2 18 14 +4 6 Iraq 4 0 1 3 12 20 -8 1 Monaco 4 0 1 3 11 21 -10 1 Qualified as D1 (Group D Winner): South Africa Qualified as D2 (Group D Runner-Up): Côte d'Ivoire Advanced to Repechage as D3 (Group D 3rd Place): Costa Rica Group E Mali Iceland Cuba Cape Verde Chinese Taipei Thursday, July 23rd 2020, 20:00 (GMT +1) Cape Verde 5 vs 3 Iceland Thursday, July 23rd 2020, 20:30 (GMT +1) Mali 3 vs 5 Cuba Saturday, July 25th 2020, 21:00 (GMT +1) Cape Verde 7 vs 1 Mali Saturday, July 25th 2020, 21:20 (GMT +1) Iceland 4 vs 4 Chinese Taipei Monday, July 27th 2020, 17:00 (GMT +1) Cuba 4 vs 4 Cape Verde Monday, July 27th 2020, 17:30 (GMT +1) Chinese Taipei 3 vs 5 Mali Wednesday, July 29th 2020, 17:00 (GMT +1) Chinese Taipei 1 vs 7 Cape Verde Wednesday, July 29th 2020, 17:30 (GMT +1) Iceland 4 vs 4 Cuba Thursday, July 31st 2020, 20:00 (GMT +1) Mali 5 vs 3 Iceland Thursday, July 31st 2020, 20:00 (GMT +1) Cuba 5 vs 3 Chinese Taipei Nation P W D L VF VA VD Pts Cape Verde 4 3 1 0 23 9 +14 10 Cuba 4 2 2 0 18 14 +4 8 Mali 4 2 0 2 14 18 -4 6 Iceland 4 0 2 2 14 18 -4 2 Chinese Taipei 4 0 1 3 11 21 -10 1 Qualified as E1 (Group E Winner): Cape Verde Qualified as E2 (Group E Runner-Up): Cuba Qualified / Advanced to Repechage as E3 (Group E 3rd Place): Mali Group F Hong Kong Angola North Macedonia Belize Barbados Thursday, July 23rd 2020, 21:00 (GMT +1) Barbados 6 vs 2 Belize Thursday, July 23rd 2020, 21:30 (GMT +1) North Macedonia 4 vs 4 Angola Saturday, July 25th 2020, 21:40 (GMT +1) Barbados 4 vs 4 North Macedonia Saturday, July 25th 2020, 22:00 (GMT +1) Belize 2 vs 6 Hong Kong Monday, July 27th 2020, 20:00 (GMT +1) Angola 2 vs 6 Barbados Monday, July 27th 2020, 20:30 (GMT +1) Hong Kong 4 vs 4 North Macedonia Wednesday, July 29th 2020, 17:30 (GMT +1) Hong Kong 2 vs 6 Barbados Wednesday, July 29th 2020, 17:30 (GMT +1) Belize 2 vs 6 Angola Thursday, July 31st 2020, 21:00 (GMT +1) North Macedonia 7 vs 1 Belize Thursday, July 31st 2020, 21:00 (GMT +1) Angola 6 vs 2 Hong Kong Nation P W D L VF VA VD Pts Barbados 4 3 1 0 22 10 +12 10 Angola 4 2 1 1 18 14 +4 7 North Macedonia 4 1 3 0 19 13 +6 6 Hong Kong 4 1 1 2 14 18 -4 4 Belize 4 0 0 4 7 25 -18 0 Qualified as F1 (Group F Winner): Barbados Qualified as F2 (Group F Runner-Up): Angola Qualified as F3 (Group F 3rd Place): North Macedonia

Totallympics International Song Contest - Special Event Totallympics Forum - 19 June 2020 - 16 August 2020 Official Schedule Irish Standard Time (GMT +1) Friday, June 19th 18:00 Registration and Entries Selection Window Open Friday, July 10th 23:55 Registration and Entries Selection Window Closed Saturday, July 11th 15:00 Tournament Draw is made Saturday, July 18th 14:00 Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2013 Replay Wednesday, July 22nd 19:00 Preliminary Round - Group A 20:00 Preliminary Round - Group B 21:00 Preliminary Round - Group C Thursday, July 23rd 19:00 Preliminary Round - Group D 20:00 Preliminary Round - Group E 21:00 Preliminary Round - Group F Friday, July 24th 19:30 Japan Day Saturday, July 25th 13:00 Preliminary Round - Group A 13:40 Preliminary Round - Group B 18:00 Preliminary Round - Group C 18:40 Preliminary Round - Group D 21:00 Preliminary Round - Group E 21:40 Preliminary Round - Group F Sunday, July 26th 12:00 Preliminary Round - Group A 17:00 Preliminary Round - Group B 20:00 Preliminary Round - Group C Monday, July 27th 13:00 Preliminary Round - Group D 17:00 Preliminary Round - Group E 20:00 Preliminary Round - Group F Tuesday, July 28th 13:00 Preliminary Round - Group A 17:00 Preliminary Round - Group B 20:00 Preliminary Round - Group C Wednesday, July 29th 13:00 Preliminary Round - Group D 17:00 Preliminary Round - Group E 20:00 Preliminary Round - Group F Thursday, July 30th 14:00 Preliminary Round - Group A 15:00 Preliminary Round - Group B 18:00 Preliminary Round - Group C 19:00 Preliminary Round - Group D 20:00 Preliminary Round - Group E 21:00 Preliminary Round - Group F From Tuesday, August 11th until end of competition, all times listed are Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Tuesday, August 11th 13:30 Repechage Round - Play-Offs 16:00 Challenge Trophy - Round 1 Wednesday, August 12th 13:00 Round of 16 15:00 Round of 16 17:00 Round of 16 19:00 Round of 16 Friday, August 14th 13:00 Challenge Trophy - Quarter-Finals 15:00 Challenge Trophy - Quarter-Finals 17:30 Quarter-Finals 19:30 Quarter-Finals Saturday, August 15th 15:00 Challenge Trophy - Semi-Finals 19:00 Semi-Finals Sunday, August 16th 14:00 Challenge Trophy - Final 18:00 Bronze Medal Match 20:00 Gold Medal Match Participating Nations and Songs Full YouTube Playlist Group Nation Artist - Song Group A Japan EGOIST - All Alone With You Group A Guinea Mory Kante - Yeke Yeke Group A Gibraltar Albert Hammond - The Free Electric Band Group A Jamaica Bob Marley - Is This Love? Group A Belarus NIZKIZ - Niebiaspiečna Group B Kiribati KMTA Singers - My Kiribati Lady Group B Sri Lanka M.I.A. - Paper Planes Group B Somalia K'naan - Wavin' Flag Group B Kosovo Dua Lipa - New Rules Group B Puerto Rico Calle 13 - La Vuelta Al Mundo Group C Guatemala Ricardo Arjona - El Amor Group C Burundi Khadja Nin - Kuji Fondeya Group C South Korea Shin Yu - 일소일소 일노일노 (Laugh Once Gain Youth, Angry Once Gain Age) Group C Zambia Peace - Black Power Group C Albania Ermal Meta - Ragazza Paradiso Group D Monaco Stephanie - Born Blue Group D Costa Rica Patterns - Spirit Group D South Africa Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata Group D Iraq Saif Nabeel - Dayekh Bek Group D Côte d'Ivoire Magic System - Tu Es Fou Group E Mali Tinariwen - Tiwàyyen Group E Iceland Hatari - Klámstrákur Group E Cuba Descemer Bueno feat. Issac Delgado - La Vida Es Buena Group E Cape Verde Cesaria Evora - Sodade Group E Chinese Taipei EggPlantEgg - Back Here Again Group F Hong Kong Joey Yung - Pretty Crazy Group F Angola Anselmo Ralph - Não Me Toca Group F North Macedonia Toše Proeski - The Hardest Thing Group F Belize Andy Palacio - Ámuñegü Group F Barbados Rihanna - Diamonds Complete Tournament Schedule Daily Results and Events: Today (Sat 15 August) Fixtures / Results Challenge Semi-Finals Saturday, August 12th 2020, 19:30 (GMT +2) Jamaica 5 vs 8 Belarus Saturday, August 12th 2020, 20:00 (GMT +2) Zambia 5 vs 8 Kosovo Semi-Finals Saturday, August 15th 2020, 21:00 (GMT +2) North Macedonia 4 vs 9 Costa Rica Saturday, August 15th 2020, 21:30 (GMT +2) Côte d'Ivoire 6 vs 7 Gibraltar Wed 22 Jul (Day -2) Thu 23 Jul (Day -1) Fri 24 Jul (Day 0) Sat 25 Jul (Day 1) Sun 26 Jul (Day 2) Mon 27 Jul (Day 3) Tue 28 Jul (Day 4) Wed 29 Jul (Day 5) Thu 30 Jul (Day 6) Tue 11 Aug (Day 7) Wed 12 Aug (Day 8) Fri 14 Aug (Day 9) Sat 15 Aug (Day 10) Sun 16 Aug (Day 11) Current Standings Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Repechages Challenge Trophy - Round 1 Challenge Trophy - Quarter-Finals Challenge Trophy - Semi-Finals Challenge Trophy - Final Round of 16 Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Medal Matches

Ok, registration will begin 18:00 my time (GMT +1) which is 19:00 Central European Time

I'll say 18:00 GMT. Hopefully I will have the thread posted by then. Been too busy this week to get anything prepared but even just having a basic thread up and running by tomorrow evening should be enough to get things kick-started.

I'll consider it and if I do then probably better if I abstain from voting.

Sure, here is a list of eligible nations (apologies if I missed any): Afghanistan Albania American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua & Barbuda Armenia Aruba Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chinese Tapiei Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Cuba Cyprus Democratic Republic of Congo Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Gibraltar Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Iceland Iraq Jamaica Japan Jordan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Luxembourg Macao Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Marshall Islands Martinque Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Island Norfolk Island North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Puerto Rico Qatar Réunion Rwanda St. Helena St. Kitts & Nevis St. Lucia St. Pierre & Miquelon St. Vincent & the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Tokelau Trinidad & Tobago Turkmenistan Turks & Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates US Virgin Islands Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

And participants will probably be asked to choose 3 nations in order they prefer in case one is already chosen. It’s a problem though about secrecy if you are one of first to register and the country you want is already gone. You will have some idea who might have chosen that nation if there is only couple of participants already registered. I don’t think it’s a big deal though.

I will open the thread this Friday 19th June and registration will take place immediately. That means participants will need to send me a private message during the registration period to tell me which nation they are representing.

This evening, the Eurovision Channel are showing the replay of the 1988 contest in Dublin. The contest is famous as the one where Celine Dion participated. It begins in 5 mins time, link is here:

I love it

On the day of the Closing Ceremony on the old Olympic schedule (i.e. Sunday 9th August)

You don't need to produce a video.... but maybe you could find something(s) on Youtube? . Like just one video even But since you just woke up from your TISC hibernation, maybe I should let you rest.... as long as you got TISC Open 2020 covered

Is it too much to ask if @heywoodu could produce a TISC Open Netherlands 2020 teaser on the day of the closing ceremony?

Sure that's a good idea too. We can either add it in during the day of the Opening Ceremony or else during the days scheduled as voting days.

Match judges and who they voted for will be kept secret.... AIBA would love this

I was so happy when I booked time off work for the 2 week duration of the Olympics. Little did I know the Olympics would be cancelled and I would be organising this