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@mrv86 the choice is yours. If you want to delay for another period then of course we can do that. Would it help however, if we updated the scoreboard for you? We could all help with that. It would just take an extra couple of minutes between votes but that should be ok. But only if you are happy with that.

Well it’s weird but then again that’s language and cultures for you. In the Irish language there are no words for “yes” or “no” so you have to answer in a roundabout way. Also to greet someone you say “Dia duit” which means “God to you”. The reply to this is “Dia is Muire dhuit” which means “God and Mary to you”. A sort of religious poker where we basically up the stake

Line of Duty is the best show on TV anyway

I won’t be at home tomorrow evening so unfortunately I won’t be able to post my votes.

No?

That awkward moment when heywoodu’s Brazilian girlfriend marches straight into his home with her shoes on

In Greenland they probably wear as much clothing as they can at all times

And of course there is a wiki article about this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradition_of_removing_shoes_in_home

And yes, if going into another’s home and they ask to take shoes off, by all means. Most people don’t ask that here though because most don’t have that rule for themselves. Some do though.

I just said I take my shoes off in general if I can as I hate wearing shoes. But no, I’m not throwing my shoes off at the door as soon as I come in the door. It’s not a priority

Because I couldn’t care less about my floor getting wear and tear.

In reality though I hate shoes and I take them off whenever possible

I am normal and I wear shoes in home and generally we all do that here. But also if a person wants someone to take of your shoes to enter their home then of course you should.

Every Friday is a good Friday

By the way @dcro how did you get access to Séamus’ drinks checklist for Saturday’s TISC?

I count 13 of those that I’ve “enjoyed” Absinthe was particularly interesting, let’s just say

Road to TISC Annual - Mexico 2019 We conclude our "Road to TISC Annual 2019" series now by remembering a duo of TISC artists from Mexico, our host nation, who have both made 2 appearances at the contest. First though we are travelling to the Mediterranean island of Malta where we will find Red Electrick, the pop-rock band who first appeared at TISC Annual 2014. 62 points and 20th place was to be the final result for their song "The Runaway". Red Electrick came back one year later at TISC Annual 2015 in Denmark. This time they claimed 85 points with their entry "Young Again", enough for a respectable 14th place finish. Malta - Red Electrick Red Electrick competed at TISC Annual 2014 and 2015 TISC Annual 2014 - Red Electrick - The Runaway TISC Annual 2015 - Red Electrick ft. MPO - Young Again Mexico - Natalia Lafourcade Natalia won the Mexican ticket for TISC Annual 2016 and 2017 Up next is the first of 2 Mexican artists who represented the hosts of TISC Annual 2019 on 2 occsions. Natalia Lafourcade won the Mexican selection ticket for TISC Annual 2016 in Slovakia. "Hasta La Raíz" finished the contest in 24th position. Undeterred, Natalia won the selection once again for TISC Annual, this time making the trip to Great Britain in 2017. Natalia climbed to 15th place on this occasion with Tú Sí Sabes Quarerme taking 80 points from the juries. TISC Annual 2016 - Natalia Lafourcade - Hasta La Raíz TISC Annual 2017 - Natalia Lafourcade ft. Los Macorinos - Tú Sí Sabes Quarerme Mexico - Santana Santana won silver at TISC Open 2016 in Lithuania What better way to end our "Road to TISC Annual 2019" series by remembering our hosts' most successful TISC artist. That of course is Santana and he too is a 2-time TISC artist. Santana debuted at the inaugural TISC back in 2013 where his enty "Corazon Espiando", featuring Mana bagged an impressive 128 points, enough for 7th position. However, even better was to come when Santana returned to the contest 3 years later at TISC Annual 2016. This time, his entry, "Smooth", featuring Rob Thomas, racked up a massive 176 points, taking home the silver medal for Mexico. This remains the host nation's most successful result to date and established Santana as one of the true greats when it comes to TISC. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Santana. Best of luck to Mexico in all the preparations for the Grand Final on Saturday and see you all at the Opening Ceremony tomorrow TISC Open 2013 - Santana feat. Mana - Corazon Espinado TISC Open 2016 - Santana feat. Rob Thomas - Smooth

Road to TISC Annual - Mexico 2019 Tonight we wrap up our "Road to TISC Annual 2019" series with a look at another batch of artists who made multiple appearances at TISC. In Part 1 we feature Gjan, Ninety One and Aamir Khan In Part 2 we feature Red Electrick and conclude our series with a duo of artists from host country Mexico who both appeared twice at TISC Natalia Lafourcade and Santana Part 1 kicks off with Lithuanian female singer Greta Jančytė, better known as GJan who debuted at TISC Annual 2014 with "Need Your Love". GJan finished in 16th place in that occasion, but it was her return 3 years later at TISC Annual 2017 where she made a greater impact. Her entry "Wild" went over the 100-point threshold, finishing with a total of 115 points, enough for 7th place in the final standings. Lithuania - GJan GJan finished 7th at TISC Annual 2017 with "Wild" TISC Annual 2014 - GJan - Need Your Love TISC Annual 2017 - GJan - Wild Kazakhstan - Ninety One Ninety One represented Kazakhstan at TISC Annual in 2017 and 2018 Next up we have a rare find when it comes to TISC.... a boyband, and one that has competed at TISC on 2 occasions! Kazakh Q-pop boyband Ninety One represented their nation at 2 consecutive TISC Annuals in 2017 and 2018. On both occasions they finished in 33rd position. It seems like Q-pop has a way to go before it sinks into the consciousness of TISC voters, but we applaud their proud achievement of being a 2-time TISC contestant. TISC Annual 2017 - Ninety One - Kalay Karaisyn? TISC Annual 2018 - Ninety One - Ah!Yah!Mah! India - Aamir Khan Aamir Khan participated at both TISC Annual and TISC Open Aamir Khan is not only a talented Bollywood actor, director singer and songwriter, but he is also a two-time TISC contestant! Aamir first appeared at TISC Open back in 2015 where appeared alongside 3-time TISC artist, A.R. Rahman and returned at TISC Annual in 2017, the more successful of his two appearances to date. TISC Open 2015 - Lagaan, Aamir Khan & A.R. Rahman - Chale Chalo TISC Annual 2017 - Aamir Khan - Dhaakad

Road to TISC Annual - Mexico 2019 We kick off Part 2 of this edition of the "Road to TISC Annual 2019" with a 2-time TISC artist from Morocco, Hindi Zahra, The Moroccan singer appeared at the inaugural TISC edition back at TISC Open 2013, finishing in 17th position with "Beautiful Tango". Hindi returned to the contest at TISC Open 2015 and she again finished in 17th place, this time with her energetic song "Stand Up". Morocco - Hindi Zahra Hindi Zahra competed at TISC Open in 2013 and 2015 TISC Open 2013 - Hindi Zahra - Beautiful Tango TISC Open 2015 - Hindi Zahra - Stand Up Tunisia - Emel Mathlouthi Emel competed at 2 consecutive TISC Open contests (2015, 2016) Another artist who made multiple appearances at TISC is Tunisia's Emel Mathlouthi. Emel competed for her nation at consecutive TISC Open contests in 2015 and 2016, finishing in 15th and 16th place respectively. These results still stand as Tunisia's best at the TISC Open edition of the contest. TISC Open 2015 - Emel Mathlouthi - Ma Lkit TISC Open 2016 - Emel Mathlouthi - Kelmti Horra Ireland - Gary Moore Gary returned to the contest 5 years after his debut When Ireland competed at the inaugural TISC edition in 2013, the duo of Gary Moore and Phil Lynott were the act chosen to carry Irish hopes. Their song "Out In The Fields" finished in a creditable 9th position with a haul of 111 points. However, 5 years later at TISC Open 2018, Gary made a return to the contest, this time in a solo effort. With his rock anthem "Over The Hills And Far Away", Gary secured a memorable return to the contest as he took home the bronze medal, scoring 127 points from the international juries. TISC Open 2013 - Gary Moore & Phil Lynott - Out In The Fields TISC Open 2018 - Gary Moore - Over The Hills And Far Away

Road to TISC Annual - Mexico 2019 It's African evening in today's edition of the "Road to TISC Annual 2019" with 4 of today's featured artists representing the African continent and another of African heritage. We also feature a TISC champion and a TISC medalist who both had a second bite of the cherry, but with different outcomes. In Part 1 we feature 2 Egyptian artists Amr Diab and Dalida and a TISC champion from Germany who is also of Egyptian origin. In Part 2 we feature Hindi Zahra, Emel Mathlouthi and a TISC bronze-medallist from Ireland Gary Moore. We begin our journey this evening in Egypt and remember Amr Diab, the Egyptian artist who represented his nation at the first 2 editions of the contest (TISC Open 2013 and TISC Annual 2014). Amr's first appearance at the inaugural TISC remains Egypt's finest result to date, with his entry El Leila finishing in 18th place. Egypt - Amr Diab Amr Diab represented Egypt in the first 2 editions of TISC TISC Open 2013 - Amr Diab - El Leila TISC Annual 2014 - Amr Diab - Neoul Aih Egypt - Dalida Dalida and Egypt returned to the contest at TISC Open 2018 Amr Diab is not the only artist however to have represented Egypt on 2 occasions. When Dalida competed at TISC Open in 2015, it would be quite some time before we would see Egypt at the contest again. But after a 3-year hiatus from the contest, Egypt decided to make their long-awaited return at TISC Open 2018 and they chose Dalida once more as the artist to bring Egyptian music back on the TISC stage. TISC Open 2015 - Dalida - Salma Ya Salama TISC Open 2018 - Helwa Ya Baladi Germany - Adel Tawil Adel Tawil became the first ever TISC Annual champion In 2014, the first ever edition of TISC Annual took place. Germany entered with Adel Tawil, a German singer, songwriter with Egyptian roots. His entry "Lieder" went down a storm with the international juries, picking up a whopping 200 points and he lifted the crown to become the first TISC Annual Champion. Germany decided to enter him again in the TISC Annual one year later in a bid to defend his title. However, on this occasion, it wasn't to be with his entry "Zuhause" coming home in 17th place. TISC Annual 2014 - Adel Tawil - Lieder TISC Annual 2015 - Adel Tawil - Zuhause

Road to TISC Annual - Mexico 2019 Part 2 of today's Road to TISC Annual 2019 edition we continue looking at the artists who have made multiple appearances at the contest. When the Netherlands made their TISC debut back at TISC Open 2014, Within Temptation was the artist given the honour of bringing Dutch music to the TISC stage for the first time. Roll forward to TISC Annual 2019 and the band has once more been trusted with flying the Dutch flag at the contest. Kensington are taking a back seat for this edition. Netherlands - Within Temptation Within Temptation finished 18th at TISC Open 2014 in Serbia TISC Open 2014 - Within Temptation - Mother Earth TISC Annual 2019 - Within Temptation - Mad World Russia - JRBS vovanA's band JRBS twice represented Russia at TISC Totallympics member vovanA has undertaken the proud task of representing Russia not only as a jury member, but he also entered the contest as an artist. In fact he has done so on two occasions, competing at consecutive TISC Annuals in 2016 and 2017 with his band JRBS. Although Russia returned to the contest since then, TISC Annual 2017 remains the last time that vovanA participated at the contest in either capacity as a juror or artist. Let's hope he will return again one day. TISC Annual 2016 - JRBS - Lock And Load TISC Annual 2017 - JRBS - Песня Про То, Как Гусь Нашёл Омлет Lithuania - Gebrasy Gebrasy, aka Werloc, is entering TISC for a second time this year Totallympics member Werloc made TISC history when he made the decision to participate as an artist at TISC Open 2014. It was a proud moment for the contest to have a member compete with their own song - and he's decided to do it all over again. This time Gebrasy competes with the song "Acceptance" and no doubt he will be hoping for acceptance from the international juries. Good luck to Werloc. TISC Open 2014 - Gebrasy - I'll Be There TISC Annual 2019 - Gebrasy - Acceptance

Road to TISC Annual - Mexico 2019 It's now just 4 days until the Grand Final of TISC Annual 2019 and the excitement is certainly building. In today's edition of the "Road to TISC Annual 2019" series we will be looking at 5 artists who are returning to the contest this year. As well as celebrating the returnees, we will be paying tribute to 2 jury members and Totallympics members who have put their own hat in the ring and submitted their own entries as competing artists. Part 1 we have 3 TISC returnees: Zsa Zsa, Ira Losco and Yumi Zouma. Part 2 we have Within Temptation and 2 Totallympics members who have competed on the TISC stage - JRBS (band member vovanA is a Totallympic user) and Gerbrasy (our very own Werloc). We begin however with Zsa Zsa, the Croatian singer who has been nominated for the second year in succession to compete at TISC Annual. Last year, Zsa Zsa delivered Croatia their best result in the Annual contest to date and will be hoping for another record-setting showing in Mexico this year. She will also become the first Croatian artist with more than one participation at the contest. Croatia - Zsa Zsa Zsa Zsa finished 19th last year at the 10th Jubilee Edition of TISC TISC Annual 2018 - Zsa Zsa - Kada Budemo Sami TISC Annual 2019 - Zsa Zsa - Pruži Mi Ruku Malta - Ira Losco Ira finished a creditable 14th at TISC Open in 2016 Ira Losco follows in the footsteps of compatriots Red Electrick by becoming a 2-time TISC representative for Malta. Ira last competed back at TISC Open 2016 in Lithuania with her entry "Love Me Or Hate Me" securing 77 points from the international juries, finishing in 14th place. She's back for another shot at glory this year with her song "Hey Now". TISC Open 2016 - Ira Losco - Love Me Or Hate Me TISC Annual 2019 - Ira Losco - Hey Now New Zealand - Yumi Zouma Yumi Zouma are returning to TISC Annual after a 4-year hiatus Yumi Zouma make their return to the TISC stage for New Zealand this year. The band last participated at TISC Annual 2015 in Denmark where they finished in 12th place with 88 points. They have been selected once again, beating off competition from rock band The Beths, and Marlon Williams, to secure the NZ ticket for Mexico 2019. TISC Annual 2015 - Yumi Zouma- The Brae TISC Annual 2019 - Yumi Zouma- In Camera

This is so sad . Thankfully the structure has been saved. It’s amazing how watching something that you have zero connection to can make you feel this numb.

Road to TISC Annual - Mexico 2019 Part 2 of today's edition of "Road to TISC Annual 2019" sees us remember more two-time TISC artists. Algeria's Nabila Dali not only had the honour of representing the north African nation on two occasions, but her debut appearance at TISC Annual 2015 proved to be a hugely successful one. "My Dream" took home 118 points from the international juries, placing Nabila in 5th place on the final scoreboard, a result which still stands as Algeria's most successful contest to date. Algeria - Nabila Dali 2-time TISC artist Nabila Dali has a PB of 5th at the contest TISC Annual 2016 - Nabila Dali - My Dream (Eǧǧet-iyi ad arguɣ) TISC Annual 2018 - Iddir Salem ft. Nabila Dali - Anelhu Azerbaijan - DiHaj DiHaj competed at TISC Annual in 2015 and 2016. Azerbaijan placed their faith in DiHaj for two consecutive TISC Annual Contests (2015 and 2016). Her entry "I Break Again" took Azerbaijan to 13th place on the TISC Annual 2015 scoreboard and still ranks as Azerbaijan's best result to date. TISC Annual 2015 - DiHaj ft. Isfar Sarabsky - I Break Again TISC Annual 2016 - DiHaj - Complain Czech Republic - Kryštof Czech rock band Kryštof has twice represented the nation at TISC We conclude today's "Road to TISC Annual 2019" edition by remembering Czech band Kryštof who competed at the contest on two occasions. The band participated at TISC Open in 2014 and returned once more at TISC Open in 2017. Sadly this remains the last time that Czech Republic participated in the contest. TISC Annual 2015 - Kryštof - Atentat TISC Annual 2015 - Kryštof - Svedomí