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Let's see what Nation was hiding behind the chosen block... 14 SPAIN Voting Position # 20 LAS VEGAS Mountain Region / Team

Totallympics International Song Contest - Live Draw USA 2018 . Totallympics Open International Song Contest - USA 2018 ALGERIA ARGENTINA AUSTRIA BRAZIL BULGARIA CANADA CHILE COLOMBIA CROATIA DENMARK EGYPT FINLAND FRANCE GREAT BRITAIN GREECE INDIA INDONESIA IRELAND ITALY LITHUANIA MALTA MEXICO NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA RUSSIA SERBIA SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SPAIN TUNISIA TURKEY UNITED STATES Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2018 National Jury Voting Order Jury Voting Order 18 NATION - Des Moines 1 NATION - Atlanta 19 NATION - Nashville 2 NATION - Burlington 20 NATION - Las Vegas 3 NATION - Indianapolis 21 NATION - Portland 4 NATION - Minneapolis (c) 22 NATION - Washington D.C. 5 NATION - Little Rock 23 NATION - Atlantic City 6 NATION - Phoenix 24 NATION - Chicago (c) 7 NATION - San Francisco 25 POLAND - Wichita 8 UNITED STATES - Orlando (c) 26 NATION - Oklahoma 9 NEW ZEALAND - Boston 27 NATION - Albuquerque 10 NATION - Detroit 28 NATION - Seattle 11 NATION - Omaha 29 NATION - Richmond 12 NATION - New Orleans 30 NATION - Philadelphia 13 NATION - Denver (c) 31 NATION - Cleveland 14 NATION - Anchorage 32 ALGERIA - Kansas City 15 NATION - Baltimore 33 NATION - Dallas (c) 16 NATION - New York (c) 34 NATION - Salt Lake City 17 NATION - Milwaukee 35 NATION - Los Angeles (c) Another Brick in the Wall 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 National Flags are randomly hidden behind the numbered bricks 25 8 9 32 Voting Positions are randomly hidden behind the Animal tiles @Agger next

Let's see what Nation was hiding behind the chosen block... 1 POLAND Voting Position # 25 WICHITA Western Midwest Region / Team

Totallympics International Song Contest - Live Draw USA 2018 . Totallympics Open International Song Contest - USA 2018 ALGERIA ARGENTINA AUSTRIA BRAZIL BULGARIA CANADA CHILE COLOMBIA CROATIA DENMARK EGYPT FINLAND FRANCE GREAT BRITAIN GREECE INDIA INDONESIA IRELAND ITALY LITHUANIA MALTA MEXICO NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA RUSSIA SERBIA SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SPAIN TUNISIA TURKEY UNITED STATES Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2018 National Jury Voting Order Jury Voting Order 18 NATION - Des Moines 1 NATION - Atlanta 19 NATION - Nashville 2 NATION - Burlington 20 NATION - Las Vegas 3 NATION - Indianapolis 21 NATION - Portland 4 NATION - Minneapolis (c) 22 NATION - Washington D.C. 5 NATION - Little Rock 23 NATION - Atlantic City 6 NATION - Phoenix 24 NATION - Chicago (c) 7 NATION - San Francisco 25 NATION - Wichita 8 UNITED STATES - Orlando (c) 26 NATION - Oklahoma 9 NEW ZEALAND - Boston 27 NATION - Albuquerque 10 NATION - Detroit 28 NATION - Seattle 11 NATION - Omaha 29 NATION - Richmond 12 NATION - New Orleans 30 NATION - Philadelphia 13 NATION - Denver (c) 31 NATION - Cleveland 14 NATION - Anchorage 32 ALGERIA - Kansas City 15 NATION - Baltimore 33 NATION - Dallas (c) 16 NATION - New York (c) 34 NATION - Salt Lake City 17 NATION - Milwaukee 35 NATION - Los Angeles (c) Another Brick in the Wall 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 National Flags are randomly hidden behind the numbered bricks 8 9 32 Voting Positions are randomly hidden behind the Animal tiles

Let's see what Nation was hiding behind the chosen block... 18 ALGERIA Voting Position # 32 KANSAS CITY Western Midwest Region / Team

Sure, you can go after hckosice in the order.

Totallympics International Song Contest - Live Draw USA 2018 . Totallympics Open International Song Contest - USA 2018 ALGERIA ARGENTINA AUSTRIA BRAZIL BULGARIA CANADA CHILE COLOMBIA CROATIA DENMARK EGYPT FINLAND FRANCE GREAT BRITAIN GREECE INDIA INDONESIA IRELAND ITALY LITHUANIA MALTA MEXICO NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA RUSSIA SERBIA SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SPAIN TUNISIA TURKEY UNITED STATES Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2018 National Jury Voting Order Jury Voting Order 18 NATION - Des Moines 1 NATION - Atlanta 19 NATION - Nashville 2 NATION - Burlington 20 NATION - Las Vegas 3 NATION - Indianapolis 21 NATION - Portland 4 NATION - Minneapolis (c) 22 NATION - Washington D.C. 5 NATION - Little Rock 23 NATION - Atlantic City 6 NATION - Phoenix 24 NATION - Chicago (c) 7 NATION - San Francisco 25 NATION - Wichita 8 UNITED STATES - Orlando (c) 26 NATION - Oklahoma 9 NEW ZEALAND - Boston 27 NATION - Albuquerque 10 NATION - Detroit 28 NATION - Seattle 11 NATION - Omaha 29 NATION - Richmond 12 NATION - New Orleans 30 NATION - Philadelphia 13 NATION - Denver (c) 31 NATION - Cleveland 14 NATION - Anchorage 32 NATION - Kansas City 15 NATION - Baltimore 33 NATION - Dallas (c) 16 NATION - New York (c) 34 NATION - Salt Lake City 17 NATION - Milwaukee 35 NATION - Los Angeles (c) Another Brick in the Wall 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 National Flags are randomly hidden behind the numbered bricks 8 9 Voting Positions are randomly hidden behind the Animal tiles

Let's see what Nation was hiding behind the chosen block... 23 NEW ZEALAND Voting Position # 09 BOSTON Northeast Region / Team

Totallympics International Song Contest - Live Draw USA 2018 Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the draw for the Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2018. Over the next hours we will discover the voting order and team allocations of the 35 international juries. So far, we have already revealed that the host jury, the United States, will be voting in position #08 and as hosts will be based in the host venue of Orlando. This means they will also form part of the Atlantic Region Team. But we still have 34 other national juries to assign to their positions and team bases. So without further ado, let the draw commence and good luck to all your nations. @dcro can you choose a brick and an animal tile please? Order of picks: @Olympian1010 @dcro @mrv86 @heywoodu @Agger @Werloc @hckosice The rules are simple. When it is your turn and after I have updated everything from the previous result, just pick a brick and animal combo. Totallympics International Song Contest - Live Draw USA 2018 . Totallympics Open International Song Contest - USA 2018 ALGERIA ARGENTINA AUSTRIA BRAZIL BULGARIA CANADA CHILE COLOMBIA CROATIA DENMARK EGYPT FINLAND FRANCE GREAT BRITAIN GREECE INDIA INDONESIA IRELAND ITALY LITHUANIA MALTA MEXICO NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA RUSSIA SERBIA SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SPAIN TUNISIA TURKEY UNITED STATES Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2018 National Jury Voting Order Jury Voting Order 18 NATION - Des Moines 1 NATION - Atlanta 19 NATION - Nashville 2 NATION - Burlington 20 NATION - Las Vegas 3 NATION - Indianapolis 21 NATION - Portland 4 NATION - Minneapolis (c) 22 NATION - Washington D.C. 5 NATION - Little Rock 23 NATION - Atlantic City 6 NATION - Phoenix 24 NATION - Chicago (c) 7 NATION - San Francisco 25 NATION - Wichita 8 UNITED STATES - Orlando (c) 26 NATION - Oklahoma 9 NATION - Boston 27 NATION - Albuquerque 10 NATION - Detroit 28 NATION - Seattle 11 NATION - Omaha 29 NATION - Richmond 12 NATION - New Orleans 30 NATION - Philadelphia 13 NATION - Denver (c) 31 NATION - Cleveland 14 NATION - Anchorage 32 NATION - Kansas City 15 NATION - Baltimore 33 NATION - Dallas (c) 16 NATION - New York (c) 34 NATION - Salt Lake City 17 NATION - Milwaukee 35 NATION - Los Angeles (c) Another Brick in the Wall 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 National Flags are randomly hidden behind the numbered bricks 8 Voting Positions are randomly hidden behind the Animal tiles

As it stands, Olympian1010 and mrv86 are both offline so if they aren't here by the time we kick-off in just over 10 minutes from now, we will instead begin with @dcro and skip over any absent members. if they show up, they can slot back into their original position in the order and choose whenever their turn arrives @hckosice last chance to board the train

For everyone who will be doing the picking can you wait until I am finished posting the update from the previous result before posting your pick as it will be a bit easier for me that way. I will post 2 posts each time.... 1 to reveal what was behind the bricks and animal tiles and another after that to update the templates and grids so they are up-to-date for the next person who will choose.

The draw was who could reply quickest

Okay, everyone, just going to post this overview now so I can be somewhat prepared for this (yeah, I'm delusional but so what?). The draw is planned to kick-off at 16:00 GMT, just about 40 minutes from now. We have the following volunteers who will take part in the picks in this order (if anyone is missing then we will just skip over them). If I missed someone on the list, let me know.... @Olympian1010 @dcro @mrv86 @heywoodu @Agger @Werloc The rules are simple. When it is your turn and after I have updated everything from the previous result, just pick a brick and animal combo. Simple as that really. Totallympics International Song Contest - Live Draw USA 2018 . Totallympics Open International Song Contest - USA 2018 ALGERIA ARGENTINA AUSTRIA BRAZIL BULGARIA CANADA CHILE COLOMBIA CROATIA DENMARK EGYPT FINLAND FRANCE GREAT BRITAIN GREECE INDIA INDONESIA IRELAND ITALY LITHUANIA MALTA MEXICO NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA RUSSIA SERBIA SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SPAIN TUNISIA TURKEY UNITED STATES Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2018 National Jury Voting Order Jury Voting Order 18 NATION - Des Moines 1 NATION - Atlanta 19 NATION - Nashville 2 NATION - Burlington 20 NATION - Las Vegas 3 NATION - Indianapolis 21 NATION - Portland 4 NATION - Minneapolis (c) 22 NATION - Washington D.C. 5 NATION - Little Rock 23 NATION - Atlantic City 6 NATION - Phoenix 24 NATION - Chicago (c) 7 NATION - San Francisco 25 NATION - Wichita 8 UNITED STATES - Orlando (c) 26 NATION - Oklahoma 9 NATION - Boston 27 NATION - Albuquerque 10 NATION - Detroit 28 NATION - Seattle 11 NATION - Omaha 29 NATION - Richmond 12 NATION - New Orleans 30 NATION - Philadelphia 13 NATION - Denver (c) 31 NATION - Cleveland 14 NATION - Anchorage 32 NATION - Kansas City 15 NATION - Baltimore 33 NATION - Dallas (c) 16 NATION - New York (c) 34 NATION - Salt Lake City 17 NATION - Milwaukee 35 NATION - Los Angeles (c) Another Brick in the Wall 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 National Flags are randomly hidden behind the numbered bricks 8 Voting Positions are randomly hidden behind the Animal tiles

That is not one of the icons on the grid, please re-select.

Seamus is busy looking up flights and trying to anticipate which city we will be based in. He says he really wants to get Boston so he can go to the pub in Cheers and go to where everybody knows his name:

I thought we could skip part 3, drawing regions and just leave them in the places we showed in the example this morning because with @dezbee2008 drawing voting position number 8, it was neat to just keep it the way it was since the Atlantic team were already shown in that position from the example. Now if anyone really objects then we can go ahead and do that draw but it just seems unnecessary now

Haha, pretty much Btw @dezbee2008 I wrote Washington D.C. in the city name just in case anyone confuses it for Washington state and asks me why is it in the Atlantic region

This also means we can now reveal the voting positions allocated to each of the team bases.... Jury Voting Order 18 NATION - Des Moines 1 NATION - Atlanta 19 NATION - Nashville 2 NATION - Burlington 20 NATION - Las Vegas 3 NATION - Indianapolis 21 NATION - Portland 4 NATION - Minneapolis (c) 22 NATION - Washington D.C. 5 NATION - Little Rock 23 NATION - Atlantic City 6 NATION - Phoenix 24 NATION - Chicago (c) 7 NATION - San Francisco 25 NATION - Wichita 8 UNITED STATES - Orlando (c) 26 NATION - Oklahoma 9 NATION - Boston 27 NATION - Albuquerque 10 NATION - Detroit 28 NATION - Seattle 11 NATION - Omaha 29 NATION - Richmond 12 NATION - New Orleans 30 NATION - Philadelphia 13 NATION - Denver (c) 31 NATION - Cleveland 14 NATION - Anchorage 32 NATION - Kansas City 15 NATION - Baltimore 33 NATION - Dallas (c) 16 NATION - New York (c) 34 NATION - Salt Lake City 17 NATION - Milwaukee 35 NATION - Los Angeles (c)

Totallympics International Song Contest - Allocating of Host Jury Voting Position: USA 2018 . Totallympics Open International Song Contest - USA 2018 ALGERIA ARGENTINA AUSTRIA BRAZIL BULGARIA CANADA CHILE COLOMBIA CROATIA DENMARK EGYPT FINLAND FRANCE GREAT BRITAIN GREECE INDIA INDONESIA IRELAND ITALY LITHUANIA MALTA MEXICO NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA RUSSIA SERBIA SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SPAIN TUNISIA TURKEY UNITED STATES Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2018 National Jury Voting Order Jury Voting Order 18 NATION - Western Midwest 1 NATION - Atlantic 19 NATION - South 2 NATION - Northeast 20 NATION - Mountain 3 NATION - Eastern Midwest 21 NATION - Pacific 4 NATION - Western Midwest 22 NATION - Atlantic 5 NATION - South 23 NATION - Northeast 6 NATION - Mountain 24 NATION - Eastern Midwest 7 NATION - Pacific 25 NATION - Western Midwest 8 UNITED STATES - Atlantic 26 NATION - South 9 NATION - Northeast 27 NATION - Mountain 10 NATION - Eastern Midwest 28 NATION - Pacific 11 NATION - Western Midwest 29 NATION - Atlantic 12 NATION - South 30 NATION - Northeast 13 NATION - Mountain 31 NATION - Eastern Midwest 14 NATION - Pacific 32 NATION - Western Midwest 15 NATION - Atlantic 33 NATION - South 16 NATION - Northeast 34 NATION - Mountain 17 NATION - Eastern Midwest 35 NATION - Pacific Another Brick in the Wall 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 National Flags are randomly hidden behind the numbered bricks 8

Surprise, surpise, the United States were behind that brick (since we are pre-allocating them it was inevitable ) and will vote in position number 8. We will next be able to work out where this places the rest of the Atlantic team in the voting order.

So let's see which nation is hiding behind brick 9 and the voting position the cat is holding: Let's see what Nation was hiding behind the chosen block... 9 UNITED STATES Voting Position # 08

Ok @dezbee2008 since we need to get this part finalised in advance of the main draw, could you please choose a number and animal combo to determine where exactly the USA will be positioned in the voting order: Another Brick in the Wall 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 National Flags are randomly hidden behind the numbered bricks Voting Positions are randomly hidden behind the Animal tiles

Also here are some details of how the draw will take place (it sounds complicated but Parts 1-4 will all take place in advance of the main draw). The main purpose of the draw will be to complete the following: 1. Nations will be assigned a position in the voting order between 1-35. 2. Positions 1-35 will be pre-assigned to 35 different base cities which will host the 35 delegations. 3. The nations will be divided up into 7 teams of 5 for the TISC team challenge. Each team will be based in one of seven regions spread across the United States and each team member will be based within a different city in that region. 4. These team positions will be spread evenly throughout the voting order (voting positions 1-7 will contain one team member from each team and so on. 5. The 7 different regions hosting the teams are as follows: The Northeast (New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Burlington, and Atlantic City) Eastern Midwest (Chicago, Indianapolis, Detroit, Cleveland, Milwaukee) Western Midwest (Minneapolis, Omaha, Des Moines, Wichita, Kansas City) Atlantic (Orlando, Atlanta, Washington, Richmond, Baltimore) South (Little Rock, New Orleans, Dallas, Oklahoma, Nashville) Mountain (Phoenix, Denver, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Salt Lake City) Pacific (Anchorage, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Portland) Note: The bold cities indicate the main team base for each team, and the nation based there will play the role of captain for their team. This idea will be expanded on later but it will essentially be used as one element of separating teams that are tied for position and has a role in a minor bonus available to each team. Plus, there is a certain amount of bragging rights to be had with being able to say you are the captain of the team So, how will this process take place? Part 1: USA is randomly assigned a position in the voting order (position 1-35). USA as host will be based in the host city of Orlando in the Atlantic Region. Part 2: Once USA is assigned to their voting position, we will know exactly the voting positions that the other 4 members of the Atlantic team will be voting (of course we don't know who those other 4 nations are at this point). Part 3: We then draw the order of the other remaining 6 Team Regions. After this, we will have a table showing us exactly where each team will be spread in the voting order. It will look something like this, for example: Jury Voting Order 18 NATION - Western Midwest 1 NATION - Atlantic 19 NATION - South 2 NATION - Northeast 20 NATION - Mountain 3 NATION - Eastern Midwest 21 NATION - Pacific 4 NATION - Western Midwest 22 UNITED STATES - Atlantic 5 NATION - South 23 NATION - Northeast 6 NATION - Mountain 24 NATION - Eastern Midwest 7 NATION - Pacific 25 NATION - Western Midwest 8 NATION - Atlantic 26 NATION - South 9 NATION - Northeast 27 NATION - Mountain 10 NATION - Eastern Midwest 28 NATION - Pacific 11 NATION - Western Midwest 29 NATION - Atlantic 12 NATION - South 30 NATION - Northeast 13 NATION - Mountain 31 NATION - Eastern Midwest 14 NATION - Pacific 32 NATION - Western Midwest 15 NATION - Atlantic 33 NATION - South 16 NATION - Northeast 34 NATION - Mountain 17 NATION - Eastern Midwest 35 NATION - Pacific Part 4: We will then reveal where each of the city bases will be assigned to each voting position. This will be pre-assigned so that the draw doesn't take an eternity to complete. So after this reveal, the table should look something like this for example, with (c) denoting team captains: Jury Voting Order 18 NATION - Des Moines 1 NATION - Atlanta 19 NATION - Nashville 2 NATION - Burlington 20 NATION - Las Vegas 3 NATION - Indianapolis 21 NATION - Portland 4 NATION - Minneapolis (c) 22 UNITED STATES - Atlantic (c) 5 NATION - Little Rock 23 NATION - Atlantic City 6 NATION - Phoenix 24 NATION - Chicago (c) 7 NATION - San Francisco 25 NATION - Wichita 8 NATION - Washington 26 NATION - Oklahoma 9 NATION - Boston 27 NATION - Albuquerque 10 NATION - Detroit 28 NATION - Seattle 11 NATION - Omaha 29 NATION - Richmond 12 NATION - New Orleans 30 NATION - Philadelphia 13 NATION - Denver (c) 31 NATION - Cleveland 14 NATION - Anchorage 32 NATION - Kansas City 15 NATION - Baltimore 33 NATION - Dallas (c) 16 NATION - New York (c) 34 NATION - Salt Lake City 17 NATION - Milwaukee 35 NATION - Los Angeles (c) Part 5: We will begin assigning the other 34 nations to their voting positions. There are no limitations in terms of how quickly team spaces will be filled. One team can have all it's team members assigned before another team has any assigned to them. It will be completely random. At this point we will also learn who the team captains will be for each team and the city each nation will be based in. As stated already, we will conduct part 1-4 in advance of the main draw so that everything can be ready to go for the main event,

We'll say 16:00 GMT for now but it could possibly change to be a bit later. @Olympian1010 @dcro @mrv86 @heywoodu @Agger are currently signed up as helpers, still time to join the volunteer team if anyone wishes. @rybak will be in the team too if he found someone to do his shift at work for him

I am very much looking forward to my long weekend (Monday is a public holiday) so I won't be going to work for you, me or anyone else