OlympicIRL

We used up the permitted amount of emoticons in the first post of the thread (only 75 is permitted per post ). Which is weird because I think there is currently 97 flags there

FINLAND AT THE TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST Continent - Europe Population: 5.55 million Capital: Helsinki TISC Appearances 6 TISC Open Appearances 3 TISC Annual Appearances 3 National Records Best Finish (Overall) 6th Best Finish (Open) 6th Best Finish (Annual) 6th Finland NR Points (Overall) 115 pts Finland NR Points (Open) 115 pts Finland NR Points (Annual) 112 pts Finland NR Average (Overall) 3.73 PPJ Finland NR Average (Open) 3.59 PPJ Finland NR Average (Annual) 3.73 PPJ Jury Members in a contest 1 NR Points Streak (Overall) 5 NR Points Streak (Open) 5 NR Points Streak (Annual) 5 Finland NR Medal Streak 2 TISC Record 0 0 0 List of Finnish Entries: #1 TISC Open 2013 Did Not Participate - - #2 TISC Annual 2014 Did Not Participate - - #3 TISC Open 2014 Diandra - Outta My Head 15th 91 pts #4 TISC Annual 2015 Nightwish - Élan 6th 112 pts #5 TISC Open 2015 Tehosekoitin - Kaikki Nuoret Tyypit 29th 50 pts #6 TISC Annual 2016 Did Not Participate - - #7 TISC Open 2016 Mariska & Pahat Sudet - Suloinen Myrkynkeittäjä 6th 115 pts #8 TISC Annual 2017 JVG - Hekhuu 34th 15 pts #9 TISC Open 2017 Did Not Participate - - #10 TISC Annual 2018 Haloo Helsinki! - Hulluuden Highway 12th 105 pts Most Successful Finnish Entry

GREECE AT THE TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST Continent - Europe Population: 11.14 million Capital: Athens TISC Appearances 10 TISC Open Appearances 5 TISC Annual Appearances 5 National Records Best Finish (Overall) 12th Best Finish (Open) 12th Best Finish (Annual) 13th Greece NR Points (Overall) 98 pts Greece NR Points (Open) 98 pts Greece NR Points (Annual) 87 pts Greece NR Average (Overall) 2.64 PPJ Greece NR Average (Open) 2.45 PPJ Greece NR Average (Annual) 2.64 PPJ NR Points Streak (Overall) 4 NR Points Streak (Open) 3 NR Points Streak (Annual) 4 Greece NR Medal Streak 2 TISC Record 0 0 0 List of Greek Entries: #1 TISC Open 2013 George Dalaras - Mi Mou Thimonis Matia Mou 30th 20 pts #2 TISC Annual 2014 Sakis Rouvas - Mia Chara Na Pernas 14th 81 pts #3 TISC Open 2014 Despina Vandi - Girismata 12th 98 pts #4 TISC Annual 2015 Giorgos Mazonakis - Terma 25th 38 pts #5 TISC Open 2015 Nikos Vertis - Pes To Mou Ksana 25th 63 pts #6 TISC Annual 2016 Dionisis Sxoinas - To Kalokairi 13th 87 pts #7 TISC Open 2016 Sakis Rouvas - S'exo Eroteutei 15th 72 pts #8 TISC Annual 2017 Stavento ft. Melina Aslanidou - Nero Kai Xoma 30th 32 pts #9 TISC Open 2017 Mazonakis Giorgos - Ti sou exw kanei 18th 72 pts #10 TISC Annual 2018 Sakis Rouvas - Ego Sta Elaga 28th 59 pts Most Successful Greek Entry

CANADA AT THE TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST Continent - North America Population: 37.05 million Capital: Ottawa TISC Appearances 9 TISC Open Appearances 4 TISC Annual Appearances 5 National Records Best Finish (Overall) 3rd Best Finish (Open) 3rd Best Finish (Annual) 11th Canada NR Points (Overall) 150 pts Canada NR Points (Open) 150 pts Canada NR Points (Annual) 105 pts Canada NR Average (Overall) 4.55 PPJ Canada NR Average (Open) 4.55 PPJ Canada NR Average (Annual) 3.18 PPJ NR Points Streak (Overall) 5 NR Points Streak (Open) 5 NR Points Streak (Annual) 4 Canada NR Medal Streak 2 TISC Record 0 0 1 TISC Open 2016 List of Canadian Entries: #1 TISC Open 2013 Michael Bublé - Close Your Eyes 5th 150 pts #2 TISC Annual 2014 Tegan and Sara - Closer 12th 85 pts #3 TISC Open 2014 Arcade Fire - Wake Up 14th 93 pts #4 TISC Annual 2015 Hedley - Crazy For You 18th 59 pts #5 TISC Open 2015 Did Not Participate - - #6 TISC Annual 2016 Alessia Cara - Wild Things 11th 105 pts #7 TISC Open 2016 Bryan Adams - Run To You 3rd 135 pts #8 TISC Annual 2017 The Weekend - False Alarm 31st 29 pts #9 TISC Open 2017 K.D. Lang - Hallelujah 7th 111 pts #10 TISC Annual 2018 Drake - Passionfruit 37th 25 pts Most Successful Canadian Entry

INDONESIA AT THE TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST Continent - Asia Population: 267.60 million Capital: Jakarta TISC Appearances 5 TISC Open Appearances 2 TISC Annual Appearances 3 National Records Best Finish (Overall) 6th Best Finish (Open) 20th Best Finish (Annual) 6th Indonesia NR Points (Overall) 114 pts Indonesia NR Points (Open) 57 pts Indonesia NR Points (Annual) 114 pts Indonesia NR Average (Overall) 3.45 PPJ Indonesia NR Average (Open) 1.78 PPJ Indonesia NR Average (Annual) 3.45 PPJ NR Points Streak (Overall) 5 NR Points Streak (Open) 5 NR Points Streak (Annual) 4 Indonesian NR Medal Streak 2 TISC Record 0 0 0 List of Indonesian Entries: #1 TISC Open 2013 Did Not Participate - - #2 TISC Annual 2014 Did Not Participate - - #3 TISC Open 2014 Did Not Participate - - #4 TISC Annual 2015 Did Not Participate - - #5 TISC Open 2015 Did Not Participate - - #6 TISC Annual 2016 Isyana Sarasvati - Tetap Dalam Jiwa 6th 114 pts #7 TISC Open 2016 Letto - Ruang Rindu 20th 57 pts #8 TISC Annual 2017 Rendy Pandugo - I Don't Care 14th 83 pts #9 TISC Open 2017 Chrisye - Seperti Yang Kau Minta 26th 53 pts #10 TISC Annual 2018 Payung Teduh - Akad 36th 31 pts Most Successful Indonesian Entry

LATVIA AT THE TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST Continent - Europe Population: 1.93 million Capital: Riga TISC Appearances 2 TISC Open Appearances 2 TISC Annual Appearances 0 National Records Best Finish (Overall) 7th Best Finish (Open) 7th Best Finish (Annual) - Latvia NR Points (Overall) 130 pts Latvia NR Points (Open) 130 pts Latvia NR Points (Annual) - Latvia NR Average (Overall) 3.25 PPJ Latvia NR Average (Open) 3.25 PPJ Latvia NR Average (Annual) - NR Points Streak (Overall) 3 NR Points Streak (Open) 3 NR Points Streak (Annual) - Latvia NR Medal Streak 2 TISC Record 0 0 0 List of Latvian Entries: #1 TISC Open 2013 Prāta Vētra - Rudens 26th 32 pts #2 TISC Annual 2014 Did Not Participate - - #3 TISC Open 2014 Prāta Vētra - Maybe 7th 130 pts #4 TISC Annual 2015 Did Not Participate - - #5 TISC Open 2015 Did Not Participate - - #6 TISC Annual 2016 Did Not Participate - - #7 TISC Open 2016 Did Not Participate - - #8 TISC Annual 2017 Did Not Participate - - #9 TISC Open 2017 Did Not Participate - - #10 TISC Annual 2018 Did Not Participate - - Most Successful Latvian Entry

Road to TISC Open 2018 Day 2 of our "Road to TISC" series and today it's the turn of Netherlands, Latvia, Indonesia, Canada, Greece and Finland to have their TISC history celebrated. So let's begin this evening by taking a look at the Netherlands' journey in TISC thus far. As you will see "latewoodu" was so late that he actually missed the first 2 editions. NETHERLANDS AT THE TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST Continent - Europe Population: 17.10 million Capital: Amsterdam TISC Appearances 8 TISC Open Appearances 4 TISC Annual Appearances 4 National Records Best Finish (Overall) 5th Best Finish (Open) 5th Best Finish (Annual) 10th Netherlands NR Points (Overall) 131 pts Netherlands NR Points (Open) 131 pts Netherlands NR Points (Annual) 105 pts Netherlands NR Aver. (Overall) 3.84 PPJ Netherlands NR Average (Open) 3.84 PPJ Netherlands NR Aver. (Annual) 3.13 PPJ NR Points Streak (Overall) 6 NR Points Streak (Open) 6 NR Points Streak (Annual) 6 Netherlands NR Medal Streak 2 TISC Record 0 0 0 List of Dutch Entries: #1 TISC Open 2013 Did Not Participate - - #2 TISC Annual 2014 Did Not Participate - - #3 TISC Open 2014 Within Temptation - Mother Earth 18th 78 pts #4 TISC Annual 2015 Kensington - War 10th 94 pts #5 TISC Open 2015 Golden Earring - Radar Love 7th 131 pts #6 TISC Annual 2016 Armin van Buuren ft. Mr. Probz - Another You 12th 98 pts #7 TISC Open 2016 Isle DeLange - Next To Me 5th 123 pts #8 TISC Annual 2017 Kensington - Do I Ever 10th 97 pts #9 TISC Open 2017 Racoon - Love You More 12th 90 pts #10 TISC Annual 2018 Kensington - Bridges 11th 105 pts Most Successful Dutch Entry

Naughty dcro... glad to see your rehabilitation went well and we were able to welcome you back to the family

Laos METALLIC - ອຳໄວ້ aum vai

CROATIA AT THE TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST Continent - Europe Population: 4.16 million Capital: Zagreb TISC Appearances 8 TISC Open Appearances 4 TISC Annual Appearances 4 National Records Best Finish (Overall) 11th Best Finish (Open) 11th Best Finish (Annual) 19th Croatia NR Points (Overall) 90 pts Croatia NR Points (Open) 90 pts Croatia NR Points (Annual) 77 pts Croatia NR Average (Overall) 2.65 PPJ Croatia NR Average (Open) 2.65 PPJ Croatia NR Average (Annual) 2.06 PPJ Jury Members in a contest 2 NR Points Streak (Overall) 4 NR Points Streak (Open) 4 NR Points Streak (Annual) 3 Croatia NR Medal Streak 1 TISC Record 0 0 0 List of Croatian Entries: #1 TISC Open 2013 Parni Valjak - Jesen u Meni 19th 55 pts #2 TISC Annual 2014 Pavel - Čuvaj me 35th 16 pts #3 TISC Open 2014 Did Not Participate - - #4 TISC Annual 2015 Did Not Participate - - #5 TISC Open 2015 Zvijezde - Nikol 16th 81 pts #6 TISC Annual 2016 NORD - Play Restart 29th 43 pts #7 TISC Open 2016 Novi Fosili - Košulja Plava 32nd 27 pts #8 TISC Annual 2017 Antonela Doko - Onaj Dan 20th 70 pts #9 TISC Open 2017 Neno Belan & Fiumens - Rijeka Snova 11th 90 pts #10 TISC Annual 2018 Zsa Zsa - Kada Budemo Sami 19th 77 pts Most Successful Croatian Entry

AZERBAIJAN AT THE TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST Continent - Europe Population: 9.94 million Capital: Baku TISC Appearances 9 TISC Open Appearances 4 TISC Annual Appearances 5 National Records Best Finish (Overall) 13th Best Finish (Open) 27th Best Finish (Annual) 13th Azerbaijan NR Points (Overall) 85 pts Azerbaijan NR Points (Open) 42 pts Azerbaijan NR Points (Annual) 85 pts Azerbaijan NR Av'rage (Overall) 2.83 PPJ Azerbaijan NR Average (Open) 1.31 PPJ Azerbaijan NR Av'rage (Annual) 2.83 PPJ NR Points Streak (Overall) 3 NR Points Streak (Open) 2 NR Points Streak (Annual) 3 Azerbaijan NR Medal Streak 2 TISC Record 0 0 0 List of Azerbaijani Entries: #1 TISC Open 2013 Sevda Ələkbərzadə - Əlvida 32nd 19 pts #2 TISC Annual 2014 Natavan Həbibi - Damlalar 28th 33 pts #3 TISC Open 2014 RAST - Gel Yanima 30th 33 pts #4 TISC Annual 2015 DiHaj ft. Isfar Sarabsky - I Break Again 13th 85 pts #5 TISC Open 2015 Aygun Kazimova - Qoy işığı söndürüm 40th 17 pts #6 TISC Annual 2016 DiHaj - Complain 21st 60 pts #7 TISC Open 2016 Yuxu - Xezerin sahilinde 27th 42 pts #8 TISC Annual 2017 Miri Yusif - #SənləBiz 35th 10 pts #9 TISC Open 2017 Did Not Participate - - #10 TISC Annual 2018 Vugarixx, Alim Qasimov - Yol 40th 10 pts Most Successful Azerbaijani Entry

Road to TISC Open 2018 So as we count down the days towards the Grand Final of TISC Open 2018, as with tradition, it's time to kick-off the "Road to TISC" series. This year, the series will be take stock of the roots of the contest and explore the history of each nation in our wonderful contest. It is the intention to revamp the TISC History thread in the near future so that the history is much more accessible to anyone who wishes to go delve into the history or to spend an afternoon reminiscing. While we will continue working on that, let's take a brief look at the history of each of the 57 nations (not forgetting Antarctica of course!) who participated in our fun contests. So let's begin with looking at Bulgaria, followed later this evening by Azerbaijan and Croatia. BULGARIA AT THE TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST Continent - Europe Population: 7.05 million Capital: Sofia TISC Appearances 10 TISC Open Appearances 5 TISC Annual Appearances 5 National Records Best Finish (Overall) 13th Best Finish (Open) 13th Best Finish (Annual) 21st Bulgaria NR Points (Overall) 83 pts Bulgaria NR Points (Open) 83 pts Bulgaria NR Points (Annual) 69 pts Bulgaria NR Average (Overall) 2.59 PPJ Bulgaria NR Average (Open) 2.59 PPJ Bulgaria NR Average (Annual) 2.03 PPJ NR Points Streak (Overall) 3 NR Points Streak (Open) 2 NR Points Streak (Annual) 3 Bulgaria NR Medal Streak 1 TISC Record 0 0 0 List of Bulgarian Entries: #1 TISC Open 2013 Slavi Trifonov & Ku-Ku Band - Ne Me Moli 34th 11 pts #2 TISC Annual 2014 Angel and Moisey - Tazi Snimka Pazi 33rd 21 pts #3 TISC Open 2014 BTR - Spasenie 33rd 27 pts #4 TISC Annual 2015 Deep Zone Project ft. Atanas Kolev - Zig-Zag 30th 15 pts #5 TISC Open 2015 Desislava and Ruslan Maynov - Samo Edna 26th 55 pts #6 TISC Annual 2016 Dia - Veno Neveno 25th 50 pts #7 TISC Open 2016 Georgi Stanchev - Ti Uzhasno Zakasnia 13th 83 pts #8 TISC Annual 2017 Mey - Would You Be Mine 21st 69 pts #9 TISC Open 2017 Bulgaro - Dui Chaves 34th 14 pts #10 TISC Annual 2018 DARA - Nedei 32nd 42 pts Most Successful Bulgarian Entry

Provisional voting schedule linked in the first post of the thread. Also, here is an updated table of the Festival of Music picks (also updated in the first post). Festival of Music (Updated) @dcro Faroe Islands South Africa @mrv86 Benin Venezuela @Olympian1010 Macedonia @konig Uruguay Puerto Rico @OlympicIRL Madagascar Laos @Pabloffo Norway Iceland @Janakis Jamaica @Dragon Gibraltar Kenya @uk12points Singapore Georgia @hckosice Czech Republic Ecuador @Werloc Australia @DaniSRB Romani Music @wumo26 Philippines Japan @Wanderer Peru Switzerland

And Luxembourgers had no thoughts whatsoever.

Madagascar The Dizzy Brains - Les Cactus

Festival of Music (Updated) @dcro Faroe Islands South Africa @mrv86 Benin Venezuela @Olympian1010 Macedonia @konig Uruguay Puerto Rico @OlympicIRL Madagascar Laos @Pabloffo Norway Iceland @Janakis Jamaica @Dragon Gibraltar Kenya @uk12points Singapore Georgia @hckosice Czech Republic Ecuador @Werloc Australia @DaniSRB Romani Music @wumo26 Philippines Japan

Nice to see the Czechoslovak rivalry remains even if one member is absent

Yes, it's the first time that will miss the Open edition which is sad. Also, it probably means the Czechoslovak trophy goes unclaimed for another edition unless Slovakia take that title by default?

I prefer Dundee cake

Do you like tangerines? The reason I'm asking is that these are kinds of conversation pathways we randomly seem to tread on during the live event

Absolutely. I'll update the table tomorrow

Festival of Music (Updated List) @dcro Faroe Islands South Africa @mrv86 Benin Venezuela @Olympian1010 Cyprus Macedonia @konig Uruguay Puerto Rico @OlympicIRL Madagascar Laos @Pabloffo Norway Iceland @Janakis Jamaica

I'll choose Madagascar and Laos.

You can go ahead and post it whenever you wish now. It's just a way for us to fill up some time before the final and to keep discovering music from all over the world. So you can post your two picks now. Then after a bit when everyone has had their fair chance to pick some nations, you can add more nations after that if you want

@justony be listening to this in prep for his journey to Albuquerque