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Totallympics Annual International Song Contest Countdown to Brazil 2018 days to go.... TISC and the number 2: 2 - is the number of times that Great Britain has lifted the TISC trophy. 2 - is the number of times Germany, Italy, Colombia and France have each finished on the TISC podium. 2 - is the number of times that Ireland has hosted TISC. 2 - is the number of times that Australia, Latvia and Montenegro have each participated at TISC. 2 - is the number of nations from Oceania that have participated at TISC.

The Antarctic delegation visited Copacabana beach today on the latest leg of their tour. Many traveling Antarctic fans descended on the Copacabana today also. Here is just a quick selection of some of pics that were captured showing them enjoying the beach. Someone will surely be jealous..... Antarctic fans enjoying their first TISC experience Antarctic delegation enjoying Copacabana Antarctic fans posing for a selfie

Where Are They Now? We come to the end of our "Where Are They Now?" series and to play us out we look back at the original TISC Annual artists from and . Pablo Alboran was the first ever TISC representative from Spain and he is also part of our Festival of Music this year. Meanwhile Greece's Sakis Rouvas goes one step further as not only did he represent his country at the first TISC Annual back in 2014, he returns to compete once again at this year's TISC Annual in Brazil - his third appearance at TISC. Thanks for taking the time to share in these memories, hope you enjoyed the series Spain Song: Éxtasis Artist: Pablo Alboran Song: Saturno Artist: Pablo Alboran Slovenia Song: Men Si Fensi Artist: Manouche Song: Granata Artist: Manouche Sweden Song: Om du Vill Vara Med Mig Artist: Melissa Horn Song: Du går nu Artist: Melissa Horn Greece Song: Mia Chara Na Pernas Artist: Sakis Rouvas Song: Zitima Zois Artist: Sakis Rouvas

Totallympics Annual International Song Contest Countdown to Brazil 2018 days to go.... TISC and the number 3: 3 - is the number of times that Eddy Grant, Inna, Kensington, A.R. Rahman and Sakis Rouvas have each participated at TISC. 3 - is the number of members of the Marmite club . 3 - is the number of nations that have scored the full set of points (1 through to 12) in a single edition - Poland (TISC Open 2014), Slovakia (TISC Annual 2015) and Lithuania (TISC Open 2015) 3 is the record for number of nations who still had a chance of winning the title at the very last vote awarded from the final jury (TISC Open 2015 - Lithuania, Germany and Romania all had a chance to win at the final 12 points reveal; and at TISC Open 2017 - Ireland, Colombia and United States all had a chance to win at the final 12 points reveal) 3 - is the number of times that Hungary has participated at TISC 3 - is the record for most number of nations tied for first place at any point during a TISC contest

Where Are They Now? In today's "Where Are They Now?" segment we remember the original TISC Annual artists from and . As always, we look back at their entries for TISC Annual 2014 and follow it up with a more recent release. Juli Fabian & Zoohacker was Hungary's only representative at TISC Annual to date while Bulgaria's Angel & Moisey do not have much by the way of new releases in recent times. Nevertheless, we remember them here and also check in with the ever popular Daft Punk, France's original TISC Annual artist...... Hungary Song: SoulCords Artist: Juli Fabian and Zoohacker Song: Jazz & Wine Artist: Juli Fabian and Zoohacker Bulgaria Song: Tazi Snimka Pazi Artist: Angel and Moisey Song: Znaesh Li Koi Vidyah Artist: Angel and Moisey ft. Krisko, Pavell & Venci Venc', Dexter France Song: Instant Crush Artist: Daft Punk ft. Julian Casablancas Song: I Feel It Coming Artist: The Weekend ft. Daft Punk

Totallympics Annual International Song Contest Countdown to Brazil 2018 days to go.... TISC and the number 4: 4 - is the number of wins that Ireland has claimed at TISC 4 - is the record gold medal winning streak at a TISC contest - Slovakia scored 4 golds in a row at TISC Annual 2014. 4 - is the number of nations from Africa to have taken part at TISC - Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia 4 - is the number of gold medals that Algeria, India, Latvia and Malta have each won at TISC. 4 - is the number of times that Great Britain have finished on the podium at TISC 4 - is the number of times that Chile and Guyana have participated at TISC

WINTERFEST Guests Arrive in Brazil for TISC Jubilee Celebrations WINTERFEST guests Tristan Icecapade and Eve Snowflake have arrived in Brazil for TISC . More on their journey and itinerary can be found here at TISC-News...... https://tisc-news.totallympics.com/?p=1393 Percy the pilot flies WINTERFEST guests to Brazil

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Where Are They Now? Another day, another "Where Are They Now" installment to help us count down the days to TISC Annual 2018. Today we remember the original TISC Annual artists from and . As always, we look back at their entries for TISC Annual 2014 and follow it up with a more recent release. Gary Barlow hasn't released much since his appearance at TISC, nevertheless we will look check in with him to see what other offerings he gave us after the contest - in fact, we will look at his appropriately named song, "Since I Saw You Last". Also, today we welcome back the silver medalist from the first TISC Annual, Celeste Buckingham..... Great Britain Song: Let Me Go Artist: Gary Barlow Song: Since I Saw You Last Artist: Gary Barlow Slovakia Song: Crushin' My Fairytale Artist: Celeste Buckingham Song: Go Away Artist: Celeste Buckingham Italy Song: Vieni Con Me Artist: Chiara Song: Buio e luce Artist: Chiara

Totallympics Annual International Song Contest Countdown to Brazil 2018 days to go.... TISC and the number 5: 5 - is the number of nations that have lifted the TISC trophy. 5 - is the number of TISC participations each for Egypt, Morocco and Spain. 5 - is the number of gold, silver and bronze that Guyana has won at TISC (5 of each colour). 5 - is the number of gold medals won by Finland, Serbia and Sweden at TISC. 5 - is the number of TISC Open contests that have been held to date. 5 - is the number of points separating TISC Open 2013 champions Sweden from runners-up Italy.

Where Are They Now? In today's "Where Are They Now?" segment we remember the original TISC Annual artists from and . As always, we look back at their entries for TISC Annual 2014 and follow it up with a more recent release. So let's check in with Afro Brothers, Debbi and Ana Stajdohar. TISC fans may remember that Ana sent TISC a personal message via Facebook in response to her 5th place finish with her entry "Neko Kao Ti". Mexico Song: Give Me Your Love Artist: Afro Brothers Song: Saldre de Fiesta Artist: Afro Brothers ft. Jose Fors Serbia Song: Neko Kao Ti Artist: Ana Stajdohar Song: Samo Ti Artist: Ana Stajdohar Czech Republic Song: You Take Me There Artist: Debbi Song: Hard to Believe Artist: Debbi ft. Marcell

Totallympics Annual International Song Contest Countdown to Brazil 2018 days to go.... TISC and the number 6: 6 - is the number of gold medals that Slovakia and Brazil each received at TISC Annual 2014 and TISC Annual 2016 respectively - their most successful contests to date. 6 - is the number of gold medals that Canada, Greece, Slovenia and Tunisia have each won at TISC. 6 - is the record points-per-jury average of a non-winning entry - Italy averaged 6.24 when finishing second at TISC Open 2013. 6 - is the number of nations from Asia to have participated at TISC - India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lebanon and Vietnam. 6 - is the number of times that France scored points on the first set of votes - a record for TISC 6 - is the shortest number of votes in TISC history required for everyone to score points (TISC Open 2016) 6 - is the total number of entries that scored over 200 points in a single contest

Awesome video!!! And I couldn't agree more with the sentiments, really nice words

SOUTH AFRICA Sunday Blues - Langa Mavuso

Where Are They Now? Next up in our "Where Are They Now?" series we remember the original TISC Annual artists from and . Norway has made a long-awatied return to the contest for this TISC Jubilee edition and we can look back at their only TISC representative prior to their comeback. Also, we catch up with Guyana's only non-Eddy Grant representative, Adrian Dutchin...... Norway Song: Since Last Wednesday Artist: Highasakite Song: 5 Million Miles Artist: Highasakite Malta Song: The Runaway Artist: Red Electrick Song: Sinner Artist: Red Electrick Guyana Song: I Ain't 'Fraid (Kash Riddim) Artist: Adrian Dutchin Song: Hold Ya Artist: Adrian Dutchin

Totallympics Annual International Song Contest Countdown to Brazil 2018 days to go.... TISC and the number 7: 7 - is the number of gold medals that Italy received at the very first TISC edition (TISC Open 2013) 7 - is the number of gold medals that Mexico, New Zealand, Poland and Portugal have each received at TISC. 7 - is the record number of jury members to represent a National Jury at a single TISC - the Serbian jury had 7 members at TISC Open 2014..... 7!!!! 7 - is the number of appearances that Czech Republic has made at TISC

Where Are They Now? In today's edition of "Where Are They Now?" we catch up with the original TISC Annual representatives from and . Adel Tawil landed the top prize for Germany at the inaugural TISC Annual edition, returning 1 year later in an attempt to defend his crown, finishing in 17th position on that occasion. Adel Tawil's more recent offering this time also allows us to welcome back Youssou N'Dour, former Festival of Music representative for Senegal! Móveis who represented Brazil at the inaugural edition have been on hiatus pretty much since then. Let's still remember the great music they gave us with the appropriately titled "Saionara"..... Argentina Song: Ciudad Mágica Artist: Tian Bionica Song: La Suerte Está Echada Artist: Tan Bionica Germany Song: Lieder Artist: Adel Tawil https://www.universal-music.de/adel-tawil/videos/lieder-lyric-video-332142 Song: Eine Welt eine Heimat Artist: Adel Tawil ft. Youssou N'Dour and Mohamed Mounir Brazil Song: Sede de Chuva Artist: Móveis Coloniais de Acaju Song: Saionara Artist: Móveis Coloniais de Acaju

Totallympics Annual International Song Contest Countdown to Brazil 2018 days to go.... TISC and the number 8: 8 - is the number of points that "Zombie" averaged when winning TISC Open 2014 8 - is the number of gold medals that Denmark has been awarded in TISC 8 - is the record medal winning streak at TISC (Ireland received 8 medals in a row at TISC Open 2014 from the national juries of ) 8 - is the number of editions that Lithuania served as a member of "the Committee" - the group of nations who always award points to the eventual winner

Where Are They Now? The latest edition in the "Where Are They Now?" series remembers the original TISC artists from and . Let's take a look back at their entry for TISC Annual 2014 and follow it up with something more recent, starting with the bronze medal winner from that inaugural edition, Volbeat.... Denmark Song: Cape of Our Hero Artist: Volbeat Song: Black Rose Artist: Volbeat United States Song: Cruise (Remix) Artist: Florida Georgia Line ft. Nelly Song: God, Your Mama, And Me Artist: Florida Georgia Line ft. Backstreet Boys Romania Song: Memories Artist: Nicole Cherry Song: Uneori Artist: Nicole Cherry

Totallympics Annual International Song Contest Countdown to Brazil 2018 days to go.... TISC and the number 9: 9 - is the number of nations to host TISC (including this year's TISC Annual hosts, Brazil) 9 - is the number of times that Great Britain has finished in the top 12 9 - is the number of times that Committee members Denmark and Italy have voted for the eventual winners. Hence their unique stay in the Committee throughout each edition to date!

Where Are They Now? Today's edition in the "Where Are They Now?" series sees a reprise of the original TISC Annual artists from and . As usual we will follow up with a more recent release from each of those artists. Montenegro Song: Drumovi će poželjet ludaka Artist: Gospoda Glembajevi Song: Violini Artist: Gospoda Glembajevi Poland Song: Lili Artist: Enej Song: Zagubiony Artist: Enej Canada Song: Closer Artist: Tegan and Sara Song: Bad Ones Artist: Matthew Dear ft. Tegan and Sara

Today marks the 10 days to go milestone until the TISC Annual Grand Final 2018. To celebrate we will make a countdown post each day with a couple of pieces of TISC trivia relating to that number. Let the countdown commence Totallympics Annual International Song Contest Countdown to Brazil 2018 days to go.... TISC and the number 10: 10 - is the edition number of this year's Jubilee TISC Annual in Brazil 10 - is the number of nations from the American continent who have participated at TISC 10 - is the number of teams taking part in the inaugural TISC Team Challenge

Where Are They Now? Next up in the third installment of our "Where Are They Now?" series looks back at the original TISC Annual artists representing and . The more observant TISC fans might remember that GJan returned to the Annual contest last year, representing Lithuania for a second time, finishing in 7th position. Lithuania Song: Need Your Love Artist: GJan Song: Together Artist: GJan Croatia Song: Čuvaj me Artist: Pavel Song: Lažu devedesete Artist: Pavel Morocco Song: Music Artist: Melimane Song: The Rebound Artist: Melimane

TISC Envoy Tim Touches Down in Antarctica Tim Scidmore, the TISC envoy who is traveling to WINTERFEST as a special guest of honour has arrived in Antarctica. Read more about his arrival here on TISC-News

Where Are They Now? Continuing the "Where Are They Now?" series, today we remember the original TISC Annual artists representing and . Let's take a trip down memory lane by listening once more to their contribution to our first Annual contest and follow it up with something more recent. Egypt Song: Neoul Aih Artist: Amr Diab Song: Ya Agmal Eyoun Artist: Amr Diab Azerbaijan Song: Damlalar Artist: Natavan Həbibi Song: SENE Artist: Natavan Həbibi Ireland Song: My Love Took Me Down To The River To Silence Me Artist: Little Green Cars Song: Easier Day Artist: Little Green Cars