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Glad to hear it, and stay safe from those penguins!

This is not good news.... I guess you'll be leaving us for WINTERFEST then

Oh Poland, please say it ain't so

I edited that to reflect that now.... but there still seems to be a 10 point discrepancy on the scoreboard (10 points missing somewhere)? Do you have the calculations?

The Danish song was my first reserve this year and I just want to say that it brought me a lot of joy as it reminded me of an episode of my favourite Irish comedy of mid-90s. So I want to say thank you to @Agger to bring back good memories The comedy is about a group of priests who live on a remote island off Ireland and are involved in bizarre situations. In this episode the priests compete against another set of priests from another island for the right to represent Ireland at Eurovision. The intro of the Danish song reminded me of the song from one of the group of priests....here you can compare and see if you see the resemblance Go to time 17:22 on this video to see the song I mean.....

I need to consult all the Totallympics family of course but I think I would be proud to hand one of TISC's loyal serving members, our @dezbee2008 an opportunity to welcome us to her part of the world. I would love to put on another edition from Ireland and welcome you all here again but I know there are so many of you who wish the same thing and want to have the opportunity to express your creativity and I want to encourage that. @mrv86 was right, there was once a rule in place about rankings determining who gets to host next and this was taken away last time because there were so many people expressing a wish to host, including previous hosts. The compromise was to weigh the game of luck in favour of new candidates (all the previous hosts were put into one pot and the new candidates in other pots so their chances were increased. I don't know how you all want this decided but I would be glad to have your opinions because as you know, these matters are never easy for one person to make a call on.

Thanks for all the fond memories Tunisia, sad to be leaving Brazil, here we come!!!!!

There was an explosion of reputation points on November 17th and 18th.... look at it compared to November 16th

I think you finished in 16th place in the official standings

When posting the Irish entry on the thread I put a short synopsis of the band and how they reformed in recent times. This is a new song from The Stunning from 2017 which I like The Stunning - Always You

Where's your song?

I was afraid that potential 1 point loss would come back to haunt me. I guess if the Committee ever goes below a certain threshhold of members they will need to start recruiting again.... you will be first in line according to your near call

I don't doubt it

My list of 12 points over the years: 2013 Open - Italy 2014 Annual - Australia 2014 Open - Canada 2015 Annual - Slovakia 2015 Open - United States 2016 Annual - Denmark 2016 Open - Canada 2017 Annual - Brazil 2017 Open - Chile

Thanks for this historic first!!

I honestly don't know right now, it's not something I thought I would even have to consider. Much like the name of the band, I am stunned!

@vinipereira @titicow Thank you so so much!!!! This is going to be long in my memory! Thank you!! @dezbee2008 and @Damian really hard way to end great contest, I don't wish anyone to lose in this way. But thank you for making this a memorable race. I can't believe it, this was the most unexpected of them all, I never in my wildest dream imagined when choosing the entry that this would be the outcome! Thanks to all who voted for The Stunning and for all who spent the day with me here making this a really fun weekend. And thanks so much to @amen09 for all his efforts and a wonderful staging of the event. You must have been bursting with excitement when you realised how the draw made for such a climactic finish. But to pull all this off on your own is not easy and you have done an amazing job. Now go and have a well deserved rest Me and this little guy are gonna get rather drunk now.... Go raibh míle maith agaibh!! Thank you!!!

DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't believe it but I am grateful we had this chance.... awesome day!!

At least i can say I was leading going into the very final point reveal

BRAZZZILLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG, I love you I know it's probably just temporary but I feel like celebrating this anyway!!

Quick, pour me a drink

Oh God, don't tell me you got him drunk again?

@dezbee2008 so how are your nerves coping?

Oh Lord, this is getting tense, tense, tense!!!