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I’m honestly glad they are going this route. I have nothing against eSports. I just feel they would be totally out of place at the Summer Olympics. If they want to host a separate eSports version of the Games then what harm and I wish them the best of luck.

Nervous expectation I'd say sums it up here. It's going to be an almighty tough match for us.

Not to mention rowing which will take place in a 1500m course, though I blame World Rowing for seemingly not caring enough to request an alternative location for the rowing.

I am going to take a different slant on it and not worry about what Ireland would add if we hosted. Instead I want to selfishly select what I want instead These choices are based on the assumption that squash and baseball/softball are already in because I would certainly have those in my list (I liked watching baseball and softball in Tokyo). 1. Darts 2. Bowls 3. Snooker 4. Tug-of-war (Ireland would probably add this sport if we had host picks) 5. Cricket T20 (this choice is less selfish, not a fan of cricket but I think it deserves to be there) In addition I would like to add a team event in golf and reinstate all the track cycling events that were kicked off the Olympic programme in recent editions. And of course reinstate the men's 50km walk.

I've been out for the day so just got caught up! Yessss Rhys!! He did it again. Two-time pommel world champion and probably just as importantly, takes the Paris 2024 Olympic ticket

IRELAND Ireland has decided to delve into history this year with the nomination of rock band Thin Lizzy as the entrant to this year's TISC Open in California. It is a re-visiting of our TISC roots as Thin Lizzy lead singer, Phil Lynott, was one half of Ireland's first-ever entry in TISC 10 years ago. For the song entry we have chosen "The Boys Are Back in Town" from the band's 1976 album "Jailbreak". Hope you enjoy Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town Lyrics:

I feel like Malta always register and vote in the last day, it's basically a tradition at this stage

Some the of regularly competing nations that have yet to register this time include:

So far we have 33 registered nations and so far 14 entries selected.

Our female flag bearer last time, Kellie Harrington, went on to win a gold medal. Sometimes lesser known athletes are chosen for the honour and other times the honour goes to our biggest name, it varies. I think it's similar in most countries.

My picks would be: Ciara Mageean (Athletics) Paul O'Donovan (Rowing) I can't think of anyone more deserving or fitting for this honour than Ciara Mageean. Everything she achieves in her career, her national pride is just bursting through in her interviews and she is just a top human being. For the men's I would actually love to give it to Rhys McClenaghan but since he competes on Day 1, it is unlikely and would be unwise. Paul O'Donovan has achieved everything in his rowing career so this honour would be absolutely deserved!

They will have to wait for another 4 years to try again Uruguay wins 36-26!

I can help with creating the entries table if you like? Or if there’s anything else you would like created just let me know

Wow 3 quotas here for is more than I had hoped for! I was hoping for at least 1 and that we might sneak 2 so to get 3 is wonderful

Ireland will participate!

Great news! I’ve quite a few updates to make since I last updated our qualification tracker a few weeks ago

Happy birthday @hckošice and @SteveParker. Hope you both had a good one

TISC XX - TISC Annual 2023 (Spain) Totallympics (Annual) International Song Contest 2023 Venue: Estadio de La Cartuja, Sevilla, Spain  PARTICIPATING NATIONS 38  *Click on the Flag to listen to that Nation's TISC Annual 2023 entry Argentina Brazil Bulgaria Chile China Croatia Czech Republic Denmark France Finland Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Lithuania Malta Mexico Moldova Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Tunisia Ukraine United States Grand Final: Saturday March 18th, 2023 GRAND FINAL SCOREBOARD 1 ITALY 199 20 CZECH REPUBLIC 61 2 FINLAND 166 21 CROATIA 61 3 GERMANY 158 22 BRAZIL 59 4 NETHERLANDS 151 23 MOLDOVA 57 5 USA 130 24 HUNGARY 57 6 DENMARK 127 25 CHILE 57 7 FRANCE 118 26 ROMANIA 57 8 NORWAY 111 27 INDONESIA 52 9 SERBIA 103 28 ARGENTINA 52 10 UKRAINE 99 29 LITHUANIA 51 11 SPAIN 91 30 CHINA 51 12 SLOVAKIA 89 31 MALTA 50 13 MEXICO 89 32 SWEDEN 49 14 IRELAND 83 33 GREECE 49 15 SLOVENIA 83 34 KAZAKHSTAN 43 16 PORTUGAL 75 35 NEW ZEALAND 35 17 GREAT BRITAIN 73 36 BULGARIA 21 18 POLAND 70 37 TUNISIA 13 19 INDIA 63 38 ISRAEL 11 TISC Annual 2023 Winner La Rappresentante di Lista - Ciao Ciao

Family Guy certainly does its best to dispel those stereotypes

I'm pretty sure @hckošice and Séamus got drunk and trashed a venue in Richmond last time so it still remains to be seen if we will be allowed back into the country

TISC Returns to the USA! It is my great pleasure to formally announce the United States as the host of TISC Open 2023! . @Olympian1010 was the sole bid this time and it means TISC will return to the USA for a second time, 5 years after they first hosted TISC Open 2018. We are all excited to see what America has in store for us and we wish our hosts the very best of luck on their organisation of what will surely be another great contest!

Just 95 minutes left before it becomes official and then you can start submitting your VISA application

Just 2 days left to register your bid for TISC Open 2023!

TISC Open 2023 Bidding Process: We are officially open to receiving bids to host the upcoming Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2023. TISC Open 2023 winners France, along with runners-up Sweden and 3rd-placed Netherlands have all declined the hosting rights meaning we will go to an open-bid process to find our next TISC host. Bidding will remain open until Friday 15th, September, 23:00 GMT so anyone interested please post on thread before then. If we receive multiple bids, a draw will take place to decide who the next host will be. The official draw will take place on Saturday, 16th September 15:00 GMT. Thanks to @Olympian1010 for putting his hat into the ring TISC Open 2023 Host Candidates: United States Details of the bidding process can be found here: