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This is a joke. Payton was the one who clearly false started.

17 years old Nick Griggs just ran a 3:56 mile indoors It's a Euro U20 record. He also won European U20 gold last year over 3000m at the age of 16. Crazy to think we could finally have another potential track star from Ireland after so many years. https://twitter.com/Cathal_Dennehy/status/1502042251861676037?s=20&t=5RiUnMwLMLzblFj3jSGusAhttps://twitter.com/Cathal_Dennehy/status/1502042251861676037?s=20&t=5RiUnMwLMLzblFj3jSGusA

will send a team of 19 athletes to Belgrade for the World Indoor Championships. The team consists of 10 men and 9 women and as per usual not a single field event qualifer in the team: https://www.athleticsireland.ie/news/selection-announcement-world-indoor-championships-2022/ Team Ireland MEN Israel Olatunde (60m) Mark English (800m and 4x400m Relay) Andrew Coscoran (1500m) Luke McCann (1500m) Darragh McElhinney (3000m) Cillin Greene (4x400m Relay) Robert McDonnell (4x400m Relay) Cathal Crosbie (4x400m Relay) Chris O'Donnell (4x400m Relay) Brian Greene (4x400m Relay) WOMEN Molly Scott (60m) Sarah Lavin (60m Hurdles) Phil Healy (400m and 4x400m Relay) Sophie Becker (400m and 4x400m Relay) Síofra Cleirigh Buttner (800m) Sarah Healy (1500m) Sharlene Mawdsley (4x400m Relay) Róisín Harrison (4x400m Relay) Catherine McManus (4x400m Relay)

From a personal point of view, I do lose some of the excitement also when the contest becomes more drawn out. And I think it’s just natural, you are more fatigued when it comes to the final. So I would be one of those members whose momentum is lost even though I wouldn’t miss a deadline. The basic structure we voted for in the past to counter this fatigue was to have a streamlined 2 weeks for registration / song selection; 2 weeks for voting; 2 weeks for the host to prepare the show. And that’s not a strict structure, but a good guidance. Many times the host may need longer to prepare and I am always fine with that. I would rather give more time to allow them to prepare the voting templates and the final. So if we are going to add more time on to have a registration period and a selection period then we are looking at a very long event and from our collective experience I think it is more draining on everyone. Some times like in this occasion, the selection period is extended for understandable reasons and I think we are generally ok with that. I don’t know, I can’t speak for everyone though so would be happy to hear from anyone who wants to share their own views.

There used to be a case where we had registration period for a couple of weeks before the entry window opened (which still allowed registrations of course) but users clearly voted against that previously as we felt that momentum was being lost and that a long drawn out registration and selection period was resulting in more withdrawals as some users lost interest or other things took over their lives. I think the balance has been better since then and we have certainly had fewer withdrawals since that has been more streamlined. I think there’s no need to over-complicate things. I do want to offer some protection to jury members from multi-member juries as currently a user from their nation could randomly show up in the first days and choose the song with no debate with their fellow jury members. And I don’t want to create too many rules or deadlines either. We need some balance. As usual it’s not always easy to find a 100% perfect solution but I definitely see some problem in the current set up.

I haven't decided on the final wording yet but it could be along these lines:

It's a fair point, and in honesty I should have had something like that in the rule book long ago. Sorry to hear about your issue @vinipereira, all I can say is that I will correct this issue starting from now and I am sorry that this happened

Go_A I think since you mentioned Shum. Maybe it was a clue

To us Irish, Eastern Europe begins in the Irish Sea

Maybe you can set up a quick poll @Vektor in the TISC discussion thread to see what the feelings are. I am happy to follow your lead on this one since you are the host

I think @Wanderer also goes by the same title

will be there

I have just finished updating the thread . I will have a look over it again in the coming days to see if I missed anything.

TISC Annual 2022 - Hungary Here We Come! It is my great pleasure to formally announce Hungary as the host of TISC Annual 2022! . Congratulations @Vektor on your successful bid. It is going to be an exciting first trip to Hungary for the Totallympics International Song Contest for what will no doubt be a musical and cultural feast. Thank you for taking up the mantle of TISC host and best of luck with the organisation, we are all behind you

"Expect" and "medal" are very strong words.... let's replace those with "hope" and "fun" and there we have Ireland's Winter Olympic prospects

TISC XVII - TISC Open 2021 (Israel) Totallympics (Open) International Song Contest 2021 Venue: Caesaria National Park, Caesarea, Israel  PARTICIPATING NATIONS 37  *Click on the Flag to listen to that Nation's TISC Open 2021 entry Argentina Brazil Bulgaria Canada China Colombia Croatia Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Lithuania Malta Mexico Moldova Netherlands New Zealand Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Ukraine United States Vietnam Grand Final: Day 1 - Sunday November 14th, 2021 Day 2 - Sunday November 21st, 2021 Final Rankings 19 Brazil 73 1 Czech Republic 198 20 Great Britain 73 2 New Zealand 182 21 Germany 69 3 Sweden 177 22 Italy 68 4 Denmark 156 23 Indonesia 67 5 France 133 24 Vietnam 60 6 Spain 130 25 Romania 58 7 Ukraine 114 26 Portugal 56 8 Ireland 104 27 Moldova 54 9 China 99 28 Slovakia 54 10 Serbia 87 29 Greece 48 11 Lithuania 85 30 Kazakhstan 46 12 United States 84 31 Netherlands 44 13 Hungary 83 32 Malta 28 14 Canada 82 33 India 26 15 Mexico 81 34 Slovenia 17 16 Poland 78 35 Israel 9 17 Croatia 77 36 Colombia 6 18 Argentina 75 37 Bulgaria 5 TISC Open 2021 Winner Lenny - Hell.o

TISC XVI - TISC Annual 2021 (Poland) Totallympics (Annual) International Song Contest 2021 Venue: Tauron Arena, Kraków, Poland  PARTICIPATING NATIONS 37  *Click on the Flag to listen to that Nation's TISC Annual 2021 entry Argentina Brazil Bulgaria Canada China Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland France 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 United States Grand Final: Saturday April 17th, 2021 AFTER 37/37 JURIES Brazil 046 Ireland 160 India 046 Romania 071 Malta 074 Spain 059 Sweden 169 Serbia 044 Portugal 045 Czech Republic 075 Argentina 046 Italy 118 Canada 172 Tunisia 055 Greece 085 United States 111 Netherlands 113 Moldova 037 Croatia 058 Germany 060 Bulgaria 074 China 054 Norway 084 Slovakia 066 Hungary 074 Israel 110 Denmark 080 Finland 091 Mexico 044 Kazakhstan 037 Great Britain 076 Indonesia 103 New Zealand 046 Poland 085 France 091 Lithuania 057 Slovenia 070 Pl. AFTER 37/37 JURIES 19 Bulgaria 074 1 Canada 172 20 Romania 071 2 Sweden 169 21 Slovenia 070 3 Ireland 160 22 Slovakia 066 4 Italy 118 23 Germany 060 5 Netherlands 113 24 Spain 059 6 United States 111 25 Croatia 058 7 Israel 110 26 Lithuania 057 8 Indonesia 103 27 Tunisia 055 9 France 091 28 China 054 10 Finland 091 29 New Zealand 046 11 Poland 085 30 Brazil 046 12 Greece 085 31 India 046 13 Norway 084 32 Argentina 046 14 Denmark 080 33 Portugal 045 15 Great Britain 076 34 Mexico 044 16 Czech Republic 075 35 Serbia 044 17 Hungary 074 36 Kazakhstan 037 18 Malta 074 37 Moldova 037 TISC Annual 2021 Winner The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

This is beautiful!

I was going to suggest that we can open the thread on the day of the Closing Ceremony (right after sounds good) to try to gently herd people from the Winter Olympics over to TISC . We could open the voting window on March 13 then if necessary. It’s only 3 weeks after the thread opening which is fine. All will depend on the host however and which time period suits them. For example, if they can’t host until late April then the schedule would need to move accordingly.

TISC Annual 2022 - Hosting Rights We are open for bids!!! I am pleased to announce that the hosting rights for the 18th edition of the Totallympics International Song Contest (TISC Annual 2022) is now open for bidding. 2021 TISC Annual winners, Canada, and runners-up Sweden have both declined their right to host the upcoming edition. As the 3rd-placed nation, Ireland was next in line to receive the hosting rights. Official confirmation from the Irish delegation states that they prefer to open up the bidding to the wider public, so that all those interested can have their chance to stage the contest. However, the Irish delegation also committed to step in to fill the position if in fact there are no bids forthcoming (which we very much hope will not be the case ). All interested parties who would like to host the upcoming edition of TISC are hereby invited to state their interest on this thread by no later than Monday, 24th January. If more than one bid is received, a draw to decide the host will be conducted as per usual TISC rules. Let the bidding commence!! Bid Candidates: Hungary

I got my booster today, I can take his spot in the draw

Now that the 2021 TISC season has come to and end I thought I would share a little update on how the 2021 entries shaped the overall TISC All-Time Top 40. The Top 40 list is based on points-per-jury (PPJ) averages and is an elite ranking of the songs that scored big amongst our interntional juries. I am happy to report that all 6 medal winning entries from both contests this year made it into the Overall Top 40. However, it was the 2021 Open Contest medalists who made the biggest impact on the Overall Top 40 with Czech Republic's Lenny making it all the way up to number 12 in the chart. See details below: TISC Annual Top 40: New entries in the TISC Annual Top 40: # 9 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (4.78 PPJ) # 11 Molly Sandén - Husavik (4.69 PPJ) # 15 Dermot Kennedy - Giants (4.44 PPJ) No other entries from TISC Annual 2021 made it on the All-Time TISC Annual Top 40 chart. TISC Open Top 40: New entries in the TISC Open Top 40: # 8 Lenny - Hell.o (5.50 PPJ) # 16 Gin Wigmore - Written In The Water (5.06 PPJ) # 18 Avicii - Wake Me Up (4.92 PPJ) # 27 The Rumour Said Fire - The Balcony (4.33 PPJ) # 38 Lenny - Claudio Capéo - Un Homme Debout (3.69 PPJ) TISC Overall Top 40: New entries in the TISC Overall Top 40: # 12 Lenny - Hell.o (5.50 PPJ) # 23 Gin Wigmore - Written In The Water (5.06 PPJ) # 25 Avicii - Wake Me Up (4.92 PPJ) # 30 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (4.78 PPJ) # 33 Molly Sandén - Husavik (4.69 PPJ) # 40 Dermot Kennedy - Giants (4.44 PPJ) Only 5 non-medal winning entries appear in the Overall Top 40 with 2 champions and 16 former medalists now finding themselves outside the Top 40 chart! The TISC Annual Top 40 chart will be played in the TISC Annual 2022 thread in the days preceding the live show and a similar airing of the TISC Open Top 40 chart is planned for the TISC Open 2022 later in the year. Then as part of the 20th edition celebrations in 2023 a special Hot 100 Chart will be compiled showcasing the overall Top 100 of all time.

Happy New Year to all of my fellow Totallympians. Hoping 2022 will be a bright one for you, full of happy moments and peace in your lives

Great logic by both @hckošice and @Olympian1010 . Sorry I didn't take the chance, just didn't want to drop all my points. Thanks to @Quasit for a very fun evening and for helping to broaden my knowledge

I would have gone with Idaho if pushed. Montana was my gut instinct but I believe Idaho sounds like a good answer based on both pieces of advice now