OlympicIRL

Current fastest losers M 4x400m: France 3:04.78 mins Czech Republic 3:05.11 mins

Wow, fantastic race by Japan M 4x400m to ensure they make the Olympics

Good chance for Italy to make the final now and book that Olympic berth.

Current fastest losers W 4x400m: Italy 3:30.04 mins France 3:30.46 mins

qualify for Olympics in W 4x400m!

Any nation not already qualified for the Olympics that makes the final here books their Olympic ticket. So could be zero or 8 in theory.

At least one of France, Kenya or Cuba W 4x400m will qualify for Olympics.

Current fastest losers: Italy 3:30.04 mins Switzerland 3:34.85 mins

Some updates on the swimming: 2 swimmers booked their ticket to Tokyo at the Irish trials this month: Daniel Wiffen (men's 800m freestyle) and Mona McSharry (women's 100m breaststroke). Calum Bain should be removed for now as he has not yet made the qualification.

The swimming European Championships coming up in May is also another big chance for a few of the swimmers who are very close the the FINA A time to make the team as well as a couple of relay teams who could strengthen their chance of qualification.

Absolutely, you may put forward your proposal now. As was decided with the last rule change involving the 4+ member juries, any rule change would be an "opt-in" option. The default option would be the standard set-up with the usual combined process. I think you said your issue about the combined votes was that a nation that was voted by both jury members did not appear in the final cut. Perhaps an option could be added that any nation that was voted by both jury members but did not make the cut would replace the 12th ranked nation (and so on if there is more than one missing in your list... not likely there would be more than one or two anyway). What did you have in mind? There is another topic I will discuss next week so we will have a vote on your proposal at the same time.

Thank you, congrats on the silver medal. Hope you are feeling better!

No worries at all, you have done a fantastic job as host and we are so grateful for all the time and creativity you have already put into this contest. Take your time and don't feel under any pressure. Whenever you are ready to post a closing ceremony is fine Thanks once again!

You actually finished 16th this time which equals the best position for . Also it becomes the most successful entry in Annual contest, finishing one place higher than Debbi's song in TISC Annual 2014 and also beating the record TISC Annual PPJ average. So it broke some records

I posted the other songs I considered for the Irish ticket in the music thread if anyone is interested:

Here are the other 14 songs that made the final cut in the Irish selection battle. My favourite Irish song of 2020 is probably Run Through Walls by The Script which made the cut but I decided to give Dermot Kennedy a chance this time and glad I did in the end: Song 1: Wild Youth - Champagne Butterflies Song 2: JC Stewart - I Need You To Hate Me Song 3: Fia Moon - Let This Go Song 4: The Script - Run Through Walls Song 5: Niall Horan - Still Song 6: Robert Grace - Fake Fine Song 7: True Tides - Break The Silence Song 8: LYRA - New Day Song 9: JC Stewart - Lying That You Love Me Song 10: Picture This - Things Are Different Song 11: Somebody's Child - Love That Sound Song 12: Miles Graham - Give It Up Now Song 13: Big Piig - Feels Right Song 14: Niall Horan - Put A Little Love On Me

Huge thank you to all who voted for Dermot Kennedy and Giants. I never expected a medal so to get the bronze is a very nice surprise in the end. Congratulations to Canada on their second TISC victory, and third medal in a row. Hugely impressive performance and fully deserved to see Blinding Lights come out on top Congratulations to Sweden for their valiant silver medal, and another one to add to the collection. Finally a huge thank you to @rybak for being a brilliant host and for staging this exciting show with excellence. Managing to update all them scoreboard in between votes whilst posting votes of the absent jury members and keeping everything together... hats off to you on that, I don't know how you managed it See you all for the Closing Ceremony tomorrow and looking forward to TISC Open 2021 later in the year

Congratulations Canada on the well deserved title! Almost held out for silver in the end but oh well. It was thrilling for everyone involved! I need another drink now, the motor oil looks tempting

Sweden 12 to take the silver and really rub it in. You are cruel man rybak

If it’s Sweden, I swear

Waiting for the Bobby Ewing shower scene where rybak says this was all a dream and we start the whole voting all over again

Happens only once in a lifetime. TISC Open 2017 was that one time

Ok either I am drunk or we have entered the Twilight Zone.

He is drinking Poland dry by the looks of it. Thankfully someone else is taking care of the bill

Ireland needs a very large drink ?