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Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2025 Thank you Great Britain! Another big cheer in the home crowd as Ireland scores their third 12 points of the morning session! A very strong start for the hosts! Elsewhere, GB handed the first points of the morning to Kazakhstan, Germany, Brazil and Bulgaria! We move now to the national jury with the most members, as always that is the Italian jury. Good morning Italy. Are you ready to give us your votes? Juries Voted: 5/34 1 Ireland 12 52 18 Sweden 9 2 Canada 6 34 19 Tunisia 8 3 Romania 4 27 20 Argentina 7 4 Mexico 21 21 Albania 7 5 Turkey 8 21 21 Kazakhstan 7 7 6 Netherlands 10 21 23 Italy 6 7 Guatemala 11 20 24 Germany 5 5 8 France 2 19 24 Israel 5 9 Slovenia 9 16 26 Lithuania 4 10 Serbia 13 26 Ukraine 4 11 Poland 13 28 Brazil 3 3 12 Malta 12 28 Greece 3 13 Great Britain 12 30 Bulgaria 1 1 14 Spain 11 30 China 1 15 Denmark 10 32 India 0 16 Indonesia 9 32 Slovakia 0 17 Portugal 9 32 United States 0

GREAT BRITAIN Ireland 12 Guatemala 11 Netherlands 10 Slovenia 9 Turkey 8 Kazakhstan 7 Canada 6 Germany 5 Romania 4 Brazil 3 France 2 Bulgaria 1

GREAT BRITAIN Guatemala 11 Netherlands 10 Slovenia 9 Turkey 8 Kazakhstan 7 Canada 6 Germany 5 Romania 4 Brazil 3 France 2 Bulgaria 1

GREAT BRITAIN Good morning from Great Britain! These are the results of the votes of the GB national jury! Netherlands 10 Slovenia 9 Turkey 8 Kazakhstan 7 Canada 6 Germany 5 Romania 4 Brazil 3 France 2 Bulgaria 1

Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2025 Thank you and goodbye Indonesia! France moves into the top 5 in the leaderboard with a maximum score from the Indonesian jury. Ireland stretches the lead at the top to 12 points while Romania enter into the podium places for the first time! Up next we make the short trip across the Irish Sea to say good morning to our nearest neighbours. Good morning Great Britain, may we have your votes please? Juries Voted: 4/34 1 Ireland 6 40 18 Tunisia 8 8 2 Canada 28 19 Argentina 2 7 3 Romania 11 23 20 Slovenia 7 4 Mexico 21 21 Albania 7 5 France 12 17 22 Italy 6 6 Serbia 9 13 23 Israel 5 5 7 Turkey 13 24 Lithuania 4 4 8 Poland 13 24 Ukraine 4 9 Malta 10 12 26 Greece 3 3 10 Great Britain 7 12 27 China 1 1 11 Netherlands 11 28 Brazil 0 11 Spain 11 28 Bulgaria 0 13 Denmark 10 28 Germany 0 14 Indonesia 9 28 Kazakhstan 0 15 Guatemala 9 28 India 0 16 Portugal 9 28 Slovakia 0 16 Sweden 9 28 United States 0

Team Event Current Standings after 3/34 juries voted Q1 Pts Q2 Pts Q3 Pts Q4 Pts 2nd Wicklow Wolfhounds 31 0 0 0 4th Belfast Titanics 25 0 0 0 10th Clare Banners 0 0 0 0 7th Limerick Leprechauns 16 0 0 0 3rd Galway Girls 27 0 0 0 8th Waterford Crystals 13 0 0 0 8th Dublin Druids 13 0 0 0 1st Donegal Dannys 38 0 0 0 6th Derry Oakleafs 21 0 0 0 10th Mayo Mariners 0 0 0 0 5th Kilkenny Cats 22 0 0 0

Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2025 Thank you for your votes Slovakia! We can see that both members of the Slovakian jury have now joined Séamus at the bar so they are certainly going to enjoy themselves this year! Canada gets their first 12 points of the day and close the gap at the top of the leaderbard to just 6 points. But it's still very early days! We go far across the globe now to call upon our 4th national jury of the morning. Good afternoon Indonesia. Can you please reveal the votes of the Indonesian national jury? Juries Voted: 3/34 1 Ireland 10 34 18 Argentina 5 2 Canada 12 28 18 Great Britain 5 3 Mexico 11 21 20 Serbia 4 4 Turkey 5 13 20 Ukraine 4 4 5 Poland 7 13 22 Malta 2 6 Romania 8 12 23 Brazil 0 7 Netherlands 11 23 Bulgaria 0 7 Spain 11 23 China 0 9 Denmark 10 23 Germany 0 10 Indonesia 2 9 23 Greece 0 11 Guatemala 1 9 23 India 0 12 Portugal 9 23 Israel 0 12 Sweden 9 9 23 Lithuania 0 14 Slovenia 6 7 23 Slovakia 0 15 Albania 7 23 Tunisia 0 16 Italy 3 6 23 Ukraine 0 17 France 5 23 United States 0

Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2025 Thank you Sweden and goodbye! Ireland receives another maximum score from the Swedish jury. A dream start for the hosts. Séamus is getting too excited and is already at the bar ordering rounds for everyone! We stay in Europe now as we make a visit to our third national jury of the morning. Hello Slovakia! Can you please share the results of your votes please? Juries Voted: 2/34 1 Ireland 12 24 18 Italy 3 3 2 Canada 6 16 19 Malta 2 3 Netherlands 11 20 Slovenia 1 3 Spain 11 11 21 Brazil 0 5 Mexico 1 10 21 Bulgaria 0 6 Denmark 10 10 21 China 0 7 Portugal 9 9 21 Germany 0 8 Guatemala 8 21 Greece 0 8 Turkey 8 8 21 India 0 10 Albania 7 7 21 Israel 0 10 Indonesia 7 21 Kazakhstan 0 12 Poland 6 21 Lithuania 0 13 France 2 5 21 Slovakia 0 14 Argentina 5 5 21 Sweden 0 14 Great Britain 5 21 Tunisia 0 16 Romania 4 21 Ukraine 0 16 Serbia 4 4 21 United States 0

SWEDEN Ireland 12 Spain 11 Denmark 10 Portugal 9 Turkey 8 Albania 7 Canada 6 Argentina 5 Serbia 4 Italy 3 France 2 Mexico 1

SWEDEN Spain 11 Denmark 10 Portugal 9 Turkey 8 Albania 7 Canada 6 Argentina 5 Serbia 4 Italy 3 France 2 Mexico 1

SWEDEN Good morning from Sweden! These are the results of the votes of the Swedish national jury! Denmark 10 Portugal 9 Turkey 8 Albania 7 Canada 6 Argentina 5 Serbia 4 Italy 3 France 2 Mexico 1

Dear @Belle asked me to deliver her votes on her behalf!

Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2025 Thank you Denmark! The hosts receive the first 12 points of the day which is greeted with a huge cheer by the home fans! Congratulations to all nations who received their first points of today's contest! We make a short trip across Scandinavia now to visit the Swedish national jury. Good morning Sweden, it's time to share your votes! Juries Voted: 1/34 1 Ireland 12 12 18 Denmark 0 2 Netherlands 11 11 19 Germany 0 3 Canada 10 10 20 Greece 0 4 Mexico 9 9 21 India 0 5 Guatemala 8 8 22 Israel 0 6 Indonesia 7 7 23 Italy 0 7 Poland 6 6 24 Kazakhstan 0 8 Great Britain 5 5 25 Lithuania 0 9 Romania 4 4 26 Portugal 0 10 France 3 3 27 Serbia 0 11 Malta 2 2 28 Slovakia 0 12 Slovenia 1 1 29 Spain 0 13 Albania 0 30 Sweden 0 14 Argentina 0 31 Tunisia 0 15 Brazil 0 32 Turkey 0 16 Bulgaria 0 33 Ukraine 0 17 China 0 34 United States 0

Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2025 Good morning, good afternoon and good evening! No matter where in the world you are, we welcome you to the Grand Final of the 2025 edition of the Totallympics Annual International Song Contest, coming to you this year from the Rock of Cashel in Ireland! We hope you didn't party too hard last night! Over the coming hours we will crown a new TISC champion and hopefully spend a lot of exciting moments together along the way. Without further ado, let me wish the best of luck to all contestant as we call upon the first national jury of the day to deliver the opening set of votes of this year's contest. Denmark have the honour of kicking off the voting in this edition. Good morning Denmark! Can we please have the votes of the Danish national jury? Juries Voted: 0/34 1 Albania 0 18 Kazakhstan 0 2 Argentina 0 19 Lithuania 0 3 Brazil 0 20 Malta 0 4 Bulgaria 0 21 Mexico 0 5 Canada 0 22 Netherlands 0 6 China 0 23 Poland 0 7 Denmark 0 24 Portugal 0 8 France 0 25 Romania 0 9 Germany 0 26 Serbia 0 10 Great Britain 0 27 Slovakia 0 11 Greece 0 28 Slovenia 0 12 Guatemala 0 29 Spain 0 13 India 0 30 Sweden 0 14 Indonesia 0 31 Tunisia 0 15 Ireland 0 32 Turkey 0 16 Israel 0 33 Ukraine 0 17 Italy 0 34 United States 0 Team Event Rules for the Team Event can be found in the opening post of this thread. The team event is split into 4 quarters, each marking the 4 voting sessions. The top 9 teams will advance to the next round after voting in session 1 is completed. The 10th and 11th placed teams will be eliminated and those nations will advance to the Pairs Competition that commences in Session 3. Q1 Pts Q2 Pts Q3 Pts Q4 Pts 1 Wicklow Wolfhounds 0 0 0 0 2 Belfast Titanics 0 0 0 0 3 Clare Banners 0 0 0 0 4 Limerick Leprechauns 0 0 0 0 5 Galway Girls 0 0 0 0 6 Waterford Crystals 0 0 0 0 7 Dublin Druids 0 0 0 0 8 Donegal Dannys 0 0 0 0 9 Derry Oakleafs 0 0 0 0 10 Mayo Mariners 0 0 0 0 11 Kilkenny Cats 0 0 0 0

Wish me luck everyone! Please let me know if you see anything wrong, I will update during the session breaks if needed.

We have made it to the end of tonight's opening ceremony. A sincere thanks to all who followed along and for all the performers. See you all tomorrow.... You didn't think I forgot, did you?? In keeping with TISC opening ceremony tradition, let's take a sneak peek at the TISC Annual 2025 Scoreboard.... without the scores of course . It won't be a static scoreboard for this edition, meaning nations will move up and down the scoreboard after each round of votes, based on their rank and this will be displayed in real-time after each jury votes. Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2025 Juries Voted: 0/34 1 Albania 0 18 Kazakhstan 0 2 Argentina 0 19 Lithuania 0 3 Brazil 0 20 Malta 0 4 Bulgaria 0 21 Mexico 0 5 Canada 0 22 Netherlands 0 6 China 0 23 Poland 0 7 Denmark 0 24 Portugal 0 8 France 0 25 Romania 0 9 Germany 0 26 Serbia 0 10 Great Britain 0 27 Slovakia 0 11 Greece 0 28 Slovenia 0 12 Guatemala 0 29 Spain 0 13 India 0 30 Sweden 0 14 Indonesia 0 31 Tunisia 0 15 Ireland 0 32 Turkey 0 16 Israel 0 33 Ukraine 0 17 Italy 0 34 United States 0 And that's a wrap on tonight's procedings! Please join us at 09:00 a.m. (GMT) tomorrow morning for the Grand Final of the Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2025

We conclude tonight's concert at the Rock of Cashel by remembering a true queen of Irish music. Dolores O'Riordan, with a voice like no other.... we dearly miss you. It is only fitting that we conclude with Dolores and The Cranberries and the beautiful sound of Dreams to send us on our way before a busy day of Grand Final action tomorrow.... The Cranberries - Dreams

The night is not quite done yet. We still have time for another couple of special guests. Please show some love and appreciation to TISC Open 2017 winners, The Stunning.... The Stunning - Brewing Up A Storm

It's time to welcome TISC Annual 2019 winners to the stage, say hello to Kodaline.... Kodaline - All I Want

Please give a round of applause for your next guest, mister Niall Horan.... Niall Horan - Heaven

Dear friends, it's time for some instrumental magic now. Please give it up for TISC Open 2016 winners, The Corrs.... The Corrs - Toss The Feathers

Please give a warm welcome to the one and only Snow Patrol.... Snow Patrol - Crack The Shutters

Please welcome onto the stage, TISC Annual 2015 winners, The Script..... The Script - No Good In Goodbye

Now that we have completed the formal parts of the ceremony, it's time now for our contestants to kick back and enjoy the party at the Rock of Cashel. Dear friends, distinguished guests (and drunken leprechauns!), please welcome on stage TISC Open 2022 representatives Westlife, with special guest, Diana Ross....

To conclude the formal part of the ceremony it's time to reveal the official song.... May We Never Have To Say Goodbye