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I think there’s a big chance Norway is going to be my favourite this year. I am growing to love the song and can even look past the Tix’s outfit now I think he could do something really good with the staging on this one too. I think it will surprise many because it is a grower

Séamus is packing his bags and listening to “The Rocky Road To Poland”.... it can only mean one thing! Ireland is in

Yes, her song is called "Maps" apparently, that's all I know

Not a fan of the German song at all

Team Ireland Men Leon Reid (60m) Israel Olatunde (60m) Dean Adams (60m) Mark English (800m) Cian McPhillips (800m) John Fitzsimons (800m) Andrew Coscoran (1500m) Paul Robinson (1500m) Luke McCann (1500m) John Travers (3000m) Seán Tobin (3000m) Darragh McElhinney (3000m) Women Ciara Neville (60m) Joan Healy (60m) Molly Scott (60m) Phil Healy (400m) Sophie Becker (400m) Sharlene Mawdsley (400m) Nadia Power (800m) Síofra Cléirigh Buttner (800m) Georgie Hartigan (800m) Ciara Mageean (1500m) Michelle Finn (3000m) Sarah Lavin (60m Hurdles) A team of 24 athletes for Ireland (12 men and 12 women) and not a field event athlete in sight. One day we might have someone who can jump or throw something far.

I don't mind the song, it's much better in Norwegian by the way. But the staging is too much, it makes it seem really cheesy. I was never a fan of Monument anyway. I think KEiiNO would have been the "right" choice for Norway in that they have a fandom across Europe that will vote for them and would have brought them a decent result. I just don't rate the song though.

I did a quick re-listen of your last podcast to see what I could pick up on as “notheen” came to mind straight away . I just know you have a very clear accent and you pronounce most sounds really clearly. You pronounce the “s” sound very clearly at the beginning and at the end of words. Almost like a double “ss” if that makes sense. On the other hand you don’t stress vowel sounds too much. And one word I noticed a difference in how I pronounce the word was “digress”. You said it like dig as in to dig a hole, whereas I pronounce it as die But I “die-gress”. And that is my totally amateur take on your accent. You could have more fun analysing mine and trying to understand it

TISC XV - TISC Open 2020 (Netherlands) Totallympics (Open) International Song Contest 2020 Venue: Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, Netherlands  PARTICIPATING NATIONS 35  *Click on the Flag to listen to that Nation's TISC Open 2020 entry Argentina Brazil Bulgaria Canada China Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Egypt 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 Tunisia United States Grand Final: Saturday November 14th, 2020 Final Scoreboard TOISC - NETHERLANDS 2020 China 18 67 Serbia 1 237 Portugal 19 67 Canada 2 165 Indonesia 20 62 Malta 3 143 United States 21 62 Ireland 4 143 Italy 22 57 France 5 124 Denmark 23 56 India 6 124 Poland 24 48 Germany 7 118 Spain 25 44 Lithuania 8 109 Croatia 26 44 Kazakhstan 9 99 Slovenia 27 41 New Zealand 10 91 Egypt 28 40 Netherlands 11 85 Tunisia 29 39 Romania 12 85 Israel 30 39 Argentina 13 85 Slovakia 31 36 Brazil 14 82 Greece 32 35 Moldova 15 79 Mexico 33 35 Czech Republic 16 77 Hungary 34 23 Great Britain 17 75 Bulgaria 35 14 TISC Open 2020 Winner Irish Stew Of Sindidun - Lady Of New Tomorrow

I want Croatia to enter something like this again, such a catchy song

In terms of most watched sporting events in 2020 here is our top 10.... 1 Gaelic Football All-Ireland Final: Dublin v Mayo 876.6k 2 Rugby Six Nations: France v Ireland 850.3k 3 Hurling All-Ireland Final: Limerick v Waterford 712.9k 4 Rugby Six Nations: Ireland v Scotland 635.8k 5 Rugby Six Nations: England v Ireland 634.4k 6 Rugby Six Nations: Ireland v Wales 605.2k 7 Football Euro 2020 Play-Off: Slovakia v Ireland 570.4k 8 Rugby Six Nations: Ireland v Italy 540.6k 9 Hurling All-Ireland Semi-Final: Limerick v Galway 534.0k 10 Gaelic Football All-Ireland Semi-Final: Mayo v Tipperary 533.2k

Sarah Sjostrom has broken her elbow https://swimswam.com/multi-olympic-medal-contender-sarah-sjostrom-breaks-elbow/

Isn't there usually some kind of contest after Eurovision featuring the artists that came second in the national finals? Maybe organised by OGAE groups or something?

Commiserations to our guy Gebrasy but what a wonderful performance from start to finish. He has many new fans now too from all over the world and hopefully this will inspire him to keep pursuing the dream

Gorgeous music

Loving this interval act

-16ºC in Vilnius now

So emotional afterwards.... you don't need to understand Lithuanian to know how much that meant to him

Outstanding performance Gebrasy! Wow!!!!!

Here is a link if anyone wants to watch @Werloc bid to make it to Eurovision!! Come on!! https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/tiesiogiai/lrt-lituanica

Great job Matt, a very well thought out episode When you mentioned about a hypothetical California Games, I couldn’t help but think of this ..... I am sure @Quasit will appreciate this reference

Intrigued to see what this could be

Congratulations @Werloc on making it through to the final! . I missed the show tonight but it is very well deserved and not at all surprising. Enjoy these wonderful times and let plenty more come in future

Congratulations to @Vojthas and @rybak for winning the right to bring TISC Annual 2021 to Poland for the very first time Commiserations to @Olympian1010 and @Dnl on missing out this time. Thank you both for showing interest in hosting our contest and we hope you will keep pursuing the dream of becoming a future host. It took Poland a few attempts, so never give up See you all soon for the 16th edition of the Totallympics International Song Contest

TISC Annual 2021 - Draw For Hosting Rights The deadline to receive bids for the Totallympics Annual Contest 2021 has now passed and we are delighted to announce our 3 candidates to become the next TISC host.... List of bids / candidates to host TISC Annual 2021: United States @Olympian1010 Poland @Vojthas @rybak Israel @Dnl The draw will take place tomorrow, Saturday 30th January at 18:00 GMT. The link for the live draw is available here: https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=2239755QDWZ2 Good luck to all the candidates

Welcome back @hckošice! Long time no see