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I always secretly hope to get drawn first. Wonderful honour to be the first.

Half an hour to go.
 
TISC Analytics will once again follow the average of leader's points per jury and compare it to the previous winner. This will tell us how commandable the current leader is, but also few other things.
 
I suspect that heywoodu will be making medal table and point gaps analysis.
 
It will be updated at every lunch/dinner/snack break.
 

Good morning everyone! Another TISC Grand Final day is here 
 
Best of luck everyone, I hope we all get some points and that we are in for an exciting show
 
As we all know, hosting a live 12 hour show is extremely daunting so I'd like everyone to offer full support to our Lithuanian friend today and show patience and understanding. Especially so since Werloc is operating from almost no sleep as he just got back from his own concert at 6am. As such, the scoreboards will be prepared as the proceedings go along so if everyone can just offer to keep a close eye on the calculations it would be a big help. 
Werloc has shown us huge dedication despite being extremely busy so I want to thank him now before the live show gets underway.
 
Once again, good luck everyone
 

Good morning everyone! Another TISC Grand Final day is here 
 
Best of luck everyone, I hope we all get some points and that we are in for an exciting show
 
As we all know, hosting a live 12 hour show is extremely daunting so I'd like everyone to offer full support to our Lithuanian friend today and show patience and understanding. Especially so since Werloc is operating from almost no sleep as he just got back from his own concert at 6am. As such, the scoreboards will be prepared as the proceedings go along so if everyone can just offer to keep a close eye on the calculations it would be a big help. 
Werloc has shown us huge dedication despite being extremely busy so I want to thank him now before the live show gets underway.
 
Once again, good luck everyone
 

Good morning everyone! Another TISC Grand Final day is here 
 
Best of luck everyone, I hope we all get some points and that we are in for an exciting show
 
As we all know, hosting a live 12 hour show is extremely daunting so I'd like everyone to offer full support to our Lithuanian friend today and show patience and understanding. Especially so since Werloc is operating from almost no sleep as he just got back from his own concert at 6am. As such, the scoreboards will be prepared as the proceedings go along so if everyone can just offer to keep a close eye on the calculations it would be a big help. 
Werloc has shown us huge dedication despite being extremely busy so I want to thank him now before the live show gets underway.
 
Once again, good luck everyone
 

Indeed, it's a nice gesture for TISC to pay tribute to one of ours (I feel like Christina is one of ours).

It's official, Lithuania is beautiful
 

I love the "Where Are They Now" segment

Very tough match for the world champion, Noppert played amazingly, could have beaten nearly anyone else. But big match Gary made a crucial appearance just to squeek the win.

Who gets it right?
 
The World is already counting hours to the next edition of TISC, which will be held in Kaunas, Lithuania this weekend. Nations from all around the World are gathering as we speak. Some are hoping for a win, some are hoping to get as many points as possible and break their personal bests, while some others are mostly here to enjoy the show.
 
As we approach the Grand Final, we've been wondering which nations usually give points to the winner, and how many points each nation usually gives to the top 3 finishers. To sum it up - we want to see which nations get it right.
 
We start by looking at how often each country gives at least one point to the eventual winner. If you are looking to get a win, you should keep an eye on votes of Canada, Denmark, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Tunisia and Turkey. These 7 nations have always given points to the winner. Denmark, Italy and Lithuania competed in every edition of TISC, which makes their ability to pick the winner even more amazing. Which nations are on the opposite end of the scale? Indonesia, USA and Romania. Indonesia never gave any points to the winner, however they competed only once. USA on the other hand competed in every edition, but they gave points to the winner only once out of six times! That was at the 2015 Annual contest, when USA interestingly gave maximum 12 points to the winning Irish song. Romania gave points to the winner only once in four participations.
 
This map shows tendencies of each nation to pick the winner. Dark blue nations usually don't award points to winner, light blue nations are around 50-50 in that respect, light red nations give points to the winner most of the times, while red nations always do. Only nations competing in this edition are shown on the map.
 

 
The second criteria we look at is how many points each nation usually gives to the top 3 finishers. Note: if a nation finished in top 3 at some contest, then a nation that finished 4th at that contest counts as a top 3 finisher. Switzerland (two-time participant) is on the top of the list with an average of 25.00 (33 is the maximum, 12+11+10). They are followed by Denmark (22.83), Italy (22.67), Australia (20.50), Egypt (20.20) and Russia (19.75). Nations that usually give the least number of points to the top 3 finishers are Algeria (4.00), United States (5.83), Portugal (9.50), Colombia (10.67) and Croatia (11.00).
 
Following map shows tendencies of each nation regarding the average number of points that they give to the top 3 finishers. All nations are included. Nations in dark red tend to give considerable amount of points to the top 3 finishers, those in light red usually give a good number of points, those in light blue tend not to give that many points while those in dark blue don't give many points to the top 3 finishers. Note that whole South America as a continent doesn't really give that many points to the highest ranked finishers. Also, Portugal seems to be quite an exception in predominantly red Europe.
 

 
However, if we have to choose one nation that gets it right the most, then that would be Denmark. Apart from the fact that they gave points to each of the previous winners, they also usually give a lot of points to the eventual top 3 finishers, making Denmark the ultimate TISC trend setter.
 
Special thanks goes to @OlympicIRL who provided most of the data
 

Woohoo! Ireland qualifies for the European Mixed Team Championships again
 
The full list of qualifiers are:
 

lol elections in swimming pool...America
 

In sporting terms it's like asking someone to choose between Mekhissi-Benabad and Justin Gatlin for the award of "best role model for athletics"

Quoting from someone on twitter
"Victories are made glorious by the class of the opposition"

oh, well
 
congrats

40-29 the correct score. Ireland played fantastic tonight. It was a superb match and both teams were great .Bravo  !!! 

History is made!  Ireland defeat New Zealand 40-39. I'm ready to pay for view the @OlympicIRL face  

I'll add these classic hits to the back to the 80s theme.....
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 

How to get to Žalgirio Arena?
 
Depends if you're traveling by plane, train or bus, you might end up at one of these places.

 
Aeroport ; Train station ; Temporary bus station (the main one is being renovated at the mean time)
If you travelled by plane, I would suggest catching the 29th bus and getting off the bus in Studentų skveras (Student Square) stop, where you would need to walk towards Laisvės alėja (Liberty Avenue, that is also being renovated right now) and walking past the big white bridge (Simono Daukanto Bridge).                                    
 
In the second picture you can also see the university that I'm currently studying at.
If you happen to travel by train, then you'll need to walk through the underground passage, where you could walk by foot for 10 minutes to reach your destination or you can take any transport and go for two stops (get off at Griunvaldo gatvė/Griunvaldo street) and if you're travelling by bus, then you're lucky, because the temporary bus station is stationed right in front of Akropolis (A huge shopping center). What you need to do is walk through Akropolis until you get outside near the main entrance and then you just need to cross the bridge and you're there.
 
The bridge that's closer is the one you're crossing. The bridge that you can see in the distance is the one that your friends from the plane are going to be crossing. Stay tuned for "Places where it would be good to eat in Kaunas".
 
 
 
 

Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo I get to go last 
 
Here's a funny thing, while I was reading through I was thinking "gotta hold on top number 33" and lo and behold.

Well done Werloc for an exciting draw. Good luck with all the preparation and see you in lovely Lithuania
 

Thank you very much to Hckosice, Dcro, Wanderer, OlympicIRL, Agger and Gianlu33 for participating in the game, keeping me company, keeping everyone entertained and also bearing with me as I started hyperventilating over the missing flags.
 
Also, huge thanks to OlympicIRL for providing the game.

Sounds like an intriguing cocktail
 

Have you been on the liquor already?