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Ok I have come up with some team nicknames .....
 
 
Wicklow Wolfhounds     @Agger@Wumo@mrv86@Topicmaster1010 Belfast Titanics   @Belle@Bohemia@Benolympique@heywoodu Clare Banners   @Bailer@hckošice@Fly_like_a_don@Roamingrover86@dezbee2008 Limerick Leprechauns   @Griff88@amen09@justony Galway Girls   @Dragon@kungshamra71@Memo Waterford Crystals   @Henry_Leon@SteveParker@Gianlu33@Pablita@maestro@Yannakis@Erigert Dublin Druids   @Cobi@Dnl@Glen Donegal Dannys   @Ruslan@NikolaB@OlympicIRL Derry Oakleafs   @Illya@IoNuTzZ@konig Mayo Mariners   @Federer91@hoversaBR@Bearas Kilkenny Cats   @catgamer@rybak@Fer GUA

 
 
      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   
 

Team Event
 
 
I have come up with a quick team competition to allow me time to organise it in the short amount of time I have between now and the Grand Final. I will come up with some names for each team in the coming day (hopefully ).
 
 
Nations will be divided into 10 teams of 3 and 1 team of 4, making 11 teams in total.
For the team of 4, one of those nations will sit on the bench for each of the 4 sessions meaning only the scores of the other 3 nations of that team will count towards the team competition for that particular session.
(Canada will sit on the bench in session 1, Denmark will sit on the bench in session 2, China in session 3 and Mexico in session 4).
 
Teams were assigned based on voting position to help distribute when each team has a voting member as evenly as possible between each session.
 
The team event will be an elimination-based event where the scores of the team members will be accumulated for that session or quarter and the teams with the lowest combined score will be eliminated and play no further part.
 
Scores will be reset to zero after each quarter but in the event of a tie-break, the team with the highest ranking in the previous session will win the tie-breaker.
 
In the event of a tie in the first round, all teams involved in the tie will be advanced to the next round.
 
See details below about how many teams will be eliminated after each quarter
 
 
1st Quarter:
11 teams Top 9 teams advance to next round  
2nd Quarter:
9 teams Top 7 teams advance to next round  
3rd Quarter:
7 teams Top 5 teams advance to Final  
4th Quarter:
5 teams No elimination  
      Q1 Pts Q2 Pts Q3 Pts Q4 Pts 1
 Team 1 0  0  0  0  2  Team 2 0  0  0  0  3  Team 3 0  0  0  0  4  Team 4 0  0  0  0  5  Team 5 0  0  0  0  6  Team 6 0  0  0  0  7  Team 7 0  0  0  0  8  Team 8 0  0  0  0  9  Team 9 0  0  0  0  10  Team 10 0  0  0  0  11  Team 11 0  0  0  0 

Ok I finally have all the scoreboard templates ready to go for the Grand Final too.
 
Now need to come up with something for the Opening Ceremony . I will probably use much of the material I used for my hosting of TISC Open 2015 so any of you oldies who are tuning in since the old Totallympics forum, you might remember some of it. But since we can no longer access it, why not bring it back (if I can remember any of it  ).
 
Also does anyone have any ideas for a team competition with 34 nations that would be quick and easy to organise?? Still not sure I can fit it in but open to suggestions on how we can get one in as convenient and easily as possible  

I lost mi mother in march of 2025, i understand the feeling, i send a big hug from a distance to you and your family.

Sorry for your loss @Belle. Wish you and your family find comfort with time. Take care.

Keeping you in my thoughts @Belle . Take care of yourself and your family too. 

Take care Belle. So sorry for your loss
Our thoughts and prayers are with you now. Grieving and healing is all that matters right now. We are all here for you.

Hi @OlympicIRL  and all dear members in Totallympics. I lost my dear mother tonight. I don’t be able to post Sweden’s votes. @OlympicIRL already know this. We will see if I will be online on the final. How much I love TISC I have other things to focus on right now. Take care of you people. 

Every nation should have received their voting templates by now!  

The first-half of voting nations have received their voting templates already. I will continue to work on the remaining templates for the second-half voting nations over the coming days  

TISC Annual 2025 - Voting Order & Provisional Grand Final Date
 
 
I have arranged a voting schedule for the upcoming TISC Annual 2025. Please see your jury's designated voting time in the table below. For convenience I have included a column showing the host country time in GMT and the local time for each jury based on their specific time-zone.
 
Please check to ensure the local time shown is correct as mistakes can happen!
 
Fortunately I have only had to make one swap to ensure every jury has a voting window within a reasonable time in their local time. That was achieved by swapping and . China will now vote in position #12 while moves to position #25.
 
For any juries who cannot personally deliver their votes during the live Grand Final, I will post their votes on their behalf.
 
Now that I have the voting schedule, I can begin work on the voting and scoreboard templates.
 
The provisional date I am setting for the Grand Final - Saturday 17th January. That's just under 3 weeks from now which I feel is necessary to allow enough time for me to fit in all the preparations around the holidays and an upcoming exam!
 
 
Session 1 Host Time (GMT)
Local Time Jury Voting 09:00 10:00 Denmark 09:10 10:10 Sweden 09:20 10:20 Slovakia 09:30 16:30 Indonesia 09:40 09:40 Great Britain 09:50 10:50 Italy 10:00 11:00 Spain 10:10 15:10 Kazakhstan Break 10:20 - 12:00 GMT Session 2 Host Time Local Time Jury Voting 12:00 14:00 Ukraine 12:10 14:10 Bulgaria 12:20 13:20 Germany 12:30 20:30 China 12:40 13:40 France 12:50 18:20 India 13:00 14:00 Tunisia 13:10 13:10 Portugal 13:20 15:20 Greece Break 13:30 - 16:00 GMT Session 3 Host Time Local Time Jury Voting 16:00 18:00 Israel 16:10 17:10 Serbia 16:20 18:20 Romania 16:30 13:30 Brazil 16:40 17:40 Poland 16:50 10:50 Mexico 17:00 18:00 Netherlands 17:10 12:10 United States 17:20 18:20 Slovenia Break 17:30 - 19:00 GMT Session 4 Host Time Local Time Jury Voting 19:00 22:00 Turkey 19:10 20:10 Albania 19:20 20:20 Malta 19:30 19:30 Ireland 19:40 16:40 Argentina 19:50 21:50 Lithuania 20:00 14:00 Guatemala 20:10 12:10 Canada  
 

Ivana Spagna - Un Natale Che Non Finira'
 

 
 
 
Elio e le Storie Tese (ft. Graziano Romani) - Christmas With The Yours
This song was released as a charity single 1995
 

Well. A lot of the music played in Denmark for Christmas is the same as most others (at least Western countries)
 
But I would say that most Danish Christmas music goes into one of three categories.
 
All three have plenty of different songs, but I put out some personal favourites
 
The old songs, mainly religious ones. Some have been made into more modern versions. 
For this I pick Gasolin's version of Dejlig er Jorden, an old hymn of which the Danish text is from 1850:
 

 
 
The second is the more funny or sarcastic songs. Making fun of Christmas. An older one of these is Jul, det Cool, a rather funny "anti-christmas song"
 

 
English translated lyrics: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/jul-det-cool-christmas-its-cool.html
 
The third category is from the annual TV advent calendars whose theme songs very often become part of the christmas playlists.
 
These include both advent calendars made for the families and some more "grown up" versions
 
Lille Store Verden from the family calendar Juleønsket (The Christmas wish) in 2015
 

 
And from the "Grown up" calendar Jul på Vesterbro

 
English lyrics: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/jul-pa-vesterbro-christmas-vesterbro.html

Tino Rossi - Petit Papa Noël
 

 
La Compagnie Créole - Bons baisers de Fort-de-France
 

 
 

I've been under the weather for much of the week, so sadly I had to pass on voting this time around. I'll still commenting and following, of course.

I am not religious so I don't celebrate Xmas but I will share a few songs that are from Guatemalan singers, because 'tis the Season!
 
   
 

BJÖRNZONE - A Christmas Song 
 
 

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings - Barenaked Ladies (feat. Sarah McLachlan)
 
 

May I introduce you to this gem?
 
Totally instrumental, but it's a huge part of my Christmas festivities. Despite the name, Trans-Siberian Orchestra is from Tampa, FL
 
 
 

Although I am a Christian, my family doesn't usually celebrate Christmas according to tradition (although it's my birthday, so I do celebrate something that day ).
However, even for me, it's impossible not to hear this song playing somewhere around this time of year: 
 

 
I'm going to change the second song because it reminded me of one I know:
 

I like the concept of this Festival of Music! I will also share a couple of Christmas songs from Spain's TISC Open 2024 representative David Bisbal.
 
The first one 'Los peces en el río' (The fish in the river) is a flamenco/pop cover of a traditional villancico originated in the 1500s and the second one 'Todo es posible en Navidad' (All is possible in Christmas) was relased last year.
 
Los peces en el río

 
Todo es posible en Navidad

 
I hope you like them and have a wonderful holiday season!

Festival of Music

 
For this year’s Festival of Music I thought I would change it up a bit. Since we are approaching the festive holiday season, I want you all to post some festive songs from your country. If you don’t celebrate Christmas then perhaps some other song that has a special place in your heart during an important celebration.
 
 
I’m going to start with a Christmas song from Ireland’s TISC Annual 2023 representatives Picture This.

 
 
Picture This - This Christmas
 

happy new year, my friends! 
let the Olympic Spirit bring us some great, everlasting memories 
welcome 2026!

Hello from the final Totallympics time zone (as far as I know)...it’s me again. You didn't think I'd let this little tradition of mine die out unceremoniously did you? Of course, not (hopefully). I certainly wouldn't want to disappoint. So here's the final post made of 2025 on Totallympics. 
 
Honestly, and this could be personal bias leaking in, it felt like a rather bleak year. Conflicts seemed to spring up faster than Labubu variants, with the pull of both polarization and intolerance growing louder and more worrisome by the day. The forum, like many public spaces, wasn’t free from this upheaval. But it certainly wasn’t all doom and gloom, either.
 
Users came together to celebrate those remarkable achievements that make the impossible feel a bit more possible. Enjoyed the company of an eclectic collection of nerds, jocks, and everything in between. Sharing their passions across numerous threads and topics. And engaging in spirited – sometimes a little too spirited – discussions on the day’s news, results, announcements, and everything else. 
 
In many ways, I felt myself becoming more thankful for the connection forums/communities/groups like this provide us with. It made me reflect on how lucky I am to have so many wonderful online acquaintances. Not to mention the web of supportive personal friends, exceptional co-workers and steadfast family members I can lean on and spend time with, day after day. 
 
So in the continued spirit of reflection, I chose to remember this year as a collection of moments: good and bad; short and prolonged; discouraging and joyous, and otherwise disinclined. It might not have been the best year all-around, but it certainly was full of life and memories. And it’s hard not to appreciate that.
 
And so, I propose we enter the new year full of hope, full of life, and full of the courage to face whatever comes our way head-on. It costs nothing to try, so why not?
 
Anyways, that’s my soppy message to end 2025. Happy New Year Totallympics!