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The draw will commence in 20 minutes and I still need some volunteers to conduct it. @OlympicIRL @rybak @kungshamra71 @dezbee2008 @konig @Belle @Federer91 @Fer GUA Would you guys be up for giving me a hand?

The draw will commence in half an hour to an hour, I just need time setting up. I also need 2 volunteers to conduct the draw with me. Furthermore, @avlar you have 2 days to cast your vote otherwise I will be forced to withdraw .

Announcement: @Glen has said he will be able vote later on tonight which means @avlar is the last one left to vote. If he doesn't vote by the start of the opening ceremony on Friday then I will regrettably have to remove from the contest. I will notify the relevant jury members who voted for and don't have any reserves listed of the situation. The draw will take place tomorrow at around 20:00 GMT with included in it. Also keep your festival of music entries coming, I'd like to get between 20 and 30 countries in this with each member allowed 4 picks.

Still waiting on @Glen, @avlar and @LDOG to vote, and if @Glen and @avlar haven't voted by tomorrow then there's a likelihood that I'll have to withdraw their nations from the contest.

Annoucement: Thank you to all that have voted over the past few days, however there are still multiple countries that run the risk of being withdrawn if they don't vote in the coming days. @Glen @Werloc @avlar @mrv86 @LDOG and @maestro still need to vote for their countries. @Makedonas has said he should be able to vote later today so should be ok and is safely in whether @LDOGvotes or not. I can only extend the voting period till Tuesday at the latest so that I have enough time to do the draw and prepare everything else for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Also, as I mentioned yesterday, the festival of music is now open for anyone who wishes to participate. I'll let each juror pick a maximum of four countries in order to get as many countries in there as possible. I'll get the ball rolling by choosing and .

Course I will mate, think I might extend the deadline by just 1 day this time round - also the festival of music started a few days ago so get those entries in.

Sorry not @SteveParker it's @Gianlu33 I need from the Italian jury.

Also @Fer GUA could you send me your votes again, after my phone change they've appeared to have left my inbox.

Announcement: Due to a large number of people still having not voted I will extending the voting period to saturday. However, if the contest is to still be on a Saturday then this date can't be extended much further. To further keep the contest moving along, I have also decided to start the festival of music on Wednesday whilst voting is still commencing so that people have time to partake in it. The following people are yet to vote for their respective juries: @konig @LDOG @ManuCHIL @Vic Liu @Hipooo @Wumo @Makedonas @maestro @Fly_like_a_don @SteveParker @Werloc @Glen @mrv86 @NikolaB @justony @avlar Also @Olympian1010 if you are still able to rejoin the contest after this change of schedule then feel free to do so.

Unfortunately if the finals date is moved it'll have to be on a Sunday as I play darts every Saturday and the date advertised is the only date there isn't a tournament.

Sorry for the inactivity, my phone broke and I've been in the process of changing it over the past couple days - I will be changing the deadline over the next couple hours, potentially sometime next week, and will be replying to all of your messages soon.

No worries mate, your presence will be sorely missed during this contest and we hope you can join us again in the spring and hopefully for the contest final as an observer. I'll notify everyone who has voted for Slovakia about the change.

Finally got the playlist working after a couple days trying. Hopefully everyone will able to get their votes in by next Friday, if not I will extend it due to the technical delays.

I'll look into the problem now lads regarding the playlist.

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoxRYLT34JyG-Nu4lg643WcMaUTTGZXnL. Here's the YouTube playlist, sorry for the delay. Still need someone to do a Spotify playlist for those that want as I am unable to create one.

Announcement: The jury vote is now open!! I have sent my votes to an anonymous user (@Josh) meaning that the rest of the juries can now commence voting. In terms of the playlists, I should have the YouTube one done by late afternoon/early evening after I come back from uni but if someone wants to create one earlier then that's fine by me - I still need someone to do a Spotify one as well.

Just before voting is opened can someone create a Spotify playlist of the song, I can do the YouTube one after I have finished voting however if someone is able to do that as well then that'd be great. I will post on here when voting is open, just need to make a few final decisions to my order.

Last Call For Entries!! If anyone still wants to enter, this is your last chance to do so. Since I now won't be able to use tomorrow as a voting day I have dedcied to give people an extra 24 hours from this point to enter. The public jury vote will still open at the advertised time. Below I have tagged user from countries that have yet to enter, hopefully they will consider to do so at the last opportunity: South Korea: @erw@jgb0062 Croatia: @Nikica@snk911@VISOKO Gabon: @Damienyork Belgium: @ALABRAMMIE@Misterxxt Latvia: @Blueniceguy Dominican Republic: @eduardo096 Singapore: @bennetcraig39 Egypt: @mahmoud elrefaei @thepharoah Qatar: @amrgunenr1@KAE Australia: @Sir Rols@Stu192 @dullard Philippines: @JohnRamos84 @PHI2019 @Tigercub Iran: @Hesamkh1990 @MHSN Estonia: @Katie_M Bangladesh: @Razu Ahmed Montenegro: @ChandlerMne Hong Kong: @pacowong1223 Also @NaBUru38 I know you said you weren't up for doing it due to time but do you think you would reconsider? The process would now only take 3 days with you sending your song Tuesday and voting on Thursday, which isn't really too much time taken up.

Not to the public until end of Wednesday, entry deadline is under 5 hours from now. Gonna see if I can persuade a couple more to join, like our Uruguayan friend who said he would be able to join due to time but now might be able to with the short turn around.

Announcement: Here is the UK entry for TISC 2024 Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure

Announcement: I'm going to extend the deadline for countries submission to Monday 30th September at 23:58 BST, with the voting now not opening to the public until Wednesday 2nd October at 23:58 BST. I felt this was necessary to do due to the lack of nations + the lack of some of the major players and not due to me failing to come up with an entry (@Vektor) that I will be posting after this announcement. This will be the last deadline that is moved, with the only dates potentially moving being the final dates.

Think I'm gonna extend the deadline to another day, we've got plenty of time to spare and I shouldn't take too long to vote.

Don't worry, I'll get a song out. Still undecided, so many I wanna choose but am unsure if they'll be competitive.

Announcement: I am extending the deadline for entries and submissions to Tuesday 24th September 23:00 BST and the host jury vote opening time to the following hour, all other deadlines will stay the same. Over the next couple days I will start tagging more people to get more countries involved.

ICYMI, this is the official logo for TISC 2024!!