Cinnamon Bun

It is with great regret that I have to announce the disqualification of @avlar and due to their failure to vote, all voting will be changed according.

Not sure when the templates will be sent out but it will be sometime tonight, been out all day + just needed to make one last adjustment to them.

And that's almost it for tonight. Thanks to everyone who tuned in and we hope to see you all for Sunday's grand final. And to round off the night just like we started it, here's Ed Sheeran playing a medley of his greatest hits:

And now it's time for our penultimate act of the night, the revelal of the grand final scoreboard: TOISC - GREAT BRITAIN 2024 18 Italy 0 1 Albania 0 19 Lithuania 0 2 Argentina 0 20 Malta 0 3 Brazil 0 21 Mexico 0 4 Bulgaria 0 22 Moldova 0 5 Canada 0 23 Netherlands 0 6 Chile 0 24 New Zealand 0 7 China 0 25 Poland 0 8 Czechia 0 26 Portugal 0 9 Denmark 0 27 Romania 0 10 France 0 28 Serbia 0 11 Great Britain 0 29 Slovenia 0 12 Greece 0 30 Spain 0 13 Guatemala 0 31 Sweden 0 14 Hungary 0 32 Tunisia 0 15 India 0 33 Turkey 0 16 Indonesia 0 34 Ukraine 0 17 Ireland 0 35 United States 0

Now it's time for the parade of nations for the festival of music. 20 nations took part in this years edition, and here they are: Australia Estonia Georgia Croatia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Japan Norway South Korea Malaysia Tajikistan East Timor (Timor-Leste) Mongolia Turkmenistan Germany Bermuda Jamaica Puerto Rico Bhutan Nepal

And with the oaths now having been taken, ladies and gentlemen, would you please now stand for the national anthem.

Ladies and Gentlemen, in the spirit of fair play, the official oaths will now be taken. Dua Lipa Competitors' Oath: In the name of all competitors, I promise that we shall take part inthis Contest, respecting and abiding by the rules that govern TISC- committing ourselves to a competition that values respect and the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of music and the honor of our nations! Rybak Jury Members' Oath: In the name of all the jury members, I promise that we shall adjudicate in our deliberations at this Contest with complete impartiality, respecting and abiding by the rules which govern TISC in the true spirit of sportsmanship! Cinnamon Bun Hosts' Oath: I promise that I shall organize this Contest, respecting and abiding by the rules that govern TISC - committing myself to overseeing a competition that values respect and promotes the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of music and the honor of our nations!

And finally coming onto our 2023 TISC champion Ed Sheeran once again singing Galway Girl it's represented by Maximo Park!! Great Britain @Cinnamon Bun

Next up it's George Ezra performing his 2015 TAISC song Listen To The Man Portugal @kungshamra71 Romania @IoNuTzZ Serbia @NikolaB Slovenia @justony Spain @Cobi Sweden @Belle Tunisia @amen09 Turkey @Memo Ukraine @avlar United States Of America @dezbee2008

Next up it's Gary Barlow performing his song from TAISC 2014 Let Me Go Italy @Pablita @Henry_Leon @SteveParker Lithuania @Werloc Malta @Glen Mexico @mrv86 Moldova @Ionoutz24 Netherlands @heywoodu New Zealand @Wanderer Poland @rybak

Next up it's Birdy and Rhodes performing their winning song from TAISC 2016 Let It All Go. Denmark @Wumo France @Benolympique @Bohemia Greece @Makedonas @maestro Guatemala @Fer GUA Hungary @Vektor India @Fly_like_a_don Indonesia @Griff88 Ireland @OlympicIRL

It's now time for our parade of 35 nations. They will be accompanied by some TISC and TAISC competitors from the past. First up, it's Billy Ocean performing his song from TISC 2021 Red Light Spells Danger. Albania @Erigert Argentina @konig Brazil @brunamoura Bulgaria @Federer91 Canada @Topicmaster1010 Chile @ManuCHIL China @Vic Liu Czech Republic @Hipooo

And Ed will be back later tonight to play a melody of his top songs. Tonight we're emanating from the incredible Goodison Park in Liverpool, which will also play host to Sunday's grand final and closing ceremony. So let's find out a bit more about our host venue. Built in 1892 after a dispute between the owners of Everton Football Club and Anfield Stadium (where Everton used to play) the stadium can hold a total of 39,414 people. The stadium has played host to many memorable moments, including the vast majority Everton's 130+ years in top flight football, their miraculous last day relegation escapes, the 1893-94 FA Cup final between Notts County and Bolton Wanderers and 5 games at the 1966 World Cup including the Quarter Final between Portugal and North Korea and the Semi Final between West Germany and the the Soviet Union. This ground was also chosen by lifelong Everton fan Sylvester Stallone to play host to the fight between Adonis Creed and "Pretty" Ricky Coclan in the 2015 Box Office film Creed. At the end of the 2024-25 Premier League season the ground is set to be demolished and turned into a housing estate as Everton move into their new stadium Bramley Moor Dock next season. A truly fitting venue to host TISC 2024.

Opening Ceremony Hello and welcome to TISC 2024 hosted by !! We've got a packed show for you tonight, but first performing his winning song from last year Galway Girl.... it's Ed Sheeran!! .

Provisional Order of Vote Rule 3(h): A National Jury may only request a "swap" in their designated voting position if, after the random draw, they have been assigned a voting slot outside of "reasonable hours". For the purpose of this contest, reasonable hours will be determined as anytime between 08:30-23:00 local time of that national jury. During the "swap" process, the host organiser will first look to make swaps between National Juries who are eligible for swaps after the random draw. Host Time Local Time Swap Eligibility Swap Taken Place GMT +0 1 8:00 9:00 France 2 8:15 5:15 Argentina *Eligible to swap 3 8:30 9:30 Sweden 4 8:45 8:45 Ireland 5 9:00 11:00 Greece 6 9:15 10:15 Slovenia 7 9:30 3:30 Guatemala *Eligible to swap 8 9:45 10:45 Italy Breakfast Break 10:00 - 11:00 9 11:00 12:00 Malta 10 11:15 12:15 Poland 11 11:30 12:30 Denmark 12 11:45 6:45/3:45 USA *Eligible to swap 13 12:00 15:00 Turkey 14 12:15 1:15 (Monday) New Zealand *Eligible to swap 15 12:30 6:30 Mexico *Eligible to swap 16 12:45 19:45 Indonesia 17 13:00 14:00 Spain Lunch Break 13:15 - 15:00 18 15:00 17:00 Ukraine 19 15:15 23:15 China *Eligible to swap 20 15:30 16:30 Netherlands 21 15:45 16:45 Albania 22 16:00 16:00 Portugal 23 16:15 16:15 Great Britain 24 16:30 22:00 India 25 16:45 17:45 Czech Republic 26 17:00 19:00 Romania 27 17:15 12:15 Canada Tea (Dinner) Break 17:15 - 19:00 28 19:00 20:00 Tunisia 29 19:15 21:15 Lithuania 30 19:30 20:30 Serbia 31 19:45 16:45 Chile 32 20:00 22:00 Bulgaria 33 20:15 22:15 Moldova 34 20:30 17:30 Brazil 35 20:45 21:45 Hungary @Vic Liu @mrv86 @Wanderer @konig @Fer GUA and @dezbee2008 you are all eligible for a swap. The opening ceremony will begin at 21:00 GMT.

The opening ceremony will commence in approximately 2 hours.

Team Shropshire Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shropshire is an English county situated in between the North West and West Midlands areas of the UK. It's biggest settlements include Shrewsbury, Telford, Whitchurch and Oswestry. The county is best known for it's countryside and scenery, with some of it even spilling into Worchestershire and parts of eastern Wales. Team Durham Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 Durham is an English county situated in the North East region of the UK. It's biggest settlements are Durham (the city of the same name), Darlington, Hartlepool and Stockton-On-Tees. The county is also home to Barnard Castle, where chief advisor to then Prime Minister Boris Johnson Dominic Cummings infamously drove 300+ miles from London to go and visit and broke COVID rules Team Flintshire Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 Flintshire in a Welsh county situated in the most northern part of Wales and the North West of the UK. It's biggest settlements are Connahs Quay, Flint, Buckley and Mold. Flintshire is best known for it's coastline and it's tourist destinations along it, which are particularly popular for those wanting to go on a "budget holiday". Team Cheshire Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cheshire is an English county in the North West region of the UK. The biggest settlements are Warrington, Chester, Crewe and Widnes. Like Merseyside, the county is famous for it's music and sport with artists such as Gary Barlow and Nicola Roberts and athletes such as Tyson Fury and Ian Botham. Team Derry/Londonderry Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 Derry/Londonderry is a Northern Irish county situated in the North West region of Northern Ireland. It's biggest settlements are Derry, Limavady, Magherafelt and Coleraine. The county is best known for garlic football and hurling with both sports being widely popular within the Derry/Londonderry area. Team Wigtownshire Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wigtownshire is a Scottish county located in the South West region of Scotland and the Northern region of the UK. It's biggest settlements are Stranraer, Wigtown, Newton Stewart and Portpatrick. The county is best known for it's port crossing via ferry to Northern Irish locations such as Larne and Belfast.

Team Challenge The theme for this years team challenge will be counties in the UK. For equal representation, I have selected at least 1 county for each of the 4 main countries that make up the UK. The 7 selected counties where drawn into each of the 7 teams. The draw result: Here is a little factfile on each of the 7 counties: Team Merseyside Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 Merseyside is an English county located in the North West region of the UK. It's biggest settlements include Liverpool, Southport St Helens and Birkenhead. Merseyside is know for it's music and sport, with bands like The Beatles and The Coral and clubs like Everton and Liverpool all coming from the county.

Team Challenge For this years team challenge every country will be split up into 7 groups of 5. Now if don't have to be withdrawn then every team members points will count, but if they do then only the top 4 team members results. After 10 votes the team with the least amount of points is eliminated, after that a team will be eliminated after every 5 votes. The teams were drawn automatically using a random draw generator. All the countries were split into 5 different pots based off the all time ranking medals list followed by the participations list. Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 France New Zealand China Argentina Albania Canada Czech Republic Hungary Bulgaria Chile Great Britain Denmark Malta Tunisia Guatemala Ireland Lithuania Mexico Greece Indonesia Italy Serbia Brazil India Turkey Netherlands Spain Romania Poland Moldova Sweden United States Slovenia Slovenia Portugal The Draw Results:

In terms of the first table, there were 2 clubs missing that are/could be apart of the Professional/Semi Professional English League system. The first are the Wigan Warriors (club logo above), they play in Super League (1st Division) and are the defending back to back Super League champions. Not quite sure how I forgot to add them, but somehow I did. The second are the Bedford Tigers (club logo above). They originally weren't set to join the system from non league but there are strong rumours that they are now set to join League 1 (3rd Division), replacing the aforementioned Cornwall.

A B C D E F G 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D E F G 1 15 11 23 19 26 23 32 2 18 22 27 8 14 5 24 3 31 3 33 34 17 7 28 4 21 9 4 1 10 35 13 5 16 30 12 6 25 29 2 A4 are the London Broncos, D4 is Barnet, E2 is Workington Town, E5 is Forest Green Rovers, G4 is St Helens, A1 is Maidenhead United, D2 is Whitehaven, E3 is Tamworth, F1 are the Barrow Raiders, F4 is Southend United, G1 is Cornwall and D1 is Brackley Town. London Broncos play in the Championship (2nd Division) and Barent (National League - 5th Division) lost to Exeter City (League 1 - 3rd Division) in the 1st round. Workington Town play in League 1 (3rd Division) and Fores Green Rovers (National League - 5th Division) lost to Stockport County (League 1 - 3rd Division) in the 1st round. St Helens play in Super League (1st Division) and Maidenhead United (National League - 5th Division) lost to Crawley Town (League 1 - 3rd Division) in the 1st round. Whitehaven play in League 1 (3rd Division) and Tamworth (National League - 5th Division) beat former Premier League team Huddersfield Town (League 1 - 3rd Division) to progress to the 2nd round. Barrow Raiders play in the Championship (2nd Division) and Southend United (National League - 5th Division) lost to former Premier League team Charlton Athletic (League 1 - 3rd Division) in the 1st round. Cornwall play in League 1 (3rd Division) and Brackley Town (National League North - 6th Division) beat Braintree Town (National League - 5th Divison) to progress to the 2nd round. And that's it, the draw is complete. A big thanks to @Belle and @Henry_Leon for helping out. The provisional schedule will be up in due course as well as the results of the team comp draw.

And the last 3 as well to finish all the draw.

A B C D E F G 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D E F G 1 11 23 26 23 32 2 18 22 27 8 14 5 24 3 31 3 33 34 7 28 4 21 9 4 10 13 5 16 30 12 6 29 2 F3 are Castleford Tigers, F2 is Boreham Wood, B3 is Doncaster, G3 is Harborough Town, E4 is Hull KR, D3 is Tranmere Rovers, C2 are the Swinton Lions and C2 is Wealdstone. Castleford Tigers play in Super League (1st Division) and Boreham Wood (National League South - 6th Division) lost to Leyton Orient (League 1 - 3rd Division) in the 1st round. Doncaster play in the Championship (2nd Division) and Harborough Town (Isthmian Premier League - 7th Division) beat Tonbridge Angels (National League South - 6th Division) to progress to the 2nd round. Hull KR play in Super League (1st Division) and got to the Super League Grand Final this season, and Tranmere Rovers (League 2 - 4th Division (included them because they are the closest team to me that entered in this round and I needed to fill up the remaining spaces)) lost to former Premier League team Oldham Athletic (National League - 5th Division) in the 1st round. Swinton Lions play in League 1 (3rd Division) and Wealdstone (National League - 5th Division) beat Grimsby (League 2 - 4th Division) to progress to the 2nd round. @Henry_Leon please pick the remaining 6 combinations to round off the draw.

Thanks @Belle, your turn to pick the remaining 6 @Henry_Leon.

Which numbers will you choose then @Belle?