Pablita

68 users have participated in least one contest and 6 users have participated in all 18 contests this year. 
The 6 users are, @africaboy, @Ufilov, @SteveParker, @ady48, @Henry_Leon,  @Pablita
A total of 26 nations took part in Totallympics Prediction Contests this year with 17 nations winning at least one medal. 25 different users won the 54 medals which were on stake.
After this short breakdown of the numbers for 2023 Totallympics Prediction Contests, let's now switch our attention to the individual and team winners of this year. 
 
Complete Final Standings and Medal Tables are available here
 
 
2023 Totallympics Prediction Contests
Overall Individual Points
Top 3
maestro 8831  africaboy 8440  Henry_Leon 8250  
 
 Highest Point Average 
     (Participated in at least 12/18 contests) 
                            Top 3                              
maestro  519,5  africaboy 468,9 Henry_Leon 458,3  
 
Highest Point Average 
  (No minimum participation rule) 
Top 3
Dennis  900,0  Jahiegel  700,0   Surreal  632,5   
 
 
 
2023 Totallympics Prediction Contests
Overall Individual Medal Table
Top 3
Place User Gold Silver Bronze Total maestro 3 2 1 6 valtellina 2 1 3 6  Henry_Leon 1 4 1 6  
 
Total Medals Won Individual
  Top 3 
maestro   6 valtellina 6 Henry_Leon 6  
 
 
 
 
2023 Totallympics Prediction Contests
Overall Team/Nation Points
(Based on the top 3 highest scoring users from every nation)
Top 3
 Italy
(Henry_Leon, valtellina, Pablita) 
21889
(8250, 6974, 6665)
Romania
(africaboy, ady48, vlad)
19746
(8440, 7630, 3676)
 Poland
(Ufilov, Monzanator, rybak)
12199
(4815, 4573, 2811)
 
 
Best Team/Nation 
(Only 2 members)
  Top 3 
Greece
(maestro, George_D)
 9365
(8831, 534)
France
(toulousain, Benolympique)
5331
(4485, 846)
Ireland
(Orgeman, mpjmcevoy)
2871
(2770, 171)
 
 
Best Team/Nation 
(Only 1 member)
  Top 3 
 Slovakia
(hckošice)
4053
Czechia
(Hipooo)
3111
 Tunisia
(tuniscof)
2390
 
 
 
 
2023 Totallympics Prediction Contests
Overall Team/Nation Medal Table
Top 3
Place User Gold Silver Bronze Total  Italy
(valtellina 6, Henry_Leon 6, Pablita 4, SteveParker 1, phelps 1)
5 5 8 18 Greece
(maestro 6)
3 2 1 6  Romania
(africaboy 5, ady48 5) 
2 4 4 10  
 
Total Medals Won Team/Nation
Top 3
Place User Gold Silver Bronze Total  
 Italy
(valtellina 6, Henry_Leon 6, Pablita 4, SteveParker 1, phelps 1)
5 5 8 18  
 Romania
(africaboy 5, ady48 5) 
2 4 4 10  
Greece
(maestro 6)
 
3 2 1 6  
 
These were the winners/medallists of this year.
 
Users who are mentioned in this post:
@africaboy, @Ufilov, @SteveParker,  @Henry_Leon, @ady48,  @Pablita, @maestro, @Dennis, @Jahiegel, @Surreal, @valtellina,  @vlad, @Ufilov, @Monzanator, @rybak, @George_D, @toulousain, @Benolympique, @Ogreman, @mpjmcevoy, @hckošice, @Hipooo, @tuniscof, @phelps

Happy for the Italian result! Congrats UK!
Thanks @Olympian1010 for the great show!

Happy for the Italian result! Congrats UK!
Thanks @Olympian1010 for the great show!

51 points and 26th place (If I counted correctly) tied with USA and Serbia.
 
No lies, I must admit this time I am a bit disappointed by this final result, since this song and artist has a huge place in my heart and is one of my very top fav local musicians I wished and hoped somehow for some success for her here, but apparently she did not touch so many ears and hearts outside of my room. Well, too bad for you
 
Anyway, big thanks to all of you who voted for the goddess
 
namely:
 
8 points from
@dcro  Thank you very very much
 
7 points from
@Cinnamon Bun & @Henry_Leon @Pablita @SteveParker
 
5 Points from
@Wumo & @OlympicIRL
 
4 points from
@Hipooo , @Cobi & @Memo
 
2 points from
@catgamer , @NikolaB & @Belle
 
and also for the 1 single point from
@rybak
 
That should do it... if I counted well , 51 points in total
 
 
Congrats to the winner (Finally a song in national language won this contest )
, to all medalist, to all Top 10, to all you stayed until the very end despite our time zone
and last but not least congrats to our host who despite some weird technical issues managed to accompany us all throughouth another brilliant and memorable TISC edition, Thanks also to his good helping elfs from Ireland to Netherlands. Was as always a great show full of fun, smile and thrilling competition.
 
See you next time with ...
yeah, a song in English language... mind you participating is great and all, but I also would want to once win that Czechoslovak Trophy this century
 
ciao in spring

Congrats to the winner and the countries on the podium!
Thank you for points:  @Gianlu33@Henry_Leon@Pablita@SteveParker, @NikolaB,  @Ionoutz24,   @IoNuTzZ,  @vinipereira,   @Benolympique@Bohemia,  @konig@LDOG,  @ManuCHIL,  @Illya,  @Hipooo,  @dezbee2008@Olympian1010 ,  @Wanderer,  @Memo,  @heywoodu,  @Vektor, @Werloc,  @kungshamra71,  @Belle!
And thank ypu @Olympian1010 for hosting the event!

Votes sent today! As usual a great musical voyage!

Votes sent today! As usual a great musical voyage!

I'm in for
 
Can't wait to enjoy music from all over the world!

Final Standing is available here
 
 Henry_Leon    maestro   valtellina   
 
Here is the presentation of the three medallists. Congratulation to all three medallists of this prediction contest. @Henry_Leon with the gold medal, @maestro with the silver medal and @valtellina with the bronze medal.

Final Standing is available here
 
Josh   Henry_Leon    Siddhartha Talukdar   
 
Here is the presentation of the three medallists. Congratulation to all three medallists of this prediction contest. @Josh with the gold medal, @Henry_Leon with the silver medal and @Siddhartha Talukdar with the bronze medal.

Final Standing is available here
 
juliosilva    Henry_Leon    ady48  
 
Here is the presentation of the three medallists. Congratulation to all three medallists of this prediction contest. @juliosilva with the gold medal, @Henry_Leon with the silver medal and @ady48 with the bronze medal.

Final Standing is available here
 
Pablita    africaboy    maestro  
 
Here is the presentation of the three medallists. Congratulation to all three medallists of this prediction contest. @Pablita with the gold medal,  @africaboy with the silver medal and @maestro with the bronze medal.

Final Standing is available here
 
SteveParker    toulousain   Pablita  
 
Here is the presentation of the three medallists. Congratulation to all three medallists of this prediction contest. @SteveParker with the gold medal, @toulousain with the silver medal and @Pablita with the bronze medal.

First of all big thank to @Cobi: a wonderful contest (plus very professional statistics), a perfect organization and interesting tips about Spain.
 
Thanks to all the partecipants: it's always a pleasure to have a chance to listen to your music.
 
Last but not least I want to show you the best song of our winner: I know that Ciao ciao is catchy but Amare that is from Sanremo 2021 is a more beautiful song showing all the talent of the singer.
 
Hope you enjoy it!
 
 
 
Let me know if you like it!

First of all big thank to @Cobi: a wonderful contest (plus very professional statistics), a perfect organization and interesting tips about Spain.
 
Thanks to all the partecipants: it's always a pleasure to have a chance to listen to your music.
 
Last but not least I want to show you the best song of our winner: I know that Ciao ciao is catchy but Amare that is from Sanremo 2021 is a more beautiful song showing all the talent of the singer.
 
Hope you enjoy it!
 
 
 
Let me know if you like it!

First of all big thank to @Cobi: a wonderful contest (plus very professional statistics), a perfect organization and interesting tips about Spain.
 
Thanks to all the partecipants: it's always a pleasure to have a chance to listen to your music.
 
Last but not least I want to show you the best song of our winner: I know that Ciao ciao is catchy but Amare that is from Sanremo 2021 is a more beautiful song showing all the talent of the singer.
 
Hope you enjoy it!
 
 
 
Let me know if you like it!

First of all big thank to @Cobi: a wonderful contest (plus very professional statistics), a perfect organization and interesting tips about Spain.
 
Thanks to all the partecipants: it's always a pleasure to have a chance to listen to your music.
 
Last but not least I want to show you the best song of our winner: I know that Ciao ciao is catchy but Amare that is from Sanremo 2021 is a more beautiful song showing all the talent of the singer.
 
Hope you enjoy it!
 
 
 
Let me know if you like it!

Congrats to @Henry_Leon @SteveParkerand @Pablita! I never doubt about the great Pablita song tastes
I'm hope to have enough time to join the next time after missing 2 contest in a row

Here are my personal votes with remarks attached 
 
 - 12 (I’m a sucker for folk bops. Also, I love the blending of styles and languages. It felt very natural. Overall, visually, lyrically, and audibly, this offered everything I want in a song @Illya)
 - 11 (Vocals and video were on point. It wasn’t the catchiest song, but it was very original. It left me intrigued @NikolaB)
 - 10 (I’m really sad this didn’t do better. We don’t see many humor entries in TISC, so this was a very fun song to discover. Visuals were low budget, but lyrics were priceless. I think some more engaging vocals could have seen this snag my top rank @Dnl)
 - 9 (I was actually a little torn on where to rank this. It ultimately ended up higher since I enjoyed listening to it while driving. I like the vocal, and there were some nice touches in the final production. Who doesn’t like some teenage angst? @ManuCHIL)
 - 8 (Again, another song I would have liked to see do better. I appreciate the risk taken with this entry. He had a unique sound and I loved the live performance @Vic Liu)
 - 7 (Multiple folk styles with some fun lyrics? Sign me up. I need something a little engaging with the vocals and arrangement to rank this higher @mrv86)
 - 6 (Well, I liked this one. I the folk element was nice and the video was engaging. I didn’t hurt that I enjoyed listening to the audio only version of the song. It fell victim, like many of the following songs, to being a little too similar in sound and vibe @Werloc) 
 - 5 (I originally had this one ranked higher, but I need some stronger lyrics. I liked the Greek/English combination. It flowed well. A nice summer song @Yannakis @maestro @Makedonas)
 - 4 (Will there a more memorable beat drop in TISC history? I liked the song, but again, I needed a little more originality [lyrically and visually]. Still, happy to contribute to the meme @Cobi)
 - 3 (This isn’t something I would normally listen to, but it really stuck out to me. Original lyrics, nice visual, and an acceptable vocal performance. I’m sure you’ll get points from us one day @hckošice)
 - 2 (This one grew on me. Nice vocal and visual with some interesting enough lyrics. It just didn’t have the affect on me some other songs did. However, it did feel very French @Benolympique @Bohemia)
 - 1 (I don’t know why I didn’t rank this one higher. This is normally a genre and song I’d rank higher. I think it just got lost in a sea of European pop bops. Anyway, great lyrics, nice vocal, and fun sound. Congrats on the win @SteveParker @Pablita @Henry_Leon)
 - R1 (Normally something I’d spring for immediately. I just didn’t like the arrangement at all, and that rubbed me the wrong way unfortunately. Still, appreciate the uniqueness of this entry @IoNuTzZ)
 - R2 (I ended up liking this song much more than I thought I would. It was a little too slow and didn’t build enough to gets points. Nice entry though @rybak)
 - R3 (Lyrics took this from the podium to a reserve slot. Visuals were nice and this got my body moving. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get over the let down of the lyrics. Still, nice to have Norway back @vkristijan)
 - R4 (Similar feedback to Norway here. Best vocal, but just not stimulating enough lyrically. I made share to keep in my reserves though @Ruslan)

I'm just catching up on the last session now so I want to hand out a final few thank yous to those who gave some votes to the Irish song in the evening session:

@hckošice thank you so much for the 5 points, a lovely surprise to start the session
@Hipooo wow, thank you for the 9 points from Czech Republic! Another lovely surprise from Czechoslovakia after the points from Slovakia
@IoNuTzZ yay! Thank you for the 10 points from Romania to give us a full set of medals! So glad you liked the song
@Cobi thank you to our wonderful host for finding a place for the Irish song in the Spanish points
 
 
 
Congratulations to Italy on another TISC win, very well done! Enjoy the celebtrations!!   @Henry_Leon@SteveParker@Pablita 
I want to also wish a huge well done to our silver medal winners on a first ever TISC podium finish, how exciting for @Finnator123
And congratulations to @catgamer on bagging another medal for at our contest! Well done  
 
 
I didn't get to spend as much time as usual watching the contest unfold. It was a big day between celebrating my parent's 52nd wedding anniversary and an Irish Grand Slam victory in the 6 Nations tournament
 
But even in what I did manage to catch I can tell this has been an outstanding edition of the contest and one with lots of drama and excitement. I want to say a huge thank you to our wonderful host @Cobi for delivering a fantastic Grand Final and for welcoming us so to his beloved Spain
Go and have some well earned rest now, you deserve it!
 
And finally thanks again to everyone for joining the TISC family once again and continuing to make this contest great and something to look forward to. No matter where you have finished today, you have played a part in making this contest a success and I am grateful for your continued support.
 
See all later in the year for the TISC Open 2023!!
 

I'm sad that Greece got one of their worst results the first time I ranked them, and even with 11 points.
 
I have no clue at all how that even happened, it was a very radio friendly song, should've been up there with the likes of Germany.
 
User voting is absolutely unpredictable, like New Zealand also always sends songs that curate a similar vibe, one contest you're up there, the other they decide it's bottom 5... It's also one of my favourite NZ entries, made it to my indie/folk playlist together with Blaue Blume this year. 
 
It's always weird to me, how songs that have bad vocal mixing or average/bad vocals in general just crush it and get valued better than music that has a lot of thought put in it. I guess I should learn to be happy with small victories, like Italian twelve points and ten from Hungary, but I am so darn competitive and when you mix that with me being absolutely depressed today, TISC was tough to get through this time for me  
 
Really happy that Denmark didn't suffer NZ's fate this year, I really didn't think much of their chances when I gave them those 12 points, so really happy for them, especially for the wild first session that they had this morning. 
 
And happy for Italy as well, my third place and my winner prediction rang true. It really helps if you're coming from Eurovision selection (as was shown by Spain and previous entries in the past) and stylistically the song was somewhat similar to the previous Italian win, so I logically assumed Ciao Ciao would be well-accepted too. 

@Wanderer you're a changed man...
 
You can't just go and decide to give 12 points to the winner just like that.
 
and USA too, they finally got you.
 
Blink twice if you're kidnapped. 

We're happy that Ukraine are showing outstanding performance today which can be characterised as from "dirts to kings": 10th overal place, 13th place in medal tally and team gold (congrats to our guys @Pablita @SteveParker @Henry_Leon @NikolaB @rybakand my favorite @Belle)
 
Besides, I wanna say thanks to countries which gave me points:
11: @owenp_23 @dezbee2008 @Olympian1010
10: @Hipooo @kungshamra71
9: @ManuCHIL @Wanderer
8: @konig @Belle
7: @vkristijan
5: @NikolaB
4: @IoNuTzZ @Ruslan
2: @justony
 
And huge love to @Vektor who gave us our first and last tvelve. 
 
I also want to mention patience of @Cobi, because if he had not extended the deadline, Ukraine would not have participated here and would not have shown its best result! TYSM for this amazing contest, we'll se soon again at 2ns contest os this year

A GREAT DAY FOR NON-ENGLISH SONGS
 
It is only the fourth time in 20 editions that a non-English song wins the Totallympics International Song Contest! Therefore, Italian becomes the second most succesful language with 2 victories ( A2018 & A2023), while German ( A2014) and Galician ( A2022) remains tied in the third place.
 
However, this is the first time ever that 1st and 2nd place are obtained by non-English songs. The silver medal for  is also the best result so far for a song in a Scandinavian/Nordic language.
 
Fun fact: English songs have a 60% win rate in Annual editions, but are undefeated in Open editions.