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The Committee - natioms who always awarded points to winners.

1. B 2. A

More technical term would be "collusion".

95% efficiency for Moderna.

Because innovation and ingenuity are two vastly different words?

At one point yesterday he referred to dressage as "run 1" and then said "I guess I am getting ready for the Winter sports season." Anyway, the winner.

Yes, they are out. Aside from Italy, are still in it...

It appears a lot of Central/Eastern European anti-establishment flipped in favor of Serbia. Outside of Europe, only Argentina and New Zealand flipped.

Ooooooooh This morning in Apeldoorn.

Little earthquake on the previous hosting site in Rijeka. Followed by another, stronger, just seconds ago.

Great news! If we only count the legal votes (aka BRA + NZL), then we win ahead of Portugal and France. Now, how do I start a lawsuit in 33 states...

Also Italy. But, generally speaking, non-English songs have no chance of winning. While non-Italian, French, German songs have no chance of a podium finish. There are possibly around 3-4 exceptions in 15 editions.

@heywoodu If you are missing some Tim Singer, apparently he commented today's American eventing championships. https://www.usef.org/network/coverage/2020usefeventing/?cl=b

This table is missing some more Zsa Zsa it appears.

And finally, I am not the one for big speeches, but congrats first of all to @heywoodu for holding everything together. Even at those times when Slovakia casted ILLEGAL votes. Kudos! Having to correct 30 templates on the day of Grand Final sounds like a nightmare. Congratulations to Serbia and Canada, and of course Malta who belonged to my personal Top 3. Obviously congratulations to all the team medalists as well. Now we have more than 30 nations with various team medals, so the Team Challenge really represents a nice opportunity for a whole new level of fan engagement. As for Croatia, I had no expectations for the first time ever perhaps. I watched H-8 at an outdoor cinema this summer, and when Sretan Put came along, I immediately picked it up for this Open. It was an interesting experience. No idea what to do for the next editions. During Annuals it's both impossible to experiment and impossible to post a decent result (Top 15 - never happened). During Opens it's easier to get better results, but I usually end up not choosing the entries with most potential.

I think it's fair to give the bronze to France, since their combined ranking is 8 (3+5), while Ireland's is 10 (6+4). Anyway, here are the final All-around Rankings for the 2020 season (Annual + Open)... Canada - 316 Serbia - 291 France - 255

Fine. Corrected. But you called us Spain!

SPECIAL AWARDS - Brazil 2018 Legacy J'en Suis La Award - Germany (16th --> 7th) - the nation who gained most places in the second half of the Grand Final - Passionfruit Award - Hungary (Standard Deviation: 2.07) - the nation who scored the most consistent points - SPECIAL AWARDS - Netherlands 2020 Legacy STOP THE COUNT! Award - Indonesia (11th --> 20th) - the nation who dropped most places in the second half of the Grand Final -

Malta's podium is indeed a fan favorite achievement. And I am so glad it finished in a tie - because Malta was in a huge 9-10 pts battle in my rankings, but in the end they scored the bronze. Mostly because I realized the French song would be much better off as a pure instrumental.

Team Members R1 (1-7) R2 (8-14) R3 (15-21) R4 (22-28) R5 (29-35) Staverden Ghosts 57 94 94 95 62 Ermelo Riders 72 76 94 127 107 Harderwijk Dolphins 68 58 Did not advance Elburg Botters 96 66 75 Did not advance Veluwe Vipers 35 Did not advance Apeldoorn Gorillas 105 78 95 50 DNA Nunspeet Wolves 113 89 87 65 96

Both have 17 juries, but France has two golds so they are 5th.

But unfortunately Malta kills their own team For the second time this year, believe it or not.

Malta scored from 22 juries. Ireland from 21. First podium for Malta.

STOP THE COUNT Malta 3rd!