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Oh wow. Actually nobody from Group E won anything during the whole knock-out stage! Cape Verde and Cuba got eliminated in the Round of 16. Mali lost in the repechage, and then immediately in the Challenge quarters. Iceland and Taipei lost immediately in the lower bracket.

Indeed. Looking at who made the Round of 16, the luckiest ones were Cuba and Guatemala. Both of whom got crushed there. Cuba advanced directly from the easiest Group E, while Guatemala faced Mali (also from Group E) in their repechage...

Gold Silver Bronze 4th 5th Albania 4W-1D-1L (31-15) 6th Barbados 4W-1D-1L (29-17) 7th Burundi 4W-0D-2L (26-20) 8th Sri Lanka 3W-1D-2L (25-21) 9th South Africa - 4W-0D-1L (22-17) 10th Cape Verde - 3W-1D-1L (26-13) 11th Somalia - 3W-0D-2L (24-15) 12th Cuba - 2W-2D-1L (18-21) 13th Guinea - 2W-1D-2L (23-16) 14th Angola - 2W-1D-2L (21-18) 15th Puerto Rico - 2W-1D-2L (18-21) 16th Guatemala - 2W-0D-3L (17-22) 17th Belarus - 3W-2D-1L (45-31) 18th Kosovo - 3W-0D-5L (40-43) 19th Jamaica - 3W-1D-3L (30-29) 20th Zambia - 2W-1D-4L (24-35) 21st Kiribati - 3W-0D-3L (21-25) 22nd Mali - 2W-0D-3L (17-22) 23rd Hong Kong - 1W-1D-4L (20-26) 24th Monaco - 1W-1D-4L (16-30) 25th South Korea - 1W-0D-4L (14-25) 26th Iceland - 0W-2D-3L (15-24) 27th Iraq - 0W-1D-4L (15-24) 28th Chinese Taipei - 0W-1D-4L (14-25) 29th Belize - 0W-0D-5L (9-30) 30th Japan - 0W-0D-5L (8-31)

Belarus had Costa Rica in their repechage, so I guess it is not very surprising.

No surprise here. JUDGE TECHNICAL MARK BLR KOS Emperor Collected walk

Well, things are not looking bright for Dua anymore, as Belarus needs just 3 more votes.

What are the odds that Judge Woyceck is actually @Vojthas?

Not even In My Mind?

Welp, Shawn Mendes took victory like yesterday, so I don't think the problem is as serious as some portray it to be.

Yeah, I don't think we dislike popular songs per se. We just don't want to see them winning the important stuff.

Competitions is still in progress, but only with some individual combinations left.

Update... Gold Silver Bronze 4th 5th Albania 4W-1D-1L (31-15) 6th Barbados 4W-1D-1L (29-17) 7th Burundi 4W-0D-2L (26-20) 8th Sri Lanka 3W-1D-2L (25-21) 9th South Africa - 4W-0D-1L (22-17) 10th Cape Verde - 3W-1D-1L (26-13) 11th Somalia - 3W-0D-2L (24-15) 12th Cuba - 2W-2D-1L (18-21) 13th Guinea - 2W-1D-2L (23-16) 14th Angola - 2W-1D-2L (21-18) 15th Puerto Rico - 2W-1D-2L (18-21) 16th Guatemala - 2W-0D-3L (17-22) 17th 18th 19th Jamaica - 3W-1D-3L (30-29) 20th Zambia - 2W-1D-4L (24-35) 21st Kiribati - 3W-0D-3L (21-25) 22nd Mali - 2W-0D-3L (17-22) 23rd Hong Kong - 1W-1D-4L (20-26) 24th Monaco - 1W-1D-4L (16-30) 25th South Korea - 1W-0D-4L (14-25) 26th Iceland - 0W-2D-3L (15-24) 27th Iraq - 0W-1D-4L (15-24) 28th Chinese Taipei - 0W-1D-4L (14-25) 29th Belize - 0W-0D-5L (9-30) 30th Japan - 0W-0D-5L (8-31)

New Rules of TISC... 1. Don't pick up a song in your native language. You will only get points from the drunk and alone. 2. Don't choose a star. You will be kicked out or even banned. 3. Don't vote for your neighbours. You will only enter a beef with bestmen. And if you are in beef with him, you ain't getting out of it. I got new rules I count them.

Yeah, on one hand, the anonimity of the finalists would be ruined for the later reveal, but on the other hand, we would immediately get to know how each user voted in the final itself.

Slight spoilers, but there is a idea to reveal judges' real names together with their votes during the gold medal match. This will add a layer of suspense as we will be able to find out which users failed to make the final. Theoretically we can also reveal their nations at the same time, but I fear that would take too much spotlight away from the actual match.

Should be Belarus v Kosovo.

I think it should be revealed soon after the final.

What drama.

Big redemption for Dua.

There is also that Moorcroft guy who basically never won anything.

Gergely Kulcsár, triple medalist in javelin (1960-1968).

Also, 'manufactured' loss of 7:0 seems like a stretch... It's not like mainstream songs always do well here. Often it is quite the opposite.

Update... Rihanna was only the 2nd highest rated quarterfinals loser? Landslide defeat never helps, though. Gold Silver Bronze 4th 5th Albania 4W-1D-1L (31-15) 6th Barbados 4W-1D-1L (29-17) 7th Burundi 4W-0D-2L (26-20) 8th Sri Lanka 3W-1D-2L (25-21) 9th South Africa - 4W-0D-1L (22-17) 10th Cape Verde - 3W-1D-1L (26-13) 11th Somalia - 3W-0D-2L (24-15) 12th Cuba - 2W-2D-1L (18-21) 13th Guinea - 2W-1D-2L (23-16) 14th Angola - 2W-1D-2L (21-18) 15th Puerto Rico - 2W-1D-2L (18-21) 16th Guatemala - 2W-0D-3L (17-22) 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st Kiribati - 3W-0D-3L (21-25) 22nd Mali - 2W-0D-3L (17-22) 23rd Hong Kong - 1W-1D-4L (20-26) 24th Monaco - 1W-1D-4L (16-30) 25th South Korea - 1W-0D-4L (14-25) 26th Iceland - 0W-2D-3L (15-24) 27th Iraq - 0W-1D-4L (15-24) 28th Chinese Taipei - 0W-1D-4L (14-25) 29th Belize - 0W-0D-5L (9-30) 30th Japan - 0W-0D-5L (8-31)

North Macedonia too.

Some unconfirmed rumors suggest that Gafur Rakhimov himself appeared on the judging panel for the CRC vs BAR match?