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Closing Ceremony Welcome to the Closing ceremony! We hope you all had a splendid day yesterday. Having finished off the Opening ceremony with an individual project from Stjepan Hauser, it is only fair that we now check how the other half of the 2CELLOS lives. Luka Šulić launched a new album - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - in 2019. In the process, he became the first musician ever to arrange this famous concert for cello and the orchestra. Summer is coming. Although, in many ways, it could be a stormy one... Playing just the Summer feels overly Northern hemisphere centric. We therefore asked Luka to play the Winter, too...

As a reminder, the Closing Ceremony and Medal Presentations will be held at the Trsat Castle. Proceedings will start in about 20 minutes.

OMG, now we have the exact same amount of pages like the Corona thread.

Kind of a slow day, isn't it?

Here is the overview of the songs I voted for... 12 points - - Like I said, this song hit the timing on the head. I even said it was my all-time favorite at some point. It's probably not. Maybe it wouldn't have even scored the maximum points otherwise, but it would have scored high in any case. One of my favorite Irish songs yet. 11 points - - That first note is a perfectoin. Definitely my favorite Mexican entry so far. 10 points - - Tillfälligheter apparently means "Coincidences". I did not understand the lyrics, but I'm guessing it's about all the coincidences in life. In that context, it sounded so good. This one grew on me. 9 points - - Before every listen I expected this to lose some places in favor of other songs, but when it came down to the actual listening it always ended up with "Yeah, this is pretty good." 8 points - - Aside from the 3-beat rhytm (3:11 to 3:21 is a perfection for flying changes), I liked the use of instruments, and the fact that you can easily sing along despite the song being in Chinese! 7 points - - I like how this song is quite different, but importantly also engaging in its own way. You will not find me voting for a song that's just unique. I have to enjoy it too. 6 points - - I really liked the sound of this. Another song that grew on me with every listen. 5 points - - Really good start of the song. Probably the biggest climber in my rankings. 4 points - - This one went up and down. I liked the Companhia part in particular. 3 points - - I liked how powerful it sounds. Some really good transitions as well. 2 points - - I give points to Q-Pop on occasion. This one even had some serious lyrics (compared to "Ah! Yah! Mah!" at least ) 1 point - - I desperately wanted to give this some points, and in the end I could spare just one. Reserves: Tunisia and Slovenia grew on me the most after the voting ended.

In the other thread.

Multi-Jury: United States @dezbee2008 @Olympian1010 Combined Votes: Slovenia - 19 (8+11) - 12 points Hungary - 15 (6+9) - 11 points Greece - 12 (12+0) - 10 points* Norway - 12 (0+12) - 9 points India - 11 (11+0) - 8 points Tunisia - 10 (10+0) - 7 points** Ireland - 10 (0+10) - 6 points Australia - 9 (9+0) - 5 points Slovakia - 8 (3+5) - 4 points Portugal - 8 (0+8) - 3 points Ukraine - 7 (0+7) - 2 points** Canada - 7 (7+0) - 1 point ---------------------------------------------------- China - 6 (5+1) Brazil - 6 (0+6) Germany - 4 (4+0) Israel - 4 (0+4) Malta - 3 (0+3) New Zealand - 2 (0+2) Serbia - 2 (2+0) Bulgaria - 1 (1+0) * - decided by a random draw ** - decided by reserve lists

Multi-Jury: Tunisia @amen09 @tuniscof Combined Votes: United States - 13 (10+3) - 12 points Hungary - 12 (0+12) - 11 points* Kazakhstan - 12 (12+0) - 10 points Iran - 11 (11+0) - 9 points** Spain - 11 (0+11) - 8 points Slovenia - 10 (0+10) - 7 points Greece - 9 (9+0) - 6 points* Netherlands - 9 (0+9) - 5 points Bulgaria - 8 (4+4) - 4 points Ukraine - 8 (8+0) - 3 points** Ireland - 8 (0+8) - 2 points France - 7 (5+2) - 1 point ------------------------------------------------------------ Italy - 7 (7+0) Lithuania - 7 (0+7) China - 6 (6+0) Norway - 6 (0+6) Romania - 5 (5+0) India - 3 (3+0) Australia - 2 (0+2) Canada - 1 (0+1) Uruguay - 1 (1+0) * - decided by a random draw ** - decided by reserve lists

Multi-Jury: Italy @Gianlu33 @Henry_Leon @Pablita @SteveParker Combined Votes: China - 34 (12+0+12+10) - 12 points Israel - 30 (10+10+0+10) - 11 points Spain - 29 (11+11+7+0) - 10 points Mexico - 21 (0+12+0+9) - 9 points Brazil - 20 (9+0+11+0) - 8 points Canada - 19 (6+1+0+12) - 7 points Sweden - 16 (5+9+2+0) - 6 points Norway - 15 (2+7+6+0) - 5 points Iran - 15 (0+6+5+4) - 4 points Ireland - 15 (0+4+0+11) - 3 points Lithuania - 13 (0+2+8+3) - 2 points Portugal - 11 (8+0+3+0) - 1 point ----------------------------------------------------- Australia - 10 (0+3+0+7) Tunisia - 9 (0+0+9+0) Germany - 8 (0+0+0+8) Hungary - 8 (0+8+0+0) Malta - 7 (7+0+0+0) India - 6 (1+0+0+5) Moldova - 6 (0+0+0+6) Argentina - 5 (0+5+0+0) Croatia - 4 (0+0+4+0) United States - 4 (4+0+0+0) Kazakhstan - 3 (3+0+0+0) Indonesia - 2 (0+0+0+2) Netherlands - 1 (0+0+0+1) Slovenia - 1 (0+0+1+0)

Multi-Jury: India @Ashton @Fly_like_a_don Combined Votes: Bulgaria - 23 (11+12) - 12 points Sweden - 21 (10+11) - 11 points Spain - 18 (8+10) - 10 points Slovakia - 15 (9+6) - 9 points Croatia - 15 (7+8) - 8 points Portugal - 14 (5+9) - 7 points Tunisia - 12 (12+0) - 6 points Poland - 9 (4+5) - 5 points Indonesia - 7 (0+7) - 4 points Iran - 6 (6+0) - 3 points Serbia - 4 (0+4) - 2 points Uruguay - 3 (3+0) - 1 point** ---------------------------------------------------- Argentina - 3 (0+3) Denmark - 2 (2+0) Malta - 2 (0+2) France - 1 (1+0) Italy - 1 (0+1) ** - decided by reserve lists

Multi-Jury: France @Benolympique @Bohemia Combined Votes: Bulgaria - 17 (9+8) - 12 points China - 12 (0+12) - 11 points* Germany - 12 (12+0) - 10 points Poland - 11 (4+7) - 9 points Australia - 11 (11+0) - 8 points* Indonesia - 11 (0+11) - 7 points Israel - 10 (1+9) - 6 points Spain - 10 (8+2) - 5 points Iran - 10 (10+0) - 4 points* Malta - 10 (0+10) - 3 points Italy - 7 (7+0) - 2 points Netherlands - 6 (0+6) - 1 point* ----------------------------------------------------------- Mexico - 6 (6+0) Hungary - 5 (5+0) Sweden - 5 (0+5) Norway - 4 (0+4) Greece - 3 (3+0) Ireland - 3 (0+3) Ukraine - 2 (2+0) Slovenia - 1 (0+1) * - decided by a random draw

Multi-Jury: Brazil @titicow @vinipereira Combined Votes: Indonesia - 19 (11+8) - 12 points Denmark - 16 (12+4) - 11 points China - 12 (0+12) - 10 points Sweden - 11 (8+3) - 9 points France - 11 (0+11) - 8 points Australia - 10 (0+10) - 7 points* Ireland - 10 (10+0) - 6 points Portugal - 9 (9+0) - 5 points* Tunisia - 9 (0+9) - 4 points Netherlands - 8 (7+1) - 3 points New Zealand - 7 (0+7) - 2 points Norway - 6 (6+0) - 1 point* ----------------------------------------------------- Croatia - 6 (0+6) Kazakhstan - 5 (5+0) Lithuania - 5 (0+5) Malta - 4 (2+2) India - 4 (4+0) Hungary - 3 (3+0) Canada - 1 (1+0) * - decided by a random draw

I only had a few weeks to analyze the outcomes.

Right. @Werloc, your lowest winning points record is gone (158 vs 151). But, on the bright side, you keep the lowest ever points-per-jury score for a winning entry (3.95 vs 4.08).

And finally... Thanks everyone for joining the party over the last couple of days. It was so fun watching how the script would unfold in front of you. Congratulations to @intoronto for taking the historic first ever non-European win , and of course to @Vic Liu and @Benolympique @Bohemia for making the podium. I give special thanks to @OlympicIRL for continued support and to @vinipereira for bearing with me in the logo-making process. Special thanks also goes to @IoNuTzZ and @catgamer for giving us our only medals. Of course, I am also thanking you for all those lovely messages you have left, both here in the thread or in PM. Congrats to nations who made the Team podium as well, in particular my team mates @Wumo @Belle @Griff88 See you tomorrow for the Closing Ceremony.

Oh, yeah, this is how the reserve lists looked. Not everyone gave me the reserves, and some gave more nations than others, but you get the general idea. 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - And so on.

And finally... I have to give a special mention to @KingOfTheRhinos. He was the last left to vote. Canada and China were literally tied. I waited and waited, even gave him some extra days... And then he awards 12 to Canada and 0 to China. In the end it was 11 points after China won a jury random draw... But nevertheless, what you get for giving someone extra days.

I remember really wanting to award some points to France. And finally I managed to sneak you in for a single.

And Uruguay wins the Passionfruit award.

What about the crazy draw? This happened since lunch... China: 19th > 2nd Norway: 16th > 4th Israel: 36th > 21st Germany: 26th > 13th Mexico: 27th > 14th ... But also... Greece: 3rd > 17th Slovenia: 14th > 28th Netherlands: 6th > 19th ... Mexico (27th at lunch) finishes ahead of Greece (3rd at lunch).

Let's just take a moment to appreciate all the firsts of Croatia 2020... first ever non-European victory first ever podium finish for an Asian nation first ever TISC podium with the non-English songs in majority first ever four-way tie for the lead first Annual edition where the final votes got unveiled one-by-one first time New Zealand defeated Australia, even if by a single point ( @Wanderer ) And probably some more that I forgot...

1 CANADA 151 20 NEW ZEALAND 76 2 CHINA 140 21 ISRAEL 75 3 FRANCE 131 22 AUSTRALIA 75 4 NORWAY 119 23 BRAZIL 72 5 DENMARK 119 24 BULGARIA 68 6 SPAIN 114 25 UKRAINE 63 7 IRELAND 112 26 CROATIA 63 8 HUNGARY 102 27 LITHUANIA 63 9 INDONESIA 102 28 SLOVENIA 61 10 SWEDEN 101 29 SLOVAKIA 56 11 POLAND 97 30 SERBIA 54 12 ITALY 94 31 KAZAKHSTAN 51 13 GERMANY 93 32 PORTUGAL 47 14 MEXICO 88 33 IRAN 46 15 UNITED STATES 86 34 TUNISIA 35 16 MALTA 84 35 ROMANIA 28 17 GREECE 84 36 MOLDOVA 26 18 INDIA 79 37 ARGENTINA 25 19 NETHERLANDS 77 38 URUGUAY 7

First ever podium for us. Achieved on the home soil.

Relay BAŠKA MOONWALKERS DOBRINJ WINETASTERS KRALJEVICA ROYALS KRK CAPITALS MALINSKA LIFEGUARDS NJIVICE SAILORS OMIŠALJ OILERS PUNAT MARINERS ŠILO SHEPHERDS VRBNIK CLIFFDIVERS Leg 1 23 30 25 27 11 24 21 38 25 31 Leg 2 29 5 34 EL 16 8 20 37 21 24 Leg 2 9 27 14 20 29 42 32 17 3 3 Leg 4 28 5 17 30 24 43 34 17 8 26 Total 89 67 90 57 80 117 107 109 57 84 FINAL RESULTS 1 NJIVICE SAILORS 117 2 PUNAT MARINERS 109 3 OMIŠALJ OILERS 107 4 KRALJEVICA ROYALS 90 5 BAŠKA MOONWALKERS 89 6 VRBNIK CLIFFDIVERS 84 7 MALINSKA LIFEGUARDS 80 8 DOBRINJ WINETASTERS 67 9 KRK CAPITALS 57 10 ŠILO SHEPHERDS 57

JURIES VOTED: 38/38 UNITED STATES 86 NEW ZEALAND +4 76 SPAIN 114 PORTUGAL 47 MOLDOVA +5 26 URUGUAY 7 AUSTRALIA 75 MEXICO 88 LITHUANIA 63 BRAZIL +8 72 INDIA 79 SWEDEN 101 INDONESIA +12 102 POLAND 97 SERBIA 54 ITALY 94 KAZAKHSTAN 51 CHINA 140 ISRAEL 75 SLOVENIA +2 61 TUNISIA 35 GREECE 84 GERMANY 93 BULGARIA 68 UKRAINE 63 IRAN 46 CANADA 151 IRELAND +9 112 NORWAY +3 119 CROATIA +1 63 DENMARK +10 119 MALTA +7 84 HUNGARY 102 NETHERLANDS +6 77 ROMANIA 28 FRANCE 131 ARGENTINA +11 25 SLOVAKIA 56 Congratulations Canada and @intoronto on the briliant victory! Congratulations to China and France as well for making the podium! And thanks Slovakia for the votes that changed nothing. PROVISIONAL TOP 5 1 CANADA 151 2 CHINA 140 3 FRANCE 131 4 NORWAY 119 5 DENMARK 119