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Same here actually - Češka - but in the English language I just can't help but say Czech Republic even though it is both different *and* longer.

Moldova will stay the Republic of Moldova even if nobody uses that name in a casual conversation. Meanwhile, most people will continue saying Czech Republic at least for another while. Weird.

Some intros/outros were taken out. Probably not all, but certainly some of the more glaring ones. There was also one Algerian submission which had two songs in one video. The second one was ignored, even if I remember not ignoring it during the contest itself. What a weird submission that was. It's not easy to determine duration of each song, but then again the songs are submitted via Youtube videos so it's all part of the game and presentation. For example, I can remember some users not being happy about Blinding Lights very brief intro and intercuts.

Speaking of song duration, I stumbled onto this. This was created after the 2019 Open, I think, so not exactly up to date, but makes for an interesting reading. Songs of length 3:30-4:00 tend to score slightly more points than those around (3:00-3:30, then 4:00-4:30, and then 2:30-3:00/4:30-5:00/5:00-5:30). And then we get a really interesting spike beyond 5:30. These seem to be very appreciated, but then again the number of songs going beyond five and a half minutes is probably not that big. So the stats may be deceiving. Songs shorter than 2:30 get butchered apparently.

@Werloc You are absolutely correct. And the difference is pretty big. Average Annual Song - 3:47 Average Open Song - 4:05

In b4 the Venezuelan juror is actually a big time TikToker.

Song Duration For today's random statistical analysis, we will take a look at the duration of TISC entries. Specifically, we will focus on the relationship between various national juries and the duration of songs which tend to score points from these juries. Which juries prefer quick action, and which juries like a good-old slow burn? 3 minutes and 56 seconds Following the completion of the 2022 Annual, a total of 656 songs have been presented on the TISC stage. Duration of these 656 songs varies a great deal, but it all averages out at just above 3 minutes and 56 seconds per song. Unlike the Eurovision Song Contest, there are no time limits to be found in the TISC rulebook. It is interesting, however, that the adopted average after the first 18 editions stands at almost exactly a minute longer than the Eurovision limit. Mi Pais vs Kelmti Horra (for now) The shortest song entered so far has been Uruguay's Mi Pais. Taking just 115 seconds, it is indeed the only sub 2 minutes entry presented to date. Too short for some? Perhaps. Mi Pais placed 29th at the 2017 Open with 32 points. On the other side of the spectrum, we find Kelmti Horra representing Tunisia. Taking 6 minutes and 45 seconds (!), it can undoubtedly be classified in the epic category. Kelmti Horra scored 71 points to finish 16th at the 2016 Open. This record is set to be broken this week in Czechia however, as Egypt's 180° takes up a whopping 7 minutes and 19 seconds (excluding intro/outro). Finally, who is the Average Joe of the TISC? Well, there have been exactly five songs to date with a duration of 3:56 - Jaadagi Nii (EST, 2014 Open), Geboren um zu Leben (GER, 2014 Open), Crazy For You (CAN, 2015 Annual), Onaj Dan (CRO, 2017 Annual) and most recently Pelan-Pelan Saja (INA, 2019 Open). Song Duration Sweetspot Today, we would like to focus on finding the song duration sweetspot for every jury. For this purpose, we took a look at the voting history of each jury and calculated the average duration of all songs which have scored points from the said jury. We used the weighted average, so for example, duration of the songs which were awarded 12 points hold 12 times more weight than duration of the songs which were awarded 1 point, and so on. Short and Sweet So we have crunched the numbers and the observation is as follows. Voting records show that the Venezuelan jury prefers short songs the most with a weighted average of just 3:30. If your entry for the 2022 Open clocks over 4 minutes, then maybe don't expect much from Venezuela. Out of 24 songs which have received points from Venezuela so far, only two clock at over 4 minutes and none goes beyond 5 minutes. Pretty extraordinary, given that the all-time average duration of TISC entries is very nearly 4 minutes exactly. Ironically, Venezuela itself tends to enter fairly long songs into the contests. Their shortest one to date - Sin Ti, 2019 Annual - still clocks at eyebrow-raising 4:57, while the other two (No Te Vas, 2018 Annual and Es Epico, 2022 Open) both go well over 5 minutes! Practice what you preach? Other juries which are statistically most likely to reward shorter songs are Ukraine, Uruguay, Norway, Iran, Indonesia, Spain, Bulgaria, Lebanon. Ukraine should be noted as the jury who statistically awards medals to the shortest songs. Average duration of their medal picks stands at just 3:25. Going the Distance On the other side of the spectrum, we find Morocco. And Morocco likes it long, very long. Their weighted average stands at whopping 4:16, and the medal picks average at 4:35! 3 out of 5 Morocco's gold medal picks to date clock over 5 minutes, including two winners - Zombie (2014 Open) and Song About Love (2015 Open). Other juries which are statistically most likely to reward longer songs are Guyana, Vietnam, Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, Egypt, Turkey, Chile, Azerbaijan. Below you can find a table with juries grouped around their weighted average ("sweetspot song duration"). Only the juries taking part in this edition are included. It comes as no surprise that most juries are grouped around the average song duration of 3:56 (even if only Croatia hits that mark exactly). There are pockets of juries to be found around 10 seconds or more away from 3:56. On the shorter side - INA, BUL, ESP, IND, ISR, SLO; and on the longer side - CHI, TUR, EGY, IRL, HUN, DEN, VIE. As outlined above, Venezuela and Ukraine are by far the biggest outliers. Sweetspot Song Duration Juries 3:30 3:31 3:32 3:33 3:34 3:35 3:36 3:37 3:38 3:39 3:40 3:41 3:42 3:43 3:44 3:45 3:46 3:47 3:48 3:49 3:50 3:51 3:52 3:53 3:54 3:55 3:56 3:57 3:58 3:59 4:00 4:01 4:02 4:03 4:04 4:05 4:06 4:07 4:08 4:09

Excluding Colombia, the quotas will provisionally go to . Peru is clearly trying to keep their eventing afloat after LIma 2019. Ecuador has individual talent but once again they are not sending teams who could have qualified. It's weird how they sent their absolute best in dressage for the Bolivarian Games (including USA-based Julio Mendoza and his top horse), but they did no such thing for the much more consequential South American Games. Shame. From what I have read during the South American Games, it sounds like the roads in South America are really, really bad. So it's hardly a surprise that people are not traveling 4000 km from Peru to Campo de Mayo for this event.

No they dropped out spectacularly at the 2021 Open. They didn't believe Czechia will make it and yet here we are.

Have you told about this win to Jazzu yet? I remember you tried but couldn't get past the awkwardness on how to even begin to bring up such a subject.

Four nations are entered for the South American Eventing Championships . I'm not sure any more will be added last minute (maybe Peru or Ecuador?). At any rate, if it stays like this, the event will be pretty academic as the best 3 qualify for Santiago and Chile is already qualified. I am assuming they must bring at least three riders home to qualify... I'd be surprised if carrying 1000 penalties would allow taking a quota.

They should just scratch World Relays for good then if nobody is up to for hosting it except China. Hilarious thing to say that China is up for hosting anything these days, but here we are. I will not even attempt to understand the inner mechanism of Winnie.

Interesting to find out that Mariposa Technicolor scored better than one of the champions.

15th place for Aščić in both 500 m and 1500 m. Nicely picking up where she left off after our Olympic debut in the sport.

Turkmenistan Gurbanguly & Kerimguly Berdimuhamedow - Sportly Türkmenistan

I think so, but then again I'm no official here.

According to the schedule, the Festival of Music has begun. I book

It will be a Jubilee. I think it's time to launch a recruitment campaign, the likes of which we have never seen before. Min 50 nations.

Interview with Justina Vanagaite. @Bearas @Werloc https://www.eurodressage.com/2022/10/28/justina-vanagaite-trailblazer-lithuania-international-grand-prix-sport

Russia and Belarus have submitted international events to the 2023 calendar as well... But these have been promptly shut down and the ban has been extended too. Effectively this removes them out of Paris 2024 whatever happens from now on. Well, most certainly in eventing as their points farming events have been axed at last. Excellent news for the likes of Lithuania, Hungary, Estonia.

Algeria is still first, no worries. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1072034/algerian-olympic-committee-president-claims-athletes-in-country-are-doping-to-qualify-for-major-events

It's crunch time in the Croatian jury. I will likely send my votes tomorrow. Bronze is decided finally, but gold and silver are still not fixed.

Another result change finally happening, what, 8+ years after the positive test?

Down to 18 songs. Can I award points to all of them? What an enjoyable edition this is turning out to be. Four songs are still in contention for the maximum 12 points... Crazy. This has never happened to me before.

Well, it would be enough if the hosts are using your scripts to tabulate all scoreboards and templates.