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For my part I I try to be extremely objective so I listened to all the songs 3 times, every song was ranked on criteria such as vocal, music, rhythym, lyrics, language, That ended the first round. I made then the first cut and songs with fewer points were eliminated (I kept 23 songs : 12+11). The best 6 on points qualified directly to Semifinals. The rest had to pass through the second round of listening (twice or 3 times depending if songs are still tied) then I had my 17 semifinalists. The third rounds of listening determined the first finalists, an additional fourth round (Round robin ) was necessary to confirm positions and determine the remaining finalists. But i had 4 reserve songs I liked on positions 13 to 16 I have to eliminated one of them As you see it was the longest listening period i had and yes it's stressing me lol

we will see with the other admins

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You MUST hide your post. To do that, you have only to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of prediction post. Do the same at the end of prediction post with "[ /hide]" too. PREDICTION DESIGN Start Copying Here [ hide] Preliminary Round March 31st - April 3rd, 2017 8 Nations, 2 Groups, 3rd and 4th from Group A, 1st and 2nd from Group B qualify to Quarterfinals, 1st and 2nd from Group A qualify to Semifinals. Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 31st 2017, h. 16:00, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Finland Russia March 31st 2017, h. 19:35, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth United States Canada April 1st 2017, h. 15:35, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Russia United States April 1st 2017, h. 19:35, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Canada Finland April 3rd 2017, h. 15:35, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Canada Russia April 3rd 2017, h. 19:35, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth United States Finland Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 31st 2017, h. 12:00, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Czech Republic Switzerland March 31st 2017, h. 15:35, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Sweden Germany April 1st 2017, h. 12:00, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Czech Republic Germany April 1st 2017, h. 18:00, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Switzerland Sweden April 3rd 2017, h. 12:00, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Germany Switzerland April 3rd 2017, h. 18:00, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Sweden Czech Republic [ /hide] End Copying Here

Prediction Contests Are Just-For-Fun Games You don't need to be an expert to take part in a Prediction Contest. If a mistake penalizes you, always keep in mind that everyone is in good faith. Competition Details City Plymouth Start Date March 31st, 2017 End Date April 7th, 2017 Participants 23 Gold Henry_Leon Silver Pablita Bronze hckosice Instructions In order to post your predictions, you have to do the following: Select with your mouse specified content of the Post named Prediction Contest Design Copy the selected content Go to Reply Box at the end of the Page, click on "Reply to this topic" Paste the copied content ( When information "You have pasted content with formatting" appears at the end of the Reply Box, ignore it, it will disappear eventually. 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Example Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 March 31st 2017, h. 16:00, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Finland 2 Russia If Finland wins by 4, you will earn 8 points [5 pts for correct winner + 3 pts for goal difference: (5-2)] If Finland wins by 2, you will earn 10 points [5 pts for correct winner + 5 pts for goal difference] If Finland wins by 8, you will earn 5 points [5 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for goal difference: (5-6) - no negative points] If Russia wins by 1, you will earn 2 points [0 pts for correct winner + 2 pts for goal difference: (5-3)] If Russia wins by 3 or more, you will earn 0 points [0 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for goal difference: (5-5)] In the Knockout Round, points will be multiplied by: In the Quarterfinals, points will be multiplied by 1.25 In the Semifinals, points will be multiplied by 1.5 In the Medal Matches, points will be multiplied by 2 TB Rules If two or more contestants have the same number of points at the end, Tie-Break rule will be applied to break the tie. 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we can need more opinions here is the full possible events table : Number of events by sports: Aquatics : 2 (Swimming + Waterpolo) Athletics : 1 Basketball : 3 (2 M + 1 W) Beach Soccer : 1 (M) Beach Volleyball : 1 Biathlon : 1 Curling : 1 (M) Cycling : 3 (2 Road + 1 Track) Football : 3 (2 M + 1 W) Gymnastics : 2 (Artistic + Rhythmic) Handball : 2 (M + W) Ice Hockey : 2 (M + W) Modern Pentathlon : 1 Rugby : 3 (2 M + 1 W) Skiing : 1 (Nordic) Squash : 1 (M) Tennis : 2 Volleyball : 2 (1 M +1 W) TOTAL : 32 in Green : ready/in progress/finished contests in Blue : very likely to take place in Red : not sure

General Standings after Event 5 (Six Nations Rugby Championship) here

Women's Ice Hockey World Championships (31 March - 7 April) (or we can have World Men's Curling Championship from 1 April to 9 April ) followed by Track Cycling World Championships (12 April - 16 April)

Final Standing available here Ufilov hckosice Henry_Leon Congratulations to our first rugby contest winner of the year ! Congratulations @hckosice ! Congratulations team Slovakia ! The three medalists have been decided on the very last day of the contest, furthermore only 4 points separate Bronze medalist from Gold medalist and only 9 points separate the winner frm 6th place ! This is by far the toughest contest this year ! The battle for gold included many players. @hckosice and @Ufilov where at the top from the start on day 1 sharing first place as a sign of what's going to happen next. @hckosice dropped in next 3 days to 5th then and 8th place before going back to 6th and jumping to first position during Day 5 and Day 6. On Day 7 he dropped to 4th place due to a zero points then he jumped again to first place along with @Henry_Leon before finally keeping the leadearship to himself. Well played @hckosice ! Congratulations to you and to Slovakia for your first medal of the year Although making an optimal start occupying first successively first and second places on the first three days of the contest, @Ufilov falled to 10th position during Day 4 he gradually climbed back the ranking to 9th then 7th before finishing strongly with two days in a row in 3rd position (Day 7 and Day 8) and a Silver medal on last day. Congratulations @Ufilov for your second silver medal of the year Congratulations to team Poland for a 4th podium this and for a 3rd silver medal. Being out of top 10 on the first two days of the contest didn't prevent @Henry_Leon from getting bronze on last day; On day 3 he finished 7th and progressed day after day (5th then 4th) before jumping to 2nd then first position on days 7 and 8. Unfortunately for him he dropped to 3rd place. But it's still a medal Congratulation Henry and Italy for their first medal of the year ! Fourth-placed duet, @dcro from Croatia and @africaboy from Romania, weren't far from a medal since they were only 3 points shorter than Bronze medalist Henry_Leon , same goes for LDOG in his first participation finishing 6th at 5 points from a potential medal. Another italian @SteveParker was always on top 4 or 5 and even toop first place on days 4 and 7 before falling at the end to finish 8th. Team Italy with 3 players and Romania with 2 in top 10 were particularey brilliant Special mention to @africaboy , @Gianlu33 and @Dunadan who got most perfect prediction with 2 games out of 15. This contest was very interesting for me, it was thrilling from the beginning until the end with changes on the table on every day. I hope you enjoyed it ! See you in next contests ! Now please stand up for the national anthem of Slovakia !

Final Standing Rank User Nation Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 TB 1 hckosice 262 38 14 32 29 46 27 0 25 51 2 Ufilov 261 38 20 37 13 26 29 24 22 52 3 Henry_Leon 258 29 19 37 29 30 25 18 24 47 4 africaboy 255 30 21 40 30 28 21 4 26 55 PP:2 5 dcro 255 31 20 40 29 4 23 22 39 47 PP:1 6 LDOG 253 29 16 38 28 24 21 22 27 48 7 tuniscof 249 34 19 22 29 27 26 1 38 53 8 SteveParker 240 37 19 38 27 26 29 20 10 34 9 Dolby 238 38 13 24 30 23 23 5 30 52 10 Gianlu33 234 32 11 40 28 31 29 2 25 36 PP:2 11 vlad 234 33 14 21 8 24 30 25 30 49 PP:1 12 OlympicIRL 230 24 10 38 29 27 27 4 22 49 13 Dunadan 229 27 0 38 25 45 30 4 10 50 14 Crolympic 218 30 16 36 27 25 21 2 22 39 15 vinipereira 216 - - 23 9 41 29 22 33 59 16 Federer91 210 26 26 25 12 8 19 22 30 42 17 bestmen 209 31 29 39 7 9 23 6 34 31 18 ady48 199 34 16 40 28 0 0 4 25 52 19 Mkbw50 190 18 19 40 10 21 10 7 25 40 20 Pablita 133 - - - - 22 10 3 39 59 21 heywoodu 131 - - - - 7 24 24 38 38 01: Week 1, February 4th 02: Week 1, February 5th 03: Week 2, February 11th 04: Week 2, February 12th 05: Week 3, February 25th 06: Week 3, February 26th 07: Week 4, March 10th 08: Week 4, March 11th 09: Week 5, March 18th *= using Jolly Mistakes are always possible. If you have any complaint, please PM me.

I watched the game from the start and I can tell you Sevilla were lucky not having so many yellow and red cards + many fouls not given for Leicester City, Jamy Vardy missed the 3-0 chance and he started punching himself ... hopefullly they qualified and didn't need the help of the referee and Kasper Schmeichel saving another penalty under the watch of his father Peter . And about Sevilla they can only blame theirselves especially with Nasri two stupid yellow cards . Now good luck to the Foxes whoever the oppenent will be they had a dream season so far and the dream is about to continue for two more games

Well after three rounds of listening,and three qualification rounds, I have my 12 finalists but in random order, and 11 reserves Now it's the hardest part ranking them

i almost understand most of the words that they say in the song without looking at the english translation

1) Maltese btw it's almost like tunisian spoken dialect , so some words sound like arabic

It's too early man !

Provisional Standing after Day 8 available here

Provisional Standing after Day 8 Rank User Nation Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 TB 1 Henry_Leon 211 29 19 37 29 30 25 18 24 1 hckosice 211 38 14 32 29 46 27 0 25 3 Ufilov 209 38 20 37 13 26 29 24 22 4 dcro 208 31 20 40 29 4 23 22 39 5 SteveParker 206 37 19 38 27 26 29 20 10 6 LDOG 205 29 16 38 28 24 21 22 27 7 africaboy 200 30 21 40 30 28 21 4 26 8 Gianlu33 198 32 11 40 28 31 29 2 25 9 tuniscof 196 34 19 22 29 27 26 1 38 10 Dolby 186 38 13 24 30 23 23 5 30 11 vlad 185 33 14 21 8 24 30 25 30 12 OlympicIRL 181 24 10 38 29 27 27 4 22 13 Dunadan 179 27 0 38 25 45 30 4 10 13 Crolympic 179 30 16 36 27 25 21 2 22 15 bestmen 178 31 29 39 7 9 23 6 34 16 Federer91 168 26 26 25 12 8 19 22 30 17 vinipereira 157 - - 23 9 41 29 22 33 18 Mkbw50 150 18 19 40 10 21 10 7 25 19 ady48 147 34 16 40 28 - - 4 25 20 heywoodu 93 - - - - 7 24 24 38 21 Pablita 74 - - - - 22 10 3 39 01: Week 1, February 4th 02: Week 1, February 5th 03: Week 2, February 11th 04: Week 2, February 12th 05: Week 3, February 25th 06: Week 3, February 26th 07: Week 4, March 10th 08: Week 4, March 11th 09: Week 5, March 18th *= using Jolly Mistakes are always possible. If you have any complaint, please PM me.

Provisional Standing after Day 7 available here

Provisional Standing after Day 7 Rank User Nation Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 TB 1 SteveParker 196 37 19 38 27 26 29 20 2 Henry_Leon 187 29 19 37 29 30 25 18 2 Ufilov 187 38 20 37 13 26 29 24 4 hckosice 186 38 14 32 29 46 27 0 5 LDOG 178 29 16 38 28 24 21 22 6 africaboy 174 30 21 40 30 28 21 4 7 Gianlu33 173 32 11 40 28 31 29 2 8 Dunadan 169 27 0 38 25 45 30 4 8 dcro 169 31 20 40 29 4 23 22 10 OlympicIRL 159 24 10 38 29 27 27 4 11 tuniscof 158 34 19 22 29 27 26 1 12 Crolympic 157 30 16 36 27 25 21 2 13 Dolby 156 38 13 24 30 23 23 5 14 vlad 155 33 14 21 8 24 30 25 15 bestmen 144 31 29 39 7 9 23 6 16 Federer91 138 26 26 25 12 8 19 22 17 Mkbw50 125 18 19 40 10 21 10 7 18 vinipereira 124 - - 23 9 41 29 22 19 ady48 122 34 16 40 28 - - 4 20 heywoodu 55 - - - - 7 24 24 21 Pablita 35 - - - - 22 10 3 01: Week 1, February 4th 02: Week 1, February 5th 03: Week 2, February 11th 04: Week 2, February 12th 05: Week 3, February 25th 06: Week 3, February 26th 07: Week 4, March 10th 08: Week 4, March 11th 09: Week 5, March 18th *= using Jolly Mistakes are always possible. If you have any complaint, please PM me.

Did anyone bet on the game ? I didn't but I really should have look

Can we begin reserving countries for Festival of music ?

I think it would be better having contact with people from the forum in facebook , that way it would be easier to contact them

General Standings after Event 4 (Nordic World Ski Championships) here

You can wait until midnight if someone else shows up to add it on the playlist

I hope Egypt comes back in the meantime