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Charter and Official Rulebook SECTION 1 - SONG CHOICE AND ELIGIBILITY: 1. (a) All songs must be ORIGINAL, NEW MATERIAL, released on or after January 1st, 2022. Exceptions will be made in the following circumstances: (i) A song released as a single no more than 6 months before the cut-off date may ONLY be chosen if that song was subsequently released on an album for the first time during the official period of eligibility. For example, a song which was released as a single on July 1st, 2021 may be chosen if that song was later included in an album released on January 1st, 2022 or thereafter. (ii) A song which is a copy of an original song may ONLY be chosen if both artists of the original song and the copy version are from the same nation AND if the original song was also released within the period of eligibility (on or after January 1st, 2022). 1. (b) All songs must be ORIGINAL to the nation for which they are competing. In other words, if a song is a copy or cover of an original song by an artist from another nation, then it is ONLY permitted to participate for the nation of the artist who produced the original version. If the artist of the cover version is from the same nation as the original artist, then the cover version must fulfill rule 1(a) in order to be eligible to participate. 1. (c) Songs that competed at Eurovision shall be excluded from competing at TAISC. However, songs which competed in a national final but were not put forward to represent their nation at Eurovision may be selected to compete at TAISC. SECTION 2 - ARTIST CHOICE AND ELIGIBILITY: 2. (a) Artists chosen to represent a nation must have been born in or be of the same nationality as the nation for which they are participating OR they must have more or equal association with that nation. 2. (b) In the case of bands, at least 50% of the band must be born in or be of the same nationality as the nation for which they are participating OR they should have more or equal association with that nation. 2. (c) For the purposes of the Totallympics International Song Contest, the same concept of nationality as that used by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) will be adopted. So, for example, artists from Scotland must represent Great Britain, artists from Faroe Islands must represent Denmark, etc. SECTION 3 - NATIONAL JURY VOTING: 3. (a) National juries may consist of a single jury member OR a multi-member jury made up of two or more users from that nation. 3. (b) National juries must send their votes in SECRET (via private message) to the host organising member(s) of the song contest as requested during the designated voting window. 3. (c) National juries must submit their song entry on the official TISC thread for that edition within the designated song entry selection window as designated by the host organiser(s). National juries who fail to submit their song within the required time frame are at risk of disqualification from the contest. 3. (d) Each jury member in a multi-member jury shall send their individual preferences in SECRET (via private message) to the host organising member(s). The votes from each of the members of the multi-member jury will be combined to form a single set of votes which will represent the overall voting preference of that national jury. In this way, the votes from each of the participating national juries, whether single or multi-member juries, will hold equal value or weight. 3. (e) National juries will use the following voting format: (i) Jury members will award points to their 12 favourite songs in ascending manner from points 1 through 12 (inclusive) with the first preference receiving a maximum score of 12 points, second preference receiving 11 points, third preference receiving 10 points, and so forth until the song of 12th preference which will receive a single point. See below scoring table for reference: 1st Preference 12 pts 2nd Preference 11 pts 3rd Preference 10 pts 4th Preference 9 pts 5th Preference 8 pts 6th Preference 7 pts 7th Preference 6 pts 8th Preference 5 pts 9th Preference 4 pts 10th Preference 3 pts 11th Preference 2 pts 12th Preference 1 pt (ii) In single member juries, these scores will subsequently represent the National Jury Vote of that nation. However, in multi-member juries, the votes of all the jury members from that nation will be combined to form a single set of points. The song which has received the most number of points from that national jury will be deemed to be the overall first preference choice of that jury and will receive the maximum score of 12 points; the song which has received the second highest number of points from that national jury will be deemed to be the overall second preference choice of that jury and will receive a score of 11 points, and so forth until the song which has received the 12th highest number of points which will receive a single point from that national jury. (iii) In the case of multi-member juries with 4 jury members or more, that jury can choose between the standard voting format (12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1) or the following alternative points format (18-15-12-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1). However, all jurors of that national jury must use the same format when submitting their votes. It is not permitted that some use the standard format and some others use the alternative format. As such, if a national jury wants to choose the alternative format over the standard format, that national jury must debate together in private message to come to a common consensus or majority vote on which to decide. The result of that discussion will then be posted on thread to inform all contestants and the organisers of their decision.All members of that jury will then submit their votes using the selected format. The host will then combine the votes of the jury members in the usual manner to form a single set of points as standard (12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1). (iv) National juries consisting of 2 members will be allowed the right to opt-in to an alternative voting process which guarantees that any song which received votes from both jury members will appear in the final top 12 combined list of that nation's final voting table. This will be achieved by removing the lowest ranked nation(s) in the combined top 12 which received points from just 1 jury member. The removed nation(s) will then become the highest ranking reserves. This opt-in method is available to national juries consisting of 2 members only. Any jury wishing to adopt this method shall inform the organisers of their decision to opt-in to the process by posting their intention to do so on the TISC thread prior to the opening of the voting window. The standard method of combining votes will still be the default method so if a 2-member national jury does not inform otherwise on thread, or if both jury members are in disagreement about which method to adopt, then the standard method will automatically be used to combine their votes. 3. (f) National juries must submit their votes by the official voting deadline as designated by the host organiser(s). National juries who fail to submit their votes within the required time frame will be disqualified from the contest. 3. (g) Any Nation which fails to participate in the voting process will be automatically disqualified from the contest. 3. (h) A random draw will take place in advance of the Grand Final to determine the order in which the National Juries will reveal their votes. This draw must be shown to be transparent and available to competing members should they wish to follow the result. The result of this draw must always be adhered to in order to preserve the random nature in which the voting will progress during the Grand Final. A National Jury may only request a "swap" in their designated voting position if, after the random draw, they have been assigned a voting slot outside of "reasonable hours". For the purpose of this contest, reasonable hours will be determined as anytime between 08:30-23:00 local time of that national jury. During the "swap" process, the host organiser will first look to make swaps between National Juries who are eligible for swaps after the random draw. SECTION 4 - NATIONAL JURY TIE-BREAK PROCEDURES: 4. (a) In the event of a tie in the combined votes of multi-member juries, the following set of rules outlines how the tie-break will be resolved: (i) The song which has received points from the greatest number of jury members will be deemed the winner of the tie. For example, take the following scenario.... Songs A, B, and C each received a combined score of 10 points after the results of each national jury member were combined and calculated. Song A received a single score of 10 points from one jury member, Song B received scores of 7 points and 3 points from two separate jury members and Song C received scores of 5 points, 3 points and 2 points from 3 separate jury members. All three songs received a total of 10 points, however, Song C is deemed to be the winner of the tie because a greater number of jury members voted for that song (3 members in this case). (ii) If the songs remain deadlocked after 4 (a) (i), the song which received the highest value score from an individual jury member will be deemed the winner of the tie. For example, take the following scenario.... Song A and Song B each received a combined score of 14 points after the results of each national jury member were combined and calculated. Song A received scores of 8+6 points while Song B received scores of 7+7 points. Song A will be deemed the winner of that tie since that song received a score of higher value (8 points) from one of the national jury members. (iii) If the songs remain deadlocked after 4 (a) (i) and (ii), jury members from that national jury who did not award any votes to any of the songs involved in the tie-break will be asked to break the tie. This tie-break rule can only ever be used to break ties in juries of 3 members or more and ONLY if there is a jury member who did not vote for any of the songs involved in the tie-break. (iv) After the procedures 4 (a) (i), (ii) and (iii) have been carried out, all outstanding ties within the votes of a national jury shall be resolved by carrying out a single random draw. The nature of this random draw shall be as follows: The names of each national jury member will be entered into a draw. Each name will be drawn. The first jury member drawn will be awarded the right to break the unresolved tie of highest value. The second jury member drawn will be awarded the right to break the unresolved tie of the second highest value. For example, take the following scenario.... there are two members of National Jury X. After the votes of User A and User B are combined and calculated the following situation arises: COUNTRY (Total points) -> Combined value Country A (24 points) -> 12 points Country B (21 points) -> 11 or 10 points Country C (21 points) -> 11 or 10 points Country D (18 points) -> 9 points Country E (16 points) -> 8 points Country F (13 points) -> 7 or 6 points Country G (13 points) -> 7 or 6 points Country H (10 points) -> 5 points Country I (7 points) -> 4 or 3 points County J (7 points) -> 4 or 3 points Country K (4 points) -> 2 points Country L (1 point) -> 1 or 0 points County M (1 point) -> 1 or 0 points Those highlighted in red text are those ties which could not be resolved by 4 (a) (i), (ii) or (iii). As a result of the random draw, User A was drawn first, meaning that user will be given the right to break the unresolved tie of the highest value (the tie between Country B and C for 11 or 10 points). User B was drawn second meaning that user will be given the right to break the unresolved tie of the second highest value (the tie between Country F and G for 7 or 6 points). The order will then be reversed so that User B will be given the right to break the unresolved tie of the third highest value (the tie between Country I and J for 4 or 3 points). User A will finally be given the right to break the unresolved tie of the fourth highest value (the tie between Country L and M for 1 or 0 points). This procedure to break the unresolved ties will be used for national juries of any number with the first user drawn being given the right to break the unresolved tie of the highest value, the second user drawn being given the right to break the unresolved tie of the second highest value, third user the third highest tie, etc. reversing the order if need be when the order has completed one cycle. However, it should be noted that unresolved tie-breaks which require random draws will occur mostly in two-member juries since national juries with 3 or more members will likely resolve all ties through 4 (a) (i), (ii) or (iii). SECTION 5 - OVERALL SCOREBOARD TIE-BREAK PROCEDURES: 5. (a) In the event of a tie in the overall scoreboard between two or more nations, the following set of rules outlines how the tie-break will be resolved: (i) The nation which has received points from the greatest number of National Juries will be deemed the winner of the tie. (ii) If there is still a tie after 5 (a) (i), the nation which has received the greatest number of 12 points will be deemed the winner of the tie. (iii) If there is still a tie after 5 (a) (i), (ii), the nation which has received the greatest number of 11 points will be deemed the winner of the tie. If the tie remains deadlocked, the process will continue by counting the number of 10 points each nation received, 9 points, 8 points, and so on until the tie-break can be resolved. 5. (b) If there is still a tie in the overall scoreboard between two or more nations after 5 (a) (i), (ii) and (iii) have been implemented, those nations shall be deemed to have tied for position in the overall scoreboard. SECTION 6 - TEAM CHALLENGE FORMAT AND RULES: 6. (a) Each edition of the Totallympics International Song Contest will feature a Team Challenge competition. The main purpose of this team element is to further enhance the community spirit that is an integral feature of TISC events and to provide another means of encouraging users to interact with one another. 6. (b) The TISC Team Challenge event may vary in format from one contest to the next. The nature of the format will be dependent on the number of participating nations. 6. (c) Nations will be assigned to their team by random draw. 6. (d) The ideal format is that there will be a minimum of 8 teams, each made up of 4 nations. However, if that is not possible, the teams will be formed from one of the following formats (listed in order of preference): (i) teams of 3 nations (ii) teams of 5 nations (iii) if it's not possible for each team to have the same number of nations, a special provision will be introduced (for example: power plays). 6. (e) It is recommended that the teams shall be named after various cities/regions of the host country and combined with a nickname. For example, a contest in Brazil might feature teams called the Brasilia Capitals and Manaus Amazons. SECTION 7 - ELIGIBILITY, CONDUCT AND RESPONSIBILITY OF PARTICIPANTS: 7. (a) Any first time participant must have been registered on the forum at least 2 months before they take part in the contest. The date used to calculate the 2 months rule will be 2 months prior to the National Selection deadline. A first time participant may be allowed special dispensation to participate in TISC, even if they do not fulfill the 2-month rule criteria. However, in such circumstances, that user must have shown a high level of activity in the forum in terms of posts and presence. This special dispensation will be awarded on the agreement of Totallympics admin, namely Sindo, who will conduct all necessary verification checks and will be given final approval by the TISC management team, namely OlympicIRL and the host of that TISC edition. These rules are not designed to exclude, only to ensure TISC retains a distinct character, built upon a unique community atmosphere created by users of the forum. 7. (b) Participating users shall be respectful of the song choice of all nations once they fulfill all of the necessary eligibility requirements. 7. (c) Participating users must not reveal or give any indication as to their preferences or voting choices at any stage before the official announcement of the votes during the Grand Final. 7. (d) Participating users must not discuss private voting procedures with other members so as to ensure fairness is always in play and to ensure any suspense during the Grand Final is kept intact. 7. (e) Participating users must be respectful when posting and discussing with other members on the Totallympics International Song Contest Thread. 7. (f) If foul play is detected with respect to 7 (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) at any stage before, during or after the contest, the TISC organising committee reserves the right to place the participation or result of that nation under review. SECTION 8 - HOSTING DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND ORGANISATIONAL TIMEFRAME: 8. (a) The host organisation should adhere to the follow basic schedule upon organising the contest: There shall be 2 weeks allocated for registration and national selection until the deadline to submit an entry. There shall be 2 weeks allocated for voting (of which a maximum of 4 days will be allocated to the host jury to submit their votes to a designated neutral third party). There shall be a maximum of 2 weeks allocated after the voting window closes to allow the hosts time to organise the Grand Final. This 6 week time-frame was agreed upon during a public vote but in special circumstances, exceptions will be considered. 8. (b) The host organiser(s) must submit their votes in advance of receiving votes from other National Juries by private message. The votes of the host(s) should be sent by private message to a neutral third party after the national selection window has passed and before the national jury voting phase begins. 8. (c) The host organiser(s) must abide by the same rules that govern the participation of users in the Totallympics International Song Contest as outlined in Section 6. SECTION 9 - FUTURE HOSTING RIGHTS: 9. (a) Upon completion of the relevant song contest, the winning nation will automatically be awarded the rights to host the subsequent Totallympics International Song Contest 1 year later. 9. (b) If the winning nation wishes to decline the hosting duties, the runner-up of that edition will then be awarded the opportunity to accept or decline the hosting rights. If the runner-up also declines the hosting duties, the 3rd placed nation of that edition will have the opportunity to accept or decline the hosting rights. 9. (c) In the event that the hosting rights are declined by the top 3 ranked nations at the previous edition of the relevant TISC, an open bid process will be conducted in order to award the hosting rights. This process will be open to all candidates, first-time hosts as well as previous hosts. A random draw will take place with each candidate being awarded a number of tickets in the draw. The more tickets a candidate has entered, the better their chance of being selected as host. Here is the process for how the tickets will be distributed: Each candidate automatically awarded 1 ticket each in the draw. However, additional tickets awarded as follows - did not host in the previous 5 editions (+1 additional ticket) - did not host in the previous 10 editions (+1 additional ticket) - did not host previously (+2 additional tickets) - took part in the previous bidding process (+1 additional ticket). For first-time hosts, they will add an additional ticket for each edition they are unsuccessful for in bidding, thus increasing their chance slightly with each unsuccessful bid. This increase will only be available for first-time hosts. Additionally, if a first-time host missed 2 consecutive bidding campaigns, then their tickets no longer carry forward and they lose those additional tickets.

Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2023 Totallympics Forum - 1 February 2023 - 18 March 2023 Official Schedule Central European Time (UTC +1) Wednesday, February 1st 12:00 National Jury Registration and Entries Selection Window Open Sunday, February 19th 23:59 National Jury Registration and National Entries Window Closed Monday, February 20th 00:00 Host Jury Voting Window Open Wednesday, February 22nd 22:00 Host Jury Voting Window Closed Thursday, February 23rd 00:00 National Jury Voting Window Open Thursday, March 9th 00:00 Festival of Music begins 23:59 National Jury Voting Window Closed Saturday, March 11th 15:00 Voting Order Draw Friday, March 17th 20:30 Opening Ceremony Saturday, March 18th 09:00 Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2023 Grand Final 21:30 Closing Ceremony Participating Nations Nation Jury Member(s) Artist - Song Vote ARGENTINA @konig Babasonicos - BYE BYE BRAZIL @vinipereira @titicow Jão - Idiota BULGARIA @Federer91 Molec - Events CHILE @ManuCHIL Shirel - Romper Platos CHINA @Vic Liu Air - Thousands of Miles Away CROATIA @dcro Swingers - Kao ti CZECH REPUBLIC @Hipooo MYDY - Mess DENMARK @Wumo @Agger Blaue Blume - Country FRANCE @Bohemia @Benolympique Juliette Armanet - Le Dernier Jour du Disco GERMANY @catgamer Michael Schultle - With You GREAT BRITAIN @Cinnamon Bun The Lathums - Say My Name FINLAND @Finnator123 Bess - Ram pam pam GREECE @Yannakis @maestro @Makedonas Amanda Tenfjord, Evangelia - AMAN HUNGARY @Vektor Platon Karataev - Vízből van INDIA @Fly_like_a_don Armaan Malik - You INDONESIA @Griff88 Tulus - Hati Hati di Jalan IRELAND @OlympicIRL Cian Ducrot - All For You ISRAEL @Dnl Full trunk and Jimbo - Chilling in the Kibbutz ITALY @SteveParker @Pablita @Henry_Leon La Rappresentante di Lista - Ciao Ciao KAZAKHSTAN @Ruslan Kazybek Kuraiysh - Taptym-Au Seni LITHUANIA @Werloc Jessica Shy - Dėl Tavęs MALTA @Glen Kurt Calleja - Bla Tarf MEXICO @mrv86 Sabino & Los Rumberos - No me vuelvo a involucrar MOLDOVA @Ionoutz24 Dan Balan - Printre Culori NETHERLANDS @heywoodu Di-Rect - Through The Looking Glass NEW ZEALAND @Wanderer Marlon Williams - Thinking of Nina NORWAY @vkristijan JONE - Ekko inni meg POLAND @rybak Sanah - Najlepszy dzień w moim życiu PORTUGAL @kungshamra71 Sara Carreira - Só Tu Me Fazes Bem ROMANIA @IoNuTzZ David Ciente & Irina Rimes - Ielele SERBIA @NikolaB Marija Šerifovic - Dobar vam dan SLOVAKIA @hckošice Heľenine oči - Káva SLOVENIA @justony Nina Pušlar - Nina, Nina, Nina SPAIN @Cobi Ana Mena, Belinda - Las 12 SWEDEN @Belle LALEH & DARIN - Vi är på riktigt TUNISIA @amen09 KASO - KBERNA UKRAINE @Illya Jerry Heil, alyona alyona & Ela - #KUPALA USA @owenp_23 @dezbee2008 @Olympian1010 Judah & the Lion - scream! 38 nations 47 jurors 38 YouTube Playlist Spotify Playlist Official Voting Order VOTING ORDER VOTING TIME (CET) VOTING TIME (LOCAL) 1 NETHERLANDS 9:00 9:00 2 KAZAKHSTAN 9:12 14:12 3 CHINA 9:24 16:24 4 GERMANY 9:36 9:36 5 INDONESIA 9:48 15:48 6 ITALY 10:00 10:00 7 INDIA 10:12 14:42 8 GREAT BRITAIN 10:24 9:24 9 LITHUANIA 10:36 11:36 10 DENMARK 10:48 10:48 COFFEE BREAK (11:00 - 12:00) 11 ISRAEL 12:00 13:00 12 IRELAND 12:12 11:12 13 PORTUGAL 12:24 11:24 14 BULGARIA 12:36 13:36 15 FINLAND 12:48 13:48 16 SERBIA 13:00 13:00 17 TUNISIA 13:12 13:12 18 CROATIA 13:24 13:24 19 SLOVENIA 13:36 13:36 LUNCH BREAK (13:48 - 16:00) 20 ARGENTINA 16:00 12:00 21 USA 16:12 10:12 22 GREECE 16:24 17:24 23 MEXICO 16:36 9:36 24 MALTA 16:48 16:48 25 POLAND 17:00 17:00 26 FRANCE 17:12 17:12 27 BRAZIL 17:24 13:24 28 NORWAY 17:36 17:36 29 SWEDEN 17:48 17:48 SNACK BREAK (18:00 - 19:30) 30 SLOVAKIA 19:30 19:30 31 CZECH REPUBLIC 19:42 19:42 32 MOLDOVA 19:54 20:54 33 HUNGARY 20:06 20:06 34 ROMANIA 20:18 21:18 35 UKRAINE 20:30 21:30 36 CHILE 20:42 16:42 37 SPAIN 20:54 20:54 38 NEW ZEALAND 21:06 9:06 (19/03) Festival of Music Nation User Artist - Song AUSTRALIA @Werloc JOY. - Alone On The Moon BELGIUM @IoNuTzZ Berre - Say my name BOSNIA @Wumo Vatra feat. Božo Vrećo - "Rum na usnama" COLOMBIA @Cobi Shakira - BZRP Music Sessions #53 CYPRUS @rybak Giorgos Theofanous & Loukas Giorkas - S' Efharisto ECUADOR @hckošice Johann Vera - Donde Nací Mar Rendón - Laura No Está Kike Jav - Zapatea Mia Terán & Mariana Gómez - Fui Yo ESTONIA @Cinnamon Bun Merilin Mälk - Sinisilmne Hunt - Vabadus GUATEMALA @Cobi Leiva, Gaby Moreno - Con El Pañuelo En Los Ojos ICELAND @Cinnamon Bun I'm Still Me - Kristin Sesselja Thunder - Amarosis NIGER @Wanderer Mdou Moctar - Ibitilan SOUTH AFRICA @Olympian1010 Abel Selaocoe - Ka Bohaleng / On The Sharp Side SOUTH KOREA @Vic Liu Ive - Love Dive SWITZERLAND @rybak Bastian Baker - Call Me in LA THAILAND @Vic Liu Slot Machine - Free Fall Team Event TOLEDO EAGLES PAMPLONA BULLS 1 NETHERLANDS 11 ISRAEL 2 KAZAKHSTAN 12 IRELAND 20 ARGENTINA 30 SLOVAKIA 21 USA 31 CZECH REPUBLIC MURCIA FLAMINGOS ZARAGOZA LIONS 3 CHINA 13 PORTUGAL 5 INDONESIA 15 FINLAND 22 GREECE 32 MOLDOVA 24 MALTA 34 ROMANIA GRANADA LYNXES MALLORCA DOLPHINS 7 INDIA 17 TUNISIA 8 GREAT BRITAIN 18 CROATIA 26 FRANCE 36 CHILE 27 BRAZIL 37 SPAIN BARCELONA DRAGONS MADRID BEARS 4 GERMANY 14 BULGARIA 6 ITALY 16 SERBIA 23 MEXICO 33 HUNGARY 25 POLAND 35 UKRAINE 10 DENMARK 29 SWEDEN VALENCIA BATS 9 LITHUANIA 19 SLOVENIA 28 NORWAY 38 NEW ZEALAND Host city introduction - Sevilla Spanish Folk dances and music styles: Sevillana Jota Muñeira Sardana Chotis Seguidilla Aurresku Isa

That would be perfect!

If everything goes according to plan, I will open the thread next week on Wednesday

El TISC es un evento bianual que se hace en Totallympics similar al concurso de Eurovisión. Cada país presenta una canción y el resto de usuarios votan por sus favoritas. El ganador del año anterior tiene derecho a organizar la siguiente edición. En nuestro caso España ganó la edición Anual de 2022, por lo que organizaremos la de este año que empezará en unas semanas. Esto consistente en preparar algunos posts culturales sobre el país, encargarse de sumar los puntos, hacer las plantillas de votación... Si alguien se anima a colaborar me lo puede decir por privado o responder a este tema. Para cualquier duda os recomiendo ver los temas de los concursos de años anteriores.

I would say these four gold medals: Men Football in Barcelona 1992 Fermín Cacho (1500m, athletics) in Barcelona 1992 Samuel Sánchez (road cycling) in Beijing 2008 Mireia Belmonte (200B, swimming) in Rio 2016 And the fifth would be the silver medal of men waterpolo in Barcelona 1992, paired with the gold medal of the same team in Atlanta 1996. I was also considering the gold medal of the rhytmic group in 1996, as well as the men basketball finals in Beijing 2008 and London 2012, which are also very well remembered.

Yesterday the game Spain vs Germany had 65% of share and 12 millions viewers.

Congratulations for the victory and @Hipooofor hosting the edition! Personally, I am very happy to get a 6th place with a song released in the 1960s. Thank you very much to the 16 jurors who voted for the song. As a curiosity, this has been my 7th participation and the 4th time I finish in 6th place (Open 2019, Open 2021, Open 2022 and Annual 2020). I don't know if I made the announcement yet, but I confirm that I will host the Annual edition next year. Hopefully you will have more information regarding dates in January since I need to make sure I will have enough time to prepare everything, but my idea is having the final in mid or late March since I will probably be very busy in April/May, which would make it impossible for me to dedicate enough time to host properly.

Congrats to ! See you in Paris 2024 2023

Gold medal for the Prague Stags!

To be honest I also discovered the song recently. I was talking to my dad about old songs he remembered so I could present something different, since my last entries were released in the 1990s or early 2000s, and he suggested 5 or 6 of the 1960/70s and ended up choosing this one. I'm glad you liked it. I was kind of surprised that this band was from Spain, because it is very uncommon to find Spanish singers recording songs in English.

broke the 100 points barrier Thank you for the points @catgamer

is having a tough streak now. Let's see if we can make it top 100 points and keep the top8.

Btw, I also agree that Los Piojos had better songs, but Como Alí was good enough to get my 12 points.

My reserves were: 1. 2. 3. India was 10th before my last listening, so I feel sad they didn't get any points at the end.

I didn't know we gave 12 points to Argentina back in 2018. I was not part of the jury back then Congrats @konig!

SPAIN "ESPAÑA" "ŠPANĚLSKO" 1st ARGENTINA 12 2nd ITALY 11 3rd LITHUANIA 10 4th GERMANY 9 5th PORTUGAL 8 6th CHILE 7 7th UNITED STATES 6 8th GREAT BRITAIN 5 9th MALTA 4 10th MEXICO 3 11th SWEDEN 2 12th CROATIA 1 ¡Muchas gracias por la gran calidad de música de esta edición! Thank you very much for the high quality of songs of this edition!

Just kidding The 12 points from Spain go to...

SPAIN "ESPAÑA" "ŠPANĚLSKO" 1st SPAIN 12 2nd ITALY 11 3rd LITHUANIA 10 4th GERMANY 9 5th PORTUGAL 8 6th CHILE 7 7th UNITED STATES 6 8th GREAT BRITAIN 5 9th MALTA 4 10th MEXICO 3 11th SWEDEN 2 12th CROATIA 1 ¡Muchas gracias por la gran calidad de música de este año!

Ok, so any guesses for my 12 points? I have to say that this country has never scored the 12 points from Spain, so I'm sorry for Portugal, Italy, Romania, New Zealand and Colombia...

SPAIN "ESPAÑA" "ŠPANĚLSKO" 2nd ITALY 11 3rd LITHUANIA 10 4th GERMANY 9 5th PORTUGAL 8 6th CHILE 7 7th UNITED STATES 6 8th GREAT BRITAIN 5 9th MALTA 4 10th MEXICO 3 11th SWEDEN 2 12th CROATIA 1

SPAIN "ESPAÑA" "ŠPANĚLSKO" ¡Buenas tardes desde España! Muchas gracias a Hippo por organizar este magnífico evento y buena suerte a los países que luchan por la victoria. Good evening from Spain! Thanks, Hippo for hosting this wonderful event and good luck to all the countries fighting for the victory. 3rd LITHUANIA 10 4th GERMANY 9 5th PORTUGAL 8 6th CHILE 7 7th UNITED STATES 6 8th GREAT BRITAIN 5 9th MALTA 4 10th MEXICO 3 11th SWEDEN 2 12th CROATIA 1

Let's start with the last session of the Final!

Half of the songs I gave points to are on the left side of the scoreboard...

5 juries in a row with no points for