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Thanks @OlympicIRL!

Third 1 point for Spain in 9 jurors + 1 Silver Medal Thanks @Vic Liu!

Ya conocía la canción de antes. Hace un par de años Enanitos Verdes hizo una colaboración con un grupo de rock español (Hombres G) versionando esta canción y la he escuchado bastantes veces. Estuvo muy muy cerca de llevarse los 12 puntos. I had already listened to that song. A couple of years ago, Enanitos Verdes made a collab with a Spanish rock band (Hombres G) singing Lamento Boliviano and I really liked it. It was very close to get my 12 points.

They made the first cut but it was not enough to score. I think they finished as my 5th reserve after Ireland, Germany, UK and China.

Not this time

SPAIN Romania 12 Argentina 11 France 10 Canada 9 Portugal 8 Indonesia 7 Italy 6 Serbia 5 Malta 4 India 3 Croatia 2 Denmark 1

I was listening to that song during one of the Spanish medals in London 2012. That was a plus

I found that Medieval style of song very interesting to hear in a competition like this. Hopefully, you will get some more points from other jurors!

SPAIN Argentina 11 France 10 Canada 9 Portugal 8 Indonesia 7 Italy 6 Serbia 5 Malta 4 India 3 Croatia 2 Denmark 1 Any guesses for the 12 points?

SPAIN Greeting in national language: ¡Buenos días desde España! Todo listo para vivir un bonito y emocionante día en compañía de la familia de Totallympics. English translation: Good morning from Spain! Everything is ready to share a wonderful and exciting day with the Totallympics community. France 10 Canada 9 Portugal 8 Indonesia 7 Italy 6 Serbia 5 Malta 4 India 3 Croatia 2 Denmark 1

Malta

I just woke up. Thanks for the silver medal @Dnl!

My second pick for the Festival of Music is going to be Puerto Rico. This song was extremely popular in Spain (and I think that in a few other Spanish speaking countries) when it was released in 2002. PUERTO RICO Chayanne - Torero

URUGUAY Jorge Drexler - Todo se transforma Uruguay has very prolific industry music considering that the population of the country is slightly below 3.5 million people. There are several authors from this country I usually listen to, but I have decided to present Jorge Drexler, one of my favorites cantautores in Spanish, with very ingenious lyrics. This particular song might not be the best one, but it was the first one I listened and probably the most popular one in terms of views on YouTube. Side note: I totally recommend you to discover Montevideo Carnival and murgas.

My first pick is going to be .

The level is very high this year... There are 24 songs I am considering giving points after my 2nd listening. It is going to be hard to discard half of them.

I didn't know about the Mirandês language, but it sounds very close to Medieval Spanish and the current Leonese (which is not widely spoken and it is not an official language, but it stills exists in small towns). It is also funny that this language is spoken in a Portuguese town named Miranda do Douro, when in the other side of Spain we have Miranda de Ebro, and the football team is precisely the C.D Mirandés. Another relationship with Spain is the title, "burgalesa" is the demonym of the inhabitants of the region of Burgos (Castilla).

SPANISH ENTRY La Casa Azul (The Blue House) has been selected to represent Spain in the Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2020. La Casa Azul is an indie pop and electronic music band created by Guille Milkyway in 1997 which virtually consists of five members (David, Virginia, Oscar, Clara and Sergio). However, Guile Milkyway is in fact the sole performer on the records and uses the band "members" (who do not give interviews and whose last names have never been disclosed) in order to project an image. The song selected is called "La Revolución Sexual" (The Sexual Revolution). It is the most popular song of the band and finished in third place at the 2008 Eurovision National Final. I hope you enjoy it! La Casa Azul - La Revolución Sexual Letra (Español): Lyrics (English):

is in. 10th participation of the country

I want to congratulate both @OlympicIRL and @mrv86 for successfully hosting the event. Personally, I was lucky with the draw, because I don't think would have reached the Round of 16 with the traditional format. Anyways, thanks to all the jurors who voted for the song at least once. In general I really liked the songs, so I had some troubles judging 4 or 5 matches, and changed my mind a few times during the competition, but finally this is my top7:

¡Felicidades Costa Rica !

My ranking: 1. London 2. Beijing 3. Athens 4. Sidney 5. Rio I was not sure about the order of London and Beijing. I loved both and Beijing was more innovative, but the rythm of London was almost perfect for me.

These days I have been re-watching all the opening ceremonies since Barcelona 92, and Rio 2016 was the worst for me. I realized that I remember better the ceremonies of Beijing and London compared to Rio. Is this an unpopular opinion?

I just checked the dictionary and apparently the word "Saudade" appeared in the 1780 edition of the Spanish dictionary, translating literally the definition from the Portuguese dictionary: "Voz portuguesa, que segun su diccionario significa finísimo sentimiento del bien ausente, con deseo de poseerlo. Han usado algunos autores castellanos de esta voz." It was eliminated in 1817 and included again in the 1992 edition as a synonym of "morriña". To be honest I had never heard or read this word before in Spanish. It's fascinating to see that Galician/Portugeuse make a distinction between "saudade" and "morriña" when both words describe so similar emotional situations.

It is funny to see luge in Spain consdering that we do not have a single athlete . The only Winter sport slightly popular in Spain is figure skating, specially since the appearance of Javi Fernández. A few years ago, alpine skiing was also popular, with some World Cup events being shown in public TV, as well as ski jumping with the Four Trampolines, but nowadays nobody cares about Winter sports.