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If you would have asked me yesterday to guess which songs from Group B would move to the next round, Puerto Rico wouldn't have been in my top3. I am also quite surprised that the song did so well against one of the strongest entry of the whole tournament, at least in terms of popularity.

I guess one of the reasons why "La Vuelta al Mundo" has so many views is because of the lyrics. From the perspective of a non-Spanish speaker, the song might sound like simply a guy talking, without any artistic talent. However, what makes this song so interesting is the meaning and how the writer structured the song. The song basically tells how a man realizes that his life sucks. He has spent his whole life studying to get a good job, and once he has the job and a good salary, he is not happy because he is not doing what he really likes. So after a while, he decides to quit after proposing to his girlfriend. The story is quite simple, but from a literary point of view, the lyrics are very interesting to read as a poem, since they play with the double sense of some words and expressions, and the writer uses this to criticize some aspects of the society he doesn't like. In fact, they became popular in Spain and Latin America during the early 2010s because of the way they wrote... The music is not the only thing to determine if a song is a good one or not. Just to be clear, writing this comment does not mean that I entered the song.

Good day for Spanish-speaking countries, with both Puerto Rico and Guatemala winning their matches. Very impressed with Calle 13 victory over Dua Lipa.

Question 1: Would you like to see a once-off special contest to be held this summer with the final being held at some point during the old Olympic schedule? (a) Yes (b) No Question 2: Would you like it to be a themed contest? For example (sports themed, movie themed, instrumental themed, talent show themed, any other themed)? (a) Yes (b) No Question 3: If we have a themed contest, which type of theme do you prefer? Please answer even if you answered "No" to Question 2. (a) Festival of Music style - representing the nations who have not participated in TISC (b) Sports themed (c) Movie themed (d) Instrumental themed (e) Talent Show themed (f) Dance Music themed (g) Dance themed (h) Other theme - please specify

I was doubting between two songs of the same artist for this year's entry. The other option was Vas a quedarte, just in case you want to listen it. At the end I chose Más because had more chances to finish top10 due to the style, but I like Vas a quedarte more and I want to share it with you:

Congrats Canada! 6th place for Spain again, which is our best result ever at an Annual contest

I had to leave and I didn't see it, but thanks @Federer91 for the Spain 12!

Fun fact: I have never had a 12

I think the Argentinan song is more "canción de autor" rather than Latin pop, and the strongest point of the canción de autor is usually the lyrics. Personally, I loved the meaning of the song, but I think that for non-Spanish speakers will be difficult to vote the song unless they understand the lyrics

Thank you for sharing it! I have listened it a few more times after sending the votes and now I like it even more.

I really like Álvaro Soler, so I'm glad you shared that song!

ITALY 12 MEXICO 11 GERMANY 10 PORTUGAL 9 CANADA 8 LITHUANIA 7 ARGENTINA 6 BULGARIA 5 CHINA 4 SLOVAKIA 3 INDIA 2 HUNGARY 1 These were the votes of Spain. Thank you all.

MEXICO 11 GERMANY 10 PORTUGAL 9 CANADA 8 LITHUANIA 7 ARGENTINA 6 BULGARIA 5 CHINA 4 SLOVAKIA 3 INDIA 2 HUNGARY 1

SPAIN ¡Buenos días desde España! Tenemos muchas ganas de disfrutar de una nueva final del TISC y pasar un gran día musical en medio de esta pandemia. ¡Mucha suerte a todos y espero que estéis todos sanos! Hello fellow Totallympians, this is Spain calling! Here are the votes of the Spanish National Jury: GERMANY 10 PORTUGAL 9 CANADA 8 LITHUANIA 7 ARGENTINA 6 BULGARIA 5 CHINA 4 SLOVAKIA 3 INDIA 2 HUNGARY 1

PHILIPPINES I listened this song by chance a few weeks ago and I really liked it, so this year Philippines is going to be my second pick for the Festival of Music. Binalewala - Michael Libaranda

COLOMBIA This was the most listened song in Spain in 2019, so I thought about presenting it to represent Spain this year. Finally I selected the other song because I liked it more, but I will post the song here as the Colombian entry in the Festival of Music. It is a collab between the Spanish singer Rosalía and the Colombian singer J Balvin: Con Altura - ROSALÍA, J Balvin

Football rules do not mention the age of the players, it only says that "All players participating in the preliminary and final competitions of the Tournament shall be born on or after 1 January 1997", so everybody who was eligible to play this year, will be eligible to play in 2021.

I liked it! I would increase the quotas to add some combat sports (taekwondo, judo, boxing, fencing or karate) and sailing.

In Spain, 2200 cases and 50 deaths.

Epee World Cups in Buenos Aires (males) and Tashkent (females) have been cancelled. FIE might try to find new venues, as they already did for men sabre last week.

Here: https://tokyo2020.fie.org/ranks#tab-table

Fourth and last listen finished, and I just sent my votes to the host. It has been really tough to decide this year as I said before there are a lot of good songs I really enjoyed. In fact, one of the songs I liked the most during my first listen (2nd place) has not finally made the top12.

Yes.

It's almost impossible to beat China in table tennis, so we will not get the quota here, but hopefully we could qualify through the world ranking.