Cobi

after the last juries
 
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Go Győr Rivers! I think this 1st session will be the best for  so we will need good points for  to make it to the next round.

Spain
 
 
 
 
 
¡Buenos días Hungría! Es un placer estar un año más compartiendo este día con toda la comunidad de Tottalympics. ¡Mucha suerte!
 
Good morning Hungary! It's a pleasure to be one more year sharing this special day with the Totallympics community. Good luck!
 
 
 
 
 
     3rd    Malta               
   4th    Hungary   5th    Brazil   
 
 
  Malta   10          Hungary   9    Brazil   8    Finland   7    Great Britain   6    Netherlands   5    Tunisia   4    Germany   3    Poland   2    Argentina   1   
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I would like to thank everyone who made this contest possible. @Sindo for maintaining the site, @OlympicIRL for their guidance, @dcro for their contributions, @vinipereira for the logo of the contest, @mrv86 for the draw tables. @hckošice @Cinnamon Bun @Cobi @Wumo for their participation in the draw. And of course I would like to thank all the jury members who participated in the contest.
 
And as the jury member of Hungary I would also like to thank everyone who voted for our song. I never expected this song to reach the 6th place, that was the most surprising result of the contest for me. Thank you! 

Spain 12
 
 
My first TISC participation was the 2019 Open contest and guess what TISC meme originated from that contest? I guess the prophecy was right, Spain had to win the contest which was hosted by me.  Joking aside, Spain collected 160 points, 4 x 12 pts from    , 1 x 11 pts from  and 3 x 10 pts from   . There are no questions about which was the strongest nation of this contest. I would like to congratulate @Cobi, Spain was long overdue for this kind of success in TISC. And now we shall end the contest the way every song contest should, with the winning song.
 
Goodbye 2022 Annual Contest, Goodbye Hungary, see ya at the next contest, hopefully in Czech Republic, and then next year in Spain!
 
 

Tanxugueiras - TERRA

Team Challenge Final Standings
 
 
There's no TISC without a team event and this time the most consistent team won the contest. The Szombathely Romans always had at least one nation in their team that helped them out in every session, they were a real team. Fehérvár Saints were the strongest team for session 2 and 3 but their mojo ran out in the last session. And while Pécs Scholars were already eliminated in the first round, they fought their way through the repechages and won the bronze medal. 
 
1st   Szombathely Romans  Germany  Lithuania  Malta  Denmark @catgamer @Werloc @Glen @Agger @Wumo 2nd   Fehérvár Saints  Colombia  Canada  China  Romania @Damian @intoronto @Vic Liu @IoNuTzZ 3rd   Pécs Scholars  Bulgaria  Indonesia  Ireland  Ukraine @Federer91 @Griff88 @OlympicIRL @Illya 4th   Győr Rivers  Spain  Greece  Kazakhstan  Turkey 5th   Budapest Capitals  New Zealand  Croatia  Serbia  Great Britain 6th   Miskolc Cavers  Poland  Slovenia  Mexico  France 7th   Kecskemét Goats  India  Netherlands  Portugal  Moldova 8th   Tatabánya Falcons  Hungary  Argentina  Brazil  Israel 9th   Debrecen Flowers  Tunisia  Sweden  Finland  Czech Republic 10th   Eger Heroes  Italy  United States  Slovakia    

Thanks to everyone for participate in one more song contest, @Vektor your job was incredible.
 
The average level of the songs was very good, a very few songs i dont like it.
 
A big thanks for the votes @Wanderer @Cobi @Damian @Henry_Leon @OlympicIRL @Vic Liu @Bohemia @Memo@hckošice @Fly_like_a_don
 
 
if you pay attention, in the clip of Babasonicos the singer is watching a christian program at very nigth, thats programs are sadly common here and he watch it for fun.

One-on-One Matches
 
 
This contest isn't about 1v1 matches but I still would like to see what made the difference between the top nations. The tables will show the points difference per nations. For example, if a nation gave Nation A 12 points while they gave Nation B 8 points, they will be seen on the left side of the table with +4 points for Nation A.
 
1st   Spain 160 points v 125 points Ireland   2nd 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
2nd   Ireland 125 points v 118 points Great Britain   3rd 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
3rd   Great Britain 118 points v 113 points Finland   4th 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
And of course we can't forget about the most important battle.
 
23rd   Czech Republic 69 points v 42 points Slovakia   34th 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12               24 n
                                                                                                         

Yeah. It's just a coincidence. 50% of the times I have had Ireland as 1st or 2nd reserve for example 

I think it was his votes for the year of that thread? Not sure.
 
I am surprised about this, Greeks usually like Spanish music/culture. Congratulations on the victory though! Clearly you did not need our votes 

Welcome to the Closing Ceremony
 
 
Welcome to the last event of our contest, the Closing Ceremony. Don't worry, you don't have to hike this time, it will be only the celebration of the best songs of the contest and it won't take too long, you can expect it to end in half an hour. I hope you still remember the final standings of the contest, but if you don't, you can see them below.
 

FINAL STANDINGS 
   1    Spain   160     21    Ukraine   76     2    Ireland   125   22    Argentina   72   3    Great Britain   118   23    Czech Republic   69   4    Finland   113   24    New Zealand   69   5    Colombia   113   25    Netherlands   67   6    Hungary   113   26    Croatia   66   7    Poland   106   27    Tunisia   65   8    Italy   105   28    India   61   9    Denmark   104   29    Romania   59   10    China   103   30    Greece   58   11    Mexico   101   31    United States   56   12    Moldova   100   32    Sweden   55   13    Canada   94   33    Serbia   43   14    Lithuania   88   34    Slovakia   42   15    Malta   87   35    Portugal   42   16    Brazil   83   36    Israel   42   17    Kazakhstan   80   37    Indonesia   29   18    Germany   78   38    Turkey   24   19    Bulgaria   78   39    Slovenia   21   20    France   77     

Interesting contest
 
Firstly: congratulations to @Vektor for one of if not the most technically executed contests, it was super easy and entertaining to follow, very smooth grand final.
 
Congratulations to Spain for their first ever win and to Ireland and Great Britain for their continuous success in these contests to land on a podium yet again.
 
Congratulations to our team, we did it @Agger @Wumo @catgamer @Glen I think it's very fun to share this victory with you since our team is pretty much comprised of the OG's that have been with TISC since the very beginning  
 
As for Lithuania, well 14th place is not bad, sad we didn't hit the 100 points, many jurors liked the Lithuanian song, but nobody loved it.
 
I thought that I wouldn't enter a Gebrasy song again, but it's nearly three years since I'm working with my new producer and best friend Faustas and I just wanted to showcase something from that part of my life, though the biggest pain was deciding between "Where'd You Wanna Go?" and "Into Your Arms", though I'll never find out which would've been a correct decision  
 
We'll continue to release new music and we're already working on a single for Summer, it's going to be in Lithuanian, I gladly invite you to follow our journey, but for TISC, I think I'll much rather prefer to highlight other artists in our music scene. 

J'en Suis La Award - Hungary (20th --> 6th)
- the nation who gained most places in the second half of the Grand Final -
 
Passionfruit Award - Israel (Standard Deviation: 1.50)
- the nation who scored the most consistent points -
 
STOP THE COUNT! Award - Great Britain (Last Lead: 71.8% votes in (28/39))
- the last non-winning leader -

Congratulations to @Cobi and   Spain for a magnificent victory, a first TISC title for the nation, very special moment   
 
I also want to congratulate @Cinnamon Bun @Quasit on taking the bronze medal, a 5th TISC podium for Great Britain   
 
Thank you so much to everyone who voted for Ireland and pushed us towards a wonderful silver medal. I’m so happy with this medal, finally we complete the set of medals after many years   
 
I just want to give special thanks once again to @dcro, @intoronto  and @Bohemia @Benolympique  for awarding their 12 points to Gavin James, I was honoured.
 
 
And last but no means least I need to give a huge thanks to @Vektor who has been an outstanding host throughout this entire edition of TISC. He has given us a fantastic Grand Final, a beautiful ceremony, entertainment throughout the thread and has been a total professional in his hosting duties. You have taken such good care of TISC and it has been a pleasure to come on this journey to Hungary.
 
Look forward to seeing you all again soon in Czech Republic for the 19th edition of TISC. Thanks to all who contribute to making this a fun experience each time. 
 

7th place and 106 points for Poland is very satisfying result, second best after 4th place in 2014  
 
Congrats @Cobi once more for win, perfect choice, also big congrats to @OlympicIRL for another podium and @Quasit and @Cinnamon Bun for bronze (btw. I'm hoping that you still will present us a songs from Latvia and North Macedonia for Festival of Music )
 
The biggest congrats goes to @Vektor for hosting contest, we all know that it's difficult work and by entire day there wasn't any problems with connection and posting results, great job 
 
And thank you to everyone who voted for Polish song, especially @mrv86 and @Vektor for gold medals  

Congratulations to the podium winners: @Cobi, @OlympicIRL & @Cinnamon Bun@Quasit 
 
My deep appreciation to all users who enjoyed the Mexican entry, including @Werloc & @hckošice, who had it as reserve; this was one of the few good songs  last year in my country.
 
My greatest recognition to other deserving songs I wanted to award points, but sadly, had to cut this time:
 
 (R1),  (R2),  (R3),  (R4), plus in no particular order:       .
 
This years entries were on a very similar level, so it was heartbreak everytime I had to cut one.
 
Ona final note, Seamus and I will be enjoying our combo of Beer and Tequila, as I we enjoy our gyros.
 

Congratulations to Spain. Nice to have a new winner, and once again a non-English song taking the title. But that's about it from my perspective. Records show that Terra placed 26th in my first listen. Ranks in the first listen have little significance, but then in the second listen it placed 30th (last). I don't remember what happened exactly, but I imagine we did not click at all. 
 
Not that Croatian votes are consequential. We have failed to award points to winners more often than not.
 
Great to see Gavin taking the silver. My favorite song of the contest. Sheeran made the podium with his version of an engaging beat as well. Liked them both.
 
Failed to mention it earlier, but my reserves were .

As I said during the first session, I came to this edition without any expectations. The most popular songs in Spain right now are not very interesting and I wanted to show something different of the Spanish culture. After searching for a while, I decided to go with a folk song in Galician, one of our three official regional languages (Galego, Català and Euskera/Basque) that was very close to represent us in Eurovision this year. To be honest I did not think this kind of music would be that appealing, but I am very happy with the result. 
 
I want to say thanks to all the jurors who voted for Tanxugueiras and also to everybody who took their time to listen to Terra:
 
12 -  @kungshamra71
12 -  @IoNuTzZ
12 -  @Olympian1010 @dezbee2008
12 -  @Illya
11 -  @NikolaB
10 -  @konig
10 -  @Wanderer
10 -  @justony
9 -  @rybak
9 -  @Belle
9 -  @amen09
4 -  @titicow
9 -  @Federer91
5 -  @Griff88
5 -  @Hipooo
5 -  @Ionoutz24
4 -  @Benolympique @Bohemia
4 -  @Fly_like_a_don
4 -  @Ruslan
3 -  @mrv86
1 -  @Finnator123
 
And big thanks to our host @Vektor for organizing everything so perfectly. This was only my sixth edition participating but I can already imagine how difficult it has to be to prepare such enormous amount of templates, information, draws...
 
I know I will not be as good host as you have been these weeks, but I can promise I will do my best to host the next edition...
 
WELCOME TO ESPAÑA 2023!
 
I can't forget to congratulate both  @Cinnamon Bun@Quasit and  @OlympicIRL for their medals. I have no idea how Tanxugueiras have finished above Ed Sheeran, but I guess that's the magic of this contest.
 
And with this victory my next goal will be getting some points from  and .  After 6 editions these are the only 2 countries that I have never managed to receive a single point from (excluding Norway and those who only participated once) .

As I said during the first session, I came to this edition without any expectations. The most popular songs in Spain right now are not very interesting and I wanted to show something different of the Spanish culture. After searching for a while, I decided to go with a folk song in Galician, one of our three official regional languages (Galego, Català and Euskera/Basque) that was very close to represent us in Eurovision this year. To be honest I did not think this kind of music would be that appealing, but I am very happy with the result. 
 
I want to say thanks to all the jurors who voted for Tanxugueiras and also to everybody who took their time to listen to Terra:
 
12 -  @kungshamra71
12 -  @IoNuTzZ
12 -  @Olympian1010 @dezbee2008
12 -  @Illya
11 -  @NikolaB
10 -  @konig
10 -  @Wanderer
10 -  @justony
9 -  @rybak
9 -  @Belle
9 -  @amen09
4 -  @titicow
9 -  @Federer91
5 -  @Griff88
5 -  @Hipooo
5 -  @Ionoutz24
4 -  @Benolympique @Bohemia
4 -  @Fly_like_a_don
4 -  @Ruslan
3 -  @mrv86
1 -  @Finnator123
 
And big thanks to our host @Vektor for organizing everything so perfectly. This was only my sixth edition participating but I can already imagine how difficult it has to be to prepare such enormous amount of templates, information, draws...
 
I know I will not be as good host as you have been these weeks, but I can promise I will do my best to host the next edition...
 
WELCOME TO ESPAÑA 2023!
 
I can't forget to congratulate both  @Cinnamon Bun@Quasit and  @OlympicIRL for their medals. I have no idea how Tanxugueiras have finished above Ed Sheeran, but I guess that's the magic of this contest.
 
And with this victory my next goal will be getting some points from  and .  After 6 editions these are the only 2 countries that I have never managed to receive a single point from (excluding Norway and those who only participated once) .

I would like to thank @Vektor for a great show! You had to work hard on it and you are my inspiration to organize next Song contest  
 
Big congratulation for  and its amazing song! I'm looking foward to travelling to Spain for the next contest  
Message for @Finnator123 - your song is gorgeous and I fell in love with the band Haloo Helsinki!
And finally big thanks for all juries which give us some points.  I hadn't any exceptation before competition, but I'm happy with that result.
 

Congratulations Spain (@Cobi) , Ireland (@OlympicIRL) and Great Britain (@Cinnamon Bun, @Quasit). Also i would thank to  @Vektorfor fantasic show! 
 

btw just to make the things you know...
 
bitter
 

 
Jesus, I am so sorry
 
 
 
 1st   12 pts  Hungary  2nd   11 pts  Argentina  3rd   10 pts  Croatia  4th   9 pts  Denmark  5th   8 pts  Finland  6th   7 pts  Italy  7th   6 pts  Brazil  8th   5 pts  Poland  9th   4 pts  France  10th   3 pts  Lithuania  11th   2 pts  Czech Republic  12th   1 pts  Great Britain    Res1  Mexico  Res2  Spain  Res3  United States  

Congrats to @Cobi and Spain 
 
Now watch Chanel to win Eurovision 2022 too! 
 
For Sweden well kinda bad choice by me it seems. But thank you for everyone who gave Sweden points. 
 
Now I look forward to the Open Contest. I can tell you I have a song in my mind for Sweden. Not sure if it gonna be a good choice. We will see. 
 
To @Vektor A big thank you for a fabulous contest. You were truly amazing as host. 
 
 

As I said during the first session, I came to this edition without any expectations. The most popular songs in Spain right now are not very interesting and I wanted to show something different of the Spanish culture. After searching for a while, I decided to go with a folk song in Galician, one of our three official regional languages (Galego, Català and Euskera/Basque) that was very close to represent us in Eurovision this year. To be honest I did not think this kind of music would be that appealing, but I am very happy with the result. 
 
I want to say thanks to all the jurors who voted for Tanxugueiras and also to everybody who took their time to listen to Terra:
 
12 -  @kungshamra71
12 -  @IoNuTzZ
12 -  @Olympian1010 @dezbee2008
12 -  @Illya
11 -  @NikolaB
10 -  @konig
10 -  @Wanderer
10 -  @justony
9 -  @rybak
9 -  @Belle
9 -  @amen09
4 -  @titicow
9 -  @Federer91
5 -  @Griff88
5 -  @Hipooo
5 -  @Ionoutz24
4 -  @Benolympique @Bohemia
4 -  @Fly_like_a_don
4 -  @Ruslan
3 -  @mrv86
1 -  @Finnator123
 
And big thanks to our host @Vektor for organizing everything so perfectly. This was only my sixth edition participating but I can already imagine how difficult it has to be to prepare such enormous amount of templates, information, draws...
 
I know I will not be as good host as you have been these weeks, but I can promise I will do my best to host the next edition...
 
WELCOME TO ESPAÑA 2023!
 
I can't forget to congratulate both  @Cinnamon Bun@Quasit and  @OlympicIRL for their medals. I have no idea how Tanxugueiras have finished above Ed Sheeran, but I guess that's the magic of this contest.
 
And with this victory my next goal will be getting some points from  and .  After 6 editions these are the only 2 countries that I have never managed to receive a single point from (excluding Norway and those who only participated once) .

As I said during the first session, I came to this edition without any expectations. The most popular songs in Spain right now are not very interesting and I wanted to show something different of the Spanish culture. After searching for a while, I decided to go with a folk song in Galician, one of our three official regional languages (Galego, Català and Euskera/Basque) that was very close to represent us in Eurovision this year. To be honest I did not think this kind of music would be that appealing, but I am very happy with the result. 
 
I want to say thanks to all the jurors who voted for Tanxugueiras and also to everybody who took their time to listen to Terra:
 
12 -  @kungshamra71
12 -  @IoNuTzZ
12 -  @Olympian1010 @dezbee2008
12 -  @Illya
11 -  @NikolaB
10 -  @konig
10 -  @Wanderer
10 -  @justony
9 -  @rybak
9 -  @Belle
9 -  @amen09
4 -  @titicow
9 -  @Federer91
5 -  @Griff88
5 -  @Hipooo
5 -  @Ionoutz24
4 -  @Benolympique @Bohemia
4 -  @Fly_like_a_don
4 -  @Ruslan
3 -  @mrv86
1 -  @Finnator123
 
And big thanks to our host @Vektor for organizing everything so perfectly. This was only my sixth edition participating but I can already imagine how difficult it has to be to prepare such enormous amount of templates, information, draws...
 
I know I will not be as good host as you have been these weeks, but I can promise I will do my best to host the next edition...
 
WELCOME TO ESPAÑA 2023!
 
I can't forget to congratulate both  @Cinnamon Bun@Quasit and  @OlympicIRL for their medals. I have no idea how Tanxugueiras have finished above Ed Sheeran, but I guess that's the magic of this contest.
 
And with this victory my next goal will be getting some points from  and .  After 6 editions these are the only 2 countries that I have never managed to receive a single point from (excluding Norway and those who only participated once) .