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INDIA
 
Good afternoon from India!  
  FINLAND   10          DENMARK   9    SLOVENIA   8    TUNISIA   7    BULGARIA   6    SWEDEN   5    ISRAEL   4    CROATIA   3    GREECE   2    SPAIN   1 

INDONESIA
 
Selamat siang dari Indonesia!
 
Good afternoon from Indonesia!
 
  BRAZIL   10          DENMARK   9    ROMANIA   8    FINLAND   7    POLAND   6    SWEDEN   5    SLOVENIA   4    CHINA   3    NETHERLANDS   2    CHILE   1 

GERMANY
 
Guten Morgen aus Deutschland!
 
Good morning from Germany!
 
  INDIA   10          KAZAKHSTAN   9    SLOVENIA   8    PORTUGAL   7    SPAIN   6    NETHERLANDS   5    USA   4    POLAND   3    DENMARK   2    INDONESIA   1 

It is! Sunny and not too hot, quite nice weather.
 
I just arrived in Castilla y Leon today, I think this place was also part of the contest? Or just the ceremony maybe, not sure
 
 

Yes, the walls of Ávila were featured in the draw.

I liked so much this edition that I left to explore the home host country hehe
 
Kaixo from Euskadi! 
 

I hope it's not too late for me to offer my congratulations to the winners  @Henry_Leon, @Pablita, @SteveParker, but also to the other medalists  @Finnator123 and  @catgamer. 
 
Thank you to those who voted for our song. Unforunately it wasn't a very strong showing from us, but even if we had chosen another song, I don't think we could have done better.
 
To our teammates in Murcia Flamingos, the result in the team event is definitely dissapointing, however it was a great experience being in the same team with all of you. 
 
Finally, a huge thank you to our host @Cobi for the excellent contest he presented.
 
Below, you can see my ballot.
 
 1st   12 pts   Malta  2nd   11 pts   France  3rd   10 pts   Portugal  4th   9 pts   Denmark  5th   8 pts   Ireland  6th   7 pts   Germany  7th   6 pts   India  8th   5 pts   Poland  9th   4 pts   Slovenia  10th   3 pts   Sweden  11th   2 pts   Brazil  12th   1 pts   Slovakia    Res1   Italy  Res2   Hungary  Res3   China  
This is the fourth TISC I take part and it is the first time I don't give points to the winning song. As you can see, Italy was very close, but in the end it fell just outside the points.
 
@Makedonas was the only one in our jury who gave points to Italy, but they were not enough to make the combined list. Therefore, this is the second annual TISC in a row, that Greece doesn't give points to the winner.
 
On the other hand, for a second annual TISC in a row, we give 12 points to the song eventually finishing third. Last year it was Great Britain, this year it's Germany.  
 
Germany scored 22 points in total (7.33 points per jury member) and this was the only song that received points from all three members of the greek jury.  
 
Ireland and Israel were tied for 11th with 9 points (3 points per jury member).
 
I can't wait to meet you all again in France, next winter.

I'm just catching up on the last session now so I want to hand out a final few thank yous to those who gave some votes to the Irish song in the evening session:

@hckošice thank you so much for the 5 points, a lovely surprise to start the session
@Hipooo wow, thank you for the 9 points from Czech Republic! Another lovely surprise from Czechoslovakia after the points from Slovakia
@IoNuTzZ yay! Thank you for the 10 points from Romania to give us a full set of medals! So glad you liked the song
@Cobi thank you to our wonderful host for finding a place for the Irish song in the Spanish points
 
 
 
Congratulations to Italy on another TISC win, very well done! Enjoy the celebtrations!!   @Henry_Leon@SteveParker@Pablita 
I want to also wish a huge well done to our silver medal winners on a first ever TISC podium finish, how exciting for @Finnator123
And congratulations to @catgamer on bagging another medal for at our contest! Well done  
 
 
I didn't get to spend as much time as usual watching the contest unfold. It was a big day between celebrating my parent's 52nd wedding anniversary and an Irish Grand Slam victory in the 6 Nations tournament
 
But even in what I did manage to catch I can tell this has been an outstanding edition of the contest and one with lots of drama and excitement. I want to say a huge thank you to our wonderful host @Cobi for delivering a fantastic Grand Final and for welcoming us so to his beloved Spain
Go and have some well earned rest now, you deserve it!
 
And finally thanks again to everyone for joining the TISC family once again and continuing to make this contest great and something to look forward to. No matter where you have finished today, you have played a part in making this contest a success and I am grateful for your continued support.
 
See all later in the year for the TISC Open 2023!!
 

Wow an unexpected win!!!
Thanks to all the juries that voted for the Italian song  
Thank you Cobi for the wonderful show!!
Also in this edition the level of the songs was very high.
Greetings to all juries

Congrats to Italy on winning, and cheers to everyone who gave us points - I will take a left side finish considering the start we had. Also cheers to @Cobifor hosting a fantastic TAISC this year. 

Hey hey! Top 5! Thanks to all that voted for and congrats to , well deserved.
 
Here is a look at my Top 12 and reserves.
 

Mexico was my favorite, of course. I thought Sweden and Malta were really nice songs. Spain and Italy had great entries and tied for fourth on my list (my decision to give Spain the 9 points resulted in the "Spain 12" meme). Then the English-language songs took over. Bulgaria was so different from the others I ended up liking it. New Zealandʻs entry was more my type of music. A mix of country and western with blues. The Indonesian yetis (??) got me and Great Britain sneaked in the top 12 over .
 
Stats wise, I only voted for 2 songs that made the Top 10, but voted for 5 that finished bottom 10.
 
Sad I missed all of the fun. @Cobi tremendous hosting and Iʻll see you in Italy!

What a surprise this victory!!! 
Congratulations for the podium at and  
Incredible show, very good job @Cobi
 
Thanks all juries did has voted our song:
 
  @heywoodu
  @Cinnamon Bun
@Werloc
  @Wumo & @Agger
  @Dnl
@kungshamra71
  @Federer91
@Finnator123
@amen09
@justony
@konig
  @dezbee2008 @owenp_23 @Olympian1010
  @mrv86
@Glen
@rybak
  @hckošice
@Ionoutz24
@IoNuTzZ
@Illya
  @ManuCHIL
@Cobi
@Wanderer
 
 
 

Congratulations for Tunisia 
The African cup 
Arab cup 
Mena region Cup 
 
 

Here are my personal votes with remarks attached 
 
 - 12 (I’m a sucker for folk bops. Also, I love the blending of styles and languages. It felt very natural. Overall, visually, lyrically, and audibly, this offered everything I want in a song @Illya)
 - 11 (Vocals and video were on point. It wasn’t the catchiest song, but it was very original. It left me intrigued @NikolaB)
 - 10 (I’m really sad this didn’t do better. We don’t see many humor entries in TISC, so this was a very fun song to discover. Visuals were low budget, but lyrics were priceless. I think some more engaging vocals could have seen this snag my top rank @Dnl)
 - 9 (I was actually a little torn on where to rank this. It ultimately ended up higher since I enjoyed listening to it while driving. I like the vocal, and there were some nice touches in the final production. Who doesn’t like some teenage angst? @ManuCHIL)
 - 8 (Again, another song I would have liked to see do better. I appreciate the risk taken with this entry. He had a unique sound and I loved the live performance @Vic Liu)
 - 7 (Multiple folk styles with some fun lyrics? Sign me up. I need something a little engaging with the vocals and arrangement to rank this higher @mrv86)
 - 6 (Well, I liked this one. I the folk element was nice and the video was engaging. I didn’t hurt that I enjoyed listening to the audio only version of the song. It fell victim, like many of the following songs, to being a little too similar in sound and vibe @Werloc) 
 - 5 (I originally had this one ranked higher, but I need some stronger lyrics. I liked the Greek/English combination. It flowed well. A nice summer song @Yannakis @maestro @Makedonas)
 - 4 (Will there a more memorable beat drop in TISC history? I liked the song, but again, I needed a little more originality [lyrically and visually]. Still, happy to contribute to the meme @Cobi)
 - 3 (This isn’t something I would normally listen to, but it really stuck out to me. Original lyrics, nice visual, and an acceptable vocal performance. I’m sure you’ll get points from us one day @hckošice)
 - 2 (This one grew on me. Nice vocal and visual with some interesting enough lyrics. It just didn’t have the affect on me some other songs did. However, it did feel very French @Benolympique @Bohemia)
 - 1 (I don’t know why I didn’t rank this one higher. This is normally a genre and song I’d rank higher. I think it just got lost in a sea of European pop bops. Anyway, great lyrics, nice vocal, and fun sound. Congrats on the win @SteveParker @Pablita @Henry_Leon)
 - R1 (Normally something I’d spring for immediately. I just didn’t like the arrangement at all, and that rubbed me the wrong way unfortunately. Still, appreciate the uniqueness of this entry @IoNuTzZ)
 - R2 (I ended up liking this song much more than I thought I would. It was a little too slow and didn’t build enough to gets points. Nice entry though @rybak)
 - R3 (Lyrics took this from the podium to a reserve slot. Visuals were nice and this got my body moving. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get over the let down of the lyrics. Still, nice to have Norway back @vkristijan)
 - R4 (Similar feedback to Norway here. Best vocal, but just not stimulating enough lyrically. I made share to keep in my reserves though @Ruslan)

My reserves:
R1 -
R2 -
R3 -
 
I want to thank you all of us, who sent some points to us.  To be honest, I thought more people would be interested in my song, so I consider 20th place a disappoitment, but in fact, in TAISC 2023 was so many greater songs  
No one couldn't imagine, how difficult is prepare this contest until you did. That's why I bow down to @Cobi for an excellent organization (much mor better than my version  )

Even though  didn't get a points from me, a big congratulation belongs to you. You're lucky one, because your jury is consisted of several members so you will able to split work on smaller parts.  
 
See you next year in Rome! I have never been in Rome and I'm looking foward to vitising this place! 

 

First of all big thank to @Cobi: a wonderful contest (plus very professional statistics), a perfect organization and interesting tips about Spain.
 
Thanks to all the partecipants: it's always a pleasure to have a chance to listen to your music.
 
Last but not least I want to show you the best song of our winner: I know that Ciao ciao is catchy but Amare that is from Sanremo 2021 is a more beautiful song showing all the talent of the singer.
 
Hope you enjoy it!
 
 
 
Let me know if you like it!

A GREAT DAY FOR NON-ENGLISH SONGS
 
It is only the fourth time in 20 editions that a non-English song wins the Totallympics International Song Contest! Therefore, Italian becomes the second most succesful language with 2 victories ( A2018 & A2023), while German ( A2014) and Galician ( A2022) remains tied in the third place.
 
However, this is the first time ever that 1st and 2nd place are obtained by non-English songs. The silver medal for  is also the best result so far for a song in a Scandinavian/Nordic language.
 
Fun fact: English songs have a 60% win rate in Annual editions, but are undefeated in Open editions.

TRENDS OF THE DAY
 
Even though  didn't make it to the left part of the scoreboard until the 7th jury, they still managed to get 87 points (44% of the total) before Lunch Break.
 
However, not all nations had the same trend.  got 93 points in the first half of the contest but only 37 in the second half, being the only team within the top12 with more than 65% of their points scored thanks to nations voting in Sessions 1 and 2 (71,54%).
 
During this time they managed to set the record for the longest voting streak, with 9 nations in a row giving at least one point to !
 
On the other hand we have  and . Serbia only had 15 points halfway, but they had a fantastic second half scoring 88 points, only behind  and . Ukraine had a similar trend, even though they were in last place after 12 juries, they managed to make it to the top10 in the last vote, with 79% of the total points obtained in Sessions 3 and 4.
 

MOLDOVA
  SERBIA   12    GERMANY   11    ROMANIA   10          BULGARIA   9    DENMARK   8    NETHERLANDS   7    FRANCE   6    ITALY   5    SPAIN   4    GREAT BRITAIN   3    PORTUGAL   2    MALTA   1   
Mulțumesc frumos și mult succes în restul zilei!
 
Thank you very much and good luck for the rest of the day!
 

WELCOME TO THE CLOSING CEREMONY!
 

GRAND FINAL SCOREBOARD
 
1   ITALY   199   20   CZECH REPUBLIC   61 2   FINLAND   166   21   CROATIA   61 3   GERMANY   158   22   BRAZIL   59 4   NETHERLANDS   151   23   MOLDOVA   57 5   USA   130   24   HUNGARY   57 6   DENMARK   127   25   CHILE   57 7   FRANCE   118   26   ROMANIA   57 8   NORWAY   111   27   INDONESIA   52 9   SERBIA   103   28   ARGENTINA   52 10   UKRAINE   99   29   LITHUANIA   51 11   SPAIN   91   30   CHINA   51 12   SLOVAKIA   89   31   MALTA   50 13   MEXICO   89   32   SWEDEN   49 14   IRELAND   83   33   GREECE   49 15   SLOVENIA   83   34   KAZAKHSTAN   43 16   PORTUGAL   75   35   NEW ZEALAND   35 17   GREAT BRITAIN   73   36   BULGARIA   21 18   POLAND   70   37   TUNISIA   13 19   INDIA   63   38   ISRAEL   11  
 
That's all folks!
 
Congratulations again to Italy for their second TISC win ever, as well as Finland and Germany for their medals!
 
Before saying goodbye, I would like to share with you some stats about the edition.
 

SWEDEN
  NORWAY   11    USA   10          FINLAND   9    UKRAINE   8    ROMANIA   7    SLOVENIA   6    TUNISIA   5    CHILE   4    DENMARK   3    ITALY   2    SLOVAKIA   1 

GOODBYE, SEVILLA!
 
Before we end the ceremony with the winning song, I'd like to thank all users for their participation and support, and especially @mrv86for organizing the draw, @Olympian1010 for helping with the Team Event format and @vinipereira for the improvements made to the logo. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed preparing it. It has been a pleasure to have been able to contribute my grain of sand to the history of TISC.
 
Congratulations to all the users who have met their expectations with the results and encouragement to those who hoped to be in a better position. In 6 months you will have a new opportunity, so don't get discouraged .
 
Yesterday we started the opening ceremony with the first seconds of the Barcelona 1992 ceremony, so what better way to put the finishing touch to these 6 weeks of competition than with the performance of Sarah Brightman and Josep Carreras that closed the first and last Olympics held in Spain. Ladies and gentlemen,
 
Amigos para Siempre
 

MEDAL TABLE
 
32 out of the 38 nations have won at least one medal!
 
The most succesful nation without a medal was , that received points from 14 nations. Some countries in the top10 such as  or  received points from less nations than Sweden.
 
On the other hand,  only scored points from 8 nations, but 3 of them gave them their gold medal, achieving an oustanding 5th place in the medal table. A much better result than the 27th place in the scoreboard.
 
 proved once again that they have the most succeful entry of the edition. They received points from 24 different nations and 12 of these put the Italian entry in their top3! The closest nations in this stat were  and , with 21 nations giving them at least one point.
 
# NATION G S B 1   ITALY 6 2 4 2   DENMARK 4 1 2 3   FINLAND 3 2 2 4   NORWAY 3 1 1 5   INDONESIA 3 0 0 6   GERMANY 2 4 2 7   SERBIA 2 1 3 8   USA 2 1 2 9   PORTUGAL 2 1 0 10   HUNGARY 2 0 1 11   NETHERLANDS 1 3 2 12   SPAIN 1 3 0 13   UKRAINE 1 1 2 14   IRELAND 1 1 1 14   GREAT BRITAIN 1 1 1 16   LITHUANIA 1 0 1 16   ROMANIA 1 0 1 18   SLOVENIA 1 0 0 18   CROATIA 1 0 0 20   FRANCE 0 2 2 21   CZECH REPUBLIC 0 2 1 21   CHINA 0 2 1 23   SLOVAKIA 0 2 0 23   POLAND 0 2 0 25   MEXICO 0 1 2 26   INDIA 0 1 1 26   MALTA 0 1 1 28   GREECE 0 1 0 28   KAZAKHSTAN 0 1 0 28   ARGENTINA 0 1 0 31   CHILE 0 0 3 32   BRAZIL 0 0 2 33   SWEDEN 0 0 0 33   MOLDOVA 0 0 0 33   BULGARIA 0 0 0 33   NEW ZEALAND 0 0 0 33   ISRAEL 0 0 0 33   TUNISIA 0 0 0

GOODBYE, SEVILLA!
 
Before we end the ceremony with the winning song, I'd like to thank all users for their participation and support, and especially @mrv86for organizing the draw, @Olympian1010 for helping with the Team Event format and @vinipereira for the improvements made to the logo. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed preparing it. It has been a pleasure to have been able to contribute my grain of sand to the history of TISC.
 
Congratulations to all the users who have met their expectations with the results and encouragement to those who hoped to be in a better position. In 6 months you will have a new opportunity, so don't get discouraged .
 
Yesterday we started the opening ceremony with the first seconds of the Barcelona 1992 ceremony, so what better way to put the finishing touch to these 6 weeks of competition than with the performance of Sarah Brightman and Josep Carreras that closed the first and last Olympics held in Spain. Ladies and gentlemen,
 
Amigos para Siempre
 

CONGRATULAZIONI, ITALIA!
 

 
La Rappresentante di Lista - Ciao Ciao

 

 
See you at the 2023 Open Edition and then next year, if @SteveParker @Pablita @Henry_Leon want, in Italy!