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You are guest here, and yet you make jokes about one of our first kings?

Slagelse Station - Photo: Leif Jørgensen It is a pleasure to welcome @heywoodu, @intoronto and @Griff88 to Slagelse, hometown of Michael Poulsen, lead singer of our representatives in the 2014 TISC Annual, Volbeat. We trust you had a calm train ride here! The history of the city dates a long way back with the area being a place of heathen worship in the past. When Christianity came to Denmark, the area grew. Close by the Viking ring castle Trelleborg was built, possibly ordered by Harald Bluetooth while a church and later a monastery was built in what is now Slagelse. During the industrialization the city grew, especially due to the railways. The city has throughout history been known for the pupils of the latin school that includes some of the most noteworthy authors in Denmark, the internationally most familiar being Hans Christian Andersen who was a pupil 4 years, a time that the author despised. Slagelse Latin School - Photo: Toxophilus - Wikipedia As a sports fan, you may remember this as the city of Anja Andersen’s handball team Slagelse DT that won 3 Champions League titles between 2004 and 2007. It is also the birthplace of former hour record holder Ole Ritter. Saint Michaels's Church We are sure that you, unlike H.C. Andersen, will be enjoy your stay. You won’t be bored. With Trelleborg and several museums, the old Saint Michael’s Church, a lovely coastal area nearby and several other cozy cities to visit, there are plenty of views to take in before the contest.

Not just annoyed. Rather pissed, as it won't work on my smart-TV Haven't used it much on my laptop or phone yet, so don't know about that.

TISC Team Challenge Guidelines The TISC Team Challenge consists of 12 teams of 3 members each and the host, Denmark, as a joker. Each team is named after an artist or band who have previously represented Denmark in TISC. Each team will additionally get the oppertunity to experience the hometown of the artist or band their team is named after. The competition will be held in a relay format of 3 legs and each leg will consist of a pair from each team. Leg 1 will involve the votes of the juries positioned 1-13 in the voting order; leg 2 will include those juries positioned 14-25; leg 3 spans the votes of juries located 26-37 in the time schedule. There will be one pair consisting of two members from each team which can score on each leg. Only the score of the pair taking part in that specific leg will count towards the team competition. Pairs Team 1st Leg 2nd Leg 3rd Leg Jørgensen Great Britain + Portugal Croatia + Portugal Croatia + GreatBritain Dinesen Chile + Mexico P.R. of China + Mexico P.R. of China + Chile Volbeat Canada + Indonesia Netherlands + Indonesia Netherlands + Canada Communions Slovenia + Sweden Lithuania + Sweden Lithuania + Slovenia Myrkur Kazakhstan + India Algeria + India Algeria + Kazakhstan Sort Sol Spain + France Hungary + France Hungary + Spain Raveonettes Norway + New Zealand Italy + New Zealand Italy + Norway Herman Brazil + Argentina Moldova + Argentina Moldova + Brazil Dickow Slovakia + Finland Malta + Finland Malta + Slovakia Kashmir Romania + Poland Greece + Poland Greece + Romania Mew Ireland + Australia Tunisia + Australia Tunisia + Ireland Blaue Blume Egypt + Serbia United States + Serbia United States + Egypt Denmark Example: Each team consists of 3 members, A,B and C. Team member A is positioned 1-13, B is 14-25 and C is 26-37 in the voting order. Leg 1: consists of the votes of National Juries #1-13 (member A votes) B and C compete as doubles partners on this leg Leg 2: consists of the votes of National Juries #14-25 (member B votes) A and C compete as doubles partners on this leg Leg 3: consists of the votes of National Juries #26-37 (member C votes) A and B compete as doubles partners on this leg The host nation, Denmark, will act as a joker. The host nation will not take part on any team, but its vote will count towards the team competition. This means if member B or C of a team gets one or more points from Denmark then those points will count towards the score of that team on that leg. Additionally, if any member's national jury has awarded any points to the Danish entry, the member will, regardless of any of the rules stated above, receive the same amount of points back which will count towards the team competiton. These bonus points are named "schmooze points", a.k.a. "thanks-for-voting-on-Denmark-here-are-some-points-just-because-the-host-jury-thinks-you-deserve-them points". After all legs are completed, the team with the highest total team score will be deemed the winner. In the event that 2 or more teams are tied for one or more positions at the end of the contest, the total score of the 2 highest scoring pairs on each team will be used to break the tie. If there is still a tie, the highest scoring pair of each team will decide the any-tiebreaker. If after that the tie remains, then the teams will be deemed to have tied for the same position and no further tie-breaks will apply.

With the last planes touching down at Copenhagen Airport, we can sadly announce that and will not be participating at the Grand Final. We really hoped that @Jan Linha could be a last moment arrival, but we have to stay on schedule. We will be back momentarily with more news!

BENIN Gangbé Brass Band - Salam Alekoum

Nice. Funny coincidence as just yesterday I hald Wild stuck on my mind for a few hours

As @Olympian1010 says, you should listen to the songs and send a top 12 (13 if Bulgaria is on it) to @Wumo and I. Sadly we can only give you til tonight to do this.

Wouldn't be the first time. I don't remember what, but some cock-up was spotted before the final ranking for the Worlds and it sounded like that wasn't a first either.

Oh come on. This can't surprise you!

It's an affair happening twice a year... Hate that you learned this way!

Everyone with a slight bit of decency is!

No love there... Maybe an affair or two

Can't decide if that would be the best or worst couple ever!

No no no. This is a place where we only have room for one love... Sports!

Or a Russian Usain Bolt?

Oh dear... Is this the first totallympics couple? Not good! Just kidding, very much welcome!

We'll bring news when we have news. Right now, no votes (that I know of).

I'll take as well

Mia won't be going for it according to her Facebook. She had something planned in November but will be finishing her season.

Pretty damn surprised that we're actually part of the fight for an Olympic eventing spot!

I'll make sure that at least one song waits

I'll go for

Thought you wanted something new and now that's not good enough?

Rumours has it that they tried entering with this song: They were disqualified as the artist is in fact a former Danish foreign minister.