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eliminated from qualifying

earned their first quota (or quotas) for the Games. Wushu (Sanda) quotas now shown on the qualification page: https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/Chengdu-CHN-2025-14/qualifications/by-sport I'm a little confused how quotas were distributed, given that one women's weightclass has 8 quotas awarded, but another only has 3 quotas awarded

This would get 12 points from me in an instant.

As a whole, I could see myself listening to this playlist while cruising down the coast. It has a great vibe. However, given the time of the year the vote takes place, and the ability of songs to stand out, I’m really sure what could and couldn’t get points from me. My favorite is probably “Óyeme Bien” by La Garfield. “Fuego” by Zaret also stood out, but it might have gotten lost in the crowd during competition.

Found a replay for those interested.

Am I the only one that hears a similar progression in the Greek and entry this song:

This is also, by a considerable margin, the shortest TISC thread since the rebirth of Totallympics It's a shame becuase this was so well organized by @Henry_Leon

Yeah, that did cross my mind, but then that song kept winning everything, so we decided to send it anyway Olivia Rodrigo's "Vampire," AJR's "Maybe Man," and Lana Lubany's "ON MY WAY" were the other three finalists after the first round of consideration.

My personal votes and thoughts - - 12 (One of the clearest winner picks for me. Great vocals, visuals, arrangement. Plus, the Maori segments are beautiful. @Wanderer) - 11 (This was the only other song considered for my 12 points. It caught my attention quickly as well. It stood out from everything else, and the lyrics were interesting @Vektor) - 10 (I think we might have some overlapping taste @Vic Liu. I liked the "throwback" nature of this song, and the lyrics/video were fun.) - 9 (Just a fun, catchy, lively song. A nice ode to one's homeland @kungshamra71) - 8 (I like the risk you took with this @hckošice. It has a great message and stood out from many of the other entires.) - 7 (This is similar to some music I listen to more frequently. There was just something about it that keep me thinking about it @Wumo) - 6 (A nice dance/party track. It got points for the integration of Maltese @Glen) - 5 (Eley has a really good vocal. The song is a great pop track @Werloc) - 4 (Retro in a way that was fun and stuck out @Henry_Leon @Gianlu33 @Pablita) - 3 (Definitely an artist with a lot of promise @Hipooo) - 2 (This originally feel outside my points, but creeped it's way back in. The vocal is nice and lyrics are interesting enough @Benolympique @Bohemia) - 1 (This got me to move, and it was fun, so finally some points for you @konig) - R1 (Catchy, but just under the line for points @mrv86) - R2 (This almost snuck into the points. I'll be interested to see how she does at Eurovision @NikolaB) - R3 (Great vocal, a nice country vibe. I just couldn't find room for it in my points @Fer GUA) - R4 (I couldn't find the translated lyrics, and that hurt your chances for points @justony. The song was interesting, but I couldn't undertsand the message.)

Billie fell out of the top five at the end, so who's ready for an obscure indie entry next year?

Well, congrats to Which Italian user will volunteer to host next year?

with nice 5th place on their debut as well

The scoring of "What Was I Made For?" is very interesting to me. People either liked it a lot, or not at all it seems. I wasn't sure how it would play. Now I don't know how much insight I can glean from this from future contests.

repeat winning in would be so on-brand for TISC

Not the "quid pro quo" repayment we were looking for @Glen Thanks for the points tho.

I'm aware. There's a running theme to my predictions

I woke up huming it one day. It wasn't my favorite, but it was undeniably catchy.

I only had a few, but New Zealand's and Hungary's were among those.

I'm not as optimistic

Interesting. I thought the lyrics were very clever in terms of the message of the movie.

We expect better from ZPD's finest

Yeah, she's one of the few mainstream American artists who get space on my playlist.