Olympian1010

Spain 12?

Only 4 songs managed to get points from both me and @dezbee2008: , , ,  
 
Here’s my personal vote for those interested:
 
 - 12
 - 11
 - 10
 - 9
 - 8
 - 7
 - 6
 - 5
 - 4
 - 3
 - 2
 - 1
 - R1
 - R2
 - R3
 - R4

Only 4 songs managed to get points from both me and @dezbee2008: , , ,  
 
Here’s my personal vote for those interested:
 
 - 12
 - 11
 - 10
 - 9
 - 8
 - 7
 - 6
 - 5
 - 4
 - 3
 - 2
 - 1
 - R1
 - R2
 - R3
 - R4

Czechoslovak Trophy hooray !
 

Woohoo!! Thank you United States! . Always nice to get off the mark early.

Yeah, I strongly suggest you use Firefox.

Thank you very much

Only 4 songs managed to get points from both me and @dezbee2008: , , ,  
 
Here’s my personal vote for those interested:
 
 - 12
 - 11
 - 10
 - 9
 - 8
 - 7
 - 6
 - 5
 - 4
 - 3
 - 2
 - 1
 - R1
 - R2
 - R3
 - R4

HUNGARY 11 GREECE 10
NORWAY 9 INDIA 8 TUNISIA 7 IRELAND 6 AUSTRALIA 5 SLOVAKIA 4 PORTUGAL 3 UKRAINE 2 CANADA 1  

Wow what a start!  Thanks @Olympian1010 @dezbee2008

Looks like they recently added some nice modern youth training hills:

Maybe we’ll get a Croatian ski jumper someday (at least at a YOG or something) 

Grand Final will be held in the Zamet Hall.
 

 

 
 
We are respecting the social distancing measures, therefore this year the Grand Final is invitation-only.
This sadly means no crazy Dutch fans (except @heywoodu).
 

That doesn’t change the fact that many of the winners are English language songs, and most of the top 10 all-time are also in English.

Great opening ceremony, @dcro, though it took me forever to go through it all
 
But guys, my favorite TISC memory will always be when Bulgaria gave their points one by one back in 2013 

That doesn’t change the fact that many of the winners are English language songs, and most of the top 10 all-time are also in English.

Maybe. And there is also the fact that English-speaking nations tend to have more famous artists/songs.
 
But anyway, my conclusion kind of was that while you are not guaranteed to get a personal best with an English song, you can probably expect better average placements if you enter them in a longer run...

Ehm... I compiled detailed analysis on this. It clearly shows that English songs on average tend to collect about 50% (!) more points than the non-English songs.
 
Average points-per-jury (2013 Open - 2019 Open)
English songs - 2.77
non-English songs - 1.80
 
50% is just too much. Even statistical tests strongly suggest that this is not some random outcome, but rather a clear sign that English songs get better results.
 
And before you say "There are many more non-English songs". That's not really the case. About 40% of all-time songs are in English.
 
But if we narrow that pool...
Percentage of English songs in the Top 10 - 68%

Oh and of course the traditional Czechoslovak trophy which @hckosice will be trying hard to defend again tomorrow . 

Spain 12

Everyone being excited, many hoping for the win while Ireland casually wins another TISC  

I do like people losing their shit over something fun like TISC, yes  

Every single time it comes from frustrated people who've sent non-English songs and aren't satisfied with their points total, even if the song is just considered not great in general. There are indeed non-English songs that actually are good and do get quite a lot of points.

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