Gianlu33

Sounds sort of two-girls-one-cup-like, "here, let me vomit your lunch into your mouth".

So is USA just voting for the nations Trump doesn't like?

Thanks a lot @dezbee2008! 

Who's ready for my (sometimes erratic) votes?

Time for Italy to leave the Committee 

Italia  molte grazie 

Thank you Italy and @Henry_Leon for the 11 points

Molto bene the italian votes!! 

Didn't need to tell him, he deserved a little bit more misery for insulting me and insulting Nebraska

So.... Bestmen was right.

Denmark was the first for me but.........the evil LDOG have another plans......

Wow, 3/3! Thanks a lot Argentina!

Wait a second, did Italy just get 6 + 6 + 6????

And time for a big post with just over an hour left to the big show...
 
2018 Annual Jubilee Delivers an Opening Ceremony to Remember
 
TISC-News will have LIVE UPDATES post. If you're away from home but would like to stay in touch with the action, or perhaps if you need a quick recap of the events then this might be your place to be. It will mainly feature some main big points and scoreboard updates.
 
 
Now onto the stats... As tradition goes, here is the table of points requirements for each nation to match its average, best or worst TISC performance.
 

 
 
And let's not forget the lovely Committee...
 

 
 
I hope I managed to become more organized compared to the previous editions, only time will tell.
 

After a night of music and celebration, it's time to end the ceremony with the lighting of the TISC Flame. And for such occasion, the Organizing Committee is proud to invite TISC president @OlympicIRL - for who the contests owes a great deal. Without him, We're sure things wouldn't be the same!
 
With beautiful fireworks, we say goodbye to the Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2018 Opening Ceremony, but also make an invitation for the Grand Final tomorrow at the Olympic Park. We hope everyone enjoyed this event and thank you all for the participation. Long live TISC!
 
 

 

Continuing with the South American theme this night, the Organizing Committee is proud to finally unveil the logo for the Totallympics Annual International Contest 2018.
 
The main figure for this logo, the arara-vermelha (Red-and-green macaw) is a large species widespread in the forests and woodlands of northern and central South America, especially in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. However - in common with other macaws - there has been a decline in its numbers due to habitat loss and illegal capture. With the use of its image here at the logo, we hope to raise awareness to this fact, but also celebrate its beauty.
 
In the logo, the bird is combined with musical waves (to bring a music element) that also resembles the Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio.
 
Ladies and gentleman, the official logo of TISC 2018:
 
 

 

As the first ever Totallympics Contest held in South America, nothing more natural that having a segment paying homage to our friends of Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela present at this year's contest (and Chile, Guyana and Uruguay, which all participated in the past), but also the people from Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Suriname.
 
For this south american portion, we invited Uruguayan singer and songwriter Jorge Drexler to perform the beautiful song Al Otro Lado del Río from the movie The Motorcycle Diaries, for which he won the Oscar back in 2005.
 
 

 

In January, the TISC world mourned the passing of Dolores O'Riordan, the Irish musician, singer and songwriter that led the rock band The Cranberries from 1990s. O'Riordan, who was born in 1971, auditioned and won the role of lead singer of the alternative rock, band, which rose to international fame in the 1990s with their debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
 
The Cranberries have sold over 40 million records worldwide and the band achieved four top 20 albums on the Billboard 200 chart. Of their most famous records, "Zombie", a protest song released in 1994, won the the title at Totallympics Open International Song Contest back in 2014, with an impressive mark of 333 points (no song has ever come within 100 points of that).
 
Now, we remember that hit written by O'Riordan, but also pay tribute to her incredible carreer. Singer Josh Groban will be joined by other artists from this year's contest for a beautiful rendition of the classic song You'll Never Walk Alone.
 
 

 
RIP Dolores O'Riordan (1971 - 2018)
 
 

 

 

In celebration of the 10 editions of Totallympics International Song Contests, for the first time ever we will have a Contest Oath - to be taken by a competing artist, by a jury member, and by a member of the host organizing committee. For the Brazil 2018 contest, the members selected were:
 
 
 

 
NABILA DALI
 
"In the name of all competitors, I promise that we shall take part in this Contest, respecting and abiding by the rules that govern TISC - committing ourselves to a competition that values respect and the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of music and the honor of our nations!"
 
 
 

 
@rybak
 
"In the name of all the jury members, I promise that we shall adjudicate in our deliberations at this Contest with complete impartiality, respecting and abiding by the rules which govern TISC in the true spirit of sportsmanship!"
 
 
 

 
@titicow
 
"In the name of all the organizers, I promise that we shall organize this Contest, respecting and abiding by the rules that govern TISC - committing ourselves to overseeing a competition that values respect and promotes the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of music and the honor of our nations!"
 

Now is finally time for the home delegation Brazil, the first ever nation from South America to host one edition of the  Totallympics International Song Contest! As music choice, the beautiful regional song A Vida do Viajante, by Luiz Gonzaga - also a theme at the Rio Olympics.
 
 
My life is to wander
across this country
to see if one day
I can rest happy
 
Keeping the memories
of lands I have traversed
travelling through the interior
and of friends I left behind.
 
 
 

 

 

Well, this looked like some Antarctic manifesto presentation.

Now our friends from Antarctica enter the stadium for the absolute delight of the crowd! It's their first ever participation in a Totallympics International Song Contest. As music choice for the Antarctic delegation, led by Tristan Icecapade and Eve Snowflake, nothing better than the funny children's song "O Pinguim", composed in 1970 by Vinicius de Moraes and here performed by popular brazilian singer Toquinho. The song's chorus reads as follows:
 
 
Good morning, Penguin
Where are you going?
In a such a hurry?
 
I'm not mean
Don't be scared
Afraid of me.
 
 
 

 

 

Brazilian music saw in the last decades the influence of many other genres, starting with the Tropicalismo movement. From forró (a genre typical of the Northeast) to rock, axé (a popular genre originated in Bahia in the 1980s) to Sertanejo (brazilian country music), Brazil is clearly very diverse when it comes to music.
 
After hearing much of our traditional music styles, it's time for some contemporary brazilian music in the Parade of Nations. It was a long way until this point, but it finally arrived. One by one, we will welcome nations taking part at the Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2018 - starting, of course, with the nation where it all began.
 
Ladies and gentleman, please welcome the delegations!
 

Bossa Nova is a genre of Brazilian music that was developed and popularized in the 1950s and 1960s and is now one of the best-known Brazilian music genres abroad. The phrase bossa nova means literally "new trend" or "new wave". A lyrical fusion of samba and jazz, bossa nova acquired a large following after the 1960s among young musicians and college students.
 
Probably the most famous brazilian musician of that time, Antônio Carlos Jobim (or simply Tom Jobim) was a primary force behind the creation of bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within Brazil and internationally. His album Getz/Gilberto was the first jazz album ever to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
 
The single "Garota de Ipanema" (or "The Girl from Ipanema"), one of the most recorded songs of all time, won the Record of the Year award. The song was written with another legendary brazilian composer, Vinicius de Moraes, a prominent name in the Bossa Nova era. The duo was the main inspiration for the names of the 2016 Rio Olympics' mascots, Vinicius and Tom.
 

 
Daniel Jobim, grandson of the great composer, performs the iconic song with singer Daniel Boaventura, in both portuguese and english lyrics. The song was also the first to represent our nation at the TISC Open in 2013, placing 10th.