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Now that we finally presented our logo, we have the honour of continuing another TISC tradition, unveiling the scoreboard that will be a fundamental part of our voting all day tomorrow. Ladies and gentleman, the official scoreboard of TISC 2018! BRAZIL 0 RUSSIA 0 GERMANY 0 CROATIA 0 ARGENTINA 0 MOLDOVA 0 ESTONIA 0 SWITZERLAND 0 INDONESIA 0 GREAT BRITAIN 0 SWEDEN 0 AUSTRIA 0 ITALY 0 GREECE 0 IRAN 0 VENEZUELA 0 UNITED STATES 0 SLOVAKIA 0 ANTARCTICA 0 SLOVENIA 0 INDIA 0 DENMARK 0 CANADA 0 FRANCE 0 SERBIA 0 NORWAY 0 FINLAND 0 IRELAND 0 AZERBAIJAN 0 NEW ZEALAND 0 ALGERIA 0 POLAND 0 PORTUGAL 0 TUNISIA 0 MEXICO 0 ROMANIA 0 BULGARIA 0 KAZAKHSTAN 0 COLOMBIA 0 MALTA 0 LITHUANIA 0 NETHERLANDS 0 PROVISIONAL TOP 5 BRAZIL 12 BRAZIL 11 BRAZIL 10 BRAZIL 9 BRAZIL 8

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:

I've been listening to this song for months

I'm hoping I'm not forgetting another south american nation

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.

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!

Among other styles, the mid-1960s saw creation of Brazilian pop music, or MPB, a trend in post-bossa nova urban popular music that revisits typical Brazilian styles such as samba and other Brazilian regional music, combining them with foreign influences, such as from jazz and rock. Such movement has produced and is represented by many renowned Brazilian artists, such as Jorge Ben Jor and Chico Buarque, whose individual styles generated their own trends within the genre. Many of the albums on Rolling Stone Brazil's list of the 100 greatest Brazilian albums fall under this style. Like bossa nova, MPB was an attempt to produce a "national" Brazilian music that drew from traditional styles. MPB made a considerable impact in the 1960s - thanks to several televised music festivals. The beginning of MPB is often associated with Elis Regina's interpretation of Vinícius de Moraes "Arrastão". Here to perform "Como Nossos Pais" from composer Belchior, one of the songs of opposition to the brazilian military regime of the 1970s, is Elis Reginas' daughter, Maria Rita:

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.

Samba is a Brazilian musical genre and dance style with roots in Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions, mostly of Angola and Congo, but also derived from the samba de roda genre of the northeastern state of Bahia. Although there is many forms of samba in Brazil with popular rhythms originated from drumming, samba as a music genre has its origins in Rio de Janeiro. Samba is recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival, and also an icon of the Brazilian national identity. Popular samba music includes instruments like tambourines, cuicas, frying pans ('played' with a metal stick) and flutes. The early stage of Samba had noteworthy composers such as Noel Rosa, Lamartine Babo and Ary Barroso - the last being mostly famous for composing songs for Carmen Miranda during her career. The internationally acclaimed São Paulo Symphony Orchestra will perform now one of the most famous brazilians songs of all time: Aquarela do Brasil, by Barroso:

In the beginning of the 20th cent., there was a movement for creating an authentically Brazilian music, with less influences from the European culture. In this sense, the folklore was the major font of inspiration for the composers, as some included typically Brazilian elements in their works. An important event was the Modern Art Week, an arts festival in São Paulo that ran from February 10 to February 17 in 1922, which had a large impact on concepts of national art. In this event, the composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, regarded as the most outstanding name of the Brazilian nationalism, was revealed. Villa-Lobos did researches about the musical folklore of Brazil and mixed elements both from classical and popular music. Some of his masterworks are the ballet Uirapuru and the two series of Chôros and Bachianas Brasileiras. Back to the stage, performing the music of Villa-Lobos, the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra:

With the impoverishment of the mines at the end of the 18th c., the focus of the musical activity changed to other centers, specially Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. A crucial factor for the changes in the musical life was the arrival of the Portuguese Royal family to Rio de Janeiro in 1808. King John VI of Portugal brought with him the great musical library from the House of Bragança, one of the best of Europe at that time, and ordered the arrival of musicians from Lisbon. This period, however, was very brief. In 1821, John VI went back to Lisbon, taking with him the household and the cultural life in Rio de Janeiro became empty. The most outstanding Brazilian composer of this period was Antônio Carlos Gomes, who composed Italian-styled operas with national themes, such as "Il Guarany" (based on José de Alencar's novel O Guarani). His operas were very successful in European theaters and boosted the genre in Brazil, with many opera houses being built at this time. With regency of Anderson Alves and performing the opening of O Guarani, here's the Orquestra Sinfônica Nacional - one of the most traditional music ensembles in Brazil.

Music of Brazil encompasses various regional musical styles influenced by African, European and Amerindian forms. The first registration of musical activity in Brazil comes from the activities of Jesuit priests in 1549. Years later, they had already founded settlements for indigenous people - with a musical-educational structure. The centuries that followed, there was intense musical activity in all the more developed regions of Brazil. In the second part of the 18th century, there was great flourishing in the state of Minas Gerais, mostly in the regions of Vila Rica, currently Ouro Preto, and Mariana - where the mining of gold and diamonds for the Portuguese metropolis attracted a sizable population. At that time, the first outstanding Brazilian composers were revealed, and in Ouro Preto about 250 musicians were active. To this day Ouro Pretro still has great influence in the brazilian classical scene thanks to its Orchestra. Here, they will perform Toada, a beautiful composition by Capiba, and also a tribute to the beautiful city from Minas Gerais state and the people who changed the face of music in Brazil.

The Brazilian National Anthem was composed by Francisco Manuel da Silva in 1831 - but it was only made official after a decree by President Epitácio Pessoa in 1922 at the centennial celebrations for the Independence of Brazil. At that occasion, such decree also gave the anthem its definitive lyrics by poet Joaquim Osório Duque-Estrada. In the lyrics of the Hino Nacional, the opening line's mention of the Ipiranga river refers to the stream near (and now part of) São Paulo, one of the world's biggest cities, where Prince Dom Pedro, future Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil, declared Brazil's independence from Portugal. Brazilian Symphony Orchestra will be performing the anthem. Founded in 1940, is the most traditional symphonic ensemble of Brazil, the first Brazilian orchestra to perform tours (abroad or nationwide) and give open-air performances and concerts for audience development. Please stand for the National Anthem of Brazil!

Located in Rio de Janeiro, the Maracanã (or Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho) is one of the most iconic football stadiums in the world. It was opened for the FIFA World Cup in 1950, in which Brazil was sadly beaten 2–1 by Uruguay in the deciding game in front of no less than 199,854 people - making it the world's largest stadium by capacity then. After it was renovated for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics (it hosted the Opening and Closing ceremonies), the stadium currently seats 78,838 spectators, being the largest in Brazil. The stadium most known name is derived from the Maracanã River, whose point of origin is in the jungle-covered hills to the west, crossing various neighborhoods of Rio's North Zone. But the name itself, Maracanã, derives from the indigenous Tupi–Guarani word for a type of parrot which inhabited that region. Home of sport events, it was also stage for many international music acts - such as Frank Sinatra, Paul McCartney, Madonna, Prince, Tina Turner and the Rolling Stones. A legendary venue for a legendary event!

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen! On April 29th 2017 at the Annual TISC, Brazil achieved its best result ever in the Totallympics Contests with its second-place finish thanks to the song "Hear Me Now". Now, almost exactly one year later after the historic position, TISC is coming for the first time to South America. We're honoured to host this year's landmark contest, the 10th overall TISC, and hope for a great weekend of music. Without further ado, the Organizing Committee officially declares the opening of the Totallympics International Song Contest 2018!

Just 30 minutes, at 17h30 like Gala's yesterday