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As a new tradition this year, the organizing committe will be awarding diplomas for the top 12 individuals (nations) and top 5 teams at the team challenge. Here's a preview version of the diploma for the winners:

Now that the winners have received their medals, they are back for one final performance of their hit songs. Let's now remember the music that not only entered our playlists, but will stay forever in the prestigious TISC Wall of Champions. ITALY @Gianlu33 @Henry_Leon @Pablita @SteveParker Takagi & Ketra feat. Lorenzo Fragola and Arisa, ARTISTS NORWAY @Skijumpingmaster Sigrid, ARTIST UNITED STATES @dezbee2008 Carrie Underwood, ARTIST Ludacris, ARTIST

They have "steal" Brazil (+50 points) at the end.

Now that we know the Ranking, let's celebrate the winners of the Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2018! It's time for the Medal Ceremony, when we'll unveil the contest's medals. It was a long journey up to this point, but these three nations deserve the recognition for picking really amazing songs that captured the ears of our music enthusiasts. Ladies and gentlemen. Welcome our gold, silver and bronze medallists, and please stand for the National Anthem of Italy!

FINAL RANKING 1 ITALY 188 2 NORWAY 161 3 UNITED STATES 161 4 GERMANY 148 5 BRAZIL 130 6 IRELAND 121 7 PORTUGAL 120 8 ARGENTINA 118 9 POLAND 110 10 FRANCE 108 11 NETHERLANDS 104 12 FINLAND 104 13 SWITZERLAND 98 14 SLOVAKIA 98 15 TUNISIA 95 16 ESTONIA 88 17 ALGERIA 87 18 RUSSIA 82 19 CROATIA 77 20 MEXICO 72 21 NEW ZEALAND 72 22 SWEDEN 69 23 ROMANIA 69 24 AUSTRIA 66 25 GREAT BRITAIN 64 26 INDIA 63 27 MOLDOVA 60 28 GREECE 59 29 LITHUANIA 54 30 DENMARK 53 31 SERBIA 44 32 BULGARIA 42 33 KAZAKHSTAN 40 34 MALTA 36 35 SLOVENIA 36 36 INDONESIA 31 37 CANADA 25 38 COLOMBIA 17 39 IRAN 14 40 AZERBAIJAN 10 41 VENEZUELA 4 42 ANTARCTICA 0

Gimme a break, I did all the ceremony in the last 3 hours

A record of 42* nations have participated in this year's contest. Even if our eventual winner (Italy) was decided before the last vote, until the third session of the day nations such as Norway, United States, Algeria and the Netherlands were the leaders of the voting at least one time. According to @dcro, the statistics extraordinaire of TISC (for who I leave a special thanks), a fun fact about the contest was that the nations that were tied for the top three after the first session eventually ended in the final top 3 - with Norway and United States still tied! It was also an exciting competition regarding other nations - including a tie for second place that was broke thanks to the number of juries that voted for each nation, the same criteria as used in other ties in the list. There was a total of 6 ties this year: Norway (22 juries) and United States (20); Netherlands (15) and Finland (13); Switzertland (15) and Slovakia (14); Mexico (15) and New Zealand (8); Sweden (13) and Romania (10); Malta (8) and Slovenia (7). The winner nation Italy managed to get points from a total of 24 nations, which was the best result among all participants, and was the leader for most of the time, especially in the final session. In the next post, we'll unveil the Final Ranking of the Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2018!

Before the unveil of the Final Ranking, now let's celebrate the nations that broke/matched their own records regarding the results and points. The list include Norway, which broke their PB by more than 80 points; Russia, that after participating in six editions managed to break their points record by almost 40 points; and the United States - which matched their best ranking ever with the 3rd position. Even tough it didn't broke the PB regarding points (206 from the Open 2013), this was the first victory for Italy. Please notice that the Records didn't consider new nations as this was their first result in the TISC history, but we congratulate Austria and Venezuela for the participation and hope they return.

An exciting part about TISC is finding out how many medals your country won, meaning: how many juries voted for your song in the coveted top 3 positions. The results this year are interesting as the contest winner didn't place among the top 10 here - even though was clearly beloved as it won 8 medals. As for other nations in the official top 5, they all show up here in the same exact order of the Final Ranking: Norway, United States, Germany and Brazil. Without further ado, here is the Medal Table of this year's annual contest: FINAL JURY MEDAL TABLE 1 NORWAY 3 4 1 8 2 UNITED STATES 3 3 3 9 3 GERMANY 3 0 3 6 4 BRAZIL 3 0 1 4 5 NEW ZEALAND 2 2 0 4 6 IRELAND 2 1 2 5 7 SLOVAKIA 2 1 1 4 7 SWITZERLAND 2 1 1 4 9 GREECE 2 1 0 3 9 TUNISIA 2 1 0 3 11 RUSSIA 2 0 2 4 12 MOLDOVA 2 0 1 3 13 ITALY 1 4 3 8 14 PORTUGAL 1 4 0 5 15 FINLAND 1 2 3 6 16 ROMANIA 1 2 0 3 17 CROATIA 1 1 2 4 18 GREAT BRITAIN 1 1 1 3 19 DENMARK 1 1 0 2 20 NETHERLANDS 1 0 3 4 21 KAZAKHSTAN 1 0 1 2 22 ALGERIA 1 0 0 1 22 LITHUANIA 1 0 0 1 22 MALTA 1 0 0 1 22 SERBIA 1 0 0 1 26 FRANCE 0 3 3 6 27 POLAND 0 3 0 3 28 INDIA 0 2 1 3 29 SWEDEN 0 1 2 3 30 AUSTRIA 0 1 1 2 31 ESTONIA 0 1 0 1 31 MEXICO 0 1 0 1 33 ARGENTINA 0 0 3 3 34 BULGARIA 0 0 1 1 34 INDONESIA 0 0 1 1 34 IRAN 0 0 1 1

The team challenge was a new and exciting idea for TISC this year. Divided in a total of 10 teams (named after the brazilian territories in which our delegations stayed), they competed in a fun game that involved power-play points in order to "steal" the host nation bonus at the end. Team São Luís managed to get the most power-play points - thus getting a 50 points bonus at the end with Brazil joining their team. Thanks to this, they've climbed to end in the third position. However, it wasn't enough to overcome the total of points of Team Foz do Iguaçu (silver) and Team Brasília (gold) - which didn't even have the need of PP points to be ahead of its closest competitors. The success of Team Brasília is due to its nations, that not only included the eventual winners Italy (with 188 points), but also very strong songs from Algeria (87), Germany (148) and New Zealand (72). We congratulate the winners, and now remind the full results of the Team Challenge: TEAM BRASÍLIA 495 21 516 TEAM FOZ DO IGUAÇU 420 20 440 TEAM SÃO LUÍS 294 32 (+50) 376 TEAM MANAUS 330 17 347 TEAM OURO PRETO 307 0 307 TEAM GRAMADO 280 12 292 TEAM FERNANDO DE N. 267 8 275 TEAM CUIABÁ 261 9 270 TEAM NATAL 211 18 229 TEAM SALVADOR 203 22 225

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen! April 28th 2018. This day that will go to the TISC history books as we've celebrated the 10th overall edition of our contests. A total of 41 nations participated in our landmark Grand Final, and Brazil was honoured of hosting such a special occasion. But now it's time to say goodbye to the Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2018, the first of South America. After a weekend of festivities, such as the jubilee Gala Event and the Final itself, we'll start now the last stage of this long journey: the Closing Ceremony. Have a great evening!

BTW, I didn't have much time to prepare many things (as I slept today until 12h00), so the closing of this contest will be rather quick compared to the other events.

Excuse me, I'm tired all hell, I'll probably do this mistake more times tonight

Please remember to be here for the Closing Ceremony tonight

A tie for second place, but Norway wins the silver because more juries voted for its song (22 vs. 20 of USA). Congratulations Italy on the amazing song, a really great choice for this contest! Today I had many many issues with the wifi, but I hope it wasn't too noticeable. Thank all of you for the participation, but I leave special thanks to @OlympicIRL and @dcro for helping me greatly with this event, never being bored by my five hundred questions. And also to @mrv86 just for being a great friend. Now, as I'm awake since yesterday's morning, excuse me that I'm gonna sleep til people think I'm dead.

Oh, I forgot about that. Ooops

TEAM BRASÍLIA 495 21 516 TEAM FOZ DO IGUAÇU 420 20 440 TEAM SÃO LUÍS 294 32 (+50) 376 TEAM MANAUS 330 17 347 TEAM OURO PRETO 307 0 307 TEAM GRAMADO 280 12 292 TEAM FERNANDO DE N. 267 8 275 TEAM CUIABÁ 261 9 270 TEAM NATAL 211 18 229 TEAM SALVADOR 203 22 225

BRAZIL 130 RUSSIA 82 GERMANY 10 148 CROATIA 77 ARGENTINA 118 MOLDOVA 60 ESTONIA 88 SWITZERLAND 12 98 INDONESIA 31 GREAT BRITAIN 6 64 SWEDEN 69 AUSTRIA 66 ITALY 188 GREECE 59 IRAN 14 VENEZUELA 4 UNITED STATES 8 161 SLOVAKIA 98 ANTARCTICA 0 SLOVENIA 36 INDIA 63 DENMARK 4 53 CANADA 25 FRANCE 5 108 SERBIA 44 NORWAY 161 FINLAND 11 104 IRELAND 7 121 AZERBAIJAN 10 NEW ZEALAND 72 ALGERIA 2 87 POLAND 110 PORTUGAL 9 120 TUNISIA 95 MEXICO 3 72 ROMANIA 69 BULGARIA 42 KAZAKHSTAN 40 COLOMBIA 17 MALTA 1 36 LITHUANIA 54 NETHERLANDS 104 FINAL TOP 10 AFTER 42 OF 42 NATIONS HAVE VOTED ITALY 188 NORWAY 161 UNITED STATES 161 GERMANY 148 BRAZIL 130 IRELAND 121 PORTUGAL 120 ARGENTINA 118 POLAND 110 FRANCE 108

To end this magnificent evening, we ask @heywoodu for the votes of the Netherlands!

TEAM FERNANDO DE N. 267 8 275 TEAM OURO PRETO 304 0 304 TEAM MANAUS 312 17 329 TEAM SAO LUIS 288 32 320 TEAM CUIABA 248 9 257 TEAM GRAMADO 280 12 292 TEAM SALVADOR 191 22 213 TEAM NATAL 210 18 228 TEAM FOZ DO IGUACU 407 20 427 TEAM BRASILIA 483 21 504

BRAZIL 130 RUSSIA 82 GERMANY 9 138 CROATIA 77 ARGENTINA 3 118 MOLDOVA 60 ESTONIA 88 SWITZERLAND 2 86 INDONESIA 31 GREAT BRITAIN 58 SWEDEN 4 69 AUSTRIA 66 ITALY 6 188 GREECE 59 IRAN 14 VENEZUELA 4 UNITED STATES 10 153 SLOVAKIA 98 ANTARCTICA 0 SLOVENIA 5 36 INDIA 63 DENMARK 49 CANADA 25 FRANCE 8 103 SERBIA 44 NORWAY 12 161 FINLAND 93 IRELAND 7 114 AZERBAIJAN 1 10 NEW ZEALAND 72 ALGERIA 85 POLAND 11 110 PORTUGAL 111 TUNISIA 95 MEXICO 69 ROMANIA 69 BULGARIA 42 KAZAKHSTAN 40 COLOMBIA 17 MALTA 35 LITHUANIA 54 NETHERLANDS 104 PROVISIONAL TOP 5 AFTER 41 OF 42 NATIONS HAVE VOTED ITALY 188 NORWAY 161 UNITED STATES 153 GERMANY 138 BRAZIL 130

The Committee doesn't accept new members?

Hello, @Glen. Can we have the Malta votes, please?

TEAM FERNANDO DE N. 267 8 275 TEAM OURO PRETO 304 0 304 TEAM MANAUS 300 17 317 TEAM SAO LUIS 285 32 317 TEAM CUIABA 248 9 257 TEAM GRAMADO 269 12 281 TEAM SALVADOR 189 22 211 TEAM NATAL 197 18 215 TEAM FOZ DO IGUACU 385 20 405 TEAM BRASILIA 468 21 489

BRAZIL 130 RUSSIA 12 82 GERMANY 9 129 CROATIA 77 ARGENTINA 7 115 MOLDOVA 60 ESTONIA 4 88 SWITZERLAND 84 INDONESIA 31 GREAT BRITAIN 58 SWEDEN 10 65 AUSTRIA 66 ITALY 11 182 GREECE 59 IRAN 1 14 VENEZUELA 4 UNITED STATES 143 SLOVAKIA 98 ANTARCTICA 0 SLOVENIA 31 INDIA 2 63 DENMARK 49 CANADA 5 25 FRANCE 95 SERBIA 44 NORWAY 8 149 FINLAND 93 IRELAND 3 107 AZERBAIJAN 9 NEW ZEALAND 72 ALGERIA 85 POLAND 6 99 PORTUGAL 111 TUNISIA 95 MEXICO 69 ROMANIA 69 BULGARIA 42 KAZAKHSTAN 40 COLOMBIA 17 MALTA 35 LITHUANIA 54 NETHERLANDS 104 PROVISIONAL TOP 5 AFTER 40 OF 42 NATIONS HAVE VOTED ITALY 182 NORWAY 149 UNITED STATES 143 BRAZIL 130 GERMANY 129