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The sandwiches were so good though. You could almost taste the sin 

nope it´s only and only the fault of @Olympian1010 , this is the celestial punishment for selling meat sandwiches on Good Friday to his classmates... I warned him yesterday, but he obviously didn't listen and now we have this.
 
Thank you Olympian1010 
 
 

Official Statement
 
Contest Grand Final will be moved until next weekend due to continuous technical problems, the main one is a faulty Internet connection that does not allow me to work as fast as I can on the voting templates and the scoreboards. Will continue work through the weekend though.

Villa Panamericana
PAN AMERICAN VILLAGE
 
 
 
Villa Deportiva Nacional (VIDENA)
AQUATICS, ATHLETICS, BADMINTON, BOWLING, HANDBALL, JUDO, SQUASH, TABLE TENNIS, TRACK CYCLING
 
 
 
Complejo Villa María del Triunfo
ARCHERY, BASEBALL, BASQUE PELOTA, FIELD HOCKEY, RUGBY SEVENS, SOFTBALL, WATER POLO
 
 
 
Bowling Center
BOWLING
 
 
 
Campo de Béisbol
BASEBALL
 
 
 
Campo de Softbol
SOFTBALL
 
 
 
Campo de Rugby
RUGBY SEVENS
 
 
 
Canchas de Hockey
FIELD HOCKEY
 
 
 
Canchas de Pelota Vasca
BASQUE PELOTA
 
 
 
Centro Acuático (Villa María del Triunfo)
WATER POLO
 
 
 
Coliseo Miguel Grau del Callao
BOXING, WRESTLING
 
 
 
Estadio Atlético
ATHLETICS
 
 
 
Estadio Universidad San Marcos
FOOTBALL
 
 
 
Polideportivo del Callao
TAEKWONDO, VOLLEYBALL
 
 

Archery will be held at the rugby stadium @vinipereira

Villa Panamericana
PAN AMERICAN VILLAGE
 
 
 
Villa Deportiva Nacional (VIDENA)
AQUATICS, ATHLETICS, BADMINTON, BOWLING, HANDBALL, JUDO, SQUASH, TABLE TENNIS, TRACK CYCLING
 
 
 
Complejo Villa María del Triunfo
ARCHERY, BASEBALL, BASQUE PELOTA, FIELD HOCKEY, RUGBY SEVENS, SOFTBALL, WATER POLO
 
 
 
Bowling Center
BOWLING
 
 
 
Campo de Béisbol
BASEBALL
 
 
 
Campo de Softbol
SOFTBALL
 
 
 
Campo de Rugby
RUGBY SEVENS
 
 
 
Canchas de Hockey
FIELD HOCKEY
 
 
 
Canchas de Pelota Vasca
BASQUE PELOTA
 
 
 
Centro Acuático (Villa María del Triunfo)
WATER POLO
 
 
 
Coliseo Miguel Grau del Callao
BOXING, WRESTLING
 
 
 
Estadio Atlético
ATHLETICS
 
 
 
Estadio Universidad San Marcos
FOOTBALL
 
 
 
Polideportivo del Callao
TAEKWONDO, VOLLEYBALL
 
 

Cheaters!! I smell cheaters!
 
How dare you be friends. To think I gave points to Brazil..
 
 

Hello everyone.
 
Sorry for the delay... my Internet company is running some tests as connection all over the country has been faulty in the past two weeks, even at work.
The ceremony will be held tonight, since my priority is to send the voting templates and save the scoreboards, so as to avoid major catastrophe. So expect to receive a private messages in the next few hours.
 
My most sincere apologies to all.

Ok guys, @mrv86 is having some major connection problems today and that's why the wasn't able to upload anything before (and that includes the videos/imagens of Opening Ceremony). Earlier he tried to edit the starting time of the OC (which was supposed to happen in the next hour or so), but it didn't work. He's trying to get a solution so that the contest goes as planned, even going to a new location if necessary!
 

Ok guys, @mrv86 is having some major connection problems today and that's why the wasn't able to upload anything before (and that includes the videos/imagens of Opening Ceremony). Earlier he tried to edit the starting time of the OC (which was supposed to happen in the next hour or so), but it didn't work. He's trying to get a solution so that the contest goes as planned, even going to a new location if necessary!
 

Notable changes (some of which were discussed here) include: Swimming at the second week in the same days of Athletics; Judo being held in the last days, as Taekwondo goes to the first days; most Cycling events being held from the second weekend on; all Boxing finals in the first week; Women's Volleyball tournament after Men's (Peru might be fighting for gold after all).
 
I think Toronto had some problems keeping the excitement for the second week (at the second Sunday, 233 out of 364 events had already been held). I don't think this will be a problem in Lima. In fact, the second week will be VERY busy.
 

TISC Team Challenge Guidelines
 
The TISC Team Challenge consists of 10 teams: 9 teams of 4 members each and 1 team of 2 members which includes the host. Each team is based in a different region of the host country and named after an native ethnic group that inhabits said region.  
The competition will be held in a relay format of 4 legs, that mirrors each of the voting sessions of the Grand Final, e.g. Leg 1 will involve the votes of the juries positioned 1-10 in the voting order; leg 2 will include those juries positioned 11-19; leg 3 spans the votes of juries located 20-29 in the time shedule; and finally, leg 4 will comprise the votes of the juries situated 30-38 in the order.  
There will be one scoring member for each team in each leg. Only the score of the team member taking part in that specific leg will count towards the team competition. In the case of the the 2 member team, each nation will score in two succesive legs.  
To determine the order in which team members will race each leg, participating countries were distributed in two halves, onceagain respecting the voting order. Then for each team, the nation in the first half will exchange its position with the nation in the second half that "mirrors" its position, like the table below shows.  
Team 1st Leg 2nd Leg 3rd Leg 4th Leg  Huichol   Croatia   New Zealand   Slovenia   Romania  Tarahumara   Bulgaria   Portugal   Tunisia   Russia  Tapatio  Mexico  Indonesia  Huastec   Finland   Venezuela   Chile   Slovakia  Otomi   Great Britain   Brazil   Spain   Netherlands  Purepecha   Lithuania   Denmark   Norway   France  Totonac   Italy   Colombia   Serbia   Germany  Maya   United States   Egypt   P.R. of China   Argentina  Mixtec   Algeria   Ireland   Poland   Greece  Yaqui   Turkey   Australia   India   Malta  
At the end of each leg, the scoring team members will be ranked in descending order based on the number of points they received during that specific leg. Thus, the team that has accumulated the most points in that leg will be ranked first and receive a score of 1 point for that leg, with the 10th team in the rank receiving a score of 10 points.  
In the case where two or more teams members are tied after the leg is complete, the same tie-break rules that apply to the main contest will be carried out}; e.g. the team member that received points from the greatest number of different juries in that leg; then, the team member that received the highest score (12 points) from most juries, followed by the second highest score (11 points) from most juries  and so on. If the tie remains after all the previous criteria have been used, the teams will be deemed to have tied for the same position and received the same points that leg.  
After all relay legs are completed, the team with the lowest team score will be deemed the winner, the format is similar to that used in Olympic-class sailing competitions. In the event that 2 or more teams are tied for position at the end of the contest, the 3 highest scoring legs for each member will be considered only in order to break the tie. If there is still a tie, the 2 highest scoring legs for each member will be considered only. If after that the tie remains, then the teams will be deemed to have tied for the same position and no further tie-breaks will apply.  

TISC Grand Final Schedule
 
Date: Arena VFG
Time: 07:00 Central Daylight Time (GMT -5)
Venue: Arena VFG
 
 
Voting
Order
Nation Voting Time
(Host)
Voting Time
(Local)
Session #1 1     SLOVENIA 07:00 14:00 2     TUNISIA 07:12 13:12 3     INDONESIA 07:24 19:24 4     CHILE 07:36 08:36 5     SPAIN 07:48 14:48 6     NORWAY 08:00 15:00 7     SERBIA 08:12 15:12 8     P.R. OF CHINA 08:24 21:24 9     POLAND 08:36 15:36 10     INDIA 08:48 19:18 Break 09:00 - 09:30 30 mins Session #2 11     ROMANIA 09:30 17:30 12     RUSSIA 09:42 17:42 13     SLOVAKIA 09:54 16:54 14     NETHERLANDS 10:06 17:06 15     FRANCE 10:18 17:18 16     GERMANY 10:30 17:30 17     ARGENTINA 10:42 12:42 18     GREECE 10:54 18:54 19     MALTA 11:06 18:06 Break 11:18 - 12:30 72 mins  Session #3 20     CROATIA 12:30 19:30 21     BULGARIA 12:42 20:42 22     MEXICO 12:54 12:54 23     FINLAND 13:06 21:06 24     GREAT BRITAIN 13:18 19:18 25     LITHUANIA 13:30 21:30 26     ITALY 13:42 20:42 27     UNITED STATES 13:54 14:54 28     ALGERIA 14:06 20:06 29     TURKEY 14:18 22:18 Break 14:30 - 15:00 30 mins Session #4 30     NEW ZEALAND 15:00 08:00 (Sun) 31     PORTUGAL 15:12 21:12 32     VENEZUELA 15:24 16:24 33     BRAZIL 15:36 17:36 34     DENMARK 15:48 22:48 35     COLOMBIA 16:00 16:00 36     EGYPT 16:12 23:12 37     IRELAND 16:24 22:24 38     AUSTRALIA 16:36 07:06 (Sun)  
 

Road to TISC Annual - Mexico 2019
 
 
We conclude our "Road to TISC Annual 2019" series now by remembering a duo of TISC artists from Mexico, our host nation, who have both made 2 appearances at the contest. First though we are travelling to the Mediterranean island of Malta where we will find Red Electrick, the pop-rock band who first appeared at TISC Annual 2014. 62 points and 20th place was to be the final result for their song "The Runaway".
Red Electrick came back one year later at TISC Annual 2015 in Denmark. This time they claimed 85 points with their entry "Young Again", enough for a respectable 14th place finish.
 
 
 
 
 
  Malta - Red Electrick
 
 
Red Electrick competed at TISC Annual 2014 and 2015

 
 
 
 
 
TISC Annual 2014 - Red Electrick - The Runaway

 
 
 
TISC Annual 2015 - Red Electrick ft. MPO - Young Again

 
 
 
 
 
 
  Mexico - Natalia Lafourcade
 
 
Natalia won the Mexican ticket for TISC Annual 2016 and 2017

 
 
 
Up next is the first of 2 Mexican artists who represented the hosts of TISC Annual 2019 on 2 occsions. Natalia Lafourcade won the Mexican selection ticket for TISC Annual 2016 in Slovakia. "Hasta La Raíz" finished the contest in 24th position. Undeterred, Natalia won the selection once again for TISC Annual, this time making the trip to Great Britain in 2017. Natalia climbed to 15th place on this occasion with Tú Sí Sabes Quarerme taking 80 points from the juries.
 
 
 
 
TISC Annual 2016 - Natalia Lafourcade - Hasta La Raíz

 
 
 
TISC Annual 2017 - Natalia Lafourcade ft. Los Macorinos - Tú Sí Sabes Quarerme

 
 
 
 
 
  Mexico - Santana
 
 
Santana won silver at TISC Open 2016 in Lithuania

 
 
 
What better way to end our "Road to TISC Annual 2019" series by remembering our hosts' most successful TISC artist. That of course is Santana and he too is a 2-time TISC artist. Santana debuted at the inaugural TISC back in 2013 where his enty "Corazon Espiando", featuring Mana bagged an impressive 128 points, enough for 7th position.
However, even better was to come when Santana returned to the contest 3 years later at TISC Annual 2016. This time, his entry, "Smooth", featuring Rob Thomas, racked up a massive 176 points, taking home the silver medal for Mexico. This remains the host nation's most successful result to date and established Santana as one of the true greats when it comes to TISC.
 
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Santana. Best of luck to Mexico in all the preparations for the Grand Final on Saturday and see you all at the Opening Ceremony tomorrow
 
 
 
 
TISC Open 2013 - Santana feat. Mana - Corazon Espinado

 
 
TISC Open 2016 - Santana feat. Rob Thomas - Smooth

 
 

Road to TISC Annual - Mexico 2019
 
 
 
Tonight we wrap up our "Road to TISC Annual 2019" series with a look at another batch of artists who made multiple appearances at TISC.
In Part 1 we feature Gjan, Ninety One and Aamir Khan
In Part 2 we feature Red Electrick and conclude our series with a duo of artists from host country Mexico who both appeared twice at TISC Natalia Lafourcade and Santana
 
 
Part 1 kicks off with Lithuanian female singer Greta Jančytė, better known as GJan who debuted at TISC Annual 2014 with "Need Your Love". GJan finished in 16th place in that occasion, but it was her return 3 years later at TISC Annual 2017 where she made a greater impact. Her entry "Wild" went over the 100-point threshold, finishing with a total of 115 points, enough for 7th place in the final standings.
 
 
 
 
 
  Lithuania - GJan
 
 
GJan finished 7th at TISC Annual 2017 with "Wild"

 
 
 
 
 
 
TISC Annual 2014 - GJan - Need Your Love

 
 
 
TISC Annual 2017 - GJan - Wild

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Kazakhstan - Ninety One
 
 
Ninety One represented Kazakhstan at TISC Annual in 2017 and 2018

 
 
 
 
Next up we have a rare find when it comes to TISC.... a boyband, and one that has competed at TISC on 2 occasions! Kazakh Q-pop boyband Ninety One represented their nation at 2 consecutive TISC Annuals in 2017 and 2018. On both occasions they finished in 33rd position. It seems like Q-pop has a way to go before it sinks into the consciousness of TISC voters, but we applaud their proud achievement of being a 2-time TISC contestant.
 
 
 
 
TISC Annual 2017 - Ninety One - Kalay Karaisyn?

 
 
TISC Annual 2018 - Ninety One - Ah!Yah!Mah!

 
 
 
 
 
 
  India - Aamir Khan
 
 
Aamir Khan participated at both TISC Annual and TISC Open

 
 
 
 
Aamir Khan is not only a talented Bollywood actor, director singer and songwriter, but he is also a two-time TISC contestant! Aamir first appeared at TISC Open back in 2015 where appeared alongside 3-time TISC artist, A.R. Rahman and returned at TISC Annual in 2017, the more successful of his two appearances to date.
 
 
 
 
TISC Open 2015 - Lagaan, Aamir Khan & A.R. Rahman - Chale Chalo

 
 
 
TISC Annual 2017 - Aamir Khan - Dhaakad

 

That would be a true Easter miracle right there.

I don't think they will. This seems like a sport people like to watch even when they have no knowledge of it?
 

First quota for Haiti!
 

I hope Brazil send someone, but probably no one from the big stars will go.