[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Kate!

Bloody hell Ben that's loud!

I’d actually wear that in real life.

[Josiah.]

I was just about to say that that is something you'd wear.

[Josiah.]

Also... pulling the results forward. Results now at 7!

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Josiah.

I was just about to say that that is something you'd wear.

Haha, I forgot you have me on FB and have seen some of my outfit choices

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Josiah.

Also... pulling the results forward. Results now at 7!

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

I’d actually wear that in real life.

wear it on your hike?

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Kate!

wear it on your hike?

Too good to ruin on a hike

[Josiah.]

Who Captivated You in the Grand Final? I present to you, The Winner!


(click the picture to watch the video, and then come back to this post)

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And there you have it, we have a winner; and one that I definitely was not expecting.

During the first two days of voting, the winner kept switching between 3 of our Top 4 countries. It wasn't until the final votes came in that the winner was confirmed.

To all of you, thank you for coming on this journey again. I really appreciate it, and hopefully you take a look at the website and wiki page after this to see the full results (I re-themed the website to go along with the new look of the contest).

I hope you all enjoy the new slogan and visual design to be used from the seventeenth edition onwards. I've been trying to make the graphics look nice and easy on the eyes, even if I'm using three different fonts in the new look.

See you in April for TiBB Big Brother: Level Up, and again in June for the 17th TiBB Music Festival!

Grand Final Placings:

Spoiler:

1st - New Zealand (318 points)
2nd - United States (309 points)
3rd - Greece (303 points)
4th - Liechtenstein (277 points)
5th - Italy (265 points)
6th - Ireland (207 points)*
7th - Wales (207 points)*
8th - Australia (192 points)
9th - Zimbabwe (190 points)
10th - Canada (185 points)
11th - Sweden (176 points)
12th - Barbados (169 points)
13th - Colombia (166 points)
14th - France (153 points)
15th - Malta (146 points)
16th - England (138 points)
17th - Angola (108 points)
18th - Norway (106 points)
19th - Albania (102 points)
20th - Czechia (53 points)

[B]*Note: Ireland and Wales had the same amount of points, but Ireland had a higher televoting score and had more countries vote for it.

Semi-final Placings:

Spoiler:

1st - New Zealand (138 points)
2nd - Liechtenstein (134 points)
3rd - Greece (124 points)
4th - Barbados (112 points)
5th - Italy (109 points)
6th - Colombia (102 points)*
7th - Wales (102 points)*
8th - France (98 points)
9th - England (87 points)
10th - Canada (86 points)
11th - Zimbabwe (82 points)
12th - Ireland (80 points)**
13th - Albania (80 points)**
14th - Malta (78 points)
15th - Bosnia & Herzegovina (70 points)
16th - Puerto Rico (63 points)
17th - Scotland (49 points)
18th - Mexico (46 points)***
19th - Slovakia (46 points)***
20th - Iceland (40 points)
21st - Spain (38 points)
22nd - Türkiye (37 points)
23rd - Denmark (34 points)
24th - Finland (32 points)
25th - Ghana (28 points)
26th - Netherlands (19 points)

[B]Notes: *Colombia and Wales had the same amount of points, but Colombia gets the higher placing as it had more countries vote for it. **Albania and Ireland had the same amount of points, but Ireland gets the higher placing as it had more countries vote for it. ***Mexico and Slovakia had the same amount of points, but Mexico gets the higher placing as it had more countries vote for it.

[Benjamin]

Not going to click the spoilers. Want to see the video without ruining it.

[Kate!]

Congratulations to the winner

[Kate!]

And a massive thank you of course to Josiah for all the hard work he puts into this for our benefit every single time. Xx

[Benjamin]

Spoiler:

The final being between NZ and Liechtenstein hahaha. Was kind of hoping Liechtenstein would do it but super happy NZ won too.

And 3 out of the top 7 being mine

[Benjamin]

Well done everyone, and thanks Josiah

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Well done everyone, and thanks Josiah

Spoiler:

Well done to you. X

I managed a respectable 3rd. Great results.

Really enjoyed this.

[Josiah.]

The website and the wiki page are now updated with the results!

[Benjamin]

Also close results again

I like when it’s close, and no clear winner.

[Josiah.]

There were 9 points separating you and I, and 6 points separating Kate and I.

[Benjamin]

Your wiki is slightly wrong Josiah

Spoiler:

Ireland didn’t round out the top 5 it was USA, Greece, Liechtenstein and Italy.

[Josiah.]

Hopefully that teaser of the new graphics at the end was intriguing for you (not to mention the near blink-and-you-miss-it appearance of the next edition's generic logo.

[Josiah.]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Your wiki is slightly wrong Josiah

Spoiler:

Ireland didn’t round out the top 5 it was USA, Greece, Liechtenstein and Italy.

I fixed it.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Josiah.

Hopefully that teaser of the new graphics at the end was intriguing for you (not to mention the near blink-and-you-miss-it appearance of the next edition's generic logo.

Looking forward to it in June

[Benjamin]

My fave songs in the contest were (in no order)

* USA
* Bosnia & Herzegovina
* Slovakia
* Zimbabwe
* Mexico
* Angola

And just before the final, and just in time for points Albania massively grew on me.

I know songs not in English tend not do well but I really enjoyed Nicky’s choices (except Netherlands)

[Ammi]

….ahhhh, I missed it…/…East Anglia time difference…let me recap…

[Ammi]

….ahhhhhhh, that was a wonderful result…the New Zealand entry was outstanding, I loved it……well done Benjamin……you so deserve that win….


…and well done us all ……and thank you so much Josiah…such a stunning job as always……

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

My fave songs in the contest were (in no order)

* USA
* Bosnia & Herzegovina
* Slovakia
* Zimbabwe
* Mexico
* Angola

And just before the final, and just in time for points Albania massively grew on me.

I know songs not in English tend not do well but I really enjoyed Nicky’s choices (except Netherlands)

……

…my personal favourite for my own chosen countries was Finland…