Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3QAHYdPpVnElXYd8h1yEpA

The Semifinal consists of one group of 15 songs (the third, fourth, and fifth place songs from each group in Round 3). The top five songs advance to the Final, the next five (in order) are #16 - #20 of the 2026 TMT20, and the last five are the final five songs to be eliminated.

The voting period will last until Tuesday, August 25rd at 12:00 PM, Talossan Daylight Time. (19:00 CEST)

Give your top eight songs 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly eight songs.

DO NOT POST YOUR VOTE HERE, SEND IT TO ME IN A PRIVATE MESSAGE!*

B-52's - Roam
David Bowie - Starman
Deep Purple - Child in Time
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
House of Pain - Jump Around
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Men At Work - Down Under
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
The Beatles - Taxman
The Cure - A Forest
The Who - Baba O'Riley


Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 10 points
- Number of voters giving 8 points
...
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- PPV in Round 3
- Rank in Round 3
- PPV in Round 2
- Rank in Round 2
- Last year's result (1 > 2 > ... > 20 > Round 4 > Round 3 > Round 2 > other)
- PPV in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Rank in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Tactical voting refers to either giving more points than you normally would to a song because it would make the difference between it going through or getting eliminated, or giving fewer points than you normally would to a song because it might kick a song you like even more out of the competition. This is hard to prevent, but my very strong request would be to not do it. Give points to the songs you believe deserve to go through, regardless of how others are voting. Doing otherwise reduces the value of votes that came before you, which is unfair to them. Remember that it's not a competition between voters, but a collective effort to make a nice list of songs we like. Thanks.

I did my best with all the links but there is always a chance some are broken or have a wrong version or bad audio quality. If a link is broken or you have a suggestion for a better link, please contact me or post the link in the thread. Officially, we are not voting on the YouTube link, but on the listed Artist + Title.

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC., IS VERY WELCOME.

* I will accept private messages on discord as well (also whatsapp or emails to my hotmail, for those who have access to those)

Cézembre Fieschā is in the starting blocks, ready for success as usual

I am back! Well prepared for another last place finish! Good luck everyone!

It thankfully seems like we're back to normal, so it seems like a good moment for the first turnout update; we're at 40 voters, or 29.2% turnout, with 13 days 8 hours left to vote.

We're a bit more than one fifth of the way into the election; last time, at this point into the election, 45 votes were cast (33.1%). It seems we're a little behind schedule, but this was also true of the last election, and yet it ended up being the election with the highest percentage turnout in post-Ben Talossa, and highest absolute turnout since July 2018, although in that one we had almost 50 more citizens.

Quote from: Glüc on August 19, 2026, 07:28:13 AMPogacar or not Pogacar? He's 12 credits more than the next most expensive rider. Still requires some amount of bravery to skip him...

He is ridiculously expensive. But how can you not? You would just be giving up some days on purpose.

Pogacar or not Pogacar? He's 12 credits more than the next most expensive rider. Still requires some amount of bravery to skip him...

Quote from: Aryan Vaidya on August 11, 2026, 04:14:19 PMI would like to join the Talossan Cycling Association (TCA) how do I join?

name: Aryan Vaidya
age: 18

Not entirely sure, I think stating your desire to be a TCA member is probably enough to make you one. I think @þerxh Sant-Enogat created a strava group at some point. If that still exists you could probably ask him to join.

The main TCA activity now is the fantasy cycling contest called TCAT (Talossan Cycling Association Tour. Registrations for the next edition have just opened. If you want to participate you can have a look here: https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=5453.0

We have a pretty short deadline this time. Teams need to be in by saturday, so only three days to go!

Azul everyone, welcome back to season 5 of the Talossan Cycling Association Tour. The previous leg had a superclose finish with the Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis prevailing in the end, while Gordon Hiatus Support Team won the first leg and holds a sizeable season lead after the second. We now move on to the fellow micronation of Monaco for the third leg, which will of course end in Spain as usual.

All Talossans are heartily invited to sign their teams up! Team registrations are now open, and instructions follow below.

Deadline

The deadline for entries to be submitted is 16:00 CEST (Cézembre Summer Time) / 09:00 (AM) TDT (Talossan Daylight Time) on Saturday August 22nd, 2026.


How to register

Step 1: Create a Velogames account

If you already have a Velogames account you can proceed with step 2.
You can create a Velogames account by going to velogames.com -> log in -> click here to register

Step 2: Register your team

While logged in to Velogames, go to the following page: https://www.velogames.com/spain/2026/entryform.php

Here you can submit your team. After submitting your team you can still make changes to your team up until the deadline! On your team page, which you can find by clicking visit team, you can also change your team name and jersey.

Step 3: Join the Talossan Cycling Association Tour

After you set up your team you can go to your team page (visit team) and under team management there should be a button called join league. There you can join the Talossan Cycling Association Tour by entering the following league code: 639289433

(You can access league scores and/or view who's signed up here: https://www.velogames.com/spain/2026/leaguescores.php?league=639289433)


Team information

Each team needs to consist of 9 riders, with a combined total cost of up to 100 credits. These need to include 2 all rounders, 2 climbers, 1 sprinter, 3 unclassified riders, and 1 wildcard (which can be any category).

Generally, the credits assigned to the riders are pretty close to the consensus expection of how these riders will perform. This means it is possible to do well without much research, though of course if you do want to research your team there are many resources online, such as ProCyclingStats, various preview sites, bookmakers, and the youtube channel Ow Do Cycling. It is possible to use less than 100 credits, but this is usually not advisable.

A full list of participating riders, categories and credits can be found here. These should be mostly definitive, but should any of your picks drop out before the deadline without you noticing, Velogames will autoreplace them.


Scoring & Rules

The rules for the competition can be found here. Note that we are only focused on the classic competition: 1 team that stays the same throughout the race.

The scoring system can be found here. Points are assigned daily for stage results, intermediate sprints, categorised summits, participating in breakaways, daily classification standings, and team assist points; and furthermore, a sizable chunk of points will be assigned based on the final classifications.