Chapter 453:

The music of the tournament

En Passant Grandmaster


Around the same time Mimoko and Daria were receiving their bald makeovers, Iori found herself watching Kisha's show as she aided Okisato in trying to catch Chihuahua.

"Welcome back! Now before we continue with more DSPCMs, I wanna first give some spotlight to some of the music everyone's been listening to. Seems most of the teams have an affinity for folk songs from their home nations, and thanks to my investigating, I managed to get the facts down," Kisha stated as she motioned towards the screen as images of the Bosnian teams appeared on it.

"First up, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In case it wasn't obvious, they can't get enough of Bosanska Artiljerija. Heck, some of the players even got Artiljerija as their surname. Now I get why they're always leaping in the air and shouting ARTILJERIJA, Bosanac sam Bekrija! Ahaha, guess I got a bit carried away."

The screen then displayed images of the Croatian teams.

"Since we're in the neighborhood, lets do Croatia next. Especially after Vlatka proved that Naranča is their favorite song to sing and dance to. I can see why, it really makes you feel badass, especially with the electric guitars."

The screen then changed to show images of the Serbian teams.

"While it isn't everyone's favorite, the majority of the folks here say Oj, Ružice Rumena is their favorite song. This one's much sadder compared to the two upbeat songs we heard, but not everyone's favorite songs are upbeat ones."

The next team to appear was Bulgaria, with Kisha unable to resist rocking out to the beat.

"Пустоно Лудо и Младо (Pustono Ludo i Mlado) just makes me wanna go full Sukeban and smack some heads in, it goes that hard. Ahem, moving on."

The images of the Simien teams appeared as Kisha got up to begin dancing.

"We all know Mayim Mayim, especially thanks to the Bermuda party. But I hear that while it is the favorite song of most, Hava Nagila's a close second. As for who's favorite is who's, Maccabee, Noa, Benny, and Golda prefer Mayim Mayim, while the rest say Hava Nagila's their favorite."

Kisha put on a cowgirl hat as images of the American teams appeared on screen.

"If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe, I'd have no idea what the Americans liked. Where did he come from, where did he go? All I know is he's Cotton Eye Joe! Ahahaha. My English ain't bad, huh? Nor's my dancing... Moving on."

Kisha took off the cowgirl hat and began doing the Can Can as images of the French teams appeared on screen.

"Whoo! I could have been a Radio City Rockette if I was born in New York. Really getting your fill of my dance moves huh? Though... Huff... Sorry, gotta sit down. Just kidding!" Kisha grinned as she began doing a Russian dance.

And in theme, the images of the Russian team appeared on screen.

"Now most of the Russians agree this catchy mix of Kalinka and Korobeiniki is their favorite song. It's mostly Korobeiniki, but it makes sense cuz everyone worldwide knows it thanks to Tetris. The only holdout is Rasputin, who, you guessed it, can't get enough of a Russian language remix of Boney M's hit, Rasputin. OK, enough of the dancing. For real this time."

However, Kisha didn't sit back down just yet as images of the Prussian team appeared on screen.

"And from one militaristic nation to the next, it's no surprise the Prussians all list their national anthem, Preußens Gloria, as their favorite song. I've heard a remix of the song has also been topping the Euro charts too. OK, now that this is over, I can finally sit back down in my comfy chair again."

Though the militaristic theme didn't end just yet as images of England's team appeared on screen.

"While I hear the popular song in Britain is something else, Rule Britannia is apparently the patriotic theme of England and the whole UK. Makes sense I guess. But that doesn't mean it's the favorite of all the teams from nations of the UK. England just so happens to be the only one with a majority of it's members that say it's their favorite."

Images of the Polish team appeared on screen next.

"Now Poland's our first nation to have it's players list 3 different songs as their favorite. Jadwiga's is apparently Czerwone Jagody, while the others like Lipka Zielona and W Moim Ogródecku (In My Garden)."

Next up were images of the Italian team, with Kisha deciding to get up and dance the tarantella.

"Now this song just screams Italian, which makes sense because it's a fusion of the two most well-known Italian songs out there, Tarantella Napoletana and Funiculi Funicula, funiculi funicula, funiculi, funiculaaaaa... What? I can sing and dance when I want to. My show. Now back to my comfy chair unless of course this next country's favorite song isn't dance-based."

Images of the Estonian teams then appeared, and with their favorite song being dance-based, Kisha remained standing and dancing.

"Kui mina ükskord noores eas, võtsin vana naise sure is upbeat for how morbid it is. No, I'm sadly not fluent in Estonian like Okisato the polyglot, but I managed to find the translations for this song, and WOW! No disses by the way, since it's a banger."

It was back to the comfy chair for Kisha though, as images of Hungary's team flashed on screen.

"Now Hungarian Dance No 5 might be what everyone thinks the favorite is here, especially considering we use it in the official broadcasts. But the favorite is actually an old folk song known as Nosza Hajdú. Even the often times fickle Zsa Zsa says this is one of her favorites, especially the rock remix of it. And with that-"

But before Kisha could finish, her feed suddenly cut off. As the staff tried to get things back online, they were suddenly stopped by the arrival of a certain someone.

"Don't bother fixing it, it's part of the show. Now, just get this video up and running for me," Mifsud smiled.

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