26 July – Don’t close your eyes

Can you cast your mind back to eleven years ago? What were you doing? Were you at school? Were you celebrating one of those...

6 July – We got a love that can’t be caged

It must be a thankless task trying to get that first win for your country. For some, it was easier than others. Many people...

Lithuania: Starry, starry night

Monika Liu's team have coped well with the non-moving sun, opting instead for turning the backdrop into a night sky with twinkling bursts of...

Lithuania – By way of contrast

This is an unexpected comedown from the mental-ness that we have seen over the last two songs. I didn't give this a prayer when...

Lithuanian Press Conference – Dear Monika….

After a short pause in proceedings, presumably for pasta.. or pussy, who knows, the Lithuanians were next to face the hordes of press! Monika, sporting...

Allora, un problema tecnico

The ghosts of 1991 are seemingly alive and well and functioning just as Eurovision fans have expected. It seems, according to reports on a...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 23 – Lithuania

Your honour, I present to you the latest example of an artist that’s bigger than their song. I wrote about the phenomenon a couple-or-three...
Monika Liu

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 23 – Lithuania

Monika Liu - Sentimentai While it's tempting to dismiss this as the Lithuanian shot at recreating the spirit of 'My lovely horse', by the end...
Monika Liu

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 23 – Lithuania

Monika Liu - Sentimentai Another song in this endless farrago that reminds me of something else.  This one is, seemingly, a downbeat rehashing of this: Crossed...

It’s the final countdown in Lithuania – Who’s got over the...

I shan't know what to do with my Saturday nights, now I can't poke fun at Lithuania and their several stage song contest -...