Lithuania LITHUANIA 2022 - Monika Liu - Sentimentai

[escYOUnited]

Tuk tuk tuk
naktį į širdį pasibeldžia
ilgesio pilna
atminimų lydima
dvasia

Tu, tai tu, tai tu
seniai matytas veide
Ko juokies lyg klounas
iš mano spindinčių akių?

Sukasi ratu galvoje momentai
bėga bėga ten, kur ir tu
Milijonas rožių lyg sentimentai
skęsta jūroje debesų

Ah…

Ošia jūra nerami
man ašaros akyse
Viskas - jis nebesugrįš niekada
jis atplaukė juoda puta

Pamenu, kaip stoviu Nidos kopų vidury
Ir žuvėdrai moju
toli, toli…

Sukasi ratu galvoje momentai
bėga bėga ten, kur ir Tu
Milijonas rožių lyg sentimentai
skęsta jūroje debesų

Sukasi ratu galvoje momentai
bėga bėga ten, kur ir Tu
Milijonas rožių lyg sentimentai
skęsta jūroje debesų
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[Sammy]

So many times in the past Lithuania didn't reach my top 10 and now I have a top 5 two years in a row. This one being currently even my number 2!

 

[EscCarina]

Can't stop listening to it. I've never loved my country's choices so much as in the past couple of years. Its my first as of right now and I'm genuinely loving Sentimentai way more then other songs (so far). The production of music is very professional and the lyrics have cultural meaning to us, lithuanians, and overall are in our poetic language. And my, oh my, Monika's charisma and voice will rock the stage in May. Maybe my favorite country in esc (Belgium) will surprise us and knock Monika out of my first place, but I truly believe in her and wish her the best in Turin. Even if she will be last, I'm gonna be proud of our choice

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

I'm quite pleased this song is so well received because it is soooo good! Still my no.1 after 19 entries (was tied with Alina's song, now it's waaay on top).

 

[Luki]

10 points, would have preferred Lolita but either way Lithuania was going to be my number one.

 

[Mrm]

@randajad

I'm shocked you do not like Lithuania 2022!

 

[burrito]

Sorry but this just screams 70's-80's dancing in an eastern bloc country for me, it's the exact type of song i would hear in any hotel/sanatorium with mostly elderly clientele on a friday party. It just rubs me in a wrong way, seems very familiar but it's not the type of familiarity I like. but I can see this succeeding with an older (eastern) audience for the exact same reasons

 

[Ianp16]

For the first time the regular UK Lithuanian diaspora televote of will be justified. Love this. Very chic. Lithuania is bringing it these last few years

 

[Zonne147]

From my 11/13 last week to my 9/18 at this point, one of my growers of the season so far

For some reason, this song has been stuck in my head and I've finally started to appreciate its charm, definitely vibing to it more than what I did with Discotheque at any point!

Hard to predict how it will do, it can either do very well or flop very hard, but I think it will stand out in that half

 

[MopManMoss]

For the first time the regular UK Lithuanian diaspora televote of will be justified. Love this. Very chic. Lithuania is bringing it these last few years

Are you saying that we as a nation did not love Donny Montell

 

[12Pointsgoto.....]

I was scared that this wouldn't be accepted, but I see that it is different. I love the song and it is currently a close second for me. I do not know what it is, but it is so enchanting and magiccal.

 

[12Pointsgoto.....]

Monika Liu said that the staging in Turin will be very different from that from the lithuanian preselection. I just hope that they don't over think the staging and ruin the classiness of the song.

 

[12Pointsgoto.....]

Sorry but this just screams 70's-80's dancing in an eastern bloc country for me, it's the exact type of song i would hear in any hotel/sanatorium with mostly elderly clientele on a friday party. It just rubs me in a wrong way, seems very familiar but it's not the type of familiarity I like. but I can see this succeeding with an older (eastern) audience for the exact same reasons

Exactly. It is a mix of 80's disco, 50's french chanson and soviet pop. I think the juries will appreciate the quality of the song and I hope the televoters will warm up to the song as well.

 

[Kaz]

It's funny to imagine an alternate scenario where Semi 1 was filled with:

Kastro Zizo
Citi Zeni
Lolita Zero
Zdob si Zdub
Fuld Effekt
Subwoolfer
Haffi Haff
Wellboy

And we all thought that 2019 semi 1 was absolutely wild for having Zero Gravity, Hatrid Mun Sigra AND Telemoveis

 

[MopManMoss]

All this talk of changing the staging is worrying me, the national final staging was absolutely perfect for the song

 

[EscCarina]

All this talk of changing the staging is worrying me, the national final staging was absolutely perfect for the song

She said that she has to change pretty much everything because the stage in PiN is very different from the one in Torino, but when she wrote the song she already had a vision for staging in Eurovision, and PiN wasn't even close for something that she has in mind. I think we need to trust her, because she is a professional and I have no doubt that the performance in semi will be absolutely BOMB

 

[gingerale]

I'm very confident about Monikas plans for Turin. Think she is an artist with a clear vision and understanding for the whole package. That's how you get far in modern Eurovision.

 

[12Pointsgoto.....]

I know, but something is worrying me. Remember last year with romania, their staging was to complicated with all the dancing around, when she could have performed it much better

 

[EscCarina]

I know, but something is worrying me. Remember last year with romania, their staging was to complicated with all the dancing around, when she could have performed it much better

Don't wory. Monika isn't Rroxen, she's a professional and knows what she's doing. And Roxen didn't have enough experience for this type of contest, she couldn't dance and sing at the same time, and we won't see that in Monika's performance.

 

[12Pointsgoto.....]

I guess so, but it still worries me. I know that I will be supporting this entry no matter how the staging looks like.

 

[Yazy]

My very brief thoughts:

points.

Straight to my TOP 3 of this year as of now.

And very likely my favorite Lithuanian entry overall.