The
Lithuanian final took place on 14 February in Vilnius.An excellent contest with some great songs, all of which were performed in English.
The
Lithuanian final took place on 14 February in Vilnius.
An excellent contest with some great songs, all of which were
performed in English.
I particularly liked Hello by Ruta, but was impressed by the high standard throughout.
After some troubles (detailed below) Aivaras (right) agreed to represent Lithuania in Tallinn with "Happy You"
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# |
Title |
Composers |
Performers |
Placing |
Picture |
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1 |
Fantasy |
Salim Lundquist |
Simona |
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2 |
The Biggest Star Of My Life |
Markas |
Markas |
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3 |
Don't Ever Stop |
Vaidoto Valiukeviciaus, |
Kosmo |
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4 |
Find Your Song |
Kersti Kuus & Imre Sooaar |
Iris |
8 |
|
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5 |
We All |
Deivido Zvonkaus, |
B’Avarija |
1 |
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|
6 |
Singing In The Night |
Saules Kliošas & |
Saules Kliošas |
3 |
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7 |
I Wanna Hold You |
"Host&Snor"& King Lion |
Jolanta Tubinyte & |
7 |
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8 |
I’m So In Love |
Naktines Personos |
Naktines Personos |
4 |
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9 |
If You Can |
Vytauto Miškinio & If |
If |
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10 |
Q-ba-ba |
Lino Adomaicio, |
Adoms |
9 |
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11 |
Happy You |
Aivaras |
Aivaras |
2 |
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12 |
Hello |
Daliaus Pletniovo & |
Ruta Lukoševiciutes |
5 |
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13 |
You Be Waiting |
A. Zvirblio & R. Difarto |
R. Difartas & Dreams |
6 |
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14 |
Never |
La Vita & |
La Vita |
10 |
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15 |
Feelings |
Art Gadel |
Agne |
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Telephone voting was used to select the winner, and only placings were announced in the show - they are shown below - and boy-band B’Avarija with "We All" was declared winner - an excellent lively number much like some of the Pet Shop Boys better work.
However controversy soon erupted as it turned out "We All" had been a local chart hit for B’Avarija in late 2001 in its Lithuanian version. Songs are supposed to be original, and this final was full of questionable songs in that way - most obviously "If" whose words are from a world-famous poem by Rudyard Kipling. Q-ba-ba had also been released before, so it seems Lithuanian TV wasn't living up to its obligations.
On March 22nd the EBU reference group in Geneva listened to "We All" and its Lithuanian counterpart "Mes Cia!" and unanimously voted to disqualify the song.
After some indecision, on March 28th second-placed Aivaras agreed to represent Lithuania with "Happy You"
There is a semi-official Lithuanian website (in Lithuanian!) at this link.
If you have any further news or updates on this country's National selection I'd like to hear about it. E-Mail me, Geoff Harrison, at my contact page
