Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

 

It seems every year some artist does a video of his Eurovision journey and this year it's Jurijus.  Salt to the wounds of unfair non qualification?

We move on the upper mid table with the review. Malta - Michela - Chameleon *** Chame chameleon Chame chamelon Chame chameleon Yalla yalla yalla la la la Michela Pace (18) from the beautiful island of Gozo won the very first Maltese X Factor that was used as selection method for the artist. Then they shopped for the song from international team of usual Eurovision writers. The result is radio friendly up to date pop with elements I never liked that much aka the chorus - maybe I'm just old? The video is this season's prettiest by far but will this work on stage? This can go either way, I have no glue but I have a feeling Malta might be disappointed once again when the final is over.... if they make it that far. Portugal - Conan Osiris - Telemóveis *** Eu partia telemóveis Mas eu nunca mais parto o meu Eu sei que a saudade tá morta Quem mandou a flecha fui eu I used to break cell phones But I will never break mine again  I know that 'saudade' i...

Jurijus (Veklenko, 29) became third time lucky when he won the Lithuanian national final for Eurovision song contest after having tried already back in 2012 and 2014. His Run with the lions won both the jury and televotes. He's no newbie to Eurovision stage though, he was backing singer in 2015 .  Jurijus - Run with the Lions (jury 12 + televotes 12) 24 Monika Marija - Light On (10 + 10) 20 Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio Dantys - Mažulė (8 + 8) 16 Jurgis DID & Erica Jennings - Sing! (7 + 7) 14 Alen Chicco - Your Cure (6 + 6) 12 Henry & Tommy Modric - Neverpart (5 + 5) 10 Jurgis Brūzga - CTRL ALT DELETE (4 + 4) 8 Justina Budaitė-Junà - Strength of a Woman (3 + 3) 6 Ps . This must be the first time ever I see jury and televoters totally agree on everything!

One of the marathon selections of this year (again) comes to an end. After four heats, two semifinals, several changes in the line up and 49 songs we have only eight left, two of them sung by Monika Marija until she withdraw one of them this week, and line up includes also two Eurovision veterans Jurgis DID of InCulto fame (2010) and his wife Erica Jennings of Skamp fame (2001) performing together. There's everything from jazzy groovers to angry female rappers and Turkish bazar humour.  Only two songs have scored full votes from both jury and televoters in each passage: Monika Marija's Light on and Jurijus' Run with the lions . Jurijus is also my favorite along with Monika Marija. But with Criminal , the song she withdraw, and now also Jurijus is propably facing a date related disqualification.... (Update: Case closed. He can participate) Henry & Tommy Modric - Neverpart Justina Budaitė-Junà - Strength of a Woman Monika Marija - Light On Jurgis Brūzga ...