Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

The Eurovision song contest 2022 has begun in Turin this morning with the first rehearsals of Albania, Latvia, Lithuania, Switzerland, Slovenia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, The Netherlands and Moldova. And with rehearsals come problems as everything isn't (yet) perfect despite stand-in rehearsals and all that, which is very normal and adjustable. Apparently The Netherlands weren't happy with their stand-in for example but the bigger problem is the malfunction of the sun on stage that may have caused Lithuania to alter their staging. It looks like there's a problem with its motor that causes problems with the LED wall as the sun doesn't rotate all the way as it  should and it may not be fixable.... We'll see. Ukraine has had different kind of problems as they have had to change their staging several times as Ebu has considered their ideas too political until they have come to an agreement what is acceptable and suitable for Eurovision. And yes, the Green room is Green. There ...

  Here we go again! Once again Blogilkar's home jury has sat through the songs and videos and voted from 1 to 10. This year the jury consisted of pre-teens, 20somethings, 30somethngs, 40somethings and 50somethings. Even a dog participated and went nuts for Romania but was not allowed to vote. Most of the jury members had not heard any of the songs beforehand, some not even the Finnish one.And yes, this jury didn't care for betting odds, fan favorites or wanks but only their own taste and first impression! I will be counting down from bottom to the top and  here are places 21-24. Check out also places 25-28 here .  21. MOLDOVA -  Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers - Trenuleţul  (Average score 5,71) Great video! Very annoyingly catchy and crazy, how could you not like this? We just want to get up and dance along. Stands out and will probably do a lot better than anyone thinks beforehand. A bit stupid. 22. LITHUANIA - Monika Liu - Sentimentai (Average score 5,43) ...

Monika Liu kept her perfect score - full points in Heat 3, in semi-final 2 and in the grand final with her Sentimentai! And for the first time since 1999 we will be hearing Lithuanian language in the Eurovision song contest! Monika Liubinauté (34) studied jazz in University of Klaipéda, her birth town before continuing studies in Berklee Collage of Music in Boston and lived also in London awhile before moving back to Lithuania and Vilnius. Recently she has made herself known as a judge in The Voice of Lithuania and a panelist in Masked Singer. She has released three albums so far and almost a dozen singles. Sentimentai is already #1 in Lithuania, her first Top-30 single. Her other songs include Troškimas &  Vaikinai trumpais šortais ,  Pabandom iš naujo! 2022 results: 1. Monika Liu - Sentimentai (jury 12 + televote 12) 24 2. Augusté Vedrickaité - Before you're 6 ft under (10 + 8) 18 3. Lolita Zero - Not your mother (8 + 10) 18 4. Rūta Loop - Call me from the cold...