It's official Monika Liu is set to represent Lithuania at Eurovision 2022 in Turin, with the song 'Sentimentai' after winning ‘Pabandom iš naujo’ 2022.
Since early January Lithuanian broadcaster, Lietuvos radijas ir televizija (LRT), put 36 acts through their paces in the Lithuanian National Final ‘Pabandom iš naujo’ 2022 to see who will ultimately be selected as their Eurovision 2022 representative in Turin.
Over three heats 18 out of the 34 competing acts (two acts withdrew) progressed to two semi-finals. The top four in each semi-final progressed to the final, held on February 12 in Europe (February 13 in Australia).
The jazz singer has prominent roles on Lithuanian television. She has served as a judge on 'The Voice Lithuania' and as a jury member on 'The Masked Singer Lithuania'. This is Monika's first Lithuanian national final.
Monika won the televote and jury vote.
The jury results:
Monika Liu - 'Sentimentai' - 84 points
Augustė Vedrickaitė - 'Before You're 6ft Under' - 60 points
Lolita Zero - 'Not Your Mother' - 57 points
Rūta Loop - 'Call Me from the Cold' - 51 points
Gebrasy - 'Into Your Arms' - 42 points
Justė Kraujelytė - 'How to Get My Life Back' - 37 points
Ieva Zasimauskaitė - 'I'll Be There' - 33 points
Queens of Roses - 'Washing Machine' - 21 points
The televoting results:
Monika Liu - 'Sentimentai' - 23,604 votes
Lolita Zero - 'Not Your Mother' - 20,929 votes
Augustė Vedrickaitė - 'Before You're 6ft Under' - 4,147 votes
Rūta Loop - 'Call Me from the Cold' - 1,830 votes
Gebrasy - 'Into Your Arms' - 1,404 votes
Justė Kraujelytė - 'How to Get My Life Back' - 1,164 votes
Queens of Roses - 'Washing Machine' - 1,108 votes
Ieva Zasimauskaitė - 'I'll Be There' - 729 votes
Monika Liu will now get her ultimate chance to represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin.
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