LITHUANIA

The Lithuanian final took place on the 24th February in Vilnius. 13 songs were promoted into the final after a semi-final and online wildacrd voting. The songs were presented then voted on by the public. The top 3 went through to the Superfinal and judged by an expert jury. The song chosen for Düsseldorf is “C’est Ma Vie” by Evelina Sašenko.

This is a very slow dramatic ballad, if not a little old fashioned. The verses are all in English, whilst the choruses are in a mixture of French and English. Eveline is joined only by a pianist on stage; the lighting is very sparse and moody, which suits the style of song. To be honest this is more the type of song that would not feel out of place in a musical, rather than on the Eurovision stage. The song has little edge or hook and is not very memorable at all. The ending of the song is also a little stank and pointless. Giving her some due, Eveline’s voice is very strong although she has to really push to get the high notes. Her accent is not too bad and singing in English and French may get here a few extra votes.

Eveline is wearing the most strange dress. The top half is a dark brown with a light brown flowery ruffle on her shoulder but the bottom half seems to be a tight ankle length dress with a see-through light brown netted underskirt on top. It looks very bizarre. I do hope she wares something a little more suitable as this will with the Barbra Dex award for worst outfit EASILY.



SINGER – Evelina Sašenko
SONG – C’est Ma Vie (It’s My Life)
MUSIC – Paulius Zdanavičius
WORDS – Andrius Kairys