Lithuania - Monika Liu - Sentimentai

14 - 128 pts   7 - 159 pts in semi 1
Sentimentai performed and written by Monika Liu (Monika Liubinaitė) is the winner of Pabandom Iš Naujo! 2022, the Lithuanian selection for the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest.

Sentimentai was released as a digital single on January 18.

With Sentimentai we have a Lithuanian language in Eurovision only for the 4th time. And Monika made it to the final.

Monika Liubinaitė is one of the songwriters for the 2015 entry This Time by Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila.

Digital release image

2023 album Kodėl tu čia

In 2023 (May 6) Monika released her album 2023 album Kodėl tu čia? including Sentimentai in an amazing 8 minute version.

The album is released on vinyl LP and was available first on the presentation concert. I have no further details on CD (if any) but I only saw the LP on Discogs so far. Monika's Bandcamp has the vinyl for sale (at a price though)

LP, pic  borrowed from Discogs

Versions:

Sentimentai

- on the official album, digital on 18-1

Sentimentai (Ilga versija)

- 8 minute version on LP Kodėl tu čia? (and digital) 2023

Sentimentai - karaoke

- on the official karaoke album (digital)

Links and sources:
Sentimentai: YT audio

Monika Liu: FB, Insta

Pabandom Iš Naujo! FB

Iceland - Með Hækkandi Sól - Systur (Sigga, Beta og Elin)

23 - 20 pts   10 - 103 pts in semi 1

Með Hækkandi Sól (With the rising sun) by Sigga, Beta and Elin is the winner of the Icelandic Söngvakeppni 2022 and is the entry for Torino.

Sigríður, Elísabet and Elín Eyþórsdætur are sisters. Their song is written by Lovísa Elísabet Sigrúnardottir better known as Lay Low.

On March 16 it was announced that they will be going further as Systur (Sisters).

Pic from the sisters Facebook

The Systur also have a bróðir, his name is Eyþór and he joined his sisters on stage in Turin (on drums).

2023 remix

Palmi, who also mixed the Icelandic 2023 entry made a remix of Með Hækkandi Sól and it was released in Eurovision week 2023.

The Systur (and bró) come from a musical family. Mom Ellen Kristjánsdóttir participated in the 1989 Söngvakeppni with the band Mannakorn and the song Linudans (ending 2nd behind Daníel Augúst Haraldsson.

A year later she came fifth with Ég Læt Mig Dreyma.

Dad Eyþór Gunnarsson was a founding member and keyboard player of Mezzoforte, jazz disco band who had some world hits with songs like Garden Party and Rockall.

Söngvakeppnin 2022 album

10 songs competed for the Icelandic ticket to Turin. The final was on March 12.

All songs were released on the digital album Söngvakeppnin 2022. 10 songs in  Icelandic, nine also have their English version. Plus 10 Icelandic karaokes and 9 English. 38 tracks in all.

The winning song Með Hækkandi Sól is the only of the 10 not having an English version or English karaoke.

Versions:
Með Hækkandi Sól - original

- on the official album, digital single on some sources
Með Hækkandi Sól - karaoke

- on the official karaoke album (digital)

- both on digital album Söngvakeppnin 2022

Með Hækkandi Sól - palmi.remix

- digital 12-5-2023

Links and sources:
Systur: Sigga, Beta og Elin: Website,  FB, Insta

RÚV Söngvakeppnin pages, FB, Insta