Lisbon calling Riga and Vilnius

Country: Latvia

Perfomers: Bonaparti.lv

Song: Questa notte

Music by: Kjell Jennstig

Lyrics by: Kjell Jennstig, Torbjörn Wassenius, Francesca Russo

Review: This is a first time since 2000 that a song will be sang completely in Italian, an surprisingly it will not be representing Italy or Switzerland but it will be flying the Latvian colours.

Beside being sang in Italian Questa notte also has more them a touch of opera in it, making it sound even more "vintage". Will this appeal to viewers? I think so, at least the more traditional audiences like the Portuguese one, that will surely give it a high score.

This is a pleasent song, similar to the ones that the group Il Divo sings, which can only help Bonaparti to achieve a good result. Plus they will sing last in the semi-final.

On the negative side are those crazy hats they wore in the national final, but maybe they will leave those at home.

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Country: Lithuania

Performers: 4Fun

Song: Love or leave

Music by: Julija Ritčik

Lyrics by: Julija Ritčik

Review: After a very crazy song last year Lithuania is back with a very soft song.

How this song won in Lithuania is a mistery to me, their national final used to be much weirder.

Love or leave is a gentle song, with a guitar in a backround giving it a kind Spanish feeling and the the lead singer voice giving it extra warmth.
Maybe a little too subtle for Eurovision, but on the other hand its a beautifull song that can contrast well with other more "extravagant" songs and achieve its goal to reach the viewers hearts.

Their stage performance is also very quiet but very original.