What is old is new again for Lithuania. A different year brings a different Monika into the Eurovision
spotlight as Monika Marija began her journey to become the third consecutive Monika to represent
Lithuania at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo.
The singer-songwriter arrived with a soft mid-tempo ballad, “Unlove You Starting Tomorrow” that
wowed the juries with its late-night campfire aesthetic earning their top placement for the heat. The
song wasn’t as instantly addictive to the public as the previous Monika-led entries, but the public still
gave the 2024 Monika enough support to earn eight public points. Those public points as well as the
twelve points from the juries were enough to earn Monika 2 nd place over all and a trip to the final.
That second place finish opened the door for the odd and operatic Il Senso to take the title of heat
winner with their song “Time.” Despite being a bizarre, disjointed and borderline over-the-top
contemporary theatre piece rather than a normal song, the public ate it up. Il Senso pulled in 40% of the
total televote for the heat which earned them the public’s twelve points. That top televote finish along
with a second-place finish with the juries allowed Il Senso to win the fourth heat of Eurovizija.LT.
After their individual triumphs, Monika and Il Senso will compete against eight other acts in the
Eurovizjia.LT final on the 17 th of February.