This Time (Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila song)

Lithuania "This Time"
Eurovision Song Contest 2015 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Vytautas Bikus, Monika Liubinaitė
Lyricist(s)
Vytautas Bikus, Monika Liubinaitė
Finals performance
Semi-final result
7th
Semi-final points
67
Final result
18th
Final points
30
Appearance chronology
◄ "Attention" (2014)   

"This Time" is the name of the song that represented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.[1] Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila were selected to sing the song on 21 February 2015.[2]

Music video

The music video was released on 13 April 2015.[3]

Critical reception

The song's reviews were mixed. With 10 reviews from Wiwibloggs, "This Time" received an average of 7 out of 10. Angus gave this song a rate of 5 and said the song is a sweet and sunny song. Anthony gave this song a rate of 8.5 and described the song as infectiously uptempo feel-good song. Bogdan gave this song a rate of 6.5 out of 10 and said that the song reminded him of "Coming Home". Chris said "Monika and Vaidas are like The Common Linnets with a lot of prozac" and gave it 7 out of 10. Deban gave the song a rate of 6.5 and said "the song has some storytelling magic to it". Judit gave the song a rate of 4 out of 10 and said "this song is a typical romantic duet, but nothing special". Padraig gave the song a rate of 8 of 10 and said the song is the best Lithuanian entry for him. Robyn gave the song a rate of 7 out of 10 and praised their chemistry. Sami gave this song a perfect score of 10 and said the song worked so well with duet. William gave the song a rate of 5 out of 10 and said the song is slightly dated and unbearably cheesy but praised their vocal performance.[4]

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5] 59
Preceded by
Vilija Matačiūnaitė
with "Attention"
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
2015
Succeeded by
TBA

References

  1. Ko, Anthony (14 February 2015). "EUROVIZIJOS 2015: SONG "THIS TIME" TO REPRESENT LITHUANIA IN VIENNA". Wiwibloggs.com. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  2. Ko, Anthony (21 February 2015). "LITHUANIA: MONIKA AND VAIDAS WIN EUROVIZIJOS 2015, WILL SING "THIS TIME" AT EUROVISION". Wiwibloggs.com. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  3. Lee Adams, William (2 April 2015). "WIWI JURY: LITHUANIA’S MONIKA & VAIDAS WITH ‘THIS TIME’". Wiwibloggs.com. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  4. austriancharts.at – Monika Linkyté & Vaidas Baumila – This Time


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