Lithuania - Monika Linkytė - Stay

11 - 127 pts / 4 - 110 pts in semi 2

Stay by Monika Linkytė is the winner of Pabandom Iš Naujo! 2023 and is the entry for Lithuania in Liverpool.

The song is written by Monika Linkytė and Krists Indrišonoks.

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Stay was released as a digital single on February 14 (Creative Industries).

A new version, Stay (Čiūto Tūto!) with alternate choir, was released on March 2 (Čiūto Tūto can be loosely translated as I'm Sorry or I Repent even, in a chant kind of way).

This is the version for Eurovision.

Monika releases a mini album/ EP on May 11 titled Healing.

A creamy white vinyl 12"inch is issued (and a digital version).

The Eurovision version of Stay (Čiūto Tūto) is included.

(Creative industries) You can order now at Monika's shop

UPDATE: There are two versions of the vinyl. One has the tracks spread accross both sides, the other is one sided.

Tracklist vinyl

Side One

1 Spells (Intro)

2 Stay (Čiūto Tūto) +

3 Home

4 Sometimes Love Give You Up - with Chris Noah

Side two

5 Oda (Demo)

6 Song to myself +

It comes with a luxurious booklet with lyrics and photos from Monika's trip to Nepal.

(Creative Industries, no numbers)

+ The digital version is split into 8 tracks but it has the same content as the 12"inch.

Eurovision fans already know Monika Linkytė from the 2015 Lithuanian entry This Time, a duet with Vaidas Baumila. They finished 18th in the final in Vienna.

Before that Linkytė entered every Lithuanian selection from 2010 to 2015 but this year was the first time since This Time.

2010 Give Away (6th)

2011 Days Go By (4th)

2012 Happy (3rd)

2013 Baby Boy (won the heat but withdrew)

2014 Breakaway (4th)

2015 Flying / Skęstu  Monika performed this (self co-written) song in an early heat but in a later stage it was sung my Mia Pilibaitytė.

2015 This Time (1st, then 18th in Eurovision)

In the Lithuanian 2015 preselection This Time was performed three times by different singers, Mia, Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila. It was later decided internally that it was going to be a duet. Poor Mia.

This Time was co-written by Monika Liubinaitė better known as Monika Liu of Sentimentai fame.

Versions:

Stay (Čiūto Tūto)

- digital 2-3, 12" EP Healing

Stay - original

- digital 14-2

Stay - karaoke

- On the official karaoke album (digital)

Links and sources:

Monika Linkytė: FB, Insta

Pabandom Iš Naujo! 2023 at ESC History

Remember The Roop x2, Donny Montell x2 and of cource Monika's first entry.

2015 cdsingle

Archive: From the days when we still had these lovely CDsingles with all these wonderful versions in languages. I miss that.