Last Dreamer

Toyah had # 1 single with "Echo Beach" in my chart.

30th September 2000 : Mariah Carey and Westlife - Against All Odds (3 weeks at # 1) Rating : 7 / 10 UK chartrun : 1-1-2-5-13-17-27-40 Third consecutive # 1 single with a cover version of 80s classic. Fresh songs in UK top 10 : All Saints - Black Coffee - 5/10 Anastacia - I'm Outta Love - 5/10 Texas - In Demand - 5/10 Whitney Houston and Enrique Iglesias - Could I Have This Kiss Forever - 4/10 Billie Piper - Something Deep Inside - 4/10 Eminem - The Way I Am - 3/10 Melanie B - Tell Me - 3/10 Pink - Most Girls - 3/10 Sisqo - Unleash The Dragon - 3/10 DJ Luck and MC Neat, JJ - Ain’t No Stopping Us - 2/10 Delerium and Sarah Mclachlan - Silence - 1/10 Architects and Nana - Body Groove - 0/10 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 - not rated

23rd September 2000 : Naimee Coleman - Ordinary World (1 week at # 1) Rating : 8 / 10 UK chartrun : 5-13-24-37 Irish singer Naimee Coleman got her maiden # 1 single in a battle with Kylie Minogue. In my chart she also was # 1, but with other song ("My Star" in 2001 year). Fresh songs in UK top 10 : Kylie Minogue - On A Night Like This - 7.5/10 Vanessa Amorosi - Absolutely Everybody - 6/10 S Club 7 - Natural - 5/10 Sugababes - Overload - 4/10 Sash! - With My Own Eyes - 3/10

16th September 2000 : a1 - Take On Me (1 week at # 1) Rating : 6 / 10 UK chartrun : 1-4-13-21-27-32 First number one for British boyband a1 with a cover version of 80s A-ha hit. Fresh songs in UK top 10 : N Sync - It's Gonna Be Me - 4/10 Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight) - 3/10 Planet Perfecto - Bullet In The Gun 2000 - 3/10 Wyclef Jean - It Doesn't Matter - 2/10 Richard Blackwood - 1-2-3-4 Get With The Wicked - 2/10 Sonique - Sky - 0/10

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1. Monika Linkyte and Vaidas Baumila - This Time (2015) - 8.5/10 Eurovision - 2015 : 1. Monika Linkyte and Vaidas Baumila - This Time (Lithuania) 2. Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers (Ireland) 3. Maria Elena Kyriakou - One Last Breath (Greece)

2. Laura and the Lovers - Little By Little (2005) - 7.5/10 Eurovision - 2005 : 1. Lise Darly - Tout De Moi (Monaco) 2. Laura and the Lovers - Little By Little (Lithuania) 3. Feminnem - Call Me (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

3. 4Fun - Love Or Leave (2007) - 6/10 Eurovision - 2007 : 1. Scooch - Flying The Flag (For You) (United Kingdom) 2. Dervish - They Can't Stop The Spring (Ireland) 3. Evridiki - Comme Ci, Comme Ca (Cyprus) 4. 4Fun - Love Or Leave (Lithuania)

4. Vilija Mataciunaite - Attention (2014) - 6/10 5. Ieva Zasimauskaite - When We're Old (2018) - 5/10 6. Linas and Simona - What Happened To Your Love ? (2004) - 5/10 7. Skamp - You Got Style (2001) - 5/10

8. LT United - We Are The Winners (2006) - 5/10 9. Aivaras - Happy You (2002) - 5/10 10. Ovidijus Vyšniauskas - Lopsine Mylimai (1994) - 5/10 11. Donny Montell - Love Is Blind (2012) - 5/10 12. Andrius Pojavis - Something (2013) - 5/10

After big pause (1986-1988) Madonna got # 1 hit again. Lovely "Johnny and Mandy" from Dutch Eurovision pre-selection looks like the next # 1. 19.03.1989 (Week # 12) 01. ( NE ) Madonna - Like A Prayer (1 week) (1 week at # 1) 02. ( 01 ) Corry Konings - Wie Heeft Jou Zover Gebracht (4 weeks) 03. ( NE ) Two Hearts - Johnny and Mandy (1 week) 04. ( 02 ) Vixen - Cryin' (3 weeks) 05. ( 03 ) Anny Schilder - Goodbye Farewell (9 weeks) 06. ( 04 ) Barbra Streisand - All I Ask Of You (7 weeks) 07. ( 05 ) Luzia Nistler and Alexander Goebel - Das Phantom Der Oper (7 weeks) 08. ( NE ) Kate Gulbrandsen - Naerhet (1 week) 09. ( 06 ) Samantha Fox - I Only Wanna Be With You (8 weeks) 10. ( 07 ) Darling Buds - Hit The Ground (11 weeks) 11. ( 09 ) Kim Wilde - Love In The Natural Way (3 weeks) 12. ( 10 ) We've Got A Fuzzbox - International Rescue (4 weeks) 13. ( 08 ) Mandy Winter - The Age Of Romance (8 weeks) 14. ( 16 ) Judie Tzuke - We'll Go Dreaming (2 weeks) 15. ( 11 ) Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan - Especially For You (15 weeks) 16. ( NE ) Sandy Kelly - Crazy (1 week) 17. ( 12 ) Kim Wilde - Four Letter Word (16 weeks) 18. ( 13 ) Femme Fatale - Falling In And Out Of Love (6 weeks) 19. ( 14 ) Anita Dobson - To Know Him Is To Love Him (13 weeks) 20. ( 17 ) Simone Stelzer - Lucky Star (14 weeks) Youtube : Madonna : www.youtube.com/watch?v=79fzeNUqQbQ Two Hearts : www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-yqzagURAY Kate Gulbrandsen : www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFkhFlF3ndk Sandy Kelly : www.youtube.com/watch?v=81kdi3vIjFs

13. Monika Linkyte - Stay (2023) - 4/10 14. Sasha Son - Love (2009) - 4/10 15. Donny Montell - I've Been Waiting For This Night (2016) - 4/10 16. Jurijus - Run With The Lions (2019) - 4/10 17. Evelina Sasenko - C'est Ma Vie (2011) - 4/10 18. Aiste - Strazdas (1999) - 4/10

Without ACR you can get something like Billboard Hot 100 with almost zero moving for many months.

Peaked at # 6 in my weekly chart. Chartrun : 6-8-10-12-14-14-19 It's the one from her best singles in 21st century.

Norway - 1989Winner : Kate Gulbrandsen - Nærhet Full ranking : 1. Kate Gulbrandsen - Nærhet 2. Ingeborg Hungnes - Et Lite Lys 3. Rune Rudberg - Vinger Over Europa 4. Britt Johansen - Venners Nærhet 5. Jahn Teigen - Optimist 6. Kari Gjærum - Barneøyne 7. Tor Endresen - Til Det Gryr Av Dag 8. Ola Fjellvikas - Min Mona Lisa 9. Heidi Halvorsen - Beat For Beat

Ireland - 1989Winner : Dave Lalor - Song For You Full ranking : 1. Dave Lalor - Song For You 2. Kiev Connolly - The Real Me 3. Honor Heffernan - Easy 4. Nicola Kerr - This Isn't War (It's Revolution) 5. Barry Rowland - Uaigneach 6. Jenny Newman - Angel Eyes 7. Linda Martin - Here We Go 8. Noelle - It Was Meant To Be

My all-time # 1 Anmary - Beautiful Song is 13 years old now.

19. Jeronimas Milius - Nomads In The Night (2008) - 3/10 20. Katarsis - Tavo Akys (2025) - 3/10 21. In Culto - Eastern European Funk (2010) - 3/10 22. Roop - Discoteque (2021) - 3/10 23. Monika Liu - Sentimentai (2022) - 2/10 24. Fusedmarc - Rain Of Revolution (2017) - 2/10 25. Silvester Belt - Luktelk (2024) - 0/10

I just found that Lithuania already participated 25 times on Eurovision. After similar rankings for Eurovision and Melodifestivalen I started to prepare my top 50 from the best country and most epic Eurovison national pre-selection, but based on the huge number of songs per year (sometimes over 40 entries) it's very long road. So firstly I (shortly) will post personal full ranking of all Lithuanian ESC songs.

I like Holly's version of "Bigger Than Us". My last place is obvious. Top 2 are Scooch and Remember Monday. After it - Bonnie, Jessica, Jemini.

I didn't watch movies, but both TLOU games were awful.

26th August 2000 : Britney Spears - Lucky (3 weeks at # 1) Rating : 10 / 10 (!!!) UK chartrun : 5-6-7-14-22-27-35-39 It's my favourite Britney's song and the best single from 2000 year. Fresh songs in UK top 10 : Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) - 5/10 Bon Jovi - Say It Isn't So - 4/10 Madonna - Music - 3/10 True Steppers, Dane Bowers, Victoria Beckham - Out Of Your Mind - 2/10 Element Four - Big Brother UK TV Theme - not rated

12th August 2000 : Five and Queen - We Will Rock You (2 weeks at # 1) Rating : 6 / 10 UK chartrun : 1-3-6-10-13-18-24-37 Second # 1 hit for Five after "Keep On Movin" in 1999 year. Fresh songs in UK top 10 : Mansun - I Can Only Disappoint U - 5/10 Robbie Williams - Rock DJ - 4/10 Janet Jackson - Doesn't Really Matter - 3/10 Wookie and Lain - Battle - 2/10 Melanie C - I Turn To You - 1/10 Bob Sinclair - I Feel For You - 1/10 Storm - Time To Burn - not rated

2018 pre-selection was awful. I remember that "Astronaut" was my # 1 with 4/10.

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