Blog: Idolator

The frothy world of Eurovision was shaken by accusations of plagarism over the weekend, when the frontrunner in Lietuvos Dainų Daina, Lithuania's song selection contest, was removed from the running. Hear the shocking similarity between "Lietuva" and a certain Britpop track that caused many a pop critic to go bananas in 1991 after the jump! Deivis had the right idea in trying to win over the Lithuanian public: Record a song about Lithuania, use a pleasant melody, and title it "Lithuania." He dominated his quarterfinal, and took a lot of momentum into [...]