Lie to Me (Mikolas Josef song)

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On 8 January 2018, Josef was announced as one of the six competitors in the Czech national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. [1] Following the close of the voting period, Josef was announced as the winner of the jury vote on 23 January. [2] On 29 January, it was announced that "Lie to Me" had won the national final, and would represent the Czech Republic at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. [3] [4]

The song competed in the first semi-final, held on 8 May 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. [5] [6] Subsequently, it became only the second Czech entry to qualify for the grand final, with Josef performing in the second half.

MAD Video Music Awards 2018 Performance

Mikolas Josef performed the song 'Lie to Me' alongside Georgian-Greek Pop singer Tamta at the 2018 MAD Video Music Awards [7] in Athens, Greece at the Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena on 27 June 2018.

Track listing

"Lie to Me"
Lie-to-me-mikolas-josef.jpg
Single by Mikolas Josef
Released19 November 2017
Genre
Length2:50
Label Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Songwriter(s) Mikolas Josef
Producer(s) Mikolas Josef
Mikolas Josef singles chronology
"Believe (Hey Hey)"
(2016)		"Lie to Me"
(2017)		"Me Gusta"
(2018)
Music video
"Lie to Me" on YouTube
Digital download [8]
No.TitleLength
1."Lie to Me"2:50

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [9] 9
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders) [10] 34
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100) [11] 52
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) [12] 2
France (SNEP) [13] 122
Germany (Official German Charts) [14] 29
Greece Digital Singles (IFPI Greece) [15] 17
Portugal (AFP) [16] 82
Scotland (OCC) [17] 56
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [18] 39
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [19] 21
UK Download (OCC) [20] 53
UK Indie (OCC) [21] 47

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Worldwide19 November 2017 Digital download Independent

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References

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  2. ↑ William Lee Adams (23 January 2018). "Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef Wins Jury Vote...as Eurovision Song CZ Nears Winner's Announcement". wiwibloggs.com. Wiwibloggs.
  3. ↑ Halpin, Chris (29 January 2018). "Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef wins Eurovision Song CZ with "Lie to Me"". Wiwibloggs.
  4. ↑ Weaver, Jessica (29 January 2018). "Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef to Lisbon with Lie To Me!". ESCToday.
  5. ↑ "Lisbon revealed as Host City of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest!". Eurovision.tv. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  6. ↑ Jordan, Paul (12 January 2018). "All Aboard for the Semi-Final Allocation Draw". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  7. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : "Tamta, Mikolas Josef - Αρχές Καλοκαιριού (MAD Version), Lie To Me | MAD VMA 2018". YouTube .
  8. ↑ "Lie to Me - Single". iTunes. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Mikolas Josef – Lie to Me" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "Mikolas Josef – Lie to Me" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – RADIO – TOP 100 and insert 201831 into search. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
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  13. ↑ "Mikolas Josef – Lie to Me" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  14. ↑ "Mikolas Josef – Lie to Me" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  15. ↑ "Official IFPI Charts-Digital Singles Chart" (in Greek). IFPI.gr. Archived from the original on 30 May 2018.
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  17. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
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