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Netherlands: Eurovision in Concert 2023 takes place tonight in Amsterdam!

Eurovision in Concert 2023 takes place in The Netherlands tonight , with 29 of this year’s entrants performing live.

The concert will be hosted by Cornald Maas and Hila Noorzai. Cornald has been the Dutch Eurovision commentator since 2006. Hila is a radio DJ and member of the committee that selected this year’s Dutch representatives (Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper). She also hosted the Eurovision 2021 press conference in Rotterdam.

The full line-up is as follows:

  1. Albania – Albina & Kelmendi Familija
  2. Armenia – Brunette
  3. Australia – Voyager
  4. Austria – Teya & Salena
  5. Azerbaijan – TuralTuranX
  6. Belgium – Gustaph
  7. Czechia – Vesna
  8. Denmark – Reiley
  9. Estonia – Alika
  10. Finland – Käärijä
  11. France – La Zarra
  12. Germany – Lord of the Lost
  13. Iceland – Diljá
  14. Ireland – Wild Youth
  15. Latvia – Sudden Lights
  16. Lithuania – Monika Linkytė
  17. Malta – The Busker
  18. Moldova – Pasha Parfeni
  19. The Netherlands – Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper
  20. Norway – Alessandra
  21. Romania – Theodor Andrei
  22. San Marino – Piqued Jacks
  23. Slovenia – Joker Out
  24. Spain – Blanca Paloma
  25. Sweden – Loreen
  26. Switzerland – Remo Forrer
  27. Ukraine – TVORCHI
  28. United Kingdom – Mae Muller

In addition, Katrina Leskanich (Eurovision 1997, UK, winner, “Love Shine a Light“) will  appear as a special guest.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news about the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool!

Lithuania:Monika Linkyte has shot her postcard for Eurovision 2023!

Monika Linkyte, Lithuania’s representative at Eurovision 2023, has just finished her Eurovision 2023 postcard shooting!

The Lithuanian representative confirmed through her social media accounts the fact that she has filmed the postcard that will be shown just before her Eurovision 2023 performance.The singer did not unveil the location nor the filming scenario of the postcard,but instead,she just revealed how she did the filming.

Monika Linkyte is no stranger to the Eurovision stage as she previously represented Lithuania in 2015, alongside Vaudas Baumila.Her previous entry called “This time” reached the 18th place in the final that took place in Vienna and she really hopes to reach the final once again this year.

Monika Linkyte is competing with her song “Stay”,which contains some lyrics in Lithuanian,in the second semi-final of this year’s Eurovision that is scheduled to take place on May 11:

Do you think that Lithuania will manage to qualify for the Grand Final?Write us in the comments!

Lithuania: Preparations for Liverpool have started!

Monika Linkytė, Lithuania’s representative for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, started her preparation for her performance on Liverpool’s stage, as she herself revealed on her social media platforms. Specifically, she shared some of her photos taken into a dance studio, in which Liverpool’s stage is shown to be marked, in order for her better positioning on stage.

Linkytė, besides her rehearsals for her on stage performance during May, has confirmed her presence at the following Eurovision Pre-Parties

  • Barcelona Eurovision Party
  • Eurovision In Concert 2023
  • London Eurovision Party
  • PrePartyES 2023

Monika Linkytė mentions that she feels extremely happy but impatient as well for her own participation in the oncoming contest. However this is not going to be her very first experience from the Eurovision Song Contest, since she has already represented her own country once more, back in 2015 as a member of the duet along with Vaudas Baumila, singing the song “This Time” which ended up in the 18th place.

Remember that Monika Linkytė came at the first place of Lithuania’s national final format called Pabandom iš naujo! 2023 and she is going to perform her song “Stay” during the second half of the second semi-final on May 11th.

Source: eurovoix

Will Monika Linkytė manage to bring her own country on Saturday’s grand final for a third year in a row? Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for even more news regarding Lithuania’s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023!

Lithuania: The results of Semi-Final 2 of “Pabandom iš naujo! 2023”!

Lithuania has started seeking its representative and participation for Eurovision 2023“Pabandom iš Naujo! 2023”, as the Lithuanian public television process is now called, consists of two qualifying rounds (Heats), two semi-finals and a final. A few minutes ago, the Second Semi-Final was completed, with ten contestants qualifying for the next phase of the Grand Final.

The presenters of the evening were Giedraus Masalskis and Augustė Nombeko. In the Green Room the presenter was Richard Jonaitis.

The jury is composed of:
  • Duncan Laurence (Winner & Dutch Representative in Eurovision 2019)
  • Vaidotas Valiukevičius (The Roop – Lithuanian Representative in Eurovision 2020 & 2021)
  • Monika Liu (Lithuanian Representative in Eurovision 2022)
  • Ramūnas Zilnys (Music Critic)
  • Ieva Narkutė (Singer)
The 10 songs that claimed the tickets for the final are:

Results:

With the jury already having voted, tonight the Lithuanian audience had the chance to see the live performances for the first time and vote for their favourites. The result was determined 50% by the jury and 50% by the TV audience.

Jury Results

Televoting Results

Final Results

The five artists that qualified to the Grand Final are:

Beatrich with the song  “Like a Movie”  was crowned as the winner of the Second Semi-Final, having gotten the first place by the jury voting and the third place by the TV audience.

The ten artists we will see to the Grand Final are:

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding Lithuania’s participation in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool!

Source: LRT

Lithuania: The results of Semi-Final 1 of “Pabandom iš naujo! 2023”!

Lithuania has started seeking its representative and participation for Eurovision 2023“Pabandom iš Naujo! 2023”, as the Lithuanian public television process is now called, consists of two qualifying rounds (Heats), two semi-finals and a final. A few minutes ago, the First Semi-Final was completed, with ten contestants qualifying for the next phase of the Grand Final.

The presenters of the evening were Giedraus Masalskis and Augustė Nombeko. In the Green Room the presenter was Richard Jonaitis.

The jury is composed of:
  • Ramūnas Zilnys (Music Critic),
  • Ieva Narkutė (Singer),
  • Vytautas Bikus (Composer)
  • Stanislavas Stavickis-Stano (Singer and Composer)
  • Leonas Somovs (Producer)
The 10 songs that claimed the tickets for the final are:

Results:

With the jury already having voted, tonight the Lithuanian audience had the chance to see the live performances for the first time and vote for their favourites. The result was determined 50% by the jury and 50% by the TV audience.

Jury Results

Televoting Results

Final Results

The five artists that qualified to the Grand Final are:

Rūta Mur with the song “So Low” was crowned as the winner of the First Semi-Final by both the jury and the TV audience.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding Lithuania’s participation in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool!

Source: LRT

Lithuania: Semi-Final split has been revealed!

LRT has revealed the split of the twenty artists across the two Semi-Finals of Pabandom iš naujo! 2023.

The Semi-Final One of Pabandom iš naujo! 2023 has already been filmed in Vilnius and the split of the competing artists has been revealed. A total of twenty artists qualified from the two heats and will be competing again for a place in the Grand Final and a chance to represent Lithuania at Eurovision 2023.

You can see the split here:

Semi Final 1 (February 4):

  • Il Senso – “Sparnai” (Wings)
  • Alen Chicco – “Do You”
  • Baiba – “When the Lights Go Out”
  • Joseph June – “Vacuum”
  • NOY – “Destiny’s Child”
  • Petunija – “Love of My Life”
  • Justė Kraujelytė – “Need More Fun”
  • Gabrelius Vagelis – “Šauksmas” (Shout)
  • Rūta Mur – “So Low”
  • Donata – “Dreamer”

Semi-Final 2 (February 11):

  • Beatrich – “Like a Movie”
  • Monika Linkytė – “Stay”
  • Mario Junes – “Do What You Do”
  • Matt Len – “Midnight Train”
  • Agnė – “New Start”
  • Moon Bee – “Rumor”
  • Gebrasy – “Saw Your Ghost”
  • Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio dantys – “Sėdi ir važiuoji” (Sit down and drive)
  • Paulina Paukštaitytė – “Let Me Think About Me”
  • Luknė – “Paradise”

The final will take place on February 18!

Source: eurovoix

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun regarding ESC 2023!

Lithuania: The results of Heat 2 of “Pabandom iš naujo! 2023”!

Lithuania has started seeking its representative and participation for Eurovision 2023“Pabandom iš Naujo! 2023”, as the Lithuanian public television process is now called, consists of two qualifying rounds (Heats), two semi-finals and a final. A few minutes ago, Heat 2 was completed, with ten contestants qualifying for the next phase of the semi-finals.

The presenters of the evening were Giedraus Masalskis and Augustė Nombeko. In the Green Room the presenter was Richard Jonaitis.

Nombeko Augustė, Giedrius Masalskis

The jury is composed of:
  • Ramūnas Zilnys (Music Critic)
  • Vytautas Bikus (Producer)
  • Giedrė Kilčiauskienė (Soloist, former member of an electronic band called Pieno lazeriai).
  • Stanislavas Stavickis-STANO (Producer)
  • Ieva Narkutė (Singer)

Pabandom iš naujo!

The 15 songs that claimed the ten tickets for the semi-final were:

„Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio dantys“

I. T.

Donata

Matt Len

Melona

Monika Linkytė

„The PiXLS“

Viktorija Faith

Agnė Buškevičiūtė-Tumalavičienė

Gebrasy

Moon Bee

Voldemaras Petersonas

Petunija

Beatrich

Mario June

 

Results:

With the jury already having voted, tonight the Lithuanian audience had the chance to see the live performances for the first time and vote for their favourites. The result was determined 50% by the jury and 50% by the TV audience.

  

The ten artists who qualified for the semi-finals are:

  1. Beatrich – “Like a Movie”
  2. Monika Linkytė – “Stay”
  3. Mario Junes – “Do What You Do”
  4. Matt Len – “Midnight Train”
  5. Petunija – “Love of My Life”
  6. Agnė – “New Start”
  7. MoonBee – “Rumor”
  8. Gebrasy – “Saw Your Ghost”
  9. Donata – “Dreamer”
  10. Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio dantys – “Sėdi ir važiuoji”

Beatrich with the song “Like a Movie” was crowned as the winner of Heat 2 by both the jury and the TV audience.

The 20 artists we will see in the semi-finals are: 

  1. Rūta Mur – “So Low”
  2. Gabrielius Vagelis – “Šauksmas”
  3. Alen Chicco – “Do You”
  4. Justė Kraujelytė – “Need More Fun”
  5. Paulina Paukštaitytė – “Let Me Think About Me”
  6. Noy – Destiny’s Child”
  7. Joseph June – “Vacuum”
  8. Il Senso – “Sparnai”
  9. Baiba – “When the Lights Go Out”
  10. Luknė – “Paradise”
  11. Beatrich – “Like a Movie”
  12. Monika Linkytė – “Stay”
  13. Mario Junes – “Do What You Do”
  14. Matt Len – “Midnight Train”
  15. Petunija – “Love of My Life”
  16. Agnė – “New Start”
  17. MoonBee – “Rumor”
  18. Gebrasy – “Saw Your Ghost”
  19. Donata – “Dreamer”
  20. Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio dantys – “Sėdi ir važiuoji”

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding Lithuania’s participation in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool!

Source: LRT

Lithuania: The results of Heat 1 of “Pabandom iš naujo! 2023”!

Lithuania has started seeking its representative and participation for Eurovision 2023. “Pabandom iš Naujo! 2023”, as the Lithuanian public television process is now called, consists of two qualifying rounds (Heats), two semi-finals and a final. A few minutes ago, Heat 1 was completed, with ten contestants qualifying for the next phase of the semi-finals.

The presenters of the evening were Giedraus Masalskis and Augustė Nombeko. In the Green Room the presenter was Richard Jonaitis.

The jury is composed of:
  • Ramūnas Zilnys (Music Critic)
  • Ieva Narkutė (Singer)
  • Jievaras Jasinskis (Composer and Musician)
  • Leonas Somovas (Producer and Composer)
  • Giedrė Kilčiauskienė (Soloist, former member of an electronic band called Pieno lazeriai).

The 15 songs that claimed the ten tickets for the semi-final were:

Results:

With the jury already having voted, tonight the Lithuanian audience had the chance to see the live performances for the first time and vote for their favourites. The result was determined 50% by the jury and 50% by the TV audience.

The ten artists who qualified for the semi-finals are:

Rūta Mur with the song “So Low” was crowned as the winner of Heat 1 by both the jury and the TV audience.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding Lithuania’s participation in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool!

Source: LRT

Lithuania: These are the artists and the running order of Pabandom iš Naujo 2023 Heat 1!

A few hours ago, the public broadcaster of Lithuania, LRT, announced the artists that are going to take part in Pabandom iš Naujo Heat 1, as well as the running order of the qualifying round!

These are the 15 artists that are going to compete in the first Heat of Lithuania’s national final for Eurovision 2023:

  1. Aistė Pilvelytė – “We’re Not Running”
  2. Joseph June – “Vacuum”
  3. Il Senso – “Sparnai”
  4. W.I – “You Can Not”
  5. Multiks – “London”
  6. Luknė – “Paradise”
  7. Gabrielius Vagelis – “Šauksmas”
  8. Alen Chicco – “Do You”
  9. Rūta Mur – “So Low”
  10. Justin 3 feat. Dj AugustYno – “Not Giving Up”
  11. Baiba – “When the Lights Go Out”
  12. Justa Rubežiūtė – “When I’ll Find”
  13. Noy – Destiny’s Child”
  14. Paulina Paukštaitytė – “Let Me Think About Me”
  15. Justė Kraujelytė – “Need More Fun”

The First Heat of Pabandom iš Naujo will be broadcasted in this Saturday, January 21 at 20:00 CET, live from Vilnius.

According to the running order of the first heat, the remaining 15 artists will take part in the second heat of the second final. These are the names of the contestants of the Second Heat of Pabandom iš Naujo:

  1. Agnė –“New Start”
  2. Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio dantys – “Sėdi ir važiuoji”
  3. Beatrich – “Like a Movie”
  4. Donata – “Dreamer”
  5. Gebrasy – “Saw Your Ghost”
  6. I.T. – “Žinau, tai tu”
  7. Mario Junes – “Do What You Do”
  8. Matt Len – “Midnight Train”
  9. Melona – “Song of Whispers”
  10. Monika Linkytė – “Stay”
  11. MoonBee – “Rumor”
  12. Petunija – “Love of My Life”
  13. The Pixls – “Šaukt”
  14. Viktorija Faith – “If You Ever Miss Me”
  15. Voldemars Petersons – “Things”

We remind you that the competing artists in Papandom iš Naujo can release their songs from the moment of their selection up until the day of the first Heat in January 21. Papandom iš Naujo 2023 will take place with two Heats, two semi-finals and the grand final.

The program of Papandom iš Naujo

  • First Heat – January 21
  • Second Heat – January 28
  • First Semi-Final – February 4
  • Second Semi-Final – February 11
  • Grand Final – February 18

But until we learn who is going to represent Lithuania in Eurovision 2023, lets remember their song for last year’s contest. The last winner of Pabandom iš Naujo and Lithuania’s representative in Eurovision 2022 was Monika Liu with the song “Sentimemtai” and ended up in 14th place with 128 points:

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Lithuanian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

Source: lrt.lt

Lithuania: Lina Štalytė disqualified from Pabandom iš naujo 2023!

A few hours ago LRT, the public broadcaster of Lithuania, announced that Lina Štalytė, a competitor in their national final for Eurovision 2023, is officially out of the contest.

According to LRT, Lina’s song “My Body”, had already been released in 2020, something that is against the rules of the contest, as songs that are eligible to compete in Eurovision 2023, shouldn’t have been released or performed publicly, prior to September 1st, 2022.

For the contest to go on now, somebody has to take Lina Štalytė’s spot, and this will be The PiXLES with their song “Šaukt“.

So this is the new list of Pabandom iš naujo! 2023 competitors:

  1. Agnė – “New Start”
  2. Aistė Pilvelytė – “We’re Not Running”
  3. Alen Chicco – “Do You”
  4. Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio dantys – “Sėdi ir važiuoji”
  5. Baiba – “When the Lights Go Out”
  6. Beatrich – “Like a Movie”
  7. Donata – “Dreamer”
  8. Gabrielius Vagelis – ”Šauksmas”
  9. Gebrasy – “Saw Your Ghost”
  10. Il Senso – “Sparnai”
  11. I. T. – “Žinau, tai tu”
  12. Joseph June – “Vacuum”
  13. Justa Rubežiūtė – “When I’ll Find”
  14. Justė Kraujelytė – “ESC Need More Fun”
  15. Justin 3 feat. Dj AugustYno – “Not Giving Up”
  16. Luknė – “Paradise”
  17. Mario Junes – “Do What You Do”
  18. Matt Len – “Midnight Train”
  19. Melona – “Song Of Whispers”
  20. Monika Linkytė – “Stay”
  21. MoonBee – “Rumor”
  22. Multiks – “London”
  23. NOY – “Destiny’s Child”
  24. Paulina Paukštaitytė – “Let Me Think About Me”
  25. Petunija – “Love Of My Life”
  26. Rūta MUR – “So Low”
  27. The PiXLES “Šaukt”
  28. Viktorija Faith – “If You Ever Miss Me”
  29. Voldemaras Petersonas – “Things”
  30. W.I – “You Can Not”

We remind yu that the competing artists in Papandom iš Naujo can release their songs from the moment of their selection up until the day of the first Heat in January 21. Papandom iš Naujo 2023 will take place with two Heats, two semi-finals and the grand final. These are the exact days:

  • First Heat – January 21
  • Second Heat – 28 Ιανουαρίου
  • First Semi-Final – February 4
  • Second Semi-Final – February 11
  • Grand Final – February 18

The last winner of Pabandom iš Naujo and Lithuania’s representative in Eurovision 2022 was Monika Liu with the song “Sentimemtai” and ended up in 14th place with 128 points:

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Lithuanian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

Source: lrt.lt