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Lithuania: The artists and the running order of Heat 1 of Eurovizija.LT!

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A few hours ago, LRT, the public broadcaster of Lithuania, announced the artists that are going totake part in the first Heat of Eurovizija.LT and the running order!

The running order of the First Heat is:

  1. Živilė Gedvilaitė – “Save Me“
  2. Antoine Wend – “Say No More“
  3. Marius Petrauskas – “Kol Laiko Yra”
  4. Silvester Belt – “Luktelk“
  5. Aistay – “You”
  6. VB gang – “KABOOM!!!”
  7. Luka – “Move On“
  8. Clockwork Creep – “Empty“

The first semi-final will be held on Saturday, January 13 at 20:00 CET!

We remind you that Eurovizija.LT differs from the previous selection process in terms of its conduction and the rules. More specifically, the country’s national selection will consist of  5 semi-finals  and a grand final. Two songs from each semi-final will qualify for the final, voted by both the public and the jury. The three highest-scoring entries during the final will advance to the “Super-Final”, where the final winner and representative of Lithuania in Malmö will be determined solely by the public.

The five semi-finals will be broadcast on  January 13, 20, 27 and on February 3 and 10  respectively. It is important to mention that, as in previous years, the semi-finals will not be broadcast live, but will have already been taped earlier in the week. Additionally, in the event of a tie during the voting, the jury’s vote will be the one to count. Finally, the grand final will be broadcast live on February 17.

Lithuania was represented last year by Monika Linkytė with the song “Stay” , finishing in 11th place with a total of 127 points. Will Lithuania be able to achieve another favorable outcome in Malmö?

https://youtu.be/QsgouAEd34U

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Source: LRT

Lithuania: Confirmed participation for Eurovision 2024!

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Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT has confirmed to ESC Today that they will participate in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden.

So far, no details have been announced on how the country’s representative at Eurovision 2024 will be selected, but it is expected that LRT will hold a national final, as it has done every year since 1999.

Twenty-two countries have now confirmed their participation in Eurovision 2024:

  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Cyprus
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Moldova
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Serbia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland

Monika Linkytė represented Lithuania at Eurovision 2023 with the song “Stay” and finished 11th in the Grand Final, with 127 points.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsgouAEd34U&t=6s

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Lithuania’s participation in Eurovision 2024!

Source: ESC Today

Lithuania: Monika wants changes for the second rehearsal!

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Members of the Lithuanian delegation to Eurovision 2023 have revealed that they will make some changes to Monika Linkyte’s second rehearsal.

According to the country’s public television, LRT and Audrius Giržadas, head of mission in the second rehearsal some changes will be made:

The first rehearsal is for that – you can see all the imperfections and corrections that should be made. We will carefully review the footage, there is still time for some corrections. In general, the impression is good – Monika feels strong on stage, the image will be even better in the second rehearsal.

Eurovision 2023: Lithuania’s First Rehearsal!

Monika’s manager added that these changes will be small and will have to do with the lighting and shots mainly.

Lithuania holds its second rehearsal on Friday 5/5.

Source: LRT

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

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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:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68lbEUDuWUQ

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

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

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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!

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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

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

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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!

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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

Lithuania: LRT opens song submission window for Pabandom iš Naujo 2023!

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LRT, the Lithuanina national broadcaster, opened the submission window for Pabandom iš naujo 2023, the country’s national final for Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

The search for Monika Liu’s successor on the representation of Lithuania started a few hours ago with the opening of the song submission window for the 2023 national final. Those interested can submit their songs starting today, until the deadline on Monday, December 12.

Ar least 20 songs will compete to win Lithuania’s representation in Liverpool, with the first of up to five shows airing in January. Depending on the number of the songs that will be chosen, up to five shows will be broadcasted, containing: two heats, two semi-finals and the Grand Final.

Audrius Giržadas, the Head of the Lithuanian Delegation, commented:

“Every year, the Eurovision Song Contest unites and gathers people in front of television screens throughout Lithuania, Europe and even the world. This is not only an important tradition, but also a unique opportunity to show this huge audience the work of Lithuanian music artists, who we are often proud of within the country.

In recent years, in order to further raise the bar for the quality of the Eurovision national selection, we have provided support to the contestants. We will continue this, because we hope that in the selections we will see and hear both artists who attract full arenas and talented artists who are even less heard by the Lithuanian audience.”

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:

https://youtu.be/BVqSTVJhD44

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Eurovision 2022: After Sweden, four more countries take a stance against Russia’s participation in Turin!

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The EBU‘s response about Russia’s participation in Eurovision 2022 did not satisfy Norway, Denmark, Lithuania and the Netherlands which, after Sweden, ask the EBU to reconsider its decision and not allow Russia to participate in the competition.

Following the request of the Ukrainian public television for expulsion of the corresponding Russian from the EBU, the latter in a statement underlined the apolitical nature of the competition and that it has no authority to punish its members (public radio and television), for acts committed by governments of their countries.

The Eurovision Song Contest is a non-political – cultural event that unites countries and celebrates differences through music. EBU members in both Russia and Ukraine have pledged to attend this year’s event in Turin and we intend to welcome them and let artists from both countries participate in May. Of course, we continue to monitor developments closely.

EBU

However, this response did not satisfy Sweden, which, through SVT CEO Hanna Stjärne, asked the EBU to reconsider its decision on Russia. Today, four more broadcasters have been added to the list, those of Lithuania, Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands.

Lithuania‘s general director of public television, Monika Garbaciauskaite, said in a statement today that she would soon raise the issue of Russia’s participation with the EBU. Norwegian public broadcaster has also just released a statement taking a clear stance. In a similar climate, the Danish public television informed the EBU that it is opposed to Russia’s participation in Eurovision 2022 and so did the dutch one AVROTROS a few minutes ago.

However, we have also had statements from the television of Finland, which, although they state that it is the responsibility of the EBU to make any decision regarding Russia’s participation, emphasize that they are closely monitoring the issue and will take a position on it soon.

Eurovision 2022 artists have also started taking a stance against Russia’s participation in Eurovision 2022, as this year’s representatives of Latvia, Citi Zēni, have also personally asked the EBU not to allow the country that started a war in Europe to take part in the competition.

https://twitter.com/citi_zeni/status/1496959252925014017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1496959252925014017%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Feurovisionfun.com%2F2022%2F02%2Feurovision-2022-CEBCCEB5CF84CEAC-CF84CEB7CEBD-CF83CEBFCF85CEB7CEB4CEAFCEB1-CEB4CEB1CEBDCEAFCEB1-CEBACEB1CEB9-CEBBCEB9CEB8CEBFCF85CEB1CEBD%2F

We are awaiting with interest the reactions from the other members of the EBU, but also for the final decision regarding Russia’s participation in Eurovision 2022.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all developments!