Lithuania’s Prabandom iš naujo national selection process wrapped-up its preliminary round tonight with the final ten artists selected (relive it all here). Fifteen acts performed in front of a live studio audience with Beatrich placing first after the voting with the most public and jury votes with her rock-pop track “Like a Movie”. The final figures are here with the …
It’s another Saturday, which means another batch of performances and shows across the Eurovision sphere today! Three countries will be moving forwards in their search for their Eurovision star for 2023 today, so let’s take a look at what is happening across Europe on 28th January! LITHUANIA – Pabandom iš naujo! Heat 2 (starts 20:00 CET) It’s the second heat …
The second heat of Pabandom iš Naujo is set to air tomorrow, and we here at ESCUnited were fortunate enough to have a conversation with contestant and debutant Mario Junes before that happens. Mario Junes is an up-and-coming pop artist from Lithuania who is a big fan of the Eurovision Song Contest. He’s also part of another fandom outside of …
Just before the taping of the second Pabandom iš Naujo heat, we got a chance to speak with Mantvydas Sabaitis, the vocalist for The PiXLS. The PiXLS were a last minute addition to the Pabandom iš Naujo line-up, following Lina Štalytė’s disqualification on December 23rd. Outside of the national selection, the band is currently working on their own EP, where …
With the second heat of Pabandom iš Naujo set for this coming Saturday, we were fortunate to get an interview with returning artist Petunija! 2023 will mark Petunija’s third appearance in the national selection, with her first appearance happening back in 2016 under the Eurovizijos Atraka format. In late October of 2022 she released her new EP “Two In Somnia”, and during …
Lithuania’s Prabandom iš naujo national selection process began tonight with the first ten finalists selected from the full group of thirty contenders (you can catch up with the full broadcast here). Fifteen acts performed in front of a live studio audience with Rūta MUR placing first after the voting with the most public and jury votes with their retro dance …
Tonight, Europe is blessing us with two more national final shows as the race for tickets to Liverpool 2023 begins to hot up! Norway’s Melodi Grand Prix continues on its quest to select Norway’s star, whereas Lithuania begin their search for a successor to Monika Liu as the now-established Pabandom iš naujo! gets underway for another year. Here’s all of …
Our final interview prior to the first Pabandom iš naujo heat is with Joseph June. Joseph June is a musician who first appeared in the Lithuanian pre-selection last year with the song “Deadly”. Since then he has three singles titled “You & I”, “Perfect”, and “The One” – with the latter two appearing to be part of the same EP …
We continue our journey through Pabandom iš naujo with our next interview featuring Rūta MUR. Rūta MUR is an up-and-coming artist from Lithuania whose music is described as “New Nostalgia.” This year will be her first time participating in the Lithuanian national selection, but is not her first rodeo performing live. Want to know what to expect tomorrow from Rūta? …
We continue our Pabandom iš naujo interview series today with Justė Kraujelytė, who is back for her second time in the national selection. Justė Kraujelytė has a long history of performing and with the Eurovision Song Contest. Throughout her childhood she performed and travelled with a jazz ensemble and made her debut on national television during the 2017 season of …
