The below editorial features the opinions and views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision or the EBU. [AdSense-B] The audience silence said it all that night on January 23, 2019, when the fourth heat of Lithuania’s Nacionaline Eurovizijos Atranka took place. It was their fortune to be saved by Alen …

[AdSense-B] The Lithuanian selection is hotting up, and with just 24 acts remaining in the competition from the initial sixty, our editor James reviewed the remaining contestants from the first semi-final. Which acts should make it through to the final of the competition? Twosome – 1000 James – 2 – Apart from the guy who sounds like the Crash Test …

[AdSense-B] The long, winding road for budding Lithuanian artists to the Eurovision promised land continued this evening, as the final eleven songs to be presented to the public were performed. The 11 participants in tonight’s show were as follows, with the jury scores in brackets; Valerija Iljinaitė – Scars Are Beautiful (2) Indrė Juodeikienė – Bad Option (1) Alen Chicco …

[AdSense-B] It’s Saturday, it’s February, so that can only mean that it’s another busy day in the Eurovision world! Six shows take place across Europe tonight, including the clarification of the finalists in Estonia and Latvia, the next round of Georgia’s selection, the conclusion of the heats in Hungary and Lithuania… and the small matter of the return of Sweden’s …

[AdSense-B] After another spectacular heat, Lithuania have found six more qualifiers to the next round of their national final: Jurijus, Monika Marija, Jurgis DID & Erica Jennings, Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio Dantys, Cheri, and Jurgis Brūzga! The jury votes were distributed as follows: While the scores from the televote were distributed as follows: Together, they produced these results, with the top six songs qualifying for the next round …

[AdSense-B] In Lithuania, the national selection – the snappily titled „Eurovizijos“ dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka – continued after a week break this evening. Thirteen acts participated in the hopes of reaching the next round, with only six spots available in the next round. While the jury had already had their say at the pre-recording of the show, it was down to …

[AdSense-B] We hope you’ve cleared your schedule for the next few weekends, as things are about to get busy across the continent (and beyond), as the nations of Eurovision 2019 begin to pick and choose their entrants for Tel Aviv. Tonight, no less than four countries will hold selection shows, with three of these continuing their journey as one more …

[AdSense-B] The first preliminary round of Lithuania’s marathon national final has concluded, and we have results! Tonight, we got to hear the first 12 songs, and the combined results of the jury and the televote gave us the following result: Mannazz’s synthpop number “Blind Bird” won the heat on the back of strong scores from both the jury and Lithuanian …

[AdSense-B] Lithuania’s national broadcaster LRT has finally spilled the secrets on their selection, Eurovizijos Atranka; the show’s will begin on January 5th and we now know the 49 participants in the selection! With a varied field and many familiar names, we’re sure to see another high quality selection as Lithuania hope to continue their good form in the contest in …

[AdSense-B] With a piqued interest in Baltic national selections in recent years, it comes as no surprise to see that Lithuania also produced some fantastic entries in their selection Eurovizijos Atranka last year, and also came up with the goods in Lisbon – Ieva Zasimauskaite proving a worthy representative and finishing 12th in the grand final of the contest. As …