The final heat of this year’s Lithuanian national selection, ‘Pabandom iš naujo!’ (We Go Again), has taken place this evening, and now means that we know the eighteen songs that move on to the semi-final stage from next weekend.
Tonight, twelve acts performed in the pre-recorded heat to fight for six spots in the semi-finals of the competition. These twelve acts were as follows;
- The Backs – Fully
- Bernardas – Dad, Don’t Be Mad at Me
- Justina Žukauskaitė – Breathe In
- Rokas Povilius – Vilnius Calling
- KaYra – Alligator
- Lukas Bartaška – Where Is That Change?
- Evgenya Redko – Far
- Ruslanas Kirilkinas – Soldier’s Heart
- Nombeko Augustė – Reikia man
- Vitalijus Špokaitis – Nemušk savęs
- Aistė Pilvelytė – Unbreakable
- The Roop – On Fire
After a combination of jury voting from the jury members Darius Užkuraitis, Gerūta Griniūtė, Giedrė Kilčiauskienė, Vaidotas Stackevičius and Leon Somov, and the telephone voting of the Lithuanian public, the six acts to qualify were;
- The Backs – Fully
- Rokas Povilius – Vilnius Calling
- KaYra – Alligator
- Evgenya Redko – Far
- Aistė Pilvelytė – Unbreakable
- The Roop – On Fire
These six acts join the previous twelve qualifiers to complete our semi-final line-up;
- Baltos Varnos – Namų dvasia
- Petunija – Show Ya
- Andy Vaic – Why Why Why
- Meandi – DRIP
- Monika Marija – If I Leave
- Gabrielius Vagelis – Tave čia randu
- Rūta Loop – We Came from the Sun
- Kristina Jure – My Sound of Silence
- Alen Chicco – Somewhere Out There
- Germanas Skoris – Chemistry (Breaking Free)
- Viktorija Miškūnaitė – The Ocean
- Moniqué – Make Me Human
The acts will now perform across two semi-finals on 1st and 8th February, with nine performances in each semi-final. Four acts from each semi-final will make it to the final show on 15th February where Lithuania will select its entrant for Rotterdam.
What do #YOU think of the qualifiers? Did Lithuania make the right choices over the three heats? Share your thoughts with us on our forum HERE or join the discussion below and on social media!
