Five more acts have qualified from the second and final heat of Pabandom iš naujo, leaving 11 acts in the running for the title of representing Lithuania at Eurovision 2021.
The second heat of Pabandom iš naujo 2021 has taken place in Lithuania with five more acts progressing to next weeks semi-final of the selection process. A total of ten acts competed this evening hoping to win the support of the public and the jury. The Roop who are prequalified for final also preformed their competing song Discoteque live for the first time.
The ten participants were (qualifiers in bold – jury + public vote):
- UnoBand – Eisiu – 4 points (1+ 3) 10th
- Rapolas – Degam– 8 points (3 + 5) 7th
- Vilija Matačiūnaitė (Sunday Afternoon) – Open – 9 points (5 + 4) 6th
- Aistė Brokenleg- Home – 9 points (7 + 2) 5th
- Cosmic Bride- Solitary Star – 7 points (6 + 1) 9th
- Norbertas – Man In Need – 14 points (4 + 10) 4th
- Gebrasy – Where’d You Wanna Go – 24 points (12 + 12) 1st
- Evita Cololo – Be paslapčių – 16 points (8 + 8) 3rd
- Gabrielius Vagelis – My Guy – 17 points (10 + 7) 2nd
- Gabrielė Goštautaitė – Freedom – 8 points (2 + 6) 8th
The jury that determined 50% of the result was formed of:
- Ramūnas Zilnys – LRT popular music Editor-in-Chief
- Jievaras Jasinskis – Composer and arranger
- Vytautas Bikus – Songwriter and composer
- Gerūta Griniūtė -Journalist at LRT and Presenter of Pabandom iš naujo 2016
- Stanislavas Stavickis-Stano. – Singer
Image Source: E. Blaževič / LRT
Lithuania debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994, however on their debut they finished in last place with nul points. Lithuania didn’t return to the contest until 1999 when Aiste finished 20th with the song “Strazdas”. Lithuania’s best result came in 2006 when LT United performed “We Are The Winners”; they finished 6th in the final with a total of 162 points. Lithuania’s only other top 10 finish came in 2016 when Donny Montell performed “I’ve Been Waiting For This Night” in Stockholm, he received 12 points from the public in Ireland, Norway & United Kingdom.
