Lithuania: Pabandom iš naujo! 2023 Heat One contestants released

• The contestants of the first heat of Pabandom iš naujo! 2023, Lithuania's show used to select the next Eurovision representative, have been released.

  The Lithuanian national selection for Eurovision 2023, is kicking off this Saturday with the first qualifying round of  Pabandom iš naujo! 2023, the line up of which was released by the broadcaster, LRT. 

  A total of 15 acts will be gracing the stage in Heat One of the national selection which will be hosted this year by the duo Augustė Nombeko and Giedrius Masalskis. While for Auguste it's his first time serving as the show's host, for Giedrius will be the second consecutive edition. 

  Namely the 15 acts that will compete in the upcoming qualifying round are: 

  1. Aistė Pilvelytė – “We’re Not Running”
  2. Joseph June – “Vacuum”
  3. Il Senso – “Sparnai” (Wings)
  4. W.I – “You Can Not”
  5. Multiks – “London”
  6. Luknė – “Paradise”
  7. Gabrielius Vagelis – “Šauksmas” (Shout)
  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. NOY – “Destiny’s Child”
  13. Justa Rubežiūtė – “When I’ll Find”
  14. Paulina Paukštaitytė – “Let Me Think About Me”
  15. Justė Kraujelytė – “Need More Fun”

   

  Pabandom iš naujo! 2023 shows

  The Lithuanian national selection  for Eurovision 2023 will unfold over 5 live televised shows (Two Qualifying Rounds, 2 Semi-finals and a Grand Final) with the first heat taking place Saturday 21 January.

  The overall Pabandom iš naujo! 2023 schedule will unfold as following: 

  • 21/01/2022-  First Qualifying Round
  • 29/01/2022-  Second Qualifying Round
  • 04/02/2022-  1st Semi-final 
  • 11/02/2022-  2nd Semi-final 
  • 18/02/2022- Grand Final

   

  Lithuania in Eurovision 

  Lithuania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest  22 times since its debut in 1994, when Ovidijus Vyšniauskas finished last, receiving zero points. Lithuania withdrew from the contest, without returning until 1999. LT United’s 6th place in 2006 with the song “We Are the Winners” is Lithuania’s best result in the contest. The country reached the top ten for a second time in 2016, when Donny Montell finished 9th with “I’ve Been Waiting for This Night”.

  In 2018 the country was represented by  Ieva Zasimaskaite with her emotional ballad song When We’re Old, which finished 12th in the grand final. In 2019 national final winner,  Jurij Veklenko defended the Lithuanian colors in Tel Aviv with the song Run With The Lions, but failed to qualify to the final left in the 11th place of the second semi final.

  In 2020 The Rood had won the national final with their song “On fire” but never made it to the Eurovision stage after the Eurovision 2020 cancellation due to the coronavirus outbreak. However, the band had the chance to complete their Eurovision journey in 2021, after winning the national selection Pabandom iš naujo 2021 with their song "Discoteque" and went on representing the Baltic nation in Rotterdam where they finished 8th. 

  In 2022 national final winner, Monika Liu, defended the Lithuanian colors with her song 'Sentimentai' which came 14th in the Grand final with an overall score of 128 points. 

   

  News Source/image:LRT

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