Lithuania: The Pabandom iš naujo 2021 song titles have gone public

Lithuania: The Pabandom iš naujo 2021 song titles have gone public
Tuesday, 05 January 2021

  • The titles of the songs that will compete in the Lithuanian Eurovision 2021 national selection, Pabandom iš naujo 2021, have gone public along with the qualifying rounds allocation.

    Following the release of the participating acts late December, the Lithuanian Head of Press, Lina Patskočimaitė , revealed to ESC-Plus the titles of the competing songs of Pabandom iš naujo 2021, the show that will determine the Lithuanian ESC 2021 representative.

    A total of 20 acts will be competing in the Lithianian selection in two qualifying rounds performing the following songs: 

     

    First Qualifying round (16 January)

    1. Aistė Brokenleg – Home
    2. Aldegunda – Sit Down
    3. Donata Virbilaitė – The Way I Am
    4. Martyna Jezepčikaitė – F**k You Very Much
    5. Milita Daikerytė – Shadows
    6. Thomukas – Wish
    7. Titas ir Benas – No
    8. Voldemars Petersons – I Never Fall For You Again
    9. Two Some – I Love My Bear
    10. Black Spikes ft. Indre Launikonyte – Don’t Tell Me
    11. Be U – Love Yourself 

     

    Second Qualifying: 23 January

    1. Cosmic bride – Solitary Star
    2. Evita Cololo –  Be Paslapcių
    3. Gabrielė Goštautaitė – Freedom
    4. Gabrielius Vagelis – My Guy
    5. Gebrasy (Audrius Petrauskas) – Where’d You Wanna Go?
    6. Norbertas/Norbė – Man In Need
    7. Rapolas – Degam
    8. Sunday Afternoon – Open
    9. UnoBand – Eisiu

     

    Final (February 6)

    • The Roop - Discoteque

     

    The Roop the country's ESC 2020 hopefuls who ambition to win again the national final and fly the flag in Rotterdam next May wioth their song Discoteque , qualifying directly to the final show. 

    From the initial list of contestants Gintarė Korsakaitė and the country's  Eurovision 2011 act, Evelina Sašenko will not eventually take the stage as they withdrew earlier from the national selection. 

     

    Pabandom iš naujo 2021

    Pabandom Iš Naujo 2021 will consist of four shows, two qualfying rouds , one semi final and a grand final show. In all shows the result will be determined by a combination of public voting ( 50%) and jury voting (50%) that will be delivered by a five membered jury. 

    The national selection will kick off on January 16 with the first qualifying round and conclude on February 6 with the grand final show. This is how the Lithuanian national selection will unfold in whole: 

    • 1st Qualifying round : January 16
    • 2nd qualifying round: January 23 
    • Semi final : January 30 
    • Final : February 6

     

    Lithuania in Eurovision 

    Lithuania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest  20 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.

    Last year The Roop won the national final with their song “On fire” but never made it to the Eurovision stage since the Eurovision 2020 was cancelled  due to the coronavirus pandemic.

     

    News Source: ESC-Plus