Lithuania broadcasted first heat of Pabandom iš naujo 2021. 10 artists performed their songs and after jury and televoters results were revealed 5 of them are going through to the semi-final.
Lithuanian national selection will be shorter than ever this year – two heats, the semifinal and the grand final, so we will know Lithuanian representative as early as 6th of February.
The artists competing tonight, with the qualifiers in bold were as follows:
- Black Spikes ft. Indrė Launikonytė – ‘Don’t Tell Me’
- Thomukas – ‘Wish’
- Be U – ‘Love Yourself’
- Titas ir Benas – ‘No’
- Martyna Jezepčikaitė – ‘Thank You Very Much’
- Donata Virbilaitė – ‘The Way I Am‘
- Twosome – ‘I Love My Bear‘
- Milita Daikerytė – ‘Shadows’
- Aldegunda – ‘Sit Down’
- Voldemars Petersons – ‘Never Fall for You Again‘
And here were the full results:
| Place | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total |
| 1 | Voldemars Petersons | “Never fall for you again” | 12 (52) | 6 (498) | 18 |
| 2 | Titas ir Benas | “No” | 8 (41) | 10 (994) | 18 |
| 3 | Martyna Jezepčikaitė | “Thank you very much” | 5 (27) | 12 (2063) | 17 |
| 4 | Milita Daikerytė | “Shadows” | 10 (49) | 5 (448) | 15 |
| 5 | Be U | “Love Yourself” | 6 (30) | 7 (780) | 13 |
| 6 | Black Spikes ft. Indrė Launikonytė | ‘Don’t tell me’ | 4 (24) | 8 (805) | 12 |
| 7 | Donata Virbilaitė | “The way I am” | 7 (36) | 3 (353) | 10 |
| 8 | Aldegunda | “Sit down” | 3 (15) | 4 (357) | 7 |
| 9 | Twosome | “I love my bear” | 2 (8) | 2 (213) | 4 |
| 10 | Thomukas | “Wish” | 2 (8) | 1 (108) | 3 |
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
Lithuania debuted at the contest in 1994. Their first entrant, Ovidijus Vyšniauskas with the song ‘Lopšinė mylimai‘, finished last with nil points. However, this didn’t deter them from continuing; they have participated every year since 2004.
The semi-final era has seen some mixed results. With Lithuania’s best finish coming in 2006 with LT United’s ‘We Are The Winners‘. Despite the title, LT United could only manage 6th. Lithuania’s only other top 10 came in 2016, when Donny Montell finished 9th with ‘I’ve Been Waiting For This Night‘. Overall, Lithuania has qualified in 9 out of 16 attempts since the introduction of the semi-finals.
Last year The Roop won the rebranded national selection, Pabandom iš Naujo! Their viral hit ‘On Fire’ topped both the jury and televote and was among the early favourites for Eurovision 2020. However last March the EBU had to announce the cancellation of the contest due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Now that The Roop are making a 2021 comeback, can they be successful once more? They believe so. We will have to watch and wait!
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