Heat 2 was broadcasted in Lithuania this evening and 5 more acts advance to the next stage, joining 5 acts making it through last week. Also, โDiscotequeโ by The Roop was performed live for the first time.
Gebrasy became champion of the 2nd Heat when both jury and televote awarded him with 12 points.
The semi-final line-up is now ready with 10 artists and it is scheduled to go live next Saturday, on the 30th of January.
The artists competing tonight, with the qualifiers in bold were as follows:
- UnoBand โ โEisiuโ
- Rapolas โ โDegamโ
- Sunday Afternoon โ โOpenโ
- Aistฤ Brokenleg โ โHomeโ
- Cosmic Bride โ โSolitary Starโ
- Norbertas โ โMan In Needโ
- Gabrielฤ Goลกtautaitฤ โ โFreedomโ
- Gebrasy โ โWhereโd You Wanna Goโ
- Evita Cololo โ โBe paslapฤiลณโ
- Gabrielius Vagelis โ โMy Guyโ
And here were the full results:
| Place | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total |
| 1 | Gebrasy | Where’d you wanna go | 12 (55) | 12 (868) | 24 |
| 2 | Gabrielius Vagelis | My guy | 10 (47) | 7 (423) | 17 |
| 3 | Evita Cololo | Be paslapฤiลณ | 8 (46) | 8 (443) | 16 |
| 4 | Norbertas | Man in Need | 4 (21) | 10 (587) | 14 |
| 5 | Aistฤ Brokenleg | Home | 7 (27) | 2 (131) | 9 |
| 6 | Sunday Afternoon | Open | 5 (24) | 4 (249) | 9 |
| 7 | Rapolas | Degam | 3 (19) | 5 (333) | 8 |
| 8 | Gabrielฤ Goลกtautaitฤ | Freedom | 2 (18) | 6 (340) | 8 |
| 9 | Cosmic Bride | Solitary Star | 6 (26) | 1 (93) | 7 |
| 10 | Uno Band | Eisiu | 1 (7) | 3 (169) | 4 |
Gebrasy – ‘Where’d you wanna go’:
The Roop – ‘Discoteque’:
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
Lithuania debuted at the contest in 1994. Their first entrant, Ovidijus Vyลกniauskas with the song โLopลกinฤ mylimaiโ, finished last with nil points. However, this didnโt deter them from continuing; they have participated every year since 2004.
The semi-final era has seen some mixed results. With Lithuaniaโs best finish coming in 2006 with LT Unitedโs โWe Are The Winnersโ. Despite the title, LT United could only manage 6th. Lithuaniaโs only other top 10 came in 2016, when Donny Montell finished 9th with โIโve Been Waiting For This Nightโ. 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 iลก Naujo! Their viral hit โOn Fireโ 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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