Lithuania: LRT reveals the Eurovizijos Atranka 2020 participants
The Lithuanian national broadcaster, LRT, revealed the acts and their song titles that will compete in the Lithuanian Eurovision 2020 national selection, Eurovizijos Atranka.
With the media leaking through ongoing reports some of the names to take part in the national selection, LRT, unveiled today the list with the 36 entries to compete in the upcoming national selection of Eurovizijos Atranka. These are the following:
- Abrokenleg — “Electric boy”
- Aika — “Paradas” (Parade)
- Aistay — “Dangus man tu” (You are heaven to me)
- Aiste Pilvelyte — “Everlastingly”
- Alen Chicco — “Somewhere Out There”
- Andy Vaic — “Why why why”
- Antturi — “I gotta do”
- Baltos varnos — “Namu dvasia” (Spirit of Home)
- Bernardas — “Dad, don’t be mad at me”
- Donata Virbilaitė — “Made of wax”
- Evgenya Redko — “What about us”
- Gabrielius Vagelis — “Tave cia randu” (I find you here)
- Germantas Skoris — “Chemistry”
- Glossarium — “Game over”
- Indraya — “You and I”
- Justina Zukauskaite — “Breath in”
- Justinas Lapatinskas — “High way story”
- KaYra — “Alligator”
- Kristina Jure — “My Sound of Silence”
- Lukas Bartaska — “Where is that change?”
- Lukas Norkunas — “Atsiprasyk” (I’m sorry)
- Meandi — “DRIP”
- Monika Marija — “If I leave”
- Monique — “Make me human”
- Nombeko Auguste — “Reikia man”
- Petunija — “Show Ya”
- Rokas Povilius — “Vilnius calling”
- Ruslanas Kirilkinas — “Soldiers heart”
- Rūta Loop — “We came from sun”
- Soliaris — “Breath”
- The Backs — “Fully”
- The Roop — “On fire”
- Twosome — “Playa”
- Viktorija Miskunaite — “The Ocean”
- Vitalijus Spokaitis — “Nemusk saves”
- Voldemars Petersons — “Wings of freedom”
Among the candidates we notice several past national final participants, such as Aiste Pilvelyte, the group Twosome, Alen Chicco, Monika Marija, Voldemars Petersons, the group The Roop, Soliaris, Rūta Loop, Ruslanas Kirilkinas, Petunija, Lukas Norkunas, Justina Zukauskaite, Gabrielius Vagelis, Donata Virbilaitė, and additionally the wiiner of the Lithuanian X-factor , Monique, who will compete for the first time.
Eurovizijos Atranka 2020
After the changes introduced in this year’s edition the national selection of Eurovizijos Atranka will consist of 6 shows. The first show will be broadcast on January 11 and the final show on February 15. For a second consecutive year Gabrielė Martirosian and Giedrius Masalskis will host Eurovizijos Atranka 2020 alongside this year with Ieva Zasimauskaitė (Lithuania 2018)
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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.This year 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.