Lithuania 2021: Pabandom iš Naujo! Semi-Final Preview
The Semi-Final round of ‘Pabandom iš naujo!’ will take place this weekend, as Lithuania takes another step closer to selecting their 2021 Eurovision contestant.
The five winners from each of the two heats will compete for a place in the Final next week, where they will be up against the top placed acts and The Roop, who were automatic qualifiers.
The show was recorded earlier this week, and judging from photos released by the broadcaster LRT, we can expect to see some adjustments to the outfits and staging for some of the acts.
It is expected that five acts will qualify for the Final this week, based on a 50/50 split jury and televote. The Jury will be made up of Ramūnas Zilnys, Aistė Smilgevičiūtė, Jievaras Jasinskis, Gerūta Griniūtė and Stanislavas Stavickis-Stano.
Lithuania 2021: Pabandom iš naujo! Heat 2 Results
The Lithuanian Eurovision national selection show ‘Pabandom iš Naujo!’ continued this weekend with the second of the elimination heats.
In the elimination heats only the top 5 out of the 10 acts progress to the finals. The successful acts were be selected by 50/50 combination of jury and public televoting.
Heat 2 Results:
2. Gabrielius Vagelis – ‘My Guy’
3. Evita Cololo – ‘Be Paslapčių’
4. Norbertas - ‘Man in Need’
5. Aistė Brokenleg - ‘Home’
10. UnoBand – ‘Eisiu’
Gebrasy was the televote and jury favourite of the night. He previously competed in the Lithuanian national final in 2019 with ‘Acceptance’. He came 7th in Heat 1, not progressing to the next round.
Five more songs advance to Lithuania s national Eurovision semifinal
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Lithuania s national Eurovision selection / E. Blaževič/LRT
The second qualifying round in Lithuania s national Eurovision selection saw five performers advancing to the semifinal where they will compete to represent the country in Rotterdam this May.
A jury and televoters on Saturday selected five performances out of ten.
Aistė Brokenleg, Home
Evita Cololo, Be paslapčių (No Secrets)
Gabrielius Vagelis, My Guy
Voldemaras Petersons, Never Fall For You Again
Titas and Benas, No
Milita Daikerytė, Shadows
BE U, Love Yourself
The Roop, who won Lithuania s national selection last year, will advance to the finals straight away, with the song Discoteque.
Lithuania 2021: Pabandom iš Naujo! Heat 2 Preview
The Lithuanian National Final ‘Pabandom iš Naujo!’ continues this weekend with Heat 2. The remaining 10 artists will compete for the remaining 5 positions in the Semi-Final, where they will be up against the top 5 from last week.
Also on the line-up this week is the highly anticipated preview performance of ‘Discotheque’ by The Roop – the 2020 ‘Pabandom iš Naujo!’ winners, who were given a direct ticket to this year’s Final. They released their song this week, and you can listen to it
This week we will also see Lithuania s 2014 representative Vilija Matačiūnaitė return, under the stage name Sunday Afternoon.
Lithuania’s Eurovision national final ‘Pabandom iš Naujo!’ 2021 artist and song announcement
Many details have been released on Lithuania’s Eurovision National Final for 2021.
The Lithuanian broadcaster LRT televizija (LRT) with use their 2020 national selection process ‘Pabandom iš Naujo!’ to decide on their Eurovision representative for 2021.
The band The Roop who were fan favourites to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with their infectious song ‘On Fire’ have been invited back to compete straight into the ‘Pabandom iš Naujo!’ final show. It will be The Roop’s third Lithuanian national final.
‘Pabandom iš Naujo!’ will consist of two heats which will take place on January 16 and 23 (January 17 and 24 in Australia). Then selected artists will compete in a semi-final on January 30 (January 31 in Australia) and then the winning artist will selected in a final on February 6 (February 7 in Australia).