LRT, the Lithuanian national broadcaster, has revealed the participants in Heat 1 of Eurovizija.LT 2025.
The performances in the first heat of Eurovizija.LT 2025 were filmed yesterday in LRT Studios in Vilnius. A total of nine participants will compete in the first heat, which will be broadcast this Saturday.
The Heat 1 participants are:
LIT – “You‘re Not Alone”
Mantas Ben – “Svajonės po 12” (Dreams after 12)
Rūta Budreckaitė – “Tai kur namai” (This is where home is)
Anyanya – “Running Out of Time”
Aistay – “Meilę sapnavau” (I dreamed of love)
Ewa – “Tell Me Lie”
Viktorija Faith – “Scary Beautiful”
Justė Baradulinaitė – “Tired”
Euften – “Goodbye Hell”
A five member jury will decide 50% of the results in this heat. The other 50% will come from public voting. The members of the jury are:
Ramūnas Zilnys (music reviewer, radio host and LRT Eurovision commentator)
Stanislavas Stavickis-Stano (performer and songwriter)
Leonas Somovas (performer and music producer)
Ieva Narkutė (performer and songwriter)
Unė Liandzbergytė (LRT OPUS presenter)
Eurovizija.LT 2025 will begin on January 11 and will consist of five semi-finals and a final. All of the shows will be hosted by Gabrielė Martirosian, Nombeko Augustė and Rimvydas Černiauskas. In each semi-final, a jury and public voting will choose two entries to advance to the final. The final will take place on February 15 at the Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas. The arena is the largest in the Baltic states and covers 39,684 m2 (427,160 sq ft), holding up to 20,000 spectators for concerts.
Silvester Belt won the last edition of Eurovizija.LT and represented Lithuania at Eurovision 2024 with “Luktelk”. He finished 14th in the Grand Final scoring 90 points. Lithuania’s largest points total came in the form of 8 points from the public in the United Kingdom and Latvia.
Image Source: E. Blažio/LRT | Source: LRT
Lithuania debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994. However, their debut appearance saw Lithuania finish in last place with nul points. Lithuania didn’t return to the contest until 1999 when Aiste finished 20th with the song “Strazdas”. Lithuania’s best result came in 2006 when LT United performed “We Are The Winners”. They finished 6th in the final with a total of 162 points. Lithuania has only finished in the top 10 on two other occasions; in 2016 with “I’ve Been Waiting For This Night” by Donny Montell and in 2021 with “Discoteque” by The Roop.
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