The results are in for the eighth show in the Lithuanian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.

The results of show 8 are as follows:

Show 8 qualifiers

  • Donny Montell – I’ve been waiting for this night
  • Aistė Pilvelytė – You bet
  • Erica Jennings – Leading me home
  • Rūta Ščiogolevaitė – United
  • Ieva Zasimauskaitė – Life (Not that beautiful)
  • Ruslanas KirilkinasIn my world
  • CatrinahBe free
  • Valdas LackoStay tonight

That means that Milda Martinkėnaitė and Saulenė Chlevickaitė are now out of the competition.

This was the last of the preliminary rounds of the competition. The next stage is the semi-final on 5 March and then the final, where Lithuania decides who it is sending to Stockholm in May, which is on 12 March.

Stay tuned to esctoday.com for all the latest news on Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016


Eliza-Jane watched Eurovision Song Contest as a youngster growing up in Australia and continued to be a keen follower of the show since moving to London in 1999. She watched the show live from Oslo in 2010 and Dusseldorf in 2011, and Malmo 2013.