Lithuania will continue its search for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest tonight with the second semi final in Dainu Daina being aired. The remaining quarter final qualifiers will be presented and five will move on to the national final to be held next week.
The show
The show starts at 20:00 CET. Ten songs were supposed to compete but two of them were disqualified and are yet to be replaced.Five of the participantswill qualify for the national final on 14th February.
Webcast
A webcast will be available here.
Participants
- 69 Danguje – Meiles simfonija
- Ruta Sciogolevaite – Redemption
- Yva – I dangu
- Urte Šilagalyte – The elegant blues
- Asta Pilypaite & Onsa – Labas
- Donatas Montvydas – I remember last time
- El Fuego – Zvaigzdziu milijonai
Three more acts should be competing tonight but it has not been confirmed yet which ones. One of them should be a wildcard awarded by LRT and the remaining two replacements for Deivis and Ruta Lukoseviciute, the two semi finalists who were previously disqualified for plagiarism. The names of the additional contestants wil be announced tonight during the show.
Lithuania was represented in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest by Jeronimas Milius, who finished 16th in the second semi final thus not making it to the final.