Four weeks into Lithuania’s 10-week-long Eurovision selection extravaganza, 20 songs already eliminated and tonight we will see eleven more songs performed.

How to watch

The first show kicks off from 20:00 CET (21:00 local time) via the following channels:

Tonight’s show

As with the previous shows, presenters Ieva Stasiulevičiūte and Gabriele Martirosianaite will host the proceedings. We will see the next 11 of the 51 participants perform their entries publicly for the very first time in a bid to qualify to the next stage of the selection.

This evening’s acts will have to earn the votes of not only the viewing public, but also that of the specialist jury consisting of music reviewer Ramūnas Zilnys, head of LRT Opus Darius Užkuraitis, singer P. Meškėla and chief conductor of the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra Gintaras Rinkevičius. Both the jury and televoting points will be ranked in the traditional Eurovision style.

The top ranked acts which receive the highest amount of points will qualify to the next stage of the show, which starts from the 4 February.

Show 4 participants

  1. Elvina MilkauskaitėTry
  2. Julija JegorovaHigher
  3. Evaldas VaikasasFire kisses
  4. Neringa ŠiaudikytėRunning out of time
  5. Vlad MaxI’ll never let you down
  6. Shiny RaiaAll you
  7. Alanas Chošnau7 days
  8. Valerija IljinaitėYou made me glow
  9. Queens of RosesFisherman
  10. Audrius JanonisRun
  11. Aistė PilvelytėI’m like a wolf

In total, a maximum of 6 acts will compete in the Grand Final of the national selection on the 11 March, in which the winner will be determined via a 50/50 jury/public vote, also including the vote of an international jury.

Eurovizija 2017 dates

  • 07/01: Show 1
  • 14/01: Show 2
  • 21/01: Show 3
  • 28/01: Show 4
  • 04/02: Show 5
  • 11/02: Show 6
  • 18/02: Show 7
  • 25/02: Show 8
  • 04/03: Show 9
  • 11/03: Show 10 (Grand Final)

Eleanor (or Ellie), is 26 years old, is from Exeter in the UK. She combines motherhood with studying linguistics. Ellie was first allowed to stay up and watch the Eurovision Song Contest aged 5 in 1999, but really fell in love with it after the Athens 2006 contest. Big key changes and dramatic stage shows are an absolute must! Ellie has also written an A* academic dissertation on the cultural history of Eurovision.