The fourth heat of the Lithuanian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, Eurovizija 2018, will take place tonight. Thirteen acts will compete to make it through to the next stage.

As with the three previous heats, the 13 acts performing tonight have already performed for the jury, and have been ranked accordingly by the jurors. Tonight, the public are able to vote for their favourites.

How to watch

Eurovizija 2018 will air from 20:00 CET (21:00 local time) on the following channels:

The show

The acts have already been viewed by the jury, who have cast their votes during the pre-recording of the show on Tuesday.

These votes will make up 50% of the overall result, with the other 50% coming from the public televote this evening.

Six of the thirteen acts will continue to the next stage of the competition over the weeks to come.

Heat 4 contestants

  1. Rūta Loop – Positive thoughts
  2. Jurgis BrūzgaFor love
  3. Ofelija – Butterfly
  4. Dainotas Varnas – Merry-go-round
  5. Rugilė Daujotaitė – Love is the flower of life
  6. Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė – That girl
  7. Marius Petrauskas – Kol meilė gyva
  8. Silvija PankūnaitėReal
  9. El FuegoI do believe
  10. Marija – This love 
  11. Rasa KaušiūtėThe silence
  12. The RoopYes, I do
  13. Monika Marija – The truth

Eurovizija 2018 schedule

  • 06/01: Show 1
  • 20/01: Show 2
  • 27/01: Show 3
  • 03/02: Show 4
  • 10/02: Show 5
  • 17/02: Show 6
  • 24/02: Show 7
  • 03/03: Semi-final
  • 11/03: 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.