We are travelling to the Baltics tonight, namely to Vilnius the majestic capital of Lithuania where the 2026 Lithuanian national selection- EUROVIZIJA.LT is set to kick off with its First Semi-final.

Lithuania is gearing up in full steam for Eurovision 2026 with its national selection EUROVIZIJA.LT.

How to watch?

You can watch EUROVIZIJA.LT’s Semi-final #1 t at 20:00 CET via the following channels:

About the show

A total of 8 acts will be battling during tonight’s show. The top two acts after a combined jury/public televoting deliberation will proceed to the Grand Final. The show will be hosted by Gabriele Martirosian,  Eglė Kernagytė and  Rimvydas Černiauskas.

The Participants

  1. Siga “Noriu Jo”
  2. Valdas Lacko “Pabandom”
  3. Elizabeth Olshey “Between”
  4. Noy “Stand up”
  5. Rug!le “Ikona Žemaitė”
  6. Aistė Pilvelytė “Tarp žvaigžių tylos”
  7. Thomas G “One Night Lover”
  8. “The Ditties” “Mambo”.

EUROVIZIJA.LT

The 2026 Lithuanian national selection will consist of 5 semi-finals and 1 Grand Final running from 24 January-28 February every Saturday. A total of 40 acts will be battling at EUROVIZIJA.LT. The Grand Final is scheduled to be held on Saturday 27 February at the Twinsbet Arena in Vilnius.

  • 24/01/2026- Semi-final #1
  • 31/01/2026- Semi-final #2
  • 07/02/2026- Semi-final #3
  • 14/02/2026- Semi-final #4
  • 21/02/2026- Semi-final #5
  • 28/02/2026- Grand Final

Lithuania in Eurovision

Lithuania debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 and is yet to win the event. The country achieved its best result at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006 when it placed 6th. Lithuania has competed 25 times at our beloved contest.

In 2025 Katarsis represented the Baltic nation at the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel with their entry ‘Tavo Akys’.

 


Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 23 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.