Tonight the first of ten five qualifying heats will air in Lithuania. Tonight eight acts will compete for three places in the semi-finals.

The show

This is the first qualifying heat, third in total of ten shows in total,  leading up to the Lithuanian final around Christmas. The 8 acts will sing one song each, and there will be a combination of audience and jury voting. Only the result of the audience vote will be revealed tonight.

How to watch

  • Live on LRT 20.00 – 22.30 CET (21.00 – 23.30 local time)
  • Live on LRT Lituanica (LTV World) 20.00 CET (on 4.8°E, Astra 4A, 12379.60, H, 27500 3/4 )
  • Webcast1 and webcast2

 

The participants

    • Vudis ir Samanta Tina – Hey chaki – mama | Music: Arvydas Martinėnas Lyrics: Gorgi
    • Vincentas Linkevicius – Dance the night | Music: Mindaugas Lapinskas Lyrics: Eglė Petrošiūtė
    • Gabrielius Vagelis – Sacrifice | Music and lyrics: Erik Nyholm, Niklas Hast, Sam McCarthy
    • Ugne Smile – Call to you mum | Music and lyrics: Ugnė Kudlaitė Arr.: Giedrius Balčiūnas
    • Saules Briolai – Loreen | Music: Vytautas Bikus Lyrics: Vytautas Bikus, Donatas Petreikis
    • Valerija Iljinaite – Kate’s morning at 10:08 | Music and lyrics: Vytautas Karpauskas
    • Andrius Pojavis – Something | Music and lyrics: Andrius Pojavis
    • Julija Jegorova – I’ll carry you | Music and lyrics: TJ Oosterhuis, Raphaella Mazaheri Asadi, Hiten Bharadia

Juha has been following Eurovision Song Contest since the 1960s. Writing for www.esctoday.com since 2008, and other websites before that. A Finn living in London.