Tonight: Eurovizijos 2014 show #11 in Lithuania

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Tonight, the Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT will air the 11th show of the 2014 Lithuania national selection Eurovizijos 2014. The show will air at 20:00 CET on LRT 1.

The show

After Monika Linkytė’s elimination last week, 3 contestants remain with 3 songs. The 3 competing candidates will perform one of the remaining 3 songs. No contestants will be eliminated, but the public/jury vote will decide the song that will represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. The final will take place on 1 March to decide the person who will represent the country.

How to watch

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The show will be aired at 20:00 CET on the following channels.

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The participants

  • Vaidas Baumila
  • Vilija Matačiūnaitė
  • Mia

The 2014 Lithuanian national selection consists of 4 rounds. 20 candidates were selected by LRT to battle for the golden ticket to Copenhagen this year in May. After competing in the first 2 rounds, 8 participants remain and will compete in Round 3 of the selection. Full details about the selection process can be found here.

Originally, the 4 finalists were to be decided along with the 2014 Lithuanian Eurovision song entry on the 8 February with the representative then being selected on the 15 February. However due to the popularity of this year’s shows, LRT have decided to extend the selection meaning that the grand final will instead take place on the 1 March. You can read more about the changes here.

Lithuania debuted at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. Lithuania’s best result to date was in 2006 when LT United was selected to represent their country in the host city of Athens. After qualifying to the grand final, the band eventually ended in 6th place with a total of 163 points.

Last year, Andrius Pojavis represented Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö with his song Something. Pojavis received 17 points in the final, ending in 22nd place.

Stay tuned to esctoday.com for the latest news on Lithuania and the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest.