Lithuania: 'Pabandom iš naujo 2022' format confirmed; Eight contestants to take part in the Grand final

Lithuania: 'Pabandom iš naujo 2022' format confirmed; Eight contestants to take part in the Grand final
Thursday, 06 January 2022

  • The Lithuanian national broadcaster, LRT, has shared the details of the 'Pabandom iš naujo 2022' format, which will select the country's Eurovision 2022 representative. 

    The format according to which the Lithuanian national selection will unfold has been confirmed by LRT, with eight contestants to reach the national final. 

    Following the revelation of the 36 participants that will be taking part in the Lithuanian national selection for Eurovision 2022 and the release of the titles of their entries, LRT shed further light on the national selection process and how that will unfold. 

     

    THE FORMAT 

    Pabandom iš naujo 2022 will consist of six show. Three qualifying rounds, two semifinals and one Grand final show. All 36 candidates will compete in the first three qualifying rounds, with the first heat set to take place on January 8, 2022. All performances of the three first heat will be recored ahead of the live shows during which they will be displayed. 

    From each of the first heats six acts will secure a spot in the semifinals with the 18 qualifying acts splitting into two semi final shows. Four contestants will qualify from each semi final which means that the Grand final of Pabandom iš naujo 2022 will see a total of eight acts competing for the right to repesent Lithuania at Eurovision 2022.

    Thus the national selection will unfold on the following specific dates: 

    • 1st Qualifying round – January 8
    • 2nd Qualifying round – January 15
    • 3rd Qualifying round – January 22
    • Semi-Final 1 – January 29
    • Semi-Final 2 – February 5
    • Grand Final – February 12

    The outcome wil be determined by a combination of jury and public voting (50% share each). While the jurors will not be pre- released , the jury results will be shown only at the end of each qualifying show in order not to influence the public voting.  

    LRT will distribure equally to all the contestants a total of 54,000 Euro, excluding taxes, in order to improve their staging of their performances. Also the money received by LRT during the selection for the audience voting, together with other financial support from the public broadcaster, will be allocated to improve the performance of the winner of the selection.

    The 36 candidates that ambition to represent the country at Eurovision 2022 and their repsective songs are: 

    1. Aldegunda – “Holiday”
    2. Artūras Aleksiejus – “Out of mind”
    3. Augustė Vedrickaitė ft. under – “Before you’re 6 ft under”
    4. Basas Pegasas – “Ponai” (Gentlemen)
    5. Clockwork Creep – “Grow”
    6. Elonas Pokanevič – “Someday”
    7. Emilijana Katauskaitė – “Illuminate”
    8. Emilija Valiukevičiūtė – “Overload”
    9. Erica Jennings – “Back to myself”
    10. Gabrielė Goštautaitė – “Over”
    11. GABREA – “Make It Real”
    12. Gebrasy – “Into Your Arms”
    13. Geleibra – “Aš jaučiu tave” (I feel you)
    14. Gintarė Korsakaitė – “Fantasy Eyes”
    15. Ieva Zasimauskaitė – “I’ll be there”
    16. Joseph June – “Deadly”
    17. Justė Kraujelytė – “How To Get My Life Back”
    18. Justin 3 feat. nanaart – “Something that is natural”
    19. Lolita Zero – “Not Your Mother”
    20. Mary Mo – “Get Up”
    21. Mėnulio fazė – “Give Me A Sign”
    22. Monika Linkytė – “See You Again”
    23. Monika Liu – “Sentimentai” (Sentiments)
    24. Moosu X – “Love That Hurts”
    25. Natalia Kharetskaya (Cosmic Bride) – “Cosmic Bride”
    26. Queens of Roses – “Washing Machine”
    27. Rūta Loop – “Call Me From the Cold”
    28. Sun Francisco – “Dream Again”
    29. Titas ir Benas – “Getting Through This”
    30. Urtė Šilagalytė – “Running Chords”
    31. Vasha – “Git”
    32. Viktorija Faith – “Walk Through The Water”
    33. Viktorija Kajokaitė – “Piece of universe”
    34. Vilija Matačiūnaitė – “Šimtas vienas” (One hundred and one)
    35. Voldemars Petersons & the Break Hearters – “UP”
    36. Živilė Gedvilaitė – “Lioness”

     

    Among the candidates we see four past Eurovision participants. Namely,  Erica Jennings (ESC 2001), Vilija Matačiūnaitė (ESC 2014), Monika Linkytė (ESC 2015) and Ieva Zasimauskaitė (ESC 2018) are making a new attempt to reach the Eurovision stage in Turin.

     

    The Lithuanian national selection will be presented to us by the trio Ieva Stasiulevičiūtė, Giedrius Masalskis and Richardas Jonaitis. 

    Pabandom Is Naujo 2022 Hosts

     

    Lithuania in Eurovision 

    Lithuania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest  21 times since its debut in 1994, when Ovidijus Vyšniauskas finished last, receiving zero points. Lithuania withdrew from the contest, without returning until 1999. LT United’s 6th place in 2006 with the song “We Are the Winners” is Lithuania’s best result in the contest. The country reached the top ten for a second time in 2016, when Donny Montell finished 9th with “I’ve Been Waiting for This Night”.

    In 2018 the country was represented by  Ieva Zasimaskaite with her emotional ballad song When We’re Old, which finished 12th in the grand final. In 2019 national final winner,  Jurij Veklenko defended the Lithuanian colors in Tel Aviv with the song Run With The Lions, but failed to qualify to the final left in the 11th place of the second semi final.

    In 2020 The Rood had won the national final with their song “On fire” but never made it to the Eurovision stage after the Eurovision 2020 cancellation due to the coronavirus outbreak. However, the band had the chance to complete their Eurovision journey in 2021, as after winning the national selection Pabandom iš naujo 2021 with their song "Discoteque" went on represeting the Baltic nation in Rotterdam where they finished 8th. 

     

    News Source/image: LRT