Lithuania: Atikin and Vilnius Voices to Eurovizija.LT 2026 Final

The second of five heats took place today for Lithuania's Eurovizija.LT 2026. Eight more acts performed on stage tonight in hopes of advancing to next months final.

Of those eight acts, Atikin and Vilnius Voices received enough votes to advance to the final, with Grete advancing to the wildcard round.

Tonight's show was filmed on 20 January at LRT Studios in Vilnius and was hosted by Gabrielė Martirosian, Rimvydas Černiauskas, and Eglė Kernagytė. Voting to determine the acts advancing to the Final was split 50/50 between jury and public voting.

Heat 3 takes place next Saturday where we will see two more acts moving onto the Eurovizija.LT 2026 Final.

Eurovizija.LT 2026

Eurovizija.LT 2026 is Lithuania's national selection process for Eurovision 2026. 40 acts in total are competing and will be split into five heats:

• Heat 1: 24 January
• Heat 2: 31 January
• Heat 3: 7 February
• Heat 4: 14 February
• Heat 5: 21 February
• Final: 27 February

Each Heat will have eight acts perform, with two advancing directly to the Final from each. The third-place act in each Heat will advance to the "Wildcard round." After all five Heats are completed, the top third-place act from the "Wildcard round" will secure the last spot in the Final.

All five Heats take place at LRT Studios in Vilnius and will be hosted by Gabrielė Martirosian, Rimvydas Černiauskas, and Eglė Kernagytė.

The Eurovizija.LT 2026 Final will be held on 27 February 2026. It will be held at Twinsbet Arena in Vilnius with the same hosts. The winner will represent Lithuania at Eurovision 2026 this May in Vienna.

All six shows will follow a 50/50 split between jury and public voting to determine their results.

Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest

Lithuania has taken part in the Eurovision Song Contest 25 times since its debut in 1994.

In their debut year, 1994, Lithuania finished last. Their best result is from 2006, when LT United performed the iconic song "We Are The Winners (of Eurovision)." Although they didn't win, they finished 6th.

Since the introduction of the Semi-finals in 2004, Lithuania has been in Eurovision every year, and qualified for the Grand Final 14 out of 21 times.

With Estonia's victory in 2001 (Everybody) and Latvia's victory in 2002 (I Wanna), Lithuania is the only Baltic country that hasn't won the Eurovision Song Contest.