Lithuania: Results of Heat 2 of Pabandom iš Naujo 2020
The second heat of Pabandom iš Naujo has just come to an end with the selection of another six Semi-finalists who hope to represent Lithuania in Eurovision 2020
With a new name, new rules and an overall new image, Pabandom iš Naujo (English: We Go Again, former Eurovizijos) had it's second heat tonight on Lithuania's public channel LRT.
Ieva Zasimauskaitė (Lithuania 2018) was again part of the show and in charge of interviewing each of the acts. Gabrielė Martirosian and Giedrius Masalskis - Lithuanian TV presenters - were the hosts. As for the jury panel, that was built of five names: Darius Užkuraitis, Gerūta Griniūtė, Giedrė Kilčiauskienė, Vaidotas Stackevičius and Leon Somov.
Even though the show was broadcasted live, each performance had been previously recorded. As far the voting goes, the jury was in charge of 50% of the vote while the other half belonged to the public.
Once all was said and done, Moniqué, Kristina Jure, Rūta Loop, Viktorija Miškūnaitė, Alen Chicco and Germanas Skoris were the picked ones to move on into the show's Semi-final.
Pabandom iš Naujo 2020 – Heat 2 Results
- Moniqué – "Make Me Human" (22 points)
- Kristina Jure – "My Sound of Silence" (18 points)
- Rūta Loop – "We Came from the Sun" (17 points)
- Viktorija Miškūnaitė – "The Ocean" (15 points)
- Alen Chicco – "Somewhere Out There" (14 points)
- Germanas Skoris – "Chemistry" (8 points)
Soliaris – "Breath"(6 points)Twosome – "Playa"(5 points)Antturi – "I Gotta Do"(4 points)Abrokenleg – "Electric Boy"(3 points)Indraya – "You and I"(2 points)Voldemars Petersons – "Wings of Freedom"(2 points)
Pabandom iš Naujo 2020
A total of six shows have been scheduled. The first three shows are elimination heats, where half of the songs will be eliminated. In each of the two Semi-finals, four songs will qualify to the final:
11 January 2020: Heat 118 January 2020: Heat 2- 25 January 2020: Heat 3
- 1 February 2020: Semi-final 1
- 8 February 2020: Semi-final 2
- 15 February 2020: Final
Lithuania in Eurovision Song Contest
Lithuania has been taking part of Eurovision Song Contest 20 times since its debut in 1994.
The debuting year 1994 Lithuania ended last, and the best result is from 2006 where LT United performed the iconic song "We Are The Winners (of Eurovision)". It didn't win though, but went 6th. Since the introduction of the Semi-finals in 2004, Lithuania has been in Eurovision every year and qualified for the Grand Final 9 out of 16 times.
With both Estonias victory in 2001 ("Everybody") and Latvias victory in 2002 ("I Wanna"), Lithuania is the only Baltic country that haven't won Eurovision Song Contest.
