Lithuania: Results of second Semi-final of Pabandom iš Naujo 2020
The second and last Semi-final of Lithuania's Pabandom iš Naujo has come to an end and determined the remaining four acts going through the show's Final to be held next Saturday
With a new name, new rules, lots of talk, and an overall new image, Pabandom iš Naujo (English: We Go Again, former Eurovizijos) had it's last semi-final tonight on Lithuania's public channel LRT.
Eight songs were performed and four made it through the next phase, the Final. Identically to the show's first Semi-Final, the performances were pre-recorded and followed by an interview with Lithuania's 2018 representative Ieva Zasimauskaitė.
The show's presentation was guided by Lithuanian presenters Gabrielė Martirosian and Giedrius Masalskis. The jury panel suffered a few changes from last week.
The final decision was divided between the public and the jury who shared 50% of the final decision.
Pabandom iš Naujo 2020 – Semi-final 2
8 February 2020
- Monika Marija – "If I Leave" (22 Points)
- Moniqué – "Make Me Human" (22 Points)
- Meandi – "DRIP" (14 Points)
- The Backs – "Fully" (14 Points)
Germanas Skoris – "Chemistry (Breaking Free)"(12 Points)Rokas Povilius – "Vilnius Calling"(12 Points)Petunija – "Show Ya"(7 Points)Andy Vaic – "Why Why Why"(7 Points)
Qualifiers' performances
With the last four finalists found, the complete lineup for next Saturday's Final of Pabandom iš Naujo 2020 is now complete:
Pabandom iš Naujo 2020 – Finalists
15 February 2020
- Aistė Pilvelytė – "Unbreakable"
- The Roop – "On Fire"
- KaYra – "Alligator"
- Rūta Loop – "We Came from the Sun"
- Monika Marija – "If I Leave"
- Moniqué – "Make Me Human"
- Meandi – "DRIP"
- The Backs – "Fully"
Pabandom iš Naujo 2020
A total of six shows have been scheduled. The first three shows were elimination heats, where half of the songs were eliminated. The two Semi-finals selected the eight finalists:
11 January 2020: Heat 118 January 2020: Heat 225 January 2020: Heat 31 February 2020: Semi-final 18 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.
