🇱🇹 Monika Linkytė to represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

🇱🇹 Monika Linkytė to represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

Tonight the final of Pabandom iš naujo! 2023, Lithuania’s selection show for Eurovision took place and Monika Linkytė will now represent Lithuania in Liverpool at Eurovision 2023 with her song “Stay”

Pabandom iš naujo! Final

The Final was broadcast live on television, online and radio in Lithuania. Tonight was the final show of the Lithuanian series after 2 heats and 2 semi-finals held over the last few weeks, with 30 acts being narrowed down to 10 in the final. The winner was picked by a combination of televoting and a professional jury.

The results of the final are as follows:

OrderArtistEntryJury
Points
TelevotesResult
1Mario Junes“Do What You Do”329th
2MoonBee“Rumor”177th
3Justė Kraujelytė“Need More Fun”518th
4Paulina Paukštaitytė“Let Me Think About Me”655th
5Beatrich“Like a Movie”883rd
6Rūta Mur“So Low”10122nd
7Il Senso“Sparnai”2310th
8Petunija“Love of My Life”744th
9Gabrielius Vagelis“Šauksmas”466th
10Monika Linkytė“Stay”12101st

As the winner of Pabandom iš naujo!, Monika will now prepare to travel to Liverpool and represent Lithuania at Eurovision 2023 in May. Lithuania will be competing in the 2nd Semi-Final on Thursday 11th May, hoping to secure Lithuania a place in the final once more.

As the winner, Monika also receives a 5,000 EUR prize from the LATGA association.

During this evening show, we had guest performances from Duncan Lawrence, winner of Eurovision 2019 for the Netherlands; Last year’s Lithuanian Eurovision representative and jury member for tonight, Monkia Liu and Tvorchi, who will represent Ukraine at Eurovision this year.

The Professional Jury

The jury members of Pabandom iš Naujo final were:

JurorCareer
Monika LiuSinger, Lithuania’s representative in Eurovision 2022
Raminta Naujalytė-BjelleChairwoman of the LATGA Association Council and Singer
Ieva NarkutėSongwriter and Performer
Vytautas BikusComposer and Music Producer
Ramūnas ZilnysEditor-in-Chief of LRT Popular Music
Jievaras JasinskisMember of InCulto, Lithuania’s representative in Eurovision 2010
Vaidotas ValiukevičiusSinger of The Roop, Lithuania’s representative in Eurovision 2020/21
Stanislavas Stavickis-StanoMusic Producer
Gerūta GriniūtėTV and Radio host

Lithuania’s Eurovision Journey

The Baltic nation made its debut at the Eurovision Song contest in 1994, where Ovidijus Vyšniauskas represented them with the song “Lopšinė mylimai”, which placed 25th. Since then, Lithuania has participated 21 times and made the Grand Final 14 times. LT United gave Lithuania their best ever Eurovision result back in 2006, where the country placed 6th.

Lithuania’s latest Eurovision participation, saw them being represented by Monika Liu, participated with the song “Sentimentai”. Qualifying for the final, Lithuania finished in 14th place overall, with 128 points.

What did you think of Lithuania’s choice for Eurovision 2023? Did your favourite win or did they miss out? Are Lithuania going to get a solid result this year? Let us know in the comments or on social media. Be sure to follow ‘THAT Eurovision Site’ on TwitterFacebookInstagram and TikTok in the lead up to Eurovision 2023.

News Source: LRT

Photo Source: D. Umbras/LRT

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