Shortly before Lithuania’s LRT filmed the second semi final of EurovizijaLT, it was revealed that one of the acts would be unable to compete in this week’s contest.
Austėja Lukaitė pulled out due to illness
Austėja Lukaitė, who was set to compete with Kas esu be tavęs? will be unable to participate in the second semi final due to contracting the flu. Given the timeframe, a replacement cannot be found for her, so only 8 songs will participate this week. Austėja Lukaitė had actually originally set to participate as a replacement after Evelina Gancewska had been replaced from the contest’s line-up.
The first semi final of this year’s contest took place last Saturday, and saw Anyanya and Justė Baradulinaitė
What is EurovizijaLT?
Lithuania has used a national final to select its Eurovision representative for all of its entries bar its debut in 1994. The national final itself has undergone frequent name changes and small format changes. From 2020 to 2023, the country used “Pabandom iš naujo!” (translation – We try again!) as its national final. Most recently in 2024, Eurovizija.LT was the name of the national final. There were 40 participants across 5 semi-finals, with two participants advancing to the final from each.
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 22 times and made the Grand Final 15 times. LT United gave Lithuania their best ever Eurovision result back in 2006, where the country placed 6th.
In 2024, Silvester Belt represented Lithuania, participating with the song “Luktelk”. Performing in the first semi-final, Silvester qualified for the final in fourth place. In the Grand Final, Lithuania finished in 14th place overall, with 90 points – 32 points came from the juries, with another 58 points from the televote.
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Source: LRT
Photo credit: LRT / E. Blažio
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