The fifth semi final of EurovizijaLT, Lithuania’s national final for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, took place tonight and at the end of the show LRT revealed that two wildcards will also participate.
Two Wildcards
Following the close of the last semi final for EurovizijaLT, LRT announced that 12 acts will participate in the final of EurovizijaLT, instead of the originally intended 10. The original format of the contest saw 2 acts qualify from each semi final. Instead now Black Biceps from the third semi final will participate with “Visaip man reik”, and Liepa from the fourth semi final will participate with “Ar mylėtum”. Wildcards are unusual in Lithuania, with this also happening in 2017 when Lolita Zero won the right to fight in the final with “Get Frighten”.
Which means that the 12 acts still in with a chance of representing Lithuania in Basel:
- Anyanya
- Justė Baradulinaitė
- NOY
- Petunija
- Gøya
- Gebrasy
- Amoralu
- Katarsis
- Lion Ceccah
- Sophie Ali
- Liepa
- Black Biceps
You can find the details of what happened in previous weeks here: Semi Final One, Two, Three, Four, and Five.
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: V. Raupelio / LRT
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