Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025
| Eurovision Song Contest 2025 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) | |||
| Country |  Lithuania | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Eurovizija.LT 2025 | |||
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| Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Lithuania will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, which will be held in Basel, Switzerland. The Lithuanian participating broadcaster, the Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT), will organize the national final Eurovizija.LT 2025 to select its entry for the contest.
Background
[edit]Prior to 2025, the Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Lithuania twenty-four times since its debut in 1994. Its best placing was achieved in 2006, with the song "We Are the Winners" performed by LT United, which finished in sixth place in the final. Since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, LRT has managed to qualify for the final thirteen times. It was represented in 2024 by the song "Luktelk", performed by Silvester Belt, who qualified for the final and finished 14th overall with 90 points.[1]
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, LRT organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. LRT has used a national final to select all of its Eurovision entries, with the exception of its debut entry in 1994. Between 2020 and 2023, the national final format Pabandom iš naujo! was used to select its entry. In 2024, LRT introduced a new format, titled Eurovizija.LT. LRT confirmed its intention to participate in the 2025 contest in mid-June 2024;[2] two months later, the broadcaster started accepting applications for Eurovizija.LT 2025.[3]
Before Eurovision
[edit]Eurovizija.LT 2025
[edit]Eurovizija.LT 2025 is the national final format organized by LRT to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. It is being held between 11 January and 15 February 2025 and is hosted by Gabrielė Martirosian, Nombeko Augustė Khotseng and Rimvydas Černiauskas.[4] The shows are broadcast on LRT televizija and LRT Lituanica, as well as online via the broadcaster's website lrt.lt and official LRT YouTube channel.
Format
[edit]The competition sees 45 entries compete across five semi-finals, held between 11 January and 8 February 2024, and a final on 15 February 2024.[5] A 50/50 combination of jury and public vote determines the ranking in each phase, with the top two entries from each semi-final (out of the nine total) qualifying for the final; the top three entries from the final move on to a final televoting round selecting the winner. In case of a tie in any of the previous stages, the jury ranking will take precedence.[6] The score system is the same used at the Eurovision Song Contest: the top ten entries from each of the jury vote and the televote are assigned 1–8, 10 and 12 points.[6]
Performances for the semi-finals are pre-recorded, while they will be delivered live in the final.[5]
Competing entries
[edit]On 13 August 2024, LRT opened a submission platform for interested artists, lasting until 11 November 2024, later the deadline was extended to 25 November 2024.[7] Each applicant could only submit one entry. Performers were required to be citizens of the European Union who have a permanent residence permit in Lithuania, while songwriters could be of any nationality, though citizens of countries "hostile to Lithuania" were not allowed to submit entries. The selected artists are able to withdraw until 20 December 2024.[6] 81 entries were submitted at the conclusion of the submission period.[8]
On 11 December 2024, the list of the 45 participating artists and songs was released by LRT.[8] On 13 December, Evelina Gancewska was disqualified from the competition as her competing song "Aurora" had already made the line-up of the Croatian national selection, Dora 2025, and was replaced by Austėja Lukaitė, who later withdrew from the competition herself because she was unable to attend the filming of her semi-final due to a flu.[9][10] Among the selected competing artists were Vilija and Ieva Zasimauskaitė, who represented Lithuania in 2014 and 2018, respectively.[8] Gebrasy, Indrė and Laimonas (as part of Il Senso), Justinas Lapatinskas, Liepa, Lion Ceccah (formerly known as Alen Chicco), Mario Junes, Petunija, Queens of Roses and Siga (as part of Žalvarinis) have all competed in previous editions of the Lithuanian national selection and advanced to the final.
Entry withdrawn Replacement entry, later withdrawn
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
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| Aistay | "Meilę sapnavau" |
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| Amari | "Sirens Call" |
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| Amoralu | "Freedom" |
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| Anyanya | "Running Out of Time" |
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| Austėja Lukaitė | "Kas esu be tavęs?" | Žilvinas Žusinas |
| Black Biceps | "Visaip man reik" | Vitalij Valentinovič |
| Donata | "Empower" |
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| Euften | "Goodbye Hell" |
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| Evelina Gancewska | "Aurora" |
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| Ewa | "Tell Me Lie" | Eva Navickaitė |
| Freya Alley | "Lalala" |
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| Gebrasy | "Whole" |
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| Gøya | "After Storm" | Marija Grabštaitė |
| Godo Yorke | "<3 neparodai" |
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| Halummi | "The Flame" |
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| Hansanova | "Leilydo" | Giedrius Balčiūnas |
| Ieva Zasimauskaitė | "Don't You Ever Leave Me" |
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| Indrė and Laimonas | "Namo" | Stanislavas Stavickis-Stano |
| Jokūbas Jankauskas | "Far Away" | Jokūbas Jankauskas |
| Joseph June | "Ko man nesakei" | Vytautas Gumbelevičius |
| Justė Baradulinaitė | "Tired" |
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| Justinas | "Alright" |
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| Káro | "Love Bug" |
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| Katarsis | "Tavo akys" | Lukas Radzevičius |
| Liepa | "Ar mylėtum" |
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| Lion Ceccah | "Drobė" |
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| Lit | "You're Not Alone" |
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| Mantas Ben | "Svajonės po 12" | Mantas Bendžius |
| Mario Junes | "Bury Me" |
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| Matas Ligeika | "Saule" |
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| Matt Len | "Not Alone" |
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| Meidė | "Gyvatės" |
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| Noy | "Just Take Me on a Date" |
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| Ofelija | "Širdelė" | Liepa Maknavičiūtė |
| Petunija | "Į saldumą" |
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| Queens of Roses | "Taip!" | TBA |
| Rūta Budreckaitė | "Tai kur namai" |
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| Siga | "Walking with My Shadow" | Sigita Jonynaitė-Žostautienė |
| Sophie Ali | "The Bluest Bell" |
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| Sun Francisco | "Atsimerkt" |
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| The Ditties | "Zui Zu Bi" | Veronika Čičinskaitė-Golovanova |
| Thomas G | "Highest Goals" |
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| Tomas Dirgėla | "Pašok" |
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| Ustin | "You're the One" |
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| Viktorija Faith | "Scary Beautiful" |
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| Vilija | "Liesti negalima" | Vilija Matačiūnaitė |
Jury members
[edit]Unlike last year, the jury members comment on the contestants' performances in all shows.[5] Since 2020, the jury in the semi-finals consists of five people, with more jury members participating in the final.
| Jury member | Semi-finals | Final | Occupation(s) | ||||
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| Ieva Narkutė | 
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TBD | singer-songwriter | |
| Stanislavas Stavickis-Stano |
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singer-songwriter | ||
| Ramūnas Zilnys |
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music reviewer, radio host, Eurovision commentator | ||
| Leonas Somovas |
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producer and composer | ||
| Vytautas Bikus |
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composer, songwriter of Lithuanian Eurovision entries in 2015 and 2018 | ||
| Unė Liandzbergytė |
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radio host | ||
| Kamilė Gudmonaitė |
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theater director, singer, member of Kamanių Šilelis | ||
| Kristupas Naraškevičius |
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TV and radio host | ||
| Gerūta Griniūtė |
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radio host, former Eurovision commentator | ||
| Darius Užkuraitis |
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radio host, former Eurovision commentator | ||
| Monika Liu |
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2022 Lithuanian representative | ||
Semi-finals
[edit]The five semi-finals of the competition are being filmed on 8, 14, 15, 20, and 21 January 2025 at the LRT studios in Vilnius and are being aired on 11, 18, 25 January, 1, and 8 February 2025. In each semi-final, 9 of the 45 competing acts perform, with the top two entries progressing to the final
Each semi-final opens with a performance of dancers staged by choreographer Marijanas Staniulėnas.[14] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, interval acts performed:
- Gabrielius Vagelis performed "Pasilik" in the first semi-final;
- Stanislavas Stavickis-Stano and Edilija Nikartaitė-Geltona performed "Saulė" in the second semi-final;
- Rūta Mur with Leonas Somovas will perform "Saugok širdį" in the third semi-final.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
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| 1 | Lit | "You're Not Alone" | 6 | 297 | 4 | 10 | 6 |
| 2 | Mantas Ben | "Svajonės po 12" | 8 | 384 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | Rūta Budreckaitė | "Tai kur namai" | 4 | 706 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| 4 | Anyanya | "Running Out of Time" | 12 | 1,058 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 5 | Aistay | "Meilę sapnavau" | 2 | 55 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Ewa | "Tell Me Lie" | 7 | 442 | 7 | 14 | 4 |
| 7 | Viktorija Faith | "Scary Beautiful" | 5 | 159 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
| 8 | Justė Baradulinaitė | "Tired" | 10 | 827 | 10 | 20 | 2 |
| 9 | Euften | "Goodbye Hell" | 3 | 299 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
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| 1 | Halummi | "The Flame" | 6 | 427 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
| 2 | Noy | "Just Take Me on a Date" | 10 | 1,019 | 12 | 22 | 2 |
| 3 | Jokūbas Jankauskas | "Far Away" | 8 | 633 | 8 | 16 | 3 |
| 4 | Petunija | "Į saldumą" | 12 | 863 | 10 | 22 | 1 |
| 5 | Freya Alley | "Lalala" | 4 | 476 | 6 | 10 | 6 |
| 6 | Káro | "Love Bug" | 5 | 349 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
| 7 | Vilija | "Liesti negalima" | 7 | 610 | 7 | 14 | 4 |
| 8 | Tomas Dirgėla | "Pašok" | 3 | 236 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| — | Austėja Lukaitė | "Kas esu be tavęs" | Withdrew[a] | ||||
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |||||
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| 1 | Amari | "Sirens Call" | TBD | ||||||||
| 2 | Thomas G | "Highest Goals" | |||||||||
| 3 | Queens of Roses | "Taip!" | |||||||||
| 4 | Gøya | "After Storm" | |||||||||
| 5 | Hansanova | "Leilydo" | |||||||||
| 6 | Meidė | "Gyvatės" | |||||||||
| 7 | Gebrasy | "Whole" | |||||||||
| 8 | Indrė and Laimonas | "Namo" | |||||||||
| 9 | Black Biceps | "Visaip man reik" | |||||||||
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |||||
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| 1 | Siga | "Walking With My Shadow" | TBD | ||||||||
| 2 | Ustin | "You're the One" | |||||||||
| 3 | Godo Yorke | "<3 neparodai" | |||||||||
| 4 | Joseph June | "Ko man nesakei?" | |||||||||
| 5 | Amoralu | "Freedom" | |||||||||
| 6 | Katarsis | "Tavo akys" | |||||||||
| 7 | Liepa | "Ar mylėtum" | |||||||||
| 8 | Mario Junes | "Bury Me" | |||||||||
| 9 | The Ditties | "Zui zu bi" | |||||||||
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |||||
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| TBA | Donata | "Empower" | TBD | ||||||||
| Ieva Zasimauskaitė | "Don't You Ever Leave Me" | ||||||||||
| Justinas | "Alright" | ||||||||||
| Lion Ceccah | "Drobė" | ||||||||||
| Matas Ligeika | "Saule" | ||||||||||
| Matt Len | "Not Alone" | ||||||||||
| Ofelija | "Širdelė" | ||||||||||
| Sophie Ali | "The Bluest Bell" | ||||||||||
| Sun Francisco | "Atsimerkt" | ||||||||||
Final
[edit]The live final of the competition will take place on 15 February 2025 at the Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas. A combination of the votes of a jury (50%) and the public (50%) will select three songs for a superfinal, where a televoting round will determine the winner.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
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| Votes | Points | Votes | Points | |||||
| TBD | Anyanya | "Running Out of Time" | TBD | |||||
| Justė Baradulinaitė | "Tired" | |||||||
| Noy | "Just Take Me on a Date" | |||||||
| Petunija | "Į saldumą" | |||||||
| TBD 25 January 2025 | ||||||||
| TBD 25 January 2025 | ||||||||
| TBD 1 February 2025 | ||||||||
| TBD 1 February 2025 | ||||||||
| TBD 8 February 2025 | ||||||||
| TBD 8 February 2025 | ||||||||
Notes
[edit]References
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- ^ Granger, Anthony (13 August 2024). "Lithuania: Search Commences for Eurovision 2025". Eurovoix. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
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- ^ Juršėnaitė, Eimantė (15 February 2024). "Didžiausiuose šou projektuose dirbantis Marijanas Staniulėnas: kuo labiau užsiėmęs esu, tuo daugiau noriu" [Marijanas Staniulėnas, who works in the biggest show projects: the busier I am, the more I want]. lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). LRT. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
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