Eurovizijos atranka 2015: Lithuania Kicks Off Their National Selection Marathon

Just as they did last year, Lithuania will once again use its convoluted national selection process to select their representative for Eurovision 2015. And the long road to Vienna kicked off with tonight’s show, which was pre-recorded. Twelve artists introduced themselves and some of them opted to perform their own compositions, while the rest performed an existing Lithuanian hit single. In any event, you can see the full list below, and in the order in which they placed. All 12 participants received feedback from the Lithuanian jury panel based on tonight’s performance. Tadas Juodsnukis has established himself as the early front-runner by beating last year’s runner-up Vaidas Baumila.

Note: Many of you, like us, probably expected these acts to perform covers of international hits by Sia and J. Lo. That’s what Lithuania’s LRT had originally planned. But they made a last minute change and decided to air this episode, featuring local hits, instead.

Eurovizija atranka 2015 Show 1 Results

1. Tadas Juodsnukis “Nakty” (by Kastytis Kerbedis)
2. Vaidas Baumila “Tik zmogus” (original performer)
3. Milita Daikeryte “Tarp taves ir manes” (original performer)
4. Edgaras Lubys “Sirdis ant balto sniego” (by Natalija Bunke)
5. Mia “Man patinka” (by Dzordana Butkute)
6. Liepa Mondeikaite “As mylajau tave tau nezinant” (by Aktoriu Trio)
7. Jurgis Bruzga “1000 dienu” (original performer)
8. Reda Striskaite “Kai sirpsta vysnios Suvalkijoj” (by Vytautas Kernagis)
9. Monika Linkyte “Besieliai” (original performer)
10. Neringa Siaudikyte “Meile skolingas tau” (by Stasys Povilaitis)
11. Rollikai “Violeta” (by Kastytis Kerbedis)
12. Wilma La “Lauzo sviesa” (by Foje)

Lithuanian Jury Panel

Ramunas Zilnys – music reviewer

Edmundas Seilius – opera singer

Audrius Giržadas – LRT Chief Producer

Linas Adomaitis – Lithuania’s 2004 Eurovision representative

No one was eliminated after tonight’s show. So all the points artists received from the Lithuanian juries will be added to the results of the second show.

Last year’s winner Vilija Mataciunaite represented the country at Copenhagen last year. Her entry “Attention” failed to qualify from the semi-final, finishing 11th with 36 points. But she did win the infamous Barbara Dex Award for Worst Costume. At least that’s something?

What did you think of tonight’s show?

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