After a short break last week, Lithuania’s Nacionaline Eurovizijos Atranka 2018 returns this Saturday with heat number two. LRT has revealed the line-up and it’s filled with returning artists and fresh new names for you to dig into (and hopefully enjoy).
Paula Valentaite
After her strong debut last year, Paula returns stronger than ever and with much more experience. Her song “1 2 3” has quite an impressive team behind it. Paula wrote the tune herself with help from the very popular producer Gyciu Valicku Echoes and a production team from Sweden. They’ve worked with names like Zara Larsson, Kygo, Alan Walker and Icona Pop. Donny Montell contributed as well. He thinks that Paula and her song “1 2 3” is the one to watch this year and says she might do very well at the big Eurovision to boot.
Twosome
Paulius Sinkunas and Justinas Stanislovaitis (Justin 3) really want to reach out to Europe with Eurovizijos Atranka. Their song “Hello” contains 35 greetings in different languages from all over the world. It should be a quite an interesting and charming performance. Paulius is a famous choreographer who has been part of several high-profile projects. Justinas already got eliminated in the first heat but maybe this time he will make it into the next round?
Saules Kliosas
They’ve competed in the national selection seven times previously. Now, after their last participation in 2010, they return with attempt #8. “Man gaila” — a song in the Lithuanian language — seems quite strong. Saules Kliosas is very popular and established group in Lithuania. And they benefit from lead singer Juste Starinskaite, who has a great voice and strong look as well.
Elizabeth Olshey
Elzbieta Oleskevic might be a new name in this year’s selection but she is a very experienced singer. She wrote “Bejausmis” — another Lithuanian-language song — all by herself, and it feels very organic to her. A veteran of numerous song festivals, she won Baltic Voice 2017. Will she do as well in Eurovizijos Atranka? We’ll see this Saturday.
Mia
She has a huge name in Lithuania and this is her fourth attempt in the Eurovizijos Atranka. Her song “Arrows” is quite promising — especially when you consider Mia’s strong voice and ability to emote during the live shows. The announcement that she would compete sent fans into a frenzy — and it may well push her forward as the competition gets going.
EUROVIZIJOS ATRANKA 2018 – HEAT 2 COMPETING ACTS
Juozas Martin – Don’t Give Up
Justina Zukauskaite – Love Doesn’t Lie
Elvina Milkauskaite and Balys Kulikauskas – So Long My Love, My Lover
Lukas Jonaitis LJ – Over Now
Ruta Kotryna – Ghost
Saules Kliosas – Man Gaila
Twosome – Hello
Paula – 1 2 3
Audrius Petrauskas – In My Bones
Elizabeth Olshey – Bejausmis
Mia – Arrows
Emilija Valiukeviciute – Bye Bye
Who you are excited to see in the second heat? Will it be stronger than the first heat? And who do you think will the the lucky six to advance into the next round?
the lithuania nf wikipedia page has this as an entry is it a joke…
Nancy Aura – “Enemies of the Forest” … Pam Swynford, Sara Baus, Lys Assia, Ylva Persson, Vasilije Ojdanic
Lithuania will never learn. They were lucky to have Donny Montell.
One of the songs is from Michael Schulte (German National Final 2018) Really looking forward to that song! It´s “In My Bones”.
someone leave a link please of the Mia drama??
https://www.15min.lt/vardai/naujiena/eurovizija/mia-apie-povandenines-eurovizijos-sroves-galbut-po-sio-straipsnio-busiu-diskvalifikuota-1058-912216
please write about current drama with Mia and LRT in 2015. People have to know this. Im sick of our preselection
I’ve seen their jury votes for this week’s show are already out and holy cow, what’s it gonna take for Lithuania to get rid of that useless and incompetent jury for good?
You haven’t heard none of the songs, so how do you know that jury is incompetent ?
Erike’ Dženingsyte’ said so.
Yes, but how is that connected with this week’s results ?
They basically sabotaged the favorites. And their votes from last week were tragic already. Just like the ones from last year. They’re the reason why Fusedtrash went to Kiev.
Favorites of who…? Lithuanian public? Meh, the only favourite that was clearly sabotaged last year was Gytis Ivanauskas, and for obvious reasons. Of some Internet randos? Yeah, they definitely cared about their opinions…
I saw them too, and like what?? This jury needs to get fixed, and fast. Half of the qualifiers last week were saved by the public, and the public are going to need to step up their game this week
How did you see the jury votes, do you have a link?
I see that a Lithuanian wrote this post, but why there are some Lithuanian grammar mistakes in the article ? 🙂
Also, you should cover the newest Eurovision drama about Mia. If what she says about National final 2015 is true, that’s a real shame for both Vaidas&Monika and LRT…
Can someone please explain the drama? I’m very curious but confused!
Mia stated today that in 2015, just before the final she got called by the staff (she didnt mention the names) and they literaly asked her “what u want in exchange of Vaidas and Monika making a duet” and they suggested her to join festival „Slavianskij Bazar“. She says she was in shock that they can change the rules so brutally and so late in the preselection. She knew she gonna lose because she was left alone against other two, having in mind all three had the same chances before and cards suddenly flipped two nights before. She says she… Read more »
What drama? Details?
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