It’s a slight case of deja vu tonight, as the same two countries as last Saturday are back in action once again — Lithuania with heat three of Pabandom iš naujo! 2022 and Norway with semi-final two of Melodi Grand Prix 2022.
Here are all the details you need for 2022’s third Saturday of national selections.
You can follow all the results on wiwibloggs (and via our Twitter: @wiwibloggs and Instagram: wiwibloggs) throughout the evening. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s happening, when it’s on and how to watch.
Saturday 22 January: Eurovision 2022 Selection Shows
Norway’s Melodi Grand Prix 2022
Semi-Final Two
Time: 19:50 CET to 21:05 CET
This evening’s second semi will start with performances from four artists across two duels. They are Lily Löwe, Steffen Jakobsen, Farida and Daniel Lukas. The first two duel winners will face off against each other, resulting in one finalist. Christian Ingebrigtsen — one of the automatic qualifiers — will also showcase his entry tonight.
Click to Watch Melodi Grand Prix 2022 Semi-Final Two
Lithuania’s Pabandom is naujo!
Heat Three
Time: 20:00 CET to 21:40 CET
This heat will see twelve more acts battle for six semi-final slots. There are several familiar names including Rūta Loop, Gebrassy, Lolita Zero and Eurovision 2014’s Vilija.
Click to Watch Pabandom is naujo! 2022 Heat Three
You can also watch on the official LRT Lituanica livesteam.
Which show will you watch? Let us know below.
It’s obvious now that the competition is between Ruta loop and Monika liu after seeing the points for gebrasy.
Monika is the winner, IMO. The 1940s style takes the cake.
She is fantastic
Monika won the jury and the televote by a comfortable margin.
Ruta 2nd and Lolita Zero in front of Gebrasy, which is very absurd in my opinion.
I dont understand how Lithuanians are thinking to put Lolita Zero above Gebrasy.
Well, the televote is the televote. But I think the jury was too kind with Lolita. Even more knowing they’ve been so demanding with vocals.
I agree on the other 5 and I would still pick Vasha before Lolita. Anyway, a great night for PiN. Monika, Ruta and Gebrasy took the competition to a whole new level tonight. From the other heats, we still have Auguste, Urte, Ieva, Moosu X… if the semifinals are balanced, PiN will have a very good final.
French-Soviet is not a bad thing, I think, it is part of history.
Yeah, the thing is that Lolita Zero aka. Giedrius Ivanauskas is an actor and the visuals everything is perfect of course, but there is no singing….
That was terrible, why would you let it advance only because of visuals? It’s should be mostly about song.
Yeah there was no singing… so not too sure about going to a song contest without singing.
After seeing the results, I wonder if your comment may backfire and we may lose a good act in the final…
No, you’re not the one to blame. 🙂 And I can’t blame the televote either, they vote for what they want! But I’ll blame the jurors if they don’t put Lolita last or 2nd to last in the semis as long she repeats this total lack of vocal display.
Who sounds dodgy?
Menulio faze
Oh dear, and I liked that song prior to the show
I’d like to see the performance, but it’s not uploaded yet on the LRT channel. I’m a little frustrated with that
If it’s between him and Monika as people think it is (I would definitely include Ruta though), Lithuania will be fine. Gebrasy just needs to amp his stage presence a bit, but the guy is clearly very talented with this kind of romantic pop.
Me too! Especially that culmination bit..
I am so shocked how his voice doesn’t sound at all…
I’m impressed by her charisma. She was alone on the stage and I feel I could watch she singing it for half an hour without complaining.
pabandomisnaujo. lt/heat-three-final-six/
Sorry guys, the link was a little bit altered. Note – these comments are not yet “ready” for wide use – they are simply to guide you what jurors were talking about. I will make it more polish once results are known! 🙂
Thank you so much for those, Devito. Not just because they’re always very helpful, but also because now I’m peaceful by knowing the jurors liked Ruta and won’t hurt her tonight.
So the jurors actually really loved Ruta? That’s good. What do they say that they liked about her? Whatever she gets for the televote, at least The jury has her back.
You should check the link (just mind the space before “lt”), it has a good resume on that. 4 of the jurors praised her a lot, just one didn’t see impressed.
4 out of 5, not bad.
I loved her to bits. Such a great artist from all aspects. Her camera work is lovely and her movements just charming!
For Zivile high notes sounded tough.. maybe its just me..
I agree with Nikki, but I also don’t know it’s a matter of taste. I thought the ending of Zivile’s performance sounded quite screechy.
I am dying to know what the jurors have said about the Lithuanian performances so far.
I know, I try to link and it didn’t work. Devito, We need you!
I was so excited for her and now i am disappointed.
Her fashion choices were way worst than her vocals though.
It’s a pity, I like the song.
Same.
Lithuanian ladies like white baggy trousers 🙂
Air kicking aside, it was a good 1st bunch. But Ruta is my big highlight too. From all the live performances we’ve seen so far in this year’s national finals, hers was my favorite.
And Gebrasy and Monika are still to come!
Klevertak was a good surprise to me. It sounded so low-key and shy on the studio version, I wasn’t expecting a playful Melfest style performance. Whoever wins between him and Farida will have my support in the final duel.
Farida’s staging was pretty good but the song doesn’t really resonate with me. And I aldo can’t connect with Klevertak. I hope Steffen wins this heat although as of now I predict Farida will qualify
Both Steffen and Lily were really good!
PIN is starting right now! I’m actually not going to watch the show, I’m just going to watch the live performance videos that will upload on the LRT YouTube channel later. Then I’ll look up the results. Melodi Grand Prix actually does keep their full episodes uploaded on iPlayer for a while, so if you missed last weeks or if you can’t watch Semifinal to right now, don’t sweat. You can watch it later.
Rutaa woow!!
Was she really good in her live performance? I’m going to watch the performances later when they’re uploaded it on the LRT channel and I will add them to my life performance playlist
Her staging was really gorgeous and the entire package was amazing.
I am excited for Monika Li, Ruta Loop, Emilija & Gebrasy <3
Indeed! Same here. So exciting 🙂
Does anyone know how to watch Pabandom is naujo after tit has aired. I watched mgp last week first and was disappointed when I couldn’t watch it on LRT after it had aired.
I don’t know if it happened also during the 2nd heat, but the 1st one was on LRT’s youtube page. That way you could open it, pause it and watch later. The problem is that the image wasn’t good at all. My tip for those who want to watch both shows is using the pause in the MGP streaming, as long you don’t bother having the duels “broken”. For example, last week I watched the 1st song in Norway and paused it. Then I watched the first 4 from Pabandon is Naujo. Went back to Norway for the 2nd and… Read more »
Just to confirm, it’s on LRT’s Youtube indeed, but the broadcasting can’t be paused. 🙁 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaIFZ6Zfpqs&ab_channel=Lietuvosnacionalinisradijasirtelevizija
http://www.lrt. lt/mediateka/irasas/2000197728/eurovizija-2022-atranka-isibegeja-triumfavo-ieva-zasimauskaite-i-kita-etapa-zenge-6-dalyviai
Wow Sabrina you are even more hardcore than me. Unfortunately I’ve not got much tech here so am just watching on my amazon fire stick. It’s a shame PiN isn’t available to view after it’s been aired like MGP is.
Lithuanian Jurors’ comments will be available on PIN page: pabandomisnaujo. lt/2022/01/22/heat-three-final-six/
Can’t wait to hear Fantasy Eyes live. Really good song – wouldn’t mind it in Turin.
By the looks of things, Monika Liu is going to Italy. Undoubtedly her song has more fans in Lithuania than Gebrasy’s, it’s only a question if the juries are ready to send a song in Lithuanian. The last time it happened it was 23 years ago! But yes, she is the favorite to win and I am not being biased. In the televote others do not stand a chance.
yes, the race is between two songs only. after this week’s releases, every other entry became irrelevant in lithuania. no ieva zasimauskaite, no ruta loop either.
I`ll cross the fingers for her. She´s my favourite.
Crazy excited for PIN! I almost got all my snacks in order for the show 🙂
I think PIN should not only be seen as a selection for Eurovision only, but as a nice Saturday music show that people like me enjoy to watch 🙂 So I wouldn’t want them to cut any heats 🙂
Lithuania has at least two fantastic songs tonight – Gebrasy and Ruta Loop. I really hope it’s one of them who wins it all. Monika is also an interesting candidate. Overall, the quality of the third heat surpasses the first two by a lot.
In MGP, songs from the second semi are close in quality, but I’m really looking forward to their live performances.
By the looks it might be Monika. I like her much.
Me too
This is one of the last Saturday before the marathon of national finals become REALLY busy. I do appreciate every second of this new NF season even if a lot is coming so fast now. So far, my favourite selections (in term of songs only) are in Spain, Portugal, Finland and Estonia (Europe two extremities lol) as I also love some songs in the other ones like in Albania for who “Sekret” is my number one among the already selected songs, but “Jezinky”, “Death of us” are/were according to me original melodies too. I now wait resolutely for the songs… Read more »
My faves are from Lithuania, Portugal and Norway.
I’m pretty sure PiN heat 3 is much stronger than the others but still il be watching mgp tonight
I’m just worried how am I going to watch mgp and melfest at the same time
Anyway who do you think will win mgp semi 2? Lily is pretty good but I think it’s either Stefan or Farida
i hope such a thing was possible but propably it aint happening.
Broadcoasters cant se t their progarmms at another time or date just for the fans to watch another show there are so may national finals.
either way they propably wont care abt other shows form other countries
Where can I find Devito’s translations?
Yeah, the translated comments for both amusing, and Insightful of how much the judges just seem to be underwhelmed by the contestants. Hopefully heat 3 provide some things they can latch onto that’s actually really good. I agree with you. It will be a heat 3 participant that’s going to eurovision for Lithuania.