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Lithuania: Last two acts qualify for Eurovizija.LT 2025 Final

The list of finalists for Lithuania's national selection contest for Eurovision 2025 is now complete with the qualification of Lion Ceccah and Sophie Ali

Lithuania is now readier than ever to select its Eurovision 2025 artist and song.

After five heats with a total of 44 songs, the lineup for the Final of Eurovizija.LT 2025 is set. The 10 finalists will perform once again next Saturday hoping to convince both the jury and the public that they're the right choice to fly to Eurovision 2025 in Basel.

Tonight's show had been recorded on 21 January in LRT's studios in Vilnius and hosted by Gabrielė Martirosian, Nombeko Augustė, and Rimvydas Černiauskas.

The jury panel featured:

  • Ramūnas Zilnys (Eurovision commentator);
  • Monika Liu (Lithuania 2022);
  • Unė Liandzbergytė (radio host);
  • Gerūta Griniūtė (former Eurovision commentator);
  • Darius Užkuraitis former Eurovision commentator).

Once all of their votes (worth 50%) along with the public's (50%) were counted, those were the results:

Eurovizija.LT 2025 – Heat 5

Eurovizija.LT 2025

Eurovizija.LT 2025 is Lithuania's national selection process to select their Eurovision 2025 representative. A total of 45 acts are competing, divided into five heats to determine the 10 artists going to the Final. The winner of the Eurovizija.LT 2025 Final will represent Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel.

The five heats take place at LRT Studios in Vilnius, while the Final will be held at Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas. All six shows will be hosted by Gabrielė Martirosian, Nombeko Augustė, and Rimvydas Černiauskas.

  • Heat 1: 11 January
  • Heat 2: 18 January
  • Heat 3: 25 January
  • Heat 4: 1 February
  • Heat 5: 8 February
  • Final: 15 February

Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest

Lithuania has taken part in the Eurovision Song Contest 24 times since its debut in 1994.

In their debut year, 1994, Lithuania finished last. Their best result is from 2006, when LT United performed the iconic song "We Are The Winners (of Eurovision)." Although they didn't win, they finished 6th.

Lithuania 2006: LT United - "We Are The Winners"

Since the introduction of the Semi-finals in 2004, Lithuania has been in Eurovision every year, and qualified for the Grand Final 13 out of 20 times.

With Estonia's victory in 2001 (Everybody) and Latvia's victory in 2002 (I Wanna), Lithuania is the only Baltic country that hasn't won the Eurovision Song Contest.

About the author: Pedro Santos (Portugal)

authorPedro comes from Lisbon, Portugal. He's 31 years old and graduated in journalism. He has attended Eurovision Song Contest three times live - 2018, 2019 and 2022 - and covered the show three times more (2021, 2023, 2024) but his first Eurovision memory takes him back to 2007 when Sarbel delivered his catchy "Yassou Maria" performance. Pedro's favorite Eurovision song is Albania's 2015 "I'm Alive" by Elhaida Dani which is also his favorite Eurovision edition.

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