Back in October 2022, Lithuanian broadcaster (LRT) announced that once again, the still relatively new national final format of Pabandom iš naujo! would once again return on Lithuanian screen over the winter, as will once again serve as the televised national final of the country. The submission period was just recently closed, but earlier today, the full list of participants were revealed.
Pabandom iš naujo 2023!
Pabandom iš naujo! was first televised back in 2020, but it was also the show that introduced all of Europe to The Roop. Sadly, the 2020 edition was just not meant to be, so it was used once again in 2021, where the group once again won the competition and actually went on to show Europe, who they were. The show returned in 2022, which presented us to not only Monika Liu, but also the first song in Lithuanian, in more than over 20 years. With success, by qualifying in both 2021 and 2022, then why not give it another shot in 2023.
It has been revealed by LRT, that a total of 30 acts will compete in the show, across 5 shows. There will be two heats, two semi-finals and then of course the final, where the winner is selected. With 30 songs in the running now, then there sure is a lot to pick from and these are the following artist that will be singing for the Lithuanian ticket to Liverpool.
The 30 participants as follow(listed alphabetically):
- Agnė – “New Start”
- Aistė Pilvelytė – “We’re Not Running”
- Alen Chicco – “Do You”
- Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio Dantys – “Sėdi ir važiuoji”
- Baiba – “When the Lights Go Out”
- Beatrich – “Like a Movie”
- Donata – “Dreamer”
- Gabrielius Vagelis – “Šauksmas”
- Gebrasy – “Saw Your Ghost”
- Il Senso – “Sparnai”
- I.T. – “Žinau, tai tu”
- Joseph June – “Vacuum”
- Justa Rubežiūtė – “When I’ll Find”
- Justė Kraujelytė – “Need More Fun”
- Justin 3 feat. DJ AugustYno – “Not Giving Up”
- Lina Štalytė – “My Body”
- Luknė – “Paradise”
- Mario Junes – “Do What You Do”
- Matt Len – “Midnight Train”
- Melona – “Song of Whispers”
- Monika Linkytė – “Stay”
- MoonBee – “Rumor”
- Multiks – “London”
- NOY – “Destiny’s Child”
- Paulina Paukštaitytė – “Let Me Think About Me”
- Petunija – “Love of My Life”
- Rūta MUR – “So Low”
- Viktorija Faith – “If You Ever Miss Me”
- Voldemars Petersons – “Things”
- W.I. – “Can You Not”
The first show of the competition will take place on the 21st of January 2023, and will then conclude with the final, to be held on the 18th of February 2023. The winner will be selected from a combined vote of the televote and a new jury for each show, none of the jury members have been revealed as of now.
As mentioned earlier, Monika Liu had the honor of representing Lithuania in 2022 with her song “Sentimentai“, the first Lithuanian song in the contest, in more than 20 years. Here she impressed viewers as well as juries, enough to finish on a respectable 14th place with a combined score of 128 points.
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Source(s): LRT.lt (In Lithuanian)
