The second heat of Pabandom iš Naujo is set to air tomorrow, and we here at ESCUnited were fortunate enough to have a conversation with contestant and debutant Mario Junes before that happens. Mario Junes is an up-and-coming pop artist from Lithuania who is a big fan of the Eurovision Song Contest. He’s also part of another fandom outside of …
With the second heat of Pabandom iš Naujo set for this coming Saturday, we were fortunate to get an interview with returning artist Petunija! 2023 will mark Petunija’s third appearance in the national selection, with her first appearance happening back in 2016 under the Eurovizijos Atraka format. In late October of 2022 she released her new EP “Two In Somnia”, and during …
Our final interview prior to the first Pabandom iš naujo heat is with Joseph June. Joseph June is a musician who first appeared in the Lithuanian pre-selection last year with the song “Deadly”. Since then he has three singles titled “You & I”, “Perfect”, and “The One” – with the latter two appearing to be part of the same EP …
We’re back with another edition of our Pabandom iš Naujo interview series, this time featuring singer and songwriter Alen Chicco. This year will mark Alen Chicco’s third time participating in the Lithuanian national selection, with their first appearance occurring in 2019 with “Your Cure”. Prior to competing for a spot at Eurovision Alen also competed on the 2017 season of …
This morning we connected with the Lithuanian band Il Senso to arrange an interview before the first heat of Pabandom iš naujo! Il Senso is a quartet of Lithuanian singers that are classically trained, and who’s music covers a variety of genres. As a group they have appeared on Lithuanian television and large stages a number of times performing renditions …
We here at ESCUnited excited that Pabandom iš naujo! is set to begin again this coming weekend, which also means we have a number of artist interviews to share with you! First up is the band Justin 3, a band who has performed in the national selection a total of four times now. Their first appearance came in 2017 with their …
Team Lithuania, rejoice! The 2023 “Pabandom iš naujo!” (Let’s try again) is now underway! Lithuania’s public broadcaster LRT announced the program launch on Tuesday and Eurovision hopefuls will have until December 12th to submit their songs with the televised national selection shows starting in January, 2023. Competitors will participate in preliminary heats and semi-finals before a grand finale to determine …
Earlier this month, Lithuania chose Monika Liu as The Roop‘s Eurovision successor at the third edition of Pabandom iš naujo!. It was a decisive victory, with only Lolita Zero coming anywhere close to matching her televote scores. Though she may not be a name to people outside of Lithuania, Monika‘s domestic career so far laid the groundwork for her PiN! success. …
Last year in Rotterdam Lithuania was represented by The Roop with Discoteque and they ended up 8th, bringing back home the second best result in country’s history. Tonight, another edition of Pabandom iš naujo was held. In the grand final the viewers, along side the national jury, saw and had the chance to vote for these eight acts: Queens of Roses – Washing Machine …
Vilnius, 11 February 2022 With several countries selecting their entries tomorrow, we at ESCUnited don’t want you to deny our 2cents before the happening. Incoming are reviews on the eight finalists of Lithuania’s selection “Pabandom iš naujo!” On today’s panel, we find: Boris Meersman (BE), which of his quirky faves will he curse with a high score today? James Maude …
