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 …
Lithuania’s Prabandom iš naujo national selection process began tonight with the first ten finalists selected from the full group of thirty contenders (you can catch up with the full broadcast here). Fifteen acts performed in front of a live studio audience with Rūta MUR placing first after the voting with the most public and jury votes with their retro dance …
Tonight, Europe is blessing us with two more national final shows as the race for tickets to Liverpool 2023 begins to hot up! Norway’s Melodi Grand Prix continues on its quest to select Norway’s star, whereas Lithuania begin their search for a successor to Monika Liu as the now-established Pabandom iš naujo! gets underway for another year. Here’s all of …
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 continue our journey through Pabandom iš naujo with our next interview featuring Rūta MUR. Rūta MUR is an up-and-coming artist from Lithuania whose music is described as “New Nostalgia.” This year will be her first time participating in the Lithuanian national selection, but is not her first rodeo performing live. Want to know what to expect tomorrow from Rūta? …
We continue our Pabandom iš naujo interview series today with Justė Kraujelytė, who is back for her second time in the national selection. Justė Kraujelytė has a long history of performing and with the Eurovision Song Contest. Throughout her childhood she performed and travelled with a jazz ensemble and made her debut on national television during the 2017 season of …
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 …
After releasing the lineup for 2023’s Pabandom iš naujo 2023, Lithuania’s LRT has announced a change to its lineup. The artist Lina Štalytė has been removed from consideration for the 2023 national selection as her song “My Body” was previously released on YouTube in 2020. To qualify for selection, songs must be previously unreleased. Stepping up to replace her is …
