Lithuania: 11th time lucky for Aistė Pilvelytė?

The songs and artists for the 2020 Lithuanian national final are revealed. And to our surprise (or not?) one of the contestants will be Aistė Pilvelytė. She is not quite new to the Lithuanian national final. The first time Lithuania had a national selection anyway, in 1999, she was one of the contestants. Another nine attempts to represent her country were about to follow. In 2008, 2010 and 2017, she came closest to Eurovision with a second place. Can it be 11th time lucky for her?

Another contestant you might recognize is Monika Marija. She became 2nd in last year’s national final.

Here’s the full list of contestants:

  • Abrokenleg, “Electric boy”
  • Aika, “Paradas”
  • Aistay, “Dangus man tu”
  • Aistė Pilvelytė, “Everlastingly”
  • Alen Chicco, “Somewhere out there”
  • Andy Vaic, “Why why why”
  • Antturi, “I gotta do”
  • Baltos Varnos, “Namų dvasia”
  • Bernardas, “Dad, don’t be mad at me”
  • Donata Virbilaitė, “Made of wax”
  • Evgenya Redko, “What about us”
  • Gabrielus Vagelis, “Tave čia randu”
  • Germantas Skoras, “Chemistry”
  • Glossarium, “Game over”
  • Indraya, “You and I”
  • Justina Žukauskaitė, “Breathe in”
  • Justinas Lapatinskas, “High way story”
  • KaYra, “Alligator”
  • Kristina Jure, “My sound of silence”
  • Lukas Bartaška, “Where is that change?”
  • Lukas Norkūnas, “Atsiprašyk”
  • Meandi, “DRIP”
  • Monika Marija, “If I leave”
  • Moniqué, “Make me human”
  • Nombeko Augustė, “Reikia man”
  • Petunija, “Show ya”
  • Rokas Povilius, “Vilnius Calling”
  • Ruslanas Kirilkinas, “Soldiers heart”
  • Ruta Loop, “We came from the sun”
  • Soliaris, “Breath”
  • The Backs, “Fully”
  • The Roop, “On fire”
  • Twosome, “Playa”
  • Viktorija Miškūnaitė, “The ocean”
  • Vitalijus Špokaitis, “Nemušk savęs”
  • Voldemars Petersons, “Wings of freedom”

source: LRT

 

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