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Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026

Lithuania in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2026
Eurovision Song Contest 2026
Participating broadcasterLithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT)
Country Lithuania
Selection processEurovizija.LT 2026
Selection date27 February 2026
Participation chronology
◄2025 • 2026

Lithuania is set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, which will be held in Vienna, Austria. The Lithuanian participating broadcaster, Lietuvos radijas ir televizija (LRT), is organising the national final Eurovizija.LT to select its entry for the contest.

Background

Main article: Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest

before to 2026, Lietuvos radijas ir televizija (LRT) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Lithuania twenty-five times since its debut in 1994. Its best placing was achieved in 2006, with the song "We Are the Winners" performed by LT United, which finished in sixth place in the final. Since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, LRT has managed to qualify for the final fourteen times. It was represented in 2025 by the song "Tavo akys", performed by alternative rock band Katarsis, who qualified for the final and finished 16th overall with 96 points.[1]

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, LRT organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. LRT has used a national final to select all of its Eurovision entries, with the exception of its debut entry in 1994. Between 2020 and 2023, the national final format Pabandom iš naujo! was used to select its entry. In 2024, LRT introduced a new format, titled Eurovizija.LT. LRT confirmed its intention to participate in the 2026 contest in July 2025;[2] the following month, the broadcaster started accepting applications for Eurovizija.LT 2026.[3]

Before Eurovision

Eurovizija.LT 2026

Eurovizija.LT 2026 is the national final format organized by LRT to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. It is being held between 24 January and 27 February 2026 and is hosted by Gabrielė Martirosian, Eglė Kernagytė-Dambrauskė and Rimvydas Černiauskas. The shows are broadcast on LRT televizija and LRT Lituanica, as well as online via the broadcaster's website lrt.lt and official LRT YouTube channel.

Format

The competition sees 40 entries compete across five semi-finals, held between 24 January and 21 February 2026, and a final on 27 February 2026.[3] A 50/50 combination of jury and public vote will determine the ranking in each phase, with the top two entries from each semi-final qualifying for the final; the third-place entry advances to a wildcard round, where only the audience will determine one additional finalist. In case of a tie in any of the previous stages, the public ranking will take precedence. The scoring system will be the same as used at the Eurovision Song Contest: the top ten entries from both the jury vote and the televote will be assigned scores of 1–8, 10, and 12 points.[4]

Performances for the semi-finals are pre-recorded, while they will be delivered live in the final.

Competing entries

On 18 August 2025, LRT opened a submission platform for interested artists, lasting until 11 November 2025. Each applicant could only submit one entry. Performers were required to be citizens of the European Union who have a permanent residence permit in Lithuania, while songwriters could be of any nationality, though citizens of countries "hostile to Lithuania" were not allowed to submit entries.[4] The selected artists are able to withdraw until 10 December 2025 and will have to submit the final version of the song to the organizers by 23 December 2025.[4]

On 25 November 2025, the list of the 40 participating artists and songs was released by LRT.[5] Among the selected competing artists was Aistė Pilvelytė, who is participating in the Lithuanian national selection for the 14th time. Black Biceps, Il Senso, Lion Ceccah, Gabija Lokytė (as part of VB Gang), Lolita Zero, Noy and Shwr (formerly known as Shower) also have all competed in previous editions of the Lithuanian national selection and advanced to the final.[6] Paulè also represented Lithuania at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 as Paulina Skrabytė.

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Agata Ray "Gravity Lies"
  • Aleksandr Lipnevič
  • Artiom Riamson
  • Jevgenij Podskokov
Agnė Buškevičiūtė "Unbound"
  • Agnė Buškevičiūtė
  • Celine Alette Pedersen Breivoll
  • Jonas Holteberg Jensen
  • Oscar Immanuel Mathisen
  • Vilius Tumalavičius
Aika "Raga"
  • Alvydas Mačiulskas
  • Jekaterina Fiodorova
Aistė Pilvelytė "Tarp žvaigždžių tylos"
  • Aistė Pilvelytė
  • Gendrius Jakubėnas
  • Justas Chachlauskas
Akire "Šiluma"
  • Erika Elzbergaitė
  • Justinas Drūtys
Atikin "Deganti žemelė"
  • Lukas Kemėšis
  • Nikita Vaitkevičius
  • Tomas Tamulionis
Aurimas Papečkys-Aury "Tu mano" Aurimas Papečkys
Black Biceps "Let Me Cook"
  • Andrzej Jaworski
  • Jan Vávra
  • Vitalij Valentinovič
Dagna "Sau meluojam"
  • Audrius Petrauskas
  • Dagna Kondratavičiūtė
Elizabeth Olshey "Between" Elžbieta Oleškevič
Emi Acidic "U Broke Me" Emilija Balsevičiūtė
Freya Alley "No Kiss Goodbye"
  • Kamilė Balčytytė
  • Laurence Hobbs
  • Max Honsinger
Grete "Parade"
  • Grėtė Eitmantytė
  • Sam Cooper
Hansanova "Lumina" Giedrius Balčiūnas
Il Senso "Brave Enough"
  • Agnė Daniūnaitė
  • Deividas Edas Kukta
Jokūbas Jankauskas "Shine"
  • Jokūbas Jankauskas
Juozas Martin "Atmerk akis" Juozas Martinkėnas
Justė Osh "Gaisras"
  • Justė Bubelytė
  • Liutauras Baltrūnas
  • Rokas Povilius
Ledi Ais "Mes siekiam žvaigždžių" Ingrida Tamošaitienė
Lion Ceccah "Sólo quiero más"
  • Tomas Alenčikas
  • Aurimas Galvelis
Lokytė "Vilko akių"
  • Gabija Lokytė
  • Kasparas Barisas
  • Vidas Bareikis
Lolita Zero "Salve im meum mundum"
Matas Ligeika "Svetimi"
  • Matas Ligeika
  • Gytis Valickas
  • Normantas Ulevičus
  • Rokas Jančiauskas
Melanija "The Offering"
  • Gendrius Jakubėnas
  • Stasys Šarkiūnas
Mėnulio Fazė "Dabar ir čia" Vladas Chockevičius
More. "Taip lengvai"
  • Dovydas Lazdinis
  • Ema Zdanavičiūtė
Noy "Stand Up"
Nøra Blu "Hold My Own" Raigardas Tautkus
Patricija Luščynska "Worth It"
  • Patricija Luščynska
Paulè "Sako"
  • Paulina Skrabytė
  • Viktoras Woop
Rug!le "Ikona Žemaitė" Rugilė Ulytė
Selene Ice "Nessuno"
  • Allex Loiudice
  • Leonardo Valcarenghi
  • Loris Gregorio
  • Michele Rivoltini
  • Tautvydė Pukštytė
Shwr "Contact!"
  • Dominykas Kazimieras Krulikovskis
  • Faustas Venckus
  • Jonas Filmanavičius
  • Simonas Krukonis
  • Vainius Indriūnas
Siga "Noriu jo" Sigita Jonynaitė
The Ditties "Mambo" Veronika Čičinskaitė-Golovanova
Theya LeRoy "Oblivion" Tėja Peleckaitė
Thomas G "One Night Lover"
  • Dovydas Lazdinis
  • Ema Zdanavičiūtė
  • Tomas Gailiūnas
Valdas Lacko "Pabandom" Vladas Chockevičius
Vilnius Voices "Grįšim" Monika Švilpaitė-Rogoža
Walls of Water[a] "Unshakable" TBA

Jury members

The jury in the semi-finals consists of five people, with more jury members participating in the final.

Jury members by show[7][8][9][10][11]
Jury member Semi-finals Final Occupation(s)
1 2 3 4 5
Kamilė Gudmonaitė Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes TBD theater director, singer, member of Kamanių Šilelis
Ramūnas Zilnys No Yes Yes Yes Yes music reviewer, radio host, Eurovision commentator
Ieva Narkutė Yes Yes No Yes No singer-songwriter
Vytautas Bikus Yes Yes No Yes No composer, songwriter of Lithuanian Eurovision entries in 2015 and 2018
Jievaras Jasinskis No No Yes No Yes trombonist, composer, conductor, 2010 Lithuanian representative
Gerūta Griniūtė No No Yes No Yes radio host, former Eurovision commentator
Unė Liandzbergytė Yes No No No No radio host
Karolis Talutis Yes No No No No singer, member of 8 Kambarys
Kristupas Naraškevičius No Yes No No No TV and radio host
Lukas Keraitis No No Yes No No bass player, member of Abudu
Viktoras Diawara No No No Yes No singer, guitar player, 2001 and 2006 Lithuanian representative
Kamilė Tumelytė No No No No Yes singer, radio host

Semi-finals

The five semi-finals of the competition were filmed on 14, 20 and 27 January, 2 and 3 February 2026 at LRT's studios in Vilnius, and are being aired on 24 and 31 January, 7, 14, and 21 February 2026. In each semi-final, the top two entries progress to the final, while the third-place finisher advances to a wildcard round.[4]

During the fourth semi-final, when it came time to announce the results, the results presentation was interrupted. Following an approximately eight-minute commercial break, it was stated that the votes had been recalculated after violations of the voting rules were detected.[12] LRT did not specify which participant or participants were involved in the mentioned violations or how this affected the results.[13]

  Qualifier   Wildcard round qualifier

Semi-final 1 – 24 January 2026[7][14]
Draw Artist Song Jury Public vote Total Place
Votes Points
1 Siga "Noriu jo" 4 168 3 7 8
2 Valdas Lacko "Pabandom" 3 228 4 7 7
3 Elizabeth Olshey "Between" 10 402 5 15 4
4 Noy "Stand Up" 6 1,032 12 18 2
5 Rug!le "Ikona Žemaitė" 12 771 10 22 1
6 Aistė Pilvelytė "Tarp žvaigždžių tylos" 7 417 6 13 6
7 Thomas G "One Night Lover" 8 456 7 15 3
8 The Ditties "Mambo" 5 547 8 13 5
Semi-final 2 – 31 January 2026[8][15]
Draw Artist Song Jury Public vote Total Place
Votes Points
1 Theya LeRoy "Oblivion" 3 54 3 6 8
2 Vilnius Voices "Grįšim" 12 2,078 10 22 2
3 Mėnulio Fazė "Dabar ir čia" 4 111 4 8 7
4 Grete "Parade" 8 952 7 15 3
5 Atikin "Deganti žemelė" 10 5,278 12 22 1
6 Melanija "The Offering" 5 320 5 10 6
7 Dagna "Sau meluojam" 7 571 6 13 5
8 Agnė Buškevičiūtė "Unbound" 6 1,244 8 14 4
Semi-final 3 – 7 February 2026[9][16]
Draw Artist Song Jury Public vote Total Place
Votes Points
1 Agata Ray "Gravity Lies" 4 816 7 11 6
2 Juozas Martin "Atmerk akis" 7 358 5 12 5
3 Justė Osh "Gaisras" 8 399 6 14 4
4 Akire "Šiluma" 5 191 4 9 7
5 Ledi Ais "Mes siekiam žvaigždžių" 3 167 3 6 8
6 Aurimas Papečkys-Aury "Tu mano" 6 899 8 14 3
7 Paulè "Sako" 12 1,103 10 22 2
8 Black Biceps "Let Me Cook" 10 1,510 12 22 1
Semi-final 4 – 14 February 2026[10][17]
Draw Artist Song Jury Public vote Total Place
Votes Points
1 Patricija Luščynska "Worth It" 5 534 7 12 5
2 Selene Ice "Nessuno" 4 273 3 7 8
3 Lion Ceccah "Sólo quiero más" 8 4,541 12 20 2
4 Freya Alley "No Kiss Goodbye" 3 378 4 7 7
5 Emi Acidic "U Broke Me" 7 494 6 13 4
6 More. "Taip lengvai" 6 423 5 11 6
7 Nøra Blu "Hold My Own" 10 3,966 8 18 3
8 Shwr "Contact!" 12 4,535 10 22 1
Semi-final 5 – 21 February 2026[11]
Draw Artist Song Jury Public vote Total Place
Votes Points
1 Hansanova "Lumina" TBD
2 Lokytė "Vilko akių"
3 Matas Ligeika "Svetimi"
4 Il Senso "Brave Enough"
5 Jokūbas Jankauskas "Shine"
6 Walls of Water "Unshakable"
7 Aika "Raga"
8 Lolita Zero "Salve im meum mundum"
Wildcard round

After the fifth semi-final, an online wildcard round will be organized, in which all the contestants who finished third in the semi-finals will participate. The contestant with the most votes will become an additional finalist. Each voter will have one vote.[4]

Online wildcard round – 21–22 February 2026
SF Artist Song Public vote Place
1 Thomas G "One Night Lover" TBD
2 Grete "Parade"
3 Aurimas Papečkys-Aury "Tu mano"
4 Nøra Blu "Hold My Own"
5 3rd, semi-final 5

Final

The live final of the competition will take place on 27 February 2026 at the Twinsbet Arena in Vilnius.[18] The winner will be selected by a combination of jury votes (50%) and public votes (50%). Unlike in the last two years, no superfinal round will be used, and in the event of a tie, the public vote will take precedence.

Final – 27 February 2026
Draw Artist Song Jury Public vote Total Place
Votes Points
TBD Rug!le "Ikona Žemaitė" TBD
Noy "Stand Up"
Atikin "Deganti žemelė"
Vilnius Voices "Grįšim"
Black Biceps "Let Me Cook"
Paulè "Sako"
Shwr "Contact!"
Lion Ceccah "Sólo quiero más"
1st, semi-final 5
2nd, semi-final 5
1st, wildcard round

Notes

  1. ^ Introduced as Jonas Vilimas during the announcement of the participants, he later formed a separate group called Walls of Water.

References

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