Lithuania: 28 candidates for "Eurovizija 2016"

The long way for the Lithuanian national selection "Eurovizija 2016" starts next Saturday, 9th January 2016. As in the last years the Lithuanian broadcaster LRT decided 9 shows to select their representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. The shows will be hosted by Andrius Rožickas and Gerūta Griniūte. In total there are 28 musicians in the battle to win the ticket for Sweden.

"Eurovizija 2016" - Candidates

• 4 Roses
• Aistė Pilvelytė
• Alice Way
• Baiba Skurstenė-Serdiukė
• Behind The Moon
• Berta Timinskaitė
• Catrinah
• Deividas Žygas
• Donatas Montvydas
• E.G.O.
• Eglė Jakštytė
• Elena Jurgaitytė
• Erica Jennings
• Gabrielė Grigolaitytė-Vasha
• HIT
• Ieva Zasimauskaitė
• Ištvan Kvik
• Jurgis Brūzga
• Lawreigna
• Milda Martinkėnaitė
• Neringa Šiaudikytė
• Petunija
• Ruslanas Kirilkinas
• Rūta Ščiogolevaitė
• Saulenė Chlevickaitė
• Ugnė Smile
• Valdas Lacko
• Vlad Kalugin

One of the candidates is Donatas  Montvydas, better known under his international stage name Donny Montell. He represented Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku with the song "Love Is Blind". Do you remember his Eurovision entry?

"Eurovizija 2016" - Show dates:

• 09.01.2016 - Show 1
• 16.01.2016 - Show 2
• 23.01.2016 - Show 3 
• 30.01.2016 - Show 4
• 06.02.2016 - Show 5
• 13.02.2016 - Show 6 
• 20.02.2016 - Show 7 - Elemination Round
• 27.02.2016 - Show 8 - National Final
• 05.03.2016 - Show 9 - Support Concert

Monika Linkyte and Vaidas Baumila represented Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna with the song "This Time". Monika & Vaidas ended on 18th place in the Eurovision final.

The winner of "Eurovizija 2016" will be honoured to represent Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Sweden. Who will participate in one of the Semi-Finals on 10th or 12th of May 2016 in Stockholm? Stay tuned..

More about 'Eurovizija' you can find here:

• Eurovision Lithuania (Homepage)
• LRT (Homepage Broadcaster)