Tonight Lithuania commences its search for Eurovision 2023, while Melodi Grand Prix continues in Norway.
The key times for today are:
- San Marino – Una Voce per San Marino – January Castings Day Two – 09:00-18:00 CET
- Norway – Melodi Grand Prix- Semi-Final One – 19:50 CET
- Lithuania – Pabandom iš naujo! 2023 Heat One – 20:00 CET
San Marino – Una Voce per San Marino – January Castings Day Two – 09:00-18:00 CET
This morning the January casting sessions for Una Voce per San Marino continue at the auditorium Little Tony di Serravalle. Twenty-eight artists will perform in front of the jury today, who will select 60 or more artists across all casting sessions to progress to the next round. The casting sessions will take place until January 29th.
Performing for the jury in today’s session is:
- Ilenia Mazzà
- Magus
- Noe
- TES – Tutti Esageratamente Stronzi
- Simone
- Lola
- Viviana Milioti
- Jay Hudson
- Meridemun
- Alabaster
- Gisele Abramoff
- DI ALE
- Joseph Parisi
- MIKHAEL GERMAIN
- Lost Kids
- Lizzie
- DJOMI
- PHEBO
- MY MIND – FLORIN RADUTA
- Klinker
- Angy
- RASPA
- Cristian Viper
- ARIA
- Ciri Ceccarini
- FERRA
- Febrix
- Enrico Costa
Norway – Melodi Grand Prix- Semi-Final Two – 19:50 CET
Norway continues their Eurovision selection tonight live from Oslo. Seven songs are in the running for three slots in the Final, which will take place on February 4th. The qualifiers this evening will be selected entirely by public voting.
Hosting Melodi Grand Prix are Arianrhod Engebø and Staysman. The Semi-Final Two running order is as follows:
- JONE — “Ekko inni meg” (Echo in me)
- Sandra Lyng — “Drøm d bort” (Dream it away)
- Alejandro Fuentes — “Fuego”
- Swing’it — “Prohibition”
- Elsie Bay — “Love you in a dream”
- Ella — “Waist”
- Bjørn Olav Edvardsen — “Turn Off My Heart”
You can watch the show live here.
Lithuania – Pabandom iš naujo! 2023 Heat One – 20:00 CET
Lithuania’s selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 commences this evening with the first of two Heats.
Pabandom iš naujo! the Lithuanian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest commences in Vilnius this evening. Fifteen participants are competing this evening for ten places in the Semi-Finals.
The fifteen artists competing this evening are:
- Aistė Pilvelytė – “We’re Not Running”
- Joseph June – “Vacuum”
- Il Senso – “Sparnai” (Wings)
- W.I – “You Can Not”
- Multiks – “London”
- Luknė – “Paradise”
- Gabrielius Vagelis – “Šauksmas” (Shout)
- Alen Chicco – “Do You”
- Rūta MUR – “So Low”
- Justin 3 feat. Dj AugustYno – “Not Giving Up”
- Baiba – “When the Lights Go Out”
- NOY – “Destiny’s Child”
- Justa Rubežiūtė – “When I’ll Find”
- Paulina Paukštaitytė – “Let Me Think About Me”
- Justė Kraujelytė – “Need More Fun”
The ten qualifiers will be chosen by 50% public vote and 50% jury voting. On the jury for Heat One are:
- Ramūnas Zilnys – LRT popular music chief editor
- Leonas Somovas – Composer
- Giedrė Kilčiauskienė – Singer
- Ieva Narkutė – Singer
Augustė Nombeko and Giedrius Masalskis are hosting the show. Pabandom iš naujo! 2023 will consist of five shows; two heats, two semi-finals and a final. The complete calendar for the selection is as follows:
- Heat 1 – January 21
- Heat 2 – January 28
- Semi-Final 1 – February 4
- Semi-Final 2 – February 11
- Final – February 18
Watch the show live here.
Image source: EBU / Nathan Reinds
SOURCE : EUROVOIX