Eurovizija.LT Heat 3: 22 points, two tickets, no mercy
Eurovizija.LT keeps doing that very Lithuanian trick where everything looks calm, polite, almost understated… right up until the scoreboard drops and you realise your Saturday night has been hijacked by maths and feelings. Heat 3 was filmed at the LRT Studios in Vilnius, hosted by Gabrielė Martirosian, Eglė Kernagytė and Rimvydas Černiauskas, and yes, Abudu also performed, because nothing says “national selection” like your interval act casually hovering around the show’s ecosystem like a celebrity cameo in their own universe.
A tie that somehow still felt like a verdict
The format stayed brutally simple: 50% jury, 50% televote, zero excuses. And then the results did the thing that makes Eurovizija.LT so watchable: they landed on a tie at 22 points and still managed to feel decisive. Black Biceps rocked up with a title that sounds like a dare, “Let Me Cook”, and the televote basically replied “go on then”. Paulė matched the total with “Sako”, which is the kind of quiet, composed qualification that looks harmless now, and then suddenly becomes everyone’s problem when the final arrives.
The jury that didn’t come to play
This week’s jury line-up read like a neat reminder that Lithuania takes this seriously even when the internet is screaming: Kamilė Gudmonaitė, Jieveras Jasinskis, Gerūta Griniūtė, Ramūnas Zilnys, and Lukas Keraitis. If you were hoping for “we’ll just vibe it out”, this was not your night.
The results
Black Biceps – “Let Me Cook” – Jury 10 – Televote 12 (1,510 votes) – Total 22 – 1st
Paulė – “Sako” – Jury 12 – Televote 10 (1,103 votes) – Total 22 – 2nd
Aurimo Papečkio-Aury – “Tu mano” – Jury 6 – Televote 8 (899 votes) – Total 14 – 3rd
Justė Osh – “Gaisras” – Jury 8 – Televote 6 (399 votes) – Total 14 – 4th
Juozas Martin – “Atmerk akis” – Jury 7 – Televote 5 (358 votes) – Total 12 – 5th
Agata Ray – “Gravity Lies” – Jury 4 – Televote 7 (816 votes) – Total 11 – 6th
Akire – “Šiluma” – Jury 5 – Televote 4 (191 votes) – Total 9 – 7th
Ledi Ais – “Mes siekiam žvaigždžių” – Jury 3 – Televote 3 (167 votes) – Total 6 – 8th
Who’s in, who’s hovering, and who’s refreshing the rules
So, the final on 27 February just got two new names: Black Biceps and Paulė. They’ll join Rug!le – “Ikona Žemaitė”, Noy – “Stand Up”, Atikin – “Deganti žemelė”, and Vilnius Voices – “Grįšim”. And because Eurovizija.LT is allergic to letting a storyline die, Aurimo Papečkio-Aury takes the wildcard route, joining Thomas G – “One Night Lover”and Grete – “Parade”, which is basically the show’s way of saying “not eliminated, just… temporarily stored”.
A final that’s starting to look properly sharp
Heat 3 didn’t just add two qualifiers, it added a mood: the kind where the final stops feeling like a friendly showcase and starts feeling like a real contest. A 22-point tie is the perfect little warning sign, because it tells you exactly how thin the margins are going to be once the season’s favourite narratives collide, and Lithuania is very clearly building a line-up that won’t be decided by one big obvious moment, but by lots of small ones that stick in your head when you least expect it.
