Lithuanian singer Lion Ceccah will represent the country at the 70th Eurovision Song Contest with the song Sólo quiero más, after winning the national selection on Friday.
The international contest will be held in May in Vienna, Austria’s capital.
Lion Ceccah secured the ticket to Eurovision after competing against 10 other Lithuanian acts: Rug!le, Walls of Water, Nøra Blu, Noy, Atikin, SHWR, Vilnius Voices, Lolita Zero, Paule and Black Biceps.
Lithuania will perform in the first semifinal on May 12, competing for a place in the grand final scheduled for May 16.
Funds collected from viewer voting and allocated to LRT will be used to support the winner’s Eurovision preparations.
Several dozen people staged a protest outside Twinsbet Arena during the final, opposing both Eurovision and Israel’s participation in the contest.
The protest was organised by Rhythms of Resistance Vilnius, LGBTQ+ civic initiative Demonstruokimės, the social centre Luna16 and the Palestine solidarity group ?oppies. Organizers called on LRT to withdraw from the 2026 contest if Israel takes part. They also urged Lithuanian artists to boycott the competition and called on the Culture Ministry to issue a statement condemning what they described as Israel’s “genocide and war crimes”.
At last year’s Eurovision in Basel, Switzerland, Lithuania was represented by the band Katarsis with the song Tavo akys, finishing 16th. The contest was won by Austrian opera singer JJ with Wasted Love.
