News2015.09.08 13:45

Lithuania selects Vaidas Baumila and Monika Linkytė to go to Eurovision

Vaidas Baumila and Monika Linkytė are to represent Lithuania in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna in May after winning the national selection competition on Saturday.

Vaidas Baumila and Monika Linkytė are to represent Lithuania in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna in May after winning the national selection competition on Saturday.

The two young, well-known Lithuanian singers, who formed their duo just before the national final, will perform This Time, a song written by Monika Liubinaitė and Vytautas Bikus.

Both expert jury and TV viewers chose the duo as the winners.

The duo and Vilija Pilibaitytė-Mia, the other contestant, each performed a song of their choice and This Time, which was selected as the best song by the jury and TV viewers in Lithuania a week ago.

Eurovision semi-finals will be held on 19 and 21 May, and the final on 23 May.

BNS

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