Lion Ceccah has won Eurovizija.LT 2026, and will represent Lithuania at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Sólo quiero más”.
The final of Eurovizija.LT 2026 took place tonight in the Twinsbet Arena in Vilnius. The show was hosted by Gabrielė Martirosian, Eglė Kernagytė, and Rimvydas Černiauskas. In addition to the competing performances, there were also guest performances from last year selection’s winners Katarsis and Aidan, representing Malta at Eurovision 2026 with the song “Bella”.
The superfinal that was used in the previous two contests has been scrapped. Instead, the winner was chosen in a single round, combining jury (50% of the final result) and public televote (50% of the final result).
The jury that determined 50% of the results this evening was formed of:
- Vytautas Bikus – Composer and Producer
- Kristupas Naraškevičius – Television Host
- Lukas Keraitis – Musician
- Unė Liandzbergytė – Radio host
- Kamilė Gudmonaitė – Musician
- Ramūnas Zilnys – Music Editor for Pop Music and Eurovision Commentator for Lithuania
- Ieva Narkutė – Songwriter and performer
- Gerūta Griniūtė – Radio and television presenter
- Stanislavas Stavickis – LATGA Chairman
- Lukas Radzevičius – Lead singer of Katarsis
The results of the show are as follows:
As a result, Lion Ceecah won the right to represent Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna, Austria. Lion Ceccah will perform in the second half of the first semi-final at the contest, on May 12.
Katarsis represented Lithuania at Eurovision 2025 with “Tavo akys”. They finished 16th in the final with 96 points, which included 12 points from the Ukrainian public vote.
Lithuania debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994. However, their debut appearance saw Lithuania finish in last place with nul points. Lithuania didn’t return to the contest until 1999 when Aiste finished 20th with the song “Strazdas”. Lithuania’s best result came in 2006 when LT United performed “We Are The Winners”. They finished 6th in the final with a total of 162 points. Lithuania has only finished in the top 10 on two other occasions: in 2016 with “I’ve Been Waiting For This Night” by Donny Montell and in 2021 with “Discoteque” by The Roop.