Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017

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Eurovision Song Contest 2017
CountryFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
National selection
Selection process"Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka
Selection date(s)Elimination shows:
7 January 2017
25 February 2017
Semi-final:
4 March 2017
Final:
11 March 2017
Selected entrant Fusedmarc
Selected song"Rain of Revolution"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Viktorija Ivanovskaja
  • Denis Zujev
  • Michail Levin
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (17th)
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Rain of Revolution" written by Viktorija Ivanovskaja, Denis Zujev and Michail Levin. The song was performed by the band Fusedmarc. The Lithuanian broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) organised the national final "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka (Eurovision Song Contest national selection) in order to select the Lithuanian entry for the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. The national final took place over 10 weeks and involved 49 competing entries. The results of each show were determined by the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public vote. In the final, seven artists and songs remained and "Rain of Revolution" performed by Fusedmarc was selected as the winner.

Contents

Lithuania was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 11 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 16, "Rain of Revolution" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Lithuania placed seventeenth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 42 points.

Background

Prior to the 2017 contest, Lithuania had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest seventeen times since its first entry in 1994. [1] The nation's best placing in the contest was sixth, which it achieved in 2006 with the song "We Are the Winners" performed by LT United. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Lithuania, to this point, has managed to qualify to the final eight times. In the 2016 contest, "I've Been Waiting for This Night" performed by Donny Montell qualified to the final where the song scored 200 points and placed 9th.

For the 2017 Contest, Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT broadcast the event within the nation and organised the selection process for its entry. Other than the internal selection of their debut entry in 1994, Lithuania has selected their entry consistently through a national final procedure. LRT confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest on 11 August 2016 and announced the organization of "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka, which would be the national final to select Lithuania's entry for Kyiv. [2] [3]

Before Eurovision

"Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka

"Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka (Eurovision Song Contest national selection) was the national final format developed by LRT in order to select Lithuania's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The competition involved a ten-week-long process that commenced on 7 January 2017 and concluded with a winning song and artist on 11 March 2017. [4] The 10 shows were hosted by Ieva Stasiulevičiūtė and Gabrielė Martirosianaitė and were broadcast on LRT televizija, LRT Lituanica and LRT Radijas as well as online via the broadcaster's website lrt.lt. [5]

Format

The 2017 competition involved 49 entries and consisted of 10 shows. The first four shows consisted of 11 to 13 entries each and resulted in the elimination of 25 entries all together. The remaining 24 entries participated in the fifth and sixth shows where each show consisted of 12 entries and the bottom four were eliminated. The remaining 16 entries participated in the seventh and eighth show where each show consisted of eight entries and the top four advanced to the competition's semi-final. In the semi-final, two entries were eliminated and the top six proceeded to the final, while a public online repechage vote selected an additional entry for the final among six of the previously eliminated acts. In the final, the winner was selected from the remaining seven entries. [3]

The results of each of the 10 shows were determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and public televoting. The ranking developed by both streams of voting was converted to points from 1-8, 10 and 12 and assigned based on the number of competing songs in the respective show. During the first six shows, the jury votes were determined by a four-member Lithuanian panel only. From the seventh to ninth shows, the jury votes consisted of a combination of a Lithuanian jury panel consisting of four members and an international jury panel consisting of three members. In the final, a seven-member Lithuanian panel and a four-member international panel voted. The public could vote through telephone and SMS voting. Ties in all shows but the final were decided in favour of the entry that received the most votes from the public. In the final, a tie was decided in favour of the entry that was awarded the most points by the jury. [6]

Competing entries

On 12 October 2016, LRT opened two separate submission forms: one for artists and another for songwriters to submit their songs. Artists that applied to compete with a song were required to indicate which song they wanted to compete with on their application. [7] The submission deadline for both applications concluded on 1 December 2016. On 28 December 2016, LRT announced the 51 artists selected for the competition during a press conference. Among the artists were previous Lithuanian Eurovision contestants Sasha Song, who represented Lithuania in 2009, and Vilija Matačiūnaitė, who represented the nation in 2014. [8] On 26 January 2017, the final changes to the list of 51 competing acts were made with the withdrawal of singers Soliaris and Ruslanas Kirilkinas. [9]

ArtistSongSongwriter(s)
Aistė Pilvelytė "I'm Like a Wolf" Aminata Savadogo, Kaspars Ansons
Alanas Chošnau "7 Days" Alanas Chošnau, Marco Lo Russo aka Rouge
Audrius Janonis"Run" Georgios Kalpakidis, Mickey Huskic, Nikos Sofis
Audrius Petrauskas"Shine Like Gold" David Sneddon, Simon Gitsels, Ashley Hicklin
Augustė Vedrickaitė"It's Not Over (Not to Me)"Augustė Vedrickaitė, Edgaras Žaltauskas, Kasparas Meginis
Benas Malakauskas"Rolling"Jonas Talandis, Kristupas Bubnelis
Dagna Kondratavičiūtė"Feel It"Kasparas Meginis, Edgaras Žaltauskas, Dagna Kondratavičiūtė, Alina Gadeikytė
Deividas Žygas"Only You"Deividas Žygas
Dovydas Petrošius"Love Is Free"Leonid Gutkin, Ashley Hicklin
Edgaras Lubys "Could It Be?"Edgaras Lubys
E.G.O."My Story"Karolis Šliažas, Vaida Kalkauskaitė
Elvina Milkauskaitė"Try"Becky Jerams, Malin Johansson, Vallo Kikas
Erika Astrauskaitė"No More"Justinas Stanislovaitis
Evaldas Vaikasas"Fire Kisses"Ashley Hicklin, Kim Nowak-Zorde, Soren Pagh
Fusedmarc "Rain of Revolution"Viktorija Ivanovskaja, Denis Zujev, Michail Levin
Gabrielė Vilkickytė"Jūra"Gabrielė Vilkickytė, Kristupas Jasiulionis
Gabrielius Vagelis"Feel Myself Free"Gabrielius Vagelis
Golden Monkeys"Septyni dievai"Vilius Krivickas, Edvinas Gurevičius
Gražvydas"Paint the Sky Blue"Peter Karlsson
Greta Zazza"Like I Love You"Jonas Thander
Gytis Ivanauskas "Get Frighten"Marius Narbutis, Andrius Kauklys
Hit"I Wanna Love You Tonight"Karolis Šliažas, Vaida Kalkauskaitė
Ieva Zasimauskaitė "You Saved Me"Ąžuolas Paulauskas
Julija Jegorova"Higher"Fabian Ruben, Lars E. Carlsson
Justin3"Streets of Vilnius"Justinas Stanislovaitis
Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė"Love Shadow"Kaspars Ansons, Ashley Hicklin, Nicolas Moulin
Lawreigna"Freedom"Philip Bloom
Marius Petrauskas"She's My Universe" Roel van Velzen, Robin P. Francesco, Ashley Hicklin
Mia "Sacrifice" Michael James Down, Will Taylor
Milda Martinkėnaitė and Saulenė Chlevickaitė"Paperheart"Alan Roy Scott, Dillon Dixon, Jonas Brogger Filtenborg
Monee"Nnn"Elena Jurgaitytė, Viktorija Šatkutė
Neringa Šiaudikytė"Running Out of Time"Vytautas Bikus
Otreya"Last Two Weeks"Ugnė Kudlaitė
Paula"Let U Go"Gytis Valickas
Queens of Roses"Fisherman"Christopher Wortley, Mahan Moin, Kaspars Ansons
Rasa Kaušiūtė "Fly"Rasa Kaušiūtė
Rugilė Daujotaitė"Perkūne ugniaveidi"Tomas Zdanavičius, Rugilė Daujotaitė
Rūta Andruškevičiūtė"The Way to Your Heaven"José Juan Santana Rodríguez, Samuel Bugia Garrido
Sasha Song "Never Felt Like This Before"Dmitrij Šavrov, Caleb Sutton, Justin Marcellina
Shiny Raia"All You"Rasa Vaštakaitė
Strėlės"Bastard"Anna Polukord, Jekaterina Pranevič
Tadas Rimgaila and Samanta Tīna "Tavo oda" Stanislavas Stavickis
Valdas Lacko"It's So Unfair"Paulius Jasiūnas, Monika Rotomskytė
Valerija Iljinaitė"You Made Me Glow"Hans Olov Furberg, Karolina Furberg
Varjetė"My Story"Ylva Persson, Linda Persson
Vidas Bareikis and Ieva Zasimauskaitė"I Love My Phone"Vidas Bareikis
Vilija Matačiūnaitė "I See the Lights"Vilija Matačiūnaitė, Viktoras Vaupšas
Virgis Valuntonis"Victorious"Georgios Kalpakidis, Jonas Gladnikoff, Sara Ljunggren
Vlad Max"I'll Never Let You Down"Alexander Blackford Silver Darter

Shows

Elimination shows

The eight elimination shows of the competition aired from the LRT studios in Vilnius between 7 January and 25 February 2017. The first four shows featured the 39 competing entries, while the fifth and sixth show each featured 12 of the 24 remaining entries in the competition, and the seventh to eighth show each featured eight of the 16 remaining entries in the competition. The members of the Lithuanian jury consisted of Ramūnas Zilnys (music reviewer; all shows), Darius Užkuraitis (LRT Opus director; all shows), Sigutė Stonytė (singer; first and third show), Neda Malūnavičiūtė (singer; first show), Justė Arlauskaitė (singer; second and third show), Kazimieras Šiaulys (music critic and journalist; second show), Gintaras Rinkevičius (director; fourth and fifth show), Povilas Meškėla (lead singer of the group Rojaus tūzai; fourth and sixth show), Nomeda Kazlaus (opera singer; fifth, seventh and eighth shows), Vytautas Lukočius (conductor; sixth show), Gediminas Zujus (producer; seventh show) and Dalia Ibelhauptaitė (director and playwright; eighth show). International jury members included Will Wells (American producer and musician, touring member of Imagine Dragons; seventh and eighth show), Denis Ingoldsby (British producer; seventh and eighth show), Sean-Poul de Fré Gress (Danish rapper; seventh show) and Sasha Jean Baptiste (Swedish staging director; eight show). The top six entries advanced in the first four shows, while the top eight entries advanced in the fifth and sixth show, and the top four entries advanced in the seventh and eighth show. The bottom entries were eliminated in each show. [10]

Show 1 7 January 2017
DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPoints
1Justin3"Streets of Vilnius"12442311
2Rūta Andruškevičiūtė"The Way to Your Heaven"0980012
3Paula"Let U Go"582112173
4Golden Monkeys"Septyni dievai"74237144
5Augustė Vedrickaitė"It's Not Over (Not to Me)"3257368
6 Sasha Song "Never Felt Like This Before"104388182
7Dagna Kondratavičiūtė"Feel It"41720410
8Audrius Petrauskas"Shine Like Gold"5228169
9Benas Malakauskas"Rolling"82844126
10Tadas Rimgaila and Samanta Tīna "Tavo oda"2290577
11Otreya"Last Two Weeks"63906125
12 Edgaras Lubys "Could It Be?"1250510221
Show 2 14 January 2017
DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPoints
1E.G.O."My Story"53776116
2Monee"Nnn"3376587
3Varjetė"My Story"03060012
4Gabrielius Vagelis"Feel Myself Free"83847153
5 Ieva Zasimauskaitė "You Saved Me"103613135
6Rugilė Daujotaitė"Perkūne ugniaveidi"2362469
7 Mia "Sacrifice"1250010221
8Deividas Žygas"Only You"0420013
9 Rasa Kaušiūtė "Fly"5339278
10Gabrielė Vilkickytė"Jūra"43131510
11Lawreigna"Freedom"1850111
12Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė"Love Shadow"752512192
13Valdas Lacko"It's So Unfair"64518144
Show 3 21 January 2017
DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPoints
1Gražvydas"Paint the Sky Blue"65187135
2 Fusedmarc "Rain of Revolution"104015154
3Marius Petrauskas"She's My Universe"3320368
4Dovydas Petrošius"Love Is Free"01110013
5Strėlės"Bastard"63614107
6Virgis Valuntonis"Victorious"01340012
7 Vilija Matačiūnaitė "I See the Lights"4307159
8Milda Martinkėnaitė and Saulenė Chlevickaitė"Paperheart"54856116
9 Gytis Ivanauskas "Get Frighten"869912202
10Hit"I Wanna Love You Tonight"32330311
11Vidas Bareikis and Ieva Zasimauskaitė "I Love My Phone"76198153
12Erika Astrauskaitė"No More"33142510
13Greta Zazza"Like I Love You"1264810221
Show 4 28 January 2017
DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPoints
1Elvina Milkauskaitė"Try"1831210
2Julija Jegorova"Higher"4142379
3Evaldas Vaikasas"Fire Kisses"34137106
4Neringa Šiaudikytė"Running Out Of Time"81694125
5Vlad Max"I'll Never Let You Down"0560011
6Shiny Raia"All You"6123287
7 Alanas Chošnau "7 Days"104958182
8Valerija Iljinaitė"You Made Me Glow"73536134
9Queens of Roses"Fisherman"556710153
10Audrius Janonis"Run"2217578
11 Aistė Pilvelytė "I'm Like a Wolf"121,01612241
Show 5 4 February 2017
DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPoints
1E.G.O."My Story"2442358
2Benas Malakauskas"Rolling"4141049
3Otreya"Last Two Weeks"32950312
4 Edgaras Lubys "Could It Be?"84724126
5Milda Martinkėnaitė and Saulenė Chlevickaitė"Paperheart"14382310
6 Ieva Zasimauskaitė "You Saved Me"125106182
7 Gytis Ivanauskas "Get Frighten"71,03212191
8Valdas Lacko"It's So Unfair"23021311
9Paula"Let U Go"798010174
10Gražvydas"Paint the Sky Blue"56898135
11 Fusedmarc "Rain of Revolution"105927173
12Gabrielius Vagelis"Feel Myself Free"65065117
Show 6 11 February 2017
DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPoints
1 Sasha Song "Never Felt Like This Before"103502125
2Valerija Iljinaitė"You Made Me Glow"64405117
3 Alanas Chošnau "7 Days"8257198
4Greta Zazza"Like I Love You"107578182
5 Aistė Pilvelytė "I'm Like a Wolf"121,15812241
6Evaldas Vaikasas"Fire Kisses"12230112
7Neringa Šiaudikytė"Running Out Of Time"51110510
8Queens of Roses"Fisherman"392410134
9Vidas Bareikis and Ieva Zasimauskaitė "I Love My Phone"4417489
10Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė"Love Shadow"74517143
11Golden Monkeys"Septyni dievai"23523511
12 Mia "Sacrifice"64486126
Show 7 18 February 2017
DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
Lithuanian
Jury
International
Jury
TotalPointsVotesPoints
1 Ieva Zasimauskaitė "You Saved Me"851371,0027144
2E.G.O."My Story"571264624107
3Greta Zazza"Like I Love You"10818101,1328183
4Gražvydas"Paint the Sky Blue"4485420388
5 Gytis Ivanauskas "Get Frighten"34741,53910145
6 Aistė Pilvelytė "I'm Like a Wolf"12618101,71112221
7 Edgaras Lubys "Could It Be?"6101685035136
8 Sasha Song "Never Felt Like This Before"71219129896182
Show 8 25 February 2017
DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
Lithuanian
Jury
International
Jury
TotalPointsVotesPoints
1 Alanas Chošnau "7 Days"731058505107
2Paula"Let U Go"6101681,36510183
3Gabrielius Vagelis"Feel Myself Free"101222121,0828202
4Queens of Roses"Fisherman"461051,0096116
5Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė"Love Shadow"881681,0727154
6 Mia "Sacrifice"571275024115
7 Fusedmarc "Rain of Revolution"12517101,77712221
8Valerija Iljinaitė"You Made Me Glow"74116477398
Semi-final

The semi-final of the competition aired from the LRT studios in Vilnius on 4 March 2017 and featured the remaining eight entries that qualified from the eighth show. The show was filmed on 28 February 2017. The members of the Lithuanian jury consisted of Ramūnas Zilnys (music reviewer), Dalia Ibelhauptaitė (director and playwright), Povilas Meškėla (singer) and Darius Užkuraitis (LRT Opus director). International jury members included Will Wells (American producer and musician, touring member of Imagine Dragons), Denis Ingoldsby (British producer) and Sasha Jean Baptiste (Swedish staging director). The top six entries advanced to the final, while the bottom two were eliminated. [11]

Semi-final 4 March 2017
DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
Lithuanian
Jury
International
Jury
TotalPointsVotesPoints
1 Sasha Song "Never Felt Like This Before"661251,118387
2 Ieva Zasimauskaitė "You Saved Me"35841,121488
3Paula"Let U Go"4101462,0488145
4 Aistė Pilvelytė "I'm Like a Wolf"1041462,25710162
5Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė"Love Shadow"881681,5937154
6 Fusedmarc "Rain of Revolution"12719122,37912241
7Gabrielius Vagelis"Feel Myself Free"51217101,4645153
8Greta Zazza"Like I Love You"781571,5096136
Online repechage

The entries placed fifth and sixth in the seventh and eighth elimination shows as well as the bottom two entries of the semi-final were voted upon by the public through LRT's internet voting platform on 6 March 2017. [12] "Get Frighten" performed by Gytis Ivanauskas advanced to the final after receiving the most votes. [13]

Online repechage 6 March 2017
DrawArtistSongVotesPlace
1 Sasha Song "Never Felt Like This Before"5,7552
2 Edgaras Lubys "Could It Be?"1,7354
3 Gytis Ivanauskas "Get Frighten"7,4951
4 Mia "Sacrifice"8005
5 Ieva Zasimauskaitė "You Saved Me"2,0143
6Queens of Roses"Fisherman"5986
Final

The final of the competition took place on 11 March 2017 at the Švyturys Arena in Klaipėda and featured the remaining seven entries that qualified from the semi-final and the online repechage. The final was the only show in the competition to be broadcast live; all other preceding shows were pre-recorded earlier in the week before their airdates. Jury voting in the final was decided by a seven-member Lithuanian panel and a four-member international panel. The members of the Lithuanian panel consist of Ramūnas Zilnys (music reviewer), Dalia Ibelhauptaitė (director and playwright), Vytautas Lukočius (conductor), Nomeda Kazlaus (opera singer), Kazimieras Šiaulys (music critic and journalist), Povilas Meškėla (lead singer of the group Rojaus tūzai) and Donny Montell (singer-songwriter). The international panel consisted of Peter Freudenthaler (lead singer of the German group Fools Garden), Denis Ingoldsby (British producer), Lauris Reiniks (Latvian singer-songwriter) and Chloe Maggs (Australian lead vocalist for the American group The Pussycat Dolls). [14] "Rain of Revolution" performed by Fusedmarc was selected as the winner after gaining the most points from both the jury vote and the public vote. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Donny Montell opened the show with the song "Screw Me Up" and the 2016 Lithuanian Eurovision entry "I've Been Waiting for This Night", and SunStroke Project performed the 2017 Moldovan Eurovision entry "Hey, Mamma!" as the interval act. [15]

Final 11 March 2017
DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPointsVotesPoints
1Paula"Let U Go"4454,2406117
2Gabrielius Vagelis"Feel Myself Free"4972,2234115
3Greta Zazza"Like I Love You"4863,2255116
4 Fusedmarc "Rain of Revolution"721215,32412241
5Aistė Pilvelytė"I'm Like a Wolf"52814,43810182
6 Gytis Ivanauskas "Get Frighten"3045,3568124
7Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė"Love Shadow"69104,3097173

Promotion

Fusedmarc made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Rain of Revolution" as the Lithuanian Eurovision entry. Between 3 and 6 April, Fusedmarc took part in promotional activities in Tel Aviv, Israel where she performed during the Israel Calling event held at the Ha'teatron venue. [16] [17] On 8 April, Fusedmarc performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Selma Björnsdóttir. [18] On 15 April, Fusedmarc performed during the Eurovision Spain Pre-Party, which was held at the Sala La Riviera venue in Madrid, Spain. [19]

At Eurovision

Fusedmarc during a press meet and greet Denisas Zujevas Viktorija Ivanovskaja Fusedmarc Kyiv 2017.jpg
Fusedmarc during a press meet and greet

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. [20] On 31 January 2017, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Lithuania was placed into the second semi-final, held on 11 May 2017, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show. [21]

Once all the competing songs for the 2017 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Lithuania was set to perform in position 16, following the entry from Bulgaria and before the entry from Estonia. [22]

The two semi-finals and final were broadcast in Lithuania on LRT, LRT HD and LRT Radijas with commentary by Darius Užkuraitis and Gerūta Griniūtė. [23] The Lithuanian spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the Lithuanian jury during the final, was Eglė Daugėlaitė.

Semi-final

Fusedmarc during a rehearsal before the second semi-final Eurovision Song Contest 2017, Semi Final 2 Rehearsals. Photo 264.jpg
Fusedmarc during a rehearsal before the second semi-final

Fusedmarc took part in technical rehearsals on 2 and 5 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 10 and 11 May. This included the jury show on 10 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries. [24]

The Lithuanian performance featured the members of Fusedmarc performing on stage with red stage colours and the LED screens and floor displaying a heartbeat during the first chorus and a ring of fire towards the end. Lead singer Viktorija Ivanovskaja wore a red dress while Denis Zujev was dressed in black. The performance also featured a camera shot from above the stage to display the ring of fire on the LED screens and floor. [25] [26] Fusedmarc was joined by four backing vocalists on stage: Jekaterina Fiodorova, Kristina Žaldokaitė, Laura Rakauskaitė and Vaiva Adomaitytė. [27]

At the end of the show, Lithuania was not announced among the top 10 entries in the second semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. [28] It was later revealed that Lithuania placed seventeenth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 42 points: 25 points from the televoting and 17 points from the juries. [29]

Voting

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Lithuania and awarded by Lithuania in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows: [30] [31]

Points awarded to Lithuania

Points awarded to Lithuania (Semi-final 2) [30]
ScoreTelevoteJury
12 pointsFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
10 pointsFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
8 points
7 pointsFlag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
6 pointsFlag of San Marino.svg  San Marino
5 points
4 pointsFlag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia
3 points
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Lithuania

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Lithuanian jury: [32]

  • Vytenis Pauliukaitis (jury chairperson) television and entertainment director
  • Giedrė Kilčiauskienė singer
  • Viktorija Navickaitė journalist
  • Rafailas Karpis  [ lt ] singer
  • Vaidas Stackevičius music producer
Detailed voting results from Lithuania (Semi-final 2) [30]
DrawCountryJuryTelevote
V. PauliukaitisG. KilčiauskienėV. NavickaitėR. KarpisV. StackevičiusRankPointsRankPoints
01Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 15101215141517
02Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1363927412
03Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 17111314151614
04Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1481161210115
05Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 316171791456
06Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1139256511
07Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 169510109265
08Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 277485613
09Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 4441113874
10Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 12151616171716
11Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1017101371292
12Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1113111247
13Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 5565447101
14Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 61415868338
15Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 82273210210
16Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
17Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 91314121313112
18Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 712811161183
Detailed voting results from Lithuania (Final) [31]
DrawCountryJuryTelevote
V. PauliukaitisG. KilčiauskienėV. NavickaitėR. KarpisV. StackevičiusRankPointsRankPoints
01Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 9151912251615
02Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 14131411201311
03Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 72124131415101
04Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8787126521
05Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 591214108319
06Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 128166139220
07Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 2123610161438
08Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2624111891792
09Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 433553865
10Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1112138171123
11Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 11111112112
12Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 1517101771217
13Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2225202262214
14Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1710991510113
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Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "When We're Old" written by Vytautas Bikus. The song was performed by Ieva Zasimauskaitė. The Lithuanian broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) organised the national final "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka in order to select the Lithuanian entry for the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal. The national final took place over nine weeks and involved 50 competing entries. The results of each show were determined by the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public vote. In the final, six artists and songs remained and "When We're Old" performed by Ieva Zasimauskaitė was selected as the winner.

Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the song "Happy You" written and performed by Aivaras. The Lithuanian broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) organised the national final "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka in order to select the Lithuanian entry for the 2002 contest in Tallinn, Estonia. The national final involved 15 competing entries and "We All" performed by B'Avarija was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a jury panel, votes from the venue audience and a public vote, however the entry was later disqualified due to a Lithuanian version of the song being released on CD at the end of 2001 and replaced by runner-up "Happy You" performed by Aivaras.

Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Run with the Lions" written by Ashley Hicklin, Eric Lumiere and Pele Loriano. The song was performed by Jurij Veklenko. The Lithuanian broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) organised the national final "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka in order to select the Lithuanian entry for the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel. The national final took place over seven weeks and involved 49 competing entries. The results of each show were determined by the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public vote. In the final, eight artists and songs remained and "Run with the Lions" performed by Jurijus was selected as the winner.

Lithuania originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "On Fire" written by Vaidotas Valiukevičius, Robertas Baranauskas and Mantas Banišauskas. The song was performed by the band The Roop. The Lithuanian broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) organised the national final Pabandom iš naujo! 2020 in order to select the Lithuanian entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The national final took place over six weeks and involved 36 competing entries. The results of each show were determined by the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public vote. In the final, eight artists and songs remained and "On Fire" performed by the Roop was selected as the winner.

Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, with "Sentimentai" performed by Monika Liu. The Lithuanian broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) organised the national final Pabandom iš naujo! 2022 in order to select the Lithuanian entry for the 2022 contest. The national final took place over six weeks and involved 34 competing entries. The results of each show were determined by the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public vote. In the final, eight artists and songs remained and "Sentimentai" performed by Monika Liu was selected as the winner.

Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, with "Stay" performed by Monika Linkytė. The Lithuanian broadcaster, Lietuvos radijas ir televizija (LRT), used the national selection Pabandom iš naujo!2023 to select their representative.

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