Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Country  Lithuania
National selection
Selection process „Eurovizijos“ dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka
Selection date(s) Shows:
6 January 2018
20 January 2018
27 January 2018
3 February 2018
10 February 2018
17 February 2018
Semi-finals:
24 February 2018
3 March 2018
Final:
11 March 2018
Selected entrant Ieva Zasimauskaitė
Selected song "When We're Old"
Selected songwriter(s) Vytautas Bikus
Finals performance
Semi-final result Qualified (9th, 119 points)
Final result 12th, 181 points
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The Lithuanian broadcaster LRT televizija (LRT) organised the national final „Eurovizijos“ dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka 2018 in order to select the Lithuanian entry for the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal.

Background

Prior to the 2018 Contest, Lithuania had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eighteen 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 2017 contest, "Rain of Revolution" performed by Fusedmarc failed to qualify to the final. Later it was announced that Fusedmarc placed 17th in a 2nd Semi-Final with 42 points (2nd worst result to the date).

For the 2018 Contest, the Lithuanian national broadcaster, Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT), will broadcast the event within Lithuania and will organise the selection process for the nation's entry. Other than the internal selection of their debut entry in 1994, Lithuania has selected their entry consistently through a national final procedure, a method that was continued for their 2016 and 2017 participation.

Before Eurovision

"Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka

The final of the selection for the very first time will be held on Sunday (the day of Lithuania's Independence day; 11 March).

Competing entries

The full list of the participants was revealed on 15 January. Erica Jennings withdrew on 8 January 2018, due to disagreements over the competition's use of a judging panel.[2] However, it was revealed that her song would continue in the competition, being performed by the winner of Lietuvos Balsas season 5, Monika Marija.

Artist Song (English translation) Composer(s)
Agnė Michalenkovaitė "Going On" Paulius Jasiūnas, Justina Adeikytė
Audrius Petrauskas "In My Bones" Ashley Hicklin, Michael Schulte
Aušra Difartė "Someday" Aušra Difartė, Ramūnas Difartas
Benas Malakauskas "My Memories" Benas Malakauskas
Dainotas Varnas "Merry-go-round" Kasparas Meginis, Edgaras Žaltauskas, Dainotas Varnas
Dangė "Netikra laimė" (Fake happiness) Dangė Šamonskienė
Donata "Powerful" Michael James Down, Will Taylor
E.G.O. "Shake the World" Karolis Šliažas, Vaidas Kalkauskaitė
ELEY "This Is My Life" Eglė Jakštytė, Justinas Štaras, M. Muzaitė
El Fuego "I Do Believe" Paulius Bagdanavičius, Andrius Kairys
Elizabeth Olshey "Bejausmis" (Senseless) Elžbieta Oleškevič, Dynoro
Elvina Milkauskaitė "So Long My Love, My Lover" Aminata Savadogo, Christopher Wortley, Vallo Kikas
Emilija Valiukevičiūtė "Bye Bye" Emilija Valiukevičiūtė, Jerome Thomas
Erica Jennings "The Truth" Erica Jennings
Evaldas Vaikasas "Blind" Paulius Jasiūnas, Justina Adeikytė
Gabrielius Vagelis "The Distant" Gabrielius Vagelis
GeraiGerai & Silvija Pankūnaitė "More Than You Know" Vilius Tamošaitis, Silvija Pankūnaitė
Germantė Kinderytė "Turn It Up" Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson, Oskar Nyman, Joel M. Isaksson, Renee Pozzi
Godo "Fire Fountain" Goda Sasnauskaitė, Jokūbas Tulaba
Greta Zazza "Broken Shadows" Jonas Thander, Charlie Mason
Ieva Zasimauskaitė "When We're Old" Vytautas Bikus
Joyce "Breathe" Evelina Jocytė, Stepan Bitus
Juozas Martin "Don't Give Up" Juozas Martinkėnas
Jurgis Brūzga "4Love" Jurgis Brūzga, Tomas Dičiūnas, Kasparas Meginis, Edgaras Žaltauskas, Andrius Kairys
Justin3 "Born to Be Wild One" Justinas Stanislovaitis, Mario Kernn
Justina Žukauskaitė "Love Doesn't Lie" Vytautas Karpauskas, Delphi Freeman
Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė "That Girl" Ashley Hicklin, Marcel Závodi, Sofia Martha Maria Anessiadis, Glen Faria, Alan Roy Scott
LJ "Over Now" Vytautas Diškevičius
Lukas Norkūnas "Tegu" (Let) Lukas Norkūnas
Marija "This Love" Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren, Christian Fast, Hayley Aitken
Marius Petrauskas "Kol meilė gyva" (As long as love is alive) Paulius Jasiūnas, Povilas Scerbavičius
Meda Meškauskaitė "Blood Roses" M. Franck, Jon Are Kulsveen, Aidan O'Connor
Mia "Arrows" Laurell Barker, Rickard Bonde Truumeel, Greig Watts
Milda Martinkėnaitė "Hurricane" Georgios Kalpakidis, Thomas Reil, Jeppe Reil, Maria Broberg
Milda Rasilavičiūtė "I Think About You" Jonas Talandis, Milda Rasilavičiūtė
Monee "Standing Here" Deivydas Zvonkus, Elena Jurgaitytė, Viktorija Lakštutė
Monika Marija "The Truth" Erica Jennings, Vytautas Bikus
Natalija Chareckaja "Serious" Natalija Chareckaja
Ofelija "Butterfly" Liepa Maknavičiūtė, Filip Koscak
Paula "1 2 3" Gytis Valickas, Paula Valentaitė, Donatas Montvydas, Oskar Nyman, Joel M. Isaksson, Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson, Renee Pozzi
Rasa Kaušiūtė "The Silence" Samuel Bugia Garrido, Matthew Vassallo
Rugilė Daujotaitė "Love Is the Flower of Life" Rugilė Daujotaitė, Edwin Oranje, Sjoerd Limberger, Randy Meinderts-Hendriks
Rūta Kotryna "Ghost" Mia Milan, Christopher Wortley, Marcus Lindberg
Ruta Loop "Positive Thoughts" Rūta Žibaitytė, Paulius Vaicekauskas
Saulės kliošas "Įkvėpk ir nepaleisk (Man gaila)" (Breathe in and don't let go (I feel sorry)) Alvydas Mačiulskas, Paulius Volkovas, Laurynas Šarkinas, Justė Starinskaitė
Silvija Pankūnaitė "Real" Andreas Björkman, Adriana Pupavac, Aidan O’Connor
The Roop "Yes, I Do" Vaidotas Valiukevičius, Robertas Baranauskas, Vainius Šimukėnas, Mantas Banišauskas
Twosome "Hello" Justinas Stanislovaitis, Paulius Šinkūnas
Valdas Lacko "Dying Inside" Niklas Bergqvist, Simon Johansson, Nikos Sofis
Vidas Bareikis "Pusvalanduko" (Half an hour) Vidas Bareikis
Živilė Gedvilaitė "Melody" Rūta Ščiogolevaitė-Damijonaitienė

Shows

The national selection show "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka will begin on 6 January 2018. The first four shows will be elimination heats where half the acts will be eliminated each week.

Heat 1 (6 January 2018)

Draw Artist[3] Song Jury votes Public Total Place
Televote Points
1 Justin3 "Born to Be Wild One" 4 197 2 6 10
2 Monee "Standing Here" 1 184 1 2 11
3 Germantė Kinderytė "Turn It Up" 0 748 10 10 5
4 Godo "Fire Fountain" 12 732 8 20 2
5 Lukas Norkūnas "Tegu" 8 282 4 12 4
6 Meda Meškauskaitė "Blood Roses" 0 91 0 0 13
7 Benas Malakauskas "My Memories" 3 512 6 9 6
8 Milda Rasilavičiūtė "I Think About You" 6 561 7 13 3
9 Dangė "Netikra laimė" 0 110 0 0 12
10 Natalija Chareckaja "Serious" 7 172 0 7 8
11 Aušra Difartė "Someday" 5 242 3 8 7
12 Evaldas Vaikasas "Blind" 2 369 5 7 9
13 Ieva Zasimauskaitė "When We're Old" 12 1086 12 24 1

Heat 2 (20 January 2018)

Draw Artist Song Jury votes Public Total Place
Televote Points
1 Juozas Martin "Don't Give Up" 8 202 4 12 5
2 Justina Žukauskaitė "Love Doesn't Lie" 0 61 0 0 11
3 Elvina Milkauskaitė "So Long My Love, My Lover" 2 143 3 5 9
4 LJ "Over Now" 1 74 1 2 10
5 Rūta Kotryna "Ghost" 5 126 2 7 8
6 Saulės kliošas "Įkvėpk ir nepaleisk (Man gaila)" 12 435 6 18 1
7 Twosome "Hello" 10 643 8 18 2
8 Paula "1 2 3" 6 678 12 18 3
9 Audrius Petrauskas "In My Bones" 7 244 5 12 6
10 Elizabeth Olshey "Bejausmis" 3 643 10 13 4
11 Mia "Arrows" 4 541 7 11 7
12 Emilija Valiukevičiūtė "Bye Bye" 0 49 0 0 12

Heat 3 (27 January 2018)

Draw Artist Song Jury votes Public Total Place
Televote Points
1 Vidas Bareikis "Pusvalanduko" 7 444 5 12 6
2 Donata "Powerful" 0 54 0 0 12
3 Agnė Michalenkovaitė "Going On" 7 526 10 17 2
4 GeraiGerai & Silvija Pankūnaitė "More Than You Know" 8 496 7 15 4
5 ELEY "This Is My Life" 3 73 1 4 9
6 E.G.O. "Shake the World" 0 67 0 0 11
7 Živilė Gedvilaitė "Melody" 2 621 12 14 5
8 Joyce "Breathe" 4 175 2 6 8
9 Valdas Lacko "Dying Inside" 1 399 3 4 10
10 Milda Martinkėnaitė "Hurricane" 5 405 4 9 7
11 Gabrielius Vagelis "The Distant" 10 476 6 16 3
12 Greta Zazza "Broken Shadows" 12 502 8 20 1

Heat 4 (3 February 2018)

Draw Artist Song Jury votes Public Total Place
Televote Points
1 Rūta Loop "Positive Thoughts" 4 794 5 9 6
2 Jurgis Brūzga "4Love" 12 771 4 16 2
3 Ofelija "Butterfly" 0 607 2 2 11
4 Dainotas Varnas "Merry-go-round" 5 737 3 8 7
5 Rugilė Daujotaitė "Love Is the Flower of Life" 0 313 0 0 13
6 Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė "That Girl" 8 833 6 14 5
7 Marius Petrauskas "Kol Meilė Gyva" 2 554 1 3 10
8 Silvija Pankūnaitė "Real" 1 368 0 1 12
9 El Fuego "I Do Believe" 0 939 7 7 8
10 Marija "This Love" 8 1325 8 16 3
11 Rasa Kaušiūtė "The Silence" 3 417 0 3 9
12 The Roop "Yes, I Do" 6 1347 10 16 4
13 Monika Marija "The Truth" 10 1354 12 22 1

Heat 5 (10 February 2018)

Draw Artist Song Jury votes Public Total Place
Televote Points
1 Twosome "Hello" 7 660 4 11 5
2 Milda Rasilavičiūtė "I Think About You" 1 383 2 3 9
3 Silvija Pankūnaitė & GeraiGerai "More Than You Know" 3 789 8 11 6
4 Lukas Norkūnas "Tegu" 5 447 3 8 8
5 Paula "1 2 3" 6 693 6 12 4
6 Benas Malakauskas "My Memories" 0 321 1 1 11
7 Godo "Fire Fountain" 10 721 7 17 3
8 Germantė Kinderytė "Turn It Up" 0 186 0 0 12
9 Vidas Bareikis "Pusvalanduko" 5 687 5 10 7
10 Juozas Martin "Don't Give Up" 2 197 0 2 10
11 Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė "That Girl" 12 837 10 22 1
12 Jurgis Brūzga "4Love" 10 1244 12 22 2

Heat 6 (17 February 2018)

Draw Artist Song Jury votes Public Total Place
Televote Points
1 Živilė Gedvilaitė "Melody" 1 344 1 2 12
2 Audrius Petrauskas "In My Bones" 7 231 0 7 8
3 Agnė Michalenkovaitė "Going On" 1 510 3 4 10
4 Saulės kliošas "Įkvėpk ir nepaleisk (Man gaila)" 10 740 6 16 3
5 Greta Zazza "Broken Shadows" 4 589 4 8 7
6 Ruta Loop "Positive Thoughts" 3 287 0 3 11
7 Marija "This Love" 0 2722 12 12 5
8 The Roop "Yes, I Do" 6 2496 10 16 4
9 Elizabeth Olshey "Bejausmis" 2 472 2 4 9
10 Monika Marija "The Truth" 10 1399 7 17 2
11 Gabrielius Vagelis "The Distant" 5 688 5 10 6
12 Ieva Zasimauskaitė "When We're Old" 12 2029 8 20 1

Online wildcard round (19-21 February 2018)

On 19 February 2018, the Lithuanian broadcaster decided to open an online wildcard round in order to bring back two singers to the competition. Only one vote is allowed per IP, and the voting will be open until 21 February 2018.[4][5] Greta Zazza and Ruta Loop were announced as the winners and returned to the competition.[6]

Artist Song Total Place
Vidas Bareikis "Pusvalanduko" 3730 3
Lukas Norkūnas "Tegu"
Milda Rasilavičiūtė "Thinking About You"
Juozas Martin "Don't Give Up"
Germantė Kinderytė "Turn It Up"
Benas Malakauskas "My Memories"
Živilė Gedvilaitė "Melody"
Audrius Petrauskas "In My Bones"
Agnė Michalenkovaitė "Going On"
Greta Zazza "Broken Shadows" 4484 1
Ruta Loop "Positive Thoughts" 3928 2
Elizabeth Olshey "Bejausmis"

Semi Final 1 (24 February 2018)

Draw Artist Song Jury votes Public Total Place
Televote Points
1 Gabrielius Vagelis "The Distant" 4 486 4 8 7
2 GeraiGerai & Silvija Pankūnaitė "More Than You Know" 6 1120 7 13 6
3 Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė "That Girl" 10 912 6 16 3
4 The Roop "Yes, I Do" 7 2664 12 19 2
5 Godo "Fire Fountain" 8 746 5 13 5
6 Greta Zazza "Broken Shadows" 6 1220 8 14 4
7 Jurgis Brūzga "4Love" 12 1648 10 22 1

Semi Final 2 (3 March 2018)

Draw Artist Song Jury votes Public Total Place
Televote Points
1 Marija "This Love" 5 2463 8 13 5
2 Twosome "Hello" 8 1526 7 15 4
3 Ieva Zasimauskaitė "When We're Old" 12 2705 12 24 1
4 Paula "1 2 3" 10 1456 6 16 3
5 Saulės Kliošas "Įkvėpk ir Nepaleisk (Man gaila)" 6 1344 5 11 6
6 Ruta Loop "Positive Thoughts" 4 297 4 8 7
7 Monika Marija "The Truth" 7 2518 10 17 2

Final (11 March 2018)

The final took place in Kaunas' Žalgirio Arena. SKAMP, Lithuanian entrants at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001, acted as opening act for the show. Ari Ólafsson and Saara Aalto, who will represent Iceland and Finland respectively, performed as guests, singing their respective Eurovision entries. Saara performed a modified version which had 1 verse in Lithuanian.

Draw Artist Song Jury Public Total Place
Jury votes Points Televote Points
1 Monika Marija "The Truth" 62 8 13755 8 16 4
2 Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė "That Girl" 46 6 1390 6 12 5
3 The Roop "Yes, I Do" 50 7 16491 10 17 3
4 Paula "1 2 3" 38 5 1160 5 10 6
5 Jurgis Brūzga "4Love" 71 12 5382 7 19 2
6 Ieva Zasimauskaitė "When We're Old" 70 10 20335 12 22 1

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 took place at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal and consisted of two semi-finals on 8 and 10 May and the final on 12 May 2018. According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final.

Semi-final

Lithuania performed sixth in the first semi-final, following the entry from the Czech Republic and preceding the entry from Israel. At the end of the night, Lithuania was one of the ten countries announced as qualifying for the grand final, the first time they had qualified since 2016. Following the show, Ieva Zasimauskaitė joined the other qualifying acts for a press conference in which they drew to see which half of the final they would perform. Lithuania was drawn to perform in the first half of the final, and was drawn to perform in fourth place in the final.

Ieva Zasimauskaitė is a follower of the Hare Krishna movement, which makes her the first Hindu contestant at Eurovision.[7]

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.

Points awarded to Lithuania

Points awarded to Lithuania (Semi-final 1)
Televote
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Jury
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points awarded to Lithuania (Final)
Televote
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Jury
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Lithuania

Split voting results

The following five members comprised the Lithuanian jury: [8]

  • Lauras Lučiūnas – Chairperson – music producer
  • Jurga Šeduikytė Bareikienė – singer, actress, journalist
  • Dovilė Filmanavičiūtė – singer, journalist
  • Mindaugas Urbaitis – composer, professor
  • Leonas Somovas – composer, singer, music producer

References

  1. ↑ "Lithuania Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Adams, William Lee (8 January 2017). "EUROVIZIJOS ATRANKA: ERICA JENNINGS WITHDRAWS OVER "CRINGEWORTHY" JUDGING PROCESS IN LITHUANIA". Wiwibloggs.
  3. ↑ "Pirmoji Eurovizijos atranka jau sausio 6 d.! O joje savo dainas pristatys ir pirmieji jėgas išbandys šie 13 atlikėjų". instagram.com. lrt.lt.
  4. ↑ ""Norite nulemti "Eurovizijos" atrankos rezultatus? Tam turite šiek tiek laiko"" ["Do you want to determine the results of the Eurovision selection? You have some time to do this!]. lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). LRT televizija. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  5. ↑ Granger, Anthony (19 February 2018). ""Lithuania: LRT lets the publick bring back two singers for the Eurovizija semifinals"". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  6. ↑ http://www.lrt.lt/projektai/eurovizija/naujienos/31/203853/lrt-lt-lankytojai-nusprende-kas-grizta-i-eurovizijos-atranka#skip
  7. ↑ http://www.dandavats.com/?p=61878
  8. ↑ Groot, Evert (30 April 2018). "Exclusive: They are the expert jurors for Eurovision 2018". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
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