Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia. Aivaras represented Lithuania with the song "Happy You". He finished in 23rd place with 12 points.[1]

Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Country Lithuania
National selection
Selection process"Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka
Selection date(s)14 February 2002 [1]
Selected entrantAivaras
Selected song"Happy You"
Finals performance
Final result23rd, 12 points
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
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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 2002. The competition took place on 20 December 2012 and was hosted by Andrius Rožickas.

Competing entries

On 24 October 2001, LRT opened the submissions for artists and songwriters to submit their entries. The submission deadline concluded on 31 December 2001.[2] On 8 January 2002, LRT announced the 15 artists selected for the competition.[3]

Final

The final of the competition took place on 14 February 2002 at the Palace of Sports and Culture in Vilnius. The winner was determined by the combination of votes from a jury panel (50%), the audience in the hall (25%) and public televoting (25%). "We All" performed by B'Avarija was originally selected as the winner, however at the end of March 2002, B'Avarija were disqualified because the Lithuanian version of "We All" ("Mes čia") was released on CD at the end of 2001. Consequently, Aivaras, who came second, replaced B'Avarija as the winner.[1]

Draw Artist Song Composer(s) Points Place
1 Simona "Fantasy" Salim Lundquist — 15
2 Markas "You're the Biggest Star of My Life" Mariaus Salynas — 14
3 Kosmo "Don't Ever Stop" Vaidotas Valiukevičius, Vilius Lukauskas — 13
4 Iris "Find Your Song" Kersti Kuus, Imre Sooäär — 8
5 B'Avarija "We All" Deivydas Zvonkus, Juozas Liesis 40 1
6 Saulės Kliošas "Singing in the Night" Saulės Kliošas, Jonas Jurkūnas 33 3
7 Jolanta Tubinytė & King Lion "I Wanna Hold You" Host & Snor, King Lion 13 7
8 Naktinės Personos "I'm So in Love" Audrius Balsevičius, Alanas Chošnau — 4
9 IF "If You Can" Vytautas Miškinis, IF — 12
10 Adoms "Q-Ba-Ba" Linas Adomaitis 9 9
11 Aivaras "Happy You" Aivaras Stepukonis 38 2
12 Rūta Lukoševičiūtė "Hello" Dalius Pletniovas, Rūta Lukoševičiūtė — 5
13 Ramūnas Difartas & Dreams "You'll Be Waiting" Ramūnas Difartas, Aras Žvirblys 21 6
14 La Vita "Never" Vytautas Lebednykas, Andrius Katkus, Domas Bajorūnas, Mantas Jankavičius 6 10
15 Agnė "Feelings" Artūras Gaidelias — 11

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Aivaras performed 24th in the running order, following Latvia. Aivaras scored 12 points (highest 6 from Latvia) placing Lithuania 23rd out of 24 entries. The Lithuanian televote gave its 12 points to winner Latvia.

Points awarded by Lithuania
12 points Latvia
10 points Sweden
8 points United Kingdom
7 points Estonia
6 points Russia
5 points France
4 points Cyprus
3 points Malta
2 points Belgium
1 point Denmark

Points awarded to Lithuania
Points awarded to Lithuania (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
  1. "Lithuanian National Final 2002". Webuda. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. "Prasideda Nacionalinis atrankos turas į 2002 metų Euroviziją". Eurovizija.lt. 24 October 2001.
  3. "Paaiškėjo 15 dainų, pretenduojančių atstovauti Lietuvai Eurovizijoje". Eurovizija.lt. 8 February 2002.


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