Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, with the Lithuanian entry selected by a national final - Eurovizijos dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka 2010 - organised by Lithuanian broadcaster LRT. On 4 March the final of Eurovizija 2010 was held, where it was decided by a joint jury and televoting decision that InCulto would represent Lithuania at the Contest in Oslo, Norway with the song "Eastern European Funk".[1][2]
| Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||||
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| Country |  Lithuania | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Eurovizija 2010 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 13 February 2010 20 February 2010 27 February 2010 Final: 4 March 2010 | |||
| Selected entrant | InCulto | |||
| Selected song | "Eastern European Funk" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (12th, 44 points) | |||
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Before Eurovision
Possible withdrawal
In December 2009 it was announced that LRT would formally withdraw from the 2010 Contest owing to problems in finding the required funds to send a Lithuanian entry to the Contest. A total of 300,000 litas (€90,000) was required by LRT to send a Lithuanian delegation to the contest in Oslo, Norway.[3] However funding was given by Lithuanian company Teo LT which allowed a Lithuanian participation. According to Nerijus Ivanauskas, deputy director of Teo LT, "it was decided to support LRT for two reasons: the international image of Lithuania and Teo LT digital development".[4]
Eurovizija 2010
Eurovizija 2010 (Eurovision 2010) was the national final format developed by LRT in order to select Lithuania's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The competition involved a four-week-long process that commenced on 13 February 2010 and concluded with a winning song and artist on 4 March 2010. The four shows took place at the LRT studios in Vilnius and were hosted by Giedrius Masalskis. The shows were broadcast on LRT televizija as well as online via the broadcaster's website lrt.lt.
Format
The format of the competition involved thirty-four entries competing in four shows. The first three shows were the semi-finals consisting of between eleven and twelve entries each. The top three entries advanced per semi-final, while three wildcards were selected by LRT out of the eliminated entries to advance in the competition at the conclusion of the third show. The fourth show, held on 4 March 2010, was the final where the winner was selected from the remaining twelve entries. Monetary prizes were also awarded to both the winning artist. The Lithuanian Copyright Protection Association (LATGA) sponsored a monetary prize of 15,000 LTL, awarded to the winning artist(s) in order to assist in their preparation for the Eurovision Song Contest.[5]
The results of each of the four shows were determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from a five-member jury panel with varying members from show to show 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. The public could submit their votes through telephone and SMS voting. Ties were decided in favour of the entry that received the most votes from the jury.[6]
Competing entries
On 6 January 2010, LRT opened the submissions for artists and songwriters to submit their entries. The submission deadline concluded on 24 January 2010.[4][7] On 1 February 2010, LRT announced the 36 artists selected for the competition.[8][9] Among the artists are previous Lithuanian Eurovision contestants 4Fun, who represented Lithuania in 2007, and Sasha Song, who represented the nation in 2009. On 27 February 2010, the final changes to the list of 36 competing acts were made with the withdrawal of Donata Virbilaitė and Vanilla Soud.[10][11]
| Artist | Song | Composer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| AGAMA | "Field of Kings" | Violeta Jurkonienė, Vyasadeva |
| Aistė Pilvelytė | "Melancolia" | Rafael Artesero |
| Amberlife | "Material World" | Edgaras Lubys |
| Audrius Zavadskis | "Right Now" | Georgios Kalpakidis |
| Avenue Acoustic | "Aklomis myliu tavo vardą" | Karolis Jančenkovas |
| Daina Bilevičiūtė | "Myliu gyventi" | Virginija Paulauskienė, Ąžuolas Paulauskas |
| Donatas Montvydas | "Running Fast" | Donatas Montvydas |
| Eden | "Nirvana" | Marina Sorohan, Andrej Viazinin |
| Eva | "Nes tu pamiršai" | Eimantas Gardauskas, Oleg Jerochin |
| Evelina Sašenko | "For This I'll Pray" | Andrius Kairys, Florian Scharnofske |
| Gabrielė | "Girl" | Raigardas Tautkus, Raimundas Jankauskas |
| Gaudentas Janušas | "Man nieko nereikia" | Gaudentas Janušas |
| Imantas | "Won't U Come Back" | Ąžuolas Paulauskas |
| InCulto | "Eastern European Funk" | InCulto |
| Jūratė Miliauskaitė | "Let It Rain" | Leif Goldkuhl, Kjell Jennstig |
| Kafka, Rūta & Kivi | "Tonight" | Niall Mooney, Jonas Gladnikoff |
| Mariaana Seppern | "My Home is Europe" | Mariaana Seppern, Arthur Seppern |
| Marta Lukošiūtė | "Meilės ruduo" | Dalia Teišerskytė, J. Cechanovičius |
| Merūnas | "Rosa" | Raigardus Tautkus, Raimundas Jankauskas |
| Mindaugas Mickevičius - Mino | "Angela" | Mindaugaus Mickevičius |
| Mini Me | "Amžinai" | Egidijus Remeikis, Vutis Smolskas, Lukas Pačkauskas |
| Monika Linkytė | "Give Away" | Monika Lubinaitė, Mario Basanov |
| Mundis & Electric Ladies | "Sielos muzika" | Stanislavas Stavickis, Mundis |
| Onsa | "Will You Be My Wife" | Tautrimas Rupulevičius, Marius Leskauskas |
| Raimonda Masiulytė | "Ledinė širdis" | Aurelijus Sirgedas, Raimonda Masiulytė |
| Ramūnas Difartas | "Blues of Life" | Ramūnas Difartas, Austra Sutkauskaitė |
| Ruslanas Kirilkinas | "I Love a Boy Who's in Love With a Fairytale" | Stanislav Stavickis |
| Sasha Song & Nora | "Say Yes to Life" | Dmitry Šavrov |
| Saulės kliošas | "Tu atėjai" | Monika Žiauberytė, Saulės Kliošas |
| Širdelės | "Aš ir tu" | Žilvinas Liulys |
| Soliaris | "So High" | Algimantas Minalga, Justina Chachlauskas |
| The Cavaliers | "We Are About to Love" | Laura Tarulytė, Svajūnas Mackevičius |
| Urtė Šilagalytė | "Angelai" | Urtė Šilagalytė |
| 4Fun | "Don't You Know" | Julija Ritčik |
Semi-final 1
The first semi-final of the competition aired on 13 February 2010 and featured the first set of thirty-four competing entries.[12] The members of the jury consisted of Linas Rimša (composer), Neda Malunavičiūtė (singer), Mindaugas Urbaitis (member of LATGA), Darius Užkuraitis (musicologist) and Jonas Vilimas (producer). Three entries advanced to the final, while eight were eliminated.[6][13]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Televote | Points | |||||
| 1 | Kafka, Rūta & Kivi | "Tonight" | 30 | 6 | 410 | 6 | 12 | 4 |
| 2 | Mindaugas Mickevičius - Mino | "Angela" | 19 | 4 | 384 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
| 3 | Monika Linkytė | "Give Away" | 36 | 8 | 719 | 7 | 15 | 3 |
| 4 | Gabrielė | "Girl" | 12 | 2 | 933 | 8 | 10 | 5 |
| 5 | Avenue Acoustic | "Aklomis myliu tavo vardą" | 36 | 8 | 91 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| 6 | Imantas | "Won't U Come Back" | 16 | 3 | 126 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | Onsa | "Will You Be My Wife" | 12 | 2 | 111 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Daina Bilevičiūtė | "Myliu gyventi" | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Sasha Song & Nora | "Say Yes to Life" | 54 | 12 | 955 | 10 | 22 | 2 |
| 10 | Urtė Šilagalytė | "Angelai" | 26 | 5 | 366 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "Melancolia" | 50 | 10 | 3645 | 12 | 22 | 1 |
Semi-final 2
The second semi-final of the competition aired on 20 February 2010 and featured the second set of thirty-four competing entries. Merūnas was originally assigned to perform in the second semi-final, however, he performed in the third semi-final instead due to medical issues. The members of the jury consisted of Saulius Urbonavičius (2006 Lithuanian Eurovision entrant as part of LT United), Kazimieras Šiaulys (member of LATGA), Mindaugas Urbaitis (member of LATGA), Darius Užkuraitis (musicologist) and Jonas Vilimas (producer). Three entries advanced to the final, while eight were eliminated.[14][15] On 22 February 2010, Donatas Montvydas, who qualified from the second semi-final, was disqualified as his song "Running Fast" had previously been performed before 1 October 2009. Amberlife, who placed fourth, replaced Donatas.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | ||
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| Votes | Points | Televote | Points | |||||
| 1 | Mariaana Seppern | "My Home is Europe" | 0 | 0 | 388 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Mundis & Electric Ladies | "Sielos muzika" | 19 | 3 | 1504 | 10 | 13 | 5 |
| 3 | Raimonda Masiulytė | "Ledinė širdis" | 10 | 1 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | AGAMA | "Field of Kings" | 48 | 10 | 1224 | 8 | 18 | 2 |
| 5 | Audrius Zavadskis | "Right Now" | 21 | 4 | 333 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| 6 | Ruslanas Kirilkinas | "I Love a Boy Who's in Love With a Fairytale" | 31 | 7 | 988 | 7 | 14 | 3 |
| 7 | Marta Lukošiūtė | "Meilės ruduo" | 19 | 3 | 193 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Amberlife | "Material World" | 46 | 8 | 487 | 6 | 14 | 4 |
| 9 | Saulės kliošas | "Tu atėjai" | 22 | 6 | 443 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
| 10 | Mini Me | "Amžinai" | 22 | 6 | 308 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
Semi-final 3
The third semi-final of the competition aired on 27 February 2010 and featured the third set of thirty-four competing entries. The members of the jury consisted of Mindaugas Urbaitis (member of LATGA), Povilas Meškėla (singer), Aistė Smilgevičiūtė (1999 Lithuanian Eurovision entrant), Darius Užkuraitis (musicologist) and Jonas Vilimas (producer). Three entries advanced to the final, while nine were eliminated.[16][17] On 22 February 2010, Ramūnas Difartas, Eden and Jūratė Miliauskaitė were announced to have received the three LRT wildcards to advance to the final.[18]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | ||
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| Votes | Points | Televote | Points | |||||
| 1 | Ramūnas Difartas | "Blues of Life" | 50 | 12 | 309 | 2 | 14 | 4 |
| 2 | Soliaris | "So High" | 7 | 2 | 1506 | 10 | 12 | 5 |
| 3 | The Cavaliers | "We Are About to Love" | 22 | 3 | 358 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Eden | "Nirvana" | 28 | 5 | 601 | 5 | 10 | 7 |
| 5 | Eva | "Nes tu pamiršai" | 5 | 0 | 231 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Merūnas | "Rosa" | 35 | 8 | 1438 | 7 | 15 | 3 |
| 7 | Širdelės | "Aš ir tu" | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Gaudentas Janušas | "Man nieko nereikia" | 6 | 1 | 786 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 4Fun | "Don't You Know" | 25 | 4 | 171 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | InCulto | "Eastern European Funk" | 31 | 6 | 1825 | 12 | 18 | 1 |
| 11 | Evelina Sašenko | "For This I'll Pray" | 49 | 10 | 1475 | 8 | 18 | 2 |
| 12 | Jūratė Miliauskaitė | "Let It Rain" | 34 | 7 | 521 | 4 | 11 | 6 |
Final
The final of the competition was broadcast live on 4 March 2010 and featured the remaining twelve entries that qualified from the semi-finals. The members of the jury consisted of (member of LATGA), Darius Užkuraitis (musicologist), Jonas Vilimas (producer), Rosita Čivilytė (singer) and Artūras Novikas (conductor, composer and singer). "Eastern European Funk" performed by InCulto was selected as the winner after gaining the most points from both the jury vote and the public vote.[1][2]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | ||
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| Votes | Points | Televote | Points | |||||
| 1 | AGAMA | "Field of Kings" | 41 | 8 | 2778 | 5 | 13 | 4 |
| 2 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "Melancolia" | 42 | 10 | 17447 | 10 | 20 | 2 |
| 3 | Ruslanas Kirilkinas | "I Love a Boy Who's in Love With a Fairytale" | 15 | 3 | 1301 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | Merūnas | "Rosa" | 23 | 5 | 4135 | 7 | 12 | 6 |
| 5 | Ramūnas Difartas | "Blues of Life" | 29 | 6 | 345 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | Monika Linkytė | "Give Away" | 5 | 0 | 1256 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | InCulto | "Eastern European Funk" | 47 | 12 | 23767 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 8 | Evelina Sašenko | "For This I'll Pray" | 41 | 8 | 3257 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
| 9 | Sasha Song & Nora | "Say Yes to Life" | 22 | 4 | 4418 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| 10 | Jūratė Miliauskaitė | "Let It Rain" | 8 | 1 | 388 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Eden | "Nirvana" | 10 | 2 | 785 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | Amberlife | "Material World" | 7 | 0 | 476 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
At Eurovision
Lithuania competed in the second semi-final of the contest, on 27 May.
Split results
- In the Semi-final 2 Lithuania came 12th with 44 points: the public awarded Lithuania 8th place with 65 points and the jury awarded 13th place with 27 points.
Points awarded by Lithuania[19]
Semi-final 2
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| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
References
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- Webb, Glen (4 March 2010). "East European Funk for Lithuania". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
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- "Į „Euroviziją" keliauja „InCulto"!". Eurodiena (in Lithuanian). 5 March 2010.
- Webb, Glen (13 February 2010). "Lithuania choose first three finalists". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
- "Lithuania 2010".
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- Klier, Marcus (13 February 2010). "Tonight: First semi final in Lithuania". ESCToday. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
- "Results: Three acts qualified in Lithuania". ESCToday. 13 February 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
- Klier, Marcus (20 February 2010). "Results: Three acts qualified in Lithuania". ESCToday. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
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- Klier, Marcus (1 March 2010). "Three wildcards for Lithuanian national final revealed". ESCToday. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
- Eurovision Song Contest 2008
External links
- (in Lithuanian) LRT Eurovision site
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