Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, selecting their entry through a series of semifinals and a televised national final.[1] This was the country's twelfth participation in the contest.[2]
| Eurovision Song Contest 2011 | ||||
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| Country |  Lithuania | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Eurovizija 2011 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 5 February 2011 12 February 2011 19 February 2011 Final: 24 February 2011 | |||
| Selected entrant | Evelina Sašenko | |||
| Selected song | "C'est ma vie" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (5th, 81 points) | |||
| Final result | 19th, 63 points | |||
| Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Participation
On 12 November 2010, LRT announced that a final decision about the participation in Düsseldorf is expected to be made by 26 November. Lithuanian Head of Delegation Audrius Girzadas said, that the likelihood for Lithuania to participate in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest "is 90%".[3] LRT confirmed its participation on 24 November 2010.[4]
Eurovizija 2011
Eurovizija 2011 (Eurovision 2011) was the national final format developed by LRT in order to select Lithuania's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. The competition involved a four-week-long process that commenced on 5 February 2011 and concluded with a winning song and artist on 24 February 2011. 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. The final was also streamed online at the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[5]
Format
The format of the competition involved forty entries competing in four shows. The first three shows were the semi-finals consisting of twelve or fourteen entries each. The top three entries advanced per semi-final, while four wildcards were selected out of the eliminated entries to advance in the competition at the conclusion of the third show: three were selected by LRT and one was selected by online voting through a voting platform on zebra.lt. The fourth show, held on 24 February 2011, was the final where the winner was selected from the remaining thirteen entries over two rounds of voting: the first round selected the top three entries and the second round selected the winner.[6] Monetary prizes were also awarded to both the winning artist. The Lithuanian Copyright Protection Association (LATGA) sponsored a monetary prize of 25,000 LTL, awarded to the winning artist(s) in order to assist in their preparation for the Eurovision Song Contest.[7]
The results of the semi-finals and the first round of the final 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 three shows, the jury votes were determined by a five-member jury panel with varying members from show to show. In the final, a fourteen-member jury panel voted. 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. For the second round of the final, the results were determined by the jury panel only.
Competing entries
On 24 November 2010, LRT opened the submissions for artists and songwriters to submit their entries. The submission deadline concluded on 3 January 2011.[4] On 11 January 2011, LRT announced the 43 artists selected for the competition.[8] Among the artists are previous Lithuanian Eurovision contestants Linas Adomaitis, who represented Lithuania in 2004 as part of Linas and Simona, and Sasha Son, who represented the nation in 2009. The final changes to the list of 43 competing acts were made with the withdrawal of 24for7, Asta Pilypaitė and Vilija.
| Artist | Song | Composer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Agnieška | "Her Name Is May" | Agnieška Dobrovolska, Oleg Jerochin |
| Aurelija Slavinskaitė | "The End" | Georgios Kalpakidis |
| Avenue Acoustic | "Atgal į nuodėmę" | Karolis Jančenkovas |
| Dave & Henry | "Fresh Air Dream" | Jacob Gitkind, Nathan Gitkind |
| Deividas Bastys | "My Girl" | Žilvinas Liulys |
| Donny Montell & Sasha Son | "Best Friends" | Dmitry Šavrov |
| Donny Montell | "Let Me" | Donatas Montvydas |
| Dovydas Maščinskas | "Dirty Avenue" | Dovydas Maščinskas |
| EDEN | "Sleep of Mind" | Andrej Viazinin, Marina Sorohan |
| Eglė Jakštytė | "Love Is Alive" | Monika Mužaitė, Marius Matulevičius |
| Eglė Petrikaitė | "Laimingi kaip mes" | Dalius Pletniovas |
| Eglė Petrošiūtė | "Smile" | Eglė Petrošiutė |
| El Fuego | "Esu žmogus" | Rūta Lukoševičiūtė, Arvydas Skirutis |
| Evelina Sašenko | "C'est ma vie" | Andrius Kairys, Paulius Zdanavičius |
| Flaer | "Kibernetiniame sode" | Adomas Stančikas |
| Gintarė Korsakaitė | "Atmerk akis" | Andrius Guržauskas, Rūta Lukoševičiūtė |
| Gražina Jonušaitė | "Mylėk savo priešą" | Darius Žvirblis |
| Greta Šmidt | "Elektronic Love" | Greta Smidt |
| Guoda Isado | "Čiūto tūto" | Linas Adomaitis, Guoda Juškevičiūtė |
| Jūratė Miliauskaitė | "Tiesiog diena" | Jūratė Miliauskaitė, Birutė Masiliauskienė |
| Kas jos tokios? | "Unbreakable" | Hans Karlsen, Filip Racs, Aidan O'Connor |
| Laura Jaraitė | "City of Steel" | Jonas Krivckas, Mindaugas Stiga |
| Liepa | "Laukiu" | Liepa Mondeikaitė |
| Linas Adomaitis | "Floating to You" | Linas Adomaitis, Irma Adomatienė |
| Martynas Beinaris | "Tomorrow and After" | Martynas Beinaris, Gražina Guobužaitė |
| Mezzo Tronic | "I Mean It" | Mezzo Tronic |
| Mino | "Don't Go" | Romualdas Michailovskis, Mindaugas Mickevičius |
| Monika | "Days Go By" | Monika Linkytė, Irma Adomaitienė |
| Neferit | "3 Wishes" | Edgaras Lubys |
| Nora | "What Is Love?" | Marius Leskauskas, Nora Strolytė |
| Ramūnas Difartas & Gyvo Garso klubas | "Before You Go" | Ramūnas Difartas, Aušra Sutkauskaitė |
| Rūta Ščiogolevaitė | "Break Free" | Elvin Dandel, Gero Weber |
| Sasha Son | "The Slogan of Our Nation" | Dmitry Šavrov |
| The Independent | "7th Bus" | Kipras Varaneckas |
| Timohi | "Setellite of Setellite" | Jan Suchodolski, Timohi |
| Tofu Bubble | "Take" | Tofu Bubble |
| Urtė Šilagalytė | "Candy Baby" | Urtė Šilagalytė, Stanislavas Stavickis |
| Valdas Maksvytis | "Leisk mylėti" | Romualdas Michailovskis, Valdas Maksvytis |
| Vigroses | "Freedom of Mind" | Giedrė Girnytė, Arūnas Rakšnys |
| Viktorija Ivaškevičiūtė | "Be My Baby" | Viktorija Ivaškevičiūtė, Linas Adomaitis |
Semi-final 1
The first semi-final of the competition aired on 5 February 2011 and featured the first set of forty competing entries. The members of the jury consisted of Rosita Čivilytė (singer), Gytis Ivanauskas (choreographer and dancer), Faustas Latėnas (member of LATGA), Darius Užkuraitis (musicologist) and Jonas Vilimas (producer).[9] Three entries advanced to the final, while eleven were eliminated. On 21 February 2011, Urtė Šilagalytė and Martynas Beinaris were announced to have received the LRT and zebra.lt wildcards respectively to advance to the final.[10]
| Semi-final 1 – 5 February 2011 | |||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | |
| Televote | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Mino | "Don't Go" | 2 | 667 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| 2 | Aurelija Slavinskaitė | "The End" | 1 | 145 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Mezzo Tronic | "I Mean It" | 1 | 174 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Laura Jaraitė | "City of Steel" | 3 | 89 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Neferit | "3 Wishes" | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | The Independent | "7th Bus" | 10 | 722 | 7 | 17 | 2 |
| 7 | Gintarė Korsakaitė | "Atmerk akis" | 4 | 255 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
| 8 | Dovydas Maščinskas | "Dirty Avenue" | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Monika | "Days Go By" | 8 | 1432 | 12 | 20 | 1 |
| 10 | Martynas Beinaris | "Tomorrow and After" | 5 | 911 | 8 | 13 | 5 |
| 11 | Urtė Šilagalytė | "Candy Baby" | 6 | 1323 | 10 | 16 | 4 |
| 12 | Sasha Son | "The Slogan of Our Nation" | 12 | 224 | 4 | 16 | 3 |
| 13 | Agnieška | "Her Name Is May" | 0 | 170 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 14 | Ramūnas Difartas & Gyvo Garso klubas | "Before You Go" | 8 | 134 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
Semi-final 2
The second semi-final of the competition aired on 12 February 2011 and featured the second set of forty competing entries. The members of the jury consisted of Rosita Čivilytė (singer), Eglė Nepaitė (producer), Teisutis Makačinas (Vice President of LATGA), Darius Užkuraitis (musicologist) and Lukas Pačkauskas (producer, former member of the group Kastaneda).[11] Three entries advanced to the final, while eleven were eliminated. On 21 February 2011, Donny Montell was announced to have received one of the LRT wildcards to advance to the final.[10]
| Semi-final 2 – 12 February 2011 | |||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | |
| Televote | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Guoda Isado | "Čiūto tūto" | 5 | 582 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| 2 | Valdas Maksvytis | "Leisk mylėti" | 1 | 235 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | Vigroses | "Freedom of Mind" | 7 | 912 | 10 | 17 | 2 |
| 4 | Dave & Henry | "Fresh Air Dream" | 8 | 413 | 3 | 11 | 5 |
| 5 | Liepa | "Laukiu" | 10 | 765 | 6 | 16 | 3 |
| 6 | Tofu Bubble | "Take" | 4 | 406 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | Nora | "What Is Love?" | 6 | 204 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | EDEN | "Sleep of Mind" | 3 | 205 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | Eglė Petrikaitė | "Laimingi kaip mes" | 0 | 771 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| 10 | Deividas Bastys | "My Girl" | 0 | 800 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| 11 | Eglė Jakštytė | "Love Is Alive" | 2 | 171 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 12 | Kas jos tokios? | "Unbreakable" | 4 | 218 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 13 | Evelina Sašenko | "C'est ma vie" | 12 | 1333 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 14 | Donny Montell | "Let Me" | 10 | 487 | 4 | 14 | 4 |
Semi-final 3
The third semi-final of the competition aired on 19 February 2011 and featured the third set of forty competing entries. The members of the jury consisted of Mindaugas Urbaitis (member of LATGA), Darius Užkuraitis (musicologist), Neda Malunavičiūtė (singer), Laura Remeikienė (singer-songwriter) and Vytautas Juozapaitis (opera singer). Three entries advanced to the final, while eleven were eliminated. On 21 February 2011, Donny Montell & Sasha Son was announced to have received one of the LRT wildcards to advance to the final.[10]
| Semi-final 3 – 19 February 2011 | |||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | |
| Televote | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Timohi | "Setellite of Setellite" | 0 | 152 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Eglė Petrošiūtė | "Smile" | 1 | 274 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | Flaer | "Kibernetiniame sode" | 2 | 90 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Gražina Jonušaitė | "Mylėk savo priešą" | 0 | 216 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | El Fuego | "Esu žmogus" | 4 | 131 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Greta Šmidt | "Elektronic Love" | 4 | 508 | 7 | 11 | 5 |
| 7 | Linas Adomaitis | "Floating to You" | 10 | 1007 | 12 | 22 | 1 |
| 8 | Viktorija Ivaškevičiūtė | "Be My Baby" | 7 | 977 | 10 | 17 | 3 |
| 9 | Jūratė Miliauskaitė | "Tiesiog diena" | 5 | 206 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| 10 | Avenue Acoustic | "Atgal į nuodėmę" | 7 | 83 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 11 | Donny Montell & Sasha Son | "Best Friends" | 8 | 340 | 6 | 14 | 4 |
| 12 | Rūta Ščiogolevaitė | "Break Free" | 12 | 634 | 8 | 20 | 2 |
Final
The final of the competition was broadcast live on 24 February 2011 and featured the remaining thirteen entries that qualified from the semi-finals. In the first round, "Floating to You" performed by Linas Adomaitis, "C'est ma vie" performed by Evelina Sašenko and "Break Free" performed by Rūta Ščiogolevaitė advanced to the second round, the superfinal. In the superfinal, "C'est ma vie" performed by Evelina Sašenko was selected as the winner after gaining the most points from the jury vote.[12]
| Final – 24 February 2011 | ||||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | ||
| Votes | Points | Televote | Points | |||||
| 1 | The Independent | "7th Bus" | 52 | 5 | 560 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Viktorija Ivaškevičiūtė | "Be My Baby" | 17 | 0 | 670 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Martynas Beinaris | "Tomorrow and After" | 1 | 0 | 699 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Monika | "Days Go By" | 40 | 2 | 3424 | 10 | 12 | 4 |
| 5 | Vigroses | "Freedom of Mind" | 29 | 0 | 913 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Urtė Šilagalytė | "Candy Baby" | 31 | 1 | 1591 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | Linas Adomaitis | "Floating to You" | 106 | 10 | 2914 | 8 | 18 | 2 |
| 8 | Donny Montell | "Let Me" | 50 | 4 | 1783 | 6 | 10 | 5 |
| 9 | Liepa | "Laukiu" | 102 | 8 | 588 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| 10 | Donny Montell & Sasha Son | "Best Friends" | 50 | 4 | 249 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | Evelina Sašenko | "C'est ma vie" | 168 | 12 | 5895 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 12 | Sasha Son | "The Slogan of Our Nation" | 67 | 6 | 251 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 13 | Rūta Ščiogolevaitė | "Break Free" | 99 | 7 | 2253 | 7 | 14 | 3 |
| Superfinal – 24 February 2011 | ||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
| 1 | Linas Adomaitis | "Floating to You" | 134 | 2 |
| 2 | Evelina Sašenko | "C'est ma vie" | 168 | 1 |
| 3 | Rūta Ščiogolevaitė | "Break Free" | 118 | 3 |
At Eurovision
Lithuania started their Eurovision campaign by performing in starting position 17 in the first semifinal on 10 May 2011. Evelina sang "C'est ma vie" which was performed very well. She managed 5th place in the semi-final, with 81 points, earning her a spot in the final on Saturday night. In the first semi-final, Lithuania placed first with the jury, receiving 113 points and eleventh place with the televote vote with 52 points. After the close of the first semi, Lithuania drew position 4 in the grand final on May 14, 2011. Another strong performance by Evelina on Saturday was not reflected in the votes, only managing 19th place with 63 points. Lithuania placed twentieth with the public televote receiving 55 points and twentieth with the jury vote with 66 points.
Points awarded by Lithuania
Semi-final 1
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Final
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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 |
| 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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- Hondal, Victor (24 November 2010). "Lithuania confirms Eurovision 2011 participation". EscToday.com. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- Busa, Alexandru (24 February 2011). "Tonight: National final in Lithuania". Esctoday.
- Busa, Alexandru (11 January 2011). "44 artists fight for the Lithuanian ticket for Düsseldorf". EscToday.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
- "Į „Euroviziją" vyksta Evelina Sašenko!". Eurodiena (in Lithuanian). 25 February 2011.
- "Dėl teisės atstovauti Lietuvai „Eurovizijoje" varžysis 43 atlikėjai". Eurodiena (in Lithuanian). 11 January 2011.
- "Pirmajame nacionalinės atrankos pusfinalyje — daugybė naujų veidų". Eurodiena (in Lithuanian). 3 February 2011.
- Makselis, Arvydas (21 February 2011). "Lithuania: All finalists known". Esctoday.
- "Antrajame pusfinalyje — komisijos kritika D. Montvydui ir E. Jakštytei". Eurodiena (in Lithuanian). 10 February 2011.
- "LITHUANIAN NATIONAL FINAL 2011".
External links
- (in Lithuanian) Eurovizija 2011 official website
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