Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Lithuanian entry was selected through a national selection, organised by the Lithuanian broadcaster LRT. Donny Montell represented Lithuania with the song "Love Is Blind", which qualified from the second semi-final and went on to place 14th in the final, scoring 70 points.[1][2]

Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country Lithuania
National selection
Selection processEurovizija atranka Lietuvoje
Selection date(s)Semi-finals:
4 February 2012
11 February 2012
18 February 2012
25 February 2012
Final:
3 March 2012
Selected entrantDonny Montell
Selected song"Love Is Blind"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (3rd, 104 points)
Final result14th, 70 points
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2011 • 2012 • 2013►

Before Eurovision

Participation

On 11 September 2011, LRT confirmed Lithuania's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, although the broadcaster struggled with financial problems.[3] Additionally, the Lithuanian head of Delegation, Audrius Girzadas, has not excluded the possibility of selecting next year's national representative in Eurovision internally, given the financial difficulties LRT is going through.[4]

Eurovizija atranka Lietuvoje

Eurovizija atranka Lietuvoje (Eurovision selection in Lithuania) was the national final format developed by LRT in order to select Lithuania's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. The competition involved a five-week-long process that commenced on 4 February 2012 and concluded with a winning song and artist on 3 March 2012. The five shows took place at the LRT studios in Vilnius and were hosted by Liepa Rimkevičienė and Darius Užkuraitis. 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.

Format

The format of the competition involved thirty-six entries competing in five shows. The first four shows were the semi-finals consisting of nine entries each. The top three entries advanced per semi-final, while two wildcards were selected out of the eliminated entries to advance in the competition at the conclusion of the fourth show: one was selected based on the positive reactions received in the mobile application „Balsuok!“ and an additional one was selected by online voting through a voting platform on the Akvilė website. The fifth show, held on 3 March 2012, was the final where the winner was selected from the remaining fourteen entries over two rounds of voting: the first round selected the top three entries and the second round selected the winner. Monetary prizes were also awarded: the winner was awarded 15,000 LTL, the second-placed act was awarded 10,000 LTL, and the third-placed act received 5,000 LTL.[5]

The results of the semi-finals and the first round of the final were determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from a five-member jury panel and public televoting. During all shows, the jury panel with varying members from show to show provided feedback and assigned scores to each entry ranging from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest) immediately after the artists conclude their performances. 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. For the second round of the final, the results were determined by the jury panel only.[6]

Competing entries

On 14 October 2011, LRT opened the submissions for artists and songwriters to submit their entries. The submission deadline concluded on 2 January 2012. On 5 January 2012, LRT initially announced 47 artists selected for the competition, however, only 36 artists ultimately participated in the national final.[7]

Artist Song Composer(s)
Alive Way "Amazed by You" Justinas Stanislovaitis
Beissoul "Why" Darius Julka
Bekešo Vilkai "Letter by Letter" Jievaras Jasinskis, Girmantė Vaitkutė
Chill Out, Have No Doubt "Until the End" Vytautas Karpauskas, Gražina Guobužaitė
DAR "Home" Gorgi, Arvydas Martinėnas
Diana Jasilionytė "Dear Someone" Vytautas Bikus
Donata Virbilaitė "Superman" Andreas Anastasiou, Gorgi
Donatas Šimkus – Dūmas "Party All Day" Arvydas Martinėnas, Rūta Lukoševičiūtė
Donny Montell "Love Is Blind" Brandon Stone, Jodie Rose
Gražvydas Sidiniauskas "When I Say Yes" Gražvydas Sidiniauskas
Greta Jorudaitė "Show Me What You Got" Emanuel Gonzalez, Elen Jay
Greta Šmidt "The One" Greta Šmidt
Indigo "Sugrįžk" Rūta Lukoševičiūtė, Igoris Barinas
Jurijus Veklenko "Tu ne viena" Edgaras Lubys
Kamilė Kielaitė "Try" Kamilė Kielaitė
Katažina "Euforija" Deivydas Zvonkus
LadyBell "Mano muzika" Andrius Bernatonis, Aleksandras Latuškinas
Laiptai "Ašarų lietus" Audronis Grincevičius, Vaidas Dzežulskis
Laisva "Nutolk" Deivydas Zvonkus
Laura J & Stiga "Fading in the Mist" Mindaugas Stiga, Jonas Krivickas
Liepa "Viena" Liepa Mondeikaitė
Martynas Beinaris "Bella Donna" Martynas Beinaris
Merlin "Wheel of Time" Rodion Kolomin, Feliks Kutka
Monika "Happy" Edgaras Lubys, Marius Leskauskas
Multiks "Star" Paulius Burba
Sati "Light Is the One" Edgaras Lubys
Simona Milinytė "One of a Kind" Fredrik Westin, Bobby Ljunggren, Marcos Ubeda
Sound's Engineers ft. Natalie "Blind" Vitalijus Lipovecas, Natalja Chareckaja
Sweetsalt "My Love" Rokas Dobunžinskas
The Artrace "Fly LT" Aurimas Galvelis, Justas Kulikauskas, GEnerG
The Independent "Baby" Kipras Varaneckas
Thundertale "Heroes, Arise!" Laurynas Baškys, Jonas Chockevičius
Vaida feat. Movetron "Medieval Love" Jukka Tanttari, Timo Löyvä
Valdas Maksvytis "Dar laiko yra" Romas Michailovskis, Valdas Maksvyti
VIG Roses "Come Back Home" Giedrė Girnytė, Arūnas Rakšnys
Vytautas Matuzas "Take It Back" Vytautas Matuzas, Linas Adomaitis

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final of the competition aired on 4 February 2012 and featured the first set of thirty-six competing entries. The members of the jury consisted of Vladimiras Prudnikovas, Rosita Čivilytė, Merūnas Vitulskis, Raigardas Tautkus and Saulius Urbonavičius. Three entries advanced to the final, while six were eliminated.

Semi-final 1 – 4 February 2012
DrawArtistSong Jury PublicTotalPlace
Votes Points Televote Points
1 The Independent "Baby" 39 10 484 8 18 2
2 Kamilė Kielaitė "Try" 31 8 151 4 12 5
3 Multiks "Star" 28 7 549 10 17 3
4 Valdas Maksvytis "Dar laiko yra" 20 3 396 7 10 7
5 Chill Out, Have No Doubt "Until the End" 26 4 316 6 10 6
6 The Artrace "Fly LT" 33 8 199 5 13 4
7 Indigo "Sugrizk" 43 6 121 2 8 8
8 Laisva "Nutolk" 29 5 131 3 8 9
9 Beissoul "Why" 43 12 895 12 24 1

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final of the competition aired on 11 February 2012 and featured the second set of thirty-six competing entries. The members of the jury consisted of Vladimiras Prudnikovas, Karolis Ramoška, Merūnas Vitulskis, Raigardas Tautkus and Saulius Urbonavičius. Three entries advanced to the final, while six were eliminated. Sati was later announced to have received the Akvilė wildcard to advance to the final.

Semi-final 2 – 11 February 2012
DrawArtistSong Jury PublicTotalPlace
Votes Points Televote Points
1 Sweetsalt "My Love" 30 5 218 3 8 8
2 Diana Jasilionytė "Dear Someone" 36 8 1047 7 15 4
3 Martynas Beinaris "Bella Donna" 26 4 687 6 10 7
4 Alive Way "Amazed by You" 41 12 1149 8 20 2
5 Sati "Light Is the One" 33 6 222 4 10 6
6 Vytautas Matuzas "Take It Back" 40 10 1923 12 22 1
7 Katažina "Euforija" 34 7 1703 10 17 3
8 Laura J & Stiga "Fading in the Mist" 25 3 110 2 5 9
9 Jurijus Veklenko "Tu ne viena" 45 7 241 5 12 5

Semi-final 3

The third semi-final of the competition aired on 18 February 2012 and featured the third set of thirty-six competing entries. The members of the jury consisted of Vladimiras Prudnikovas, Arnoldas Lukošius, Raigardas Tautkus, Laurynas Šarkinas and Saulius Urbonavičius. Three entries advanced to the final, while six were eliminated.

Semi-final 3 – 18 February 2012
DrawArtistSong Jury PublicTotalPlace
Votes Points Televote Points
1 Thundertale "Heroes, Arise!" 27 3 631 6 9 8
2 Sound's Engineers ft. Natalie "Blind" 33 7 157 2 9 6
3 Donatas Šimkus – Dūmas "Party All Day" 33 7 1049 8 15 4
4 VIG Roses "Come Back Home" 35 8 1073 10 18 2
5 Bekešo Vilkai "Letter by Letter" 42 10 918 7 17 3
6 Greta Jorudaitė "Show Me What You Got" 31 4 303 5 9 7
7 Liepa "Viena" 32 6 168 4 10 5
8 Gražvydas Sidiniauskas "When I Say Yes" 31 5 159 3 8 9
9 Monika "Happy" 43 12 1416 12 24 1

Semi-final 4

The fourth semi-final of the competition aired on 25 February 2012 and featured the fourth set of thirty-six competing entries. The members of the jury consisted of Vytautas Miškinis, Rosita Čivilytė, Raigardas Tautkus, Aras Vėberis and Laurynas Šarkinas. Three entries advanced to the final, while six were eliminated. Greta Šmidt was later announced to have received the „Balsuok!“ wildcard to advance to the final.

Semi-final 4 – 25 February 2012
DrawArtistSong Jury PublicTotalPlace
Votes Points Televote Points
1 Merlin "Wheel of Time" 34 7 123 4 11 4
2 LadyBell "Mano muzika" 32 5 137 5 10 5
3 Donata Virbilaitė "Superman" 33 6 97 3 9 8
4 Laiptai "Ašarų lietus" 31 4 358 6 10 6
5 Greta Šmidt "The One" 30 3 522 7 10 7
6 Vaida feat. Movetron "Medieval Love" 27 2 51 2 4 9
7 DAR "Home" 42 10 2122 8 18 2
8 Simona Milinytė "One of a Kind" 37 8 2173 10 18 3
9 Donny Montell "Love Is Blind" 50 12 6541 12 24 1

Final

The final of the competition was broadcast live on 3 March 2012 and featured the remaining fourteen entries that qualified from the semi-finals. The members of the jury consisted of Vytautas Miškinis, Rosita Čivilytė, Vladimiras Prudnikovas, Laurynas Šarkinas and Artūras Novikas. In the first round, "Happy" performed by Monika, "Love Is Blind" performed by Donny Montell and "Home" performed by DAR advanced to the second round, the superfinal. In the superfinal, "Love Is Blind" performed by Donny Montell was selected as the winner after gaining the most points from the jury vote.[8]

Final – 3 March 2012
Draw Artist Song Jury Public Total Place
Votes Points Televote Points
1 The Independent "Baby" 32 2 333 0 2 12
2 Alive Way "Amazed by You" 34 4 352 1 5 9
3 Greta Šmidt "The One" 32 2 344 0 2 11
4 Sati "Light Is the One" 31 1 262 0 1 13
5 Vytautas Matuzas "Take It Back" 37 5 3090 6 11 6
6 Monika "Happy" 41 7 5224 8 15 3
7 VIG Roses "Come Back Home" 33 3 659 4 7 8
8 Multiks "Star" 26 0 379 0 0 14
9 Katažina "Euforija" 32 2 478 2 4 10
10 Simona Milinytė "One of a Kind" 31 1 4092 7 8 7
11 Beissoul "Why" 39 6 1739 5 11 5
12 Bekešo Vilkai "Letter by Letter" 44 8 569 3 11 4
13 Donny Montell "Love Is Blind" 50 12 15664 12 24 1
14 DAR "Home" 46 10 11004 10 20 2
Superfinal – 3 March 2012
DrawArtistSongPlace
1 Monika "Happy" 3
2 Donny Montell "Love Is Blind" 1
3 DAR "Home" 2

At Eurovision

Lithuania competed in the second half of the second semi-final on 24 May. In the running order draw, determined on 20 March 2012, Lithuania got a wildcard (allowing it to choose the singing position) and opted to perform last. Montell eventually advanced to the finals and performed fourth. The song finished in 14th place with 70 points which was an improvement for the country since last year's participation where they finished 19th. In addition, it was revealed that Lithuania came 3rd during the second semi-finals with 104 points.[9] [10][11]

Split results
  • In the Semi-final 2 Lithuania came 3rd with 104 points: the public awarded Lithuania 3rd place with 128 points and the jury awarded 10th place with 55 points.
  • In the Final Lithuania came 14th with 70 points: the public awarded Lithuania 14th place with 68 points and the jury awarded 14th place with 82 points.

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

Points awarded by Lithuania

See also

References
  1. "Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Grand Final". Eurovision.tv. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013.
  2. Roxburgh, Gordon (3 March 2012). "Lithuania: Donny Montell with 'Love Is Blind'". Eurovision.tv.
  3. Busa, Alexandru (11 September 2011). "Lithuania: Eurovision participation confirmed". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  4. Hondal, Victor (3 February 2012). "Lithuania: National final on March 3rd". EscToday.com. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  5. Hondal, Victor (31 January 2012). "Lithuania: National selection starts February 4th". EscToday.com. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  6. Hondal, Victor (6 November 2011). "Lithuania: More details on national selection". EscToday.com. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  7. "47 dalyviai kovos dėl teisės atstovauti Lietuvai „Eurovizijoje"". Eurodiena. 5 January 2012.
  8. Hondal, Victor. "Lithuania sends Donny Montell to Baku". EscToday.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012.
  9. http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=49623&_t=results_of_the_2012_running_order_draw Eurovision.tv Retrieved 20 March 2012
  10. Hondal, Victor. "Insignia exchange and semifinal allocation draw". EscToday.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012.
  11. http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1593#Scoreboard Archived 22 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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