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 | ||||
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| Country |  | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Eurovizija atranka Lietuvoje | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 4 February 2012 11 February 2012 18 February 2012 25 February 2012 Final: 3 March 2012 | |||
| Selected entrant | Donny Montell | |||
| Selected song | "Love Is Blind" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (3rd, 104 points) | |||
| Final result | 14th, 70 points | |||
| Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Eurovizija atranka Lietuvoje
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]
Format
On 6 November 2011, LRT announced more details on their national selection. Four semi-finals were aired and the top three from each semi-final advanced to the final. The results of the semi-finals were determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and public televoting. The voting of the jury was aired live. The winning song in the final was selected over two rounds of voting: the first round results were determined by the 50/50 combination from a jury panel and public televoting, while the second round (superfinal) was determined solely by the jury panel.[5]
The Lithuanian representative in Baku was awarded 15,000 litai (€4,308). The runner-up won 10,000 litai (€2,872), while the third place finisher received 5,000 litai (€1,436).[6]
Competing entries
Entries can be submitted to LRT between 14 October 2011 and 2 January 2012. Songs published before 1 September were not eligible to enter the selection, and the acts can not feature more than six people on stage. 36 songs were chosen from the received submissions to compete at the selection.
| 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 was aired on 4 February 2012.
| Semi-final 1 – 4 February 2012 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | ||
| 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 |
| Detailed Jury Votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | V. Prudnikovas | R. Čivilytė | M. Vitulskis | R. Tautkus | S. Urbonavičius | Total |
| 1 | "Baby" | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 39 |
| 2 | "Try" | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
| 3 | "Star" | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 28 |
| 4 | "Dar laiko yra" | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 5 | "Until the End" | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | "Fly LT" | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 33 |
| 7 | "Sugrizk" | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 43 |
| 8 | "Nutolk" | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 29 |
| 9 | "Why" | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 43 |
Semi-final 2
The second semi-final was aired on 11 February 2012.
| Semi-final 2 – 11 February 2012 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | ||
| 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 |
| Detailed Jury Votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | V. Prudnikovas | K. Ramoška | M. Vitulskis | R. Tautkus | S. Urbonavičius | Total |
| 1 | "My Love" | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| 2 | "Dear Someone" | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 36 |
| 3 | "Bella Donna" | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 26 |
| 4 | "Amazed by You" | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 41 |
| 5 | "Light Is the One" | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | "Take It Back" | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 40 |
| 7 | "Euforija" | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| 8 | "Fading in the Mist" | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| 9 | "Tu ne viena" | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
Semi-final 3
The third semi-final was aired on 18 February 2012.
| Semi-final 3 – 18 February 2012 | ||||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | ||
| 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 |
| Detailed Jury Votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | V. Prudnikovas | A. Lukošius | R. Tautkus | L. Šarkinas | S. Urbonavičius | Total |
| 1 | "Heroes, Arise!" | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 27 |
| 2 | "Blind" | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 33 |
| 3 | "Party All Day" | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | "Come Back Home" | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 35 |
| 5 | "Letter by Letter" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 42 |
| 6 | "Show Me What You Got" | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | "Viena" | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 32 |
| 8 | "When I Say Yes" | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 31 |
| 9 | "Happy" | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 43 |
Semi-final 4
The fourth semi-final was aired on 25 February 2012. Greta Šmidt was awarded a wildcard for the final due to having received the most positive response on a mobile phone application.
| Semi-final 4 – 25 February 2012 | ||||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | ||
| 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 |
| Detailed Jury Votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | V. Prudnikovas | R. Čivilytė | M. Vitulskis | R. Tautkus | S. Urbonavičius | Total |
| 1 | "Wheel of Time" | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| 2 | "Mano muzika" | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 32 |
| 3 | "Superman" | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | "Ašarų lietus" | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 31 |
| 5 | "The One" | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | "Medieval Love" | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | "Home" | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 42 |
| 8 | "One of a Kind" | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 37 |
| 9 | "Love Is Blind" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 50 |
Final
The final took place on 3 March 2012 at the LRT TV Studios in Vilnius, hosted by Liepa Rimkevičienė and Darius Užkuraitis. The twelve entries that qualified from each of the four preceding semi-finals and two wildcards from the eliminated entries, all together fourteen songs, competed during the show. The winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, a jury (50%) and public televote (50%) determined the top three entries to proceed to the superfinal. In the superfinal, the winner was selected entirely by the jury vote.[7]
| Final – 3 March 2012 | ||||||||
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| 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 |
| Detailed Jury Votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | V. Miškinis | R. Čivilytė | V. Prudnikovas | L. Šarkinas | A. Novikas | Total |
| 1 | "Baby" | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 32 |
| 2 | "Amazed by You" | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 34 |
| 3 | "The One" | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 32 |
| 4 | "Light Is the One" | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | "Take It Back" | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | "Happy" | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 41 |
| 7 | "Come Back Home" | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 33 |
| 8 | "Star" | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 26 |
| 9 | "Euforija" | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 32 |
| 10 | "One of a Kind" | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 31 |
| 11 | "Why" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 39 |
| 12 | "Letter by Letter" | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 44 |
| 13 | "Love Is Blind" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 50 |
| 14 | "Home" | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 46 |
| Superfinal – 3 March 2012 | |||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Place |
| 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.[8] [9][10]
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
| 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 |
Points awarded by Lithuania
Semi-final 2
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Final
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References
- "Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Grand Final". Eurovision.tv. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013.
- Roxburgh, Gordon (3 March 2012). "Lithuania: Donny Montell with 'Love Is Blind'". Eurovision.tv.
- Busa, Alexandru (11 September 2011). "Lithuania: Eurovision participation confirmed". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- Hondal, Victor (3 February 2012). "Lithuania: National final on March 3rd". EscToday.com. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- Hondal, Victor (6 November 2011). "Lithuania: More details on national selection". EscToday.com. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- Hondal, Victor (31 January 2012). "Lithuania: National selection starts February 4th". EscToday.com. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- Hondal, Victor. "Lithuania sends Donny Montell to Baku". EscToday.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012.
- http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=49623&_t=results_of_the_2012_running_order_draw Eurovision.tv Retrieved 20 March 2012
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- http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1593#Scoreboard Archived 22 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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