Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Lithuania originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The Lithuanian broadcaster LRT televizija (LRT) organised the national final Pabandom iš naujo! ("Let's try again!") to select the Lithuanian entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. However, due to 2019-20 pandemic of Coronavirus, the contest was cancelled.
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Pabandom iš naujo! (English: Let's try again!) 2020 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Heats: 11 January 2020 18 January 2020 25 January 2020 Semi-finals: 1 February 2020 8 February 2020 Grand Final: 15 February 2020 | |||
| Selected entrant | The Roop | |||
| Selected song | "On Fire" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Vaidotas Valiukevičius Robertas Baranauskas Mantas Banišauskas | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Cancelled | |||
| Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Background
Prior to the 2020 Contest, Lithuania had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty times since its first entry in 1994.[1] The nation's best placing in the contest was sixth, which it achieved in 2006 with the song "We Are the Winners" performed by LT United. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Lithuania, to this point, has managed to qualify to the final nine times.
In 2019, Lithuania was represented by Jurijus and the song "Run with the Lions", the country failed to qualify to the final, ending in 11th place in the second semi-final with 93 points.
For the 2020 Contest, the Lithuanian national broadcaster, Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT), was to broadcast the event within Lithuania and organise the selection process for the nation's entry. Other than the internal selection of their debut entry in 1994, Lithuania has selected their entry consistently through a national final procedure.
Before Eurovision
Pabandom iš naujo! Let's try again! 2020
Competing entries
Artists and songwriters were able to submit their song entries from 30 September 2019 to 8 December 2019. LRT received more than 60 submissions. However, only 36 songs were chosen to compete at the selection. All participants were revealed on 3 January 2020.[2] On 2 February 2020, before the upcoming semifinal, Evgenya Redko withdrew from the competition because of pain due to spinal hernia. [3]
| Artist | Song | Composer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Abrokenleg | "Electric Boy" | Aistė Motiejūnaitė, Darjuš Loznikov, Edvard Ragoža, Adas Gecevičius |
| Aika | "Paradas" | Jekaterina Fiodorova |
| Aistay | "Dangus man tu" | Aistė Tomkevičiūtė-Pajaujienė |
| Aistė Pilvelytė | "Unbreakable" | Thomas G:son, Johnny Sanchez |
| Alen Chicco | "Somewhere Out There" | Tomas Alenčikas, Faustas Venckus |
| Andy Vaic | "Why Why Why" | Andrius Vaicenavičius |
| Antturi | "I Gotta Do" | Žeraldas Povilaitis, Marija Povilaitė |
| Baltos Varnos | "Namų dvasia" | Milda Andrijauskaitė-Bakanauskienė, Teresė Andrijauskaitė |
| Bernardas | "Dad, Don't Be Mad at Me" | Bernardas Garbačauskas |
| Donata Virbilaitė | "Made of Wax" | Christopher Wortley, Niko Westelinck, Hannah Brine, DWB |
| Gabrielius Vagelis | "Tave čia randu" | Gabrielius Vagelis |
| Germanas Skoris | "Chemistry (Breaking Free)" | Germanas Skoris |
| Glossarium | "Game Over" | Saulius Šivickas, Tadas Kaminskas, Lukas Gubanovas, Aivaras Daniel, Aurimas Jazdauskas |
| Indraya | "You and I" | Andrius Bernatonis, Joel Wayman |
| Justina Žukauskaitė | "Breathe In" | Samuel Bugia Garrido, Justina Žukauskaitė |
| Justinas Lapatinskas | "Highway Story" | Justinas Stanislovaitis, Justinas Lapatinskas, Marius Matulevičius |
| KaYra | "Alligator" | Kristina Radžiukynaitė, Marius Leskauskas |
| Kristina Jure | "My Sound of Silence" | Aurimas Papečkys |
| Lukas Bartaška | "Where Is That Change?" | Leonardas Pilkauskas, Lukas Bartaška |
| Lukas Norkūnas | "Atsiprašyk" | Lukas Norkūnas |
| Meandi | "DRIP" | Saulius Šemiotas |
| Monika Marija | "If I Leave" | Monika Marija Paulauskaitė, Marius Leskauskas |
| Moniqué | "Make Me Human" | Vytautas Bikus |
| Nombeko Augustė | "Reikia man" | Kasparas Barisas, Nombeko Augustė Khotseng |
| Petunija | "Show Ya" | Agnė Šiaulytė, Kęstutis Vaitkevičius, Adas Gecevičius |
| Rokas Povilius | "Vilnius Calling" | Rokas Povilius |
| Ruslanas Kirilkinas | "Soldier's Heart" | Edgaras Lubys |
| Rūta Loop | "We Came from the Sun" | Rūta Žibaitytė, Kasparas Meginis, Edgaras Žaltauskas, Paulius Vaicekauskas |
| Soliaris | "Breath" | Rolandas Venckys, Viktoras Olechnovičius, Algimantas Minalga, Ray Andre |
| The Backs | "Fully" | Berta Timinskaitė, Artiomas Penkevičius, Algė Matekūnaitė, Eglė Gadeikytė, Silvija Pankūnaitė |
| The Roop | "On Fire" | Vaidotas Valiukevičius, Robertas Baranauskas, Mantas Banišauskas |
| Twosome | "Playa" | Justinas Stanislovaitis, Paulius Šinkūnas, Marius Matulevičius |
| Viktorija Miškūnaitė | "The Ocean" | Jacob Jonia, Viktorija Miškūnaitė |
| Vitalijus Špokaitis | "Nemušk savęs" | Dominykas Vaitiekūnas, Rolandas Venckys, Dovydas Kiauka |
| Voldemars Petersons | "Wings of Freedom" | Voldemars Petersons |
Shows
The national selection show Pabandom iš naujo! 2020 began on 11 January 2020. The first three shows were the elimination heats where half the acts were eliminated each week. The results of each of the shows were determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and public televoting.[4]
Heat 1 (11 January 2020)
The first heat was filmed on 7 January 2020 and aired on 11 January 2020. The members of the jury consisted of Darius Užkuraitis, Gerūta Griniūtė, Giedrė Kilčiauskienė, Vaidotas Stackevičius and Leon Somov.[5]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Televote | Points | |||||
| 1 | Glossarium | "Game Over" | 18 | 4 | 218 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | Baltos Varnos | "Namų dvasia" | 46 | 10 | 592 | 10 | 20 | 2 |
| 3 | Justinas Lapatinskas | "Highway Story" | 8 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Aistay | "Dangus man tu" | 11 | 2 | 228 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Petunija | "Show Ya" | 24 | 6 | 240 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
| 6 | Lukas Norkūnas | "Atsiprašyk" | 1 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | Donata Virbilaitė | "Made of Wax" | 4 | 0 | 125 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Andy Vaic | "Why Why Why" | 22 | 5 | 446 | 7 | 12 | 5 |
| 9 | Aika | "Paradas" | 18 | 4 | 237 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | Meandi | "DRIP" | 46 | 10 | 461 | 8 | 18 | 3 |
| 11 | Monika Marija | "If I Leave" | 54 | 12 | 1006 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 12 | Gabrielius Vagelis | "Tave čia randu" | 38 | 7 | 394 | 6 | 13 | 4 |
Heat 2 (18 January 2020)
The second heat was filmed on 15 January 2020 and aired on 18 January 2020. The members of the jury consisted of Darius Užkuraitis, Gerūta Griniūtė, Aistė Smilgevičiūtė (ESC 1999), Jievaras Jasinskis (ESC 2010 „Inculto“) and Viktoras Diawara (ESC 2001 „SKAMP“ and ESC 2006 „LT United“).[6]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Televote | Points | |||||
| 1 | Rūta Loop | "We Came from the Sun" | 45 | 10 | 523 | 7 | 17 | 3 |
| 2 | Soliaris | "Breath" | 22 | 5 | 179 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Kristina Jure | "My Sound of Silence" | 28 | 6 | 1071 | 12 | 18 | 2 |
| 4 | Alen Chicco | "Somewhere Out There" | 39 | 8 | 522 | 6 | 14 | 5 |
| 5 | Indraya | "You and I" | 3 | 0 | 264 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Germanas Skoris | "Chemistry" | 18 | 4 | 428 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| 7 | Viktorija Miškūnaitė | "The Ocean" | 34 | 7 | 670 | 8 | 15 | 4 |
| 8 | Antturi | "I Gotta Do" | 11 | 1 | 266 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | Abrokenleg | "Electric Boy" | 14 | 3 | 142 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Twosome | "Playa" | 4 | 0 | 517 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| 11 | Moniqué | "Make Me Human" | 60 | 12 | 851 | 10 | 22 | 1 |
| 12 | Voldemars Petersons | "Wings of Freedom" | 12 | 2 | 155 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
Heat 3 (25 January 2020)
The third heat was filmed on 21 January 2020 and aired on 25 January 2020. The members of the jury consisted of Ramūnas Zilnys, Jievaras Jasinskis, Leon Somov, Monika Linkytė (ESC 2015 with Vaidas Baumila) and Vaidas Stackevičius.[7]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Televote | Points | |||||
| 1 | The Backs | "Fully" | 12 | 2 | 757 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| 2 | Bernardas | "Dad, Don't Be Mad at Me" | 2 | 0 | 703 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Justina Žukauskaitė | "Breathe In" | 10 | 1 | 239 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Rokas Povilius | "Vilnius Calling" | 26 | 6 | 526 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
| 5 | KaYra | "Alligator" | 33 | 7 | 1240 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
| 6 | Lukas Bartaška | "Where Is That Change?" | 1 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | Evgenya Redko | "Far" | 50 | 10 | 423 | 4 | 14 | 4 |
| 8 | Ruslanas Kirilkinas | "Soldier's Heart" | 17 | 4 | 383 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | Nombeko Augustė | "Reikia man" | 26 | 6 | 247 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | Vitalijus Špokaitis | "Nemušk savęs" | 13 | 3 | 183 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "Unbreakable" | 46 | 8 | 1692 | 10 | 18 | 2 |
| 12 | The Roop | "On Fire" | 54 | 12 | 2175 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
Semi-final 1 (1 February 2020)
The first semi-final was aired on 1 February 2020. The members of the jury consisted of Ramūnas Zilnys, Andrius Mamontovas (ESC 2006 „LT United“), Monika Linkytė (ESC 2015 with Vaidas Baumila), Giedrė Kilčiauskienė and Vaidas Stackevičius.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Televote | Points | |||||
| 1 | KaYra | "Alligator" | 34 | 7 | 2080 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
| 2 | Viktorija Miškūnaitė | "The Ocean" | 11 | 2 | 862 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Baltos Varnos | "Namų dvasia" | 32 | 6 | 1258 | 7 | 13 | 5 |
| 4 | Rūta Loop | "We Came from the Sun" | 35 | 8 | 1224 | 6 | 14 | 4 |
| 5 | Gabrielius Vagelis | "Tave čia randu" | 24 | 4 | 576 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | The Roop | "On Fire" | 45 | 10 | 5192 | 12 | 22 | 2 |
| 7 | Kristina Jure | "My Sound of Silence" | 19 | 3 | 963 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Alen Chicco | "Somewhere Out There" | 29 | 5 | 1096 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| 9 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "Unbreakable" | 56 | 12 | 2521 | 10 | 22 | 1 |
Semi-final 2 (8 February 2020)
The second semi-final was aired on 8 February 2020. Evgenya Redko, who qualified from the 3rd heat, withdrew her song "Far" on 2 February because of pain due to a spinal hernia. The members of the jury consisted of Ramūnas Zilnys, Giedrė Kilčiauskienė, Jievaras Jasinskis, Leon Somov and Gerūta Griniūtė.[8]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Televote | Points | |||||
| 1 | Meandi | "DRIP" | 40 | 8 | 486 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Petunija | "Show Ya" | 23 | 4 | 195 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Germanas Skoris | "Chemistry (Breaking Free)" | 33 | 7 | 339 | 5 | 12 | 5 |
| 4 | Moniqué | "Make Me Human" | 54 | 10 | 2618 | 12 | 22 | 2 |
| 5 | Rokas Povilius | "Vilnius Calling" | 26 | 5 | 588 | 7 | 12 | 6 |
| 6 | Monika Marija | "If I Leave" | 56 | 12 | 1652 | 10 | 22 | 1 |
| 7 | Andy Vaic | "Why Why Why" | 15 | 3 | 321 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| 8 | The Backs | "Fully" | 28 | 6 | 606 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
Grand Final (15 February 2020)
The Grand Final was streamed on 15 February 2020. The members of the Lithuanian jury consisted of Ramūnas Zilnys, Leon Somov, Vaidas Stackevičius, Viktoras Diawara (ESC 2001 „SKAMP“ and ESC 2006 „LT United“), Gerūta Griniūtė, Aistė Smilgevičiūtė (ESC 1999), Jazzu and Simona Albavičiūtė-Bandita. International jury members consisted of Zita Kaminska, Myles Jessop and Anthony Marshall. Due to the high influx of SMS votes, around 25,000 votes sent via phone or SMS were delayed and were considered in the final score. TCG Telecom contacted the organizers the following day and, in co-operation with auditor Grand Thornton Baltic, adjusted the scores. These changes did not change the final ranked order but increased The Roop's winning margin.[9]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | ||
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| Votes | Points | Televote | Points | |||||
| 1 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "Unbreakable" | 62 | 5 | 7370 | 8 | 13 | 5 |
| 2 | Rūta Loop | "We Came From The Sun" | 75 | 7 | 1866 | 6 | 13 | 4 |
| 3 | KaYra | "Alligator" | 47 | 4 | 1308 | 5 | 9 | 7 |
| 4 | Monika Marija | "If I Leave" | 87 | 8 | 6570 | 7 | 15 | 3 |
| 5 | Meandi | "DRIP" | 63 | 6 | 703 | 3 | 9 | 6 |
| 6 | The Roop | "On Fire" | 128 | 12 | 50139 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 7 | The Backs | "Fully" | 42 | 3 | 966 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| 8 | Moniqué | "Make Me Human" | 101 | 10 | 15962 | 10 | 20 | 2 |
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 28 January 2020, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Lithuania was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 12 May 2020, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[10] However, due to 2019-20 pandemic of Coronavirus, the contest was cancelled.
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