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]
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| 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
Three 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. LRT also selected three wildcard acts for the final out of the remaining non-qualifying acts from the semi-finals. An additional wildcard act was selected from an online wildcard round which took place at the website zebra.lt. 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]
Competing entries
LRT received a total of 70 submissions, and 44 of them were chosen to compete at the selection.
| 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 | "Let Me" | Donatas Montvydas |
| Donny Montell & Sasha Son | "Best Friends" | Dmitry Šavrov |
| 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 was aired on 5 February 2011.
| 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 was aired on 5 February 2011.
| 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 was aired on 19 February 2011.
| 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" | 5 | 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 took place on 24 February 2011 at the LRT TV Studios in Vilnius, hosted by Giedrius Masalskis. The nine entries that qualified from each of the three preceding semi-finals and four wildcards from the eliminated entries, all together thirteen 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.[6]
| 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
- Bakker, Sietse (31 December 2010). "43 nations on 2011 participants list!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- "Lithuania Country Profile". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- Hondal, Victor (12 November 2010). "43 nations on 2011 participants list!". EscToday.com. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- Hondal, Victor (24 November 2010). "Lithuania confirms Eurovision 2011 participation". EscToday.com. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- 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.
- "LITHUANIAN NATIONAL FINAL 2011".
External links
- (in Lithuanian) Eurovizija 2011 official website
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