Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021
| Eurovision Song Contest 2021 | ||||
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| Country |  Lithuania | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Pabandom iš Naujo! 2021 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Heats: 16 January 2021 23 January 2021 Semi-final: 30 January 2021 Final: 6 February 2021 | |||
| Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Lithuania will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The Lithuanian broadcaster, Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT), will use the national selection Pabandom iš Naujo 2021 to decide their representative.
Background
Prior to the 2021 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.
Before Eurovision
Pabandom iš Naujo! 2021
Pabandom iš Naujo! 2021 (Let's try again! 2021) will be the national final format developed by LRT in order to select Lithuania's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.
Competing entries
On 31 March 2020, LRT opened the submissions for artists and songwriters to submit their songs.[2] On 23 December 2020, LRT announced the 23 artists selected for the competition. Among the artists were Vilija Matačiūnaitė (now performing as part of Sunday Afternoon) who represented Lithuania in 2014, and The Roop, who were due to represent Lithuania in 2020 with the song "On Fire" before the contest's cancellation.[3] The latter of which received an automatic spot in the final of the show due to them not getting to represent Lithuania the year prior. The final changes to the list of 21 competing acts were made with the withdrawal of Gintarė Korsakaitė and Evelina Sašenko.
| Artist | Song | Composer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Aistė Brokenleg | "Home" | Linas Karolis Krasauskas, Aistė Motiejūnaitė |
| Aldegunda | "Sit Down" | Gailė Asačiovaitė-Main |
| Be U | "Love Yourself" | Ąžuolas Paulauskas |
| Black Spikes ft. Indrė Launikonytė | "Don't Tell Me" | Dovilė Virbalaitė, Rimantas Budriūnas, Agnieška Vrubliauskienė, Simona Karinauskaitė, Indrė Launikonytė |
| Cosmic Bride | "Solitary Star" | Natalia Chareckaja, Davide Fortugno |
| Donata Virbilaitė | "The Way I Am" | Ylva Persson, Linda Persson |
| Evita Cololo | "Be paslapčių" | Evita Cololo, Elizabeta Eliševa Povilaitė, Vitalijus Puzyriovas |
| Gabrielė Goštautaitė | "Freedom" | Gabrielė Goštautaitė, Tomas Kondrackis |
| Gabrielius Vagelis | "My Guy" | Gabrielius Vagelis, Bjørn Holmesland |
| Gebrasy | "Where'd You Wanna Go?" | Audrius Petrauskas, Faustas Venckus |
| Martyna Jezepčikaitė | "Thank You Very Much"[4] | Andreas Stone Johansson, Julia Kautz, Morten Thorhauge, Selin Üstün |
| Milita Daikerytė | "Shadows" | Audrius Petrauskas, Faustas Venckus |
| Norbertas | "Man In Need" | Faustas Venckus, Dennis Steenbergen |
| Rapolas | "Degam" | Rapolas Kęstutis Meškauskas |
| Sunday Afternoon | "Open" | Vilija Matačiūnaitė |
| The Roop | "Discoteque" | Vaidotas Valiukevičius, Robertas Baranauskas, Mantas Banišauskas, Laisvūnas Černovas, Kalle Lindroth, Ilkka Wirtanen |
| Thomukas1 | "Wish" | Thomas Tumosa, Simonas Kazlauskas, Pijus Brazys |
| Titas & Benas | "No" | Audrius Petrauskas, Faustas Venckus |
| Twosome | "I Love My Bear" | Justinas Stanislovaitis, Paulius Šinkūnas |
| UnoBand | "Eisiu" | Paulius Jasiūnas |
| Voldemars Petersons | "Never Fall for You Again" | Voldemars Petersons |
Shows
Heat 1 (16 January 2021)
The first heat was filmed on 12 January 2021 and aired on 16 January 2021. The members of the jury consisted of Ramūnas Zilnys, Jievaras Jasinskis, Vytautas Bikus, Ieva Narkutė and Aistė Smilgevičiūtė (ESC 1999).[5]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Televote | Points | |||||
| 1 | Black Spikes ft. Indrė Launikonytė | "Don't Tell Me" | 24 | 4 | 805 | 8 | 12 | 6 |
| 2 | Thomukas1 | "Wish" | 8 | 2 | 108 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Be U | "Love Yourself" | 30 | 6 | 780 | 7 | 13 | 5 |
| 4 | Titas & Benas | "No" | 41 | 8 | 994 | 10 | 18 | 2 |
| 5 | Martyna Jezepčikaitė | "Thank You Very Much" | 27 | 5 | 2063 | 12 | 17 | 3 |
| 6 | Donata Virbilaitė | "The Way I Am" | 36 | 7 | 353 | 3 | 10 | 7 |
| 7 | Twosome | "I Love My Bear" | 8 | 2 | 213 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Milita Daikerytė | "Shadows" | 49 | 10 | 448 | 5 | 15 | 4 |
| 9 | Aldegunda | "Sit Down" | 15 | 3 | 357 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| 10 | Voldemars Petersons | "Never Fall for You Again" | 52 | 12 | 498 | 6 | 18 | 1 |
Heat 2 (23 January 2021)
The second heat was filmed on 19 January 2021 and aired on 23 January 2021. The members of the jury consisted of Ramūnas Zilnys, Ieva Narkutė, Vytautas Bikus, Gerūta Griniūtė and Stanislavas Stavickis-Stano.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Televote | Points | |||||
| 1 | UnoBand | "Eisiu" | 7 | 1 | 169 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Cosmic Bride | "Solitary Star" | 26 | 6 | 93 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 3 | Rapolas | "Degam" | 19 | 3 | 333 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| 4 | Sunday Afternoon | "Open" | 24 | 5 | 249 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
| 5 | Aistė Brokenleg | "Home" | 27 | 7 | 131 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| 6 | Norbertas | "Man In Need" | 21 | 4 | 587 | 10 | 14 | 4 |
| 7 | Gabrielė Goštautaitė | "Freedom" | 18 | 2 | 340 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| 8 | Gebrasy | "Where'd You Wanna Go?" | 55 | 12 | 868 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 9 | Evita Cololo | "Be paslapčių" | 46 | 8 | 443 | 8 | 16 | 3 |
| 10 | Gabrielius Vagelis | "My Guy" | 47 | 10 | 423 | 7 | 17 | 2 |
Semi-final (30 January 2021)
The semi-final was filmed on 26 January 2021 and aired on 30 January 2021. The members of the jury consisted of Ramūnas Zilnys, Aistė Smilgevičiūtė, Jievaras Jasinskis, Gerūta Griniūtė and Stanislavas Stavickis-Stano.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Televote | Points | |||||
| 1 | Be U | "Love Yourself" | 14 | 1 | 858 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Aistė Brokenleg | "Home" | 16 | 4 | 208 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Gabrielius Vagelis | "My Guy" | 24 | 6 | 688 | 4 | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | Martyna Jezepčikaitė | "Thank You Very Much" | 20 | 5 | 1816 | 10 | 15 | 2 |
| 5 | Norbertas | "Man In Need" | 15 | 2 | 832 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| 6 | Evita Cololo | "Be paslapčių" | 45 | 10 | 350 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
| 7 | Titas & Benas | "No" | 16 | 4 | 943 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| 8 | Voldemars Petersons | "Never Fall for You Again" | 38 | 7 | 819 | 5 | 12 | 4 |
| 9 | Milita Daikerytė | "Shadows" | 42 | 8 | 592 | 3 | 11 | 6 |
| 10 | Gebrasy | "Where'd You Wanna Go?" | 60 | 12 | 2237 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
Final (6 February 2021)
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Televote | Points | |||||
| Evita Cololo | "Be paslapčių" | |||||||
| Gebrasy | "Where'd You Wanna Go?" | |||||||
| Martyna Jezepčikaitė | "Thank You Very Much" | |||||||
| The Roop | "Discoteque" | |||||||
| Titas & Benas | "No" | |||||||
| Voldemars Petersons | "Never Fall for You Again" | |||||||
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. For the 2021 contest, the semi-final allocation draw held for 2020 which was held on 28 January 2020, will be used for 2021 contest. Lithuania was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 18 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[6]
References
- ^ "Lithuania Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ^ "Lithuania: LRT confirms participation in Eurovision 2021: national final confirmed". ESCToday. 2020-03-31.
- ^ "Paaiškėjo 2021-ųjų nacionalinės „Eurovizijos" atrankos „Pabandom iš Naujo" dalyviai". LRT. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ Originally titled "F**k You Very Much". Due to Eurovision rules, the clean version was used
- ^ Granger, Anthony (12 January 2021). "Lithuania: Filming For Heat One of Pabandom iš Naujo! 2021 Has Taken Place". Eurovoix. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ Groot, Evert (17 November 2020). "2020 Semi-Final line-up to stay for 2021". eurovision.tv. Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.