Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

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Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Country Lithuania
National selection
Selection processLietuvos Dainų Daina
Selection date(s)Quarter-finals:
10 January 2009
17 January 2009
24 January 2009
Semi-finals:
31 January 2009
7 February 2009
Final:
14 February 2009
Selected entrantSasha Son
Selected song"Love"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (9th, 66 points)
Final result23rd, 23 points
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2008 • 2009 • 2010►

Lithuania confirmed its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Lithuania was represented by Sasha Son at the contest, singing "Love" in its English version, "Love", after he won the Lithuanian national final, Lietuvos Dainų Daina.[1][2][3]

Before Eurovision[]

Possible boycott[]

Shortly after the 2008 South Ossetia war in Georgia, the Estonian Minister of Culture suggested a possible boycott of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Russia.[4] A similar feeling was felt at the Lithuanian public broadcaster, Lietuvos radijas ir televizija, who supported Georgia in the conflict and believed that "Russia continues to showcase power and ignores international rules."[5] In the end, no Lithuanian boycott occurred.

Lietuvos Dainų Daina[]

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Lietuvos Dainų Daina (Lithuanian Song of Songs) was the national final format developed by LRT in order to select Lithuania's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. The competition involved a six-week-long process that commenced on 10 January 2009 and concluded with a winning song and artist on 14 February 2009. The six shows took place at the LRT studios in Vilnius and were hosted by Audrius Giržadas and Livija Gradauskienė. The shows were broadcast on LRT televizija as well as online via the broadcaster's website lrt.lt.

Format[]

The format of the competition involved thirty-six entries competing in six shows. The first three shows were the quarter-finals consisting of twelve entries each. The top six entries advanced per heat, while LRT selected two wildcards out of the eliminated entries to advance in the competition at the conclusion of the third show. The fourth and fifth shows were the semi-finals consisting of ten entries each and the top five entries advanced per semi-final. The sixth show, held on 14 February 2009, was the final where the winner was selected from the remaining ten entries.[6][7]

The results of each of the six shows were determined by the regional televoting. The public could submit their votes through telephone and SMS voting, with the rankings developed by the votes of the ten regions of Lithuania being converted to points from 1-8, 10 and 12 and assigned based on the number of competing songs in the respective show.

Competing entries[]

On 31 October 2008, LRT opened the submissions for Lithuanian artists and songwriters to submit their entries. Songs performed in Lithuanian were preferred. The submission deadline concluded on 3 November 2008.[6][7] On 6 November 2008, LRT announced the 36 artists selected for the competition.[8] Among the artists was previous Lithuanian Eurovision contestants Linas Adomaitis, who represented Lithuania in 2004 as part of Linas and Simona. On 5 January 2009, the final changes to the list of 36 competing acts were made with the addition of Vita Rusaitytė to the list of performers and the withdrawal of the Ruslanas Kirilkinas.[9]

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
69 danguje "Meilės simfonija" Stano
Alanas "Geras jausmas" Alanas, Rūta Mėlynė
Asta Pilypaitė and Onsa "Labas" Onsa
Augustė "Not the Best Time" Augustė
Aurelija Slavinskaitė "Part of Me" Artūras Bilaišis, Dan Danavan
Biplan "Ar lauksi manęs?" Maksas Melmanas
BIX "Gyvenimo valsas" Saulius Urbanovičius, Gintautas Gascevičius, Aurimas Povilaitis
Darius Pranckevičius and Violeta Valskytė "Nelytėta viltis" Darius Pranckevičius
Deivis "Lietuva" Dovydas Norvilas
Donatas Montvydas "I Remember Last Time" Donatas Montvydas
Egidijus Sipavičius "Per mažai" S. Stavicka, Aras Žvirblys, Neilas Sainius Babonas
Fuego "Žvaigždžių milijonai" Virginija Paulauskienė, Ažuolas Paulaskas, Arvydas Martinėnas
Indraya "Svetima" Indraya, Marijus Basanovas, Alanas Chošnau
Jonas Čepulis and Skirmantė "Uosilėli žaliasai" Jonas Čepulis, Henrikas Rudauskas
Kamilė "No Way to Run" Kamilė Kielaitė, Marius Matulevičius
Kastaneda "Aš tik šoumenas" Lukas Pačkauskas, Donatas Baumila
Linas Adomaitis "Tavo spalvos" Linas Adomaitis, Tomas Ivanauskas
Milana "Ar tu mane matei" M Gabana, Justinas Chachlauskas
Milanno and Karina Krysko "Kelias pas tave" Milanno, Aras Vėberis, Arvydas Skirutis
Natalija and Deivydas Zvonkai "Mes gyvenam gerai" Deivydas Zvonkus
Rosita Čivilytė and Donatas Montvydas "Dainų daina" Rūta Lukoševičiūtė, Rosita Čivilytė, Donatas Montvydas
Rūta Lukoševičiūtė "Trapus žmogus" Rūta Lukoševičiūtė, Marius Matulevičius
Rūta Ščiogolevaitė "Redemption" Rytis Zemkauskas, Paulius Zdanavičius, Rūta Ščiogolevaitė
Sasha Son "Pasiklydęs žmogus" Sasha Son, Viktorija Matulevicienė, Dina Grigonytė
Saulės Kliošas "Saulė" Saulės Kliošas
Siela "Euforija" Aurelijus Sirgedas
Širdelės "Visko per mažai" Žilvinas Liulys
ŠokoLedas "Plastmasinė širdis" Kristina Karalytė
Soliaris, Greta and SEL "Noriu žinot" Marijus Adomaitis, Mindaugas Lapinskis, Egidijus Dragūnas
Stano "Viskas pasakyta" Stano
Taja "Vėjai keturi" Taja
Urtė Šilagalytė "The Elegant Blues" Dalius Pletniovas
Vilius Tarasovas "Aš tik tavim tikiu" Mindaugas Lapinskis
Violeta Tarasovienė "Aš būsiu šalia" Mindaugas Lapinskis
Vita Rusaitytė "Dar pabūkim drauge" Vita Rusaitytė
YVA "Į dangų" Deivydas Zvonkus

Quarter-finals[]

Three quarter-finals aired on 10 January, 17 January and 24 January 2009, with each quarter-final featuring twelve of the thirty-six competing entries.[10][11][12] In each show six entries advanced in the competition, while six were eliminated.[13][14][15][16] Two wildcard entries were subsequently announced: Soliaris, Greta and SEL from quarter-final 2 were announced to have received one of the wildcards to advance to the semi-finals on 5 February 2009;[17] and Jonas Čepulis and Skirmantė from quarter-final 1 received the second wildcard on 7 February 2009.[18]

Following the second quarter-final, Deivis was disqualified as his song "Lietuva" was partly a plagiarism of the song "There She Goes" by The La's; he was replaced by Urtė Šilagalytė, who had originally placed seventh. Following the third quarter-final, Rūta Lukoševičiūtė was disqualified as her song "Trapus žmogus" was partly a plagiarism of the song "Written in the Skies" performed by Elton John; she was replaced by Saulės kliošas, who had originally placed seventh.

Quarter-final 1 – 10 January 2009
Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Jonas Čepulis and Skirmantė "Uosilėli žaliasai" 49 7
2 Alanas "Geras jausmas" 35 9
3 Violeta Tarasovienė "Aš būsiu šalia" 74 3
4 Milana "Ar tu mane matei" 30 12
5 Vilius Tarasovas "Aš tik tavim tikiu" 62 4
6 Augustė "Not the Best Time" 41 8
7 Darius Pranckevičius and Violeta Valskytė "Nelytėta viltis" 78 2
8 Kamilė "No Way to Run" 33 10
9 Sasha Son "Pasiklydęs žmogus" 92 1
10 Vita Rusaitytė "Dar pabūkim drauge" 33 10
11 69 danguje "Meilės simfonija" 62 5
12 Egidijus Sipavičius "Per mažai" 56 6
Quarter-final 2 – 17 January 2009
Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Biplan "Ar lauksi manęs?" 44 9
2 Rūta Ščiogolevaitė "Redemption" 81 3
3 Linas Adomaitis "Tavo spalvos" 71 4
4 Soliaris, Greta and SEL "Noriu žinot" 53 8
5 YVA "Į dangų" 54 6
6 BIX "Gyvenimo valsas" 56 5
7 Kastaneda "Aš tik šoumenas" 35 12
8 Deivis "Lietuva" 120 1
9 Urtė Šilagalytė "The Elegant Blues" 54 7
10 Taja "Vėjai keturi" 44 10
11 Siela "Euforija" 38 11
12 Rosita Čivilytė and Donatas Montvydas "Dainų daina" 95 2
Quarter-final 3 – 24 January 2009
Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Saulės kliošas "Saulė" 46 7
2 Donatas Montvydas "I Remember Last Time" 106 1
3 Širdelės "Visko per mažai" 43 8
4 Indraya "Svetima" 20 12
5 Natalija and Deivydas Zvonkai "Mes gyvenam gerai" 40 9
6 Milanno and Karina Krysko "Kelias pas tave" 55 6
7 El Fuego "Žvaigždžių milijonai" 90 2
8 Stano "Viskas pasakyta" 35 10
9 Asta Pilypaitė and Onsa "Labas" 75 4
10 Aurelija Slavinskaitė "Part of Me" 59 5
11 ŠokoLedas "Plastmasinė širdis" 29 11
12 Rūta Lukoševičiūtė "Trapus žmogus" 77 3

Semi-finals[]

Two semi-finals aired on 31 January and 7 February 2009, with each featuring ten of the remaining twenty entries that qualified from the quarter-finals. From each show five entries advanced to the final, while five were eliminated.[14][19]

Semi-final 1 – 31 January 2009
Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Rosita Čivilytė and Donatas Montvydas "Dainų daina" 53 7
2 Vilius Tarasovas "Aš tik tavim tikiu" 20 10
3 Darius Pranckevičius and Violeta Valskytė "Nelytėta viltis" 100 2
4 Egidijus Sipavičius "Per mažai" 32 9
5 Linas Adomaitis "Tavo spalvos" 82 3
6 Milanno and Karina Krysko "Kelias pas tave" 58 5
7 Sasha Son "Pasiklydęs žmogus" 109 1
8 Violeta Tarasovienė "Aš būsiu šalia" 39 8
9 BIX "Gyvenimo valsas" 57 6
10 Aurelija Slavinskaitė "Part of Me" 59 4
Semi-final 2 – 7 February 2009
Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Soliaris, Greta and SEL "Noriu žinot" 30 9
2 YVA "Į dangų" 16 10
3 Asta Pilypaitė and Onsa "Labas" 40 8
4 Rūta Ščiogolevaitė "Redemption" 88 3
5 Donatas Montvydas "I Remember Last Time" 95 2
6 69 danguje "Meilės simfonija" 110 1
7 Urtė Šilagalytė "The Elegant Blues" 42 7
8 El Fuego "Žvaigždžiu milijonai" 53 6
9 Jonas Čepulis and Skirmantė "Uosilėli žaliasai" 68 5
10 Saulės kliošas "Saulė" 75 4

Final[]

The final of the competition was broadcast live on 14 February 2009 and featured the remaining ten entries that qualified from the semi-finals. "Pasiklydęs žmogus" performed by Sasha Son was selected as the winner after receiving maximum points from all televoting regions.[1][2][3]

Final – 14 February 2009
Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Saulės kliošas "Saulė" 19 9
2 69 danguje "Meilės simfonija" 76 3
3 Rūta Ščiogolevaitė "Redemption" 72 4
4 Donatas Montvydas "I Remember Last Time" 100 2
5 Jonas Čepulis and Skirmantė "Uosilėli žaliasai" 31 8
6 Darius Pranckevičius and Violeta Valskytė "Nelytėta viltis" 39 7
7 Milanno and Karina Krysko "Kelias pas tave" 48 6
8 Sasha Son "Pasiklydęs žmogus" 120 1
9 Linas Adomaitis "Tavo spalvos" 62 5
10 Aurelija Slavinskaitė "Part of Me" 13 10

Controversy[]

After the first semi-final, the regional televoting system used during the show was commented upon, with the non-qualifying artists finding the results "weird and not right". Alanas, who failed to qualify to the final, said that he found the voting "very bizarre", and that he would like to know how many people voted for him. Augustė, who also failed to qualify, called it "nonsense", commentating on the difference in the number of votes cast in Vilnius in comparison to smaller towns in Lithuania: "I don't understand how can we compare points of Vilnius and of some small city in Lithuania. In Vilnius we need thousands of votes to get 12 points. Meanwhile in a small city a hundred votes can be enough".[20]

Jonas Vilimas, executive producer of Lietuvos Dainų Daina, said that every city has a right to express their opinion, and that this method is more objective. As such the voting method will remain for the rest of the shows.[20]

At Eurovision[]

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Lithuania competed in one of the two semi-finals after Jeronimas Milius came 16th in the semi-final of the 2008 contest.

During the second semi-final, which took place on 14 May 2009, performed 14th, following Greece and preceding Moldova. Lithuania qualified to the final, placing 9th in the semi-final and scoring 66 points.[21] On the night of the final, Lithuania performed 1st, preceding Israel. Sasha Son came 23rd with 23 points.[22]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Lithuania[]

Points awarded by Lithuania[]

Detailed voting results[]

Detailed voting results from Lithuania (Final)[25][26]
Draw Country Results Points
Jury Televoting Combined
01  Lithuania
02  Israel
03  France 5 5 10 6
04  Sweden 1 1
05  Croatia
06  Portugal
07  Iceland 8 6 14 8
08  Greece 3 3
09  Armenia
10  Russia 6 7 13 7
11  Azerbaijan 8 8 5
12  Bosnia and Herzegovina
13  Moldova 1 1
14  Malta 4 4 1
15  Estonia 10 10 20 10
16  Denmark 3 2 5 2
17  Germany
18  Turkey
19  Albania
20  Norway 12 12 24 12
21  Ukraine 7 7 4
22  Romania
23  United Kingdom 2 4 6 3
24  Finland
25  Spain

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