Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021

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Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Country Lithuania
National selection
Selection processPabandom iš naujo! 2021
Selection date(s)Heats:
16 January 2021
23 January 2021
Semi-final:
30 January 2021
Final:
6 February 2021
Selected entrantThe Roop
Selected song"Discoteque"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (4th, 203 points)
Final result8th, 220 points
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2020 • 2021 • 2022►

Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the band The Roop and the song "Discoteque". The Lithuanian broadcaster, Lietuvos radijas ir televizija (LRT) used the national selection Pabandom iš naujo! 2021 to select their representative.

In Rotterdam, they qualified through the first semi-final on May 18, and received 220 points in the grand final, placing 8th.

Background[]

Main article: Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to 2021, Lithuania had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty times since its first entry in 1994. Their best placing was achieved in 2006, with "We Are the Winners", performed by LT United, finishing in sixth place in the final. Following the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, Lithuania has managed to qualify to the final nine times.[1]

Lithuania was represented in 2019 by the song "Run with the Lions", performed by Jurijus Veklenko, finishing 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") was the national final format developed by LRT in order to select Lithuania's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. The competition involved a four-week-long process that commenced on 16 January 2021 and concluded with a winning song and artist on 6 February 2021. The four shows took place at the LRT studios in Vilnius and were hosted by Ieva Stasiulevičiūtė and Vytautas Rumšas with Vaidas Baumila hosting segments from the green room.[2] The shows were broadcast on LRT televizija, LRT Lituanica and LRT Radijas as well as online via the broadcaster's website lrt.lt.

Format[]

For the 2021 competition, two heats consisting of ten entries each were held on 16 and 23 January where half of the entries from each heat were eliminated, while the remaining ten entries advanced to the competition's semi-final. In the semi-final, half of the entries were eliminated and the top five proceeded to the final. In the final, the winner was selected from the remaining five entries and an additional entry from the Roop (who were due to represent Lithuania in 2020 before the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe) that proceeded directly to the final.

The results of each of the four shows were determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and public televoting. The ranking developed by both streams of voting was converted to points from 1-8, 10 and 12 and assigned based on the number of competing songs in the respective show. During the first three shows, the jury votes were determined by a five-member panel. In the final, a seven-member panel voted. The public could cast their votes through telephone and SMS voting, which were monitored by independent observers from auditor Grand Thornton Baltic. Ties in all shows were decided in favour of the entry that was awarded the most points by the jury.[2]

Competing entries[]

On 31 March 2020, LRT opened two separate submission forms: one for artists and another for songwriters to submit their songs. The submission deadline for both applications concluded on 14 December 2020. Artists that applied to compete with a song were required to indicate which song they wanted to compete with on their application.[3][4] On 3 January 2020, LRT announced the 22 artists selected for the competition. Among the artists are previous Lithuanian Eurovision contestant Evelina Sašenko, who represented Lithuania in 2011, Sunday Afternoon (Vilija Matačiūnaitė), who represented the nation in 2014, and the Roop, who were to represent the nation in 2020 before the contest was cancelled.[5] On 4 January 2021, the final changes to the list of 22 competing acts were made with the withdrawal of singers Evelina Sašenko and Gintarė Korsakaitė.[6][7]

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Aistė Brokenleg "Home" Linas Karolis Krasauskas, Aistė Motiejūnaitė
Aldegunda "Sit Down" Gailė Asačiovaitė-Main
Be U "Love Yourself" Ąžuolas Paulauskas
Black Spikes feat. 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
Evelina Sašenko "Įkvėpk Drąsos" Evelina Sašenko, Rūta Lukoševičiūtė Daudienė, Robert Kosiński
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
Gintarė Korsakaitė N/A N/A
Martyna Jezepčikaitė "Thank You Very Much"[8] 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
The Roop "Discoteque" Vaidotas Valiukevičius, Robertas Baranauskas, Mantas Banišauskas, Laisvūnas Černovas, Kalle Lindroth, Ilkka Wirtanen
Sunday Afternoon "Open" Vilija Matačiūnaitė
Thomukas1 "Wish" Thomas Tumosa, Simonas Kazlauskas, Pijus Brazys
Titas and 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[]

The first heat of the competition aired on 16 January 2021 and featured ten of the competing artists. The show was filmed on 12 January 2021. The members of the jury consisted of Ramūnas Zilnys (music reviewer), Jievaras Jasinskis (composer and musician), Vytautas Bikus (composer), Ieva Narkutė (singer) and Aistė Smilgevičiūtė (singer). Half of the entries advanced to the semi-final, while the remaining half were eliminated.[9]

Heat 1 – 16 January 2021
Draw Artist Song Jury Public Total Place
Votes Points Televote Points
1 Black Spikes feat. 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 and Benas "No" 41 8 994 10 18 2
5 Martyna Jezepčikaitė "Thank You Very Much" 27 5 2,063 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[]

The second heat of the competition aired on 23 January 2021 and featured ten of the competing artists. The show was filmed on 19 January 2021. The members of the jury consisted of Ramūnas Zilnys (music reviewer), Ieva Narkutė (singer), Vytautas Bikus (composer), Gerūta Griniūtė (cultural presenter and event host) and Stanislavas Stavickis-Stano (singer-songwriter). Half of the entries advanced to the semi-final, while the remaining half were eliminated.[10]

Heat 2 – 23 January 2021
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[]

The semi-final of the competition aired on 30 January 2021 and featured the ten entries that qualified from the two heats. The show was filmed on 26 January 2021. The members of the jury consisted of Ramūnas Zilnys (music reviewer), Aistė Smilgevičiūtė (singer), Jievaras Jasinskis (composer and musician), Gerūta Griniūtė (cultural presenter and event host) and Stanislavas Stavickis-Stano (singer-songwriter). The top five entries advanced to the final, while the bottom five were eliminated.[11]

Semi-final – 30 January 2021
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 1,816 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 and 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 2,237 12 24 1
Final[]

The final of the competition took place on 6 February 2021 and featured the remaining five entries that qualified from the semi-final and the pre-qualified entry: "Discoteque" performed by the Roop. The members of the jury consisted of Ramūnas Zilnys (music reviewer), Aistė Smilgevičiūtė (singer), Jievaras Jasinskis (composer and musician), Gerūta Griniūtė (cultural presenter and event host), Stanislavas Stavickis-Stano (singer-songwriter), Vytautas Bikus (composer) and Ieva Narkutė (singer).[12] "Discoteque" performed by The Roop was selected as the winner after gaining the most points from both the jury vote and the public vote.[13]

Final – 6 February 2021
Draw Artist Song Jury Public Total Place
Votes Points Televote Points
1 Titas and Benas "No" 44 6 1,094 6 12 6
2 Martyna Jezepčikaitė "Thank You Very Much" 40 5 2,453 8 13 4
3 Gebrasy "Where'd You Wanna Go?" 70 10 6,413 10 20 2
4 Voldemars Petersons "Never Fall for You Again" 51 8 1,224 7 15 3
5 Evita Cololo "Be paslapčių" 47 7 427 5 12 5
6 The Roop "Discoteque" 84 12 74,512 12 24 1

Ratings[]

Viewing figures by show
Show Date Viewing figures Ref.
Nominal Share
Heat 1 16 January 2021 255,600 23.3% [14]
Heat 2 23 January 2021 258,200 24.5%
Semi-final 30 January 2021 234,100 22.3%
Final 6 February 2021 324,500 29%

At Eurovision[]

According to contest rules, all participating countries with the exception of the host country and the "Big Five" are required to qualify for the final as one of the top ten countries from one of two semi-finals. In allocating countries to semi-finals, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split the countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.

The semi-final allocation draw that was scheduled to be used in 2020 will be used in 2021. Lithuania was placed into the first semi-final, which was held on 18 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[15] Once all the competing songs for the 2021 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Lithuania was set to perform in position 1 preceding the entry from Slovenia.[16] At the end, Lithuania was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 22 May.

Lithuania performed 18th in the grand final on 22 May 2021, following Bulgaria and preceding Ukraine. At the end of voting, Lithuania received 220 points, placing 8th, their second-highest placing at the contest ever.

Voting[]

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with a diversity in gender and age represented. The judges assess each entry based on the performances during the second Dress Rehearsal of each show, which takes place the night before each live show, against a set of criteria including: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.[17] Jury members may only take part in panel once every three years, and are obliged to confirm that they are not connected to any of the participating acts in a way that would impact their ability to vote impartially. Jury members should also vote independently, with no discussion of their vote permitted with other jury members.[18] The exact composition of the professional jury, and the results of each country's jury and televoting were released after the grand final; the individual results from each jury member were also released in an anonymised form.[19][20]

Points awarded to Lithuania[]

Points awarded by Lithuania[]

Detailed voting results[]

The following members comprised the Lithuanian jury:[19][20]

  • Jievaras Jasinskis
  •  [lt]
  • Giedrė Kilčiauskienė
  • Raminta Naujanytė (Bjelle)
  •  [lt]
Detailed voting results from Lithuania (Semi-final 1)[21]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Average Rank Points Rank Points
01  Lithuania
02  Slovenia 15 9 13 11 15 15 14
03  Russia 10 15 14 9 9 11 3 8
04  Sweden 11 2 9 8 8 8 3 6 5
05  Australia 9 1 4 3 7 3 8 11
06  North Macedonia 14 13 8 15 10 13 15
07  Ireland 13 14 7 12 12 12 10 1
08  Cyprus 6 3 15 6 6 7 4 7 4
09  Norway 4 12 12 14 3 9 2 5 6
10  Croatia 3 11 11 7 13 10 1 12
11  Belgium 7 4 2 2 2 2 10 2 10
12  Israel 2 5 3 10 5 4 7 9 2
13  Romania 5 8 5 4 11 6 5 13
14  Azerbaijan 12 10 10 13 14 14 8 3
15  Ukraine 1 6 1 1 4 1 12 1 12
16  Malta 8 7 6 5 1 5 6 4 7
Detailed voting results from Lithuania (Final)[22]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Average Rank Points Rank Points
01  Cyprus 13 15 21 15 17 18 11
02  Albania 23 22 24 19 24 23 25
03  Israel 11 16 7 20 7 10 1 16
04  Belgium 6 4 3 3 1 4 7 9 2
05  Russia 16 21 16 24 19 19 7 4
06  Malta 15 8 9 8 5 8 3 15
07  Portugal 4 1 5 4 12 5 6 12
08  Serbia 24 23 25 23 21 24 21
09  United Kingdom 20 17 18 18 25 20 20
10  Greece 8 14 19 13 16 15 17
11   Switzerland 5 6 2 2 2 3 8 5 6
12  Iceland 10 7 11 5 9 7 4 8 3
13  Spain 22 19 12 16 13 17 24
14  Moldova 25 25 23 25 23 25 22
15  Germany 14 12 14 10 8 12 13
16  Finland 12 10 10 12 10 11 4 7
17  Bulgaria 7 13 8 11 15 9 2 18
18  Lithuania
19  Ukraine 3 3 1 1 3 1 12 1 12
20  France 2 5 6 7 14 6 5 3 8
21  Azerbaijan 21 18 20 22 22 21 14
22  Norway 9 20 17 17 6 13 6 5
23  Netherlands 19 11 15 9 11 14 23
24  Italy 1 2 4 6 4 2 10 2 10
25  Sweden 17 9 13 14 18 16 10 1
26  San Marino 18 24 22 21 20 22 19

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