| Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | ||||
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| Country |  Lithuania | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Eurovizija.LT | |||
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| Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Lithuania is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. The Lithuanian broadcaster, Lietuvos radijas ir televizija (LRT), is organising the national final Eurovizija.LT in order to select the country's representative at the contest.
Background
Prior to 2024, Lithuania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-three 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 twelve times. Lithuania was represented in 2023 by the song "Stay", performed by Monika Linkytė, who qualified for the final and ended 11th overall with 127 points.[1]
The Lithuanian national broadcaster, Lietuvos radijas ir televizija (LRT), broadcasts the event in the country and organises the selection of the national representative in the contest. Between 2020 and 2023, the national final format Pabandom iš naujo! had been used to select Lithuania's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. LRT confirmed its intention to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in mid-July 2023;[2] three months later, the broadcaster announced that it would use a new format, titled Eurovizija.LT.[3]
Before Eurovision
Eurovizija.LT
Eurovizija.LT is the national final format organised by LRT to select the Lithuanian representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. It is being held between 13 January and 17 February 2024 and is hosted by Gabrielė Martirosian, Nombeko Augustė Khotseng with TikToker Nerijus Trilikauskas hosting segments from the green room.[4][5] The shows are broadcast on LRT televizija and LRT Lituanica as well as online via the broadcaster's website lrt.lt and official LRT YouTube channel.
Format
The competition sees 40 entries compete across five semi-finals, held between 13 January and 10 February 2024, and a final on 17 February 2024.[6][7] A 50/50 combination of jury and public vote determines the ranking in each phase, with the top two entries from each semi-final (out of the eight total) qualifying for the final; the top three entries from the final move on to a final televoting round selecting the winner. In case of a tie in any of the previous stages, the jury ranking will take precedence.[3][8][9] The score system is the same used at the Eurovision Song Contest: the top ten entries from each of the jury vote and the televote are assigned 1–8, 10 and 12 points.[8]
Performances for the semi-finals are pre-recorded, while they will be delivered live in the final.[3][8]
Competing entries
On 18 October 2023, LRT opened a submission platform for interested artists, lasting until 11 December 2023. Each applicant could only submit one entry. Performers were required to be Lithuanian citizens, while songwriters could be of any nationality.[3][8] At the end of the submission period, over sixty applications had been received.[7] The selected artists were privately informed of their selection by 18 December 2023 and were able to withdraw until 31 December 2023.[8]
On 19 December 2023, the list of the 40 participating artists and songs was released by LRT. Among the selected competing artists are Andrius Pojavis, Vilija and The Roop, who represented Lithuania in the 2013, 2014 and 2021 contests, respectively.[7][9] In January, Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė withdrew from the competition and was replaced by Marius Petrauskas.[10]
Key: Entry withdrawn Replacement entry
| Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agnė Buškevičiūtė | "Puppeteer" | TBA | |
| Aistay | "You" | English | Aistė Tomkevičiūtė-Pajaujienė |
| Aistè | "We Will Rule the World" | English |
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| Andrius Pojavis | "Sing Me a Hug" | TBA | |
| Antoine Wend | "Say No More" | English |
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| Anžela | "Paskubėk" | Lithuanian |
|
| April Frey | "New Years" | TBA | |
| Baltos Varnos | "In the Night" | ||
| Clockwork Creep | "Empty" | English | Paulius Mscichauskas |
| Danielė | "Cold Shower" | TBA | |
| Deividas Valma | "Blood on Your Hands" | English |
|
| Eley | "Rock My Body" | English |
|
| Emilija V | "Trophy Wife" | TBA | |
| Freya Alley | "Serenade" | English |
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| Hansanova | "Dragons and Rainbows" | English | Giedrius Balčiūnas |
| Il Senso | "Time" | TBA | |
| Kàro | "Weightless" | ||
| Kasparas | "Fool" | ||
| Kotryna | "Let's Get Lost" | ||
| Lina Štalytė | "Perfect" | ||
| Luka | "Move On" | English |
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| Marius Petrauskas | "Kol laiko yra" | Lithuanian |
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| Mary Mo | "Done" | TBA | |
| Martin | "Jigsaw" | ||
| MeidĖ | "Zoo" | ||
| Monika Marija | "Starting Tomorrow" | ||
| Multiks | "Vėjas galvoje" | ||
| Paula Urbana | "It Is What It Is" | ||
| Petras | "Run" | ||
| Pluie de Comètes | "Be Careful" | ||
| Queens of Roses | "Walk Through Fire" | ||
| Shower | "Impossible" | ||
| Sid Hallow | "Here We Go Again" | ||
| Silvester Belt | "Luktelk" | Lithuanian |
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| Sun Francisco | "Trauka" | TBA | |
| The Roop | "Simple Joy" | ||
| Thomas G | "Us" | ||
| VB Gang | "Kaboom!!!" | English[lower-alpha 1] | Vidas Bareikis |
| Vilija | "Save Me" | TBA | |
| Žalvarinis | "Gaudė vėjai" | Lithuanian |
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| Živilė Gedvilaitė | "Save Me" | English |
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Jury members
| Jury member | Semi-final | Final | Occupation(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Darius Užkuraitis |  |
TBA | former Eurovision commentator | ||||
| Ieva Narkutė | |
singer-songwriter | |||||
| Monika Liu | |
representative of Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 | |||||
| Ramūnas Zilnys | |
music reviewer | |||||
| Vytautas Bikus | |
composer | |||||
Semi-finals
The five semi-finals of the competition are being filmed on 9, 16, 17, 23 and 24 January 2024 at the LRT studios in Vilnius, and are being aired on 13, 20, 27 January, 3 and 10 February 2024.[7] In each semi-final, 8 of the 40 competing acts perform, with the top two entries progressing to the final. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Monika Liu, who represented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, performed as the interval act in the first semi-final.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Živilė Gedvilaitė | "Save Me" | 3 | 165 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | Antoine Wend | "Say No More" | 5 | 310 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | Marius Petrauskas | "Kol laiko yra" | 6 | 454 | 7 | 13 | 5 |
| 4 | Silvester Belt | "Luktelk" | 12 | 1,503 | 10 | 22 | 1 |
| 5 | Aistay | "You" | 4 | 199 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| 6 | VB Gang | "Kaboom!!!" | 10 | 1,843 | 12 | 22 | 2 |
| 7 | Luka | "Move On" | 7 | 695 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
| 8 | Clockwork Creep | "Empty" | 8 | 412 | 6 | 14 | 4 |
Final
The live final of the competition is set to take place on 17 February 2024 at the Švyturys Arena in Klaipėda.[13]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
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| Votes | Points | ||||||
| TBA | Silvester Belt | "Luktelk" | TBD | ||||
| VB Gang | "Kaboom!!!" | ||||||
| TBD 20 January 2024 | |||||||
| TBD 20 January 2024 | |||||||
| TBD 27 January 2024 | |||||||
| TBD 27 January 2024 | |||||||
| TBD 3 February 2024 | |||||||
| TBD 3 February 2024 | |||||||
| TBD 10 February 2024 | |||||||
| TBD 10 February 2024 | |||||||
At Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (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 will progress to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw will be held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) splits up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.[14]
Notes
References
- ↑ "Lithuania". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ↑ Jiandani, Sanjay (17 July 2023). "Lithuania: LRT confirms participation at Eurovision 2024". ESCToday. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 Ilias, Timos (18 October 2023). "Lithuania: The 'Eurovizija.LT' submission platform has been launched!". Eurovisionfun. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ↑ "'EUROVIZIJA.LT' 2024". tv24.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ↑ Carabaña Menéndez, Hugo (3 January 2024). "Eurovizija.LT 2024: Gabrielė Martirosian y Nombeko Augustė presentarán la preselección lituana de la que ya conocemos las primeras canciones" [Eurovizija.LT 2024: Gabrielė Martirosian and Nombeko Augustė will host the Lithuanian preselection, whose first songs are already known]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ↑ "Prasideda registracija į nacionalinę 'Eurovizijos' atranką: šįkart galutinis sprendimas bus priimtas žiūrovų" [Registration for the national Eurovision selection begins: this time the final decision will be made by the audience]. lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). LRT. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 "Skelbiami nacionalinės 'Eurovizijos' atrankos dalyviai: prie starto linijos – 40 dainų" [The participants of the national Eurovision selection have been announced: at the starting line, 40 songs]. lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). LRT. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Eurovizija" [Eurovision]. lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). LRT. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- 1 2 "Lithuania 2024: 'EUROVIZIJA.LT' participants and details released". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ↑ Papadopoulos, Giorgos (8 January 2024). "Lithuania: Marius Petrauskas has taken Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė's place on Eurovizija.lt after she withdrew!". Eurovisionfun. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ↑ "Filmuojama pirmoji eurovizinės atrankos laida: sceną išbando pirmasis dalyvių aštuonetas" [The first Eurovision selection show is filmed: the first eight contestants test the stage]. lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). LRT. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ↑ "Du EUROVIZIJA.LT dalyviai jau užsitikrino vietą atrankos finale: vakaro favoritas – Silvester Belt" [Two EUROVIZIJA.LT participants have already secured a place in the selection final: the favorite of the evening – Silvester Belt]. lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). LRT. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ↑ Buivydas, Justas (8 January 2024). "Lietuvos 'Eurovizijos' atrankos finalas – Klaipėdos 'Švyturio' arenoje?" [Lithuanian national selection final for Eurovision - in Klaipėda Švyturys arena?]. Eurodiena (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ↑ Van Dijk, Sem Anne (13 December 2023). "Eurovision 2024: Semi-Final Allocation Draw on January 30". Eurovoix. Retrieved 13 December 2023.