Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Country  Lithuania
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 participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, selcting 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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Participation

On 12 November, 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.[4]

National Selection

On 24 November, LRT will internally select some of the submitted entries to participate in the national selection process.

Although a total number of 70 songs were received by the Lithuanian national broadcaster (LRT), a special jury selected 44 of them to advance to the next phase of the selection. Three pre-recorded semi finals will be aired on 5, 12 and 19 February. From each of the heats, three songs will qualify for the big final through a combination of jury and televoting. The line-up of the final will be completed by five wild card from LRT and one from the website zebra.lt.[5]

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 1 - 5 February, 2011
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Mino "Don't Go" 2 6 8 7
2 Aurelija Slavinskaitė "The End" 1 1 2 12
3 Mezzo Tronic "I mean it" 1 3 4 9
4 Laura Jaraitė "City of steel" 3 0 3 10
5 Neferit "3 wishes” 0 0 0 14
6 The Independent "7th Bus" 10 7 17 2
7 Gintarė Korsakaitė "Atmerk akis" 4 5 9 6
8 Dovydas Maščinskas "Dirty Avenue" 0 0 0 13
9 Monika “Days go by” 8 12 20 1
10 Martynas Beinaris "Tomorrow and After" 5 8 13 5
11 Urtė Šilagalytė "Candy Baby" 6 10 16 4
12 Sasha Son “The Slogan of Our Nation” 12 4 16 3
13 Agnieška “Her name is May” 0 2 2 11
14 Ramūnas Difartas & Gyvo Garso klubas "Before You Go" 8 0 8 8

Semi-final 2

Semi-final 2 - 12 February, 2011
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Guoda Isado "Čiūto tūto" 5 5 10 6
2 Valdas Maksvytis “Leisk mylėti” 1 0 1 14
3 Vigroses "Freedom of Mind" 7 10 17 2
4 Dave & Henry "Fresh Air Dream" 8 3 11 5
5 Liepa "Laukiu" 10 6 16 3
6 Tofu Bubble “Take” 4 2 6 10
7 Nora "What is Love?" 6 0 6 9
8 EDEN "Sleep of Mind" 3 0 3 11
9 Eglė Petrikaitė "Laimingi kaip mes" 0 7 7 8
10 Deividas Bastys "My Girl" 0 8 8 7
11 Eglė Jakšytė "Meilė yra” 2 1 3 13
12 Kas jos tokios? “Unbreakable” 4 0 4 12
13 Evelina Sašenko "C’est ma vie" 12 12 24 1
14 Donny Montell "Let Me" 10 4 14 4

Semi-final 3

Semi-final 3 - 19 February, 2011
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Timohi "Setellite Of Setellite" 0 2 2 12
2 Eglė Petrošiūtė “Smile” 1 5 6 8
3 Flaer "Kibernetiniame sode" 2 0 2 11
4 Gražina Jonušaitė "Mylėk savo priešą" 0 4 4 10
5 el Fuego "Esu žmogus" 4 1 5 9
6 Greta Smidt “Elektronic Love” 5 7 11 5
7 Linas Adomaitis "Floating To You" 10 12 22 1
8 Viktorija Ivaškevičiūtė "Be My Baby" 7 10 17 3
9 Jūratė Miliauskaitė "Tiesiog diena" 5 3 8 6
10 Avenue Acoustic "Atgal į nuodėmę" 7 0 7 7
11 Donny Montell & Sasha Son "Best Friends” 8 6 14 4
12 Rūta Ščiogolevaitė “Break Free” 12 8 20 2

Final

Final - 24 February, 2011
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 The Independent "7th Bus" 5 0 5 9
2 Viktorija Ivaškevičiūtė "Be My Baby" 0 2 2 13
3 Martynas Beinaris "Tomorrow And After" 0 3 3 12
4 Monika "Days go by" 2 10 12 4
5 Vigroses "Freedom of Mind" 0 4 4 11
6 Urtė Šilagalytė "Candy Baby" 1 5 6 8
7 Linas Adomaitis "Floating To You" 10 8 18 2
8 Donny Montell "Let Me" 4 6 10 5
9 Liepa "Laukiu" 8 1 9 6
10 Donny Montell & Sasha Son "Best Friends" 4 0 4 10
11 Evelina Sašenko "C’est ma vie" 12 12 24 1
12 Sasha Son "The Slogan of Our Nation" 6 0 6 7
13 Rūta Ščiogolevaitė "Break Free" 7 7 14 3

Super Final

Super Final - 24 February, 2011
Draw Artist Song Result
1 Linas Adomaitis "Floating To You" 2
2 Evelina Sašenko "C’est ma vie" 1
3 Rūta Ščiogolevaitė "Break Free" 3

At Eurovision

Lithuania started their Eurovision campaign by performing in starting position 17 in the first semi final on 10th May 2011. Evelina sung "C'est ma vie" which was performed very well. She managed 5th place in the semi, with 81 points, earning her a spot in the final on Saturday night. After the close of the first semi, Lithuania drew position 4 in the grand final on May 14th 2011. Another strong performance by Evelina on Saturday was not reflected in the votes, only managing 19th place with 63 points.

References

  1. ^ Bakker, Sietse (31 December 2010). "43 nations on 2011 participants list!". European Broadcasting Union. http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=22833&_t=43+nations+on+2011+participants+list!. Retrieved 31 December 2010. 
  2. ^ "Lithuania Country Profile". European Broadcasting Union. http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-country/country?country=30. Retrieved 2 January 2011. 
  3. ^ Hondal, Victor (12 November 2010). "43 nations on 2011 participants list!". EscToday.com. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/16231. Retrieved 4 January 2011. 
  4. ^ Hondal, Victor (24 November 2010). "Lithuania confirms Eurovision 2011 participation". EscToday.com. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/16260. Retrieved 4 January 2011. 
  5. ^ Busa, Alexandru (11 January 2011). "44 artists fight for the Lithuanian ticket for Düsseldorf". EscToday.com. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/16460. Retrieved 11 January 2011. 

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