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| Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Lithuania | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 13 February 2010 20 February 2010 27 February 2010 Final: 4 March 2010 | |||
| Selected entrant | InCulto | |||
| Selected song | "Eastern European Funk" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | InCulto | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (12th) | |||
| Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Eastern European Funk" written and performed by the group InCulto. The Lithuanian broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) organised the national final "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka (Eurovision Song Contest national selection) in order to select the Lithuanian entry for the 2010 contest in Oslo, Norway. The national final took place over four weeks and involved 34 competing entries. The results of each show were determined by the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public vote. In the final, twelve artists and songs remained and "Eastern European Funk" performed by InCulto was selected as the winner.
Lithuania was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 27 May 2010. Performing as the opening entry for the show in position 1, "Eastern European Funk" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Lithuania placed twelfth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 44 points.
Background
Prior to the 2010 contest, Lithuania had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest ten 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 in 2004, Lithuania, to this point, has managed to qualify to the final three times. In the 2009 contest, "Love" performed by Sasha Son qualified to the final where the song scored 23 points and placed 23rd.
For the 2010 contest, the Lithuanian national broadcaster, Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT), broadcast the event within Lithuania and organised the selection process for the nation's entry. Other than the internal selection of their debut entry in 1994, Lithuania has selected their entry consistently through a national final procedure. On 15 December 2009, LRT announced that they would not participate in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest due to financial problems.[2] However, the broadcaster confirmed their participation on 6 January 2010 and announced the organization of "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka, which would be the national final to select Lithuania's entry for Oslo, after receiving funding from the company Teo LT. Nerijus Ivanauskas, deputy director of Teo LT, stated: "It was decided to support LRT for two reasons: the international image of Lithuania and Teo LT digital development".[3]
Before Eurovision
"Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka
"Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka (Eurovision Song Contest national selection) was the national final format developed by LRT in order to select Lithuania's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The competition involved a four-week-long process that commenced on 13 February 2010 and concluded with a winning song and artist on 27 February 2010. The four shows took place at the LRT studios in Vilnius and were hosted by Giedrius Masalskis.[4] The shows were broadcast on LTV, LTV World and Lietuvos Radijas as well as online via the broadcaster's website lrt.lt. The final was also streamed online at the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[5]
Format
The 2010 competition involved 34 entries and consisted of four shows. The first three shows were the semi-finals consisting of eleven or twelve entries each. The top three entries proceeded to the final from each semi-final, while LRT also selected three wildcard acts for the final out of the remaining non-qualifying acts from the semi-finals. In the final, the winner was selected from the remaining twelve entries. Monetary prizes were also awarded to the top three artists by the Lithuanian Copyright Protection Association (LATGA). The winner received 15,000 LTL, while the second place received 7,000 LTL and the third place received 3,000 LTL.[6]
The results of each of the four shows were determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from a five-member 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. The public could vote through telephone and SMS voting. Ties in all shows were decided in favour of the entry that received the most votes from the public.[7]
Competing entries
LRT opened a submission period on 6 January 2010 for artists and songwriters to submit their entries with the deadline on 24 January 2010.[3] On 1 February 2010, LRT announced the 36 entries selected for the competition from 81 submissions received. Among the artists were previous Lithuanian Eurovision contestants 4Fun, which represented Lithuania in 2007, and Sasha Song, who represented Lithuania in 2009.[8][9] On 27 February 2010, the final changes to the list of 36 competing acts were made with the withdrawal of the songs "Nupirkta pasaka" performed by Donata Virbilaitė and "Faces" performed by Vanilla Soud.[10][11]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 4Fun | "Don't You Know" | Julija Ritčik |
| Agama | "Field of Kings" | Violeta Jurkonienė, Vyasadeva |
| Aistė Pilvelytė | "Melancolia" | Rafael Artesero |
| Amberlife | "Material World" | Edgaras Lubys |
| Audrius Zavadskis | "Right Now" | Georgios Kalpakidis |
| Avenue Acoustic | "Aklomis myliu tavo vardą" | Karolis Jančenkovas |
| The Cavaliers | "We Are About to Love" | Laura Tarulytė, Svajūnas Mackevičius |
| Daina Bilevičiūtė | "Myliu gyventi" | Virginija Paulauskienė, Ąžuolas Paulauskas |
| Donatas Montvydas | "Running Fast" | Donatas Montvydas |
| Eden | "Nirvana" | Marina Sorohan, Andrej Viazinin |
| Eva | "Nes tu pamiršai" | Eimantas Gardauskas, Oleg Jerochin |
| Evelina Sašenko | "For This I'll Pray" | Andrius Kairys, Florian Scharnofske |
| Gabrielė | "Girl" | Raigardas Tautkus, Raimundas Jankauskas |
| Gaudentas Janušas | "Man nieko nereikia" | Gaudentas Janušas |
| Imantas | "Won't U Come Back" | Ąžuolas Paulauskas |
| InCulto | "Eastern European Funk" | InCulto |
| Jūratė Miliauskaitė | "Let It Rain" | Leif Goldkuhl, Kjell Jennstig |
| Kafka, Rūta and Kivi | "Tonight" | Niall Mooney, Jonas Gladnikoff, Christina Schilling, Brendan McCarthy |
| Mariaana Seppern | "My Home is Europe" | Mariaana Seppern, Arthur Seppern |
| Marta Lukošiūtė | "Meilės ruduo" | Dalia Teišerskytė, Jaroslavas Cechanovičius |
| Merūnas | "Rosa" | Raigardus Tautkus, Raimundas Jankauskas |
| Mindaugas Mickevičius-Mino | "Angela" | Mindaugaus Mickevičius |
| Mini Me | "Amžinai" | Egidijus Remeikis, Vutis Smolskas, Lukas Pačkauskas |
| Monika Linkytė | "Give Away" | Monika Lubinaitė, Mario Basanov |
| Mundis and Electric Ladies | "Sielos muzika" | Stanislavas Stavickis, Mundis |
| Onsa | "Will You Be My Wife" | Tautrimas Rupulevičius, Marius Leskauskas |
| Raimonda Masiulytė | "Ledinė širdis" | Aurelijus Sirgedas, Raimonda Masiulytė |
| Ramūnas Difartas | "Blues of Life" | Ramūnas Difartas, Austra Sutkauskaitė |
| Ruslanas Kirilkinas | "I Love a Boy Who's in Love With a Fairytale" | Stanislav Stavickis |
| Sasha Song and Nora | "Say Yes to Life" | Dmitrij Šavrov |
| Saulės kliošas | "Tu atėjai" | Monika Žiauberytė, Saulės kliošas |
| Širdelės | "Aš ir tu" | Žilvinas Liulys |
| Soliaris | "So High" | Algimantas Minalga, Justina Chachlauskas |
| Urtė Šilagalytė | "Angelai" | Urtė Šilagalytė |
Shows
Semi-finals
The three semi-finals of the competition aired on 13, 20 and 27 February 2010 and featured the 34 competing entries. The members of the jury consisted of Mindaugas Urbaitis (member of LATGA; all semi-finals), Darius Užkuraitis (Opus 3 director; all semi-finals), Jonas Vilimas (producer; all semi-finals), Linas Rimša (composer; first semi-final), Neda Malunavičiūtė (singer; first semi-final), Saulius Urbonavičius (musician, singer-songwriter; second semi-final), Kazimieras Šiaulys (member of LATGA; second semi-final), Povilas Meškėla (singer; third semi-final) and Aistė Smilgevičiūtė (singer; third semi-final). The top four entries advanced to the final from each semi-final, while the bottom entries were eliminated.[12] On 22 February 2010, LRT announced the three entries that had received a wildcard to also proceed to the final.[13]
On 22 February 2010, "Running Fast" performed by Donatas Montvydas, which advanced from the second semi-final, was disqualified as the song had been publicly performed before 1 October 2009. The song "Material World" performed by Amberlife, which placed fourth in the second semi-final, replaced the song and advanced to the final.[14]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Kafka, Rūta and Kivi | "Tonight" | 30 | 6 | 410 | 6 | 12 | 4 | Eliminated |
| 2 | Mindaugas Mickevičius-Mino | "Angela" | 19 | 4 | 384 | 5 | 9 | 6 | Eliminated |
| 3 | Monika Linkytė | "Give Away" | 36 | 8 | 719 | 7 | 15 | 3 | Advanced |
| 4 | Gabrielė | "Girl" | 12 | 2 | 933 | 8 | 10 | 5 | Eliminated |
| 5 | Avenue Acoustic | "Aklomis myliu tavo vardą" | 36 | 8 | 91 | 1 | 9 | 6 | Eliminated |
| 6 | Imantas | "Won't U Come Back" | 16 | 3 | 126 | 3 | 6 | 9 | Eliminated |
| 7 | Onsa | "Will You Be My Wife" | 12 | 2 | 111 | 2 | 4 | 10 | Eliminated |
| 8 | Daina Bilevičiūtė | "Myliu gyventi" | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 11 | Eliminated |
| 9 | Sasha Song and Nora | "Say Yes to Life" | 54 | 12 | 955 | 10 | 22 | 2 | Advanced |
| 10 | Urtė Šilagalytė | "Angelai" | 26 | 5 | 366 | 4 | 9 | 6 | Eliminated |
| 11 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "Melancolia" | 50 | 10 | 3,645 | 12 | 22 | 1 | Advanced |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Mariaana Seppern | "My Home is Europe" | 0 | 0 | 388 | 4 | 4 | 9 | Eliminated |
| 2 | Mundis and Electric Ladies | "Sielos muzika" | 19 | 3 | 1,504 | 10 | 13 | 5 | Eliminated |
| 3 | Raimonda Masiulytė | "Ledinė širdis" | 10 | 1 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 11 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Agama | "Field of Kings" | 48 | 10 | 1,224 | 8 | 18 | 2 | Advanced |
| 5 | Audrius Zavadskis | "Right Now" | 21 | 4 | 333 | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Lithuania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2010||||