Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

**Lithuania** participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The Lithuanian broadcaster LRT televizija (LRT) organised the national final Pabandom iš naujo! ("Let's try again!") to select the Lithuanian entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

## Background

*Main article: Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest*
Prior to the 2020 Contest, Lithuania had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty times since its first entry in 1994. 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 for the 2004, Lithuania, to this point, has managed to qualify to the final nine times.

In 2019, Lithuania was represented by Jurijus and the song "Run with the Lions", the country failed to qualify to the final, ending in 11th place in the second semi-final with 93 points.

For the 2020 Contest, the Lithuanian national broadcaster, Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT), will broadcast the event within Lithuania and will organise 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.

## Before Eurovision

### *Pabandom iš naujo! Let's try again! 2020*

#### Competing entries

Artists and songwriters were able to submit their song entries from 30 September 2019 to 8 December 2019. LRT received more than 60 submissions. However, only 36 songs were chosen to compete at the selection. All participants were revealed on 3 January 2020. On 2 February 2020, before the upcoming semifinal, Evgenya Redko withdrew from the competition because of pain due to spinal hernia.

#### Shows

The national selection show *Pabandom iš naujo! 2020* began on 11 January 2020. The first three shows were the elimination heats where half the acts were eliminated each week. The results of each of the shows were determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and public televoting.

#### Heat 1 (11 January 2020)

The first heat was filmed on 7 January 2020 and aired on 11 January 2020. The members of the jury consisted of Darius Užkuraitis, Gerūta Griniūtė, Giedrė Kilčiauskienė, Vaidotas Stackevičius and Leon Somov.

#### Heat 2 (18 January 2020)

The second heat was filmed on 15 January 2020 and aired on 18 January 2020. The members of the jury consisted of Darius Užkuraitis, Gerūta Griniūtė, Aistė Smilgevičiūtė (ESC 1999), Jievaras Jasinskis (ESC 2010 „Inculto“) and Viktoras Diawara (ESC 2001 „SKAMP“ and ESC 2006 „LT United“).

#### Heat 3 (25 January 2020)

The third heat was filmed on 21 January 2020 and aired on 25 January 2020. The members of the jury consisted of Ramūnas Zilnys, Jievaras Jasinskis, Leon Somov, Monika Linkytė (ESC 2015 with Vaidas Baumila) and Vaidas Stackevičius.

#### Semi-final 1 (1 February 2020)

The first semi-final was aired on 1 February 2020. The members of the jury consisted of Ramūnas Zilnys, Andrius Mamontovas (ESC 2006 „LT United“), Monika Linkytė (ESC 2015 with Vaidas Baumila), Giedrė Kilčiauskienė and Vaidas Stackevičius.

#### Semi-final 2 (8 February 2020)

The second semi-final was aired on 8 February 2020. Evgenya Redko, who qualified from the 3rd heat, withdrew her song "Far" on 2 February because of pain due to a spinal hernia. The members of the jury consisted of Ramūnas Zilnys, Giedrė Kilčiauskienė, Jievaras Jasinskis, Leon Somov and Gerūta Griniūtė.

#### Grand Final (15 February 2020)

The Grand Final was streamed on 15 February 2020. The members of the Lithuanian jury consisted of Ramūnas Zilnys, Leon Somov, Vaidas Stackevičius, Viktoras Diawara (ESC 2001 „SKAMP“ and ESC 2006 „LT United“), Gerūta Griniūtė, Aistė Smilgevičiūtė (ESC 1999), Jazzu and Simona Albavičiūtė-Bandita. International jury members consisted of Zita Kaminska, Myles Jessop and Anthony Marshall. Due to the high influx of SMS votes, around 25,000 votes sent via phone or SMS were delayed and were considered in the final score. TCG Telecom contacted the organizers the following day and, in co-operation with auditor Grand Thornton Baltic, adjusted the scores. These changes did not change the final ranked order but increased The Roop's winning margin.

## At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (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 progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 28 January 2020, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Lithuania was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 12 May 2020, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.

#### Points awarded to Lithuania

Points awarded to Lithuania (Semi-final 1)

### **Split Voting Results**

The following five members comprised the Lithuanian jury:

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