Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
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Lithuania| Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2016 | ||||
| Country | Lithuania | |||
| Selection process | "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka | |||
| Selection date | 12 March 2016 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "I've Been Waiting for This Night" | |||
| Artist | Donny Montell | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (4th, 222 points) | |||
| Final result | 9th, 200 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Lithuania was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "I've Been Waiting for This Night", written by Jonas Thander and Beatrice Robertsson. The song was performed by Donny Montell, who previously represented Lithuania in the 2012 contest with the song "Love Is Blind", placing 14th in the final. 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 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden. The national final took place over 10 weeks and involved 28 artists competing in two different competitive streams: artists that applied with a song and artists who didn't have a song, who were then matched with a song from the song submissions LRT received. The results of each show were determined by a combination of votes from a jury panel and a public vote. In the final, six artists and songs remained, and "I've Been Waiting For This Night" performed by Donny Montell was selected as the winner.
Lithuania was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2016. Performing during the show in position 9, "I've Been Waiting for This Night" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Lithuania placed fourth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 222 points. In the final, Lithuania performed in position 16 and placed ninth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 200 points.
Prior to the 2016 contest, Lithuania had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 16 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 for the 2004, Lithuania, to this point, had managed to qualify to the final seven times. In the 2015 contest, "This Time" performed by Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila qualified to the final, where the song scored 30 points and placed 18th.
For the 2016 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. LRT confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest on 13 July 2015.[2] On 6 October 2015, the broadcaster announced the organization of "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka, which would be the national final to select Lithuania's entry for Stockholm.[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 2016. The competition involved a ten-week-long process that commenced on 9 January 2016 and concluded with a winning song and artist on 12 March 2016. The 10 shows took place at the LRT studios in Vilnius and were hosted by Andrius Rožickas and Gerūta Griniūtė.[4] The shows were broadcast on LRT televizija, LRT Lituanica, and LRT Radijas, as well as online via the broadcaster's website lrt.lt. The final was also streamed online on the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[5]
Format
The Lithuanian broadcaster overhauled the format of the national final from that of previous years. For the 2016 competition, entries initially competed in two different subgroups: artists that entered without a song and artists that entered with a song.[3] Artists that entered with a song were higher in number (16), and therefore two shows consisting of eight entries each were held on 9 and 16 January, resulting in the elimination of six entries all together.[6][7] The remaining 10 entries participated in an additional two shows on 30 January and 13 February, where first two, and then three of the entries were eliminated, leaving five entries remaining in the group.[8][9] The remaining 12 artists applied without a song and were matched with songs that LRT received during the submission period. An initial show was organised for this subgroup on 30 January, resulting in the elimination of two entries.[10][11] The remaining 10 entries in this group participated in an additional two shows on 6 and 20 February, where first two, and then three, of the entries were eliminated, leaving five entries remaining in the group.[12][13] During the eighth show, the remaining five entries from each group participated together for the first time and the bottom two entries were eliminated, while the remaining eight entries advanced to the competition's semi-final.[14] In the semi-final, an additional two entries were eliminated and the top six proceeded to the final.[15] In the final, the winner was selected from the remaining six entries.
The results of each of the 10 shows were determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and public televoting.[10] 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.[10] During the first eight shows and the final, the jury votes consisted of a combination of a Lithuanian jury panel and an international jury panel. For the semi-final, the jury votes were determined by a Lithuanian panel only.[5][15] The public could vote through telephone and SMS voting.[10] Initially, ties in all shows but the final were to be decided in favour of the entry that received the most votes from the public, however, during some shows, ties were decided in favour of the entry that received the most points from the jury, while in the final, a tie would be decided in favour of the entry that was awarded the most points by the jury.[10]
Competing entries
On 6 October 2015, LRT opened two separate submission forms: one for artists and another for songwriters to submit their songs.[2] Artists that applied to compete with a song were required to indicate which song they wanted to compete with on their application.[10] The submission deadline for both applications concluded on 1 December 2015.[3] On 21 December 2015, LRT announced the 28 artists selected for the competition during a press conference.[16] Among the artists were previous Lithuanian Eurovision contestants Erica Jennings, who represented Lithuania in 2001 as part of Skamp, and Donny Montell, who represented the nation in 2012. On 19 January 2016, the final changes to the list of 28 competing acts were made with the addition of Dovydas Petrošius and Evelyn Joyce to the list of performers and the withdrawal of the girl group HIT and singer Gabrielė Grygolaitytė-Vasha.[17][18] Singer Aistė Pilvelytė was originally assigned to perform the song "You Can't Leave Me Now" written by Niklas Bergvist, however, she later opted to switch her song.[19] Eglė Jakštytė originally entered the competition with "Leisk dar būti", a song entirely in Lithuanian, but she decided to translate the song to English after the second show.[8]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
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| 4 Roses | "Butterfly" | Calle Kindbom, Dan Fernström, Viktor Brunö |
| Aistė Pilvelytė | "You Bet" | Rafael Artesero, Aistė Pilvelytė |
| Alice Way | "Hero" | Vaida Kalkauskaitė, Leon Somov |
| Baiba | "Mayday" | Daniel Persson, Magnus Mikaelsson |
| Behind the Moon | "Did It All" | Ugnė Kudlaitė |
| Berta Timinskaitė | "Stars in a Rainbow" | Aidan O'Connor, Claus Christensen, Mikael Nordmark, Matilde Hemmingsen |
| Catrinah | "Be Free" | Jekaterina Pranevič, Vitalij Rodevič, Pavel Rodevič |
| Deividas Žygas | "Survivors" | Ylva Persson, Linda Persson, William Taylor |
| Donny Montell | "I've Been Waiting for This Night" | Jonas Thander, Beatrice Robertsson |
| Dovydas Petrošius | "Starlight" | Oleg Jerochin |
| E.G.O. | "Long Way from Home" | Erik Dahlqvist, Aidan O'Connor, Göran Frid, Linda Dahl, Peter Dahl, Jimmy Glavå |
| Eglė Jakštytė | "Leisk dar būti" | Eglė Jakštytė, Marius Matulevičius |
| "Let Me Show You" | Eglė Jakštytė, Marius Matulevičius, Andrius Kairys | |
| Elena Jurgaitytė | "I Won't Come Back" | Elena Jurgaitytė, Viktorija Šatkutė |
| Erica Jennings | "Leading Me Home" | Erica Jennings |
| Evelyn Joyce | "When It Sings" | Franz Bengtsson, Hans Olov Furberg |
| Ieva Zasimauskaitė | "Life (Not That Beautiful)" | Joacim Dubbelman, Andreas Karlsson, Daniel Ström, Magnus Öunapuu, Mats Lekman |
| Ištvan Kvik and Ellada | "Please Don't Cry" | Brandon Stone |
| Jurgis Brūzga | "Hold On" | Jurgis Brūzga, Akmėja Brūzgė |
| Lawreigna | "Falling" | Philip Bloom |
| Milda Martinkėnaitė | "If Tomorrow Never Comes" | Joacim Dubbelman, Håkan Glänte |
| Neringa Šiaudikytė | "Never Knew Love" | Tina Almqvist Hilli, Daniel Persson |
| Petunija | "Tomorrow" | Vilius Tamošaitis – GeraiGerai, Agnė Šiaulytė |
| Ruslanas Kirilkinas | "In My World" | Niklas Bergqvist |
| "Ilgiuosi" | Niklas Bergqvist, Arūnas Valinskas | |
| Rūta Ščiogolevaitė | "United" | Rūta Ščiogolevaitė, Michael James Down, Primož Poglajen, Thomas Reil, Jeppe Reil |
| Saulenė Chlevickaitė | "Strong" | Aidan O'Connor, Fred Endresen |
| Ugne Smile | "You Don't Know" | Ugnė Kudlaitė |
| Valdas Lacko | "Stay Tonight" | Valdas Lacko, Paulius Jasiūnas, Monika Ratomskytė |
| Vlad Max | "Don't Wanna Let It Go" | Silver Darter |
Jury members
The Lithuanian jury panel consisted of four members in the elimination shows, five members in the semi-final, and six members in the final. The international jury panel in the elimination shows and the final consisted of three members.[15]
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| Dalia Ibelhauptaitė |  |
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| Darius Užkuraitis | |
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| Donatas Ulvydas | |
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director |
| Gintaras Rinkevičius | |
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director |
| Justė Arlauskaitė | |
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singer |
| Kazimieras Šiaulys | |
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music critic, journalist |
| Laima Lapkauskaitė | |
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producer |
| Nomeda Kazlaus | |
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opera singer |
| Olegas Aleksejevas | |
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member of the group Biplan |
| Ramūnas Zilnys | |
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music reviewer |
| Tomas Sinickis | |
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musician, singer-songwriter |
| Vaidas Baumila | |
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singer |
| Valdas Burnys | |
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| Jury member | Country | Elimination shows | Semi-final | Final | Occupation(s) | |||||||
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music band |
| Dave Holmes |  United Kingdom |
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| Denis Ingoldsby | United Kingdom |
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| Karl Frierson |  United States |
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| Karlis Auzans | Latvia |
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| Peter Freudenthaler |  Germany |
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| Syron | United Kingdom |
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| Vanessa Lancaster | United Kingdom |
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vocalist for the ensemble Touch and Go | |
| Will Wells | United States |
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Shows
Elimination shows
The eight elimination shows of the competition aired between 9 January and 27 February 2016 and featured the 28 competing entries. The first, second, fourth, and sixth show featured artists who already had a song when they applied to compete, while the third, fifth, and seventh show featured artists that did not have songs when they applied to compete. The eighth show featured all remaining entries in the competition. The bottom three entries of the first two shows were eliminated, while two were eliminated between the third to fifth shows, three were eliminated in the sixth and seventh shows and two were eliminated following the eighth show. 2000 Latvian entrant Brainstorm performed as the interval act during the seventh show.[13]
| R/O | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||||
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| Lithuanian | Intl. | Total | Points | Votes | Points | |||||
| 1 | Alice Way | "Hero" | 8 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 343 | 6 | 14 | 5 |
| 2 | Dovydas Petrošius | "Starlight" | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 308 | 5 | 12 | 6 |
| 3 | Behind the Moon | "Did It All" | 7 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 357 | 7 | 17 | 4 |
| 4 | Erica Jennings | "Leading Me Home" | 12 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 720 | 8 | 20 | 2 |
| 5 | Elena Jurgaitytė | "I Won't Come Back" | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 237 | 4 | 10 | 7 |
| 6 | Vlad Max | "Don't Wanna Let It Go" | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 109 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | Petunija | "Tomorrow" | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 794 | 10 | 18 | 3 |
| 8 | Donny Montell | "I've Been Waiting for This Night" | 10 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 1,418 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| R/O | Song | P. Freudenthaler |
D. Ingoldsby |
D. Holmes |
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| 1 | "Hero" | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 5 |
| 2 | "Starlight" | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 6 |
| 3 | "Did It All" | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 8 |
| 4 | "Leading Me Home" | 10 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 10 |
| 5 | "I Won't Come Back" | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 4 |
| 6 | "Don't Wanna Let It Go" | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| 7 | "Tomorrow" | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 7 |
| 8 | "I've Been Waiting for This Night" | 12 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 12 |
| R/O | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||||
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| Lithuanian | Intl. | Total | Points | Votes | Points | |||||
| 1 | Jurgis Brūzga | "Hold On" | 8 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 506 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
| 2 | Ugne Smile | "You Don't Know" | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 145 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| 3 | Lawreigna | "Falling" | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 153 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
| 4 | Ištvan Kvik and Ellada | "Please Don't Cry" | 7 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 1,004 | 10 | 17 | 2 |
| 5 | Catrinah | "Be Free" | 10 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 898 | 7 | 17 | 3 |
| 6 | Eglė Jakštytė | "Leisk dar būti" | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 636 | 6 | 14 | 5 |
| 7 | Valdas Lacko | "Stay Tonight" | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 945 | 8 | 15 | 4 |
| 8 | Rūta Ščiogolevaitė | "United" | 12 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 2,139 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| R/O | Song | P. Freudenthaler |
Syron |
K. Frierson |
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| 1 | "Hold On" | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 |
| 2 | "You Don't Know" | 10 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 6 |
| 3 | "Falling" | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 5 |
| 4 | "Please Don't Cry" | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 6 |
| 5 | "Be Free" | 3 | 12 | 7 | 22 | 7 |
| 6 | "Leisk dar būti" | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 8 |
| 7 | "Stay Tonight" | 8 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 10 |
| 8 | "United" | 12 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 12 |
| R/O | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||||
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| Lithuanian | Intl. | Total | Points | Votes | Points | |||||
| 1 | Ieva Zasimauskaitė | "Life (Not That Beautiful)" | 6 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 463 | 5 | 15 | 3 |
| 2 | Baiba | "Mayday" | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 180 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Evelyn Joyce | "When It Sings" | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 160 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | E.G.O. | "Long Way from Home" | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 303 | 3 | 8 | 9 |
| 5 | Berta Timinskaitė | "Stars in a Rainbow" | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 464 | 6 | 12 | 5 |
| 6 | Deividas Žygas | "Survivors" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | Neringa Šiaudikytė | "Never Knew Love" | 8 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 204 | 2 | 9 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 Roses | "Butterfly" | 1 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 457 | 4 | 10 | 7 |
| 9 | Saulenė Chlevickaitė | "Strong" | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 712 | 7 | 11 | 6 |
| 10 | Milda Martinkėnaitė | "If Tomorrow Never Comes" | 7 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 895 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
| 11 | Ruslanas Kirilkinas | "In My World" | 10 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 1,112 | 10 | 18 | 2 |
| 12 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "You Bet" | 12 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 1,819 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| R/O | Song | V. Lancaster |
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D. Ingoldsby |
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| 1 | "Life (Not That Beautiful)" | 12 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 12 |
| 2 | "Mayday" | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| 3 | "When It Sings" | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4 | "Long Way from Home" | 10 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 8 |
| 5 | "Stars in a Rainbow" | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 6 |
| 6 | "Survivors" | 0 | 0 | |||
| 7 | "Never Knew Love" | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
| 8 | "Butterfly" | 4 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 10 |
| 9 | "Strong" | 8 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 6 |
| 10 | "If Tomorrow Never Comes" | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 4 |
| 11 | "In My World" | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | "You Bet" | 5 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 7 |
| R/O | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||||
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| Lithuanian | Intl. | Total | Points | Votes | Points | |||||
| 1 | Catrinah | "Be Free" | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1,293 | 7 | 14 | 4 |
| 2 | Erica Jennings | "Leading Me Home" | 10 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 1,340 | 8 | 16 | 3 |
| 3 | Behind the Moon | "Did It All" | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 298 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Alice Way | "Hero" | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 228 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Rūta Ščiogolevaitė | "United" | 12 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 1,838 | 12 | 22 | 2 |
| 6 | Valdas Lacko | "Stay Tonight" | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 990 | 6 | 11 | 6 |
| 7 | Petunija | "Tomorrow" | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 453 | 3 | 9 | 8 |
| 8 | Donny Montell | "I've Been Waiting for This Night" | 12 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 1,578 | 10 | 22 | 1 |
| 9 | Eglė Jakštytė | "Let Me Show You" | 7 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 482 | 4 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | Ištvan Kvik and Ellada | "Please Don't Cry" | 8 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 678 | 5 | 12 | 5 |
| R/O | Song | P. Freudenthaler |
Syron |
K. Frierson |
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| 1 | "Be Free" | 12 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 8 |
| 2 | "Leading Me Home" | 7 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 7 |
| 3 | "Did It All" | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| 4 | "Hero" | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| 5 | "United" | 8 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 10 |
| 6 | "Stay Tonight" | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 5 |
| 7 | "Tomorrow" | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 6 |
| 8 | "I've Been Waiting for This Night" | 10 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 12 |
| 9 | "Let Me Show You" | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| 10 | "Please Don't Cry" | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 6 |
| R/O | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||||
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| Lithuanian | Intl. | Total | Points | Votes | Points | |||||
| 1 | Baiba | "Mayday" | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 167 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Berta Timinskaitė | "Stars in a Rainbow" | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 399 | 4 | 8 | 9 |
| 3 | Ieva Zasimauskaitė | "Life (Not That Beautiful)" | 6 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 413 | 5 | 15 | 3 |
| 4 | Neringa Šiaudikytė | "Never Knew Love" | 8 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 180 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
| 5 | 4 Roses | "Butterfly" | 7 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 484 | 6 | 14 | 4 |
| 6 | Ruslanas Kirilkinas | "In My World" | 10 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 986 | 10 | 17 | 2 |
| 7 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "You Bet" | 12 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 1,682 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 8 | Saulenė Chlevickaitė | "Strong" | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 635 | 8 | 14 | 5 |
| 9 | Milda Martinkėnaitė | "If Tomorrow Never Comes" | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 566 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
| 10 | E.G.O. | "Long Way from Home" | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 265 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| R/O | Song | D. Ingoldsby |
K. Auzans |
D. Holmes |
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| 1 | "Mayday" | 6 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 7 |
| 2 | "Stars in a Rainbow" | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 |
| 3 | "Life (Not That Beautiful)" | 8 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 12 |
| 4 | "Never Knew Love" | 10 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 6 |
| 5 | "Butterfly" | 7 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 10 |
| 6 | "In My World" | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| 7 | "You Bet" | 12 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 8 |
| 8 | "Strong" | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 |
| 9 | "If Tomorrow Never Comes" | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| 10 | "Long Way from Home" | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
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| Lithuanian | Intl. | Total | Points | Votes | Points | |||||
| 1 | Valdas Lacko | "Stay Tonight" | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1,348 | 8 | 15 | 4 |
| 2 | Catrinah | "Be Free" | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1,102 | 6 | 14 | 5 |
| 3 | Ištvan Kvik and Ellada | "Please Don't Cry" | 8 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 729 | 5 | 12 | 6 |
| 4 | Donny Montell | "I've Been Waiting for This Night" | 12 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 1,234 | 7 | 19 | 3 |
| 5 | Eglė Jakštytė | "Let Me Show You" | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 622 | 4 | 10 | 7 |
| 6 | Erica Jennings | "Leading Me Home" | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 1,474 | 10 | 20 | 2 |
| 7 | Petunija | "Tomorrow" | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 508 | 3 | 9 | 8 |
| 8 | Rūta Ščiogolevaitė | "United" | 12 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 1,808 | 12 | 22 | 1 |
| R/O | Song | P. Freudenthaler |
K. Auzans |
Syron |
Total | Points |
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| 1 | "Stay Tonight" | 6 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 6 |
| 2 | "Be Free" | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 7 |
| 3 | "Please Don't Cry" | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| 4 | "I've Been Waiting for This Night" | 12 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 12 |
| 5 | "Let Me Show You" | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 |
| 6 | "Leading Me Home" | 8 | 12 | 8 | 28 | 10 |
| 7 | "Tomorrow" | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 5 |
| 8 | "United" | 7 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 8 |
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| Lithuanian | Intl. | Total | Points | Votes | Points | |||||
| 1 | E.G.O. | "Long Way from Home" | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 315 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| 2 | 4 Roses | "Butterfly" | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 763 | 7 | 12 | 6 |
| 3 | Ieva Zasimauskaitė | "Life (Not That Beautiful)" | 7 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 844 | 8 | 18 | 2 |
| 4 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "You Bet" | 12 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 1,577 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 5 | Ruslanas Kirilkinas | "In My World" | 10 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 988 | 10 | 18 | 3 |
| 6 | Milda Martinkėnaitė | "If Tomorrow Never Comes" | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 686 | 6 | 12 | 5 |
| 7 | Neringa Šiaudikytė | "Never Knew Love" | 8 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 524 | 4 | 11 | 7 |
| 8 | Saulenė Chlevickaitė | "Strong" | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 644 | 5 | 12 | 4 |
| R/O | Song | W. Wells |
D. Ingoldsby |
K. Frierson |
Total | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Long Way from Home" | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 5 |
| 2 | "Butterfly" | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 4 |
| 3 | "Life (Not That Beautiful)" | 12 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 12 |
| 4 | "You Bet" | 10 | 12 | 3 | 25 | 10 |
| 5 | "In My World" | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 7 |
| 6 | "If Tomorrow Never Comes" | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 5 |
| 7 | "Never Knew Love" | 4 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 6 |
| 8 | "Strong" | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 8 |
| R/O | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithuanian | Intl. | Total | Points | Votes | Points | |||||
| 1 | Catrinah | "Be Free" | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1,042 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
| 2 | Ruslanas Kirilkinas | "In My World" | 6 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 1,042 | 4 | 11 | 6 |
| 3 | Milda Martinkėnaitė | "If Tomorrow Never Comes" | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 839 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | Erica Jennings | "Leading Me Home" | 8 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2,214 | 8 | 16 | 3 |
| 5 | Saulenė Chlevickaitė | "Strong" | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 643 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "You Bet" | 10 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 1,830 | 7 | 17 | 2 |
| 7 | Valdas Lacko | "Stay Tonight" | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1,211 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| 8 | Rūta Ščiogolevaitė | "United" | 7 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2,287 | 10 | 16 | 4 |
| 9 | Donny Montell | "I've Been Waiting for This Night" | 12 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 2,309 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 10 | Ieva Zasimauskaitė | "Life (Not That Beautiful)" | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 1,474 | 6 | 14 | 5 |
| R/O | Song | W. Wells |
D. Holmes |
Brainstorm |
Total | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Be Free" | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
| 2 | "In My World" | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | "If Tomorrow Never Comes" | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 6 |
| 4 | "Leading Me Home" | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 6 |
| 5 | "Strong" | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 6 | "You Bet" | 8 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 8 |
| 7 | "Stay Tonight" | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 8 | "United" | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 5 |
| 9 | "I've Been Waiting for This Night" | 10 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 12 |
| 10 | "Life (Not That Beautiful)" | 12 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 10 |
Semi-final
The semi-final of the competition took place on 5 March 2016 and featured the remaining eight entries that qualified from the eighth show.[15] The semi-final was the first show in the competition to be broadcast live; all other preceding shows were pre-recorded earlier in the week before their airdates.[15] The top six entries advanced to the final, while the bottom two were eliminated.[31] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Vidas Bareikis performed as the interval act.[15]
| R/O | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Ieva Zasimauskaitė | "Life (Not That Beautiful)" | 6 | 1,843 | 6 | 12 | 5 |
| 2 | Valdas Lacko | "Stay Tonight" | 3 | 1,102 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | Catrinah | "Be Free" | 4 | 1,307 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| 4 | Erica Jennings | "Leading Me Home" | 12 | 3,021 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 5 | Donny Montell | "I've Been Waiting for This Night" | 10 | 2,727 | 10 | 20 | 2 |
| 6 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "You Bet" | 7 | 1,911 | 7 | 14 | 4 |
| 7 | Ruslanas Kirilkinas | "In My World" | 5 | 1,385 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| 8 | Rūta Ščiogolevaitė | "United" | 8 | 2,374 | 8 | 16 | 3 |
Final
The final of the competition took place on 12 March 2016 and featured the remaining six entries that qualified from the semi-final. "I've Been Waiting for This Night" performed by Donny Montell was selected as the winner after gaining the most points from both the jury vote and the public vote.[32] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Vaidas Baumila and Monika Linkytė opened the show with the 2015 Lithuanian entry "This Time", and juror Syron performed as the interval act.
| R/O | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Ruslanas Kirilkinas | "Ilgiuosi" | 5 | 1,756 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| 2 | Ieva Zasimauskaitė | "Life (Not That Beautiful)" | 7 | 3,558 | 6 | 13 | 4 |
| 3 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "You Bet" | 6 | 4,826 | 7 | 13 | 5 |
| 4 | Erica Jennings | "Leading Me Home" | 10 | 13,854 | 10 | 20 | 2 |
| 5 | Rūta Ščiogolevaitė | "United" | 8 | 7,293 | 8 | 16 | 3 |
| 6 | Donny Montell | "I've Been Waiting for This Night" | 12 | 18,962 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
Preparation
Following Donny Montell's win during the Lithuanian national final, discussions began in regards to the staging of the song with choreographer Sacha Jean-Baptiste.[33] Baptiste also directed Montell's music video for "I've Been Waiting for this Night", which was released earlier on 4 December 2015.[34] Montell flew to Sweden in late March and throughout April to rehearse the choreography, which included tests for a jump performed on a trampoline.[35]
On 28 March, LRT broadcast the support concert Būkime kartu, where Lithuanian viewers could call to donate funds to support the Lithuanian Eurovision participation.[36] The concert was filmed on 26 March at the Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas and featured guests Edgaras Montvidas, Gytis Valickas, and the 2015 Lithuanian Eurovision entrants Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila.[37] The concert raised €10,004 from public donations, with phone lines remaining open until 31 March for additional donations.[38]
Promotion
Donny Montell focused his promotional efforts in the lead up to the Eurovision Song Contest within Lithuania.[39] Montell performed a concert tour of Lithuania to promote his album #BLCK, which was released on 14 April 2016.[40] In addition to his concerts, Montell recorded a performance of "I've Been Waiting for This Night" for the LRT programme Dainų dainelė, which aired on 10 April, and he performed a show on 15 April for Lithuanian and NATO troops at the Lithuanian Air Force Aviation Base in Šiauliai.[41][42]
In addition to his appearances within Lithuania, Donny Montell also promoted "I've Been Waiting for This Night" between 11 and 13 April by taking part in promotional activities in Tel Aviv, Israel, and performing during the Israel Calling event held at the Ha'teatron venue.[43]
