Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country	Lithuania
National selection
Selection process	Nacionalinė atranka į Euroviziją 2005
Selection date(s)	26 February 2005
Selected entrant	Laura and the Lovers
Selected song	"Little by Little"
Selected songwriter(s)	Bobby Ljunggren; William "Billy" Butt;
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Failed to qualify (25th)
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest

Lithuania was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 by "Little by Little" performed by Laura & the Lovers. It was chosen at the Lithuanian National Final on 26 February. The song was written and composed by Swedes Bobby Ljunggren and William "Billy" Butt.

Before Eurovision

Semi-finals

The final was preceded by seven semi-finals, which took place on a weekly basis between 8 January and 19 February 2005. The results in the semi-finals were decided by televoting. An additional wildcard was also given by an expert jury to one of the entries that did not qualify from the semi-finals.

Semi-final 1 – 8 January 2005
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Bugs Band	"Be With Me"	198	3
2	Nasa	"Meilė tau"	70	7
3	Atika	"Apie potvynius"	128	5
4	Soft Rain	"Laiko upė"	66	8
5	Aistė Pilvelytė	"I'll Let You Fly"	544	1
6	Dvyniai	"Tikiu tavim"	139	4
7	Kes	"Sly Hades"	71	6
8	The Road Band	"One-Man-Band"	274	2

Semi-final 2 – 15 January 2005
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Taja	"You’re in My Heart"	220	6
2	Gravel	"Girlfriend"	243	5
3	Agnette	"Erškėtrožės"	74	8
4	El Mar	"La reina of the World"	565	2
5	Agnieszka	"I'm Finally Free"	186	7
6	Caramel Members	"Sleep Well"	268	4
7	Sea Stars	"Let the Music Play"	289	3
8	Laura and the Lovers	"Little by Little"	1,743	1

Semi-final 3 – 22 January 2005
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Sugarfree	"Raining On"	265	4
2	Indraya	"Love Is in the Air"	81	7
3	Fate	"Can Play That Game"	139	5
4	Eva and Česlovas Gabalis	"I'll Be There"	831	2
5	Saulės kliošas	"Discoholic"	1,074	1
6	Bracelet and Austeja	"Simple Girl"	157	6
7	Robertas Kupstas	"You're The One"	573	3

Semi-final 4 – 29 January 2005
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Viktoras Vaupšas	"You"	181	5
2	MG International	"Amazing Sun"	137	6
3	Artas	"All I Know"	1,377	1
4	Audronė Girkontaitė	"Šok, berniuk"	67	7
5	Pusbroliai Aliukai and Sesutė	"My Pretty"	272	3
6	Andre	"Grande"	218	4
7	Violeta Riaubiškytė	"With You"	864	2

Semi-final 5 – 5 February 2005
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Alanas Chošnau	"Light Up The World"	1166	2
2	Helada	"Find Me"	439	6
3	4Fun	"Your Vision"	663	5
4	Vilma Voroblevaitė	"Teka upės"	971	3
5	Vilija Matačiūnaitė	"Oh My God"	1,585	1
6	Yva	"Barbie"	769	4

Semi-final 6 – 12 February 2005
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Voodoo	"Space Between Us"	505	5
2	June	"Kelionė"	116	7
3	Tele Bim-Bam Neringa and Draugai	"Pupa, pupa"	1,631	1
4	Audronė Augaitytė	"Dvasia"	155	6
5	Rasa Kaušiūtė	"Back in the Game"	1,112	2
6	Žydrė	"My Heart’s Praying"	984	4
7	B'Avarija	"Oceans of Love"	1,088	3

Semi-final 7 – 19 February 2005
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Ergo Fine	"Buona siera"	3,547	1
2	Lana Švilpe	"The Love Is Over"	605	4
3	Land/Hey!	"Existence"	219	6
4	N.E.O.	"You Are in Hollywood"	2,175	2
5	Reda Striškaitė	"Now You Know"	508	5
6	Lawry	"Be My Lover"	1,467	3

Final

The final was held in Kaunas on 26 February 2005. Twenty-one songs selected from the seven semi-finals participated, and the winner, "Little by Little" performed by Laura and the Lovers, was chosen by televoting.

Final – 26 February 2005
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Aistė Pilvelytė	"I'll Let You Fly"	651	9
2	Eva and Česlovas Gabalis	"I'll Be There"	713	8
3	Reda Striškaitė	"Now You Know"	155	16
4	The Road Band	"One-Man-Band"	51	18
5	B'Avarija	"Oceans of Love"	507	10
6	N.E.O.	"You Are in Hollywood"	464	11
7	Robertas Kupstas	"You're the One"	269	14
8	El Mar	"La reina of the World"	40	20
9	Vilija Matačiūnaitė	"Oh My God"	733	7
10	Artas	"All I Know"	872	6
11	Saulės kliošas	"Discoholic"	1,060	5
12	Rasa Kaušiūtė	"Back in the Game"	286	13
13	Sea Stars	"Let the Music Play"	42	19
14	Bugs Band	"Be With Me"	78	17
15	Violeta Riaubiškytė	"With You"	456	12
16	Laura and the Lovers	"Little by Little"	5,465	1
17	Ergo Fine	"Buona siera"	1,533	3
18	Tele Bim-Bam Neringa and Draugai	"Pupa, pupa"	1,462	4
19	Pusbroliai Aliukai and Sesutė	"My Pretty"	268	15
20	Alanas Chošnau	"Light Up the World"	5,292	2

At Eurovision

Because Lithuania failed to qualify in 2004 Laura and the Lovers were forced to compete in the Eurovision semi-final, country was drawn to perform 2nd in the semi-final, following Austria and preceding Portugal. They came 25th (last) with 17 points failing to qualify to the Grand Final.[1]

The spokesperson who revealed Lithuania's votes for other countries was LRT host Rolandas Vilkončius.[2]

Points awarded to Lithuania

Points awarded to Lithuania (Semi-final)[3]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points	Latvia
7 points
6 points
5 points	Ireland
4 points	United Kingdom
3 points
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Lithuania

Points awarded by Lithuania (Semi-final)[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Latvia
10 points	Moldova
8 points	Switzerland
7 points	Denmark
6 points	Norway
5 points	Estonia
4 points	Croatia
3 points	Belarus
2 points	Israel
1 point	Poland

Points awarded by Lithuania (Final)[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Latvia
10 points	Moldova
8 points	Switzerland
7 points	Russia
6 points	Croatia
5 points	Norway
4 points	Denmark
3 points	Israel
2 points	Malta
1 point	Greece

References

"Semi-Final of Kyiv 2005". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
Philips, Roel (17 May 2005). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 19 December 2005. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
"Results of the Semi-Final of Kyiv 2005". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
"Results of the Grand Final of Kyiv 2005". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

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[1] "Semi-Final of Kyiv 2005". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

[2] Philips, Roel (17 May 2005). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 19 December 2005. Retrieved 28 April 2009.

[2005semi-3] "Results of the Semi-Final of Kyiv 2005". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

[2005final-4] "Results of the Grand Final of Kyiv 2005". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.