Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022

Lithuania is scheduled to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy. The Lithuanian broadcaster, Lietuvos radijas ir televizija (LRT), will use the national selection Pabandom iš naujo! 2022 to select their representative.

Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Country Lithuania
National selection
Selection processPabandom iš naujo! 2022
Selection date(s)Heats:
 8 January 2022
15 January 2022
22 January 2022
Semi-finals:
29 January 2022
5 February 2022
Final:
12 February 2022
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Background
Main article: Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to 2022, Lithuania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-one times since its first entry in 1994. Their best placing was achieved in 2006, with "We Are the Winners", performed by LT United, finishing in sixth place in the final. Following the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, Lithuania has managed to qualify to the final ten times.[1]

Lithuania was represented in 2021 by the song "Discoteque", performed by The Roop, who qualified for the final and ended 8th overall with 220 points.

Before Eurovision

Pabandom iš naujo! 2022

In mid-August 2021, LRT confirmed its participation in the 2022 contest.[2] On 1 October 2021, the broadcaster announced Pabandom iš naujo! 2022 ("Let's try again! 2022") had been confirmed for the third time in a row as the national final format used to select Lithuania's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, and opened its submissions.[3] The shows will be broadcast on LRT televizija, LRT Lituanica and LRT Radijas as well as online via the broadcaster's website lrt.lt.

Format

For the 2022 competition, six shows will be held starting in early January 2022, consisting of three heats, two semi-finals, and a final, in which 36 contestants will take part.[4] The first, second and third heats will take place in 2022 on January 8, 15 and 22 respectively, while the two semi-finals will take place on 29 January and 5 February. The final will take place on 12 February.[5]

Competing entries

On 1 October 2021, LRT opened a submission form for artists to apply with one song (contrarily to what had occurred the previous year, when two separate forms for entries and entrants had been opened), with the deadline set for 25 November 2021. The broadcaster will allocate a budget of around €54,000 to be divided among the participants as their funding.[3][6] On 7 December 2021, the list of the 36 participating artists was released by LRT.[7] Included in the list are previous Eurovision competitors Erica Jennings (2001, as part of SKAMP), Ieva Zasimauskaitė (2018), Monika Linkytė (2015) and Vilija Matačiūnaitė (2014). The day after the release, the titles of the songs were also released.[8]

Artist Song Composer(s)
Aldegunda "Holiday" TBA
Alekas "Out of Mind"
Augustė "Before You're 6ft Under"
Basas Pegasas "Ponai"
Clockwork Creep "Grow"
Cosmic Bride "The Devil Lives in Spain"
Elonas Pokanevič "Someday"
Emilija V "Overload"
Emilijana "Illuminate"
Erica Jennings "Back to Myself"
Gabrea "Make It Real"
Gabrielė Goštautaitė "Over"
Gebrasy "Into Your Arms"
Geleibra "Aš jaučiu tave"
Gintarė Korsakaitė "Fantasy Eyes"
Ieva Zasimauskaitė "I'll Be There"
Joseph June "Deadly"
Justė Kraujelytė "How to Get My Life Back"
Justin 3 ft. Nanaart "Something That Is Natural"
Lolita Zero "Not Your Mother"
Mary Mo "Get Up"
Mėnulio fazė "Give Me a Sign"
Monika Linkytė "See You Again"
Monika Liu "Sentimentai"
Moosu X "Love That Hurts"
Queens of Roses "Washing Machine"
Rūta Loop "Call Me from the Cold"
Sun Francisco "Dream Again"
Titas ir Benas "Getting Through This"
Urtė Šilagalytė "Running Chords"
Vasha "Git"
Viktorija Faith "Walk Through the Water"
Viktorija Kajokaitė "Piece of Universe"
Vilija Matačiūnaitė "Šimtas vienas"
Voldemars Petersons and the Break Hearters "UP"
Živilė Gedvilaitė "Lioness"

At Eurovision

According to contest rules, all participating countries with the exception of the host country and the "Big Five" (Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Spain) are required to qualify for the final as one of the top ten countries from one of two semi-finals. In allocating countries to semi-finals, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) splits the countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.

References
  1. "Lithuania Country Profile". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  2. Washak, James (16 August 2021). "🇱🇹 Lithuania: LRT Confirms Participation in Eurovision 2022". Eurovoix. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  3. "„Eurovizijos" atrankos prasideda: dalyviams bus skiriama parama, paraiškų laukiama iki lapkričio 25 d." lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). LRT. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  4. "Paaiškėjo nacionalinės „Eurovizijos" atrankos „Pabandom iš naujo" dalyviai". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  5. Menéndez, Hugo Carabaña (7 December 2021). "La LRT lituana presenta los 36 participantes del Pabandom Iš Naujo 2022". ESCplus España (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  6. Zizys, Lukas (1 October 2021). "Lithuania: 'Pabandom iš naujo' 2022 applications are now open". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  7. Granger, Anthony (7 December 2021). "🇱🇹 Lithuania: Pabandom iš naujo 2022 Participants Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  8. Menéndez, Hugo Carabaña; Carros, David (8 December 2021). "La LRT lituana presenta los participantes y los títulos de las canciones del Pabandom Iš Naujo 2022". ESCplus España (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 December 2021.
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