Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Lithuania is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. The Lithuanian broadcaster, Lietuvos radijas ir televizija (LRT), will organise the national final Eurovizija.LT in order to select the country's representative at the contest.

Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Country Lithuania
National selection
Selection processEurovizija.LT
Selection date(s)10 or 17 February 2024
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Background
Main article: Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to 2024, Lithuania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-three 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 twelve times. Lithuania was represented in 2023 by the song "Stay", performed by Monika Linkytė, who qualified for the final and ended 11th overall with 127 points.[1]

The Lithuanian national broadcaster, Lietuvos radijas ir televizija (LRT), broadcasts the event in the country and organises the selection of the national representative in the contest. Between 2020 and 2023, the national final format Pabandom iš naujo! had been used to select Lithuania's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. LRT confirmed its intention to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in mid-July 2023;[2] three months later, the broadcaster announced that it would use a new format, titled Eurovizija.LT.[3]

Before Eurovision

Eurovizija.LT

Eurovizija.LT is set to be the national final format organised by LRT to select the Lithuanian representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. It will be held between January and February 2024.

Format

The competition will consist of four or five semi-finals and a final, starting on 13 January 2024.[4] A 50/50 combination of jury and public vote will determine the ranking in each phase, with the top three entries from the final moving on to a final televoting round selecting the winner. In case of a tie in any of the previous stages, the jury ranking will take precedence.[3][5] The score system will be the same used at the Eurovision Song Contest: the top ten entries from each of the jury vote and the televote will be assigned scores of 1–8, 10 and 12 points.[5]

Performances for the semi-finals will be pre-recorded, while they will be given live in the final.[3][5]

Competing entries

On 18 October 2023, LRT opened a submission platform for interested artists, lasting until 11 December 2023. Each applicant may only submit one entry. Performers are required to be Lithuanian citizens, while songwriters may be of any nationality.[3][5] At least 20 artists will be selected; they will be privately informed of this by 18 December 2023 and will be able to withdraw until 31 December 2023.[5]

References
  1. "Lithuania". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. Jiandani, Sanjay (17 July 2023). "Lithuania: LRT confirms participation at Eurovision 2024". ESCToday. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  3. Ilias, Timos (18 October 2023). "Lithuania: The 'Eurovizija.LT' submission platform has been launched!". Eurovisionfun. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  4. "Prasideda registracija į nacionalinę „Eurovizijos" atranką: šįkart galutinis sprendimas bus priimtas žiūrovų" [Registration for the national Eurovision selection begins: this time the final decision will be made by the audience]. lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). LRT. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  5. "Eurovizija" [Eurovision]. lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). LRT. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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