Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

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 & William Butt.

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country	Lithuania
National selection
Selection process	Nacionalinė atranka į Euroviziją 2005
Selection date(s)	26 February 2005
Selected entrant	Laura & The Lovers
Selected song	"Little by Little"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	failed to qualify, (25th 17 points,last)
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Laura & the Lovers are a Lithuanian pop group. They were formed by Lithuanian music executives Justas Garliauskas and Danielius Mironas and composers and producers Ljunggren and Butt. Laura has competed in many International festivals and has released hit songs and album.

Before Eurovision

Nacionalinė atranka į Euroviziją 2005

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	"Meile tau"	70	7
3	Atika	"Apie potvynius"	128	5
4	Soft Rain	"Laiko upe"	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	"Eršketrozes"	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 & The Lovers	"Little by Little"	1743	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 & Česlovas Gabalis	"I'll Be There"	831	2
5	Saulės Kliošas	"Discoholic"	1074	1
6	Bracelet & 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"	1377	1
4	Audronė Girkontaitė	"Šok, berniuk"	67	7
5	Pusbroliai Aliukai & 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 upes"	971	3
5	Vilija Matačiūnaitė	"Oh My God"	1585	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	"Kelione"	116	7
3	Tele Bim-Bam Neringa & Draugai	"Pupa, pupa"	1631	1
4	Audronė Augaitytė	"Dvasia"	155	6
5	Rasa Kaušiūtė	"Back in the Game"	1112	2
6	Žydrė	"My Heart’s Praying"	984	4
7	B'Avarija	"Oceans of Love"	1088	3

Semi-final 7 (19 February 2005)

Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Ergo Fine	"Buona siera"	3547	1
2	Lana Švilpe	"The Love Is Over"	605	4
3	Land & Hey!	"Existence"	219	6
4	N.E.O.	"You Are In Hollywood"	2175	2
5	Reda Striškaitė	"Now You Know"	508	5
6	Lawry	"Be My Lover"	1467	3

Final (26 February 2005)

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 & the Lovers, was chosen by televoting.

Draw	Singer	Song	Televote	Place
1	Aistė Pilvelytė	"I'll Let You Fly"	651	9
2	Eva & 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"	1060	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 & The Lovers	"Little By Little"	5465	1
17	Ergo Fine	"Buona siera"	1533	3
18	Tele Bim-Bam Neringa & Draugai	"Pupa, pupa"	1462	4
19	Pusbroliai Aliukai & Sesutė	"My Pretty"	268	15
20	Alanas Chošnau	"Light Up The World"	5292	2

At Eurovision

Because Lithuania failed to qualify in 2004 Laura & 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. Therefore, Lithuania will have to compete in the semi-final again in ESC 2006. The spokesperson who revealed Lithuania's votes for other countries was LRT host Rolandas Vilkončius.[1]

Points awarded by Lithuania

Semi final Points awarded in semi-final: 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

Final Points awarded in the final 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

Points awarded to Lithuania (semi-final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
		Latvia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Ireland	United Kingdom

References

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