Lithuania: Eurovizijos Semi-final results

Lithuania has divided its 28 contestants into two groups: A: artists without own song. B: artists with own song. Tonight's semi-final was held between the eight remaining entries of group A and group B. The winning artists and songs from tonight will return on 12 March to compete in the Final of Eurovizijos 2016.

The eight acts from tonight were:

1. Erica Jennings - "Leading Me Home" (24 points)
2. Donny Montell - "I' ve Been Waiting for This Night" (20 points)
3. Rūta Ščiogolevaitė - "United" (16 points)
4. Aistė Pilvelytė - "You Bet" (14 points)
5. Ieva Zasimauskaitė - "Life (Not That Beautiful)" (13 points)
6. Ruslanas Kirilkinas - "In My World" (10 points)
7. Catrinah - "Be Free" (8 points)
8. Valdas Lacko - "Stay Tonight" (6 points)

The combination of lithuanian - international jury votes and televoting eliminated two more songs. In tonight's semi-final Erica received the most votes, but Catrinah and Valdas Lacko didn't manage to get the ticket to the Final on 12 March.

Eurovizijos 2016

All the artists are divided into two groups:

• Group A: Artists without own songs
• Group B: Artists with own songs

A total of nine shows will be held:

• Show 1 (9 January): 8 from Group A – 3 eliminated.
• Show 2 (16 January): 8 from Group A – 3 eliminated
• Show 3 (23 January): 12 from Group B – 2 eliminated
• Show 4 (30 January): 10 from from show 1 & 2 (Group A) – 2 eliminated
• Show 5 (6 February): 10 from show 3 (Group B) – 2 eliminated
• Show 6 (13 February): 8 from show 4 (Group A) – 3 eliminated
• Show 7 (20 February): 8 from show 5 (Group B) – 3 eliminated
• 27 February: 5 from Show 6 (Group A) & 5 from show 7 (Group B)
• 5 March: Semi-final
• 12 March: Final
• 19 March: Winning Performer's Support Concert

All the shows are hosted by Andrius Rožickas and Gerūta Griniūte.

Lithuania in Eurovision Song Contest

Lithuania has been taking part of Eurovision Song Contest 16 times since its debut in 1994.

The debuting year 1994 Lithuania ended last, and the best result is from 2006 where LT United performed the iconic song "We Are The Winners (of Eurovision)". It didn't win though, but went 6th. Since the introduction of the Semi-finals in 2004, Lithuania has been in Eurovision every year, but only qualified for the Grand Final seven times.

With both Estonias victory in 2001 ("Everybody") and Latvias victory in 2002 ("I Wanna"), Lithuania is the only Baltic country that haven't won Eurovision Song Contest.