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Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Country Lithuania Selection process National Final Selection date(s) Semi-finals 12 January 2008 19 January 2008 26 January 2008Final 2 February 2008Selected artist(s) Jeronimas Milius Selected song "Nomads in the Night " Semi-final result Failed to qualify (16th)
Lithuania has chosen its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 through a more downsized selection procedure rather than the long, drawn out processes from previous years. 34 songs were divided into three semifinals that took place on the three Saturdays before the final on 2 February 2008.[ 1] Aistė Pilvelytė and Julija Ritčik & Girma were given the two wildcards granting direct qualification into the final.[ 2]
Four songs qualified from the three semi-finals, completing the 14 song line-up in the final. The competition was hosted by Rolandas Vilkončius, with Gabrielė Bartkutė joining him in presenting the final. The voters favoured Jeronimas Milius ' song Nomads in the Night which collected 11,674 votes and won in the national finals to represent Lithuania in the upcoming contest.
National final
Semifinals
Semifinal 1 - 12 January, 2008
Draw
Artist
Song
Points
Place
1
Justinas Lapatinskas
"Muziką garsiau! "
39
3
2
Kaštonai
"The Farmer’s Daughter"
5
11
3
Cisco Kid
"1 Million Euros"
23
8
4
Onsa
"What’s Wrong"
14
10
5
Laiptai
"Aš rasiu "
37
4
6
Eglė Lokytė
"Message in the Sky"
27
7
6
GYVAI
"Paukštis"
37
4
8
Buzzer’s
"Tell Me"
0
12
9
Vilma Voroblevaitė
"Vakaras "
42
2
10
Asta
"Man vis tiek"
22
9
11
Wake Up
"Don’t Stop Me"
30
6
12
Jeronimas Milius
"Nomads in the Night "
72
1
Semifinal 2 - 19 January, 2008
Draw
Artist
Song
Points
Place
1
Kristina Botyriūtė
"Life Is Joyful"
20
8
2
Face Time
"Celebrate"
25
6
3
Angelas
"Little Sunshine"
6
10
4
Funny Beat
"EverTown "
46
3
5
Sasha Son "
"Miss Kiss "
72
1
6
Flaer
"New Love Story"
21
7
6
Ingrida Žiliūtė
"You & I "
38
4
8
Raimonda Masiulytė
"Birdie’s Tweet "
60
2
9
Flaxon
"Lietuva man kaip Paryžius"
13
9
10
Justina Adeikytė
"Calling Your Name"
37
5
Semifinal 3 - 26 January, 2008
Draw
Artist
Song
Points
Place
1
Slapjack
"Light"
28
7
2
MyMagic
"Lady"
32
5
3
Skyders
"Neo(e)litas"
22
8
4
Ingrida Paukštytė
"I Will Fight"
13
9
5
Sweetness Theory
"Sun In Her Eyes"
29
6
6
Nerri
"Step Into This World "
41
3
7
Trylika
"I Deceive You"
12
10
8
Augustė
"Do Somethin’ "
66
1
9
Pokeris
"Stone "
41
3
10
Mini-Me
"Yes "
64
2
Final
Draw
Artist
Song
Televote
Place
1
Ingrida Žiliūtė
"You and I"
638
9
2
Vilma Voroblevaitė
"Vakaras"
247
14
3*
Julija and Girma
"To My Soul"
466
12
4
Laiptai
"Aš rasiu"
1,216
8
5
"Funny Beat"
Evertown
1,677
7
6
Augustė
"Do Somethin'"
5,145
6
7
Mini Me
"Yes"
5,936
5
8
Pokeris
"Stone"
633
10
9
Justinas Lapatinskas
"Muziką garsiau!"
299
13
10
Jeronimas Milius
"Nomads in the Night "
11,674
1
11*
Aistė Pilvelytė
"Troy on Fire"
11,242
2
12
Sasha Son
"Miss Kiss"
8,306
3
13
Raimonda Masiulytė
"Birdie's Tweet"
7,391
4
14
Nerri
"Step into this World"
610
11
Wildcards (12 semi-final qualifers were joined by 2 direct finalists.)
Eurovision
Lithuania took part in the second semi-final on 22 May 2008. He failed to qualify to the final. He placed 16th.
Points Awarded by Lithuania[ 3]
Points Awarded to Lithuania (Semi-Final 2)
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point
References
See also
Participation Artists Songs Note: Entries scored out signify where Lithuania did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.
Countries
Artists
Songs
Final Semi-finals
"Candlelight"
"Casanova"
"A Century of Love"
"Complice "
"DJ, Take Me Away"
"Era stupendo "
"Femme Fatale "
"Hasta la vista"
"Have Some Fun"
"Irelande Douze Pointe "
"Let Me Love You "
"Leto svet "
"Nomads in the Night"
"O Julissi"
"Vodka "
"Vrag naj vzame "
"Your Heart Belongs to Me"
"Zauvijek volim te "