Lithuania was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 by "Little by Little" performed by Laura and the Lovers . It was chosen at the Lithuanian National Final on 26 February. The song was written and composed by Swedes Bobby Ljunggren and William "Billy" Butt.
Before Eurovision
Nacionalinė atranka į Euroviziją 2005
Semi-finals
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
"Meilė tau"
70
7
3
Atika
"Apie potvynius"
128
5
4
Soft Rain
"Laiko upė"
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
"Erškėtrožės"
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 and the Lovers
"Little by Little"
1,743
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 and Česlovas Gabalis
"I'll Be There"
831
2
5
Saulės kliošas
"Discoholic"
1,074
1
6
Bracelet and 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"
1,377
1
4
Audronė Girkontaitė
"Šok, berniuk"
67
7
5
Pusbroliai Aliukai and 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 upės"
971
3
5
Vilija Matačiūnaitė
"Oh My God"
1,585
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
"Kelionė"
116
7
3
Tele Bim-Bam Neringa and Draugai
"Pupa, pupa"
1,631
1
4
Audronė Augaitytė
"Dvasia"
155
6
5
Rasa Kaušiūtė
"Back in the Game"
1,112
2
6
Žydrė
"My Heart’s Praying"
984
4
7
B'Avarija
"Oceans of Love"
1,088
3
Semi-final 7 – 19 February 2005
Draw
Artist
Song
Televote
Place
1
Ergo Fine
"Buona siera"
3,547
1
2
Lana Švilpe
"The Love Is Over"
605
4
3
Land/Hey!
"Existence"
219
6
4
N.E.O.
"You Are in Hollywood"
2,175
2
5
Reda Striškaitė
"Now You Know"
508
5
6
Lawry
"Be My Lover"
1,467
3
Final
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 and the Lovers , was chosen by televoting.
Final – 26 February 2005
Draw
Artist
Song
Televote
Place
1
Aistė Pilvelytė
"I'll Let You Fly"
651
9
2
Eva and 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"
1,060
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 and the Lovers
"Little by Little"
5,465
1
17
Ergo Fine
"Buona siera"
1,533
3
18
Tele Bim-Bam Neringa and Draugai
"Pupa, pupa"
1,462
4
19
Pusbroliai Aliukai and Sesutė
"My Pretty"
268
15
20
Alanas Chošnau
"Light Up the World"
5,292
2
At Eurovision
Because Lithuania failed to qualify in 2004 Laura and 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.[1]
The spokesperson who revealed Lithuania's votes for other countries was LRT host Rolandas Vilkončius.[2]
Voting
Points awarded to Lithuania
Points awarded to Lithuania (Semi-final)[3]
Score
Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
Latvia
7 points
6 points
5 points
Ireland
4 points
United Kingdom
3 points
2 points
1 point
Points awarded by Lithuania
References
Participation Artists Songs Note: Entries scored out signify where Lithuania did not compete
Countries
Artists
Songs
Final Semi-final
"Amar "
"Czarna dziewczyna "
"Le grand soir "
"If I Had Your Love"
"Let's Get Loud"
"Little by Little"
"Lorraine"
"Love Me Tonight"
"Love?"
"La mirada interior "
"My Impossible Dream"
"Stop"
"Tout de moi "
"Why?"
"Y así "
Withdrawn