Lithuania in The Song 2

Lithuania participated in The Song 2 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with "Laikinai" performed by Evgenya Redko. The Lithuanian broadcaster, Lietuvos radijas ir televizija (LRT), used the national selection ''Pabandom iš naujo! 2'' to select their representative, the final of which took place on 25 June 2022.

Lithuania was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of The Song which took place on 5 July 2022. Performing during the show in position 5, "Laikinai" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and hence failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that the country placed 15th in the semi-final with 95 points.

Background
Prior to the 2nd edition, Lithuania has participated in The Song one time since its first entry in the 1st edition, with "Rožė", performed by Jessica Shy, finishing twenty-second in the final.

Pabandom iš naujo! 2
On 12 June 2022, LRT confirmed its participation in the 2nd edition. On the same day, the broadcaster announced ''Pabandom iš naujo! 2'' ("Let’s try again! 2") had been confirmed for the first time as the national final format used to select Lithuania’s entry for The Song. The shows were broadcast on YouTube via the broadcaster’s channel.

Format
For the 2nd edition, three shows were held in June 2022, consisting of two semi-finals, and a final, in which 10 contestants took part. The two semi-finals took place on 15 and 19 June, while the final took place on 25 June 2022.

Competing entries
On 12 and 16 June 2022, the lists of the 5 participating artists in the first and the second semi-final respectively was released by LRT. The day after the releases, the titles of their songs were also released.

Semi-final 1
The first semi-final of the competition aired on 15 June 2022 and featured five artists. 2 of the competing acts qualified to the final. The jury vote consisted of twenty-two sets of points (5, 3 and 1 point) from twenty-two professional juries from seventeen countries (Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Russia, San Marino, Serbia and Slovakia), while the public vote consisted of eleven televotes, of which every was worth 18 points.

Semi-final 2
The second semi-final of the competition aired on 19 June 2022 and featured five artists. 3 of the competing acts qualified to the final, 2 as planned and 1 as a wildcard. The jury vote consisted of twenty-one sets of points (5, 3 and 1 point) from twenty-one professional juries from seventeen countries (Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Portugal, Russia and Slovenia), while the public vote was discontinued due to a low amount of received televotes.

Final
The final of the competition aired on 25 June 2022 and featured the five remaining artists. The jury vote consisted of eighteen sets of points (5, 3 and 1 point) from eighteen professional juries from fifteen countries (Andorra, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia and the United Kingdom), while the public vote consisted of fourteen televotes, of which every was worth 12 points.

At The Song
According to The Song rules, all nations with the exceptions of the “Big Six” (six nations with the highest number of votes cast the previous edition) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on their geographical place. On 27 June 2022, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Lithuania was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 5 July 2022, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.

Once all the competing songs for the second edition had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows’ producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Lithuania was set to perform in position 5, following the entry from Spain and before the entry from Ukraine. Immediately after the close of the first semi-final, a press conference was held in which each of the artists drew the half of the final of which they would perform in.

In Lithuania, all shows were broadcast on YouTube via the show’s producers’ channel.

Semi-final
Evgenya Redko took part in the show on 5 July where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries.

At the end of the show, Lithuania was not announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently failing to qualify for the final. This marked the first non-qualification for the final for Lithuania. It was later revealed that Evgenya placed fifteenth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 95 points: 21 points from the televoting and 74 points from the juries.

Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Lithuania during the first semi-final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding one set of points from 1-8, 10 and 12. The exact composition of the professional jury, and the results of each country were released after the final; the individual results from each jury member were also released in an anonymised form. The lithuanian jury consisted of Gunaric, Depresija, and Sajber (Сајбер). In the first semi-final, Lithuania finished in fifteenth place out of twenty entries, marking Lithuania’s first non-qualification to the final. The first semi-final saw Lithuania receive twelve points from Denmark. Over the course of the contest, Lithuania awarded its 12 points to Romania in the first semi-final.

Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Lithuanian jury:


 * Gunaric - Icon
 * Depresija - Icon
 * Sajber (Сајбер) - Flop