Eurovision Song Contest 2013 | ||||
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Country | Lithuania | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka | |||
Selection date(s) | Heats: 3 November 2012 10 November 2012 17 November 2012 24 November 2012 1 December 2012 Semi-finals: 8 December 2012 15 December 2012 Final: 20 December 2012 | |||
Selected artist(s) | Andrius Pojavis | |||
Selected song | "Something" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | Andrius Pojavis | |||
Placement | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (9th, 53 points) | |||
Final result | 22nd, 17 points | |||
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Something" written and performed by Andrius Pojavis. The Lithuanian broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) organised the national final "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka (Eurovision Song Contest national selection) in order to select the Lithuanian entry for the 2013 contest in Malmö, Sweden. The national final took place over ten weeks and involved 39 competing entries. In the final, seven entries remained and the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public vote selected the top three to qualify to the superfinal. In the superfinal, a jury vote entirely selected "Something" performed by Andrius Pojavis as the winner.
Lithuania was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 14 May 2013. Performing during the show in position 10, "Something" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 18 May. It was later revealed that Lithuania placed ninth out of the 16 participating countries in the semi-final with 53 points. In the final, Lithuania performed in position 2 and placed twenty-second out of the 26 participating countries with 17 points.