Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song „Nomads in the Night“ performed by Jeronimas Milius, after winning the Lithuanian national final.

National final

The national final Lietuvos Dainu Daina (Song for Lithuania) to select Lithuania’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 involved a four-week-long process that commenced on 12 January 2008 and concluded with a winning song and artist on 2 February 2008. The four shows took place at the LRT studios in Vilnius and were hosted by Giedrius Masalskis and Gabrielė Bartkutė (final only). The shows were broadcast on LRT televizija as well as online via the broadcaster’s website lrt.lt.

Format

The format of the competition involved thirty-two entries competing in four shows. The first three shows were the semi-finals consisting of between eleven and twelve entries each. The top four entries advanced per semi-final. The fifth show, held on 2 February 2008, was the final where the winner was selected from the remaining twelve entries and an additional two entries that proceeded directly to the final.

The results of the semi-finals were determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from a three-member jury panel and public televoting. Each jury member had an equal stake in the final result and the public televote had a weighting equal to the votes of a three jury members. The public could submit their votes through telephone and SMS voting. Ties were decided in favour of the entry that received the most votes from the public. In the final, the results were determined by public televoting only.

Competing entries

On 29 October 2007, LRT opened the submissions for artists and songwriters to submit their entries. The submission deadline concluded on 10 December 2007. On 5 January 2008, LRT announced the 36 artists selected for the competition. Among the artists was previous Lithuanian Eurovision contestants Julija Ritčik, who represented Lithuania in 2007 as part of 4Fun. On 17 January 2008, the final changes to the list of 36 competing acts were made with the withdrawal of Vudis and Grūdas and the disqualification of Suicide DJ’s.

ArtistSongSongwriter(s)
Aistė Pilvelytė„Troy on Fire“Rafael Artesero
Angelas„Little Sunshine“Ramūnas Grybauskas
Asta„Man vis tiek“Asta Kairytė
Augustė„Do Somethin’“Augustė Vedrickaitė
Buzzer’s„Tell Me“Ričardas Mikalajūnas
Cisco Kid„1 Million Euros“Lex de Groot, Johan De Maeyer, Francis van Mechelen
Eglė Lokytė„Message in the Sky“Linas Adomaitis
Face Time„Celebrate“Jurgis Brūzga, Eduardas Armonas
Flaer„New Love Story“Adomas Stančikas
Flaxon„Lietuva man kaip Paryžius“Simonas Patkevičius
Funny Beat„Evertown“Linas Adomaitis, Camden-MS
GYVAI„Paukštis“Milda Krikščiūnaitė
Ingrida Paukštytė„I Will Fight“Ingrida Paukštytė, Vladas Grankinas
Ingrida Žiliūtė„You & I“Marijus Adomaitis
Jeronimas Milius„Nomads in the Night“Jeronimas Milius, Vytautas Diškevičius
Julija and Girma„To My Soul“Julija Ritčik
Justina Adeikytė„Calling Your Name“Justina Adeikytė, Laura Remeikienė
Justinas Lapatinskas„Muziką garsiau!“Oleg Jerochin, Eimantas Gardauskas
Kaštonai„The Farmer’s Daughter“Aušrys Kriščiūnas, Povilas Sabaliauskas, Oleg Semionov
Kristina Botyriūtė„Life Is Joyful“Kristina Botyriūtė
Laiptai„Aš rasiu“Rūta Lukoševičiūtė, Audrius Grinevičius
Mini-Me„Yes“Eglė Junevičiūtė, Lukas Pačkauskas
MyMagic„Lady“Stefan Engel, Gorgi
Nerri„Step Into This World“Neringa Žiliūtė, Andrius Bernatonis
Onsa„What’s Wrong“Tautrimas Rupulevičius
Pokeris„Stone“Kamilė Kielaitė, Laimonas Vaižvila
Raimonda Masiulytė„Birdie’s Tweet“Raimonda Masiulytė, Oleg Jerochin
Sasha Son„Miss Kiss“Egidijus Dragūnas
Skyders„Neo(e)litas“Justas Jarutis, Tomas Šileika
Slapjack„Light“Dalius Pletnovias
Sweetness Theory„Sun In Her Eyes“Artūros Bulota, Šarūnas Kramilius
Trylika„I Deceive You“Darius Juška
Vilma Voroblevaitė„Vakaras“Vilma Voroblevaitė
Wake Up„Don’t Stop Me“Aušra Sutkauskaitė

Semi-finals

Three semi-finals were held on 12, 19 and 26 January 2008. Each semi-final featured 10 to 12 competing entries, with four entries selected in each show to advance to the final and the remaining acts being eliminated from the competition.

Semi-final 1 – 12 January 2008

DrawArtistSongJuryPublic TelevotePublic PointsTotalPlace
1Justinas Lapatinskas„Muziką garsiau!“302369393
2Kaštonai„The Farmer’s Daughter“21373511
3Cisco Kid„1 Million Euros“171726238
4Onsa„What’s Wrong“1411501410
5Laiptai„Aš rasiu“789030374
6Eglė Lokytė„Message in the Sky“1528312277
7GYVAI„Paukštis“1367824374
8Buzzer’s„Tell Me“01190012
9Vilma Voroblevaitė„Vakaras“2446318422
10Asta„Man vis tiek“147321229
11Wake Up„Don’t Stop Me“1529715306
12Jeronimas Milius„Nomads in the Night“362,39436721

Semi-final 2 – 19 January 2008

DrawArtistSongJuryPublic TelevotePublic PointsTotalPlace
1Kristina Botyriūtė„Life Is Joyful“828012208
2Face Time„Celebrate“2030615256
3Angelas„Little Sunshine“3853610
4Funny Beat„Evertown“2288924463
5Sasha Son„Miss Kiss“361,73836721
6Flaer„New Love Story“122279217
7Ingrida Žiliūtė„You & I“2034818384
8Raimonda Masiulytė„Birdie’s Tweet“301,1530602
9Flaxon„Lietuva man kaip Paryžius“71226139
10Justina Adeikytė„Calling Your Name“1669821375
12Jeronimas Milius„Nomads in the Night“362,39436721

Semi-final 3 – 26 January 2008

DrawArtistSongJuryPublic TelevotePublic PointsTotalPlace
1Slapjack„Light“1528012287
2MyMagic„Lady“1730615325
3Skyders„Neo(e)litas“161226228
4Ingrida Paukštytė„I Will Fight“42279139
5Sweetness Theory„Sun In Her Eyes“1134818296
6Nerri„Step Into This World“1788924413
7Trylika„I Deceive You“98531210
8Augustė„Do Somethin’“361,1530661
9Pokeris„Stone“2069821413
10Mini-Me„Yes“281,73836642

Final

The final of the competition was broadcast live on 2 February 2008 and featured the remaining twelve entries that qualified from the semi-finals and the two pre-qualified entries: „Troy on Fire“ performed by Aistė Pilvelytė and „To My Soul“ performed by Julija and Girma. „Nomads in the Night“ performed by Jeronimas Milius was selected as the winner after gaining the most votes from the public.

Final – 2 February 2008

DrawArtistSongTelevotePlace
1Ingrida Žiliūtė„You and I“6389
2Vilma Voroblevaitė„Vakaras“24714
3Julija and Girma„To My Soul“46612
4Laiptai„Aš rasiu“1,2168
5Funny Beat„Evertown“1,6777
6Augustė„Do Somethin’“5,1456
7Mini Me„Yes“5,9365
8Pokeris„Stone“63310
9Justinas Lapatinskas„Muziką garsiau!“29913
10Jeronimas Milius„Nomads in the Night“11,6741
11Aistė Pilvelytė„Troy on Fire“11,2422
12Sasha Son„Miss Kiss“8,3063
13Raimonda Masiulytė„Birdie’s Tweet“7,3914
14Nerri„Step into this World“61011
Girma & JulijaSasha Son

Jeronimas Milius was previously a backing singer for Aiste Pilvelyte in the 2006 Lithuanian Final. At the 2nd ESC Semi-Final, he was 16th. Julija represented Lithuania in ESC 2007 as lead singer of the group 4Fun.