Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Lithuania was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 by "Little by Little" performed by Laura & the Lovers. It was chosen at the Lithuanian National Final on 26 February. The song was written and composed by Swedes Bobby Ljunggren & William Butt.
Laura & the Lovers are a Lithuanian pop group. They were formed by Lithuanian music executives Justas Garliauskas and Danielius Mironas and composers and producers Ljunggren and Butt. Laura has competed in many International festivals and has released hit songs and album.
Before Eurovision
''Nacionalinė atranka į Euroviziją 2005''
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)
Semi-final 2 (15 January 2005)
Semi-final 3 (22 January 2005)
Semi-final 4 (29 January 2005)
Semi-final 5 (5 February 2005)
Semi-final 6 (12 February 2005)
Semi-final 7 (19 February 2005)
Final (26 February 2005)
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 & the Lovers, was chosen by televoting.| Draw | Singer | Song | Televote | Place |
| 1 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "I'll Let You Fly" | 651 | 9 |
| 2 | Eva & 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" | 1060 | 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 & The Lovers | "Little By Little" | 5465 | 1 |
| 17 | Ergo Fine | "Buona siera" | 1533 | 3 |
| 18 | Tele Bim-Bam Neringa & Draugai | "Pupa, pupa" | 1462 | 4 |
| 19 | Pusbroliai Aliukai & Sesutė | "My Pretty" | 268 | 15 |
| 20 | Alanas Chošnau | "Light Up The World" | 5292 | 2 |
At Eurovision
Because Lithuania failed to qualify in 2004 Laura & 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 with 17 points failing to qualify to the Grand Final. Therefore, Lithuania will have to compete in the semi-final again in ESC 2006.The spokesperson who revealed Lithuania's votes for other countries was LRT host Rolandas Vilkončius.
Points awarded by Lithuania
Semi final
Points awarded in semi-final:| 12 points | |
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Final
Points awarded in the final| 12 points | |
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