Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Lithuanian entry was selected through a national selection, organised by the Lithuanian broadcaster LRT. Donny Montell represented Lithuania with the song "Love Is Blind", which qualified from the second semi-final and went on to place 14th in the final, scoring 70 points.
Before Eurovision
Eurovizija atranka Lietuvoje
On 11 September 2011, LRT confirmed Lithuania's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, although the broadcaster struggled with financial problems. Additionally, the Lithuanian head of Delegation, Audrius Girzadas, has not excluded the possibility of selecting next year's national representative in Eurovision internally, given the financial difficulties LRT is going through.
Format
On 6 November 2011, LRT announced more details on their national selection. Four semi-finals were aired and the top three from each semi-final advanced to the final. The results of the semi-finals were determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and public televoting. The voting of the jury was aired live. The winning song in the final was selected over two rounds of voting: the first round results were determined by the 50/50 combination from a jury panel and public televoting, while the second round was determined solely by the jury panel. The Lithuanian representative in Baku was awarded 15,000 litai. The runner-up won 10,000 litai, while the third place finisher received 5,000 litai.
Competing entries
Entries can be submitted to LRT between 14 October 2011 and 2 January 2012. Songs published before 1 September were not eligible to enter the selection, and the acts can not feature more than six people on stage. 36 songs were chosen from the received submissions to compete at the selection.
The second semi-final was aired on 11 February 2012.
Semi-final 3
The third semi-final was aired on 18 February 2012.
Semi-final 4
The fourth semi-final was aired on 25 February 2012. Greta Šmidt was awarded a wildcard for the final due to having received the most positive response on a mobile phone application.
Final
The final took place on 3 March 2012 at the LRT TV Studios in Vilnius, hosted by Liepa Rimkevičienė and Darius Užkuraitis. The twelve entries that qualified from each of the four preceding semi-finals and two wildcards from the eliminated entries, all together fourteen songs, competed during the show. The winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, a jury and public televote determined the top three entries to proceed to the superfinal. In the superfinal, the winner was selected entirely by the jury vote.
At Eurovision
Lithuania competed in the second half of the second semi-final on 24 May. In the running order draw, determined on 20 March 2012, Lithuania got a wildcard and opted to perform last. Montell eventually advanced to the finals and performed fourth. The song finished in 14th place with 70 points which was an improvement for the country since last year's participation where they finished 19th. In addition, it was revealed that Lithuania came 3rd during the second semi-finals with 104 points.
Split results
In the Semi-final 2 Lithuania came 3rd with 104 points: the public awarded Lithuania 3rd place with 128 points and the jury awarded 10th place with 55 points.
In the Final Lithuania came 14th with 70 points: the public awarded Lithuania 14th place with 68 points and the jury awarded 14th place with 82 points.
