It turned out how Lithuania voted in “Eurovision”: the opinion of the commission and the audience did not differ on one
After all the participants of Eurovision on Saturday evening, the listeners of all the participating countries traditionally announced the Eurovision Scores of their national commission in the final. In Lithuania, this task was entrusted to the leader of the group The Roop, Vaidotas Valiukevičius, this year.
Fans of Eurovision seem to remember it. Noise was heard in the Turin arena when he appeared on a television screen and showed the gesture of the characters in The Roop.
Just a few moments later, Vaidotas announced how this year the Lithuanian commission distributed the points. They awarded 1 point to Serbia, 2 to Iceland, 3 to Sweden, 4 to Italy, 5 to Spain, 6 to the Netherlands, 7 to Switzerland, 10 to the United Kingdom and 12 to Ukraine.
Votes of the Lithuanian Commission in 2022 In Eurovision / Stop Shot
On Sunday night, Lithuanian television viewers were also informed about how they voted. Here, the views of the commission and the fans of Eurovision differed somewhat.
They awarded 1 point to the Netherlands, 2 to Norway, 3 to Italy, 4 to the United Kingdom, 5 to Moldova, 6 to Spain, 7 to Portugal, 8 to Estonia and 10 to Sweden. The Commission and Lithuanian television viewers did not have any questions about one thing – they also awarded Ukraine 12 points.
After the victory of the Kalush Orchestra, a press conference announced that the vote for the 66th Eurovision Song Contest would go down in history – so many countries had not received so many TV votes during the entire song contest.
The votes of Lithuanian television viewers in 2022 In Eurovision / Stop Shot
The composition of this year’s Eurovision Lithuania Commission has also been revealed. It consisted of Lithuanians revolving around the world of music. Vaidas Baumila, who represented Lithuania in a competition with Monika Linkyte seven years ago, joined the members of the commission, as well as singer Jurga Šeduikytė and musician Aistė Lasytė.
Long-term members of the Eurovision Selection Commission – Ieva Narkutė and Darius Užkuraitis.
We remind you that 25 countries competed in the Eurovision final in Turin on May 14: Ukraine, Switzerland, Armenia, Iceland, Lithuania, Portugal, Norway, Greece, Moldova, the Netherlands, the Netherlands Belgium Czech Republic, Azerbaijan, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Australia,Sweden, Romania, Serbia and the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Lithuanian representative Monika Liu took the 14th place with the song “Sentimentai”.