Format

The 2015 competition consisted of eight shows and involved artists competing independently from songs, potentially being paired with any of the selected songs. Rule changes included the ability for artists to indicate a preference to perform a particular song on their application. Should the artist and their song reach the final, the artist and the composers were to agree to allow the other finalists to perform the song.^[6] In the first six shows, the 12 competing artists performed covers that related to the theme of that particular show and the potential Eurovision songs. The voting results from the first show were combined with those of the second show and the first artist was eliminated. During each of the third to sixth shows, one artist was eliminated and the remaining three artists advanced in the competition. Starting from the third show, the 12 potential Eurovision songs competed online on a weekly basis and a total of nine songs were eliminated following the sixth show, leaving three songs remaining. The seventh show was the competition's semi-final where only the winning song was selected from the remaining three songs, while the eighth show was the final where the winning artist-song combination was selected from the remaining three artists. Monetary prizes were also awarded to both the winning artist and songwriters. The Lithuanian Copyright Protection Association (LATGA) sponsored 15,000 LTL, awarded to the songwriters in order to encourage further development of the song in an aim to achieve international success, while the Music Association Annual Awards (MAMA) sponsored 5,000 LTL , awarded to the artist in order to assist in their preparation for the Eurovision Song Contest.^[7]

The results of each of the eight shows were determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and public voting. The ranking developed by both streams of voting was converted to points from 1-8, 10 and 12 and assigned based on the number of competing songs in the respective show. During the first seven shows, the jury votes consisted of a Lithuanian jury panel consisting of four members and an international jury panel consisting of three members. In the final, a two-member Lithuanian panel and the three-member international panel voted. The public could vote through telephone and SMS voting. Ties in the elimination shows and the semi-final were decided in favour of the entry that received the most votes from the public, while in the final, a tie would be decided in favour of the entry that was awarded the most points by the jury.^[6]

Competing artists and songs

On 31 October 2014, LRT opened two separate submission forms: one for artists and another for songwriters to submit their songs. The submission deadline for both applications concluded on 15 December 2014.^[8] On 18 December 2014, LRT announced the 12 artists selected for the competition.^[9][10] The 12 potential Eurovision songs selected from 168 submissions received were announced for listening and voting on 13 January 2015.^[11] The song "Skęstu" was originally entered in Lithuanian, however, the song was also translated and performed in English during the fourth elimination show.

Artist and song progress in the shows

Shows

Elimination shows

The six elimination shows of the competition aired between 3 January and 7 February 2015 and featured the 12 competing artists. Audrius Giržadas temporarily replaced Arūnas Valinskas as a host during the fourth show.^[12] The members of the Lithuanian jury consisted of Ramūnas Zilnys (music reviewer; all shows), Juozas Liesis (journalist, first show), Edmundas Seilius (opera singer; first and second show), Linas Adomaitis (musician; first and second show), Audrius Giržadas (LRT chief producer; second show), Sigutė Stonytė (opera singer; third show), Vytautas Lukočius (conductor; third show), Justė Arlauskaitė (singer; third show), Gediminas Zujus (producer; fourth show), Ieva Norkūnienė (choreographer; fourth show), Darius Užkuraitis (LRT Opus director; fourth to sixth shows), Rosita Čivilytė (singer; fifth and sixth show) and Gintaras Rinkevičius (conductor; fifth and sixth show). International jury members included Lela Tsurtsumia (Georgian singer; all shows), René Romkes (organiser of the annual Eurovision in Concert event in the Netherlands; all shows), Peter Jenner (British music manager; second show) and Ralfs Eilands (Latvian singer; third to sixth shows).^[13][14][15]

In the first two shows, the artists performed covers that related to the theme of that particular show: Lithuanian hit songs in the first show and worldwide hit songs in the second show. The results of the both shows were combined and one artist was eliminated. The remaining 11 artists in the competition performed the potential Eurovision songs starting from the third show. The artists each performed one song between the third and fifth shows and two songs in the sixth show, and one artist was eliminated per show. The group Rollikai, which was eliminated following the second show, recorded a performance for the song "Sound of Colours" for the third show, however, the performance was not part of the show as they were previously eliminated. Milita Daikerytė withdrew from the competition following the third show due to illness.^[12][16]

Detailed Jury Votes^[18]

Draw	Artist	LTU	GEO	NLD	Total
1	Mia	3	7	2	12
2	Reda Striškaitė	1	1	4	6
3	Edgaras Lubys	12	10	1	23
4	Monika Linkytė	8	8	5	21
5	Tadas Juodsnukis	10	6	7	23
6	Wilma La				0
7	Rollikai		3	3	6
8	Liepa Mondeikaitė	6		8	14
9	Vaidas Baumila	7	12	10	29
10	Milita Daikerytė	4	5	12	21
11	Jurgis Brūzga	5	4	6	15
12	Neringa Šiaudikytė	2	2		4

Detailed Jury Votes^[18]

Draw	Artist	LTU	GBR	GEO	NLD	Total
1	Edgaras Lubys	7	5	7	8	27
2	Mia	5	2	10	10	27
3	Tadas Juodsnukis	8	4	6		18
4	Neringa Šiaudikytė	4	3	2		9
5	Vaidas Baumila	10	10	12	6	38
6	Reda Striškaitė		1	5	1	7
7	Liepa Mondeikaitė	2	7		12	21
8	Rollikai	1		1	5	7
9	Wilma La				2	2
10	Monika Linkytė	12	8	8	7	35
11	Jurgis Brūzga	3	12	3	4	22
12	Milita Daikerytė	6	6	4	3	19

Detailed Jury Votes^[19]

Draw	Artist	LTU	LVA	GEO	NLD	Total
1	Vaidas Baumila	12	10	8	4	34
2	Mia	6	2	5	5	18
3	Reda Striškaitė	1	3	2	7	13
4	Edgaras Lubys	10	4	10	6	30
5	Neringa Šiaudikytė	2	8	4	3	17
6	Liepa Mondeikaitė	4	1	1	2	8
7	Tadas Juodsnukis	8	6	3	8	25
8	Milita Daikerytė	3	7	7	10	27
9	Monika Linkytė	5	12	12	12	41
10	Jurgis Brūzga	7	5	6	1	19
11	Wilma La					0

Detailed Jury Votes^[12]

Draw	Artist	LTU	LVA	GEO	NLD	Total
1	Edgaras Lubys	10	10	10	5	35
2	Liepa Mondeikaitė	7	3	3	8	21
3	Tadas Juodsnukis	5	4	4	4	17
4	Mia	12	5	7	12	36
5	Vaidas Baumila	6	8	12	7	33
6	Monika Linkytė	4	12	8	6	30
7	Jurgis Brūzga	8	6	5	10	29
8	Neringa Šiaudikytė	3	7	6	3	19

Detailed Jury Votes^[20]

Draw	Artist	LTU	LVA	GEO	NLD	Total
1	Jurgis Brūzga	5	8	8	6	27
2	Liepa Mondeikaitė	6	6	4	10	26
3	Mia	12	4	6	7	29
4	Edgaras Lubys	10	5	7	5	27
5	Neringa Šiaudikytė	4	7	5	4	20
6	Vaidas Baumila	8	12	10	8	38
7	Monika Linkytė	7	10	12	12	41

Detailed Jury Votes^[23]

Draw	Artist	Song	LTU	LVA	GEO	NLD	Total
1	Mia	"Feel My Love"	8	6	6	7	60
		"Flying" (Skęstu)"	12	6	7	8
2	Monika Linkytė	"This Time"	10	12	8	10	80
		"Dangerous (S.O.S.)"	10	10	8	12
3	Vaidas Baumila	"This Time"	12	10	10	12	86
		"Take My Love"	8	12	12	10
4	Edgaras Lubys	"Not Perfect"	6	7	12	6	61
		"No More Tears"	7	7	10	6
5	Jurgis Brūzga	"The Right Way"	7	8	7	8	57
		"Sound of Colours"	6	8	6	7

Song selection

The 12 potential Eurovision songs were evaluated by the public through an internet vote on LRT's voting platform over three rounds. The first round resulted in the elimination of one song, while the second round resulted in the elimination of two songs. The results of first two rounds were determined solely by public voting on LRT's internet platform. In the third round, the top three songs as determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and the internet vote advanced to the semi-final, while the bottom eight were eliminated.^[24] An additional round was to take place following the second round resulting in the elimination of two songs, however, it was cancelled as voting was extended by a week until 25 January 2014.^[21]

Semi-final

The semi-final of the competition aired on 14 February 2015 and featured each of the remaining three artists that qualified from the sixth elimination show each performing the remaining three potential Eurovision songs. The members of the Lithuanian jury consisted of Ramūnas Zilnys (music reviewer), Rosita Čivilytė (singer), Gediminas Zujus (producer) and Vytautas Lukočius (conductor). International jury members included Ralfs Eilands (Latvian singer), Lela Tsurtsumia (Georgian singer) and René Romkes (organiser of the annual Eurovision in Concert event in the Netherlands). "This Time" was selected as the winning song after gaining the most points from both the jury vote and the public vote.^[27]

Semi-final – 14 February 2015

Draw	Song	Jury		Televote		Total	Place
		Votes	Points	Votes	Points
1	"The Right Way"	8	10	319	8	18	3
2	"This Time"	11	12	1,429	12	24	1
3	"Dangerous (S.O.S.)"	5	8	898	10	18	2

Detailed Jury Votes

Draw	Song	LTU	LVA	GEO	NLD	Total
1	"The Right Way"	2	3	2	1	8
2	"This Time"	3	2	3	3	11
3	"Dangerous (S.O.S.)"	1	1	1	2	5

Points awarded to Lithuania

Points awarded to Lithuania (Semi-final 2)[59] Score Country 12 points 10 points  Latvia  Norway 8 points 7 points  Azerbaijan  Cyprus  Ireland 6 points 5 points 4 points  Australia  Iceland  Israel  Malta 3 points  San Marino   Switzerland  United Kingdom 2 points 1 point  Czech Republic

Points awarded to Lithuania (Final)[60] Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points  Ireland  Latvia 6 points  Norway 5 points 4 points  United Kingdom 3 points  Georgia 2 points  Estonia 1 point  Denmark

Points awarded by Lithuania

Points awarded by Lithuania (Semi-final 2)[59] Score Country 12 points  Latvia 10 points  Sweden 8 points  Norway 7 points  Slovenia 6 points  Azerbaijan 5 points  Poland 4 points  Israel 3 points  Cyprus 2 points  Ireland 1 point  Iceland

Points awarded by Lithuania (Final)[60] Score Country 12 points  Latvia 10 points  Sweden 8 points  Estonia 7 points  Belgium 6 points  Georgia 5 points  Norway 4 points  Slovenia 3 points  Australia 2 points  Azerbaijan 1 point  Italy

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Lithuania jury:^[56]

• Lauras Lučiūnas (jury chairperson) – music producer
• Jolita Vaitkevičienė – choir conductor
• Jurga Čekatauskaitė – journalist, author of song lyrics
• Jurgis Brūzga – singer
• Rosita Čivilytė – singer

Detailed voting results from Lithuania (Semi-final 2)^[61]

Draw	Country	L. Lučiūnas	J. Vaitkevičienė	J. Čekatauskaitė	J. Brūzga	R. Čivilytė	Jury Rank	Televote Rank	Combined Rank	Points
01	Lithuania
02	Ireland	5	13	5	6	13	7	12	9	2
03	San Marino	14	16	16	16	16	16	10	14
04	Montenegro	15	11	15	13	10	14	14	15
05	Malta	13	5	12	7	4	6	16	12
06	Norway	4	3	2	3	1	3	5	3	8
07	Portugal	12	6	10	15	14	13	15	16
08	Czech Republic	16	12	14	12	11	15	7	11
09	Israel	10	10	13	8	7	9	6	7	4
10	Latvia	1	2	3	2	3	2	1	1	12
11	Azerbaijan	2	4	6	4	8	4	9	5	6
12	Iceland	7	15	8	10	9	10	11	10	1
13	Sweden	3	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	10
14	Switzerland	9	9	9	14	15	12	13	13
15	Cyprus	11	7	7	11	6	8	8	8	3
16	Slovenia	6	8	4	5	5	5	4	4	7
17	Poland	8	14	11	9	12	11	3	6	5

Detailed voting results from Lithuania (Final)^[62]

Draw	Country	L. Lučiūnas	J. Vaitkevičienė	J. Čekatauskaitė	J. Brūzga	R. Čivilytė	Jury Rank	Televote Rank	Combined Rank	Points
01	Slovenia	9	14	4	14	11	9	7	7	4
02	France	17	24	19	15	17	19	23	21
03	Israel	8	10	17	17	9	11	12	12
04	Estonia	3	8	5	5	12	7	2	3	8
05	United Kingdom	15	9	15	9	25	13	17	17
06	Armenia	24	12	22	24	20	22	22	24
07	Lithuania
08	Serbia	18	22	21	20	19	21	24	25
09	Norway	7	3	1	7	3	3	10	6	5
10	Sweden	5	1	2	1	2	2	4	2	10
11	Cyprus	13	17	12	13	21	14	14	14
12	Australia	14	6	13	2	4	8	9	8	3
13	Belgium	6	4	7	6	5	5	5	4	7
14	Austria	20	11	14	8	8	10	18	16
15	Greece	19	23	10	18	16	17	25	22
16	Montenegro	12	18	23	22	14	18	21	18
17	Germany	11	19	9	11	13	12	16	15
18	Poland	10	15	16	23	15	16	11	13
19	Latvia	2	2	3	3	1	1	1	1	12
20	Romania	23	16	24	21	26	25	15	19
21	Spain	22	25	20	16	22	23	19	20
22	Hungary	21	20	18	25	24	24	20	23
23	Georgia	1	7	8	4	6	4	8	5	6
24	Azerbaijan	4	5	6	10	7	6	13	9	2
25	Russia	26	13	26	19	10	20	3	11
26	Albania	25	26	25	26	23	26	26	26
27	Italy	16	21	11	12	18	15	6	10	1