| Eurovision Song Contest 2016 | ||||
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| Country |  Lithuania | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka | |||
| Selection date(s) | Elimination shows: 9 January 2016 – 27 February 2016 Semi-final: 5 March 2016 Final: 12 March 2016 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Donny Montell | |||
| Selected song | "I've Been Waiting for This Night" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (4th, 222 points) | |||
| Final result | 9th, 200 points | |||
| Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "I've Been Waiting for This Night" written by Jonas Thander and Beatrice Robertsson. The song was performed by Donny Montell, who previously represented Lithuania in the 2012 contest with the song "Love Is Blind", placing 14th in the final. The Lithuanian broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) organised the national final "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka (Eurovision Song Contest national selection) in order to select the Lithuanian entry for the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden. The national final took place over 10 weeks and involved 28 artists competing in two different competitive streams: artists that applied with a song and artists that were matched with a song from the song submissions LRT received because they did not have a song. The results of each show were determined by the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public vote. In the final, six artists and songs remained and "I've Been Waiting For This Night" performed by Donny Montell was selected as the winner.
Lithuania was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2016. Performing during the show in position 9, "I've Been Waiting for This Night" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Lithuania placed fourth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 222 points. In the final, Lithuania performed in position 16 and placed ninth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 200 points.