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.

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.

[1] The nation’s best placing in the contest was sixth, which it achieved in 2006 with the song "We Are the Winners" performed by LT United.

In the 2015 contest, "This Time" performed by Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila qualified to the final where the song scored 30 points and placed 18th.

[2] On 6 October 2015, the broadcaster announced the organization of "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka, which would be the national final to select Lithuania's entry for Stockholm.

The competition involved a ten-week-long process that commenced on 9 January 2016 and concluded with a winning song and artist on 12 March 2016.

[10] 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.

[10] On 6 October 2015, LRT opened two separate submission forms: one for artists and another for songwriters to submit their songs.

Following Donny Montell's win during the Lithuanian national final, discussions began in regards to the staging of the song with choreographer Sacha Jean-Baptiste.

[34] Montell flew to Sweden in late March and throughout April to rehearse the choreography, which included tests for a jump performed on a trampoline.

[36] The concert was filmed on 26 March at the Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas and featured guests Edgaras Montvidas, Gytis Valickas and the 2015 Lithuanian Eurovision entrants Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila.

[38] Donny Montell focused his promotional efforts in the lead up to the Eurovision Song Contest within Lithuania.

[39] Montell performed a concert tour of Lithuania to promote his album #BLCK, which was released on 14 April 2016.

[40] In addition to his concerts, Montell recorded a performance of "I've Been Waiting for This Night" for the LRT programme Dainų dainelė, which aired on 10 April and he performed a show on 15 April for Lithuanian and NATO troops at the Lithuanian Air Force Aviation Base in Šiauliai.

[43] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top 10 countries from each semi-final progress to the final.

[44] On 25 January 2016, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in.

[33] Donny Montell was joined by four off-stage backing vocalists: Justina Budaitė, Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė, Rasa Doniela and Karolina Rasten.

[60][61] Voting during the three shows was conducted under a new system that involved each country now awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting.

Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency.

This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.

[62] In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.