Donny Montell
Donatas Montvydas, born in 1987 attempted to represent Lithuania at Eurovision between 2009 and 2011 with From The Distance, Running Fast and Let Me. From The Distance came second in 2009.
In 2012 Donny took Love Is Blind to Eurovision. He placed 14th in the final. All his Eurovision attempts feature on the 2012 self titled album. In 2016, I’ve Been Waiting For This Night featured on the album #BLCK along with follow up Fly. The album, produced by Echoes, won album of the year at the M.A.M.A awards.In 2017 Screw Me Up reached number 2 on the Lithuanian chart. In 2018 a collaboration with SEL, Žiūrėk ką padarei did the same. On June 6 2020 Donny released the song No Strings.
Donny was a judge on The Voice Lithuania from season 2 to 8. He coached winners, Justina Budaitė and Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė, backing vocalists for the 2016 Eurovision entry. Donny married his wife, Veronika in 2013 and they have two children, Adelę and Kajų.