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Lithuania
Lithuania
In March 1990 Lithuania became the first Soviet republic to announce its independence. Lithuania joined the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994, scoring nul points with its first ever entry.
Following Lithuania's debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994, the country withdrew from the competition and only returned in 1999. The singer Aistė represented the country with the song Strazdas which was sung in Samogitian, a dialect of the Lithuanian language.
Lithuania scored its best placing in 2006, sixth place, with We Are The Winners performed by LT United. The country has only made it to the top ten in the Grand Final once since then, in 2016 with Donny Montell's I've Been Waiting For This Night.
Lithuania currently has the longest national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovizijos dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka usually begins in January and runs for longer than three months!
Facts
The basics
Featured participant
Event | Represented by | Song | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin 1994 | Ovidijus Vyniauskas | Lopine Mylimai | 25 | |
| Jerusalem 1999 | Aiste Smilgeviciute | Strazdas | 13 | 20 |
| Copenhagen 2001 | Skamp | You Got Style | 35 | 13 |
| Tallinn 2002 | Aivaras | Happy You | 12 | 23 |
| Istanbul 2004 | Linas ir Simona | What's Happened To Your Love | ||
| Semi-Final | 26 | 16 | ||
| Kyiv 2005 | Laura and the Lovers | Little By Little | ||
| Semi-Final | 17 | 25 | ||
| Athens 2006 | LT United | We Are The Winners | ||
| Semi-Final | 163 | 5 | ||
| Grand Final | 162 | 6 | ||
| Helsinki 2007 | 4Fun | Love Or Leave | ||
| Grand Final | 28 | 21 | ||
| Belgrade 2008 | Jeronimas Milius | Nomads In The Night | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 30 | 16 | ||
| Moscow 2009 | Sasha Son | Love | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 66 | 9 | ||
| Grand Final | 23 | 23 | ||
| Oslo 2010 | InCulto | Eastern European Funk | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 44 | 12 | ||
| Düsseldorf 2011 | Evelina Sašenko | C'est Ma Vie | ||
| First Semi-Final | 81 | 5 | ||
| Grand Final | 63 | 19 | ||
| Baku 2012 | Donny Montell | Love Is Blind | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 104 | 3 | ||
| Grand Final | 70 | 14 | ||
| Malmö 2013 | Andrius Pojavis | Something | ||
| Grand Final | 17 | 22 | ||
| First Semi-Final | 53 | 9 | ||
| Copenhagen 2014 | Vilija Matačiūnaitė | Attention | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 36 | 11 | ||
| Vienna 2015 | Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila | This Time | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 67 | 7 | ||
| Grand Final | 30 | 18 | ||
| Stockholm 2016 | Donny Montell | I've Been Waiting for This Night | ||
| Grand Final | 200 | 9 | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 222 | 4 | ||
| Kyiv 2017 | Fusedmarc | Rain Of Revolution | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 42 | 17 | ||
| Lisbon 2018 | Ieva Zasimauskaitė | When We're Old | ||
| First Semi-Final | 119 | 9 | ||
| Grand Final | 181 | 12 | ||
In March 1990 Lithuania became the first Soviet republic to announce its independence. Lithuania joined the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994, scoring nul points with its first ever entry.
Following Lithuania's debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994, the country withdrew from the competition and only returned in 1999. The singer Aistė represented the country with the song Strazdas which was sung in Samogitian, a dialect of the Lithuanian language.
Lithuania scored its best placing in 2006, sixth place, with We Are The Winners performed by LT United. The country has only made it to the top ten in the Grand Final once since then, in 2016 with Donny Montell's I've Been Waiting For This Night.
Lithuania currently has the longest national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovizijos dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka usually begins in January and runs for longer than three months!
The basics
Facts
Featured participant
Event | Represented by | Song | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin 1994 | Ovidijus Vyniauskas | Lopine Mylimai | 25 | |
| Jerusalem 1999 | Aiste Smilgeviciute | Strazdas | 13 | 20 |
| Copenhagen 2001 | Skamp | You Got Style | 35 | 13 |
| Tallinn 2002 | Aivaras | Happy You | 12 | 23 |
| Istanbul 2004 | Linas ir Simona | What's Happened To Your Love | ||
| Semi-Final | 26 | 16 | ||
| Kyiv 2005 | Laura and the Lovers | Little By Little | ||
| Semi-Final | 17 | 25 | ||
| Athens 2006 | LT United | We Are The Winners | ||
| Semi-Final | 163 | 5 | ||
| Grand Final | 162 | 6 | ||
| Helsinki 2007 | 4Fun | Love Or Leave | ||
| Grand Final | 28 | 21 | ||
| Belgrade 2008 | Jeronimas Milius | Nomads In The Night | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 30 | 16 | ||
| Moscow 2009 | Sasha Son | Love | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 66 | 9 | ||
| Grand Final | 23 | 23 | ||
| Oslo 2010 | InCulto | Eastern European Funk | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 44 | 12 | ||
| Düsseldorf 2011 | Evelina Sašenko | C'est Ma Vie | ||
| First Semi-Final | 81 | 5 | ||
| Grand Final | 63 | 19 | ||
| Baku 2012 | Donny Montell | Love Is Blind | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 104 | 3 | ||
| Grand Final | 70 | 14 | ||
| Malmö 2013 | Andrius Pojavis | Something | ||
| Grand Final | 17 | 22 | ||
| First Semi-Final | 53 | 9 | ||
| Copenhagen 2014 | Vilija Matačiūnaitė | Attention | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 36 | 11 | ||
| Vienna 2015 | Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila | This Time | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 67 | 7 | ||
| Grand Final | 30 | 18 | ||
| Stockholm 2016 | Donny Montell | I've Been Waiting for This Night | ||
| Grand Final | 200 | 9 | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 222 | 4 | ||
| Kyiv 2017 | Fusedmarc | Rain Of Revolution | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 42 | 17 | ||
| Lisbon 2018 | Ieva Zasimauskaitė | When We're Old | ||
| First Semi-Final | 119 | 9 | ||
| Grand Final | 181 | 12 | ||
The basics
Facts
In March 1990 Lithuania became the first Soviet republic to announce its independence. Lithuania joined the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994, scoring nul points with its first ever entry.
Following Lithuania's debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994, the country withdrew from the competition and only returned in 1999. The singer Aistė represented the country with the song Strazdas which was sung in Samogitian, a dialect of the Lithuanian language.
Lithuania scored its best placing in 2006, sixth place, with We Are The Winners performed by LT United. The country has only made it to the top ten in the Grand Final once since then, in 2016 with Donny Montell's I've Been Waiting For This Night.
Lithuania currently has the longest national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovizijos dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka usually begins in January and runs for longer than three months!
Featured participant
Event | Represented by | Song | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin 1994 | Ovidijus Vyniauskas | Lopine Mylimai | 25 | |
| Jerusalem 1999 | Aiste Smilgeviciute | Strazdas | 13 | 20 |
| Copenhagen 2001 | Skamp | You Got Style | 35 | 13 |
| Tallinn 2002 | Aivaras | Happy You | 12 | 23 |
| Istanbul 2004 | Linas ir Simona | What's Happened To Your Love | ||
| Semi-Final | 26 | 16 | ||
| Kyiv 2005 | Laura and the Lovers | Little By Little | ||
| Semi-Final | 17 | 25 | ||
| Athens 2006 | LT United | We Are The Winners | ||
| Semi-Final | 163 | 5 | ||
| Grand Final | 162 | 6 | ||
| Helsinki 2007 | 4Fun | Love Or Leave | ||
| Grand Final | 28 | 21 | ||
| Belgrade 2008 | Jeronimas Milius | Nomads In The Night | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 30 | 16 | ||
| Moscow 2009 | Sasha Son | Love | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 66 | 9 | ||
| Grand Final | 23 | 23 | ||
| Oslo 2010 | InCulto | Eastern European Funk | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 44 | 12 | ||
| Düsseldorf 2011 | Evelina Sašenko | C'est Ma Vie | ||
| First Semi-Final | 81 | 5 | ||
| Grand Final | 63 | 19 | ||
| Baku 2012 | Donny Montell | Love Is Blind | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 104 | 3 | ||
| Grand Final | 70 | 14 | ||
| Malmö 2013 | Andrius Pojavis | Something | ||
| Grand Final | 17 | 22 | ||
| First Semi-Final | 53 | 9 | ||
| Copenhagen 2014 | Vilija Matačiūnaitė | Attention | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 36 | 11 | ||
| Vienna 2015 | Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila | This Time | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 67 | 7 | ||
| Grand Final | 30 | 18 | ||
| Stockholm 2016 | Donny Montell | I've Been Waiting for This Night | ||
| Grand Final | 200 | 9 | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 222 | 4 | ||
| Kyiv 2017 | Fusedmarc | Rain Of Revolution | ||
| Second Semi-Final | 42 | 17 | ||
| Lisbon 2018 | Ieva Zasimauskaitė | When We're Old | ||
| First Semi-Final | 119 | 9 | ||
| Grand Final | 181 | 12 | ||
Latest news about Lithuania
Lithuania picks 4 more qualifiers and is ready for next week’s final
The national selection Eurovizijos Atranka saw twelve acts perform their entries, with just four continuing to the final:
Find out next Saturday who will become the Lithuanian representative at the 64th Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv. Tune in live on the 23rd of February.
Lithuania selects its first four Eurovizijos Atranka finalists
The national selection Eurovizijos Atranka saw 12 acts perform their entries, with just four continuing to the final on the 23rd of February. These artists are still in the running towards becoming the Lithuanian representative at the 64th Eurovision Song Contest:
Eurovizijos Atranka continues on the 16th of February with the second semi-final. Check out our National Selection Calendar for more broadcast dates.
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