Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest

Lithuania
Member station	LRT
National selection events	Lietuvos Dainų Daina
Appearances
Appearances	14 (10 finals)
First appearance	1994
Best result	6th: 2006
Worst result	Last: 1994, 2005 SF
External links
Lithuania's page at Eurovision.tv

Lithuania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 14 times, debuting at the 1994 contest. After Ovidijus Vyšniauskas finished last without a single point Lithuania withdrew from the contest, not returning until the 1999 contest, where Aistė Smilgevičiūtė sang "Strazdas", a song in the Samogitian dialect of Lithuanian. Having been relegated from the 2000 contest the country returned with Skamp and "You Got Style", the first Lithuanian song to include English. They received 35 points, placing 13th. However the following year, Aivaras could only manage to come second last with 12 points.

Since the semi-finals were introduced Lithuania again came last with Laura and the Lovers and "Little by Little". The following year the Lithuanian broadcaster Lietuvos Nacionalinis Radijas ir Televizija (LRT) sent LT United to the 2006 contest with the football chant-like song "We Are the Winners". They took Lithuania to the final for the first time since 2002, coming sixth in the final with 162 points, Lithuania's best placing as of 2012.

The following year Lithuania automatically qualified for the final, however 4Fun could not replicate LT United's success, coming 21st with only 28 points, 12 of which came from Ireland. In 2008 Jeronimas Milius failed to reach the final, coming 16th of 19 competing nations in the second semi-final.

Lithuania threatened to boycott the 2009 contest "if Russia continues to showcase power and ignores international law" (ironically since Russia is the country Lithuania has given the most points to). The statement was made in reaction to the Russia's actions in the 2008 South Ossetia war. Culture Minister Jonas Jucas stated that it was too early to discuss the boycott since "spontaneous decisions might aggravate the efforts of diplomats" and thus make the situation worse. At the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Lithuania qualified from the semi finals and at the end of the voting in the final had received 23 points, placing them 23rd.

LRT announced in December 2009 that, due to a lack of necessary funds, Lithuania would formally withdraw from the 2010 Contest. However in the event that the necessary funds of 300,000 litas (€90,000) would be found the broadcaster announced that they would attempt to continue the country's participation. Ultimately, private company TEO LT provided the necessary funding and Lithuania participated in Bærum.

4Fun performing "Love or Leave" at Helsinki (2007)

Jeronimas Milius performing "Nomads in the Night" at Belgrade (2008)

In 2011 Lithuania participated in the first Semi Final on the 10th May 2011 and after coming 5th, qualified for the Final. In the final, Lithuania performed 4th and at the end of the voting had received 63 points putting them 19th.

Contestants

Year	Artist	Song	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1994	Ovidijus Vyšniauskas	"Lopšinė mylimai"	25	0	N/A	N/A
1999	Aistė	"Strazdas"	20	13
2001	SKAMP	"You Got Style"	13	35
2002	Aivaras	"Happy You"	23	12
2004	Linas and Simona	"What's Happened To Your Love?"	X	X	16	26
2005	Laura and The Lovers	"Little by Little"	X	X	25	17
2006	LT United	"We Are the Winners"	6	162	5	163
2007	4Fun	"Love or Leave"	21	28	X	X
2008	Jeronimas Milius	"Nomads in the Night"	X	X	16	30
2009	Sasha Son	"Love"	23	23	9	66
2010	InCulto	"Eastern European Funk"	X	X	12	44
2011	Evelina Sašenko	"C'est ma vie"	19	63	5	81
2012	Donny Montell	"Love Is Blind"	14	70	3	104
2013	Andrius Pojavis	"Something"	22	17	9	53
2014	TBA	TBA

• XX on the semi-finals denotes auto-qualification. This could be the result of one of the following two reasons; if a country had won the previous year, they did not have to compete in the semi-finals the following year. The other reason being that back in 2004-2007, the top ten countries who were not members of the big four did not have to compete in the semi finals the following year. If, for example, Germany and France placed inside the top ten with Spain and the United Kingdom finishing after 15th place, the countries who placed 11th and 12th were advanced to the following year's grand final along with the rest of the top ten countries.
• XX on the finals denotes an unsuccessful attempt at qualifying to the final.

Voting history (1994-2012)

Lithuania has given the most points to...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Russia	103
2	Latvia	60
3	Ukraine	45
	Estonia	45
4	Sweden	42
5	Georgia	41

Lithuania has received the most points from...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Ireland	49
	Latvia	49
2	United Kingdom	34
3	Russia	26
4	Georgia	24
5	Poland	20

NOTE: The totals in the above tables include only points awarded in Eurovision finals, and not the semi-finals since 2004.

Since introducing the semi-finals in 2004 (2004-2011)

Lithuania has given the most points to...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Russia	63
2	Latvia	56
3	Ukraine	48
4	Georgia	46
5	Estonia	38
6	Iceland	30
7	Azerbaijan	29
8	Denmark	25
9	Poland	24
10	Finland	22
	Greece	22

Lithuania has received the most points from...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Ireland	66
2	Latvia	62
3	United Kingdom	48
4	Georgia	30
5	Poland	26
6	Norway	25
7	Russia	17
8	Estonia	15
9	Cyprus	14
10	Denmark	13

NOTE: The tables with points from 2004 include points awarded in both finals and semi-finals where the highest point from the final/semi-final is picked.

External links

• Points to and from Lithuania eurovisioncovers.co.uk