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Lithuania has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 25 times since its debut in Template:Escyr, where "Script error: No such module "Lang"." performed by Ovidijus Vyšniauskas finished last, receiving "nul points". Lithuania withdrew from the contest, not returning until Template:Escyr. The sixth place finish of the song "We Are the Winners", performed by LT United, in Template:Escyr is Lithuania's best result in the contest. The country reached the top ten for a second time in Template:Escyr, when "I've Been Waiting for This Night" by Donny Montell finished ninth, and for the third time in Template:Esccnty, finishing eighth with "Discoteque" by The Roop. The Lithuanian participating broadcaster in the contest is Script error: No such module "Lang". (LRT).

As of 2025, Lithuania remains the only Baltic country that is yet to win the contest after wins for Template:Esccnty in 2001 and Template:Esccnty in 2002. However, since the introduction of the semi-final round in 2004, Lithuania has the most final appearances in comparison to other Baltic nations, with fourteen, compared to eleven for Estonia and eight for Latvia.

Participation

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History

2000s

Having been relegated from the 2000 contest, Lithuania returned in 2001 with "You Got Style" by Skamp, the first Lithuanian song to include English. They received 35 points, placing 13th. However, the following year, Aivaras could only manage to come second-to-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 2024.

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 out of 19 competing nations in the second semi-final.

Lithuania initially threatened to boycott the 2009 contest "if Russia continues to showcase power and ignores international law." The statement was made in reaction to Russia's actions in the Russian invasion of Georgia in 2008.[1] Culture Minister Jonas Jučas 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. They did eventually participate in the 2009 contest, where they qualified from the semi-finals and received 23 points in the final, placing them 23rd.[2]

2010s

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) were found, the broadcaster announced that they would attempt to continue the country's participation.[3] Ultimately, private company TEO LT provided the necessary funding and Lithuania participated in Oslo.

In 2011, Lithuania was represented by Evelina Sašenko with the song "C'est ma vie". The song qualified from the first semi-final, placing 5th with 81 points. In the grand final, Lithuania finished in 19th place with 63 points.[4]

In 2012, Lithuania qualified for the final with Donny Montell and his song "Love Is Blind", placing 3rd with 104 points. They eventually finished 14th in the Grand Final.[5]

In 2013, Lithuania qualified for the final with "Something" by Andrius Pojavis, placing 9th in the first semi-final with 53 points. In the final, he finished in 22nd place with 17 points.[6]

In 2014, Vilija didn't qualify for the final, finishing 11th out of 15 entrants in the second semi-final, scoring 36 points.[7]

In 2015, Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila represented Lithuania with the song "This Time". The duo qualified from the second semi-final, finishing 7th, and ultimately placed 18th in the grand final with 30 points.[8]

In 2016, Donny Montell returned to the contest and achieved Lithuania's best result of the decade, finishing ninth with "I've Been Waiting for This Night".[9]

In 2017, Lithuania was represented by Fusedmarc with the song "Rain of Revolution". The song failed to qualify for the grand final, finishing 17th in the second semi-final with 42 points.[10]

In 2018, Ieva Zasimauskaitė achieved Lithuania's fifth top 15 result, finishing 12th with "When We're Old".[11]

In 2019, Jurij Veklenko represented Lithuania with the song "Run with the Lions". He competed in the second semi-final, placing 11th with 93 points, which was not sufficient to advance to the grand final.[12]

2020s

In 2021, Lithuania qualified for the final with the song "Discoteque" by The Roop, placing 4th in the first semi-final with 203 points. In the final, The Roop reached 8th place with 220 points, thereby achieving Lithuania's second-best result to date.[13][14][15] The Roop was previously chosen to represent the country in the later-cancelled 2020 edition with "On Fire".[16]

In 2022, Monika Liu performed her song "Sentimentai" in Lithuanian, which marked the second appearance of the language in the contest, and the first one since 1994. The song qualified from the semi-final and finished 14th in the grand final.[17]

In 2023, Monika Linkytė represented Lithuania for a second time with the song "Stay". She finished 11th in the grand final with 127 points.[18]

In 2024, Lithuania was represented by Silvester Belt with the song "Luktelk". Silvester Belt was selected through the new national final, Eurovizija.LT, and finished 14th in the grand final with 90 points.[19]

In 2025, Lithuania was represented by band Katarsis with the song "Tavo akys". They managed to get Lithuania its fifth consecutive qualification to the final. In the grand final, they finished 16th, scoring 96 points.

Participation overview

Table key
3 Third place
Last place
X Entry selected but did not compete
Year Artist Song Language Final Points Semi Points
Template:Escyr Ovidijus Vyšniauskas "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Lithuanian 25 ◁ 0 rowspan="4" colspan="2" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr Aistė "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Samogitian 20 13
Template:Escyr Skamp "You Got Style" English, Lithuanian 13 35
Template:Escyr Aivaras "Happy You" English 23 12
Template:Escyr Linas and Simona "What's Happened to Your Love" English colspan="2" rowspan="2" Template:N/A 16 26
Template:Escyr Laura and the Lovers "Little by Little" English 25 ◁ 17
Template:Escyr LT United "We Are the Winners" English, French 6 162 5 163
Template:Escyr 4Fun "Love or Leave" English 21 28 colspan="2" Template:N/ATemplate:Efn
Template:Escyr Jeronimas Milius "Nomads in the Night" English colspan="2" Template:N/A 16 30
Template:Escyr Sasha Son "Love" English, Russian 23 23 9 66
Template:Escyr InCulto "Eastern European Funk" English colspan="2" Template:N/A 12 44
Template:Escyr Evelina Sašenko "Script error: No such module "Lang"." English 19 63 5 81
Template:Escyr Donny Montell "Love Is Blind" English 14 70 3 104
Template:Escyr Andrius Pojavis "Something" English 22 17 9 53
Template:Escyr Vilija "Attention" English colspan="2" Template:N/A 11 36
Template:Escyr Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila "This Time" English 18 30 7 67
Template:Escyr Donny Montell "I've Been Waiting for This Night" English 9 200 4 222
Template:Escyr Fusedmarc "Rain of Revolution" English colspan="2" Template:N/A 17 42
Template:Escyr Ieva Zasimauskaitė "When We're Old" English 12 181 9 119
Template:Escyr Jurij Veklenko "Run with the Lions" English colspan="2" Template:N/A 11 93
Template:Escyr The Roop "On Fire" English colspan="4" Template:N/ATemplate:Efn X
Template:Escyr The Roop "Discoteque" English 8 220 4 203
Template:Escyr Monika Liu "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Lithuanian 14 128 7 159
Template:Escyr Monika Linkytė "Stay" English, Lithuanian 11 127 4 110
Template:Escyr Silvester Belt "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Lithuanian 14 90 4 119
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Lithuanian 16 96 6 103

Trivia

Songs by language

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Songs Language Years
21 English Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr
5 Lithuanian Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr
1 Samogitian Template:Escyr
1 Russian Template:Escyr

Selection process

Year Selection process
Template:Escyr Internal selection
Template:Escyr National final with 12 participants
Template:Escyr National final with 15 participants
Template:Escyr
Template:Escyr National final with 52 participants (18 in the final)
Template:Escyr National final with 49 participants (20 in the final)
Template:Escyr National final with 47 participants (16 in the final)
Template:Escyr National final with 35 participants (11 in the final)
Template:Escyr National final with 32 participants (14 in the final)
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". with 36 participants (10 in the final)
Template:Escyr National final with 34 participants (12 in the final)
Template:Escyr National final with 40 participants (13 in the final)
Template:Escyr National final with 36 participants (14 in the final)
Template:Escyr National final with 39 participants (7 in the final)
Year Selection process
Template:Escyr National final with 20 participants (3 in the final)
Template:Escyr National final with 12 participants (2 in the final)
Template:Escyr National final with 28 participants (6 in the final)
Template:Escyr National final with 49 participants (7 in the final)
Template:Escyr National final with 50 participants (6 in the final)
Template:Escyr National final with 49 participants (8 in the final)
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". with 36 participants (8 in the final)
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". with 21 participants (6 in the final)
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". with 34 participants (8 in the final)
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". with 30 participants (10 in the final)
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". with 40 participants (10 in the final)
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". with 45 participants (12 in the final)

Awards

Winner by OGAE members

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Year Song Performer Final Points Host city Template:Refh
Template:Escyr "On Fire" The Roop colspan="2" Template:N/A Template:Flagicon Rotterdam [20]

Barbara Dex Award

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Year Performer Host city Template:Refh
Template:Escyr Vilija Matačiūnaitė Template:Flagicon Copenhagen [21]

Related involvement

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Delegation members

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Template:Ill (right) has served as the Head of Delegation for Lithuania since 2010.

Each participating broadcaster in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the contestants, songwriters, composers, and backing vocalists, among others.[22]

Heads of delegation

Year Head of delegation Ref.
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Heads of press

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Jury members

Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals for the semi-finals and Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest, ranking all entries except for their own. The juries' votes constitute 50% of the overall result alongside televoting.[32] The modern incarnation of jury voting was introduced beginning with the Template:Escyr.[33]

Year First member Second member Third member Fourth member Fifth member Ref.
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Linas Rimša Linas Adomaitis Template:Ill Edita Vilčiauskienė Template:Ill [34]
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Commentators and spokespersons

LRT usually broadcasts all shows in Lithuania on Script error: No such module "Lang". and on Script error: No such module "Lang". as well as online via the broadcaster's website lrt.lt. For the show's broadcast on LRT several commentators have provided comment on the contest in the local language. Template:Ill was Eurovision commentator in Lithuania as many as 19 times. He was replaced by Template:Ill in 2021. At the Eurovision Song Contest after all points are calculated, the presenters of the show call upon each voting country to invite each respective spokesperson to announce the results of their vote on-screen.

Year Commentator Spokesperson Ref.
1994 Template:N/A Gitana Lapinskaitė [46][47]
1995 Template:N/A rowspan="4" Template:N/A [48]
1996 Template:N/A [49]
1997 Template:N/A [50]
1998 rowspan="2" Template:N/A [51]
1999 Andrius Tapinas [52][47]
2000 Ramūnas Česonis and Vilija Grigonytė Template:N/A Template:Source?
2001 Template:Ill Loreta Tarozaitė [53][47]
2002
2003 Template:N/A
2004 Template:Ill
2005
2006 Template:Ill
2007
2008 Template:Ill
2009 Ignas Krupavičius
2010 Template:Ill
2011
2012 Ignas Krupavičius
2013
2014
2015 Ugnė Galadauskaitė
2016
2017 Template:Ill and Gerūta Griniūtė Eglė Daugėlaitė [54][47]
2018
2019 Template:IllTemplate:Efn
2021 Template:Ill Andrius Mamontovas [55][56]
2022 Vaidotas Valiukevičius [57]
2023 Monika Liu [58]
2024 Monika Linkytė [59][60]
2025 Silvester Belt [61][62][63]

Other shows

Show Commentator Ref.
Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest Template:Ill Template:Source?
Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light Template:Ill [64]

Stage directors

The appointed stage directors are responsible for directing the country's live performance, for camerawork and for the visuals used.[65]

Year Stage directors Ref.
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Costume designers

Year Costume designers Ref.
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Conductors

Tomas Leiburas was the only Lithuanian conductor in Eurovision as he conducted their 1994 entry.

Photo gallery

See also

Notes

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