Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
- Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
Infobox Eurovision country
Name = Lithuania
Member station = LRT
National selection event =
ESC apps = 8
ESC first = 1994
ESC best = 6th, 2006
ESC worst = Last, 1994, SF 2005
Website = [http://www.eurovizija.lt/ LRT page]
EBU page = http://www.eurovision.tv/index/main?page=67&country=30
Lithuania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest six times, debuting in 1994 (see ESC1994). After finishing last without a single point, Lithuania withdrew for five years, but has participated since 1999 , except in 2000 and 2003, when they did not get enough points in the preceding year. The country had for a long time never finished in the top ten, and finished last in the 2005 semi-final. In 2006, LT United delivered the country's best placing (6th) with the highly controversial song 'We Are The Winners'.
Lithuania has threatened to boycott the 2009 contest "if Russia continues to showcase power and ignores international law". The statement was made in reaction to the Russia's actions in the 2008 South Ossetia war. [cite web |url=http://www.esckaz.com/2008/ |title=Lithuanian Broadcaster Head supports his Estonian colleague in Eurovision boycott |publisher="ESCKaz" |date=2008-08-22|accessdate=2008-08-22] 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. [cite web|url=http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/baltics_cis/?doc=4406|title=Culture minister of Lithuania: too early to speak about boycott of Eurovision|last=Vaida|first=Petras|date=2008-08-25|publisher="The Baltic Course"|accessdate=2008-08-25]
Contestants
NOTE: The totals in the above tables include only points awarded in Eurovision finals, and not the semi-finals since 2004.
References
External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TApSLyo8pck Video of song "Love or leave"]
* [http://www.eurovision.tv/ Eurovision official website]
* [http://www.eurovizija.lt Lithuanian official Eurovision website]
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