Welcome to our second country-specific #AtoZ series. During the National Final season, we will look at a different country alphabetically each week. This week, we are looking at Lithuania and today we are looking at S-V…

Samogitian

Lithuania’s 1999 Eurovision Song Contest entry was performed in Samogitian, a Lithuanian dialect. Aistė performed “Strazdas” in Jerusalem, Israel. Aistė finished in 20th place and 13 points.

The Roop

The Roop were due to represent Lithuania at the cancelled 2020 Eurovision Song Contest, after winning Pabandom iš naujo!

UnoBand

UnoBand have participated in this year’s Pabandom iš naujo!, however failed to qualify for the Semi Final with “Eisiu” – finishing in 10th place and last.

Vilija

Vilija represented Lithuania at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, Denmark – with her song “Attention”. She failed to qualify for the Grand Final, finishing the Semi Final in 11th place, with 36 points.

We will be back tomorrow with our #AtoZ of Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest, with letters W, X, Y, and Z.

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Author: Richard Taylor

Source: Eurovision Ireland