Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017

Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The artist and song that represented Lithuania in the 2017 contest were selected through a national final, „Eurovizijos“ dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka, organised by the Lithuanian broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT), culminating in a final on 11 March 2017.

Lithuania was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 11 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 16, "Rain of Revolution" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final.

Background 

Prior to the 2017 Contest, Lithuania had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest seventeen times since its first entry in 1994. The nation's best placing in the contest was sixth, which it achieved in 2006 with the song "We Are the Winners" performed by LT United. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the , Lithuania, to this point, has managed to qualify to the final eight times. In the 2016 contest, "I've Been Waiting for This Night" performed by Donny Montell qualified to the final where the song scored 200 points and placed 9th.
 
For the 2017 Contest, the Lithuanian national broadcaster, Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT), will broadcast the event within Lithuania and will organise the selection process for the nation's entry. Other than the internal selection of their debut entry in 1994, Lithuania has selected their entry consistently through a national final procedure, a method that was continued for their 2016 participation. LRT confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest on 11 August 2016. On 11 October 2016, the broadcaster announced the organization of "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka, which would be the national final to select Lithuania's entry for Kiev.

Before Eurovision

"Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka

Competing entries
The 49 songs competing in "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka 2017 were announced on 28 December 2016.

Shows 
The national selection show "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka will begin on 7 January 2017. The first four shows will be elimination heats where half the acts will be eliminated each week.

Heat 1 (7 January 2017)

Heat 2 (14 January 2017)

Heat 3 (21 January 2017)

Heat 4 (28 January 2017)

Heat 5 (4 February 2017)

Heat 6 (11 February 2017)

Heat 7 (18 February 2017)

Heat 8 (25 February 2017)

Semi Final (4 March 2017)

Online Repechage (6 March 2017)

Final (11 March 2017)

At Eurovision

Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Lithuania and awarded by Lithuania in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:

Points awarded to Lithuania

Points awarded by Lithuania

Split voting results
The following five members comprised the Lithuanian jury:

 Vytenis Pauliukaitis  – Chairperson – television and entertainment director
 Giedrė Kilčiauskienė – singer
 Viktorija Navickaitė – journalist
 Rafailas Karpis – singer
 Vaidas Stackevičius – music producer

References

External links 

Category:Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Category:Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
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