Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Country	Lithuania
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	31 December 1998
Selected entrant	Aistė
Selected song	"Strazdas"
Finals performance
Final result	20th, 13 points
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1994 • 1999 • 2001►

Lithuania returned to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1999, having withdrawn after their debut entry in 1994. Lithuania's second Eurovision entry came from Aistė, who performed "Strazdas" (The song thrush) at the 1999 Contest in Jerusalem, Israel.

National final

For Lithuania's return to Eurovision after five years, the Lithuanian broadcaster Lietuvos radijas ir televizija (LRT) held a national final to select the second Lithuanian entry. The contest was held on 27 December 1998, but was not broadcast on television until 31 December, and was recorded in the capital Vilnius, hosted by Vilija Grigonyte and Vytautas Kernagis. Both televoting and jury voting was used during the show, however only the votes of the jury decided the winner.

The televote results showed that RebelHeart had won with 40%, with Aistė Smilgevičiūtė coming second with 33%. The winner was decided by a jury, with only the top 4 songs being known. The winner of the jury vote was Aistė with "Strazdas", performed in Samogitian, a dialect of Lithuanian.

At Eurovision

Aistė opened the 1999 contest, performing first in a field of 23, preceding Belgium in the running order. "Strazdas" received 13 points: 1 point from Malta, two points each from Estonia and Croatia, three points from Israel, and 5 points from Cyprus, placing 20th in a field of 23. As such Lithuania was relegated from the 2000 Contest, due to low average scores over the past five years.

Voting

Points awarded to Lithuania

Points awarded by Lithuania

12 points	Ireland
10 points	Slovenia
8 points	Iceland
7 points	Poland
6 points	Croatia
5 points	United Kingdom
4 points	Netherlands
3 points	Sweden
2 points	France
1 point	Estonia

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1999
• Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest

External links

• Lithuanian National Final 1999

Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 1994 1995 to 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Artists 1990s Ovidijus Vyšniauskas 1995 to 1998 Aistė 2000s 2000 SKAMP Aivaras 2003 Linas and Simona Laura and The Lovers LT United 4Fun Jeronimas Milius Sasha Son 2010s InCulto Evelina Sašenko Donny Montell Andrius Pojavis Vilija Matačiūnaitė Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila Donny Montell
Songs 1990s "Lopšinė mylimai" 1995 to 1998 "Strazdas" 2000s 2000 "You Got Style" "Happy You" 2003 "What's Happened To Your Love?" "Little by Little" "We Are the Winners" "Love or Leave" "Nomads in the Night" "Love" 2010s "Eastern European Funk" "C'est ma vie" "Love Is Blind" "Something" "Attention" "This Time" "I've Been Waiting for This Night"
(Note: Entries scored out are when Lithuania did not compete)