Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Lithuania returned to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1999, having withdrawn after their debut entry in 1994.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. "Strazdas" was performed in Samogitian, a dialect of Lithuanian.

Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Country Lithuania
National selection
Selection process"Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka 1999
Selection date(s)31 December 1998
Selected entrantAistė
Selected song"Strazdas"
Finals performance
Final result20th, 13 points
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1994 • 1999 • 2001►

Before Eurovision

"Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka 1999

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 final, hosted by Vilija Grigonytė and Vytautas Kernagis, was recorded on 27 December 1998 at the LRT studios in Vilnius during the television program Muzikinis viešbutis, and was later aired on 31 December 1998. 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 jury selected Aistė with "Strazdas" as the winner, with only the points of the top four songs being announced.[1]

Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Aistė Pilvelytė "Nubudusi širdis" — 11
2 B'Avarija "Nešk mane" 17 4
3 Violeta Riaubiškytė "Aš dovanoju" — 6
4 Džeirana Kazlauskaitė "Viena naktyje" — 10
5 Aistė Pilvelytė "Tylos vėrinys" — 9
6 Otilija "Mano žvaigždė" — 8
7 Rūta Ščiogolevaitė "Vasaros buvo per daug" — 5
8 Rene "Sapnas" — 12
9 Aistė Smilgevičiūtė "Strazdas" 57 1
10 B'Avarija "Pamiršk" — 7
11 Rosita Čivilytė "Apie tai" 22 3
12 RebelHeart "Kelias pas tave" 27 2

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 to Lithuania
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

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

References
  1. "Lietuva „Eurovizijoje" – 1999-tieji". Eurodiena.lt (in Lithuanian).
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