Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
has sent four entries to the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest, first entering at the
2007 Contest in
Rotterdam
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The national selection process occurs during the show Mažųjų žvaigždžių ringas (Young Stars Ring), in which young singers aged 10–15 will take part with self-written songs.
The 2007 Lithuanian entry was Lina Jurevičiūtė, a.k.a. Lina Joy, with the song "Kai miestas snaudžia", who finished 13th in the contest.
The 2008 entry was
Eglė Jurgaitytė with "Laiminga diena", which ended third for Lithuania at the
2008 Contest in
Limassol
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After two years of participating
LRT withdrew due to financial reasons from the festival in 2009. But they returned in 2010. That year
LRT sent Bartas with the song "Oki Doki". It placed 6th out of 14 participants.
They also participated in 2011 and sent Paulina Skrabytė with the song "Debesys" which placed 10th.
In 2012, the country withdrew again due to expenses. Lithuania has not returned to the contest since.
Participation overview
Commentators and spokespersons
The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and
YouTube
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. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant
Ivan Ivanov.
The Lithuanian broadcaster, LRT, sent their own commentators to the contest in order to provide commentary in the
Lithuanian language
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. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Lithuania. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2007.
See also
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Lithuania in the Eurovision Dance Contest
The Eurovision Dance Contest was an international ballroom dancing competition that was held for the first time in the United Kingdom on Saturday 1 September 2007.
The contest was similar in format to the long-running Eurovision Song Contest and ...
– Dance version of the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
Lithuania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest (known in Lithuania as ''Eurovizijos dainų konkursas'') 22 times since its debut in 1994, where Ovidijus Vyšniauskas finished last, receiving "nul points". Lithuania withdrew from the ...
– Senior version of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
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Lithuania in the Eurovision Young Musicians
The Eurovision Young Musicians 1994 was the seventh edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at the Philharmonic Concert Hall in Warsaw, Poland, afterwards the last year's contest, winning country, Bartłomiej Nizioł performing the violi ...
– A competition organised by the EBU for musicians aged 18 years and younger.
References
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Countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Lithuanian music