LT United were a Lithuanian music group created in 2006 for the sole purpose of representing Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. The group entered the Lithuanian pre-selection event with the song "

We Are the Winners "We Are the Winners" was the entry into the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, sung by Lithuanian all-star group LT United, consisting of Andrius Mamontovas, Marijonas Mikutavičius, Viktoras Diawara, Saulius Urbonavičius, Arnoldas Lukošius and Eim ...

", winning with almost twice as many votes as the runners-up, and finished 6th in the Eurovision Song Contest final with 162 points.

History

LT United were created in early 2006 after the well-known Lithuanian

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musician Andrius Mamontovas decided it would be a good idea to enter the Eurovision Song Contest. The group consisted of six individuals who were already well known in Lithuania, with all six having some form of musical or

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background. Along with Mamontovas, the other members were Marijonas Mikutavičius, Victor Diawara, Saulius Urbonavičius, Arnoldas Lukošius and Eimantas Belickas. Before joining LT United, Diawara had already represented Lithuania in the contest, finishing 13th in 2001 (see

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) as part of Skamp. The group were described by Mamontovas on LT United's

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as "the musical equivalent of national basketball team". The group entered the Lithuanian pre-selection contest, dominating the scoring and receiving 32,669 points - almost double that of the second-placed Inculto. After performing the song, the Lithuanian

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invited the group to perform at Lithuania's Independence Day. The group also became the Lithuanian ambassadors for the

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' "Time To Help The Others" world development programme. The

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for the song was released for public viewing on 23 March 2006 and was

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by Donatas Ulvydas. The video consisted of clips from their pre-selection performance, along with archive footage of the six members. The press release that accompanied the video stated that the use of archive material was to "prove the experience of each LT United member". The video received a large amount of airplay in Lithuania from March until the time of the contest in late May. Prior to the Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals, LT United refused to perform the song, deciding to wait until the semi-final itself (although a rehearsal performance was released on their official website just before it). The group also contacted

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s across

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to request the song be removed from playlists until 22 May (the day after the final). Despite this, the song became well known among those following the contest, with some annoyed at the lyrics (the statement "We are the winners, of Eurovision" appears 15 times). Some felt the song was

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, although most considered the song

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. When they appeared in the semi-final, there was some booing before and after their performance. Despite that, their stage act (including Arnoldas Lukošius' manic dancing and Saulius Urbonavičius singing into a

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) helped the song to score 163 points, which proved to be enough to finish 5th in the semi-final. When their qualification was announced, loud boos were heard from the crowd. Their final performance did not differ much from that in the semi-final, and despite (less prominent) booing from the crowd present in

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, LT United managed to finish 6th with 162 points (with big points from the

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and the

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, along with their

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neighbours of Latvia and

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as well as from

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). This is Lithuania's best contest finish to date (beating their aforementioned 2001 entrants Skamp by seven places). During the final,

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