Lithuania has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 26 times since its debut in . The Lithuanian participating broadcaster in the contest is (LRT), which has been a member of the European Broadcasting Union since 1993.
The country achieved its best result in , when "We Are the Winners" by LT United finished sixth. Its other top-ten results are a ninth-place finish with "I've Been Waiting for This Night" by Donny Montell in and an eighth-place finish with "Discoteque" by The Roop in .
As of , Lithuania is the only Baltic country that has not won the contest, following wins for in and in . Since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, Lithuania has qualified for the final 15 times.
Participation (LRT) has been a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1 January 1993, making them eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest since then. It has participated in the contest representing Lithuania since the in 1994. LRT had previously considered to debut in the contest in , however the planned entry failed to materialize.
History 1990s Lithuania debuted in the contest in 1994, however, its entry, "" performed by Ovidijus Vyšniauskas, finished last and received no points. LRT withdrew after its debut and did not return until . Following a poor result in 1999, Lithuania was relegated from participating in the 2000 contest.
2000s Lithuania returned in 2001 with "You Got Style" by Skamp, the first Lithuanian song to include English. They received 35 points, placing 13th. However, the following year, Aivaras could only manage to come second-to-last with 12 points.
Since the semi-finals were introduced, Lithuania again came last with Laura and the Lovers and "Little by Little". The following year, the Lithuanian broadcaster Lietuvos nacionalinis radijas ir televizija (LRT) sent LT United to the 2006 contest with the football chant-like song "We Are the Winners". They took Lithuania to the final for the first time since 2002, coming sixth in the final with 162 points, Lithuania's best placing as of 2026.
The following year, Lithuania automatically qualified for the final; however, 4Fun could not replicate LT United's success, coming 21st with only 28 points, 12 of which came from Ireland. In 2008, Jeronimas Milius failed to reach the final, coming 16th out of 19 competing nations in the second semi-final.
Lithuania initially threatened to boycott the 2009 contest "if Russia continues to showcase power and ignores international law." The statement was made in reaction to Russia's actions in the Russian invasion of Georgia in 2008. Culture Minister Jonas Jučas stated that it was too early to discuss the boycott since "spontaneous decisions might aggravate the efforts of diplomats" and thus make the situation worse. They did eventually participate in the 2009 contest, where they qualified from the semi-finals and received 23 points in the final, placing them 23rd.
2010s LRT announced in December 2009 that, due to a lack of necessary funds, Lithuania would formally withdraw from the 2010 Contest. However, in the event that the necessary funds of 300,000 litas (€90,000) were found, the broadcaster announced that they would attempt to continue the country's participation. Ultimately, private company TEO LT provided the necessary funding and Lithuania participated in Oslo.
In 2011, Lithuania was represented by Evelina Sašenko with the song "C'est ma vie". The song qualified from the first semi-final, placing 5th with 81 points. In the grand final, Lithuania finished in 19th place with 63 points.
In 2012, Lithuania qualified for the final with Donny Montell and his song "Love Is Blind", placing 3rd with 104 points. They eventually finished 14th in the Grand Final.
In 2013, Lithuania qualified for the final with "Something" by Andrius Pojavis, placing 9th in the first semi-final with 53 points. In the final, he finished in 22nd place with 17 points.
In 2014, Vilija didn't qualify for the final, finishing 11th out of 15 entrants in the second semi-final, scoring 36 points.
In 2015, Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila represented Lithuania with the song "This Time". The duo qualified from the second semi-final, finishing 7th, and ultimately placed 18th in the grand final with 30 points.
In 2016, Donny Montell returned to the contest and achieved Lithuania's best result of the decade, finishing ninth with "I've Been Waiting for This Night".
In 2017, Lithuania was represented by Fusedmarc with the song "Rain of Revolution". The song failed to qualify for the grand final, finishing 17th in the second semi-final with 42 points.
In 2018, Ieva Zasimauskaitė achieved Lithuania's fifth top 15 result, finishing 12th with "When We're Old".
In 2019, Jurij Veklenko represented Lithuania with the song "Run with the Lions". He competed in the second semi-final, placing 11th with 93 points, which was not sufficient to advance to the grand final.
2020s Lithuania selected The Roop to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with "On Fire", but the contest was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The group returned in with "Discoteque", qualifying in fourth from the first semi-final and finishing eighth in the final with 220 points. The result was Lithuania's second-best placing in the contest.
In , Monika Liu represented Lithuania with "Sentimentai". The song was performed in Lithuanian, marking the first Lithuanian-language entry for the country since its 1994 debut. It qualified for the final after placing seventh in the first semifinal and finished 14th overall with 128 points. Monika Linkytė returned to the contest in with "Stay", placing 11th in the final with 127 points.
Lithuania was represented in by Silvester Belt with "", which was selected through . The song qualified from the first semi-final in fourth place and finished 14th in the final. In , the alternative rock band Katarsis represented Lithuania with "". The entry qualified from the second semi-final and finished 16th in the final with 96 points.
In , Lion Ceccah represented Lithuania with "". He was selected through , after a national selection that included five weeks of semi-finals and 40 competing songs. The entry qualified from the first semi-final, becoming Lithuania's 6th consecutive qualifier, the longest qualification streak the country has had, and finished 22nd in the final with 22 points.
Participation overview + Table key 3 Third place ◁ Last place ◇ Entry selected but did not compete † Upcoming event
Year Artist Song Language Final Points Semi Points Ovidijus Vyšniauskas "" Lithuanian 25 ◁ 0 rowspan="4" colspan="2" Aistė "" Samogitian 20 13 Skamp "You Got Style" English, Lithuanian 13 35 Aivaras "Happy You" English 23 12 Linas and Simona "What's Happened to Your Love" English colspan="2" rowspan="2" 16 26 Laura and the Lovers "Little by Little" English 25 ◁ 17 LT United "We Are the Winners" English 6 162 5 163 4Fun "Love or Leave" English 21 28 colspan="2" Jeronimas Milius "Nomads in the Night" English colspan="2" 16 30 Sasha Son "Love" English, Russian 23 23 9 66 InCulto "Eastern European Funk" English colspan="2" 12 44 Evelina Sašenko "" English 19 63 5 81 Donny Montell "Love Is Blind" English 14 70 3 104 Andrius Pojavis "Something" English 22 17 9 53 Vilija "Attention" English colspan="2" 11 36 Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila "This Time" English 18 30 7 67 Donny Montell "I've Been Waiting for This Night" English 9 200 4 222 Fusedmarc "Rain of Revolution" English colspan="2" 17 42 Ieva Zasimauskaitė "When We're Old" English, Lithuanian 12 181 9 119 Jurij Veklenko "Run with the Lions" English colspan="2" 11 93 The Roop ◇ "On Fire" ◇ English ◇ colspan="4" The Roop "Discoteque" English 8 220 4 203 Monika Liu "" Lithuanian 14 128 7 159 Monika Linkytė "Stay" English 11 127 4 110 Silvester Belt "" Lithuanian 14 90 4 119 "" Lithuanian 16 96 6 103 "" Lithuanian, English 22 22 8 101 colspan="3" † colspan="4"
Statistics Songs by language
SongsLanguageYears22English, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 7Lithuanian, , , , , , 3French, , 1Samogitian1Russian1Spanish
Selection process YearSelection processInternal selectionNational final with 12 participantsNational final with 15 participantsNational final with 52 participants (18 in the final)National final with 49 participants (20 in the final)National final with 47 participants (16 in the final)National final with 35 participants (11 in the final)National final with 32 participants (14 in the final) with 36 participants (10 in the final)National final with 34 participants (12 in the final)National final with 40 participants (13 in the final)National final with 36 participants (14 in the final)National final with 39 participants (7 in the final)YearSelection processNational final with 20 participants (3 in the final)National final with 12 participants (2 in the final)National final with 28 participants (6 in the final)National final with 49 participants (7 in the final)National final with 50 participants (6 in the final)National final with 49 participants (8 in the final) with 36 participants (8 in the final) with 21 participants (6 in the final) with 34 participants (8 in the final) with 30 participants (10 in the final) with 40 participants (10 in the final) with 45 participants (12 in the final) with 40 participants (11 in the final) with participants (10 in the final)
Awards Winner by OGAE members
Year Song Performer Final Points Host city "On Fire" The Roop colspan="2" Rotterdam
Barbara Dex Award
Year Performer Host city Vilija Matačiūnaitė Copenhagen
Related involvement
Heads of delegation
Each participating broadcaster in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the contestants, songwriters, composers, and backing vocalists, among others.
YearHead of delegation–present
Jury members Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals for the semi-finals and Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest, ranking all entries except for their own. The juries' votes constitute 50% of the overall result alongside televoting. The modern incarnation of jury voting was introduced beginning with the . Year Jury members Linas RimšaLinas AdomaitisEdita Vilčiauskienė rowspan="12" colspan="2" Povilas VarvuolisKristina ZmailaitėKristina Žaldokaitė Lauras LučiūnasJolita VaitkevičienėJurga ČekatauskaitėJurgis Brūzga Nomeda KazlausJustas ČekuolisVytautas LukočiusEglė Nepaitė-Abaravičienė Vytenis PauliukaitisViktorija NavickaitėVaidas Stackevičius Lauras LučiūnasJurga ŠeduikytėDovilė FilmanavičiūtėMindaugas UrbaitisLeon Somov Andrius MamontovasJurgis BrūzgaGerūta Griniūtė Jievaras JasinskisBjelle Aistė LasytėIeva NarkutėJurga ŠeduikytėVaidas Baumila Jonas NainysJulijus GrickevičiusVaidotas ValiukevičiusEglė JuozapaitienėNombeko Augustė Jievaras JasinskisKristupas NaraškevičiusPovilas MeškėlaAgneta GabalytėMonika Marija BjellePijus OperaVaidas StackevičiusEglė Kernagytė Benas Kukenys Darius Dapkus Marijanas Staniulėnas Rokas Jančiauskas Justė Komskytė Vaiciekiūtė Kamilė Tumelytė Paulina Skrabytė
Commentators and spokespersons LRT usually broadcasts all shows in Lithuania on and on as well as online via the broadcaster's website lrt.lt. For the show's broadcast on LRT several commentators have provided comment on the contest in the local language. was Eurovision commentator in Lithuania as many as 19 times. He was replaced by in 2021. At the Eurovision Song Contest after all points are calculated, the presenters of the show call upon each voting country to invite each respective spokesperson to announce the results of their vote on-screen.