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Lithuania returned to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1999, having withdrawn after their debut entry in 1994.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

Before Eurovision

"Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka 1999

For Lithuania's return to Eurovision after five years, the Lithuanian broadcaster Lietuvos radijas ir televizija 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.
DrawArtistSongPointsPlace
1Aistė Pilvelytė"Nubudusi širdis"—11
2B'Avarija"Nešk mane"174
3Violeta Riaubiškytė"Aš dovanoju"—6
4Džeirana Kazlauskaitė"Viena naktyje"—10
5Aistė Pilvelytė"Tylos vėrinys"—9
6Otilija"Mano žvaigždė"—8
7Rūta Ščiogolevaitė"Vasaros buvo per daug"—5
8Rene"Sapnas"—12
9Aistė Smilgevičiūtė"Strazdas"571
10B'Avarija"Pamiršk"—7
11Rosita Čivilytė"Apie tai"223
12RebelHeart"Kelias pas tave"272

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

12 points10 points8 points7 points6 points
5 points4 points3 points2 points1 point

  • Points awarded by Lithuania