Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The artist and song that represented Lithuania in the 2017 contest were selected through a national final, „Eurovizijos“ dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka, organised by the Lithuanian broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television, culminating in a final on 11 March 2017.
Lithuania was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 11 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 16, "Rain of Revolution" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final.
Background
Prior to the 2017 Contest, Lithuania had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest seventeen times since its first entry in 1994. The nation's best placing in the contest was sixth, which it achieved in 2006 with the song "We Are the Winners" performed by LT United. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the, Lithuania, to this point, has managed to qualify to the final eight times. In the 2016 contest, "I've Been Waiting for This Night" performed by Donny Montell qualified to the final where the song scored 200 points and placed 9th.For the 2017 Contest, the Lithuanian national broadcaster, Lithuanian National Radio and Television, will broadcast the event within Lithuania and will organise the selection process for the nation's entry. Other than the internal selection of their debut entry in 1994, Lithuania has selected their entry consistently through a national final procedure, a method that was continued for their 2016 participation. LRT confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest on 11 August 2016. On 11 October 2016, the broadcaster announced the organization of "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka, which would be the national final to select Lithuania's entry for Kiev.
Before Eurovision
''"Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka''
Competing entries
The 49 songs competing in "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka 2017 were announced on 28 December 2016.| Artist | Song | Composer |
| Aistė Pilvelytė | "I'm Like a Wolf" | Aminata Savadogo, Kaspars Ansons |
| Alanas Chošnau | "7 Days" | Alanas Chošnau, Marco Lo Russo aka Rouge |
| :lt:Audrius Janonis|Audrius Janonis | "Run" | Georgios Kalpakidis, Mickey Huskic, Nikos Sofis |
| Audrius Petrauskas | "Shine Like Gold" | David Sneddon, Simon Gitsels, Ashley Hicklin |
| Augustė Vedrickaitė | "It's Not Over " | Augustė Vedrickaitė, Edgaras Žaltauskas, Kasparas Meginis |
| Benas Malakauskas | "Rolling" | Jonas Talandis, Kristupas Bubnelis |
| Dagna Kondratavičiūtė | "Feel It" | Kasparas Meginis, Edgaras Žaltauskas, Dagna Kondratavičiūtė, Alina Gadeikytė |
| Deividas Žygas | "Only You" | Deividas Žygas |
| Dovydas Petrošius | "Love is Free" | Leonid Gutkin, Ashley Hicklin |
| Edgaras Lubys | "Could It Be?" | Edgaras Lubys |
| E.G.O. | "My Story" | Karolis Šliažas, Vaida Kalkauskaitė |
| Elvina Milkauskaitė | "Try" | Becky Jerams, Malin Johansson, Vallo Kikas |
| Evaldas Vaikasas | "Fire Kisses" | Ashley Hicklin, Kim Nowak-Zorde, Soren Pagh |
| Erika Astrauskaitė | "No More" | Justinas Stanislovaitis |
| Fusedmarc | "Rain of Revolution" | Viktorija Ivanovskaja, Denis Zujev, Michail Levin |
| Gabrielė Vilkickytė | "Jūra" | Gabrielė Vilkickytė, Kristupas Jasiulionis |
| Gabrielius Vagelis | "Feel Myself Free" | Gabrielius Vagelis |
| Gytis Ivanauskas | "Get Frighten" | Marius Narbutis, Andrius Kauklys |
| Golden Monkeys | "Septyni dievai" | Vilius Krivickas, Edvinas Gurevičius |
| Gražvydas | "Paint the Sky Blue" | Peter Karlsson |
| Greta Zazza | "Like I Love You" | Jonas Thander |
| Hit | "I Wanna Love You Tonight" | Karolis Šliažas, Vaida Kalkauskaitė |
| Ieva Zasimauskaitė | "You Saved Me" | Ąžuolas Paulauskas |
| Julija Jegorova | "Higher" | Fabian Ruben, Lars E. Carlsson |
| Justin3 | "Streets of Vilnius" | Justinas Stanislovaitis |
| Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė | "Love Shadow" | Kaspars Ansons, Ashley Hicklin, Nicolas Moulin |
| Lawreigna | "Freedom" | Philip Bloom |
| Marius Petrauskas | "She's My Universe" | Roel van Velzen, Robin P. Francesco, Ashley Hicklin |
| Mia | "Sacrifice" | Michael James Down, Will Taylor |
| Milda Martinkėnaitė & Saulenė Chlevickaitė | "Paperheart" | Alan Roy Scott, Dillon Dixon, Jonas Brogger Filtenborg |
| Monee | "Nnn" | Elena Jurgaitytė, Viktorija Šatkutė |
| Neringa Šiaudikytė | "Running Out of Time" | Vytautas Bikus |
| Otreya | "Last Two Weeks" | Ugnė Kudlaitė |
| Paula Valentaitė | "Let U Go" | Gytis Valickas |
| Queens of Roses | "Fisherman" | Christopher Wortley, Mahan Moin, Kaspars Ansons |
| Rasa Kaušiūtė | "Fly" | Rasa Kaušiūtė |
| Rugilė Daujotaitė | "Perkūne ugniaveidi" | Tomas Zdanavičius, Rugilė Daujotaitė |
| Rūta Andruškevičiūtė | "The Way to Your Heaven" | José Juan Santana Rodríguez, Samuel Bugia Garrido |
| Sasha Song | "Never Felt Like This Before" | Dmitrij Šavrov, Caleb Sutton, Justin Marcellina |
| Shiny Raia | "All You" | Rasa Vaštakaitė |
| Strėlės | "Bastard" | Anna Polukord, Jekaterina Pranevič |
| Tadas Rimgaila & Samanta Tīna | "Tavo oda" | Stanislavas Stavickis |
| Valdas Lacko | "It's So Unfair" | Paulius Jasiūnas, Monika Rotomskytė |
| Valerija Iljinaitė | "You Made Me Glow" | Hans Olov Furberg, Karolina Furberg |
| Varjetė | "My Story" | Ylva Persson, Linda Persson |
| Vidas Bareikis & Ieva Zasimauskaitė | "I Love My Phone" | Vidas Bareikis |
| Vilija Matačiūnaitė | "I See the Lights" | Vilija Matačiūnaitė, Viktoras Vaupšas |
| Virgis Valuntonis | "Victorious" | Georgios Kalpakidis, Jonas Gladnikoff, Sara Ljunggren |
| Vlad Max | "I'll Never Let You Down" | Alexander Blackford Silver Darter |
Shows
The national selection show "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka will begin on 7 January 2017. The first four shows will be elimination heats where half the acts will be eliminated each week.Heat 1 (7 January 2017)
Heat 2 (14 January 2017)
Heat 3 (21 January 2017)
Heat 4 (28 January 2017)
Heat 5 (4 February 2017)
Heat 6 (11 February 2017)
Heat 7 (18 February 2017)
Heat 8 (25 February 2017)
Semi Final (4 March 2017)
Online Repechage (6 March 2017)
Final (11 March 2017)
At Eurovision
Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Lithuania and awarded by Lithuania in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:Points awarded to Lithuania
Points awarded by Lithuania
Split voting results
The following five members comprised the Lithuanian jury:- Vytenis Pauliukaitis – Chairperson – television and entertainment director
- Giedrė Kilčiauskienė – singer
- Viktorija Navickaitė – journalist
- Rafailas Karpis – singer
- Vaidas Stackevičius – music producer