Lithuania: Eurovizijos 2017 heat 3 results

The 2017-edition of the marathon selection "Eurovizijos" in Lithuania continued tonight. In this evening's show we saw 13 contestants performances recorded earlier.

In the third heat the 13 contestants were narrowed down to 6 who qualified to the next round of Eurovizijos. The decision was made by a combination of an expert jury and televoting.

Eurovizijos Heat 3 – Results

1. Greta Zazza – "Like I Love You" (22 points)
2. Gytis Ivanauskas – "Get Frighten" (20 points)
3. Fusedmarc – "Rain of Revolution" (15 points)
4. Vidas Bareikis & Ieva Zasimauskaitė – "I Love My Phone" (15 points)
5. Gražvydas – "Paint the Sky Blue" (13 points)
6. Milda Martinkėnaitė & Saulenė Chlevickaitė – "Paperheart" (11 points)
7. Strėlės – "Bastard" (10 points)
8. Marius Petrauskas – "She's My Universe" (6 points)
9. Vilija Matačiūnaitė – "I See the Lights" (5 points)
10. Erika Astrauskaitė – "No More" (5 points)
11. Dovydas Petrošius – "Love is Free" (3 points)
12. Virgis Valuntonis – "Victorious" (0 points)
12. HIT – "I Wanna Love You Tonight" (0 points)

Eurovizijos 2017

A total of 10 shows are held from 7 January to 11 March where the final of Eurovizijos 2017 will determine the Lithuanian representative at Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

The first four shows eliminate half of the contestants:

Elimination heats:

• Show 1: 7 January
• Show 2: 14 January
• Show 3: 21 January
• Show 4: 28 January

Second round:

• Show 5: 4 February
• Show 6: 11 February
• Show 7: 18 February
• Show 8: 25 February
• Semi-final: 4 March
• Final: 11 March

In the first four shows (Elimination heats) televoters and a jury decides which contestants will proceed to the next round. From the fifth show onwards, an international jury is added to the televoters and jury.

All the shows are hosted by Ievai Stasiulevičiūtei and Gabrielei Martirosianaitei.

Lithuania in Eurovision Song Contest

Lithuania has been taking part of Eurovision Song Contest 17 times since its debut in 1994.

The debuting year 1994 Lithuania ended last, and the best result is from 2006 where LT United performed the iconic song "We Are The Winners (of Eurovision)". It didn't win though, but went 6th. Since the introduction of the Semi-finals in 2004, Lithuania has been in Eurovision every year, but only qualified for the Grand Final eight times.

With both Estonias victory in 2001 ("Everybody") and Latvias victory in 2002 ("I Wanna"), Lithuania is the only Baltic country that haven't won Eurovision Song Contest.