Lithuania in the Eurovision Dance Contest

Lithuania

Member station LRT
National selection events National Selection
Appearances
Appearances 2
First appearance 2007
Best result 4th, 2008
Worst result 11th, 2007
External links
"Lithuania at Eurovision Dance Contest 2008". 
Lithuania's page at Eurovision.tv

Lithuania took part in the first Eurovision Dance Contest in 2007. The couple representing the country was chosen by national selection, which started on 4 July and ended on 22 August. The couple chosen were Gabrielė Valiukaitė and Gintaras Svistunavičius winning the jury votes and the televoting. The dances they performed at the contest were Paso Doble and Traditional Lithuanian Folk Dance. Lithuania came eleventh after receiving 35 points from 9 countries.

In 2008, Lithuania received their highest placing ever in any Eurovision contest, coming fourth. Besides this, the highest place they had ever achieved was in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. This was beaten by the third place they got in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008.

The Third Eurovision Dance Contest has been cancelled indefinitely.[1]

Contestants

Table key
  Winner
  Second place
  Third place
  Last place
Year Couple Dances Place Points
2007 Gabrielė Valiukaitė & Gintaras Svistunavičius Paso Doble & Traditional Lithuanian Folk Dance 11 35
2008 Karina Krysko & Saulius Skambinas Rumba/Cha-Cha 4 110

Voting history

Lithuania has given the most points to...

Rank Country Points
1 Ukraine Ukraine 19
2 Russia Russia 16
3 Republic of Ireland Ireland 13
= Denmark Denmark 13
= Finland Finland 13
6 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 12
7 Poland Poland 9

Lithuania has received the most points from...

Rank Country Points
1 Republic of Ireland Ireland 22
2 United Kingdom United Kingdom 16
3 Ukraine Ukraine 13
4 Sweden Sweden 10
5 Poland Poland 9

Commentators and spokespersons

Year(s) Television commentator Dual television commentator Spokesperson
2007 Beata Nicholson Virginijus Visockas Lavija Šurnaitė-Kairienė
2008 Asta Einikytė Audrius Giržadas

See also

References

  1. ↑ Granger, Anthony (29 May 2011). "What caused the death of the Eurovision Dance Contest?". Eurovoix.xom. Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
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