Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
| Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
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| Country |
 Lithuania
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | „Eurovizijos“ dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka | |||
| Selection date(s) |
Shows: 7 January 2017 14 January 2017 21 January 2017 28 January 2017 4 February 2017 11 February 2017 18 February 2017 25 February 2017 Semi-final: 4 March 2017 Final: 11 March 2017 |
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| Selected entrant | Fusedmarc | |||
| Selected song | "Rain of Revolution" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Viktorija Ivanovskaja Denis Zujev Michail Levin |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (17th, 42 points) | |||
| Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The artist and song that will represent Lithuania in the 2017 contest will be selected through a national final, „Eurovizijos“ dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka, organised by the Lithuanian broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT), 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.
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 2004, 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 (LRT), 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.
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