Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
| Eurovision Song Contest 2018 | ||||
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| Country |
 Lithuania
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | „Eurovizijos“ dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka | |||
| Selection date(s) |
Shows: 6 January 2018 20 January 2018 27 January 2018 3 February 2018 10 February 2018 17 February 2018 Semi-finals: 24 February 2018 3 March 2018 Final: 11 March 2018 |
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| Selected entrant | Ieva Zasimauskaitė | |||
| Selected song | "When We're Old" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Vytautas Bikus | |||
| Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Lithuania will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The Lithuanian broadcaster LRT televizija (LRT) will organise the national final „Eurovizijos“ dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka 2018 in order to select the Lithuanian entry for the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal.
Prior to the 2018 Contest, Lithuania had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eighteen 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 2017 contest, "Rain of Revolution" performed by Fusedmarc failed to qualify to the final. Later it was announced that Fusedmarc placed 17th in a 2nd Semi-Final with 42 points (2nd worst result to the date).
For the 2018 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 and 2017 participation.
The final of the selection for the very first time will be held on Sunday (the day of Lithuania's Independence day; March 11).
The full list of the participants was revealed on January 15. Erica Jennings withdrew on 8 January 2018, due to disagreements over the competition's use of a judging panel. However, it was revealed that her song would continue in the competition, being performed by the winner of Lietuvos Balsas season 5, Monika Marija.
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