Lithuania in the Eurovision Dance Contest

Lithuania
Participating broadcaster	LRT
Participation summary
Appearances	2
First appearance	2007
Highest placement	4th, 2008
External links
"Lithuania at Eurovision Dance Contest 2008".

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.

Contestants

Table key

  Winner

  Second place

  Third place

  Last place

Year	Couple	Dances	Place	Points
2007	Gabrielė Valiukaitė and Gintaras Svistunavičius	Paso Doble and Traditional Lithuanian Folk Dance	11	35
2008	Karina Krysko and Saulius Skambinas	Rumba/Cha-Cha	4	110

Voting history

Lithuania has given the most points to...

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

Lithuania has received the most points from...

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

• Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Lithuania in the Eurovision Young Musicians
• Lithuania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest