Lithuania: Fusedmarc Will Represent Lithuania In Kyiv!

After 10 long and arduous weeks, Lithuania has picked it's entrant for Kyiv. Fusedmarc will fly the flag for the Baltic nation this coming May at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in May.

Fusedmarc won and will sing 'Rain of Revolution' in May.

Eurovizijos dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka was the longest running national final of this year's season and saw 51 songs battle it out for the chance to win and represent Lithuania at Eurovision. This year was the first time Lithuania had held a selection in both an arena, and outside of Vilnius, choosing the coastal city of Klaipeda as the host of its final.

Opening the show was a choir singing the national anthem, followed by an interpretive dance routine by a Klaipeda-based dance group. Before the competitors took to the stage, there were two further opening acts. Last year's representative Donny Montell sang his new single 'Screw me up', along with his last entry 'I've been waiting for this night'. Despite being eliminated in the semi final Ieva Zasimauskaitė then took to the stage to sing 'Johny Blue'.

The interval act consisted of Latvian Eurovision entrant Lauris Reiniks singing a medley. He was closely followed by Man-go, and Chloe Maggs. Closing off the interval acts was a traditional Ukrainian folk song.

The running order of tonight's show:

1. Paula "Let U Go"

2. Gabrielius Vagelis - "Feel Myself Free"

3. Greta Zazza - "Like I Love You"

4. Fusedmarc - "Rain of Revolution"

5. Aistė Pilvelytė - "I'm Like a Wolf"

6. Gytis Ivanauskas - "Get Frighten"

7. Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė - "Love Shadow"

Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest:

Lithuania debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994, however on their debut they finished in last place with nul points. Lithuania didn’t return to the contest until 1999 when Aiste finished 20th with the song “Strazdas”. Lithuania’s best result came in 2006 when LT United performed “We Are The Winners”, they finished 6th in the final with a total of 162 points. Lithuania’s only other top.10 finish came in 2016 when Donny Montell performed “I’ve Been Waiting For This Night” in Stockholm, he received 12 points from the public in Ireland, Norway & United Kingdom.