"Happy You" was the Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

n entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Eurovision Song Contest 2002

The Eurovision Song Contest 2002 was the 47th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place on 25 May 2002 at the Saku Suurhall Arena in Tallinn, Estonia....

, performed in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 (the first occasion on which the Lithuanian entry had not featured a local language) by Aivaras.

The song is a ballad, with Aivaras telling his lover that he wants to show them the simple pleasures of life, including "watching the sunrise". He explains to them that his happiness is derived from theirs, "Happy I 'cause happy you".

The song was performed twenty-fourth on the night (following Latvia

Latvia

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's Marie N with "I Wanna

I Wanna

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"). At the close of voting, it had received 12 points, placing 23rd in a field of 24.

Aivaras was originally not intended to perform for Lithuania at the Contest, however the intended entry by B'Avarija

B'Avarija

B'Avarija is a musical band in Lithuania, which was formed in 1996.They won a lot of awards for best songs. They have made several attempts to win the Lithuanian national finals in order to represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest but no attempt was successful.In 2002, they won the...

 was disqualified for having been previously released. In fact, many of the Lithuanian national final entries had already been released, rendering them ineligible under Contest rules http://www.eurovisionsongs.net/nononever.htm.

Due to Lithuania's poor record, they were ineligible to participate at the 2003 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2003

The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the forty-eighth Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Skonto Hall in Riga, Latvia on 24 May 2003. The hosts were Marie N and Renārs Kaupers. Sertab Erener, the Turkish entrant, won the contest with "Everyway That I Can", scoring 167 points. The winning...

, but returned to the fold the next year. Thus, the song was succeeded as Lithuanian representative

Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest

Lithuania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 11 times, debuting at the 1994 contest. After Ovidijus Vyšniauskas finished last without a single point Lithuania withdrew from the contest, not returning until the 1999 contest, where Aistė Smilgevičiūtė sang "Strazdas", a song in the...

 by Linas & Simona at the 2004 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2004

The Eurovision Song Contest 2004, was the 49th Contest and it was held in the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. This was the first occasion in which the contest was held in Turkey after they had won the competition in 2003 with Sertab Erener singing "Everyway That I Can"...

 with "What's Happened To Your Love?

What's Happened To Your Love?

What's Happened To Your Love? was the Lithuanian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed in English by Linas and Simona.The song is an up-tempo duet in which the singers take the role of lovers asking each other where the romance has gone in their lives...

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