"Lopšinė mylimai" was the Lithuania

Lithuania

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n entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994

Eurovision Song Contest 1994

The Eurovision Song Contest 1994 was the 39th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 30 April 1994 in the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. The presenters were Cynthia Ní Mhurchú and Gerry Ryan. The pair hosted the evening in French, English and Irish...

, performed in Lithuanian

Lithuanian language

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 by Ovidijus Vyšniauskas

Ovidijus Vyšniauskas

Ovidijus Vyšniauskas is a Lithuanian musician from Marijampolė city.He entered the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin with Lithuania's first entry, the ballad "Lopšinė mylimai" , which did not receive any points.Terry Wogan, a commentator of Eurovision from the UK said that "Ovidijus...

. This was Lithuania's debut at the Contest, and consequently the first time that the language had been heard at the Contest.

The song itself is a simple ballad, in which Vyšniauskas describes the qualities of his lover in poetic language.

The song was performed sixteenth on the night, following Slovakia

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's Tublatanka

Tublatanka

Tublatanka is a Slovak rock band formed in the fall of 1982 in Bratislava, Slovakia best known for the hits Pravda víťazí and Dnes. The classic lineup consisted of Maťo Ďurinda , Palo Horváth, and Ďuro Černý from 1982-1992. In 1992, Palo left the band leaving Martin and Ďuro to record their 1993...

 with "Nekonečná pieseň

Nekonecná Piesen

"Nekonečná pieseň" was the Slovak entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1994. The first Slovak entry, it was sung by rock band Tublatanka in the Slovak language....

" and preceding Norway

Norway

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's Elisabeth Andreassen

Elisabeth Andreassen

Elisabeth Gunilla Andreassen - also known as just "Bettan" - is a Swedish-Norwegian singer who has finished both first and second in the Eurovision Song Contest....

 & Jan Werner Danielsen

Jan Werner Danielsen

Jan Werner Danielsen, artist name Jan Werner, was a Norwegian pop, classical, and rock singer, famous for his powerful voice which stretched over four and a half octaves...

 with "Duett

Duett

"Duett" is a power ballad in Norwegian, sung by Elisabeth Andreassen and Jan Werner Danielsen as a duet in the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix 1994. The song won the Grand Prix, thus earning the right to represent Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994....

". At the close of voting, it had received the dreaded nul points, placing 25th (last) in a field of 25.

This is the single least auspicious debut in Contest history. Portugal

Portugal

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 ended the 1964 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1964

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 without a point, but tied for last place with three other entries. Malta

Malta

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, Austria

Austria

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, Monaco

Monaco

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 and Turkey

Turkey

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 all came last in their first appearances, but each received at least one point.

Due to the rapidly expanding Contest, entry to the 1995 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1995

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 was restricted to the 18 best participants from the 1994 edition as well as those countries broadcasting but not participating in the Contest. Thus, Lithuania was not invited to participate. The song would in fact be 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...

 at the 1999 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1999

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, after the introduction of the "Free Language Rule", by Aistė

Aiste

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 with "Strazdas

Strazdas

"Strazdas" was the Lithuanian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, performed in Samogitian dialect of the Lithuanian by Aistė Smilgevičiūtė....

".