Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Lithuania in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Participating broadcasterLietuvos radijas ir televizija (LRT)
Country Lithuania
Selection process"Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka
Selection date2 February 2008
Competing entry
Song"Nomads in the Night"
ArtistJeronimas Milius
Songwriters
  • Vytautas Diškevičius
  • Jeronimas Milius
Placement
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (16th)
Participation chronology
◄2007 2008 2009►

Lithuania was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Nomads in the Night", composed by Vytautas Diškevičius, with lyrics by Jeronimas Milius, and performed by Milius himself. The Lithuanian participating broadcaster, Lietuvos radijas ir televizija (LRT), organised the national final "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka in order to select its entry for the contest. The national final took place over four weeks and involved 34 competing entries. Entries that advanced in the competition were determined by the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public vote. In the final, fourteen entries remained and a public vote entirely selected "Nomads in the Night" performed by Jeronimas Milius as the winner with 11,674 votes.

Lithuania was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 22 May 2008. Performing during the show in position 5, "Nomads in the Night" was not announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Lithuania placed sixteenth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 30 points.