Lithuania was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "", written and performed by Lina Joy. The Lithuanian participating broadcaster, Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT), organised the national final to select its entry for the contest. This was the first-ever entry from Lithuania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
Before Junior Eurovision
The national selection show consisted of six semi-finals held between 9 September and 14 October 2007 and a final held on 21 October 2007.
The submission window for the national final was opened by Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) on 1 July 2007 and was closed on 20 August 2007.
In the semi-finals, two entries qualified to the final. The entry that received the most points from a three-member jury panel qualified for the final. An additional qualifier was selected from the remaining four entries by televoting. LRT also reserved the right to select a wildcard act for the final out of the remaining non-qualifying acts from the semi-finals. In the final, the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a five-member jury panel and public televoting.
All of the shows were held by and Juozas Liesis and broadcast on LTV. The semi-finals were held at 10:00 CEST.
Semi-final 1 The first semi-final was held on 9 September 2007. Two entries qualified to the final. The entry that received the most points from a three-member jury panel qualified for the final. An additional qualifier was selected from the remaining four entries by televoting. The members of the jury consisted of Aistė Smilgevičiūtė, Linas Adomaitis and Laurynas Šarkinas.
ArtistSongJuryPublicResult Votes Place Televote Place 1Monika Linkytė "Vaikystės pasaka" 361 1892 Advanced 2Audrius Petrauskas "O jeigu..." 195 815 Eliminated 3Greta Razmislavičiūtė "Nykštukai" 253 3191 Advanced 4Dominykas Kovalionas "Noriu..." 234 1144 Eliminated 5Vaiva Virkutytė "Žvaigždė" 262 1273 Eliminated
+Detailed Jury VotesSong scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1"Vaikystės pasaka"12121236 2"O jeigu..."67619 3"Nykštukai"710825 4"Noriu..."88723 5"Žvaigždė"1061026
Semi-final 2 The second semi-final was held on 16 September 2007. Two entries were to qualify to the final. However, as both the jury and televoting had the same winner, only Evelina Bučinskaitė & Tiks qualified for the final. The members of the jury consisted of Julija Ritčik, Viktoras Diawara and Rūta Ščiogolevaitė.
ArtistSongJuryPublicResult Votes Place Televote Place 1Karolina Žibkutė "Mamytės šventė" 253 2682 Eliminated 2Justas Jonauskas "Čia Kastytis nebūsiu" 224 995 Eliminated 3Evelina Bučinskaitė "Čia ir dabar" 321 2731 Advanced 4Dalius Garnys "Senelio bliuzas" 224 1034 Eliminated 5Ieva Ščerbinskaitė "Pašokim" 282 1593 Eliminated
+Detailed Jury VotesSong scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1"Mamytės šventė"871025 2"Čia Kastytis nebūsiu"106622 3"Čia ir dabar"1212832 4"Senelio bliuzas"78722 5"Pašokim"6101228
Semi-final 3 The third semi-final was held on 23 September 2007. Two entries qualified to the final. The entry that received the most points from a three-member jury panel qualified for the final. An additional qualifier was selected from the remaining four entries by televoting. The members of the jury consisted of Arnoldas Lukošius, and Aistė Pilvelytė.
ArtistSongJuryPublicResult Votes Place Televote Place 1Eglė Petrikaitė "Kitokia svajonė" 243 2322 Eliminated 2Dovaldė Ulčinaitė "Vaivorykštė" 185 1413 Eliminated 3Trio GIG "Draugystės daina" 282 3081 Advanced 4Milda Rasilavičiūtė "Neklaužada" 234 1104 Eliminated 5Monika Valiuškytė "Aš noriu šokti" 361 1085 Advanced
+Detailed Jury VotesSong scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1"Kitokia svajonė"710724 2"Vaivorykštė"66618 3"Draugystės daina"1081028 4"Neklaužada"87823 5"Aš noriu šokti"12121236
Semi-final 4 The fourth semi-final was held on 30 September 2007. Two entries qualified to the final. The entry that received the most points from a three-member jury panel qualified for the final. An additional qualifier was selected from the remaining four entries by televoting. The members of the jury consisted of Vytautas Juozapaitis, and .
ArtistSongJuryPublicResult Votes Place Televote Place 1Nenuoramos "Jei turėčiau sparnus" 224 2952 Eliminated 2Laura Slabadaitė "O, Elvi Presli" 243 2454 Eliminated 3Lukas Gedvilas "Vaikystės daina" 195 3101 Advanced 4Miglė Šidlauskaitė and L. Do "Noriu…" 361 445 Advanced 5Sigita Padvariškytė "Mano svajonėse" 282 2463 Eliminated
+Detailed Jury VotesSong scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1"Jei turėčiau sparnus"87722 2"O, Elvi Presli"681024 3"Vaikystės daina"76619 4"Noriu..."12121236 5"Mano svajonėse"1010828
Semi-final 5 The fifth semi-final was held on 7 October 2007. Two entries qualified to the final. The entry that received the most points from a three-member jury panel qualified for the final. An additional qualifier was selected from the remaining four entries by televoting. The members of the jury consisted of Jurgis Didžiulis, and .
ArtistSongJuryPublicResult Votes Place Televote Place 1Gintarė Ivoškaitė "Draugystės daina" 205 1053 Eliminated 2Indrė Kazakauskaitė "Pabėgsiu iš miesto" 224 934 Eliminated 3Tikros "Mintys" 243 2111 Advanced 4Lauksvė Gulbinaitė "Draugiški vampyrai" 292 2022 Eliminated 5Urtė "Saulė" 321 915 Advanced
+Detailed Jury VotesSong scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1"Draugystės daina"86620 2"Pabėgsiu iš miesto"77822 3"Mintys"681224 4"Draugiški vampyrai"1210729 5"Saulė"10121032
Semi-final 6 The sixth semi-final was held on 14 October 2007. Two entries qualified to the final. The entry that received the most points from a three-member jury panel qualified for the final. An additional qualifier was selected from the remaining four entries by televoting. The members of the jury consisted of , and .
ArtistSongJuryPublicResult Votes Place Televote Place 1Austėja and Goda "Liksime vaikai" 263 7241 Advanced 2Elvina Milkauskaitė "Didelės svajonės" 204 2372 Wildcard 3Nojus Bartaška "Amžinai" 282 1724 Eliminated 4Lina Jurevičiūtė"Kai miestas snaudžia" 361 1475 Advanced 5Keberiokšt "Ruduo mieste" 195 2083 Eliminated
+Detailed Jury VotesSong scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1"Liksime vaikai"881026 2"Didelės svajonės"77620 3"Amžinai"1010828 4"Kai miestas snaudžia"12121236 5"Ruduo mieste"66719
Final The final was held on 21 October 2007 at 11:50 CEST in the LRT TV Studios in Vilnius, where 12 participants competed. The winner was chosen by televoting (50%) and a five-member "expert" jury (50%). The members of the jury consisted of Rosita Čivilytė, , Saulius Urbonavičius, Laurynas Šarkinas and .
Artist SongJury Public Total Place Televote Points 1Austėja and Goda "Liksime vaikai"22 1695 60 82 2 2Elvina Milkauskaitė "Didelės svajonės"28106535 63 4 3Greta Razmislavičiūtė "Nykštukai"2974130 59 6 4Trio GIG "Draugystės daina"1335415 28 9 5Tikros "Mintys"931510 19 11 6Lina Jurevičiūtė"Kai miestas snaudžia"60108050 110 1 7Miglė Šidlauskaitė "Noriu"312440 31 8 8 Monika Valiuškytė "Aš noriu šokti"3560825 60 5 9Monika Linkytė "Vaikystės pasaka"32107140 72 3 10Lukas Gedvilas "Vaikystės daina"1339320 33 7 11 Evelina Bučinskaitė "Čia ir dabar"02150 0 12 12Urtė "Saulė"18 2955 23 10
+Detailed Jury VotesSong scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1"Liksime vaikai"6626222 2"Didėles svajonės"5578328 3"Nykštukai"42671029 4"Draugystės daina"144413 5"Mintys"2312196"Kai miestas snaudžia"1212121212607"Noriu"10858318"Aš noriu šokti"8101034359"Vaikystės pasaka"781073210"Vaikystės daina"15161311"Čia ir dabar"012"Saulė"373518
At Junior Eurovision
Voting
+ Points awarded to Lithuania Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Lithuania Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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