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Situated between Latvia, Belarus, and Poland, Lithuania has been a part of the Eurovision song contest since 1994. Despite never winning in the Eurovision contest, they scored their best placing in 2006 in sixth place with the song We Are The Winners which was performed by LT United. In more recent years Lithuania placed 14th in 2022 and 8th in 2021. Hopefully, Lithuania has some wins coming their way!

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