Lithuania: Justin3 Protest Against Eurovision Rules

Justin3 have staged a creative protest against the rules of the Eurovision Song Contest, when they performed in the first heat of Lithuania’s selection.

Justin3 has revealed to Eurovisionary, that they’ve staged a protest against the rules of the Eurovision Song Contest. The group who are performing “Born to be Wild” opted to take a creative stance against the rules which state you can’t perform your instrument live on the Eurovision stage.

During their performance, Zigmantas Baranauskas the bands drummer, stepped away from the drums and instead decided to mime out playing the drums in mid-air. The group revealed that the idea for the protest came from Paulius Šinkūnas, the groups musical director.

The results of the first Heat are as follows:

1. Godo – Fire Fountain – 12 points
2. Ieva Zasimauskaitė – When We’re Old – 12 points
3. Lukas Norkūnas – Tegu – 8 points
4. Natalija Chareckaja – Serious – 7 points
5. Milda Rasilavičiūtė – I Think About You – 6 points
6. Aušra Difartė – Someday – 5 points
7. Justin3 – Born to Be Wild One – 4 points
8. Benas Malakauskas – My Memories – 3 points
9. Evaldas Vaikasas – Blind – 2 points
10. Monee – Standing Here – 1 points
11. Germanė Kinderytė – Turn It Up – 0 points
12. Meda Meškauskaitė – Blood Roses – 0 points
13. Dangė – Netikra Laimė – 0 points

Lithuania was represented by Fusedmarc at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine. They performed the song “Rain of Revoltuion”, where they went on to finished 17th in their semi-final with 42 points. This represented Lithuania’s worst result in the competition since 2005, when the contest was also head in Kyiv.

Source: Eurovisionary