 Because Lithuania failed to qualify in 2004 Laura & The Lovers were forced to compete in the Eurovision semi-final, country was drawn to perform 2nd in the semi-final, following Austria and preceding Portugal they came 25th (last) with 17 points failing to qualify to the Grand Final.Therefore, Lithuania will have to compete in the semi-final again in ESC 2006.The spokesperson who revealed Lithuania's votes for other countries was LRT host Rolandas Vilkončius.