Vilija Matačiūnaitė

Vilija Matačiūnaitė (born June 24, 1986) is a Lithuanian recording artist, actress and songwriter. She will represent Lithuania in the 59th annual Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with her song Attention. She began her professional career in 2005, when she reached the finals in National Eurovision preselection and finished 7th. In 2005, she achieved wide recognition by participating in the first season of a successful local LNK television music competition franchise Kelias į žvaigždes, where she became the runner-up. In 2010, she finished 2nd on a dance show Kviečiu Šokti and she was third in the international singing competition Sea songs in Ukraine. In 2011, she was the runner-up in the international singing competition Golden voices in Moldova. She was crowned the winner of UK's' music competition Melange Factor in 2012. In 2013, she won the local LRT television music competition for professional voices Auksinis balsas. She also hosted music TV show Romeo ir Džiuljeta. In 2014, she won the Lithuanian Eurovision national selection with her winning song Attention. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.