B'Avarija is a musical band in Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

, which was formed in 1996.

They won a lot of awards for best songs. They have made several attempts to win the Lithuanian national finals in order to represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

 but no attempt was successful.

In 2002, they won the finals with their song "We All", however this win had to be disqualified, just over a month later as the song had been released the previous year in Lithuanian

Lithuanian language

Lithuanian is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognized as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.96 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 170,000 abroad. Lithuanian is a Baltic language, closely related to Latvian, although they...

, under the title "Mes čia!" (We Are Here). Under the rules, a song may not be released before the 1st of January of the year of the relevant contest.

Officials argued that the lyrics were different (as it was in a different language) and therefore a different song, however the EBU rules that the song was not different enough and therefore could not be used in the main Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Eurovision Song Contest 2002

The Eurovision Song Contest 2002 was the 47th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place on 25 May 2002 at the Saku Suurhall Arena in Tallinn, Estonia....

.

It is thought that the Lithuanian broadcasters had not fully understood the rules as a number of the songs competing in the final had also been released earlier. Aivaras, who was second in the national finals, went to the contest for Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

 instead.

Members

• Juozas Liesis
• Deivydas Zvonkus
• Ramūnas Stankevičius (until 1996)
• Robertas Rezgevičius (until 1996)
• Vilius Tarasovas (since 1996)
• Darius Beinortas(from 1997 to 2000)
• Jonas Jonušas (from 1997 to 2000)

Attempts at Eurovision

1. 1999 - Nešk mane (Take Me) - Came fourth in the national final
2. 1999 - Pamiršk (Forget It) - Placing unknown
3. 2001 - Duok man (Give Me) - Came third in the national final
4. 2002 - We All - Came first in national final but disqualified afterwards
5. 2004 - I Know - Came equal fourth place in the national final with Amberlife
   Amberlife
   Amberlife is a popular Lithuanian musician and songwriter.He had successfully collaborated with well-known Lithuanian producer company Cactus and it made Amberlife's international career realistic...
   
   's song "In Your Eyes"
6. 2005 - Oceans of Love - Came tenth in the national final
7. 2006 - If My Dream Came True - Came fifteenth in the national final

• In 1999, the band entered two songs (this is not a typing error)
• "I know" is also known as "Labai, Labai" in Lithuanian

Discography

• „Naktį ir dieną minutę, kiekvieną“ (1996)
• „Duok man jėgų“ (1997)
• „Arti“ (1999)
• „Mylėk mane“ (2000)
• „Iš visos širdies“ (2001)
• „Angelay“ (2003)
• „Labai“ (2003)
• „Spalvotas
  Spalvotas
  Spalvotas is a music album by the Lithuanian group B'Avarija. It was released in 2004. All vocals are in the Lithuanian language....
  
  “ (2004)
• „Gazas“ (2005)

External links

• Official website (in Lithuanian)
• lyrics
• B'Avarija on Youtube