The Lithuanian participating broadcaster, Lietuvos radijas ir televizija (LRT), selected its entry through the national final entitled "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka 1999.

"Strazdas" performed by Aistė received the most votes and was selected to represent the nation in the contest.

Aistė performed as the opening entry for the show in position 1 at Eurovision and at the close of the voting process, finished in 20th place, receiving 13 points.

[3] "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka 1999 was the national final format developed by LRT in order to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1999.

The jury selected Aistė with "Strazdas" as the winner, with only the points of the top four songs being announced.

[5][6] Lithuania's participation in the contest was financially supported by Lithuanian Ministry of Finances, which allocated a subsidy of 14,000 litas.

"[17] Due to a low average score, Lithuania was excluded from the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 held the next year.

[8] Lithuania opted to assemble 8-member jury panel to determine which countries would receive their points.