We Are the Winners

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We Are the Winners
Eurovision Song Contest 2006 entry
Country	Lithuania
Artist(s)	Andrius Mamontovas, Marijonas Mikutavičius, Viktoras Diawara, Saulius 'Samas' Urbonavičius, Arnoldas Lukošius, Eimantas Belickas
As	LT United
Language	English
Composer(s)	Andrius Mamontovas, Saulius 'Samas' Urbonavičius
Lyricist(s)	Andrius Mamontovas, Viktoras Diawara
Place	6th
Points	162
Place in Semifinal	5th
Points in Semifinal	163
Lyrics	from Diggiloo Thrush

"We Are the Winners"

Song by LT United
Released	Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Genre	Football chant
Length	2:38
Writer(s)	Andrius Mamontovas Victor ‘Vee’ Diawara
Composer(s)	Andrius Mamontovas Saulius ‘Samas’ Urbonavičius

"We Are the Winners" was the 2006 entry into the Eurovision Song Contest for Lithuania, sung by Lithuanian all-star group LT United.

The song, thematically reminiscent of Queen's We Are the Champions, is a cheery tongue-in-cheek celebration of their supposedly inevitable victory at the Eurovision Contest in the form of a football chant, with the chorus repeating "We are the winners of Eurovision / We are, we are! [...] So, you gotta vote, vote, vote for the winners!".

"We Are The Winners" is the fourth Eurovision song ever to get booed. The third was Silvia Night for Iceland during the semi-finals in Athens 2006, although "We Are The Winners" was booed during the finals of the contest. The first was for the song "Love Games" by Belle & The Devotions in 1984, and the second was the song Ne Ver', Ne Boysia by t.A.T.u.

As Lithuania had not qualified for the final at the 2005 Contest, the song was first performed in the semi-final. Here, it was performed eighteenth (following the Netherlands's Treble with Amambanda and preceding Portugal's Nonstop with Coisas De Nada (Gonna Make You Dance)). At the close of voting, it had received 163 points, placing 5th in the 23-strong field and qualifying Lithuania for the final.

In the final, the song was performed fourteenth (following Bosnia and Herzegovina's Hari Mata Hari with Lejla and preceding the United Kingdom's Daz Sampson with Teenage Life). At the close of voting, it had received 162 points, placing 6th in a field of 24 and giving Lithuania an automatic final berth at the next Contest. Perhaps fittingly for a football chant-style song, LT United also recorded a version for the 2006 Football World Cup with slightly altered lyrics ("We are the winners/Are you with us", for example). This recording appeared to be intended for any team to adopt, since Lithuania were not involved in the tournament.