Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 8 points for their 3rd favourite song. Then 10 and 12 points were given for the second favorite and favorite respectively. But, the difference between this contest and other past contests is this is the first Eurovision Song Contest that implements a jury vote that counts for half of each countries vote. Fifteen countries took part in the 2008 Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Armenia, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Macedonia, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine. , which had taken part twice since 2006 announced that it was no longer interested in the contest and withdrew along
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 presenting the final. The voters favoured Jeronimas Milius' song "Nomads in the Night" which collected 11,674 votes and won in the national finals to represent Lithuania in the upcoming contest. Wildcards (12 semi-final qualifiers were joined by 2 direct finalists.) Lithuania took part in the second semi-final on 22 May 2008. He failed to qualify to the final. He placed 16th. Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Lithuania chose its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 through a more downsized selection procedure rather than the long, drawn out processes from previous years. 34 songs were divided into three