Vilija Matačiūnaitė is a Lithuanian recording artist, actress and songwriter. She represented 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". She finished 11th in the second semi-final at Eurovision in Copenhagen and failed to qualify for the grand final, however she had the "honor" of being the recipient of the 2014 Barbara Dex Award for the worst-dressed artist of the competition as determined by a public online vote, which she won in a landslide.
