Vilija MataÃÂià «naità(born 24 June 1986) is a Lithuanian singer, actress, and songwriter. She represented Lithuania in the 59th annual Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with her song "Attention".
MataÃÂià «naitàbegan her professional career in 2005, when she reached the finals of the Lithuanian 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 ï à ¾vaigà ¾des, where she became the runner-up. In 2010, she finished 2nd on a dance show KvieÃÂiu à  okti, 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 the UK 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 Dà ¾iuljeta. In 2014, she won the Lithuanian Eurovision national selection with her winning song "Attention".
MataÃÂià «naitàrepresented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, singing the song "Attention", which she wrote herself. She failed to make it past the second semi final, achieving 11th place.
She received the Barbara Dex Award for the worst dressed artist in the 2014.
In 2017, MataÃÂià «naitàparticipated in the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "I See the Lights" but did not go through the first stage of the selection.
Under the artist name Sunday Afternoon, MataÃÂià «naitàentered Pabandom ià ¡ naujo! 2021 in an attempt to represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Open". She failed to qualify from the semi-finals. She returned to Pabandom ià ¡ naujo! in 2022 to try for a fourth time to represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "101", where she finished in sixth place in the second semi-final of the competition.
On 19 December 2023, MataÃÂià «naitàwas announced among the competing artists of Eurovizija.LT, the Lithuanian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, with the song "Save Me".