Sasha Song has revealed to TV3 that he was forced to withdraw from Eurovizijos, due to issues with his songs producer.
Sasha Song who failed to turn up to the fourth show of Eurovizijos nacionalinė atranka 2019 has explained the reason behind not showing up. He told TV3 that;
It is a pity, but I had to withdraw because of no reason for me – I didn’t get the right arrangement from the producer at the agreed time.”In addition, I received music only with vocals, and according to the Eurovision rules, singing with recorded vocals is not possible. At such an important event as Eurovision, I wanted to participate not only in creating a show that I was heavily prepared for, but also able to give the listener the highest quality music. Unfortunately, I do not want to participate in the presentation of the average score. So I had to withdraw.
Sasha did not contact producers beforehand, and was fined a total of 2,000 euros by the Lithuanian national broadcaster. Sasha represented Lithuania at the contest in 2009 with his song “Love”, placing 23rd in the Grand Final.
Source: TV3
Lithuania debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994, however on their debut they finished in last place with nul points. Lithuania didn’t return to the contest until 1999 when Aiste finished 20th with the song “Strazdas”. Lithuania’s best result came in 2006 when LT United performed “We Are The Winners”, they finished 6th in the final with a total of 162 points. Lithuania’s only other top.10 finish came in 2016 when Donny Montell performed “I’ve Been Waiting For This Night” in Stockholm, he received 12 points from the public in Ireland, Norway & United Kingdom.
