Ieva Zasimauskaite has revealed to LRT that she wants to return to the Eurovision Song Contest following her participation in 2018.
Last years Lithuanian representative Ieva Zasimauskaite has revealed that she wants to return to the Eurovision Song Contest. Speaking to the Lithuanian national broadcaster she said:
I will not hide, now I would like to return to Eurovision
For Ieva it would all come down to having the right song:
I even started thinking about ideas that would suit this contest. If I had the right song, I would really consider getting involved again
Ieva explained that she has had a change of opinion about the contest since participating last year. The singer explained that taking part last year was far harder and exhausting than she could have aniticipated:
Many trips, months of work, are difficult. When Eurovision ended, I thought I would never want to repeat it.
Ieva has wished the best of luck to Jurij who will be representing Lithuania in Tel Aviv.
Who is Jurij Veklenko?
Jurij is from Klaipedia on the Lithuanian coast and was born in 1990. He has previously represented Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest as a backing singer. In 2015 he was one of four backing vocalists for Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila with “This Time”.
He has also taken part in Dainuoju Lietuvą , Lietuvos talentai and Lietuvos talenta. He will be performing “Run With The Lions” in Tel Aviv.
Source: LRT
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.
