Jurijus Veklenko

Jurijus
Jurijus performing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv.
Background information
Born	(1990-07-06) 6 July 1990 (age 33)
Origin	Klaipėda, Lithuania
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	2014–present

Musical artist

Jurijus Veklenko (born 6 July 1990 in Klaipėda), also known as Jurij Veklenko or simply Jurijus, is a Lithuanian singer.

Eurovision Song Contest

Veklenko previously performed at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 as one of the backing singers for Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila in their performance of "This Time"; along with the three other backing singers, Jurijus took part in a same-sex kiss as part of the final performance.

In 2017, Veklenko performed the main vocal for lip-sync drag-act Lolita Zero, in her Lithuanian national final entry "Get Frighten".^[1]

Veklenko won the 2019 Lithuanian national final with the song "Run with the Lions", and represented his country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv.

Personal life

Veklenko works for a major engineering firm mainly with IT and has said he enjoys the contrast with his musical career.^[2] He is of Ukrainian descent.^[3]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
Title	Details	LTU ^[4]
Mano Sapnuose	Released: May 13, 2019 Format: Digital download, CD	11

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions	Album
Year	Title	LTU ^[4]	Album
2018	"Kartais"	—	Mano Sapnuose
2019	"Run with the Lions"	29
2019	"Skirtingi Pasauliai" (with Inga Jankauskaitė)	—

References

^ "Lithuania: Broadcaster LRT reveals Lolita Zero lip-synced her Eurovizijos atranka performance". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
^ "Jurij Veklenko: Lithuania". Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ "Eurovision 2019 - Jurij Veklenko". ESCKAZ. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b
Peaks in Lithuania:
- "Mano Sapnuose" (album) and "Run with the Lions": "Savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Ieva Zasimauskaitė with "When We're Old"	Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019	Succeeded by The Roop with "On Fire"

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Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Countries

Final	Albania Australia Azerbaijan Belarus Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia France Germany Greece Iceland Israel Italy Malta Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Russia San Marino Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom
Semi-finals	Armenia Austria Belgium Croatia Finland Georgia Hungary Ireland Latvia Lithuania Montenegro Moldova Poland Portugal Romania
Withdrawn	Ukraine

Artists

Final	Nevena Božović Chingiz Victor Crone Katerine Duska Luca Hänni Bilal Hassani Hatari Keiino Zala Kralj and Gašper Šantl Lake Malawi Duncan Laurence Sergey Lazarev Leonora John Lundvik Mahmood Jonida Maliqi Kobi Marimi Michela Miki Kate Miller-Heidke Michael Rice Serhat Sisters Tamta Tamara Todevska Zena
Semi-finals	Carousel D mol Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman Eliot Sarah McTernan Oto Nemsadze Anna Odobescu Conan Osíris Paenda Joci Pápai Ester Peony Roko Srbuk Tulia Jurij Veklenko

Songs

Final	"Arcade" "Better Love" "Bigger than Us" "Chameleon" "Friend of a Friend" "Hatrið mun sigra" "Home" "Kruna" "Ktheju tokës" "Like It" "Love Is Forever" "Proud" "Replay" "Roi" "Say Na Na Na" "Scream" "Sebi" "She Got Me" "Sister" "Soldi" "Spirit in the Sky" "Storm" "Too Late for Love" "Truth" "La venda" "Zero Gravity"
Semi-finals	"22" "Az én apám" "The Dream" "Heaven" "Keep On Going" "Limits" "Look Away" "On a Sunday" ""Fire of Love (Pali się)" "Run with the Lions" "Stay" "Telemóveis" "That Night" "Wake Up" "Walking Out"

List of Eurovision Song Contest 2019 jurors

v t e Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation	1994 1999 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Artists	4Fun Aistė Aivaras Vaidas Baumila Silvester Belt Fusedmarc InCulto Laura and the Lovers Linas and Simona Monika Linkytė Monika Liu LT United Vilija Matačiūnaitė Jeronimas Milius Donny Montell Andrius Pojavis The Roop Evelina Sašenko Skamp Sasha Son Jurij Veklenko Ovidijus Vyšniauskas Ieva Zasimauskaitė
Songs	"Attention" "C'est ma vie" "Discoteque" "Eastern European Funk" "Happy You" "I've Been Waiting for This Night" "Little by Little" "Lopšinė mylimai" "Love" "Love Is Blind" "Love or Leave" "Luktelk" "Nomads in the Night" ~~"On Fire"~~ "Rain of Revolution" "Run with the Lions" "Sentimentai" "Something" "Stay" "Strazdas" "This Time" "We Are the Winners" "What's Happened to Your Love?" "When We're Old" "You Got Style"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Lithuania did not compete