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Jurijus Veklenko (born 6 July 1990 in Klaipėda), also known as Jurij Veklenko or simply Jurijus, is a Lithuanian singer.
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.
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]
Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
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LTU [4] | ||
Mano Sapnuose |
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2018 | "Kartais" | — | Mano Sapnuose |
2019 | "Run with the Lions" | 29 | |
"Skirtingi Pasauliai" (with Inga Jankauskaitė) |
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