Lithuania: Teen idols Vudis and Grūdas withdraw

by Stella Floras 315 views

Arvydas Martinėnas (Vudis) and Algirdas Grudinskis (Grūdas) have withdrawn from this year's Lithuanian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest, despite being tipped as hot favourites to qualify to the final due to their extreme popularity with Lithuanian teenagers.

Lithuanian teen idols Vudis and Grūdas, both products of the popular Lithuanian talent show Kelias į �vaig�des 1 and 2 , stated that they take the Eurovision Song Contest very seriously and apart from that they did not want to let their fans and their broadcaster down by presenting an unfinished act. That would be because the show they have been working on since this summer will not be 100% ready by the time of the second semi final they were scheduled to participate in with Let's sing.

You can listen to a snippet of their withdrawn entry here.

Stella Floras

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