Meet Lithuania’s Most Famous Class: Contestants Revealed for New Show ‘The Nation’s Dumbest’

In TV3’s new show “The Nation’s Dumbest,” contestants will compete for the unusual honor of being eliminated first. The program brings 12 well-known Lithuanians back to the classroom, with the winner earning the title nobody wants.

The participants include beauty specialist, entrepreneur and singer Oksana Pikul; economist, former politician, lecturer and publicist Aušra Maldeikienė; and swimmer Danas Rapšys, a world silver medalist and three-time Olympic competitor.

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I always repeat that no matter what difficult or unpleasant stage a person is going through, from personal matters to work issues, work is exactly what can help you recover. Here, we are truly disconnected.

Pikul said the project arrived at the right time in her life. She described work as a way to recover from difficult personal or professional periods, adding that contestants have put their phones aside and cannot use them during the show.

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I can be the dumbest.

Maldeikienė said self-irony was her strongest quality. She joked that, if she won, she would announce it on Facebook and continue speaking about subjects she understands, while accepting that she could be “the dumbest” in the show.

Rapšys said he joined because people sometimes need to laugh at themselves. He wanted viewers to see that athletes are ordinary people who do not always understand even the simplest things, and said he was not ashamed to admit when he did not know something. The classes begin on September 6 under the supervision of Mantas Katleris and Mantas Bartuševičius.

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In life, you sometimes need to know how to laugh at yourself.