Vainauskas and Gedvydas Vainauskas, exchanging letters with insults with them. Žalgiris did win the BBL championship, and had a good showing in the EuroLeague, nearly making the Top8 phase. Before 2010–11 season started, Zalgiris have purchased several high-profile players and a new head coach. In the first half of the season, Žalgiris was consistent, which led to impressive victories in all tournaments. After a positive start that had not been seen for years, Vladimir Romanov once again shocked the country by firing head coach Aleksandar Petrović, who was replaced by Elias Zouros, which resulted in a series of losses and Mirza Begić's decision to leave the team. This time, however, Žalgiris won back the LKL championship, as well as the LKF Cup, beating Lietuvos Rytas each time, as well as defeating VEF Rīga in the BBL finals. During the 2011–12 season, Romanov fired two other Žalgiris coaches – head coach Elias Zouros and his assistant coach. The new coach, Aleksandar Trifunović, former longtime head coach of Lietuvos Rytas, became Romanov's favorite, as even with a series of losses, Romanov chose to let the coach continue his work, resulting in repeats as LKL, BBL and LKF cup champions, once again beating rivals Lietuvos Rytas. Before the 2013 season, Romanov built up a powerful team, with many fans even thinking of a spot in the EuroLeague playoffs, as well as hiring new coach Joan Plaza. After an incredible start, with wins in the EuroLeague, LKL and VTB tournaments, Romanov admitted to running out of money. Romanov resigned from Žalgiris on 28 February 2013, two weeks after the collapse of Ūkio Bankas. Before leaving, Romanov sold his shares to the team veterans. During Romanov's time, while the team was successful in domestic competition, poor results, minus the 2012–2013 season, were displayed in the EuroLeague. Politics On 12 March 2009, Romanov announced that he intended to stand for election to become President of Lithuania. The Lithuanian electoral commission then advised Romanov that he was ineligible for that office because he was born in Russia. Other activities In 2007 Romanov won a Lithuanian version of Dancing with the Stars, which is the equivalent of the British show Strictly Come Dancing. He was paired with professional dancer Sandra Kniazevičiūtė. Romanov gave the money prize to Kniazevičiūtė. Due to the purported lack of artistry in his dance moves and alleged forgery of voting results, Romanov was called