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Balss Maskā
''Balss Maskā'' (''Voice in a Mask'') is a Latvian reality singing competition television series based on the ''Masked Singer'' franchise, which originated from the South Korean version of the show ''King of Mask Singer''. The show was announced in August 2020, the same month shooting for the first season began. The program premiered on TV3 Latvia on 13 September 2020. Production Format A group of celebrities compete anonymously on stage, singing in full costumes over a series of episodes. Each episode, a portion of the competitors are paired off into face-off competitions, in which each will perform a song of his or her choice. From each face-off, the panelists and live audience vote: the winner's safe for the week, while the loser is put up for elimination. At the end of the episode, the losers of the face-offs are then subjected to new votes of the panelists to determine who will not continue; the eliminated singer then enters a special room backstage where it turns its back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reality Television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s with shows such as ''The Real World'', then achieved prominence in the early 2000s with the success of the series '' Survivor'', '' Idols'', and '' Big Brother'', all of which became global franchises. Reality television shows tend to be interspersed with "confessionals", short interview segments in which cast members reflect on or provide context for the events being depicted on-screen; this is most commonly seen in American reality television. Competition-based reality shows typically feature gradual elimination of participants, either by a panel of judges, by the viewership of the show, or by the contestants themselves. Documentaries, television news, sports television, talk shows, and traditional game shows are generally not clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristaps Strūbergs
Kristaps is a Latvian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the German name Christoph and may refer to: *Kristaps Blanks (born 1986), Latvian football striker *Kristaps Dārgais (born 1990), Latvian basketball player *Kristaps Grebis (born 1980), Latvian footballer *Kristaps Gulbis (born 1967), Latvian sculptor and artist *Kristaps Helmanis (1848 – 1892), Latvian vaccinologist and microbiologist *Kristaps Janičenoks (born 1983), Latvian basketball player * Kristaps Lībietis (born 1982), Latvian biathlete and Olympic competitor *Kristaps Mauriņš (born 1991), Latvian luger and Olympic competitor *Kristaps Porziņģis (born 1995), Latvian basketball player * Kristaps Sotnieks (born 1987), Latvian ice-hockey player *Kristaps Valters (born 1981), Latvian basketball guard *Kristaps Veksa (born 1994), Latvian BMX rider *Kristaps Zaļupe (born 1976), Latvian sprint canoer and Olympic competitor * Kristaps Zīle (born 1997), Latvian ice hockey player *Kristaps Zommers (born 1997 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Aleksandrs Samoilovs (born April 6, 1985) is a beach volleyball player from Latvia. Samoilovs and teammate Mārtiņš Pļaviņš, with whom he partnered since 2004, represented Latvia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The duo defeated the number 2 seed, Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers, in their first-round game, in what announcers called "the biggest upset in Olympic beach volleyball history." The Latvian team won its preliminary round group and in round of 16 lost to Austrian team Florian Gosch and Alexander Horst. After the Olympics Samoilovs and Pļaviņš stopped playing together. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he teamed with Ruslans Sorokins, where he again finished in 9th, reaching the round of 16, where they lost to Jonas Reckermann and Julius Brink of Germany. He now partnering with Jānis Šmēdiņš Jānis Šmēdiņš (born 31 July 1987) is a Latvian beach volleyball player. From 2008 to 2012 he played together with Mārtiņš Pļaviņš. They won br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justs Sirmais
Justs Sirmais (born 6 February 1995), also known as simply Justs, is a Latvian singer and television presenter. He represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song " Heartbeat". Life and career Early life Justs was born on 6 February 1995 in Ķekava. He attended Riga State Gymnasium No.1. He began his musical journey as a street musician in Riga. 2015–present: Eurovision Song Contest 2016 On 31 January 2016, Justs was announced as one of the 20 competing acts in the second season of ''Supernova'', the show used to select Latvia's representative to the Eurovision Song Contest. He was competing with the song " Heartbeat", written by Latvia's 2015 entrant Aminata Savadogo. In the first heat on 7 February, Sirmais advanced to the semi-final after winning over 40% of the televote. He competed in the semi-final on 21 February and advanced to the final through televoting. On 28 February, he won the national final and then represented Latvia at the Eurovision Song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katō (singer)
Kato or Katō may refer to: Places *Kato, Guyana, a village in Guyana * Katō, Hyōgo, a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan *Katō District, Hokkaido, a district located in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan *Katowice, a city in Southern Poland, often abbreviated to Kato *Mankato, a city in Southern Minnesota, often abbreviated to Kato Brands and enterprises *Kato Airline, a small airline based in Evenes, Norway * Kato Airport, an airport in Guyana * Kato Precision Railroad Models, a manufacturer of model railroad equipment Fictional characters * Kato (The Green Hornet), comic book character *Kato, the main antagonist in Astrid Lindgren's book ''Mio, My Son'' *Cato Fong (originally spelled "Kato"), character from the ''Pink Panther'' film series, see list of The Pink Panther characters People *Kato (name), a given name and surname * Katō (surname), a Japanese surname Nickname or stage name *Kato (DJ), Danish DJ *Kato (producer), Korean-American music producer *Paul Diamo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ieva Kerevica
Ieva is a Latvian and Lithuanian given name, counterpart of English Eve, derived from a Hebrew name meaning "life" or "living one". It can also mean full of life or mother of life. It is the standard biblical form of Eve in many European languages. People * Ieva Adomavičiūtė (born 1994), Lithuanian rower *Ieva Andrejevaitė (born 1988), Lithuanian actress *Ieva Budraitė (born 1992), Lithuanian politician, green leader *Ieva Gaile (born 1997), Latvian figure skater * Ieva Ilves (born 1977), Latvian diplomat and former First Lady of Estonia * Ieva Kokoreviča (born 1985), Latvian former beauty pageant contestant *Ieva Krusta (born 1976), Latvian curler * Ieva Kubliņa (born 1982), Latvian basketball player *Ieva Lagūna (born 1990), Latvian model * Ieva Narkutė (born 1987), Lithuanian singer-songwriter * Ieva Pulvere (born 1990), Latvian basketball player * Ieva Sargautytė (born 1981), Lithuanian orienteering competitor *Ieva Simonaitytė (1897–1978), Lithuanian writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaspars Breidaks
Kaspars is a Latvian masculine given name. It is a cognate to the German name Kaspar and English name Casper and may refer to: *Kaspars Astašenko (born 1975), Latvian ice hockey player * Kaspars Bērziņš (born 1985), Latvian basketball player *Kaspars Cipruss (born 1982), Latvian basketball player * Kaspars Daugaviņš (born 1988), Latvian ice hockey player *Kaspars Dubra (born 1990), Latvian football defender * Kaspars Dumpis (born 1982), Latvian luger and Olympic competitor * Kaspars Dumbris (born 1985), Latvian biathlete *Kaspars Gerhards (1969), Latvian politician *Kaspars Gorkšs (born 1981), Latvian footballer *Kaspars Ikstens (born 1988), Latvian footballer * Kaspars Kambala (born 1978), Latvian basketball player *Kaspars Liepiņš (born 1984), Latvian sidecarcross rider *Kaspars Ozers (born 1968), Latvian cyclist *Kaspars Petrovs (born 1978), Latvian convicted serial killer *Kaspars Saulietis (born 1987), Latvian ice hockey player *Kaspars Stupelis (born 1982), La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolanta Strikaite-Lapiņa
Jolanta (or Jolantha) is a Czech, Lithuanian, Polish and Slovak form of the Greek name Iolanthe. It is derived from Greek words ιολη (iole) "violet" and ανθος (anthos) "flower". Similar names also derived from Iolanthe are Yolande, Jolanda and Yolanda. Jolanta is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Jolanta Antas, Polish scientist and professor of linguistics at the Jagiellonian University of Kraków *Jolanta Bartczak (born 1964), Polish long jumper * Jolanta Bebel-Rzymowska (born 1950), Polish fencer * Grażyna Jolanta Ciemniak (born 1948), Polish political figure, member of the Senate of Poland (1993–97) *Jolanta Danielak (born 1955), Polish politician, a member of the Democratic Left Alliance and, previously SdRP * Jolanta Dičkutė (born 1970), Lithuanian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party *Jolanta Dukure (born 1979), Latvian race walker *Jolanta Hibner (born 1951), Polish politician *Jolanta Janota (born 1964), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aija Vītoliņa , A town in the Ancash Region of Peru
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Aija may refer to: *Aija (given name), a Latvian feminine given name *Aija Province, Province in the Ancash Region of Peru *Aija District, District in the Ancash Region of Peru *Aija, Peru Aija is a town in central Peru, capital of the province Aija in the region Ancash, on the west side of the Cordillera Negra. The famous scientist Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo was born here. In ancient times, the city was one of the centres of R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anmary
Linda Dinsberga (née Amantova; born 3 March 1980), known by her stage name Anmary, is a Latvian singer of Russian origin who won the Latvian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Azerbaijan with the song "Beautiful Song". Biography Amantova has graduated from the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music. She has participated in TV show "Talantu Fabrika 2", which she ended in second place. Thereafter, she has taken part in a variety of musical projects, has performed in the musical West Side Story, and been the lead vocalist for the groups Sunny Sense and Mash Mash. Dr. Christoph Schönherr, composer and professor at the Hamburg College of Music and Theatre, chose Anmary to sing solo in his work Magnificat, which toured with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra around Germany, Spain, France and Belgium. Anmary continued to develop her vocal skills while studying and today works as a vocal coach and singer. In January 2013, she released her new single ''Sari Gelin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
