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Jessica Shy
Džesika Šyvokaitė (born 6 May 1996), better known by the stage name Jessica Shy, is a Lithuanian singer and songwriter. Early life Shy was born in Birštonas, Lithuania. She began singing at the age of four and a half, and attended , where she studied pop singing. She graduated from the University of Westminster in London with a degree in Commercial Music Performance. Career Shy competed on reality competition shows 2 minutės šlovės and X Faktorius. She was a competitor on for two seasons. In 2019, she signed with music label OpenPlay. She rose to prominence after releasing several singles, namely "Rožė", which marked her first solo entry on the Lithuanian singles chart. She was nominated for "Breakthrough of the Year" at the 2020 MAMA Awards. In 2021, she collaborated with on the track "Rugpjūtis". The song marked Shy's first number-one hit on the Lithuanian Singles Chart, and would later be nominated for "Song of the Year" at the 2021 MAMA Awards. On 14 Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birštonas
Birštonas () is a balneological resort and a spa town in Lithuania situated south of Kaunas on the right bank of the Nemunas River. Birštonas received its city rights 1529, and was appointed a city in 1966. The city is the administrative centre of the Birštonas municipality. Name Birštonas is the Lithuanian name of the city. Versions of the name in other languages include Polish: ''Birsztany'', Russian: Бирштаны ''Birshtany'', Belarusian: Біршта́ны ''Birshtany'', Yiddish: בירשטאן ''Birshtan''. History Birštonas was mentioned for the first time in the fourteenth century as a "homestead at salty water." It was mentioned in chronicles of the Teutonic Knights in 1382 and described as "a farmstead at the salty water". Many Grand Dukes of Lithuania, Lithuanian nobles, and other noblemen vacationed in Birštonas during 14th and 16th centuries to hunt. The resort was founded in 1846. Many people from Russian, Polish, and Lithuanian cities visited sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania In The Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with "" performed by Silvester Belt. The Lithuanian broadcaster, (LRT), organised the national final in order to select the country's representative at the contest. Lithuania was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 7 May 2024 and was later selected to perform in position 3. At the end of the show, "" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and hence qualified to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Lithuania placed fourth out of the fifteen participating countries in the semi-final with 119 points. In the final, Lithuania performed in position 7 and placed fourteenth out of the 25 performing countries, scoring a total of 90 points. Background Prior to 2024, Lithuania had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 23 times since its first entry in . Their best placing was achieved in , with "We Are the Winner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
