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Latvia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Cake to Bake" written by Guntis Veilands. The song was performed by the band Aarzemnieki. The Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) organised the national final ''Dziesma 2014'' in order to select the Latvian entry for the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark. Twenty-four songs were selected to compete in the national final, which consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. In the semi-finals on 1 and 2 February 2014, six entries were selected to advance from each show. Twelve songs ultimately qualified to compete in the final on 22 February 2014 where two rounds of voting by a public televote and a nine-member jury panel selected "Cake to Bake" performed by Aarzemnieki as the winner. Latvia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 6 May 2014. Performing during the show in position 2, "Cake to Bake" was not announced among the top 10 entri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aarzemnieki
Aarzemnieki (an Latvian language#Comparative orthography, internet style writing of the Latvian language, Latvian word "ārzemnieki", meaning "foreigners") are a Latvian band that represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with their song "Cake to Bake". The lead singer of the band, Jöran Steinhauer, is Germans, German. References External links * Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Latvia Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2014 Latvian musical groups {{Latvia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twitter
Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and 'Reblogging, retweet' tweets, while unregistered users only have the ability to read public tweets. Users interact with Twitter through browser or mobile Frontend and backend, frontend software, or programmatically via its APIs. Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur), Evan Williams in March 2006 and launched in July of that year. Twitter, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California and has more than 25 offices around the world. , more than 100 million users posted 340 million tweets a day, and the service handled an average of 1.6 billion Web search query, search queries per day. In 2013, it was one of the ten List of most popular websites, most-visited websites and has been de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralfs Eilands
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Markus Riva
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Mad Show Boys
Mad Show Boys is a Latvian band. They participated in the Latvian national selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Azerbaijan with their song "Music Thief" (3rd place in superfinal) and for Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Denmark with their song "I Need a Soul-Twin" ( semi-final). Mad Show Boys consists of Garijs Poļskis (Гарри Польский) as leader of the band, lead vocal and songs author, Leonid Sprat as lead vocal (since 2019), Angela Serkevich as vocal (since 2013), Santa Savicka-Drozdova as vocal (since 2019), Martiņš Kits as vocal (songs on Latvia language), Andris Lapiņš as back vocal, Aldis Zaļūksnis, Jānis Vaišļa, Aleksandrs Veselovs (lead vocal since 2013), Misters X. Jānis Vaišļa has previously participated in Eurovision with band Pirates of the Sea (Eurovision 2008 The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Belgrade, Serbia, following the country's victory at the with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dons (singer)
Arturs Šingirejs (born 10 April 1984 in Saldus), better known as Dons, is a Latvian singer and songwriter. He is one of the most popular singers in Latvia, having won the Latvian Music Recording Awards' Top Radio Hit award six times for most played song. He has released eight solo albums and has won numerous awards including Latvijas Radio's Muzikālās Banka () Song of the Year four times. He has attempted to represent Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest twice with the songs "Freedom is my Religion" (2010) and "Pēdējā Vēstule" (2014), finishing in second both times. He has used the stage names Art Green and Art Singer while performing outside of Latvia. Born in Saldus, Latvia, Dons began his career winning the Latvian reality show ''Talantu Fabrikā'' (') in 2003. He released a duet album, ''Viens Otram'' (2004), with fellow contestant Lily (real name Linda Kalniņa, m. 2009; div. 2013). His first solo album ''Lights On'' (2006) would be mostly in English. He would find ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminata Savadogo
Aminata Savadogo (born 9 January 1993), occasionally known as simply Aminata, is a Latvian singer, songwriter, record producer, and model. She represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Love Injected". She released her debut studio album, ''Inner Voice'', in April 2015. Life and career 1993–2014: Early life and career Savadogo was born in Riga on 9 January 1993 to a mother of Latvian and Russian descent, and a Burkinabé father. She considers herself primarily Latvian. She started singing at the age of 13 with private tutor Nadežda Buharova, graduated from the Bolderāja Music and Art School in Riga and secondary school with specialisation in flute. At age 15, she took part in the Latvian television show ''Krodziņā pie Paula'' and then also competed in ''Muzikālā banka'' at age 17. She also took part in ''Koru kari 3'', the Latvian version of ''Clash of the Choirs'' as a part of the Golden Choir. Savadogo achieved international attention whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Slovenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "No One" written by Matjaž Vlašič and Urša Vlašič. The song was performed by Maja Keuc. Slovenian broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV Slovenija) organised the national final ''EMA 2011'' in order to select the Slovenian entry for the 2011 contest in Düsseldorf, Germany. Ten entries competed in the national final where the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top two entries were selected by a three-member jury panel. In the second round, "Vanilija" performed by Maja Keuc was selected as the winner entirely by a public vote. The song was later translated from Slovene to English for the Eurovision Song Contest and was titled "No One". Slovenia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2011. Performing during the show in position 13, "No One" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maja Keuc
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John Ballard (record Producer)
John Ballard (born 14 April 1951) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and record producer, based in Gothenburg, Sweden, where he has a recording studio (Tuff Studios). At Tuff Studios he has produced amongst others, Ace of Base (their first three albums), as well as co-writing some of their songs. Discography Ballard has also written songs for the Eurovision Song Contest and also performed twice in the Swedish qualification rounds of ESC in the 1980s: Other projects Ballard founded the successful Scandinavian band Bubbles (band), Bubbles and wrote and recorded most of their songs. He wrote and recorded the title track for the European release of Ice Age (2002 film), Ice Age He wrote most of the tracks for the Swedish boy band Together, including the track "Vänner" (Friends) which went to number one in Sweden. References External links * 1951 births Living people Scottish songwriters Scottish record producers Scottish expatriates in Sweden Scottish emigrants to Swe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Questa notte" written by Kjell Jennstig, Torbjörn Wassenius and Francesca Russo. The song was performed by the group Bonaparti.lv. The Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) organised the national final ''Eirodziesma 2007'' in order to select the Latvian entry for the 2007 contest in Helsinki, Finland. Twenty songs were selected to compete in the national final, which consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. In the semi-finals on 27 January and 3 February 2007, five entries were selected to advance from each show: three entries selected based on a public televote and two entries selected by a seven-member jury panel. Ten songs ultimately qualified to compete in the final on 1 March 2008 where two rounds of public voting selected "Questa notte" performed by Bonaparti.lv as the winner. Latvia competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2007. Perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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