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Lithuania In The Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Attention" written by Vilija Matačiūnaitė and Viktoras Vaupšas. The song was performed by Vilija, which is the artistic name of Matačiūnaitė. The Lithuanian broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) organised the national final ''"Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka'' (Eurovision Song Contest national selection) in order to select the Lithuanian entry for the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark. The national final took place over 12 weeks and involved 20 artists and 16 songs competing in two different competitive streams. The results of each show were determined by the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public vote, and "Attention" performed by Vilija eventually emerged as the winner following the final. Lithuania was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 8 May 2014. Performing during the show in position 7, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilija Matačiūnaitė
Vilija Matačiūnaitė (born 24 June 1986) is a Lithuanian singer, actress and songwriter. She represented Lithuania in the 59th annual Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with her song " Attention". Career Matačiūnaitė began her professional career in 2005, when she reached the finals in National Eurovision preselection and finished 7th. In 2005, she achieved wide recognition by participating in the first season of a successful local LNK television music competition franchise '' Kelias į žvaigždes'', where she became the runner-up. In 2010, she finished 2nd on a dance show ''Kviečiu Šokti'' and she was third in the international singing competition ''Sea songs'' in Ukraine. In 2011, she was the runner-up in the international singing competition ''Golden voices'' in Moldova. She was crowned the winner of UK's' music competition ''Melange Factor'' in 2012. In 2013, she won the local LRT television music competition for professional voices '' Auksinis b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LRT Radijas
LRT Radijas is the public-owned Lithuanian radio station. LRT Radijas Lithuanian Radio has been on air now for more than 80 years, and today it operates 3 radio channels – LRT Radijas, LRT Klasika and LRT Opus. LRT Radijas is being transmitted on the FM waves. The station offers news, current affairs, culture, religious, sport, entertainment and music programmes. The LRT Radijas News has its correspondents not only in the largest cities of Lithuania, but also in regions. It is the only radio news service with such an extensive network of associates abroad – from the United States to Moscow. External links * {{Radio stations in Lithuania Radio in Lithuania Radio stations in Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurga Šeduikytė
Jurga Šeduikytė (born February 11, 1980, Klaipėda, Lithuania), known by her stage names Jurga and formerly Dingau, is a Lithuanian singer and songwriter. Biography Jurga was born into a family of musicians in Telšiai, where she spent her first childhood years. In her second school year she moved to Palanga, where she took piano lessons at the local music school and graduated from high school. She studied journalism at Vilnius University. In 2002, she participated in the TV singer contest ''Fizz Superstar''. The same year she began to perform under the pseudonym Dingau with girl-rock band ''Muscat''. In 2004 she played in the musicals ''Ugnies medžioklė su varovais'' and ''Tadas Blinda''. In 2005, she began her solo career under the stage name Jurga. Her debut album, ''Aukso Pieva'' (Meadow of Gold), produced by Andrius Mamontovas, was released on September 16, 2005. The first single, ''Nebijok'' (Don't Be Afraid) charted at number one for eight weeks and became the bigg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Grönwall
Per Erik Magnus Grönwall (born 3 December 1987) is a Swedish hard rock and heavy metal singer. In 2009, he won the Swedish ''Idol'' reality television. During several of the shows, he received standing ovations from the jury for his performances. His first single, " Higher", sold gold on digital downloads after only three days. His debut album, self-titled ''Erik Grönwall'', was released just ten days after the finals and debuted at number one on the Swedish albums chart and was certified platinum. In 2012, Grönwall joined rock band H.E.A.T as lead singer. Altogether as a solo artist and band member, Grönwall has numerous top 40 hits. In 2018, he portrayed Simon Zealotes in the NBC live television concert production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's ''Jesus Christ Superstar'', in which he received Grammy nomination for in the Best Musical Theater Album category. He left H.E.A.T in 2020 after four albums with the band, and in 2022 joined Skid Row. Career Early life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Gladnikoff
Jonas Gladnikoff (born 11 January 1985) is a Swedish songwriter and music producer. Born in Täby, he began songwriting at an early age. Later in life he moved to Åland in Finland before eventually moving to Stockholm. He has written several songs for singers from across Europe, but is best known for writing entries for the Eurovision Song Contest and for various national pre-selections. He studied songwriting at the Music Production Academy Musikmakarna, graduating in 2006. In 2009 he co-wrote the song that represented Ireland. The song "Et Cetera" was performed by Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy in Moscow, Russia. In the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest he once again co-wrote the Irish entry. The song, "It's for You", was performed by the 1993 Eurovision winning singer Niamh Kavanagh. He also later wrote the 2014 Irish entry " Heartbeat" sung by Can-linn. Among his entries in national pre-selections for the Eurovision Song Contest he is best known for having co-written the runner up i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amberlife
Amberlife (born Edgaras Lubys on 17 August 1983 in Klaipėda) is a popular Lithuanian musician and songwriter. He collaborated with the well-known Lithuanian production company Cactus which led to an international career. He released three albums and was known in Latvia, Russia and Scandinavia. A limited edition CD (3,000 copies), ''In Your Eyes'', was released in January 2004 with all of the songs from Amberlife's first album plus four versions of "In Your Eyes". A video for "In Your Eyes" was filmed in Stockholm where he was photographed by Bingo Rimer, who has worked with Steven Tyler from Aerosmith, Backstreet Boys and others. Amberlife participated in the 2004 national selection for the Eurovision song contest. "In Your Eyes" was placed fourth in the final. In 2005, he won the Song of the Year award from Radiocentras Awards for "My Lover's Gone" with the Latvian singer Ladybird Coccinellidae () is a widespread family of small beetles ranging in size from . They are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgios Kalpakidis
Georgios Kalpakidis, also known as George Kalpakidis, Gorgi or GK (Greek: Γιώργος Καλπακίδης; born on 27 April 1978 in Tübingen, Germany), is a Greek songwriter, former journalist, radio & TV host, best known for having composed the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest entry for Moldova, "Stay" by Anna Odobescu. He started his radio work at the age of 13 and continued his career in the media field until 2015. He made his television debut as a host on Europe One channel, with a show called "Join Me" and also started appearing as a guest host in several projects over the next few years, on other local stations. His breakthrough came in middle 2006, when a new contract brought him to one of the biggest national networks, Macedonia TV. It was during the Eurovision 2006 period in Athens, where he was given the task to cover the event and report daily on live TV. His "ESC '2006" special, entitled "Hard Rock Hallelujah", was noted as one of the shows with the highest ratings o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurijus Veklenko
Jurijus Veklenko (born 6 July 1990 in Klaipėda), also known as Jurij Veklenko or simply Jurijus, is a Lithuanian singer. Eurovision Song Contest Veklenko previously performed at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 as one of the backing singers for Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila in their performance of " This Time"; along with the three other backing singers, Jurijus took part in a same-sex kiss as part of the final performance. In 2017, Veklenko performed the main vocal for lip-sync drag-act Lolita Zero, in her Lithuanian national final entry "Get Frighten". Veklenko won the 2019 Lithuanian national final with the song "Run with the Lions", and represented his country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the .... Pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ieva Zasimauskaitė
Ieva Zasimauskaitė (born 2 July 1993) is a Lithuanian singer who represented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with her song " When We're Old". She had previously participated in the Lithuanian national selection for the Eurovision in 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2017, and participated again in 2022. Biography Ieva Zasimauskaitė was born and raised in Kaunas, the second largest city of Lithuania. In 2012, she graduated from Kaunas Vytautas Magnus University Rasos Gymnasium in Kalniečiai. In 2015, she received Bachelor's degree in Hotel Management from the International School of Law and Business (TTVAM) in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. In 2014, Ieva spent a semester following the Erasmus Programme in Barcelona, Spain. In the spring of 2015 she completed an internship in a hotel in her hometown Kaunas and for some time worked in a gift shop. At the age of seven, Ieva was sent to the vocal class of the Kaunas Music School where she studied for eight years. At the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monika Linkytė
Monika Linkytė (born 3 June 1992) is a Lithuanian singer and songwriter. She represented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 along with Vaidas Baumila with the song " This Time", placing 18th. She also represented Lithuania in the New Wave 2014 competition and was a finalist on season two of '' Lietuvos Balsas''. She will represent Lithuania again in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song "Stay". Linkytė has previously attempted to represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2007. Early life and education Linkytė was born on 3 June 1992 in Gargždai. After completing gymnasium, she moved to Vilnius to attend Vilnius University, studying public health, but left after three semesters. In 2014, she began studying law at Vilnius University, but in 2016 left to study music education at the British and Irish Modern Music Institute in London. Career In 2007, Linkytė competed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaidas Baumila
Vaidotas Jacob Baumila (born 28 March 1987) is a Lithuanian singer and actor. He represented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 along with Monika Linkytė Monika Linkytė (born 3 June 1992) is a Lithuanian singer and songwriter. She represented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 along with Vaidas Baumila with the song " This Time", placing 18th. She also represented Lithuania in the Ne ... with the song " This Time". He became known after finishing third in the TV3 music reality show ''Dangus''. In 2014 he reached the final of Lithuanian Eurovision selection where he finished in third place. Discography Studio albums Mini Album (EP) * ''Live Session'' (2014) Singles Music Videos Filmography Awards and nominations References External link 1987 births Living people Musicians from Vilnius 21st-century Lithuanian male singers English-language singers from Lithuania Lithuanian male film actors Eurovision Song Contest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia (singer)
Vilija Pilibaitytė (born 19 July 1983), better known by her stage name Mia, is a Lithuanian singer, songwriter and television host. In 2004, she released her debut single "Kiekvienam", which was successful in Lithuania. Since 2009, she has hosted the show ''Muzikinė karuselė'' ("Musical carousel"). She has competed to represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest on four occasions; 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018. She placed second in both 2014 and 2015. Career 2004–2008: Early life and debut album Mia was born on 19 July 1983 as Vilija Pilibaitytė in the village of Kaukolikai, located in Skuodas District Municipality. She grew up in Samogitia. Mia released her debut single "Kiekvienam" in 2004, which became a hit. In the same year she released her debut single "Aš krentu". Later she signed a contract with Lithuanian record label, Melodija, and started recording her first album. In 2005, she released the song "Nešk mane", which was recorded with basketball player T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
