Bonaparti.lv was a

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consisting of

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n tenors, that participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with their song "

Questa Notte 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 Televīz ...

" (Tonight). In 2006,

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composer

Kjell Jennstig Kjell Jennstig (born February 17, 1960) is a Swedish musician and composer/songwriter. As a musician he is mostly known as guitarist in Swedish motorcycle group, Kenneth & the Knutters. As a composer/songwriter, he has written for a number of Swed ...

composed a song named "Tonight", which he handed it in to

Eirodziesma 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 ...

- the Latvian national qualification for the

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. The rules of Eirodziesma envisages, that there must be Latvian artists, so Jennstig found six Latvian tenors, who founded the new band - Bonaparti.lv. The members of this project are three members of Latvian band " Labvēlīgais Tips",

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, Kaspars Tīmanis and Andris Ābelīte, lead singer of " Bet Bet"

Zigfrīds Muktupāvels Zigfrīds is a Latvian masculine given name derived from the Germanic given name Siegfried. People bearing the name Zigfrīds include: *Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics (, Durbe – 22 August 1925, near Tukums) was a Latvia ...

, lead singer of "

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, and Roberto Meloni, an Italian-born Latvian immigrant who was originally entered in Eirodziesma 2007 with "Feels Like Heaven" a duet performed with Stacey (as a result of Meloni's recruitment for Bonaparti.lv "Feels Like Heaven" would be performed in Eirodziesma 2007 by Stacey solo). The lyrics and name of the song became Italian, and the new title was "

". On February 3, 2007 Bonaparti.lv won the 2nd semi-final of Eirodziesma with 9909 votes. On February 24 they at first won the 1st round of final, and then along with 2 other contestants competed in superfinal. Bonaparti.lv with "Questa notte" had a convincing victory with 49,422 votes, which was more than 3 times more than the 2nd place had. On May 10, Bonaparti.lv qualified to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, by finishing in the top 10 of the semi-final. In the final, they presented their song in the 14th position, following France and preceding Russia and got 16th place in final voting. They separated but then reformed after some years.

References

External links

Video of song "Questa Notte" at the Final of Eurovision 2007

Video of song "Questa Notte" at the Semifinal of Eurovision 2007
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bonaparti lv Latvian pop music groups Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Latvia Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2007 Tenors