Justs Sirmais (born 6 February 1995), also known as simply Justs, is a Latvian singer and television presenter. He represented Latvia in the

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with the song " Heartbeat".

Life and career

Early life

Justs was born on 6 February 1995 in

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. He attended

Riga State Gymnasium No.1 Riga State Gymnasium No.1 ( lv, Rīgas Valsts 1. ģimnāzija), the oldest school in the Baltic states, offers secondary education (grades 7 to 12) in Riga, the capital of Latvia. The school traces its origins to school of Riga Cathedral, which w ...

. 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 ''

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'', the show used to select Latvia's representative to the

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. He was competing with the song " Heartbeat", written by Latvia's 2015 entrant

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. 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

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. He made it through the semi-final and placed 15th in the final. Justs earned his country's sixth best placing ever. On 17 May 2016 he released the EP ''To Be Heard''. On 23 May 2016 he released the single "Ko Tu Dari?" ( en, "What Are You Doing"). In January 2018, it was announced that he will cohost ''Supernova 2018''. In April 2018, Justs released his debut studio album, ''Here I Am''. In September 2018, Sirmais announced on Instagram that he would be studying Music Production at university in

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, United Kingdom.Instagram
/ref> In November 2020 he was participating on '' Balss Maskā'' as the cute ''Sparrow''.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

References

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