Justs Sirmais
| Justs | |
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 Sirmais in 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Justs Sirmais |
| Born |
6 February 1995 Ķekava, Latvia |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
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Justs Sirmais (born 6 February 1995), also known as simply Justs, is a Latvian singer. He represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Heartbeat".
Life and career
Early life
Justs was born on 6 February 1995 in Ķekava. He attended Riga State Gymnasium No.1.[1]He began his musical journey as a street musician in Riga. At the age of six Justs started to learn jazz.
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 Supernova, the show used to select Latvia's representative to the Eurovision Song Contest.[2][3] He was competing with the song "Heartbeat", written by Latvia's 2015 entrant Aminata Savadogo. In the first heat on 7 February, Sirmais advanced to the semi-final after winning over 40% of the televote.[4] He competed in the semi-final on 21 February and advanced to the final through televoting.[5] On 28 February, he won the national final and then represented Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden.[6] He made it through the semi-final and placed 15th in the final. Justs earned their country sixth best placing ever. .[7] On 17 May 2016 he released the EP To Be Heard.[8] On 23 May 2016 he released the single "Ko Tu Dari?" (English: "What Are You Doing").[9]
Discography
Extended plays
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Singles
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| RUS [10] |
SWE [11] | ||||||||||||||||
| "Heartbeat" | 2016 | 252 | 80 | To Be Heard | |||||||||||||
| "Ko Tu Dari?" (What Are You Doing) | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||
Personal life
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In May 2016 Justs became Brand Ambassador for Beats by Dre (Apple) and Garnier (L'oreal). He is currently single.
References
- ↑ "Justs Sirmais". Retrieved 8 Feb 2016.
- ↑ Laufer, Gil (24 January 2016). "Latvia: Supernova 2016 acts to be revealed on 31 January". esctoday.com. ESCToday.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ↑ Roxburgh, Gordon (31 January 2016). "20 songs in Latvian line up revealed". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ↑ Brey, Marco (7 February 2016). "Latvia: First set of Supernova semi-finalists chosen". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ↑ Roxburgh, Gordon (21 February 2016). "Latvia: The four songs through to the Supernova final". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ↑ Roxburgh, Gordon (28 Feb 2016). "Justs to represent Latvia in 2016 with Heartbeat". EBU.
- ↑ "Justs finishes fifteenth in Eurovision". LSM.lv. eng.lsm.lv. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ↑ "To Be Heard - Single by Justs". iTunes Store.
- ↑ "Ko Tu Dari? - Single by Justs". iTunes Store.
- ↑ "Search > Justs". Tophit. Russia: tophit.ru.
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Justs". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
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| Preceded by Aminata with "Love Injected" |
Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
 Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest | |||||||||||||
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