Birth name Justs Sirmais Instruments Vocals | Occupation(s) Singer | |
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Born 6 February 1995 (age 22)Ķekava, Latvia ( 1995-02-06 ) Awards Annual Latvian Music Recording Award for Best Debut Nominations Annual Latvian Music Recording Award for Song of the Year, Annual Latvian Music Recording Award for Best Song Similar Hovi Star, Donny Montell, Aminata Savadogo, Poli Genova, Douwe Bob Profiles | ||
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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".
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Early life
Justs was born on 6 February 1995 in Ķekava. He attended Riga State Gymnasium No.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. 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. 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 Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden. 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?" (English: "What Are You Doing").
Songs
Heartbeat2016
Ko Tu Dari?2016
Kaut Mazliet2016