Justs Sirmais
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Birth name | Justs Sirmais |
Born | Ķekava, Latvia | 6 February 1995
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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 and television presenter. 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.
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 his country's 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]
In January 2018, it was announced that he will cohost Supernova 2018.[10] 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 Bristol, United Kingdom.[11]
In November 2020 he was participating on Balss Maskā as the cute Sparrow.
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
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Here I Am |
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Extended plays[]
Title | Details |
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To Be Heard |
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Singles[]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||
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RUS [14] |
SWE [15] | ||||||||||||||||
"Heartbeat" | 2016 | 252 | 80 | Non-album singles | |||||||||||||
"Ko Tu Dari?" (What Are You Doing) | — | — | |||||||||||||||
"Kaut Mazliet" (A Little Something) | — | — | |||||||||||||||
"Message to You" [16] | 2017 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
"Are You There" [17] | — | — | Here I Am | ||||||||||||||
"Uz Palodzes" [18] | 2018 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
"Position in Here" (Makree featuring Justs) [19] | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||||||||
"Anything Above" (Makree featuring Justs) [20] | — | — | |||||||||||||||
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
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. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. 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.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "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.
- ^ Balins, Edgars (25 January 2018). "Latvia: Justs and Dagmara Legante announced as hosts of Supernova 2018". Wiwibloggs.
- ^ "Here I Am by Justs". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "To Be Heard". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Search > Justs". Tophit. Russia: tophit.ru.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Justs". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ^ "Message to You (single)". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "Are You There (single)". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "Uz Palodzes (single)". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Position in Here (single)". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Anything Above (single)". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
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- 1995 births
- English-language singers from Latvia
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2016
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Latvia
- Latvian male singers
- Latvian pop singers
- Living people
- Musicians from Riga
- Riga State Gymnasium No.1 alumni
- Television people from Riga