eurovision 2023
Sudden Lights
Sudden Lights represented Latvia at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool with “Aijā”, and went out in the first semi-final.
- what
- Latvian band
- formed
- 2012, Latvia
- contest
- 2023
- music
- pop, indie rock, pop rock
- active
- since 2012
- sang for
- Latvia
Biography
Sudden Lights are a Latvian indie rock band, founded in Riga in 2012: the singer Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis, the drummer Mārtiņš Matīss Zemītis, the guitarist Kārlis Matīss Zitmanis and the bassist Kārlis Vārtiņš. The band won Latvia’s selection, Supernova, in February 2023 with “Aijā”, which went out in the semi-final in Liverpool.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Sudden Lights”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2023 Liverpool
“Aijā”
Out in the first semi-final Went out in the first semi-final: 11th of 15, with 34 points.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Kārlis Matīss Zitmanis, Mārtiņš Matīss Zemītis, Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis, Kārlis Vārtiņš
- Won that year
- Sweden: Loreen, “Tattoo”
The story of Eurovision 2023: Liverpool hosts for Ukraine, and Loreen wins a second time
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