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Citi Zēni
Left to right: Roziņš, Višķeris, Ozols, Pētersons, Kagainis and Memmēns
Left to right: Roziņš, Višķeris, Ozols, Pētersons, Kagainis and Memmēns
Background information
Origin Latvia
Genres
Years active2020 – present
Members
  • Jānis Pētersons
  • Dagnis Roziņš
  • Reinis Višķeris
  • Krišjānis Ozols
  • Roberts Memmēns
  • Toms Kagainis

Citi Zēni (Latvian pronunciation: [ˈtsiti ˈzæːni]; transl. "Other Boys") is a Latvian pop band, consisting of six members. They represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with their single “ Eat Your Salad”. [1]

History

Citi Zēni formed in March 2020 at a songwriting camp outside of Riga. [2]

In 2021, the band released their debut album Suņi Iziet Ielās, which translates to Dogs Take To The Streets in English.[ citation needed]

In 2022, the band announced their bid for Supernova 2022, with the release of their new single " Eat Your Salad". [3] The band qualified for the final and went on to win it on 12 February 2022. As a result, they represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 and failed to qualify for the grand final.

Band members

  • Jānis Pētersons – vocals [4]
  • Dagnis Roziņš – vocals, saxophone [4]
  • Reinis Višķeris – keyboards [4]
  • Krišjānis Ozols – guitar [4]
  • Roberts Memmēns – bass, vocals [4]
  • Toms Kagainis – drums [4]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums
Title Album details
Suņi Iziet Ielās
Cits Līmenis

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
LAT
Airplay

[6]
LAT
Domestic Airplay

[7]
LTU
[8]
"Vienmēr kavēju" 2020 * Suņi iziet ielās
"Parādi kas tas ir"
"Suņi iziet ielās" 2021
"Skaistās kājas"
"Limuzīns uz krīta"
" Eat Your Salad" 2022 55 Non-album singles
"Lieka štuka"
"Vecumdienas" 2023 3 Cits Līmenis
"Baļļīte"
(featuring Labvēlīgais Tips [ lv]
12 1
"Cits Līmenis" 5
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.
"*" denotes the chart did not exist at that time.

References

  1. ^ "What's on the menu in Latvia? Citi Zēni win 'Supernova'! 🇱🇻". Eurovision.tv. 2022-02-12. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  2. ^ Terry, Connor (2022-02-04). "Citi Zēni: "Our aim is to make a hard topic easy to digest & fun to listen to."". Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  3. ^ "Latvia: Aminata and Markus Riva confirmed among the first 16 acts for Supernova 2022". wiwibloggs. 2022-01-05. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Santos, Pedro (2022-02-12). "Eat Your Salad! Citi Zēni will represent Latvia at Eurovision 2022". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  5. ^ "Citi Zēni – Suņi Iziet Ielās", Discogs, 2021, retrieved 2023-07-22
  6. ^ Peak chart positions for airplay songs in Latvia:
  7. ^ Peak chart positions for domestic airplay songs in Latvia:
  8. ^ "2022 20-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2023.

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest
2022
Succeeded by