Sasha Son

Sasha Son
Sasha Son (2009)
Background information
Birth name	Dmitry Shavrov
Also known as	Sasha Song, Sasha Son
Born	September 18, 1983 (1983-09-18) (age 28) Vilnius, Lithuania
Origin	Lithuania
Genres	Pop,
Occupations	Singer,
Years active	1993 –present
Associated acts	Dima Bilan
Website	Official Myspace

Sasha Son (Russian: Dmitry Shavrov, Lithuanian: Dmitrijus Šavrovas, also known as Sasha Song^[1], born 18 September 1983 in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian singer who represented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. His nickname Sasha Son means "Sasha Dream" in Russian, with Sasha being a Russian diminutive form of the name Alexander.^[2]

Biography

Early life

At 12 years old, Dima Šavrovas was huge in the music scene of Lithuania. His major hit to date is Mama which is still very popular. He currently is the youngest person to have won the "Bravo" music award for the song of the year with his song Mama. At the age of 15 he moved to the United Kingdom; he completed secondary education there and acquired musical education.^[2]

Professional life

He represented Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009^[3] in the second Semi-Final and advanced to the Final where he finished in 23rd place. Dmitry has earlier worked with Eurovision Song Contest 2008 winner Dima Bilan.^[4] At Eurovision pre-selection final he received full points from all the juries. He participated again in Lithuania's national selection for Eurovision 2010 along with Nora with the song "Say Yes to Life."^[5]

See also

• Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

References

1. ^ http://www.klubas.lt/music/article.php?id=21611509
2. ^ ^{a b} Floras, Stella (14 February 2009). "Lithuania has chosen for Eurovision 2009". esctoday.com. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/13249. Retrieved 2009-02-17. 
3. ^ http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=1923
4. ^ Floras, Stella (31 Jan 08). "The Sasha son interview". http://www.esctoday.com/specials/read/10342. Retrieved 2009-02-17. 
5. ^ Klier, Marcus (2010-02-13). "Tonight: First semi final in Lithuania". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/15083. Retrieved 4 March 2010. 

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Jeronimas Milius with "Nomads in the Night"	Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009	Succeeded by Inculto with "East European Funk"

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Name	Son, Sasha
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Date of birth	18 September 1983
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