- Bonaparti.lv
Infobox musical artist
Name = Bonaparti.lv
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Origin =Riga ,Latvia
Genre =Opera
Years_active =2007
Label =Microphone Records
URL = [http://www.bonaparti.lv/ www.bonaparti.lv]
Current_members =Normunds Jakušonoks Zigfrīds Muktupāvels Kaspars Tīmanis Andris Ābelīte Andris Ērglis
Roberto Meloni
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sextet consisting ofLatvia ntenor s, that participated inEurovision Song Contest 2007 with their song "Questa Notte ".In
2006 Swedish composerKjell Jennstig composed a song named "Tonight", which he handed in toEirodziesma 2007 - the Latvian national qualification for theEurovision Song Contest . The rules of Eirodziesma envisages, that there must be Latvian artists, so Jennstig found six Latvian tenors, who founded the new band - Bonaparti.lv. The members of this project are three members of Latvian band "Labvēlīgais Tips ",Normunds Jakušonoks ,Kaspars Tīmanis andAndris Ābelīte , lead singer of "Bet Bet "Zigfrīds Muktupāvels , lead singer of "Cacao"Andris Ērglis , and Roberto Meloni, an Italian singer, who lives in Latvia. The lyrics and name of the song became Italian, and the new title was "Questa Notte ".On
February 3 ,2007 Bonaparti.lv won the 2nd semi-final of Eirodziesma with 9909 votes. OnFebruary 24 they at first won the 1st round of final, and then along with 2 other contestants competed in superfinal. Bonaparti.lv with "Questa Notte" had a convincing victory with 49 422 votes, which was more than 3 times more than the 2nd place had.On
May 10 Bonaparti.lv qualified to the final of theEurovision Song Contest 2007 , by finishing in the top 10 of the semi-final. In the final, they presented their song in the 14th position, followingFrance and precedingRussia and got 16th place in final voting.External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0vxbXWOxhE Video of song "Questa Notte" at the Final of Eurovision 2007]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oUxkrMWyio Video of song "Questa Notte" at the Semifinal of Eurovision 2007]
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