Album Releases
The group's debut album "Muzikants" (Musician) was released in 2003, and the album's title track became a huge hit after the duo successfully performed at the Latvian National Eurovision Competition and gained a convincing second place. That year it was the only song to be performed in Latvian and the public was on its feet during the performance.
In 2004, history repeated itself and, after the release of the group's second album, "Dzimis Latvijā" (Born in Latvia), they again found themselves singing the only Latvian-language song in the country's Eurovision pre-selection. This time they won, and the song "Dziesma par laimi" was duly selected as Latvia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Istanbul. The group were largely praised for swiftly dismissing any suggestions of switching to English-language lyrics for their performance in Turkey. Due to the poor result of the previous year's Latvian entry on home soil, Fomins and Kleins had to take part in the novelty of a Eurovision semi-final, in which they failed to achieve the top-ten placing needed to advance to the grand final. Nevertheless, they subsequently remained upbeat about the experience, and about Latvia's future in the contest.
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