Cosmos (band)

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Cosmos is a Latvian a cappella vocal group of six singers: Jānis Šipkēvics (countertenor), Andris Sējāns (countertenor), Juris Lisenko (tenor), Jānis Ozols (baritone), Jānis Strazdiņš (bass) and Reinis Sējāns (rhythm). Founded in 2002, Cosmos has gained national and international recognition in just a few years.

Cosmos were chosen to represent their nation in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest in Athens, Greece with the song 'I Hear Your Heart'. Despite winning the national "Eirodziesma 2006" contest, the song finished in 16th place out of the 24 competing nations with 30 points. Janis Šipkevics then went on to be the Latvian spokesperson when revealing their voting results in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.

The 1 March 2007 at the italian Sanremo Music Festival they sung with Al Bano the song 'Nel perdono' ('In The Forgiveness').

[edit] Awards

2003, Best Latvian Pop Album of 2003 (for their debut album Cosmos)
2004, victory at the New Wave, the international competition of young singers of popular music, in Jūrmala, Latvia.
2004, second prize at the International Choral Music Competition in Gorizia, Italy