Aistė Smilgevičiūtė | |
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Birth name | Aistė Smilgevičiūtė |
Also known as | Aistė |
Born | October 29, 1977 |
Origin | Plungė, Lithuania |
Genres | folk, jazz, poprock |
Occupations | vocalist, lyricist, songwriter |
Labels | Via Artis |
Associated acts | Skylė Erdvė |
Aistė Smilgevičiūtė (born October 29, 1977 in Plungė) is a Lithuanian singer. She performs folk music, jazz, pop rock and other kinds of alternative music. Since 1996 Aistė has been a member of the music band "Skylė". She also graduated in Classical Philology from Vilnius University.
Aistė participated as a Lithuanian contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, held in Israel, singing a modern folk song, "Strazdas" ("Song Thrush"), in the Samogitian dialect. This song made 20th place in the competition, with 13 points.
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Preceded by Ovidijus Vyšniauskas with "Lopšinė mylimai" |
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 |
Succeeded by Skamp with "You Got Style" |