The big day is here!

At this moment, the 2Pixies are sitting in the press centre watching the last dress rehearsal (Family Final) before the big show tonight.

Justs has just been singing his Heartbeat and once again it looked and sounded absolutely amazing! We were looking forward to see how the starting order would affect the overall impression, and even though Justs is singing right after the fan favourite Spain and before the top rated Ukraine, Justs is still a standout!

Since Thursday's semi-final Justs has increased in rankings and website ESC votings and took the number 1 place in the voting at Escnation.com. Impressive!


The odds are looking good for tonight!

May the best song win.

Justs and Heartbeat will perform as song number 20!

After a grand opening performance as song #01 of the Second Semi Final, Justs arrived to the winner of the 2nd semi press conference. With a big smile and a feeling of satisfaction and gratefulness, Justs sat among his fellow winners of the night, ready for the questions from the press and waiting for their turn to draw either 1st or 2nd half of the Grand Final.

Justs had to wait till the very end. And as soon as Polen had drawn the last spot in the 1st half, it was clear to all that Latvia would perform in the 2nd half.     

It was a happy but also tired Team Heartbeat that returned to the hotel last night. Now there is a Grand Final to think about and luckily for all of us viewers, the flame is burning brighter and brighter and we can expect yet another heartfelt, inviting and powerful performance from Justs on Saturday. 

The running order for the Grand Final

1. Belgium
2. Czech Republic
3. The Netherlands
4. Azerbaijan
5. Hungary
6. Italy
7. Israel
8. Bulgaria
9. Sweden
10. Germany
11. France
12. Poland
13. Australia
14. Cyprus
15. Serbia
16. Lithuania
17. Croatia
18. Russia
19. Spain
20. Latvia
21. Ukraine
22. Malta
23. Georgia
24. Austria
25. United Kingdom
26. Armenia

It's now or never - we feel your heartbeat!

Justs fra Letland har en særlig Eurovision-hilsen til Danmark!

I aften er det tid til den anden semifinale i årets Eurovision Song Contests, hvor Danmark og Lighthouse X deltager sammen med 17 andre lande i fælles håb om at vinde en af pladserne i finalen.
Blandt dagens deltagende artister er Letlands Justs, der skal synge deres bidrag 'Heartbeat'.
I den forbindelse har Justs en særlig hilsen til danskerne!

Sangen Heartbeat er skrevet af Letlands vinder fra sidste år, Aminata, der dengang brød med mange års bad luck og tog Letland til finalen og blev nummer 6 med sangen 'Love Injected'.

I år har hun skrevet den lettiske sang og har sammen med Justs skabt et powerteam. Som et par nøje afbalancerede petanguekugler er de klar til at kaste sig ud i kampen om grisen.

Husk at Danmark kan stemme i semifinalen i aften.

Pictures from last nights performance in EuroClub

Aminata was invited to sing on the big EuroClub stage last night.

She sang her latest single release 'Fighter' and dedicated it to those who knows the feeling of having the need to fight for something; a very nice and comforting message.
Her performance was sharp, cool, effortless and fantastic. That girl has a great voice.

You can watch a glimpse of it here  Aminata - Fighter

She sealed the deal with her song from last years Eurovision in Vienna, 'Love Injected'.

Watch a short clip here Aminata - Love Injected

We can't wait to hear more from her!

Aminata on stage at EuroClub tonight!

2Pixies enjoyed the Georgian get together

Today we were invited to join the Georgian delegation at their get together with the Georgian Ambassador and their Swedish friendship community who were the hosts for the day.

The surroundings were spectacular. The event took place at Kulturfyren on Skeppsholmen amongst houseboats and creative ateliers. Great place to spend an afternoon in Stockholm!

 Nika Kocharov's taking a stroll on the dock for the cameras

 

While we wait for the concert to begin we use our time well and read about the beautiful country Georgia.  

The Geordian ambassador welcomes us

And then it's time for some music

Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz

Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz is a London based band. Their music is indie rock, and they took us on a musical journey to the indie rock and Britpop centre stage where Green day and Oasis once ruled the world, but now the Nika & Young Georgian Lolitaz has taken over! 

Thank you for at great concert and for the treat of traditional delicates you served for your guest.

It was a lovely lovely evening. 

Here's a video clip of Midnight Gold in a special acoustic version.

Today Team Heartbeat went to the Lavian Embassy

The Latvian Ambassador Gints Jegermanis, a lovely man and Eurovision fan as well, welcomed once again the Latvian delegation into his house for a cosy mingle with friends of the Embassy. 

We met him and his family back in 2012 in Copenhagen, when Latvia was competing in Eurovision in Malmö. At that time he was the Latvian ambassador in Denmark.
It was great to meet him again and like last time the evening's event started in the backyard with an intimate concert with both Justs and Aminata. Afterwards, the embassy had arranged a Swedish/Latvian "Fika" with sweet specialities from Latvia.

Fun fact: This is the place where the Latvian group Brainstorm also performed back in 2000. We were told it's considered "holy ground" for the Latvians, since Brainstorm not only started the Latvian journey within the Eurovision Song Conetst, but also came in in 3rd.
Two years later Latvia won the contest with Marie N.

 

 Justs performed Heartbeat in an acoustic version at the Embassy - watch it here:

Justs Meet & Greet at Euro Fan Café! Don't miss!

Aminata has arrived to Globen

Last year Aminata took Latvia all the way to top five. This year she has teamed up with Justs to fight their way to the top spot!

Today she came straight from Riga and jumped off the plane and went to Globen for the second rehearsals. The rehearsal went well and the team looks forward to the 2nd Semi Final on Tuesday.

If you would like to meet and greet Justs and Aminata, then come to Euro Fan Cafe Monday May 9th at 15:00. It's open to the public and the press. 

Aminata has just released her new single 'FIGHTER'. You can listen to it here:

2nd rehearsal went Just(s) well today.

Today's rehearsal went smooth!
Justs gave his all and everything looks promising. Team Heartbeat are overall happy with the today's rehearsal.
Take a look at the video and judge for yourself!

  

Halløj, Hallo! - Hera Björk tager røven på den danske presse!

Spoiler alarm! Se ikke dette interview, hvis du ikke kan håndtere a 'Queen Of Effing Everything'. Hera Björk lægger ALT på bordet!

Busy Nordic Friday

Friday was a busy day for the Latvian delegation. The weather in Stockholm greeted us with sun, sun sun! A perfect day to take a stroll in the city of Eurovision.

Justs met up with Laura from Belgium and longboarded his way through the Tunnelbana and streets of Stockholm:

Do you wanna watch Justs longboarding!
 

Justs met Laura from Belgium

The night ended at EuroClub - the place to be for all delegates and accreditated! - where the Nordic countries had put together a little get together. There were bite size tastings from all countries, and performances from participating artists.

Justs giving interviews to the press

Gorgeous tastings from all Nordic countries

Greta Salome from Iceland

Finland representing!

Shirley Clamp hosted the Nordic night

 

Heartbeat music video is here!

Justs released the music video to Hesrtbeat! Cool stuff! 

At Kellerman's we Come Together... or is it at Eurovision?

It's 'round that time of the year where we pack our bags and travel to the big and beautiful resort called Eurovision.
Some comes to relax with friends, some to work, some to sing & dance and some to win the big contest. In which category do you belong? We - the 2Pixies & Pixie-Per - belongs in all of them! We are the little fairies you won't see until you do! 

Once again you will find us together with the Latvian delegation, where we will bring you first hand gems from Team #JustsHeartbeat.

See you soon - But until then... Here's a little sing-along-song!

At Euroland we come together singing all as one
We will share another seasons talent, play and fun
Now it's May and artists gather, Eurovision starts
And to Stockholm we will go with music our hearts

Join hands and hearts and voices
Voices, hearts and hands
At Eurovision friendships last long
As the Winner stands

Daytime, nighttime, any hour whether gay or blind
Flags and dancers, drinks and music happily combined

Join hands and hearts and voices
Voices, hearts and hands
At Eurovision friendships last long
As the Winner stands

Join hands and hearts and voices
Voices, hearts and hands
At Eurovision ...

Let's Just(s) take a moment to...

Aarzemnieki says thank you all for voting and for the love

Even though Aarzemnieki didn't qualify to the final last night, they had a great time on stage. After the show they said they really felt the love and support from the audience in the B&W Arena and they was very happy with their performance. We definitely think so as well! Their performance was 300% musical power, with authentic flavour and no extra sugar added, and they filled their cake with love and shared it with Europe.

Family members of the group and many other contestants (like Conchita and Hersi) came to congratulate the band for an amazing performance. The groups said they have no regrets about the outcome, they send their love to all their competitors that went trough to Saturday's Grand Final, and want to thank all those who voted for them. They feel every competing country gave it their best last night in the love for the music, and that's what it's all about. Now, they will enjoy the rest of their stay in Copenhagen and cheer for all of their competing friends on Saturday! Go Team Cake, we are proud of you!

An interrogation of a Drama Queen!

2Pixies is known for being big time curious and therefor they have arrested the hostess of the Champagne Lounge in Euro Club for an interrogation. Hear all about what’s on the program, the secrets behind the dress and all about nothing in our quest for the utterly spectacular show-truth!

 

Let the interrogation interview begin.

First of all you need to know. You have the right to have a glamorous lawyer. All you say will be used and abused in the best possible way.

State your full name?

DQ: My name is DQ - Drama Queen

Your age?

DQ: My age – You bitch!

That remark will be noted! Occupation please?

DQ: Singer and entertainer.

What are you warring and why?

DQ: I'm warring a smashing blue dress, because I like blue. Do you like it?

Yes, but we are the ones asking questions - not you!

Tell us about this "champagne lounge". What time does it open and close?

DQ: It opens most nights at ten o'clock and closes at four.

And why do you want us to come to this champagne lounge?

DQ: Because it's the best place to be in Euroland. And because I'm there to host it and there will be a lot of fun stuff happening like sing-along and quizzing. A LOT!

Alright! Are you sure there are no hidden agendas?

DQ: hehe… Noooo! None that I know of!?

Hmmm… Will there be champagne?

DQ: We have cava. Is that okay for you?

(…)

Will there be bodyguards?

DQ: Yes of cause, lots of them, what do you think!

Will there be go-go dancers?

DQ: If anyone in the audience feels like being wild go-go dancers, then yes there will!

Meaning, that you secretly hope so!  Will there be singing?

DQ: There will be a lot of singing.

Who will sing?

DQ: ME - of cause! And of cause people from the audience will sing. Everybody can sing, 2Pixies can sing if you want to.

(…) 

So we have heard that you are good friends with Tina Turner and Birthe Kjær. Is that correct?

DQ: Oh yeah! We are very good friends you know! And I sing their songs.

Will they stop by at some point?

DQ: Maybe. You'll never know.

Alright. You said there will be quizzing.

DQ: Yes there will be quizzing and there will be good prizes too.

Okay, what can WE win?

DQ: You can win… well I will let that be a surprise.

Okay, so what are the answers for these quizzes? Where do we find the answers?

DQ: Ehh… If you now anything about Eurovision, especially this year you will know the answers. But I wont tell you.

Okay thank you for being interrogated, we will be back with more questions during the last days of Eurovision. You can go now!

DQ: And thank you for letting me go.  

If you want more of this girl #JoinUs at EuroClub.  

Meet Aarzemnieki before the big semi-final tonight

Tonight is the first semi-final in Eurovision Song Contest 2014 - and we're very excited to see the Latvian Aarzemnieki perform! They will be singing as number two - and the song is of course "Cake To Bake". Here's our interview with the group.

Can you tell us a bit about your experience when you won the competition in Latvia? Was it a big surprise for you or had you expected to win?
J: It was a total shock to win!
K: In the heart we felt that it was possible to win, but that we actually won was so shocking!
J: We were not the favourite to win. Some of the other artists entered the Latvian competition for the second or third time, and I feel bad for the second and third place because they have tried and tried to make it to Eurovision several times - but now this time Aarzemnieki came and took their place.
K: I think I can talk for all of us and say that we are very happy to represent Latvia this year.

Has it changed anything in your daily life in Latvia now that everyone know who you are?
J: Katrina lost her job!
K: Well, after end of February my life’s title has changed to Eurovision Song Contest, so it’s great to have this experience and it’s interesting to work with people and to get to know who knows Eurovision and who don’t. Also to find out how it works in Latvia and which’s fights you have to fight because of that.

Can you feel that your country is supporting you?
J: We feel that on the social networks. After the final the interest has become very high and nowadays everyone knows us on the streets and come and say hi and what a good job we have done – or if someone gives us bad feedback we just return it in a positive way.
R: for the first couple of weeks people didn’t get it, didn’t get us. But then we went to Amsterdam, and there we did our thing and people began writing good things about us. And now it has actually become a lot better, and I feel that we have become more appreciated.

How has it been to travel together as a band?
J: Most of the time it has actually not been possible. For promotion gigs we decided to focus on a few but special places like Belgium, Amsterdam and London, and to some of those places I went alone.

How was it to meet the other Eurovision artists?
J: In Amsterdam we had a great time! There was a real Eurovision atmosphere there, and everything was professionally arranged. We had a great time!
R: Yes, it was very funny, and since Jöran knows so many languages it was great fun to sing songs in other languages.

Yes, how many languages do you know, Jöran?
J: I can speak five languages, but in school I was also taught languages like Spanish and Latin, but those I don’t know very well nowadays. But I think I can do songs in nearly every European language.

What are your plans as a band for the future?
J: Right now we’re not thinking about the future. We take it step by step. Everything is going in such a high tempo and there’s so much media attention. But we don’t really plan that much, I think you can count the number of rehearsals we’ve had on one hand.

Do you have a special message that you’d like to convey with your song?
All: (singing)

”Mix some dough, add some love, let it bake, wait for it
Mix some dough, add some love, let it bake, wait for it
Mix some dough, add some love, let it bake, have some cake
Mix some dough, add some love, let it bake!”
J: Another message is that we’d like to challenge people. We’re not hoping people will be thinking our song is only “I love you so much and we’ll be together forever and always”. We want people to think “who are these guys, what are they all about?”

Jöran, we’ve learned you speak Danish?
J: Yes, in 2008 I was working on a Danish farm close to Saltum in Aalborg. It was close to Faarup Sommerland and I learned all the songs from there. (singing) “Der er så fuld af sjov, inde i en skov….”. I was also listening a lot to Rollo & King, so maybe I can sing some Danish songs for you at some time.

We’d love that! Thank you so much to all of your for the interview!

Special greeting to you from Aarzemnieki

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