Citi Zēni Explained

Citi Zēni
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Origin:Latvia
Years Active:2020 – present
Current Members:
  • Jānis Pētersons
  • Dagnis Roziņš
  • Reinis Višķeris
  • Krišjānis Ozols
  • Roberts Memmēns
  • Toms Kagainis

Citi Zēni (in Latvian pronounced as /ˈtsiti ˈzæːni/;) is a Latvian pop band, consisting of six members. They represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with their single “Eat Your Salad”.[1]

History

Citi Zēni formed in March 2020 at a songwriting camp outside of Riga.[2]

In 2021, the band released their debut album Suņi Iziet Ielās, which translates to Dogs Take To The Streets in English.

In 2022, the band announced their bid for Supernova 2022, with the release of their new single "Eat Your Salad".[3] The band qualified for the final and went on to win it on 12 February 2022. As a result, they represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 and failed to qualify for the grand final.

Band members

Discography

Studio albums

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Album details
Suņi Iziet Ielās
Cits Līmenis

Singles

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
LAT
Airplay

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LAT
Domestic Airplay

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LTU
[7]
"Vienmēr kavēju"2020colspan="2" rowspan="7" Suņi iziet ielās
"Parādi kas tas ir"
"Suņi iziet ielās"2021
"Skaistās kājas"
"Limuzīns uz krīta"
"Eat Your Salad"202255rowspan="2"
"Lieka štuka"
"Vecumdienas"20233 Cits Līmenis
"Baļļīte"
12 1
"Cits Līmenis"5
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.
"*" denotes the chart did not exist at that time.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-02-12. What's on the menu in Latvia? Citi Zēni win 'Supernova'! . 2022-02-12. Eurovision.tv. en-gb. 12 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220212212626/https://eurovision.tv/story/supernova-citi-zeni-latvia. live.
  2. Web site: Terry. Connor. 2022-02-04. Citi Zēni: "Our aim is to make a hard topic easy to digest & fun to listen to.". 2022-02-12. en-US. 12 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220212214947/https://www.escunited.com/citi-zeni-our-aim-is-to-make-a-hard-topic-easy-to-digest-fun-to-listen-to/. live.
  3. Web site: 2022-01-05. Latvia: Aminata and Markus Riva confirmed among the first 16 acts for Supernova 2022. 2022-02-12. wiwibloggs. en-US. 2 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202144257/https://wiwibloggs.com/2022/01/05/latvia-supernova-2022-artists-and-songs-revealed/268296/. live.
  4. Web site: Santos . Pedro . 2022-02-12 . Eat Your Salad! Citi Zēni will represent Latvia at Eurovision 2022 . 2022-02-27 . Eurovisionworld . en-gb . 12 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220212232557/https://eurovisionworld.com/esc/latvia-citi-zeni-to-eurovision-2022-after-winning-supernova . live .
  5. Peak chart positions for airplay songs in Latvia:
  6. Peak chart positions for domestic airplay songs in Latvia:
  7. Web site: 2022 20-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100). AGATA. lt. 20 May 2022. 22 July 2023. 20 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220520074409/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s20/. live.