Bonaparti.lv
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| Bonaparti.lv | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin |  Riga, Latvia |
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| Genre(s) | Opera | |
| Years active | 2007 | |
| Label(s) | Microphone Records | |
| Members | ||
| Normunds Jakušonoks Zigfrīds Muktupāvels Kaspars Tīmanis Andris Ābelīte Andris Ērglis Roberto Meloni |
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Bonaparti.lv are union of six famous Latvian tenors, which will participate in Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with their song "Questa Notte".
In 2006 Swedish composer Kjell Jennstig composed song named "Tonight", which he handed in to Eirodziesma 2007 - Latvian national qualification contest for the big final. The rules of Eirodziesma envisages, that there must be Latvian artists, so Jennstig found six Latvian tenors, who found the new band - Bonaparti.lv. The members of this project are three members of Latvian band "Labvēlīgais Tips", Normunds Jakušonoks, Kaspars Tīmanis and Andris Ābelīte, lead singer of "Bet Bet" Zigfrīds Muktupāvels, lead singer of "Cacao" Andris Ērglis, and Italian singer, who lives in Latvia, Roberto Meloni. The lyrics and name of the song became Italian, and the new title was "Questa Notte".
On February 3, 2007 Bonaparti.lv won the 2nd semi-final of Eirodziesma with 9909 votes. On February 24 they at first won the 1st round of final, and then along with 2 other contestants competed in superfinal. Bonaparti.lv with "Questa Notte" had a convincing victory with 49 422 votes, which was more than 3 times more than the 2nd place had.
On May 10 Bonaparti.lv will participate in semi-final of Eurovision Song Contest 2007.
