“Other Boys” Eurovision Song Contest “Eat Your Salad” Video / Article Released

The plot of the “Eat Your Salad” video is cleverly formed and supplemented with references to the style of the seventies, TV shows, as well as Bollywood dance steps. In the video, TV personalities Beta Bõigu (Beāte Bērziņa), Marģers Majors, Edgars Bāliņš, as well as the dance ensemble “Daiļrade” have also played various roles in the video.

The director of the video is Niklāvs Vētra, the creative producers are Mārtiņš Goldbergs and Elīna Sargune, but the editing and cinematography was done by Ritvars Bluka. The artist Diāna Rābante participated in the creation of the clip and Beāte Svarinska created the video choreography. The video was created with the support of “Live Riga”.

The video of the performance of the song “Eat Your Salad” from the national selection – the Latvian Television Song Contest “Supernova” – has exceeded one million views on the “Youtube” platform, as well as on the music platform “Spotify” the song has been listened to more than a million times. The song has gained considerable sympathy in international charts as well, having been among the most popular songs of “Spotify” in Sweden, Finland and other countries for several weeks.

“The video is filled with humorous references to Eurovision, various European cultures, as well as popular music trends,” describes the group’s soloist Jānis Pētersons. “We deliberately designed it in the aesthetics of a hippie time to make viewers feel like the video is taking them to another decade.”

Commenting on the filming process, Tom Kagainis said: “Overall, this is our grandest music video in the history of” Other Boys “- both in terms of number of participants and overall complexity. However, Eurovision is the biggest musical event of the year to themselves. “

“Eurovision and its preparations have taken up all our daily lives. The goals are high, so we do not regret ourselves and our energy. I think we will surprise Europe with something uncharacteristic of Latvia,” bassist and producer Roberts Memmēns describes the group’s readiness for the Eurovision Song Contest. “Latvia has to return to the finals of the competition, so we are doing everything we can to make it a success this year,” says the group’s saxophonist Dagnis Roziņš.

The group “Other Boys” consists of Jānis Pētersons (vocals), Dagnis Roziņš (vocals and saxophone), Reinis Višķeris (keyboards), Krišjānis Ozols (guitar), Roberts Memmēns (bass) and Toms Kagainis (drums).

At the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, which will take place in Turin, Italy, the Latvian song will be performed in the first semifinal on May 10. Albania, Switzerland, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Denmark, Armenia, Austria, Croatia, Iceland and Greece will also take part. Two of the Big Five countries – Italy and France – will also vote in the first semifinal. Representatives from Austria, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Finland, Georgia, Israel, Malta, San Marino, Serbia, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Ireland, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Poland, Romania and Sweden will compete in the second semi-final on 12 May. also the “Big Five” countries Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. The Eurovision final will take place on 14 May.

In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the organizers of Eurovision barred Russia from participating in this year’s competition.

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