Latvia’s Citi Zēni have completed their first rehearsal on the Eurovision stage in Turin.
Citi Zēni’s staging is full of colour with outfits similar to that of the national final performance but with more vivid colours. The group’s lead singer Jānis Pētersons is dressed in bright green, while the other members of the group are dressed in; red, orange, white and blue.
The LED have had a big upgrade since the Supernova performance, with the LED screens showing bright colours with cartoon vegetables floating around in parts of the song. At other times simple bright white lights are used.
A small clip of Citi Zēni’s first rehearsal can be found on TikTok below:
Who are Citi Zēni?
Citi Zēni are a pop band consisting of Jānis Pētersons (vocals), Dagnis Roziņš (vocals and saxophone), Reinis Višķeris (keyboards), Krišjānis Ozols (guitar), Roberts Memmēns (bass) and Toms Kagainis (drums). The group was formed in March 2020 at a songwriting camp in Riga.
Image source: EBU / Nathan Reinds
Latvia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000, being the last of the Baltic nations to join the contest. On their debut, Brainstorm finished in 3rd place with the song “My Star”. Latvia won the contest for the first and only time in 2002, with Marie N’s “I Wanna”. Latvia only participated in 2002 thanks to the withdrawal of Portugal from the contest, as Latvia’s poor result in 2001 had relegated them from the 2002 contest. Latvia struggled in the contest after 2002, failing to qualify for the final for six years between 2009 and 2014, they last made a final in 2016 with Justs and “Heartbeat”.
