Sudden Lights is a Latvian indie rock band, founded in 2012 in Riga. The band consists of vocalist Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis, drummer Mārtiņš Matīss Zemītis, guitarist Kārlis Matīss Zitmanis, and bassist Kārlis Vārtiņš. In February 2023, the group won Supernova 2023 with the song "Aijā" and represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.
Sudden Lights in 2023
Sudden Lights in 2022
Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis of Sudden Lights performing at Hanzas Perons Show in 2022
Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, with "Aijā" performed by Sudden Lights. The Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) organised the national final Supernova 2023 in order to select the Latvian entry for the contest. 14 songs were selected to compete in the national final, which consisted of two shows: a semi-final and a final. In the semi-final on 4 February 2023, ten entries were selected to advance to compete in the final on 11 February 2023 where a public televote and an eight-member jury panel selected "Aijā" performed by Sudden Lights as the winner.
A video postcard introduced Sudden Lights' performance in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. The postcard was filmed in Melnsils in the Talsi Municipality in March 2023 in collaboration with the host broadcaster BBC. The Beach huts at Boscombe beach in Bournemouth and Ecospace pods in the Kyiv Sea also featured in the Latvian postcard.
Sudden Lights during a rehearsal before the first semi-final.
