Markus Riva
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Markus Riva | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Miķelis Ļaksa |
Born | Talsi, Latvia | 2 October 1986
Genres | Pop |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 2009–present |
Website | www.markus-riva.com |
Miķelis Ļaksa (born 2 October 1986), known professionally as Markus Riva, is a Latvian singer. He has released several albums, including the debut album Ticu (2009).
Riva worked at Capital FM as a DJ, and has composed music for various television shows. Among creative inspirations, he mentions artists such as Beyoncé, Robyn and Woody Allen.
Career
2014–2023: Dziesma, Supernova and X Faktors
He has competed repeatedly in
An exponent of the Ape Music, since 2017 Riva has been hosting X Faktors, the Latvian version of The X Factor.[4] The same year, Riva again participated in Supernova, this time with the song "Dynamite". He failed to qualify from the second heat, finishing in sixth place.[5] In 2018, Riva entered again with the song "This Time". Originally, he was said to have failed to qualify from his semi-final, however due to technical errors in the voting he would have qualified over Ritvars' song "Who's Counting", so both songs were sent through to the final.[6] In the final, Riva placed fifth out of eight entries.[7] In 2019, he participated in Supernova with his song "You Make Me So Crazy".[8] Having qualified from the semi-final, he placed second out of 8 entries, behind the eventual winner Carousel's song "That Night".[9] In 2020, he returned for a seventh consecutive year with the song "Impossible", co-written by Aminata. He was not selected to participate following an audition round.[10] He returned to Supernova in 2022 with the song "If You're Gonna Love Me", but didn't qualify to the final.[11] In 2023, he was selected once again to perform the song "Forever", which qualified to the final and placed fourth.[12]
Participations in Latvia's Eurovision National Final
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Contest | Song | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
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Dziesma 2014 | "Lights On" | 11th | 20 | 5th | 18 |
Supernova 2015 | "Take Me Down" | 2nd | 15750 | Jury qualifier | |
Supernova 2016 | "I Can" | Not qualified | 3rd | 2909 | |
Supernova 2017 | "Dynamite" | Eliminated at Heat stage | |||
Supernova 2018 | "This Time" | 5th | 10 | 2nd | 4 |
Supernova 2019 | "You Make Me So Crazy" | 2nd | 6 | 3rd | 6 |
Supernova 2020 | "Impossible" | Eliminated at Live audition round | |||
Supernova 2022 | "If You're Gonna Love Me" | Not qualified | Not revealed | ||
Supernova 2023 | "Forever" | 4th | 14 | Not revealed |
Discography
Studio albums
- Ticu (2009)
- Songs from NYC (2010)
- How It Feels (2013)
- MR (2015)
- I CAN (2018)
- Laika Upe (2019)
Singles
- "Fire" (2013)
- "We Dance for Reason" (2014)
- "Lights On" (2014)
- "Forever" (2014)
- "Take Me Down" (2014)
- "Таты" (2015)
- "Красива сильно" (feat. Arthur Dennys) (2015)
- "Take Me Away" (2015)
- "I Can" (2016)
- "Love Me Harder" (2016)
- "Laika Upe" (2016)
- "Ты влюблена" (2016)
- "Saucu Tevi Vēl" (2016)
- "Река любви" (2016)
- "Dynamite" (2017)
- "Девушка с глянца" (2017)
- "Ko sirds mana jūt" (2017)
- "Южные ветра" (feat. Arthur Dennys) (2017)
- "Не зови" (2017)
- "Kā būs, tā būs" (2017)
- "This Time" (2017)
- "Ziemassvētkos" (2017)
- "Куда ночь заведёт" (2018)
- "Не відпускай" (with Myata) (2018)
- "Nevaru Tā" (2018)
- "Свадхистхана" (2018)
- "Last Dance" (with Aminata) (2018)
- "По венам алкоголь" / "You Make Me So Crazy" (2018)
- "Es Tev Šodien Teikšu Jā" (with Intars Busulis and Reinis Sējāns) (2019)
- "Kamēr Vien Mēs Esam" (with Dināra Rudāne) (2019)
- "Ты пьёшь мою кровь" (2019)
- "Не владею собой" (2019)
- "Пьяная голая" (2019)
- "Impossible" (2020)
- "If You're Gonna Love Me" (2022)
References
- ^ "Final Dziesma voting results revealed". ESCXTRA.com. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Aminata to represent Latvia in Vienna". eurovision.tv. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Latvia: The four songs through to the Supernova final". eurovision.tv. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Latvijas 'X Faktoru' vadīs Markus Riva" (in Latvian). DELFI. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- Latvijas Televīzija. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "Supernova results overturned!". ESCBubble. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Šogad Latviju Eirovīzijā pārstāvēs Laura Rizzotto". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ Christou, Costa (9 January 2019). "Latvia: Supernova 2019 entries get revamped ahead of selection". ESCXtra. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ "LTV Ziņu Dienests - Atklājam Supernova 2019 fināla žūrijas un skatītāju visu balsojumu rezultātus. Carousel, Markus Riva, Laime Pilnīga, Double Faced Eels, Dziļi violets, Edgars Kreilis, Samanta Tīna, Aivo Oskis | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Latvia chooses Samanta Tīna for Eurovision 2020". 8 February 2020.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (5 February 2022). "🇱🇻 Latvia: Supernova 2022 Semi-Final Results". Eurovoix. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ Eng.LSM.lv (5 February 2023). "Ten Supernova finalists revealed". Eng.LSM.lv. Public Broadcasting of Latvia. Retrieved 11 February 2023.