F.L.Y.

Latvian musical group

This article is about the Latvian pop band. For other uses, see fly (disambiguation).

F.L.Y.

Origin| Riga, Latvia
Genres| Pop music
Years active| 2002–2005
Labels| Platforma Records
Past members| Mārtiņš Freimanis
Lauris Reiniks
Yana Kay

F.L.Y. was a Latvian band created to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest.

At a party following the national finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, Mārtiņš Freimanis came up with an idea for the following year’s contest. In the autumn of 2002, during a golf tournament hosted by Latvijas Televīzija, Mārtiņš Freimanis, Lauris Reiniks and Yana Kay, started discussing such a co-operative venture and so the trio F.L.Y. was born. Their song "Hello from Mars" was written by Mārtiņš Freimanis and Lauris Reiniks and recorded soon after.

Each member of F.L.Y. had further careers. Yana Kay and Lauris Reiniks each released an album, whilst Mārtiņš Freimanis was the lead singer of the band Tumsa, which has three albums to its credit.

Yana Kay, Lauris Reiniks and Mārtiņš Freimanis have all participated separately in the national finals of the Eurovision Song Contest preliminaries, but their big break – the chance to represent Latvia at the Eurovision international finals – came in year 2003, when they participated as a group.

After spending time together promoting their Eurovision Song Contest entry, F.L.Y. started jamming and creating new songs. As a result an album was made and released in Latvia at the beginning of May 2003. They represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003[1] and got 24th place.

The band broke up in 2005.

On 27 January 2011, Mārtiņš Freimanis died in a hospital in Riga of complications from an influenza A infection.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Simon Barclay (2010-06-17). Eurovision Song Contest - The Complete & Independent Guide 2010. p. 116\. ISBN 978-1-4457-8415-1. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
2. ^ Kristján Sveinsson (27 January 2011). "Latvia Grieves Over The Loss Of Mārtiņš Freimanis". eurovisionary.com. Retrieved 27 January 2011.

Awards and achievements

Preceded by

Marie N
with "I Wanna"

|  Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest
2003 | Succeeded by

Fomins & Kleins
with "Dziesma par laimi"

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Participation|

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* 2002
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* 2004
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* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
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* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
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* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
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Artists|

* Aarzemnieki
* Aisha
* Aminata
* Anmary
* Bonaparti.lv
* Brainstorm
* Intars Busulis
* Carousel
* Citi Zēni
* Vocal Group Cosmos
* Dons
* F.L.Y.
* Fomins and Kleins
* Justs
* Arnis Mednis
* Musiqq
* Marie N
* PeR
* Pirates of the Sea
* Laura Rizzotto
* Sudden Lights
* Samanta Tīna
* Triana Park
* Walters and Kazha

Songs|

* "Aijā"
* "Angel in Disguise"
* "Beautiful Song"
* "Cake to Bake"
* "Dziesma par laimi"
* "Eat Your Salad"
* "Funny Girl"
* "Heartbeat"
* "Hello from Mars"
* "Here We Go"
* "Hollow"
* "I Hear Your Heart"
* "I Wanna"
* "Line"
* "Love Injected"
* "The Moon Is Rising"
* "My Star"
* "Probka"
* "Questa notte"
* ~~"Still Breathing"~~
* "That Night"
* "Too Much"
* "The War Is Not Over"
* "What For?"
* "Wolves of the Sea"

* Note: Entries scored out signify where Latvia did not compete

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Countries|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Estonia
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Latvia
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

Artists|

* Louisa Baïleche
* Claudia Beni
* Beth
* Birgitta
* Lynn Chircop
* Stelios Constantas
* Sertab Erener
* Fame
* F.L.Y.
* Rita Guerra
* Esther Hart
* Mickey Harte
* Jostein Hasselgård
* Ich Troje
* Jemini
* Karmen
* Lou
* Mando
* Mija Martina
* Lior Narkis
* Nicola
* Olexandr
* Alf Poier
* Ruffus
* t.A.T.u.
* Urban Trad

Songs|

* "Cry Baby"
* "Deixa-me sonhar"
* "Dime"
* "Don't Break My Heart"
* "Eighties Coming Back"
* "Everyway That I Can"
* "Feeling Alive"
* "Give Me Your Love"
* "Hasta la vista"
* "Hello from Mars"
* "I'm Not Afraid to Move On"
* "Keine Grenzen – Żadnych granic"
* "Let's Get Happy"
* "Monts et merveilles"
* "Nanana"
* "Ne brini"
* "Ne ver', ne boysia"
* "Never Let You Go"
* "One More Night"
* "Open Your Heart"
* "Sanomi"
* "To Dream Again"
* "Više nisam tvoja"
* "We've Got the World"
* "Weil der Mensch zählt"
* "Words for Love"

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