Aistė Pilvelytė (born 27 July 1979) is a Lithuanian singer.
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Born | (1979-07-27) 27 July 1979 (age 43) Kaunas, Lithuania |
Genres | Pop |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | Since 1990 |
Pilvelytė was born to Stasė Pilvelienė and Algirdas Pilvelis.[1][2] In 1986, she learned choral conducting and pop music at the Balys Dvarionas Music School in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. By 1990, she appeared in various singing shows for children. She also sang in the groups Pagalvėlės and Exem. In 1995, she continued her singing lessons with Nijolė Maceikaitė. In the following years she took part in various music competitions in Ireland, Malta, Kazakhstan and Turkey.[3]
In 2006, Pilvelytė won the television show "Lietuvos dainų dešimtukas".[4] In 2008, together with Romas Bubnelis, she won the show "Žvaigždžių duetai 2".[5] She continued to take part in the shows "Duo kartos" and "Delfinai ir žvaigždės".[6]
Pilvelytė was married to Vladas Motieka from 2005 to 2012. From this marriage, she has a daughter.[7]
At the end of December 2014, the Klaipėda District Court granted Pilvelytė's application to open bankruptcy proceedings.[8] At the beginning of the same year, several of her properties were sold in order to reduce the debt burden that had arisen in the course of the global financial crisis. In June 2019, the Klaipėda District Court announced the conclusion of the case.[9]
Aistė Pilvelytė did try to win the right to represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest for twelve times, but she has not won it yet. She was a runner-up for three times in 2017, 2010 and 2008, and the third placer in 2007. On 15 August 2022, Aistė Pilvelytė in an interview with a Lithuanian media DELFI, spread rumors about her intentions to participate in the national selection to represent Lithuania sometime in the future. She stated: "No matter how old I will be, 50, 60, or 93 - I will go to Eurovision."[10]
No. | National selection | Artist | Song | Place | Notes |
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1. | Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "Nubudusi širdis" | #11 | |
2. | Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 | Aistė Pilvelytė | - | - | Disqualified for admitted song plagiarism by Lara Fabian. |
3. | Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "Amor (te quiero aqui)" | #12 | |
4. | Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "I'll Let You Fly" | #9 | |
5. | Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "Just for Fun" | #6 | |
6. | Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "Emotional Crisis" | #3 | Finished 2nd in the Final, but ultimately came third in the Super Final. |
7. | Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "Troy On Fire" | #2 | |
8. | Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "Melancolia" | #2 | |
9. | Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 | Aistė Pilvelytė | - | #10 | Eliminated on the fifth show. |
10. | Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "You Bet" | #5 | |
11. | Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "I'm Like a Wolf" | #2 | |
12. | Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 | Aistė Pilvelytė | "Unbreakable" | #5 |
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