Sasha Son aka Dima Shavrov tried his Eurovision luck last year with the band �U Soul� but was not as successful as this year. On 2nd February the young Lithuanian artist will participate in his country's national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with something different � Miss Kiss.
When he was just 12 years old, Dima Shavrovwas a huge star in the Lithuanian music scene. His enormous hit Mama is still one of the most popular Lithuanian songs. To date Dima is the youngest artist to have won the prestigious music award “Bravo” for the song of the year with Mama.
Atfifteen Dima left to the United Kingdom where he went to school and got a musical education. Almost ten years later he returned to Lithuania. In 2007 Dima with his band mate, Hywel, participated in the national preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest but didn’t manage to qualify for the final. This year with a brand new nickname, Sasha Son (Russian – Sasha’s dream), Dima fights to be the Lithuanian representative in Belgrade.
A few days before the national final which will take place on 2 February, Sasha Son speaks to esctoday.com about his thoughts regarding Eurovision, about his final performance and more.
Read the full interview here.
Miss Kiss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-MTTu_WjfU
