Marijonas Mikutavičius ( Marius Mikutavičius ; lit. Marijus Mikutavičius , April 19, 1971 , Lazdijai ) is a popular Lithuanian singer, television presenter, and journalist.
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Biography
In 1980 he moved to Vilnius with his parents. He studied journalism at the Faculty of Communication of Vilnius University 1989 - 1994 .
He worked in the youth magazine “Jaunimo gretos” (“Youth ranks”), wrote for the magazine “Tik vyrams” (“Only for men”), made reports for the information broadcast of Lithuanian television.
In 1991, he became one of the founders and members of the rock band "Bovy", in which he performed in the Scandinavian countries, countries of Eastern Europe, Germany. In 1995 at the festival "Liepājas dzintars" he received a prize as the best vocalist.
The host of youth programs and talk shows on Lithuanian television and private channels LNK , TV3 .
The author and performer of the hits that occupied the highest positions in the Lithuanian charts. Thanks to the song “ Three Million ” (“Trys milijonai”), recognized as the song of 2000, he was named the best performer of the year and received the Bravo Music Award.
In 2004 , Intervid released the album Pasveikinkit vieni kitus (Congratulate Each Other), which included two versions of the hit Three Million . The album became “platinum” (20,000 copies sold in 2004 and over 30,000 in 2005 ). In February - March 2005 , the media discussed the scandalous situation surrounding the extremely popular song “ Three Million ”: as it turned out, Mikutavičius transferred the rights to it to Intervid for five years.
In the spring of 2006, Mikutavičius was included in the national group of popular Lithuanian pop stars “ LT United ” (besides him, it included Andrius Mamontovas , Saulius Urbonavičius , Viktoras Diavara , Arnoldas Lukošius and Eimantas Bialickas ); the song “We are the Winners (of Eurovision)” performed by this group passed the national selection round for the 51st international Eurovision music contest in Athens ( May 18 and 20, 2006 ). The song “We are the Winners” in the final of the national competition won twice as many votes (32,699) than the next “Welcome” of the InCulto group (16,451).
Songs and Albums
- "Velnias man patinka Kalėdos" ("Damn, I like Christmas")
- “Aš miręs” (“I am dead”)
- “Trys milijonai” (“ Three Million ”, Lithuanian official song of the XXVII Olympic Games in Sydney ( 2000 ) and the popular unofficial anthem of sports fans).