On 31 January 2016 , Justs was announced as one of the 20 competing acts in the second season of '' Supernova '' , the show used to select Latvia 's representative to the Eurovision Song Contest . He was competing with the song " Heartbeat " , written by Latvia 's 2015 entrant Aminata Savadogo . In the first heat on 7 February , Sirmais advanced to the semi-final after winning over 40 % of the televote . He competed in the semi-final on 21 February and advanced to the final through televoting . On 28 February , he won the national final and then represented Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm , Sweden . He made it through the semi-final and placed 15th in the final . Justs earned his country 's sixth best placing ever . On 17 May 2016 he released the EP '' To Be Heard '' . On 23 May 2016 he released the single " Ko Tu Dari ? " ( )
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Justs Sirmais