Linas and Simona was a music duo that representedLithuania in theEurovision Song Contest 2004. With 26 points, they placed 16th in the semifinal and could not participate in the final. However, they befriendedRuslana, the winner of Eurovision 2004, and together recordedFight for Love and Freedom.[1]
The song was released in their album,I Love U, on 22 July 2005. In 2005, they were representatives of an anti-AIDS campaign in Lithuania.[2] The couple separated in late 2007, ending the duo. Their last work, live albumLinas and Simona presents UAB MUSIC Live featuringStasys Povilaitis andVioleta Riaubiškytė, was released in February 2008.[3]
Linas Adomaitis (born 10 April 1976) came from the family of a professional violinist. He attended music school in his youth and holds a master's degree from theLithuanian Academy of Music and Theater. Adomaitis started his music career in 1995 with the quartet called L+. The band played in anR&B style. They released four albums before breaking up in 2000. Linas then started his solo career.
Simona Jakubėnaitė (born 1984) participated in about[specify] 15 large international music festivals before taking part in theFizz Superstar contest in 2002. The show was very similar toAmerican Idol and took place in the threeBaltic states. Jakubėnaitė did not win the contest, but met Adomaitis, and they started working together. Initially, she was his backing singer. After the end of the duo, she went to study at theBerklee College of Music.[4]
