caption website associated_acts years_active birth_name label article_title landscape background birth_date genre image origin name occupation
renārs kaupers in 2001 -lsb- http://www.brainstorm.lv/ www.brainstorm.lv -rsb- brainstorm 1989 -- present renārs kaupers micrec , brainstorm records renārs kaupers
 yes solo_singer 1 september 1974 pop , pop-rock , rock renārs kaupers , brainstorm 2001.jpg jelgava , latvia renārs kaupers singer , songwriter , actor
renārs kaupers

renārs kaupers , artistic name reynard cowper -lrb- born 1 september 1974 in jelgava -rrb- is a latvian pop singer and songwriter .
he is the lead singer of the latvian pop/rock band brainstorm , which won third at the eurovision song contest 2000 with their song `` my star '' .
he hosted the eurovision song contest 2003 in riga , latvia , with co-host marija naumova -lrb- stage name marie n -rrb- , and also hosted `` congratulations '' , the eurovision 50th anniversary concert in copenhagen , denmark , with katrina leskanich .
kaupers graduated from university of latvia in 1996 with a degree in journalism .
he can speak at least three languages with fluency : english , latvian , and russian .
kaupers ' ancestors were probably baron friedrich von stuart from courland -lrb- 1761 -- 1842 -rrb- and immanuel kant 's niece henrietta kant .
he has a wife , agnese , twin sons edgars and emīls , and another son Ārons .
in 2001 , renārs received the latvian film prize as the best actor for his role in `` vecās pagastmājas mistērija '' .
kaupers ' sons edgars and emīls run the indiepop group carnival youth .
