Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Latvia has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 25 times since making its debut at the contest in Template:Escyr, where the song "My Star" performed by the group Brainstorm finished third. Latvia won the contest in Template:Escyr, with the song "I Wanna" by Marie N, defeating Template:Esccnty by 12 points. Latvia is the second former Soviet country to win the contest. The Template:Escyr was held in the Latvian capital Riga. The country achieved its third top 10 result in Template:Escyr, when "The War Is Not Over" by Walters and Kazha finished fifth. The current Latvian participating broadcaster in the contest is Public Broadcasting of Latvia (LSM).
Latvia did not participate in the final from 2009 to 2014, when they failed to qualify from the semi-finals for six consecutive years, including finishing last on three occasions, in 2009, 2010, and 2013.[1][2] Latvia qualified for the final for the first time since Template:Escyr at the Template:Escyr contest with the song "Love Injected" by Aminata. Its sixth place in the final is Latvia's fourth top 10 finish and best result in the contest since 2005. Latvia made its 10th appearance in the final in Template:Escyr. After failing to qualify for the final from Template:Escyr to Template:Escyr, it finally managed to qualify to the final in the Template:Escyr contest with "Hollow" by Dons. The qualification streak was extended by Tautumeitas, whose song "Bur man laimi" became the first Latvian language entry to compete in a Eurovision final.
Latvia has the distinction of having finished last in the Eurovision semi-finals more than any other country. Since its introduction in 2004, Latvia has finished last in five semi-finals, with "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Intars Busulis (Template:Escyr), "What For?" by Aisha (Template:Escyr), "Here We Go" by PeR (Template:Escyr), "Line" by Triana Park (Template:Escyr), and "The Moon Is Rising" by Samanta Tīna (Template:Escyr).
Participation
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LTV and LSM have chosen all their entrants in the contest through a national final, with the exception of "The Moon Is Rising" performed by Samanta Tīna in 2021.Template:Efn Since 2015, the Latvian national selection is Supernova. Previously, the national selections were Eirodziesma (2000–2012) and Dziesma (2013–2014).
Participation overview
| 1 | First place |
| 2 | Second place |
| 3 | Third place |
| ◁ | Last place |
| X | Entry selected but did not compete |
| Year | Artist | Song | Language | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Escyr | Brainstorm | "My Star" | English | 3 | 136 | rowspan="4" colspan="2" Template:N/A | |
| Template:Escyr | Arnis Mednis | "Too Much" | English | 18 | 16 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Marie N | "I Wanna" | English | 1 | 176 | ||
| Template:Escyr | F.L.Y. | "Hello from Mars" | English | 24 | 5 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Fomins and Kleins | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | Latvian | colspan="2" Template:N/A | 17 | 23 | |
| Template:Escyr | Walters and Kazha | "The War Is Not Over" | English | 5 | 153 | 10 | 85 |
| Template:Escyr | Vocal Group Cosmos | "I Hear Your Heart" | English | 16 | 30 | colspan="2" Template:N/ATemplate:Efn | |
| Template:Escyr | Bonaparti.lv | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | Italian | 16 | 54 | 5 | 168 |
| Template:Escyr | Pirates of the Sea | "Wolves of the Sea" | English | 12 | 83 | 6 | 86 |
| Template:Escyr | Intars Busulis | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Russian | colspan="2" rowspan="6" Template:N/A | 19 ◁ | 7 | |
| Template:Escyr | Aisha | "What For?" | English | 17 ◁ | 11 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Musiqq | "Angel in Disguise" | English | 17 | 25 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Anmary | "Beautiful Song" | English | 16 | 17 | ||
| Template:Escyr | PeR | "Here We Go" | English | 17 ◁ | 13 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Script error: No such module "Lang". | "Cake to Bake" | English | 13 | 33 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Aminata | "Love Injected" | English | 6 | 186 | 2 | 155 |
| Template:Escyr | Justs | "Heartbeat" | English | 15 | 132 | 8 | 132 |
| Template:Escyr | Triana Park | "Line" | English | colspan="2" rowspan="3" Template:N/A | 18 ◁ | 21 | |
| Template:Escyr | Laura Rizzotto | "Funny Girl" | English | 12 | 106 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Carousel | "That Night" | English | 15 | 50 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Samanta Tīna | "Still Breathing" | English | colspan="4" Template:N/ATemplate:Efn X | |||
| Template:Escyr | Samanta Tīna | "The Moon Is Rising" | English | colspan="2" rowspan="3" Template:N/A | 17 ◁ | 14 | |
| Template:Escyr | Script error: No such module "Lang". | "Eat Your Salad" | English | 14 | 55 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Sudden Lights | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | English, Latvian | 11 | 34 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Dons | "Hollow" | English | 16 | 64 | 7 | 72 |
| Template:Escyr | Tautumeitas | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | Latvian | 13 | 158 | 2 | 130 |
Hostings
| Year | Location | Venue | Presenters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Escyr | Riga | Skonto Hall | Marija Naumova and Renārs Kaupers |
Related involvement
Heads of delegation
Each participating broadcaster in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the contestants, songwriters, composers, and backing vocalists, among others.[3]
| Year | Head of delegation | Ref. |
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| Template:Escyr–Template:Escyr | Zita Kaminska | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Template:Escyr–Template:Escyr | Guntars Gulbiņš | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Commentators and spokespersons
| Year | Commentator | Spokesperson | Ref. |
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| Template:Escyr | Template:Ill | rowspan="2" Template:N/A | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Template:Escyr | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| Template:Escyr | Lauris Reiniks | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Template:Escyr | Renārs Kaupers | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Template:Escyr | Ēriks Niedra | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Template:Escyr | Ģirts Līcis | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Template:Escyr | Lauris Reiniks | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Template:Escyr | Marie N | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Template:Escyr | Mārtiņš Freimanis | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Template:Escyr | Janis Šipkevics | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Template:Escyr | Kristīne Virsnīte | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Template:Escyr | Roberto Meloni | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Template:Escyr | Kārlis Būmeisters | ||
| Template:Escyr | Valters Frīdenbergs (all)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Uģis Joksts (final)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Aisha | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Template:Escyr | Valters Frīdenbergs (all)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Kārlis Būmeisters (final)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Valters Frīdenbergs | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Template:Escyr | Anmary | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Template:Escyr | Valters and Kaža | Ralfs Eilands | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Template:Escyr | Valters Frīdenbergs (all)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Toms Grēviņš (final)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Markus Riva | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Template:Escyr | Toms Grēviņš | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Template:Escyr | Aminata | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Template:Escyr | Toms Grēviņš (all)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Magnuss Eriņš (final)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Dagmāra Legante | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Template:Escyr | Toms Grēviņš (all)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Ketija Šēnberga (final)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Laura Rizzotto | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Template:Escyr | Toms Grēviņš (all)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Marija Naumova (final)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Aminata | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Template:Escyr | Toms Grēviņš (all)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Lauris Reiniks (final)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Samanta Tīna | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Template:Escyr | Jānis Pētersons | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Template:Escyr | Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Template:Escyr | Toms Grēviņš (all)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Marija Naumova (final)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Dons | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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Karlis Streips is the first Latvian Eurovision commentator in history. He provided Eurovision Song Contest commentary until 2010
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Valters Frīdenbergs was lead commentator from 2011 until his illness in 2017 and death in 2018
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Toms Grēviņš has been lead Latvian commentator since 2018
Photo gallery
See also
- Latvia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Junior version of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Notes
References
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