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

Script error: No such module "Lang". (LTV) was a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1 January 1993, thus eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest since then. It participated in the contest representing Latvia since its Template:Escyr in 2000. Since 2025, after a restructuring that led to the incorporation of LTV into the current Public Broadcasting of Latvia (LSM) organisation, it is the latter who participates representing Latvia.

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

Table key
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.
Template:Escyr–Template:Escyr Zita Kaminska
[4]
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Template:Escyr–Template:Escyr Guntars Gulbiņš
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Commentators and spokespersons

Year Commentator Spokesperson Ref.
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[6][7][8]
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[9][10][11]
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Template:Escyr Lauris Reiniks
[9][12]
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Template:Escyr Renārs Kaupers
[13][14]
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Template:Escyr Ēriks Niedra
[15][16]
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Template:Escyr Ģirts Līcis
[17][18][19]
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Template:Escyr Lauris Reiniks
[20][21]
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Template:Escyr Marie N
[22][23]
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Template:Escyr Mārtiņš Freimanis
[24][25][26]
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Template:Escyr Janis Šipkevics
[27][28]
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Template:Escyr Kristīne Virsnīte
[29][30][31]
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Template:Escyr Roberto Meloni
[32]
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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
[33]
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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
[34][35]
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Template:Escyr Anmary
[36][37]
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Template:Escyr Valters and Kaža Ralfs Eilands
[38][39]
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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
[40][41]
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Template:Escyr Toms Grēviņš
[42][43]
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Template:Escyr Aminata
[44][45]
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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
[43][46]
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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
[47][48]
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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
[49][50][51][52]
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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
[53][54]
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Template:Escyr Jānis Pētersons
[55][56][57]
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Template:Escyr Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis
[58]
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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
[59][60]
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Photo gallery

See also

Notes

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References

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