Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
| Eurovision Song Contest 2018 | ||||
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| Country |  Latvia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Supernova 2018 | |||
| Selection date(s) | February 2018 | |||
| Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Latvia will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) will organize the national final Supernova 2018 in order to select the Latvian entry for the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal.
Background
Prior to the 2018 Contest, Latvia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eighteen times since its first entry in 2000.[1] Latvia won the contest once in 2002 with the song "I Wanna" performed by Marie N. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Latvia was able to qualify to compete in the final between 2005 and 2008. Between 2009 and 2014, the nation had failed to qualify to the final for six consecutive years. In the 2015 contest, Latvia managed to qualify to the final with the song "Love Injected" performed by Aminata, which placed 6th in the final, scoring 186 points, giving them their best placing since 2005. In 2017, Latvia was represented by Triana Park and the song "Line", but the country did not qualify for the final.
The Latvian national broadcaster, Latvijas Televīzija (LTV), broadcasts the event within Latvia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry.[2] Latvia has selected their entries for the Eurovision Song Contest through a national final. Since their debut in 2000 until 2012, LTV had organised the selection show Eirodziesma. In a response to the nation's failure to qualify to the final at Eurovision since 2008, between 2013 and 2014, the competition was rebranded and retooled as Dziesma. However, after failing to produce successful entries those two years, LTV developed the Supernova national final in order to select their 2015 entry. The competition produced two Latvian entries in 2015 and 2016 that managed to qualify the nation to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2018, LTV announced that the Supernova format would return once again to select the Latvian entry.[3]
Before Eurovision
Supernova 2018
Supernova 2018 will be the fourth edition of Supernova, the music competition that selects Latvia's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest.[3]
Format
The format of the competition will consist of four shows: three semi-finals and a final. The three semi-finals will feature seven competing entries each, from which two will be selected to advance to the final from each show.[4]
Results during the heats and the semi-final shows will be determined by a jury panel and votes from the public.[3]
Competing entries
Applications could be submitted to the broadcaster between 6 September 2017 to 15 October 2017.[3] A jury of music experts appointed by LTV evaluated the submitted entries and selected the artists and songs that will compete in the televised shows. 93 entries were submitted, and 63 were shortlisted to proceed to the online voting stage. LTV introduced an online voting system for Internet users so that the jury panel could take the public's opinion into consideration. From 18 October 2017 to 29 October 2017, Internet users could listen to the 63 entries while the artists remained anonymous, and rate the songs by either selecting the “Like” or “Dislike” option for each entry.[5] The jury then selected 30 entries, taking the results of the online voting into consideration, to proceed to the live hearing; auditions in front of the jury took place on 5 November 2017 at the Alfa Park in Riga. The jury consisted of Supernova producer Ilze Jansone, music producer DJ Rudd, host Toms Grēviņš and jazz singer Jolanta Gulbe.[6] The selected performers and songs were determined by 9 November 2017. The competing artists and songs were announced on 6 December 2017.[7]
| Online voting round | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artist | Song (English translation) | |||||||||||||
| Agnese Stengrevics | "You Are My World" | |||||||||||||
| Alekss Silvērs and Liera Štein | "Don't Get Me Wrong" | |||||||||||||
| Annemarija Moiseja | "Colors Everywhere" | |||||||||||||
| Annemarija Moiseja | "Stardust in Universe" | |||||||||||||
| Annemarija Paula | "Save Me" | |||||||||||||
| Augusts Vasiļonoks | "Be Here" | |||||||||||||
| CanZone | "It's Time" | |||||||||||||
| DVINES | "More Than Meets the Eye" | |||||||||||||
| Ed Rallidae | "What I Had with You" | |||||||||||||
| Edgars Kreilis | "Bright Side" | |||||||||||||
| Edgars Kreilis | "Younger Days" | |||||||||||||
| Elizabete Balčus | "IKA" | |||||||||||||
| Elizabete Gaile | "The Way Back Home" | |||||||||||||
| Elza Rozentāle | "Staccato" | |||||||||||||
| Fox Lima | "Sapņu dziesma" (Dream song) | |||||||||||||
| Hypnotic | "Pray" | |||||||||||||
| In My Head | "Sunset" | |||||||||||||
| Jenny May | "Soledad" (Loneliness) | |||||||||||||
| Katrīna Gupalo and The Black Birds | "If There Is No Love" | |||||||||||||
| Katrīna Gupalo and The Black Birds | "Intoxicating Caramel" | |||||||||||||
| Katrine Lukins | "Running Red Lights" | |||||||||||||
| Keksi | "I Am Ready to Get Along with You" | |||||||||||||
| Kris & Oz | "Morning Flight" | |||||||||||||
| Kristiāna Bumbiere | "Flashbacks" | |||||||||||||
| Laura Rizzotto | "Funny Girl" | |||||||||||||
| Lauris Valters | "Lovers Bliss" | |||||||||||||
| Liene Greifāne | "Walk the Talk" | |||||||||||||
| Lolita Krūmiņa | "Divi cilvēki" (Two people) | |||||||||||||
| MADARA | "Esamība" (Existence) | |||||||||||||
| Madara Dzintara | "Not Afraid" | |||||||||||||
| Markus Riva | "I'll Never Let You Go" | |||||||||||||
| Markus Riva | "This Time" | |||||||||||||
| Marta Ritova | "Alive" | |||||||||||||
| Miks Galvanovskis | "Take Me Home" | |||||||||||||
| MIONIA | "You" | |||||||||||||
| Monta | "1000 Roses" | |||||||||||||
| Oskars Millers | "Voodoo Doll" | |||||||||||||
| Pāvels Fomkins | "Feel Your Lips" | |||||||||||||
| Pirmais Kurss | "Laiva" (Boat) | |||||||||||||
| Proactive | "Ocean of Pain" | |||||||||||||
| Rahu the Fool | "Oh Longriver" | |||||||||||||
| Riga Reggae | "Stop the War U2" | |||||||||||||
| Ritvars | "Who's Counting?" | |||||||||||||
| Sandija Vīgante | "Circles" | |||||||||||||
| Solenne | "Baltic" | |||||||||||||
| Sudden Lights | "Eyes" | |||||||||||||
| Sudden Lights | "Just Fine" | |||||||||||||
| Tamara Rutkovska | "Weekend Warriors" | |||||||||||||
| Trejdeviņi | "Loul" (Song) | |||||||||||||
| "Are You My Friend" | ||||||||||||||
| "Backbone" | ||||||||||||||
| "Before and After" | ||||||||||||||
| "Don't Be a Slave" | ||||||||||||||
| "Haven't Met You Yet" | ||||||||||||||
| "I Wanna Celebrate" | ||||||||||||||
| "Love Blush" | ||||||||||||||
| "Over the Clouds" | ||||||||||||||
| "Pilītes" (Castles) | ||||||||||||||
| "Say My Name" | ||||||||||||||
| "Tell Me" | ||||||||||||||
| "To Let You Go Song" | ||||||||||||||
| "War of Flame" | ||||||||||||||
| "You Gonna Listen" | ||||||||||||||
| Live audition round | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artist | Song (English translation) | |||||||||||||
| Agnese Stengrevics | "You Are My World" | |||||||||||||
| Annemarija Moiseja | "Colors Everywhere" | |||||||||||||
| Annemarija Paula | "Save Me" | |||||||||||||
| Augusts Vasiļonoks | "Be Here" | |||||||||||||
| DVINES | "More Than Meets the Eye" | |||||||||||||
| Ed Rallidae | "What I Had with You" | |||||||||||||
| Edgars Kreilis | "Younger Days" | |||||||||||||
| Elizabete Gaile | "The Way Back Home" | |||||||||||||
| Hypnotic | "Pray" | |||||||||||||
| In My Head | "Sunset" | |||||||||||||
| Jenny May | "Soledad" (Loneliness) | |||||||||||||
| Katrīna Gupalo and The Black Birds | "Intoxicating Caramel" | |||||||||||||
| Katrine Lukins | "Running Red Lights" | |||||||||||||
| Kris & Oz | "Morning Flight" | |||||||||||||
| Kristiāna Bumbiere | "Flashbacks" | |||||||||||||
| Laura Rizzotto | "Funny Girl" | |||||||||||||
| Lauris Valters | "Lovers Bliss" | |||||||||||||
| Liene Greifāne | "Walk the Talk" | |||||||||||||
| MADARA | "Esamība" (Existence) | |||||||||||||
| Madara Dzintara | "Not Afraid" | |||||||||||||
| Markus Riva | "This Time" | |||||||||||||
| Miks Galvanovskis | "Take Me Home" | |||||||||||||
| MIONIA | "You" | |||||||||||||
| Monta | "1000 Roses" | |||||||||||||
| Oskars Millers | "Voodoo Doll" | |||||||||||||
| Pāvels Fomkins | "Feel Your Lips" | |||||||||||||
| Rahu the Fool | "Oh Longriver" | |||||||||||||
| Riga Reggae | "Stop the War U2" | |||||||||||||
| Ritvars | "Who's Counting?" | |||||||||||||
| Sandija Vīgante | "Circles" | |||||||||||||
| Sudden Lights | "Eyes" | |||||||||||||
| Sudden Lights | "Just Fine" | |||||||||||||
| Tamara Rutkovska | "Weekend Warriors" | |||||||||||||
| Artist | Song (English translation) | Composer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Agnese Stengrevics | "You Are My World" | Helvijs Stengrevics, Agnese Stengrevics |
| DVINES | "More Than Meets the Eye" | DVINES, Pēteris Pāšs, Andris Strazds, Kaspars Ansons |
| Ed Rallidae | "What I Had with You" | Aminata Savadogo, Kaspars Ansons |
| Edgars Kreilis | "Younger Days" | Edgars Kreilis, Kaspars Ansons |
| Hypnotic | "Pray" | Sabīne Geiba, Beatrise Heislere, Ruslans Kuksinovičs |
| In My Head | "Sunset" | Evija Smagare, Armands Varslavāns, Rūdolfs Iļķēns |
| Jenny May | "Soledad" (Loneliness) | Maija Stuģe, Martin Karl Hägglund, Martin Björn Hanzén, Tim Erik Åström, Michael Javier Hernan Barraza Alfaro |
| Katrīna Gupalo and The Black Birds | "Intoxicating Caramel" | Katrīna Gupalo |
| Katrine Lukins | "Running Red Lights" | Katrine Lukins, Andris Lūkins, Kaspars Ansons |
| Kris & Oz | "Morning Flight" | Artūrs Osipovs, Kristīne Morina, Kristīne Sisējeva, Aleksandrs Solovjovs |
| Laura Rizzotto | "Funny Girl" | Laura Rizzotto |
| Lauris Valters | "Lovers Bliss" | Lauris Valters, Reinis Briģis |
| Liene Greifāne | "Walk the Talk" | Liene Greifāne, Ylva Persson, Linda Persson, Roeland Ruijsch |
| MADARA | "Esamība" (Existence) | Madara Fogelmane |
| Markus Riva | "This Time" | Markus Riva, Kaspars Ansons, Edgars Krastiņš, Quincy Thompson |
| MIONIA | "You" | Maija Līcīte |
| Monta | "1000 Roses" | Monta Ķimene |
| Rahu the Fool | "Oh Longriver" | Pēteris Narubins, Rahu the Fool |
| Riga Reggae | "Stop the War U2" | Horens Stalbe, Vladimirs Eglītis, Mārtiņš Burkevics, Renarts Braufmanis |
| Ritvars | "Who's Counting?" | Rihards Lībietis, Mārcis Vasiļevskis, Toms Lisments, Kristīne Pleša, Erna Daugaviete, Toms Kursītis, Mārtiņš Miļevskis, Dāvis Bindemanis, Sabīne Žuga |
| Sudden Lights | "Just Fine" | Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis, Kārlis Matīss Zitmanis, Mārtiņš Matīss Zemītis, Kārlis Vārtiņš |
Shows
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final.
References
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- ^ a b c d Agadellis, Stratos (10 December 2017). "Latvia: LTV releases details on Supernova 2018". esctoday.com. Esctoday. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
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- ^ Weaver, Jessica (10 December 2017). "Latvia: Online voting in Supernova 2018 now open". esctoday.com. Esctoday. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
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