Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013
| Eurovision Song Contest 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Latvia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Dziesma 2013 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 8 February 2013 9 February 2013 Final: 16 February 2013 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | PeR | |||
| Selected song | "Here We Go" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (17th, 13 points) | |||
| Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The Latvian entry was selected through a national selection, consisting of two semi-finals and a final, organised by the Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV). PeR represented Latvia with the song "Here We Go", which failed to qualify from the second semi-final of the competition, placing 17th and scoring 13 points.[1][2][3]
Before Eurovision
Dziesma 2013
Dziesma 2013 was organised in a cooperation with Ventspils City Council and Ventspils Development Agency.[4] Mārtiņš Meiers, Madara Botmane and Anta Aizupe hosted both the semi-finals and the final.[5]
Format
The format for the selection consisted of two 12 song semifinals held on 8 and 9 February 2013, with six qualifiers from each semifinal proceeding to the final on 16 February 2013.[6] A 50/50 combination of public televoting and the votes from a jury panel decided the results of each show. In the final, there were two rounds of voting - the first to determine the three superfinalists and a second to determine the winner.
Competing entries
On 19 October 2012, LTV officially announced their selection procedures and opened the submission period, which lasted from 19 October 2012 until 30 November 2012.[6] Both national and international composers were invited to submit songs, however the competing artists had to have Latvian citizenship. On 30 November 2012, LTV received a record of 122 submissions of which 24 were selected by a professional jury on 11 December 2012.[7][8] The shortlisted songs were also available to listen to online in their demo versions with songwriters having until 14 January 2013 to nominate the artists who would ultimately perform their songs.[8] On 15 January 2013, LTV revealed which artists would perform the songs as well as the allocation of the semifinals.[9]
| Artist | Song | Music (m) / Lyrics (l) |
|---|---|---|
| Aiwink | "Now Or Never" | Aleksandrs Rjabčuns (m & l) |
| Andris Kivičs | "Hey! Hey!" | Andris Kivičs (m & l) |
| Antra Stafecka | "When You Are With Me" | Schillebeeckx Raph, Verresen Karen, RF Smith Bruce (m & l) |
| Dāvids Kalandija & Dināra | "Fool In Love" | Jonas Gladnikoff, Camilla Gottschalck, Christina Schilling (m), Liza Petersen (l) |
| Dominic Okolue | "Good Woman" | Dominic Okolue (m & l) |
| Fox Lima | "Tirpini" | Alise Ketnere (m & l) |
| Framest | "Let The Night Belong To The Lovers" | Erik Anjou (m & l) |
| Headline | "Love" | Mārcis Rēdmanis, Lauris Busulis (m & l) |
| Ieva Sutugova | "Cold Heart" | Jānis Miltiņš (m), Ieva Sutugova (l) |
| Ivo Grīsniņš Grīslis | "Give Me A Try" | Ingars Viļums (m & l) |
| Kristīne Šomase | "Phoenix Fly" | Mathias Kallenberger, Andréas Berlin, Filip Lindfors, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad (m & l) |
| Liene Candy | "Higher And Higher" | Christof Straub (m & l) |
| Liene Matveja & Baiba Reine | "Love Responder" | Edgars Viļums (m & l) |
| Marta Ritova | "I Am Who I Am" | Marta Ritova (m & l) |
| Mārtiņš Ruskis & 4 Vēji | "Joey" | Eric Anjou, Peter Svensson (m & l) |
| Niko | "One" | Johnny Andersson, Michael James Down (m), Hanif Sabzevari Hitmanic (m & l) |
| Olafs Bergmanis & The Random People | "Never Let Me Go" | Jānis Polis (m & l) |
| PeR | "Here We Go" | Ralfs Eilands, Arturas Burke (m & l) |
| PeR | "Sad Trumpet" | Ralfs Eilands, Arturas Burke (m & l) |
| Pieneņu Vīns | "Better Than You" | Jurijs Koškins (Yuri Koshkin) (m), Evilena Protektore (l) |
| "The One" | Jurijs Koškins (Yuri Koshkin) (m), Evilena Protektore (l) | |
| Rūta Dūduma | "Here I Am" | Patrik Öhlund (m), Madelene Hamberg (l) |
| Sabīne Berezina | "Upside Down" | Filip Lindfors, Bertel Österberg, Kristoffer Eriksson (m & l) |
| Samanta Tīna | "I Need A Hero" | Johnny Sanchez, Michael James Down (m), Marcus Fernell, Beatrice Eriksson (l) |
Semi-final 1
The first semifinal of Dziesma 2013 took place on 8 February 2013 at the Palladium Concert Hall in Riga.[10] The six qualifiers were determined by a 50/50 mix of public televoting and a nine-member jury panel.[10] Liene Candy, Antra Stafecka, Headline, Samanta Tīna, Sabīne Berezina and PeR qualified for the final.[10] The jury panel for the first semifinal consisted of Aija Strazdiņa, Aija Vītoliņa, Ieva Rozentāle, Lara Bellerose (Belgium), Ģirts Lūsis, Valters Pūce, Jegors Jerohomovičs, Kārlis Auzāns and Jānis Palkavnieks.[4]
The jury vote was calculated by having each member of the jury rank each song from first to twelfth. The song that came in first place would get one point, while the song that came in last place would get twelve points. These results were combined with the public vote which ranked the songs based on the number of televotes each entry received. Therefore, the song with the fewest points would achieve first place.[4]
| Semi-final 1 – 8 February 2013 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
| 1 | Liene Candy | "Higher And Higher" | 30 | 1 | 630 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Fox Lima | "Tirpini" | 63 | 8 | 302 | 12 | 20 | 11 |
| 3 | Dominic Okolue | "Good Woman" | 83 | 11 | 339 | 10 | 21 | 12 |
| 4 | Antra Stafecka | "When You Are With Me" | 54 | 5 | 582 | 7 | 12 | 5 |
| 5 | Olafs Bergmanis & The Random People | "Never Let Me Go" | 70 | 10 | 420 | 9 | 19 | 9 |
| 6 | Headline | "Love" | 45 | 4 | 532 | 8 | 12 | 6 |
| 7 | Pieneņu Vīns | "Better Than You" | 61 | 7 | 593 | 6 | 13 | 7 |
| 8 | Ivo Grīsniņš Grīslis | "Give Me A Try" | 64 | 9 | 304 | 11 | 20 | 10 |
| 9 | Samanta Tīna | "I Need A Hero" | 41 | 3 | 1,099 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | Liene Matveja & Baiba Reine | "Love Responder" | 93 | 12 | 635 | 4 | 16 | 8 |
| 11 | Sabīne Berezina | "Upside Down" | 60 | 6 | 669 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| 12 | PeR | "Sad Trumpet" | 38 | 2 | 652 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Semi-final 2
The second semifinal of Dziesma 2013 took place on 9 February 2013 at the Palladium Concert Hall in Riga.[11] The six qualifiers were determined by a 50/50 mix of public televoting and a nine-member jury panel.[11] Ieva Sutugova, Marta Ritova, PeR, Dāvids Kalandija & Dināra, Pieneņu Vīns and Niko qualified for the final.[11] The jury panel for the second semifinal consisted of Aija Strazdiņa, Aija Vītoliņa, Lara Bellerose (Belgium), Vineta Elksne, Ģirts Lūsis, Valters Frīdenbergs, Anmary, Valters Pūce and Jegors Jerohomovičs.[4]
The jury vote was calculated by having each member of the jury rank each song from first to twelfth. The song that came in first place would get one point, while the song that came in last place would get twelve points. These results were combined with the public vote which ranked the songs based on the number of televotes each entry received. Therefore, the song with the fewest points would achieve first place.[4]
| Semi-final 2 – 9 February 2013 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
| 1 | Aiwink | "Now Or Never" | 82 | 10 | 708 | 7 | 17 | 9 |
| 2 | Ieva Sutugova | "Cold Heart" | 55 | 6 | 520 | 8 | 14 | 6 |
| 3 | Marta Ritova | "I Am Who I Am" | 32 | 2 | 980 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | PeR | "Here We Go" | 13 | 1 | 979 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Dāvids Kalandija & Dināra | "Fool In Love" | 67 | 8 | 813 | 6 | 14 | 5 |
| 6 | Mārtiņš Ruskis & 4 Vēji | "Joey" | 87 | 11 | 838 | 4 | 15 | 8 |
| 7 | Andris Kivičs | "Hey! Hey!" | 93 | 12 | 246 | 11 | 23 | 12 |
| 8 | Pieneņu Vīns | "The One" | 60 | 7 | 819 | 5 | 12 | 4 |
| 9 | Niko | "One" | 43 | 3 | 1,429 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | Framest | "Let The Night Belong To The Lovers" | 53 | 5 | 211 | 12 | 17 | 10 |
| 11 | Kristīne Šomase | "Phoenix Fly" | 71 | 9 | 449 | 9 | 18 | 11 |
| 12 | Rūta Dūduma | "Here I Am" | 46 | 4 | 435 | 10 | 14 | 7 |
Final
The final took place on 16 February 2013 at the Juras Varti Theatre House in Ventspils.[5] Six qualifiers from each semi-final competed and the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, a nine-member jury (50%) and public televote (50%) determined the top three entries to proceed to the superfinal. In the superfinal, the winner was selected by the public and jury vote.[1][5] The jury panel for the final consisted of Aija Strazdiņa (music video producer), Vineta Elksne (singer and vocal teacher), Ieva Rozentāle (producer of music and culture programs at LTV), Ģirts Lūsis ("Labvēlīgais tips" producer and composer), Sandris Vanzovičs (journalist), Kārlis Auzāns (musician), Jānis Stībelis (musician), Valters Pūce (musician) and Ott Lepland (musician).[4]
The jury vote was calculated by having each member of the jury rank each song from first to twelfth. The song that came in first place would get one point, while the song that came in last place would get twelve points. These results were combined with the public vote which ranked the songs based on the number of televotes each entry received. Therefore, the song with the fewest points would achieve first place.[4]
Interval acts in the final included 2012 Latvian representative Anmary, 2012 Estonian representative Ott Lepland, Labvēlīgais Tips, DaGamba, Vineta Elksne, Dons and Jānis Stībelis.[1]
| Final – 16 February 2013 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
| 1 | Niko | "One" | 92 | 11 | 2,576 | 3 | 14 | 6 |
| 2 | Dāvids Kalandija & Dināra | "Fool In Love" | 74 | 9 | 569 | 11 | 20 | 11 |
| 3 | Antra Stafecka | "When You Are With Me" | 42 | 4 | 1467 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | PeR | "Sad Trumpet" | 58 | 6 | 467 | 12 | 18 | 10 |
| 5 | Pieneņu Vīns | "The One" | 90 | 10 | 857 | 7 | 17 | 9 |
| 6 | Marta Ritova | "I Am Who I Am" | 28 | 3 | 1,958 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| 7 | Liene Candy | "Higher And Higher" | 51 | 5 | 713 | 9 | 14 | 7 |
| 8 | Samanta Tīna | "I Need A Hero" | 25 | 2 | 3,305 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | Ieva Sutugova | "Cold Heart" | 67 | 8 | 843 | 8 | 16 | 8 |
| 10 | Headline | "Love" | 64 | 7 | 918 | 6 | 13 | 5 |
| 11 | Sabīne Berezina | "Upside Down" | 95 | 12 | 678 | 10 | 22 | 12 |
| 12 | PeR | "Here We Go" | 16 | 1 | 3,847 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Superfinal – 16 February 2013 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
| 1 | Marta Ritova | "I Am Who I Am" | 20 | 2 | 3,318 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | PeR | "Here We Go" | 11 | 1 | 6,289 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Samanta Tīna | "I Need A Hero" | 23 | 3 | 6,204 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
At Eurovision
Latvia was allocated to compete in the first semi-final on 14 May for a place in the final on 18 May.[12] In the second semifinal, the producers of the show decided that Latvia would open the semi-final and perform 1st, preceding San Marino.[13]
Latvia failed to qualify from the second semi-final of the competition, placing last (17th) and scoring 13 points.[2][3]
Points awarded to Latvia
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
Points awarded by Latvia
Semi-final 2Points awarded in second semi-final:[3]
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FinalPoints awarded in the final:[14]
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See also
References
- ^ a b c Brey, Marco (16 February 2013). "Latvia chooses PeR for Malmö". Eurovision.tv.
- ^ a b Leon, Jakov (16 May 2013). "We have ten more finalists!". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Eurovision Song Contest 2013 Semi-Final (2)". Eurovision.tv. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g Jiandani, Sanjay (18 February 2013). "Latvia: Dziesma 2013 results revealed". Esctoday.com.
- ^ a b c Roxburgh, Gordon (16 February 2013). "Tonight: Dziesma final in Latvia". Eurovision.tv.
- ^ a b Siim, Jarmo (19 October 2012). "Latvia changes selection format for 2013". Eurovision.tv.
- ^ Brey, Marco (30 November 2012). "Latvia: Record number of 122 songs submitted". Eurovision.tv.
- ^ a b Brey, Marco (11 December 2012). "Listen to the Latvian semi-final songs". Eurovision.tv.
- ^ Webb, Glenn (15 January 2013). "Latvia: Line up and songs released for Eirodziesma 2013". Eurovision.tv.
- ^ a b c Roxburgh, Gordon (8 February 2013). "Six songs through to Latvian final". Eurovision.tv.
- ^ a b c Roxburgh, Gordon (9 February 2013). "Six more songs through to Latvian final". Eurovision.tv.
- ^ Siim, Jarmo (17 January 2013). "Draw results: Who's in which Semi-Final?". Eurovision.tv.
- ^ Siim, Jarmo (28 March 2013). "Eurovision 2013: Semi-Final running order revealed". Eurovision.tv.
- ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 2013 Grand Final". Eurovision.tv. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
External links
- Official website (in Latvian)