Latvia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country	Latvia
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	17 September 2005
Selected artist(s)	Kids4Rock
Selected song	"Es esmu maza, jauka meitene"
Finals performance
Final result	11th, 50 points
Latvia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Latvia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 which took place on 26 November 2005, in Hasselt, Belgium. The Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) organised a national final in order to select the Latvian entry for the 2005 contest. On 17 September 2005, Daniels Groza & Monta Beļinska (later renamed as Kids4Rock) won the national final and were selected to represent Latvia with the song "Es esmu maza, jauka meitene".^[1]

Before Junior Eurovision

National final

44 songs were submitted to LTV. Ten entries were selected for the national final, and the competing artists and songs were announced on 30 May 2005.^[2]

The final took place on 17 September 2005 at the Jūras vārti Theatre in Ventspils, hosted by Valters & Kazha. Ten entries competed and the song with the highest number of votes from the public, "Es esmu maza, jauka meitene" performed by Daniels Groza & Monta Beļinska, were declared the winners.^[3]^[4]

Final – 17 September 2005
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Elīna Zariņa & Ieva Vilciņa	"Vēlies"	—	—
2	Laura Grigorjeva	"Bam, Bam, Bam"	—	—
3	Ieva Sutugova	"Nāc līdz!"	—	—
4	Madara Grēgere	"Viss notiksies!"	—	—
5	Daniels Groza & Monta Beļinska	"Es esmu maza, jauka meitene"	2,331	1
6	Sabīne Berezina	"Reiz kādā pilsētā"	1,946	3
7	Evita Gržibovska	"Lidojums sapnī'	—	—
8	Kristiāna Stirāne	"Lielais baltais draugs"	2,183	2
9	Ilze Ozoliņa	"Nāciet visi man līdzi"	—	—
10	Kristīna Brjazgunova	"Karnevāls"	—	—

At Junior Eurovision

Points awarded to Latvia

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
				Belarus
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Croatia Russia United Kingdom		Greece Malta Spain	Macedonia Serbia and Montenegro Sweden	Norway Romania

Points awarded by Latvia

12 points	Belarus
10 points	Russia
8 points	Norway
7 points	Belgium
6 points	Denmark
5 points	Spain
4 points	Macedonia
3 points	Romania
2 points	United Kingdom
1 point	Netherlands

References

^ "Kids4Rock". jesc.tv.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Bakker, Sietse (30 May 2005). "Latvian junior finalists announced". Esctoday.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "JESC 2005".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Bērnu Eirovīzijas nacionālās atlases finālā uzvar Monta Beļinska". DELFI (in Latvian). 17 September 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[1] "Kids4Rock". jesc.tv.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] Bakker, Sietse (30 May 2005). "Latvian junior finalists announced". Esctoday.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] "JESC 2005".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[4] "Bērnu Eirovīzijas nacionālās atlases finālā uzvar Monta Beļinska". DELFI (in Latvian). 17 September 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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