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Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Latvia in the
Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
Latvia
Participating broadcasterPublic Broadcasting of Latvia (LSM; 2025–present)
Formerly:
Participation summary
Appearances25 (12 finals)
First appearance2000
Highest placement1st:2002
Host2003
Related articles
Supernova
External links
LSM page
Latvia's page at Eurovision.tvEdit this at Wikidata
For the most recent participation see
Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Latvia has been represented at theEurovision Song Contest 25 times since making its debut at the contest in2000, where the song "My Star" performed by the groupBrainstorm finished third. Latvia won the contest in2002, with the song "I Wanna" byMarie N, defeatingMalta by 12 points. Latvia is the second formerSoviet country to win the contest. The2003 contest was held in the Latvian capitalRiga. The country achieved its third top 10 result in2005, when "The War Is Not Over" byWalters and Kazha finished fifth. The current Latvian participating broadcaster in the contest isPublic 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 since2008 at the2015 contest with the song "Love Injected" byAminata. 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 in2016. After failing to qualify for the final from2017 to2023, it finally managed to qualify to the final in the2024 contest with "Hollow" byDons. The qualification streak was extended byTautumeitas, 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 "Probka" byIntars Busulis (2009), "What For?" byAisha (2010), "Here We Go" byPeR (2013), "Line" byTriana Park (2017), and "The Moon Is Rising" bySamanta Tīna (2021).

Participation

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Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) was a full member of theEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1 January 1993, thus eligible to participate in theEurovision Song Contest since then. It participated in the contest representing Latvia since its45th edition in 2000. Since 2025, after arestructuring that led to the incorporation of LTV into the currentPublic 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 bySamanta Tīna in 2021.[a] Since 2015, the Latvian national selection isSupernova. Previously, the national selections wereEirodziesma (2000–2012) andDziesma (2013–2014).

Participation overview

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Table key
1First place
2Second place
3Third place
◁Last place
XEntry selected but did not compete
YearArtistSongLanguageFinalPointsSemiPoints
2000Brainstorm"My Star"English3136No semi-finals
2001Arnis Mednis"Too Much"English1816
2002Marie N"I Wanna"English1176
2003F.L.Y."Hello from Mars"English245
2004Fomins and Kleins"Dziesma par laimi"LatvianFailed to qualify1723
2005Walters and Kazha"The War Is Not Over"English51531085
2006Vocal Group Cosmos"I Hear Your Heart"English1630Top 11 in2005 final[b]
2007Bonaparti.lv"Questa notte"Italian16545168
2008Pirates of the Sea"Wolves of the Sea"English1283686
2009Intars Busulis"Probka"(Пробка)RussianFailed to qualify19 ◁7
2010Aisha"What For?"English17 ◁11
2011Musiqq"Angel in Disguise"English1725
2012Anmary"Beautiful Song"English1617
2013PeR"Here We Go"English17 ◁13
2014Aarzemnieki"Cake to Bake"English1333
2015Aminata"Love Injected"English61862155
2016Justs"Heartbeat"English151328132
2017Triana Park"Line"EnglishFailed to qualify18 ◁21
2018Laura Rizzotto"Funny Girl"English12106
2019Carousel"That Night"English1550
2020Samanta Tīna"Still Breathing"EnglishContest cancelled[c]X
2021Samanta Tīna"The Moon Is Rising"EnglishFailed to qualify17 ◁14
2022Citi Zēni"Eat Your Salad"English1455
2023Sudden Lights"Aijā"English, Latvian1134
2024Dons"Hollow"English1664772
2025Tautumeitas"Bur man laimi"Latvian131582130

Hostings

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YearLocationVenuePresenters
2003RigaSkonto HallMarija Naumova andRenārs Kaupers

Related involvement

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Heads of delegation

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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]

YearHead of delegationRef.
2012–2020Zita Kaminska
2021–2025Guntars Gulbiņš

Commentators and spokespersons

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YearCommentatorSpokespersonRef.
1998Kārlis Streips [lv]Did not participate
1999
2000Lauris Reiniks
2001Renārs Kaupers
2002Ēriks Niedra
2003Ģirts Līcis
2004Lauris Reiniks
2005Marie N
2006Mārtiņš Freimanis
2007Janis Šipkevics
2008Kristīne Virsnīte
2009Roberto Meloni
2010Kārlis Būmeisters
2011Valters Frīdenbergs(all), Uģis Joksts(final)Aisha
2012Valters Frīdenbergs(all), Kārlis Būmeisters(final)Valters Frīdenbergs
2013Anmary
2014Valters and KažaRalfs Eilands
2015Valters Frīdenbergs(all), Toms Grēviņš(final)Markus Riva
2016Toms Grēviņš
2017Aminata
2018Toms Grēviņš(all), Magnuss Eriņš(final)Dagmāra Legante
2019Toms Grēviņš(all), Ketija Šēnberga(final)Laura Rizzotto
2021Toms Grēviņš(all),Marija Naumova(final)Aminata
2022Toms Grēviņš(all),Lauris Reiniks(final)Samanta Tīna
2023Jānis Pētersons
2024Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis
2025Toms Grēviņš(all), Marija Naumova(final)Dons
  • Karlis Streips is the first Latvian Eurovision commentator in history. He provided Eurovision Song Contest commentary until 2010
    Karlis Streips is the first Latvian Eurovision commentator in history. He provided Eurovision Song Contest commentary until 2010
  • Valters Frīdenbergs was lead commentator from 2011 until his illness in 2017 and death in 2018
    Valters Frīdenbergs was lead commentator from 2011 until his illness in 2017 and death in 2018
  • Toms Grēviņš has been lead Latvian commentator since 2018
    Toms Grēviņš has been lead Latvian commentator since 2018

Photo gallery

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Tīna wonSupernova in2020, butthat year's Eurovision was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, and she was later internally selected to represent her country in thefollowing year instead.
  2. ^According to thethen-Eurovision rules, the top ten non-Big Four countries from the previous year along with the Big Four automatically qualified for the grand final without having to compete in semi-finals. For example, if Germany and France placed inside the top ten, the 11th and 12th spots were advanced to next year's grand final along with all countries ranked in the top ten.
  3. ^The 2020 contest was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.

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