Eirodziesma

Latvia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 22 times since making its debut at the contest in 2000, where the group Brainstorm finished third with the song " My Star". Latvia won the contest in 2002, with Marie N and the song " I Wanna", defeating Malta by 12 points. Latvia is the second former Soviet country to win the contest. The 2003 contest was held in the Latvian capital Riga. The country achieved its third top 10 result in , when Walters and Kazha finished fifth with "The War Is Not Over".

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. Latvia qualified for the final for the first time since at the contest with Aminata and the song "Love Injected". Her 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 .

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 Intars Busulis (), Aisha (), PeR (), Triana Park () and Samanta Tīna ().

Participation overview

All of Latvia's entries have been performed in English, except for three entries. In 2004 Fomins and Kleins performed "" in Latvian, in 2007 Bonaparti.lv performed "" in Italian and in 2009 Intars Busulis, having won Eirodziesma 2009 with "" in Latvian, performed the song in Russian as "". With the exception of "The Moon Is Rising" by Samanta Tīna in 2021, all Latvian Eurovision entries have been chosen through a national final.

Hostings

Related involvement

Heads of delegation

Commentators and spokespersons

Image:Streips 2013.jpg, Karlis Streips is the first Latvian Eurovision commentator in history. He provided Eurovision Song Contest commentary until 2011
Image:Valters Frīdenbergs.jpg, Valters Frīdenbergs was lead commentator from 2011 until his illness and subsequent death in 2018
Image:Toms Grēviņš 3.jpg, Toms Grēviņš has been lead Latvian commentator since 2018

Photogallery

File:Bonaparti 2007 Eurovision.jpg, Bonaparti.lv performing " Questa notte" in Helsinki (2007)
File:Pirates of the Sea, Latvia, Eurovision 2008.jpg, Pirates of the Sea performing "Wolves of the Sea" in Belgrade (2008)
File:Flickr - aktivioslo - Aisha - Latvia (1).jpg, Aisha in Oslo (2010)
File:Musiqq.jpg, Musiqq performing " Angel in Disguise" in Düsseldorf (2011)
File:ESC2013 - Latvia 09 (crop).jpg, PeR performing "Here We Go" in Malmö (2013)
File:ESC2014 - Latvia 07.jpg, Aarzemnieki performing "Cake to Bake" in Copenhagen (2014)
File:20150516 ESC 2015 Aminata 9682.jpg, Aminata performing "Love Injected" in Vienna (2015)
File:ESC2016 - Latvia 05.jpg, Justs performing "Heartbeat" in Stockholm (2016)
File:ESC2017 - Latvia 01.jpg, Triana Park performing "Line" in Kyiv (2017)
File:ESC2018 - Latvia 02.jpg, Laura Rizzotto performing " Funny Girl" in Lisbon (2018)
File:Eurovision 2022 - Semi-final 1 - Latvia - Citi Zēni.jpg, Citi Zēni performing "Eat Your Salad" in Turin ()

See also

* Latvia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Junior version of the Eurovision Song Contest.
* Latvia in Eurovision Choir – A competition organised by the EBU for amateur choirs.
* Latvia in the Eurovision Young Dancers – A competition organised by the EBU for younger dancers aged between 16 and 21.
* Latvia in the Eurovision Young Musicians – A competition organised by the EBU for musicians aged 18 years and younger.

Notes

References

External links

Points to and from Latvia
''eurovisioncovers.co.uk''

{{Eurovision Song Contest

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