Latvia: Citi Zēni is representing the country in Eurovision 2022!

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The grand final of Supernova 2022, the national final of Latvia, has just been completed, with the country choosing Citi Zēni as the final’s winners and therefore their representatives for Eurovision 2022 in Turin. This is the first time the country organized a national final after a one-year break were Latvia picked internally Samanta Tīna to represent the country in 2021 after winning the in 2020.

A total of eleven finalists, that were picked among 130 submitted songs, competed in the national final, claiming the ticket to Turin.

The eleven artists

The eleven candidates of the night were:

  1. Raum – “Plans“
  2. Linda Rušeniece – “Pay My Own Bills“
  3. Bermudu Divstūris – “Bad“
  4. Miks Galvanovskis – “I’m Just a Sinner“
  5. Bujāns – “He, She, You & Me“
  6. Elīna Gluzunova – “Es pabiju tur“
  7. Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad“
  8. Inspo – “A Happy Place“
  9. Mēs Jūs Mīlam – “Rich Itch“
  10. Aminata – “I’m Letting You Go“
  11. Miks Dukurs –“First Love“

Regarding Miks Dukurs, he has qualified as a wildcard and will compete in the final, following an evaluation by the organization which found out that the artist’s performance in the semifinal was affected by technical issues

50% of the results in the show comes from the jury, while the other 50% from the audience.

The Results

After the public and the international juries voted the top three of the national final is:

  1. Citi Zēni
  2. Aminata
  3. Bujāns

The big winner of Supernova 2022 were Citi Zēni with the song “Eat your salad“.

You can watch Citi Zēni’s performance in the national final here:

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Latvia: Supernova 2022 final tonight!

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The time has come for Latvia to choose its participant in Eurovision 2022. The Grand Final of Supernova 2022, the process of nominating the representative of the Baltic country in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, is taking place today.

The participants

Eleven songs will compete in tonight’s Supernova Final, with the big winner of tonight’s show representing Latvia in Turin.

The final result will be judged by 50% by the preference of Latvian viewers and by 50% by the preference of the jury composed of Latvian and non-Latvian professionals of the music industry.

The participants of tonight’s Grand Final are:

  1. Raum – “Plans“
  2. Linda Rušeniece – “Pay My Own Bills“
  3. Bermudu Divstūris – “Bad“
  4. Miks Galvanovskis – “I’m Just a Sinner“
  5. Bujāns – “He, She, You & Me“
  6. Elīna Gluzunova – “Es pabiju tur“
  7. Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad“
  8. Inspo – “A Happy Place“
  9. Mēs Jūs Mīlam – “Rich Itch“
  10. Aminata – “I’m Letting You Go“
  11. Miks Dukurs –“First Love“

The Roop and Uku Suviste will appear in the Supernova 2022 final. The selection of Lithuania’s and Estonia’s last year representatives at Eurovision 2021 as guests is made semiotically, as today all the Baltic countries choose their representatives at Eurovision 2022.

Presenters of Supenova 2022 will be Katie Schönberg and Lauris Reiniks.

The final of Supernova 2022 starts at 20:05 CET and will last two hours. You can watch it through on LTV1, by clicking HERE.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Latvia’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Latvia: Miks Dukurs has earned a spot in the final of Supernova 2022!

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Latvian broadcaster LTV has announced that Miks Dukurs has qualified as a wildcard and will compete in the Supernova 2022 final, following an evaluation by the organization which found out that the artist’s performance in the semifinal was affected by technical issues.

Members of the Supernova and LTV jury evaluated the recording of Miks’s appearance and found that the technical fault in question had a significant effect on the sound quality.

Miks Dukurs became the eleventh finalist in Superonova 2022 and will be competing with the other ten artists for the ticket to Eurovision 2022:

  1. Raum – “Plans“
  2. Linda Rušeniece – “Pay My Own Bills“
  3. Bermudu Divstūris – “Bad“
  4. Miks Galvanovskis – “I’m Just a Sinner“
  5. Bujāns – “He, She, You & Me“
  6. Elīna Gluzunova – “Es pabiju tur“
  7. Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad“
  8. Inspo – “A Happy Place“
  9. Mēs Jūs Mīlam – “Rich Itch“
  10. Aminata – “I’m Letting You Go“
  11. Miks Dukurs –“First Love“

LTV also announced that The Roop and Uku Suviste will perform in the final of the latvian selection. The selection of both last year’s representatives of Lithuania and Estonia to perform at the Supernova final has been made symbolically, as on Saturday the other two Baltic countries, Lithuania and Estonia, are also choosing their representative in addition to Latvia.

The heads of the Latvian broadcaster have also clarified that the viewers will have the right to vote for the songs of their choice as many times as they want. We remind you that the final result will be determined 50% by the Latvian viewers and 50% by the jury that will be composed of native and non-native professionals of the music industry.

The grand final of Supernova 2022 will be held on Saturday at 20:05 CET and will last two hours. You can watch it through the frequency of LTV1, by clicking HERE.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding the Latvian participation in Eurovision 2022!

Latvia: The running order of the Supernova 2022 final has been revealed!

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Three days after the semifinals of Supernova 2022 took place, LTV revealded the running order of the upcoming Latvian national final to be held on Saturday.

Ten songs qualified for the grand final of Supernova 2022 last Saturday and one of them will represent the Baltic country at Eurovision 2022. These songs, as they will appear in order of appearance, are:

  1. Raum – “Plans“
  2. Linda Rušeniece – “Pay My Own Bills“
  3. Bermudu Divstūris – “Bad“
  4. Miks Galvanovskis – “I’m Just a Sinner“
  5. Bujāns – “He, She, You & Me“
  6. Elīna Gluzunova – “Es pabiju tur“
  7. Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad“
  8. Inspo – “A Happy Place“
  9. Mēs Jūs Mīlam – “Rich Itch“
  10. Aminata – “I’m Letting You Go“

LTV also announced that The Roop and Uku Suviste will appear in the Supernova 2022 final. The selection of Lithuania’s and Estonia’s last year representatives at Eurovision 2021 as guests is made semiotically, as on Saturday all the Baltic countries choose their representatives at Eurovision 2022.

At the same time, as the heads of the Latvian radio and television characteristically clarified, the viewers will have the right to vote as many times as they want the songs of their choice. We remind you that the final result will be judged by 50% by the preference of the Latvian viewers and by 50% by the preference of the jury that will be composed of native and non-native professionals of the music industry.

The grand final of Supernova 2022 will be held on Saturday at 21:05 and will last two hours. You can watch it through the frequency of LTV1, by clicking HERE.

Source: ESCBubble

Latvia: The 10 qualifiers for the Grand Final!

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Tonight the semi-final of Latvia’s national final, Supernova 2022, was completed successfully and the finalists for the grand finale broadcasted by LTV1 were decided.

A total of seventeen candidates competed in the semi-final, claiming ten or eleven places for Saturday’s grand final. Presenters of the evening were Ketija Šēnberga and Lauris Reiniks.

The candidates

The seven candidates of the night were the following:

  1. Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad“
  2. Miks Dukurs – “First Love“
  3. Linda Rušeniece – “Pay My Own Bills“
  4. Elīna Gluzunova – “Es pabiju tur“
  5. Raum – “Plans“
  6. Patriks Peterson – “Can’t Get You Outta My Head“
  7. Mēs Jūs Mīlam – “Rich Itch“
  8. Katō – “Promises“
  9. Miks Galvanovskis – “I’m Just a Sinner“
  10. Markus Riva – “If You’re Gonna Love Me“
  11. The Coco’nuts – “In and Out of the Dark“
  12. Aminata* – “I’m Letting You Go“
  13. Bermudu Divstūris – “Bad“
  14. Beatrise Heislere – “On the Way Home“
  15. Zelma – “How“
  16. Bujāns – “He, She, You & Me“
  17. Inspo – “A Happy Place“

*Aminata didn’t get to perform her song live on stage as she tested positive for COVID-19. Instead, the singer performed “I’m Letting You Go” remotely.

50% of the results in the two shows (semifinals and a final) comes from the jury, while the other 50% from the audience.

The results

The 10 qualifiers for the Grand Final of Supernova 2022 are:

  • Inspo – “A Happy Place”
  • Aminata – “I’m Letting You Go”
  • Linda Rušeniece – “Pay My Own Bills”
  • Mēs Jūs Mīlam – “Rich Itch”
  • Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad”
  • Bermudu Divstūris – “Bad”
  • Elīna Gluzunova – “Es pabiju tur”
  • Bujāns – “He, She, You & Me”
  • Miks Galvanovskis – “I’m Just A Sinner”
  • Raum – “Plans”

What are your thoughts on today’s results? Tell us in the comments!

Latvia: Supernova semi-final tonight!

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The time has come for Latvia to choose its participant in Eurovision 2022. The semifinal of Supernova 2022, the process of nominating the representative of the Baltic country in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, is taking place today.

The participants

Seventeen songs will compete in tonight’s first semifinal of Supernova, ten of which will advance to next Saturday’s grand final.

The final result will be based on the vote of the public and the jury, with the latter having the right to give a wildcard to one of the seven artists who will not qualify, in order to participate in the grand final on February 12.

The participants of tonight’s semifinal are:

  1. Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad“
  2. Miks Dukurs – “First Love“
  3. Linda Rušeniece – “Pay My Own Bills“
  4. Elīna Gluzunova – “Es pabiju tur“
  5. Raum – “Plans“
  6. Patriks Peterson – “Can’t Get You Outta My Head“
  7. Mēs Jūs Mīlam – “Rich Itch“
  8. Katō – “Promises“
  9. Miks Galvanovskis – “I’m Just a Sinner“
  10. Markus Riva – “If You’re Gonna Love Me“
  11. The Coco’nuts – “In and Out of the Dark“
  12. Aminata – “I’m Letting You Go“
  13. Bermudu Divstūris – “Bad“
  14. Beatrise Heislere – “On the Way Home“
  15. Zelma – “How“
  16. Bujāns – “He, She, You & Me“
  17. Inspo – “A Happy Place“

Presenters of Supenova 2022 will be Katie Schönberg and Lauris Reiniks.

The semifinal of Supernova 2022 starts at 20:05 CET and will last two hours. You can watch it through on LTV1, by clicking HERE.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Latvia’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Latvia: The running order of the Supernova 2022 semi-final!

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This morning the Latvian broadcaster LTV announced the running order of the artists in the semifinal of Supernova 2022! We remind you that this is the first time that Supernova only has one semifinal!

The running order is as follows:

  1. Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad“
  2. Miks Dukurs – “First Love“
  3. Linda Rušeniece – “Pay My Own Bills“
  4. Elīna Gluzunova – “Es pabiju tur“
  5. Raum – “Plans“
  6. Patriks Peterson – “Can’t Get You Outta My Head“
  7. Mēs Jūs Mīlam – “Rich Itch“
  8. Katō – “Promises“
  9. Miks Galvanovskis – “I’m Just a Sinner“
  10. Markus Riva – “If You’re Gonna Love Me“
  11. The Coco’nuts – “In and Out of the Dark“
  12. Aminata – “I’m Letting You Go“
  13. Bermudu Divstūris – “Bad“
  14. Beatrise Heislere – “On the Way Home“
  15. Zelma – “How“
  16. Bujāns – “He, She, You & Me“
  17. Inspo – “A Happy Place“

The semifinal of Supernova will take place on February 5 at 20:05 CET on LTV1 and REplay.lv, where the 10 songs with the highest rating by judges and audience will advance to the grand final that will take place on February 12!

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding the Latvian participation in Eurovision 2022!

Eurovision 2022: Here are the results of the allocation draw!

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The Semi-Final Allocation Draw for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 took place in Palazzo Madama in Turin. Find out below in which of the 2 Semi-Finals your country will perform and vote in. The annual event was hosted by Carolina di Domenico and Mario Acampa.

The Semi-Final Allocation Draw and Host City Insignia Exchange are key milestones on the path to the Eurovision Song Contest each year.

During the ceremony, Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam, passed on the Host City Insignia to Stefano Lo Russo, Mayor of Turin. The insignia key chain, weighing over 30 kilograms with the new addition of Rotterdam’s insignia, was handed over to Turin. The Italian city is now officially the Host City of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Draw Procedure

The 36 countries competing in the semifinals were divided into six pots, based on the points they have exchanged in recent years. This is done in order to avoid, as much as possible, the alliances and bloc voting that appear every year in the voting.

Allocation Pots

Big 5

With the host Italy, directly in the final, along with the rest of the Big 5 (UK, France, Germany, Spain), the first part of the draw determined the semifinal that the direct finalists will vote.

Will vote in the 1st Semi-Final:

  • France
  • Italy

Will vote in the 2nd Semi-Final:

  • Spain
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom

Their performance in the dress rehearsal will be shown in the semifinals where the six aforementioned countries were drawn to broadcast and vote. This was done at Eurovision 2016 for the first time, for reasons of equal visibility of the countries that are directly in the final and the countries that compete in the semifinals. Essentially, viewers watch each entry twice during the shows.

Allocation Draw

The draw of the countries for the two semifinals had two parts. In the first part, the 36 countries that participate in the semifinals, were drawn in which of the two will compete. 18 countries will compete in both the first and the second semifinal.

In the second part each country found out if it will appear in the first or in the second half of the semifinal that will compete. The exact order of appearance will be determined by the EBU and the producers of the show at a later time.

First Semi-Final (10 May):

1st Half

  • Albania
  • Switzerland
  • Latvia
  • Slovenia
  • Moldova
  • Bulgaria
  • Ukraine
  • Lithuania
  • Netherlands

2nd Half

  • Norway
  • Russia
  • Portugal
  • Denmark
  • Armenia
  • Austria
  • Croatia
  • Iceland
  • Greece

Second Semi-Final (12 May):

1st Half

  • Australia
  • Georgia
  • Cyprus
  • Serbia
  • Finland
  • Azerbaijan
  • San Marino
  • Israel
  • Malta

2nd Half

  • Montenegro
  • Romania
  • Czech Republic
  • Poland
  • Belgium
  • North Macedonia
  • Sweden
  • Estonia
  • Ireland

Turin will host the 66th Eurovision Song Contest from May 10th to 14th at the Pala Alpitour. The motto of this year’s event, as chosen by the organizers, is “The Sound of Beauty”.

You can see the draw again through the following link:

 

 

 

Latvia: Supernova 2022 presenters revealed!!

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A few hours ago, the Latvian public broadcaster LTV revealed the presenters of Supernova 2022.

The presenters of Supernova 2022 are Katie Schönberg and Lauris Reiniks.

We remind you that 17 acts are going to compete in the semi-final of Supernova. The semi-final is scheduled to take place on 5th of February 2022 at 21:05 EET on LTV1 and on REplay.lv, while the final on 12th of February.

The 17 acts of the semi-final are as follow:

  1. Bermudu Divstūris – “Bad”
  2. Markus Riva – “If You’re Gonna Love Me”
  3. Aminata – “I’m Letting You Go”
  4. BUJĀNS – “He, She, You & Me”
  5. Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad”
  6. Inspo – “A Happy Place”
  7. Miks Dukurs – “First Love”
  8. Beatrise Heislere – “On the way home”
  9. the COCO’NUTS – “In and out of the dark”
  10. KATŌ – “Promises”
  11. Elīna Gluzunova – “Es pabiju tur”
  12. Mēs Jūs Mīlam – “Rich Itch”
  13. Linda Rušeniece – “Pay My Own Bills”
  14. RAUM – “Plans”
  15. Zelma – “How”
  16. Patriks Peterson – “Can’t Get You Outta My Head”
  17. Miks Galvanovskis – “I’m Just A Sinner”

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun.com for all the latest news regarding the Latvian participation at the upcoming 2022 Eurovision in Turin, Italy.

 

Eurovision 2022: Pots and Participants of Semifinals Allocation Draw revealed!

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The semi-finals draw will take place on Tuesday 25 January at 12:00 CET, from the Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja in Turin. At the same time there will be a ceremony of handing over the keys of the contest or as it is widely known, the Host City Insignia from the previous hosts Rotterdam to the Italian organizers.

The allocation draw will determine whether the countries will participate in the First Semifinal (Tuesday, May 10) or the Second Semifinal (Thursday, May 12). Also, again based on the draw it will be determined if they appear in the first or second half of the semifinal. We remind you that the exact order of appearance is announced later by the organizers and after it has first been approved by the EBU.

The draw will be presented by TV presenters Carolina di Domenico and Gabriele Corsi. Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb and Turin Mayor Stefano Lo Russo will be present.

Friends of the contest will be able to watch the draw on Eurovision’s YouTube channel or on Rai’s streaming service.

Semi-final draw: How does it work?

Italy, as the host country, together with the other 4 members of the so-called “Big 5” (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) do not compete in the Semifinals, but vote in one of them… so before the competing countries in Semifinals, it will be determined at random which of the Semifinals the Big 5 will be allowed to vote for.

The next part of the draw will determine in which Semifinal and in which half of the respective Semifinal the remaining 36 participating countries will appear.

The 36 countries of the semifinals are selected from 6 different pots:

Pot 1

  • Albania
  • Croatia
  • Montenegro
  • North Macedonia
  • Serbia
  • Slovenia

Pot 2

  • Denmark
  • Australia
  • Finland
  • Iceland
  • Norway
  • Sweden

Pot 3

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Georgia
  • Israel
  • Russia
  • Ukraine

Pot 4

  • Cyprus
  • Greece
  • Malta
  • Bulgaria
  • Portugal
  • San Marino

Pot 5

  • Estonia
  • Lithuania
  • Latvia
  • Moldova
  • Poland
  • Romania

Pot 6

  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Switzerland
  • Czech Republic
  • Ireland
  • Netherlands

Drawing countries from different pots helps to reduce the chance of so-called neighbourly voting and increases suspense in the Semi-Finals.

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the 66th Eurovision Song Contest!