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Latvia: Supernova 2023 jury members have been revealed!

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Latvian broadcaster LTV has revealed the jury members who voted in Supernova, the country’s national final, determining 50% of the result to select the Baltic country’s representatives for Eurovision 2023.

The eight-member jury consisted of the following six Latvians and two international jurors :

  • Anna Platpīre – LTV content editor
  • Arvīds Babris – Director of LTV
  • Aija Auškāpa – Director of the Prāta vētra record label
  • Karīna Tropa – Singer and vocal coach
  • Maija Sējāne – Singer and music producer
  • Magnuss Eriņš – Radio personality and DJ
  • Gediminas Jaunius (Lithuania) – TV director and producer
  • Edward van de Vendel (Netherlands) – Journalist

The jury awarded its 12 points to the band Sudden Lights, who won Supernova 2023 representing Latvia in Liverpool with the song Aijā.

Latvia narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Eurovision 2023 Grand Final by finishing 11th in the First Semi-Final with 34 points, just 3 points behind Serbia. It is worth noting that Sudden Lights received 8 points from the “rest of the world” vote in the First Semi-Final.

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Source: LTV

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Latvia: Jānis Pētersons will be the country’s spokesperson for Eurovision 2023!

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Jānis Pētersons will be the spokesperson of Latvia during the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

The spokesperson of Latvia for this year will be the lead singer Citi Zēni, the band that represented the country in Eurovision 2022. The song “Eat Your Salad”, despite the positive reception it had, in the end it didn’t manage to qualify for the Grand Final of the show in Turin.

As you wait for the Grand Final you can also watch our exclusive interview with Sudden Lights in the video embedded below:

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Latvia: Watch extra footage from the First Rehearsal of Sudden Lights!

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Sudden Lights, this year’s represetatives of Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest, performed their First Rehearsal yesterday, leaving generally positive impressions about their staging

You can read more details about the Latvia’s first rehearal here:

Eurovision 2023: Latvia’s First Rehearsal!

 

Of course, the band is also accompanied by the delegation from country’s National Broadcaster LTV, to whom they gave an interview shortly after their first rehearsal. As part of the report aired on the state channel of the Baltic country, we had the opportunity to see new images and footage from their rehearsal yesterday.

Down bellow you can watch LTV’s coverage of the Sudden Lights:

The second rehearsal of Latvia will take place on Wednesday May 3 so we will get a better idea of what we will see from Sudden Lights on stage.

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Latvia: First rehearsal completed without the special clothing!

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Just a few minutes ago the first rehearsal of Sudden Lights from Latvia, was completed!

But unfortunately, as we were informed by eurovision.tv, the luggages of the band, have yet to arrive to Liverpool, and as of now they are somewhere in Germany.

As it was expected, the Latvian representatives went on to their first rehearsal without the clothing that was specially made for the contest.

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Eurovision 2023: Latvia’s First Rehearsal!

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The fourth act to take the stage today for their first rehearsal are Sudden Lights. The indie rock band represents Latvia at the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, after winning Supernova 2023 with their song “Aijā”!

Who are the Sudden Lights?

Sudden Lights are a Latvian indie rock band, founded in 2012 in Riga. The band consists of vocalist Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis, drummer Mārtiņš Matīss Zemītis, guitarist Kārlis Matīss Zitmanis, and bassist Kārlis Vārtiņš. The band took part in Supernova 2018 with their song “Just Fine” and placed second. In February 2023, the group won Supernova 2023 with the song “Aijā” and will represent Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, bringing the Latvian language on the Eurovision stage for the first time since 2004.

The rehearsal

Sudden Lights’s luggage with their stage outfits haven’t yet arrived in Liverpool but there is no reason to worry as they will arrive today.

This performance uses the same style of atmospheric/sudden lighting as we saw at Supernova – it’s exactly the kind of performance that lends itself to a big arena stage. Also lead singer Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis’ melancholy lyrics sound great – there’s a lovely moment of quiet stillness at the end that’s evoking many emotions.

Below you can watch a small clip from Latvia’s first rehearsal from Tik Tok:

@eurovision Lights! Camera! Latvia! 🎸🇱🇻 #Eurovision2023 #Eurovision @suddenlights ♬ original sound – Eurovision

Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU

Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU

The second rehearsal of Latvia will take place on Wednesday May 3 so we will get a better idea of what we will see from Sudden Lights on stage.

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Latvia: Sudden Lights film postcard for Eurovision 2023!

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Supernova 2023 grand winners “Sudden Lights” will represent Latvia in Liverpool for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song “Aijā”.

Through a tweet from the BBC‘s official Eurovision account, we learn information about what we will see on the postcard, while we also see some backstage of the filming with all the band members enjoying the sea in a very snowy landscape of their country.

 

Δείτε αυτή τη δημοσίευση στο Instagram.

 

Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη BBC Eurovision (@bbceurovision)

The band also gave us an exclusive interview on our YouTube channel:

Below you can enjoy the reaction video about Latvia in Eurovision 2023:

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Poland: The Polish Eurovision Party 2023 is today!

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Today, for the second year in a row, the Polish Eurovision Party 2023 will take place in Warsaw. The hosts of the evening will be Poli Genova (Bulgaria 2011 & 2016) and Konrad Zemlik (the organizer of the event).

At this year’s Polish pre-party, twenty-five artists will appear, who are participating in this year’s Eurovision or have participated in the past.

The Eurovision 2023 entrants who will perform tonight are:

  • Albina & Familija Kelmendi – Albania
  • Alika – Estonia
  • Diljá – Iceland
  • Joker Out – Slovenia
  • Let 3 – Croatia
  • Mae Muller – United Kingdom
  • Monika Linkytė – Lithuania
  • Pasha Parfeni – Moldova
  • Piqued Jacks – San Marino
  • Reiley – Denmark
  • Sudden Lights – Latvia
  • The Busker – Malta
  • Vesna – Czechia
  • Wild Youth – Ireland

The remaining sixteen artists who will accompany this year’s participants are:

  • Anne-Marie David – Winner of Eurovision 1973 with Luxembourg
  • Eye Cue – North Macedonia 2018
  • Felivers – Tu bije serce Europy 2023 (Polish National Final)
  • Filip Baloš – Pesma za Evroviziju ’23 (Serbian National Final)
  • Gromee – Poland 2018
  • Inis Neziri – Festivali i Këngës 56 & 59 (Albanian National Final)
  • Krystian Ochman – Poland 2022
  • Kuba Szmajkowski – Tu bije serce Europy 2022 & 2023
  • Lindsay Dracass – United Kingdom 2001
  • Melovin – Ukraine 2018
  • Oceana – Unser Song für Dänemark
  • Poli Genova – Bulgaria 2011 & 2016
  • Senhit – San Marino 2011, 2020 & 2021
  • Slavko – Montenegro 2017
  • Sunstroke Project – Moldova 2010, 2017
  • Viki Gabor – Winner of Junior Eurovision 2019 with Poland

 

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Latvia: Supernova 2023 Grand Final tonight!

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The time has come for Latvia to choose its participant in Eurovision 2023. The Grand Final of Supernova 2023, the process of nominating the representative of the Baltic country in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, is taking place today.

Participants

Ten songs will compete in tonight’s final of Supernova, with the winner being the Latvian representative at Eurovision 2023. The final result will be based on the vote of the public and the jury.

The participants of tonight’s semifinal are:

  1. Alise Haijima – “Tricky”
  2. Luīze – “You To Hold Me”
  3. Raum – “Fake Love”
  4. Toms Kalderauskis – “When It All Falls”
  5. Artūrs Hatti – “Love Vibes”
  6. Patrisha – “Hush”
  7. Sudden Lights – “Aijā”
  8. 24. Avēnija – “You Said”
  9. Avéi – “Let Me Go”
  10. Markus Riva – “Forever”

Presenters of Supenova 2023 will be Ketija Šēnberga and Lauris Reiniks.

The semifinal of Supernova 2023 starts at 20:05 CET and will last two hours. You can watch it through on LTV1, by clicking HERE.

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Latvia: Supernova running order out now!

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LTV has released the running order of the songs competing in the Grand Final of Supernova 2023.  Latvian Grand Final for Eurovision will take place on February 11, 2023.

10 songs are still competing to represent Latvia in Liverpool.  During this national final, Eurovision winner Duncan Laurence (Netherlands 2019) will perform as an interval act.  Elīza Legzdiņa and Beanie from Rudimental are also scheduled to perform in Supernova.

The 10 competing acts will perform in the following running order:

  1. Alise Haijima – “Tricky”
  2. Luīze – “You To Hold Me”
  3. Raum – “Fake Love”
  4. Toms Kalderauskis – “When It All Falls”
  5. Artūrs Hatti – “Love Vibes”
  6. Patrisha – “Hush”
  7. “Sudden Lights” – “Aijā”
  8. “24. Avēnija” – “You Said”
  9. Avéi – “Let Me Go”
  10. Markus Riva – “Forever”

Citi Zēni represented Latvia in 2022 with the song Eat Your Salad.  They did not manage to qualify however and ended in 14th place in their semi-final.

Source: Eurovoix

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Latvia: Supernova 2023 semi-final tonight!

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The time has come for Latvia to choose its participant in Eurovision 2023. The semifinal of Supernova 2023, the process of nominating the representative of the Baltic country in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, is taking place today.

Participants

Fourteen songs will compete in tonight’s 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.

The participants of tonight’s semifinal are:

  1. Artūrs Hatti – “Love Vibes”
  2.  Alise Haijima – “Tricky”
  3.  Inspo – “Sway”
  4. Toms Kalderauskis – “When It All Falls”
  5. Katrine Miller – “Beaten Down”
  6. Justs – “Stranger”
  7. Adriana Miglāne – “Like I Wanna”
  8. 24. Avēnija – “You Said”
  9. Markus Riva – “Forever”
  10. Avéi – “Let Me Go”
  11. Patrisha – “Hush”
  12. Raum – “Fake Love”
  13. Luīze – “You To Hold Me”
  14. Sudden Lights – “Aijā”

Presenters of Supenova 2023 will be Ketija Šēnberga and Lauris Reiniks.

The semifinal of Supernova 2023 starts at 20:05 CET and will last two hours. You can watch it through on LTV1, by clicking HERE.

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