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Sudden Lights:”We want the audience to have the feeling of a rock concert” | Exclusive Interview

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The band Sudden Lights is participating in this year’s Latvian national final, Supernova 2023, in order to Wim the ticket that will lead them to the stage of Eurovision 2023. The band spoke exclusively to Bogiannos Apostolos and Matamis Apostolis from EurovisionFun about their participation in Supernova 2023, with the song “Aijā“.

They have known each other for many years, as they know each other from their common music school. The band had taken part in Supernova 2018 with the song “Just Fine” without  receiving the ticket for Eurovision, however as they stated this was the moment they entered the musical events of the country and indeed at a very young age. After this first attempt they got quite a few fans as well as many opportunities. For this year’s participation  at Supernova 2023, they themselves revealed to us:

“This year we have a very good feeling that we have something good to say and a strong message for both Latvian and European audiences!”

On the message behind their entry “Aijā”, the band stated that the song is a lullaby and that in the difficult times we live in, we all need a lullaby to be able to sleep. Then they revealed to us that the song was not written exclusively for the competition but during the preparation process of the new album they are preparing. About their stage performance at the national final, Sudden Lights said:

“On the semi-final stage we will be with our instruments and we want to bring the feeling of a rock concert on stage!”

Among their favorite Latvian entries in the contest, they mentioned the country’s first Eurovision entry, “Lucky Star“, as an important and emotional moment for their country. While as favorite entries of the competition they mentioned Maneskin and Barbara Pravi from 2021, as well as Alexander Rybak from 2009.

Finally they sang us a part of their song acapella .

Check out the exclusive Sudden Lights interview in the video below:

Listen to their entry for Supernova 2023:

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Patrisha: “I want to surprise the audience with my performance” | Exclusive Interview

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One of the candidates of this year’s national final of Latvia, Patrisha spoke exclusively to Bogiannos Apostolos and Matamis Apostolis from EurovisionFun, about her participation in Supernova 2023, with the song “Hush“.

Starting her musical career from a very young age, she understood from a very early age her love for singing and musicals. But how did she make the decision to take part in the national final for 2023?

“In previous years, I was in the backing vocals of other participations, such as in 2016! In 2019 I performed my first song as a guest on Supernova and I received many messages to take part but I felt it was not the right time then. This year, I know what I want to present and I finally decided to take part”

In our question, she revealed that although the song was written for Eurovision, she considers herself to write songs as an artist with a vision and simply came up in the studio to come up with Eurovision. About her stage appearance at the national final, Patrisha said:

“On the stage of the national final you will see Patrisha! I want to keep my ideas on my head and when I’m ready to go on stage, to show everyone what I’ve prepared and enjoy it!”

In closing, she revealed to us that her favorite entry from Latvia is Carousel from 2019, as she loves the intimacy and simplicity they brought as artists to the competition stage. Her favorite entry from the competition is that of Ukraine from 2021, as she would also like to collaborate with the singer of the band Go_A.

Finally she sang us a part of her song acapella.

Watch the full interview below:

Listen to her song “Hush” from Supernova:

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Latvia: Saule disqualified from Supernova 2023!

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Latvia’s pubic broadcaster, announced the 15 artists and the songs competing in their national final for Eurovision 2023, just yesterday.

LTV received 125 applications in total, 121 of which were submitted before the deadline. 21 applications didn’t meet the criteria to go on to the next stage of the selection (Missing info, artists were not from Latvia or the percentage of foreign composers was higher than that allowed). From the remaining 100 entries, LTV chose the 15 songs that were revealed yesterday.

However, the Latvian broadcaster looked into the songs and found out that one song breaks the rules of Supernova, as well as those of Eurovision itself, resulting in its disqualification from the selection process.

We are talking about Saule, as it was revealed that his song “Finally Happy”, with which he was chosen to compete in the semi-final, was released as early as December 19, 2021.

The rules of Supernova as well as those of Eurovision, demand the competing songs to not be released or performed publicly before the 1st of September 2022. The song was also removed from YouTube.

Because the channel is already getting ready to host the national final (which takes place in February 4), Saule will not be replaced by a new contestant and so, 14 artists will take part in Supernova’s semi-final.

In the semi-final and the final of the contest, the jury and the public vote are of equal importance. the winner will be decided by the total points awarded by the calls and sms votes, combined with the jury vote.

Supernova 2023 schedule is as follows:

  • Semi-Final– February 4
  • Final– February 11

The hosts for this year’s national final will be Ketija Šenberga και Lauris Reiniks.

The last winners of Supernova and Latvia’s representative in Eurovision 2022 were Citi Zēni with the song “Eat your Salad”  but they didn’t manage to qualify for the Grand Final, ending up in 14th place of the first semi-final:

https://youtu.be/TM0_0WfuxSk

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Source: lsm.lv

Latvia: 121 songs submitted for Supernova 2023!

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A total of 121 songs have been submitted for the national selection of Latvia , with one of them being in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. The number of songs submitted for Supernova has decreased by nine compared to those from 2022.

Agnese Štrause-Kubliņa , editorial director of LTV entertainment programs says:

We feel happy that the artists appreciate “Supernova” and want to represent Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest. This year’s high viewing figures for “Supernova” and Eurovision prove that the public sympathizes with the musicians and wants to actively participate in the process of choosing the winner.

The inclusion of songs and performers for Supernova will be determined by a jury selected by LTV. Evaluating song structure, originality, message, as well as the ability of the song and contestant to compete in the international pop music market. The performer’s vocal abilities, personality and past achievements in the music industry, and potential for future achievements.

Supernova 2023 participants are expected to be revealed in January , with the national selection taking place in February . The number of shows and the exact format of Supernova 2023 have yet to be announced.

For security reasons, again this year LTV will reveal the names of the jury representatives only after the international Eurovision Song Contest in May. The jury includes representatives of the Latvian music and television industry, as well as foreign professionals.

Citi Zēni represented Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy. With their song “Eat Your Salad” , they finished in 14th place in the semi-final.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM0_0WfuxSk

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Source: LSM