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Latvia: Eurovisionfun Reacts to Latvia Eurovision 2023 Entry ”Aijā” (video)

Supernova 2023, the national final of Latvia with the aim of choosing the country’s next representative for the Eurovision 2023 contest, was completed for another year! The big winners of the evening were the group “Sudden Lights” with the song “Aijā“.

The Eurovisionfun team once again watched and reacted to the live performance of Latvia’s entry for the upcoming Eurovision contest and ! Enjoy Bogiannos Apostolos, Matamis Apostolis and Roupakias Christos in a reaction video, with detailed commentary on Latvia’s participation, for 2023!

Some days before the national final of Supernova, “Sudden Lights” gave us an exclusive interview on our YouTube channel:

Watch the live performance of “Aijā” from Supernova 2023:

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Latvia: Supernova Semifinal running order revealed!

This Saturday, February 04 the Supernova semifinals will take place.  14 contestants will perform for the first time for the Latvian national final but only 10 will make it to the final.  The result will depend on the overall rating the acts get from  both the jury and the vote of the public.

Supernova Semifinals

This is the running order for the Supernova Semifinals:

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. Marcus Riva- “Forever”

10. Avéi- “Let Me Go”

11. Patrisha- “Hush”

12. Raum- “Fake Love”

13. Luīze- “You To Hold Me”

14. Sudden Lights- “Aija”

The songs and performers participating in the “Supernova” semi-finals were determined by a jury selected by LTV, which included representatives of the Latvian music industry, show and television, as well as foreign professionals.  LTV will reveal the names of the jury representatives only after the international Eurovision Song Contest in May for security reasons.

The winner of Supernova, who will be determined by the jury and the audience in the final February 11, will  represent Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool in May.

Source: Latvijas Sabiedriskie Mediji

Latvia: Listen to the Supernova 2023 songs!

Latvia is starting the selection process for their 2023 representative and presents the songs that will compete in the Semi-Final of Supernova 2023!

The jury has selected the 15 artists who will participate in the Semi-Final of Supernova 2023, which will take place live on 4 February. The winner of the competition will be determined by the jury and the audience in the Grand Final which will take place on February 11 and will decide who will represent Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, UK in May.
The presenters will be once again Ketija Šenberga and Lauris Reiniks.

The 15 artists and the songs that will compete in the Semi-Final of Supernova are:

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

Among the 15 artists we see well-known names such as Markus Riva who will participate for the 9th time in Supernova and Justs who was the representative of Latvia in 2016. Also participating again are Raum, Inspo, Toms Kalderauskis and Sudden Lights.

In the semi-final, the audience will have the opportunity to meet the participants and evaluate the live performance of the songs for the first time, while in the final the audience will choose the winner of the competition. In both the semi-final and the final, the role of the audience and the jury will be equally important. The winner will be determined by the total score of the calls and text messages from the public and the vote of the jury.

In 2022 in Turin, Latvia participated with Citi Zēni and “Eat Your Salad”, scoring 55 points in the First Semi-Final.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Latvia’s participation in Eurovision 2023!

Source: lsm.lv