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Latvia: The running order of the Grand Final of Supernova 2024!

Today, the national broadcaster of Latvia LTV revealed the running order of the Grand Final of Supernova 2024 that will take place this Saturday, 10th of February.

 

The running order of the ten artists that will compete to claim a ticket for Eurovision 2024 in Malmö‎‎ is:

  1. Vēstulēs – “Kur?”
  2. Avéi – “Mine”
  3. Papīra Lidmašīnas – “Mind Breaker”
  4. Katrīna Gupalo – “The Cat’s Song”
  5. Ecto – “Outsider”
  6. Dons – “Hollow”
  7. St Levića – “Tick Tock”
  8. Edvards Strazdiņš – “Rock n’ Roll Supernova”
  9. Funkinbiz – Na Chystu Vodu
  10. Alekss Silvers – “For the Show”

Special Guests for the Latvian National Final will be the Estonian representative in Eurovision 2023 Alika and Gabrieļus Vagelis who tried many attempts to represent Lithuania to the contest.

 

The winner of Supernova 2024 will be decided by a combination of the Latvian viewers‘ vote and the vote of the jury appointed by the Latvian Public Broadcaster.

Latvia will compete at the second half of the second semi-final in 9th of May.

The previous winners of Supernova and Latvia’s representatives in Eurovision 2023, were Sudden Lights, with the song “Aijā”, who ended up in 11th place of the First Semi-Final. Will Latvia manage to get a place in the Final after six years?

https://youtu.be/SEykwl9X9SY

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Latvia: The results of the semi-final of Supernova 2024!

The semi-final of Latvia’s national final, Supernova 2024, was completed a few minutes ago and the ten finalists were decided. After six consecutive non-qualifications and after last year’s 11th place in the semi-final, Latvia will once again try to advance to the Grand Final, and get a great result, after many years.

A total of fifteen contestants competed in the semi-final, claiming the ten tickets for next Saturday’s Grand Final. Ketija Šēnberga and Lauris Reiniks were the hosts of the evening.

Ketija Šēnberga and Lauris Reiniks

Ketija Šēnberga and Lauris Reiniks, Hosts of Supernova 2024

The participants of the Semi-Final:

Below you can see the names of the artists who took part in the semi-final and their performances:

  1. Agnese Rakovska – “AI” 
  2. Patrīcija Spale – “Heaven’s Raining Down on Me”
  3. B/H – “Amsterdam”
  4. Alekss Silvers – “For the Show”
  5. Jar of kings – “Wildfire”
  6. St Levića – “Tick Tock”
  7. Sasha Sil – “Love is a Language”
  8. Papīra Lidmašīnas – “Mind Breaker”
  9. Avéi – “Mine”
  10. Ecto – “Outsider”
  11. Dons – “Hollow”
  12. Katrīna Gupalo – “The Cat’s Song”
  13. Funkinbiz – “Na Chystu Vodu”
  14. Vēstulēs – “Kur?” 
  15. Edvards Strazdiņš – “Rock n’ Roll Supernova”

After the end of the competitive place of the semi-final, the hosts announced that it’s time for the Latvian public to start voting, while in the meantime, they interviewed the contestants, live on stage.

The qualifiers:

The results were once again decided by public and jury vote, at a rate of 50% each. After the performances, the votes were counted and the ten qualifiers are:

  • Funkinbiz – “Na Chystu Vodu”
  • Alekss Silvers – “For the Show”
  • Vēstulēs – “Kur?”
  • Papīra Lidmašīnas – “Mind Breaker”
  • Avéi – “Mine”
  • St Levića – “Tick Tock”
  • Dons – “Hollow”
  • Ecto – “Outsider”
  • Katrīna Gupalo – “The Cat’s Song”
  • Edvards Strazdiņš – “Rock n’ Roll Supernova”

This time, the betting odds managed to predict nine out of ten qualifiers!

The Grand Final of Supenova 2024, will take place on Saturday, February 10 when Latvia’s representative for Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will be decided, among the ten qualifiers!

The previous winners of Supernova and Latvia’s representatives in Eurovision 2023, were Sudden Lights, with the song “Aijā”, who ended up in 11th place of the First Semi-Final. Will Latvia manage to get a place in the Final after six years?

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Latvia: The running order of the semi-final of Supernova 2024!

On February 3, the semi-final of Supernova 2024, the national final of Latvia, will take place. 15 artists will win the ticket for the Grand Final, to fight it out for the country’s representation in Eurovision 2024!

The public will have the chance to meet the contestants and evaluate their performances for the first time in the semi-final, with Ketija Šēnberga and Lauris Reiniks as the hosts of the night. The vote of the pubic and the jury, are of equal power, as the ones with the most votes combined, will qualify for the Grand Final. The ten best entries will have the chance to represent Latvia in Eurovision 2024!

The running order of the semi-final of Supernova 2024 is:

  1. Agnese Rakovska – “AI”
  2. Patrīcija Spale – “Heaven’s Raining Down on Me”
  3. B/H – “Amsterdam”
  4. Alekss Silvers – “For the Show”
  5. Jar of kings – “Wildfire”
  6. St Levića – “Tick Tock”
  7. Sasha Sil – “Love is a Language”
  8. Papīra Lidmašīnas – “Mind Breaker”
  9. Avéi – “Mine”
  10. Ecto – “Outsider”
  11. Dons – “Hollow”
  12. Katrīna Gupalo – “The Cat’s Song”
  13. Funkinbiz – “Na Chystu Vodu”
  14. Vēstulēs – “Kur?”
  15. Edvards Strazdiņš – “Rock n’ Roll Supernova”

Supernova 2024 Program:

  • Semi-Final– February 3
  • Grand Final– February 10

The previous winners of Supernova, and Latvia’s representatives in Eurovision 2023, were Sudden Lights, with the fan-favourite “Aijā”, who ended up in 11th place of the first semi-final:

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Source: lsm.lv

Latvia: “Hollow” by Dons voted as Best Song for 2023!

A few days ago, LTV, the public broasdcaster of Latvia, announced the artists and the songs that will take part in Supernova 2024, the national final through which the country’s representative for Eurovision 2024 will emerge.

Among the names of the artists, Dons (Artūrs Šingirejs) is the one to stand out, as he is the biggest Latvian pop star right now, who takes part with his song “Hollow”, which is his first English song since 2006.

After the song’s release, there have been a great amount of positive comments, with most of them saying that he will be the one to represent Latvia in Eurovision 2024.

In an event that took place yesterday, Dons won the “Best Latvian Radio Song” award for 2023, with his song “Lauzto šķēpu karaļvalsts”, which is the Latvian version of his song “Hollow”, released four months ago.

Dons has previously tried to represent Latvia two times, but he ended up as the runner-up of the national selection, both of them. As of now, he is in the first place of the betting odds, making him the favourite to represent the country in Eurovision 2024.

Supernova 2024 program:

  • Semi-Final– February 3
  • Final– February 10

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Latvia: Will country’s pop star Dons compete in Supernova 2024 with “Hollow”?

Dons is Latvia’s biggest pop star right now, and his first English-language single release in ages has many believing we’ll see him avenge the country’s insult at Eurovision 2024.

Hollow is the first English-language song by Dons (Artūrs Šingirejs) since 2006. The comments accompanying this release on social media have been very positive, with most speculating and hoping that Dons’ participation in Supernova 2024 will be, the country’s national final for the selection of Latvia’s participation in Eurovision 2024.

Dons attempted to represent Latvia twice in the past and both times came second in the national selection.

The participants of Supernova 2024 will be revealed in January. In February we will be able to see the live performances of the artists in TV shows. The public who can vote for their favorite artists together with the jury in the final. The number of shows and the exact format of Supernova 2024 have yet to be announced.

Sudden Lights represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with their song “Aija” and finished 11th in the semi-final.

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Latvia: Supernova 2023 jury members have been revealed!

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.

Source: LTV

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

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: First rehearsal completed without the special clothing!

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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The Netherlands: All the performances of “Eurovision in Concert 2023”!

Eurovision in Concert 2023 took place in AFAS Live in Amsterdam, last night, with 29 of this year’s entrants performing live.

The concert was hosted by Cornald Maas and Hila Noorzai. Cornald has been the Dutch Eurovision commentator since 2006. Hila is a radio DJ and member of the committee that selected this year’s Dutch representatives (Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper). She also hosted the Eurovision 2021 press conference in Rotterdam.

The artists that performed last night were the following:

Albania – Albina & Kelmendi Familija

Balcan sounds and consistent vocals is what we got from Albina and the Kelmendi Family! Might be the suprise entry of this year.

Armenia – Brunette

Brunette singing about her Future Lover with ethereal vocals and the crowds singing along. Beautiful performance!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KspC8I7MXl0

Australia – Voyager

Voyager give what they promise! Rock and electronic sounds, so 2025! What is concerning though, is that even though their song is supposed to be very uplifting, the crowd was too static. Also falsetto was not always on point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx73Q68eWwU

Austria – Teya & Salena

That’s not a song where you can show off some unreal vocals, however it’s the song that will definitely make you dance! And Teya & Salena deliver, solid vocals and much much fun! One of my personal favourites and if you ask me, a finalist and highly likely a Top5 entry!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdh6cFfcfKo

Azerbaijan – TuralTuranX

TuralTuranX “tell us more” about their entry this year, however I’m still not getting it. A song that I could listen to the radio without complaining, but wouldn’t catch my eye/ear at the contest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XiT0RvJPn0

Belgium – Gustaph

The queerest entry of the year! His vocals are as good as the studio version! He is a fun guy! This is the kind of entries that I would like to qualify, even though that’s not the style of songs that I normally listen to!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgx-CPHRx5A

Czechia – Vesna

I can only comment on their vocals. They were okay. However, this entry started off as a potential winner, but I’m not getting that vibe, at least not yet. But hey! It’s just a party performance! Let’s wait for their contest rehearsals!

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

Denmark – Reiley

Danish heart-throb Reiley, had his best performance to date. Some minor vocal issues, but overall a nice performance!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuT–QEIyag

Estonia – Alika

Nice song and great vocals! But for me, it’s no more than just that. I wouldn’t be surprised if Estonia got disqualified.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UKYFFFWjgU

Finland – Käärijä

Normally, that’s a song that I can’t stand listening to for more than 10 seconds. Strangely, combined to his eccentric looks and his super nice personality, I could now handle listening to his entire Amsterdam performance! Personal opinion aside, I can totally see why this is a contender for the win.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd0n_sNDiAo

France – La Zarra

Unfortunately, after a statement in her personal Twitter account, La Zarra announced that she has to cancel her appearance in Amsterdam, due to personal circumstances.

Germany – Lord of the Lost

I can’t be objective, I don’t like this style of music. I can only be objective about their vocal abilities, which are on point I must admit!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmPSRnNpd0A

Iceland – Diljá

That’s a song that I would add to my daily playlist, however, this song lacks something that I still don’t know what it is! Diljá’s voice is great admitedly!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjjsWy1R93k

Ireland – Wild Youth

Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall” x “Ritmo De La Noche” x “We Are One” would be a great mashup! I low-key like this song and I loved their Amsterdam performance. But something tells me that they will struggle to qualify this year. Let’s see what happens!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NY6OODALZU

Latvia – Sudden Lights

Another performance that sounds exactly like the recorded version of their song! I didn’t see the love from the AFAS Live crowd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1qFm5Wtkgg

Lithuania – Monika Linkytė

Monika definitely sounds even better than the studio version of the song. She will try to claim a high placement in the rankings of the jury voting in this year’s contest! In the beginning I didn’t quite like “Stay“, I can now say that I love her vocals on this track!

Malta – The Busker

They were not bad, not at all sounding bad live, but were they as good as it needs to be to qualify to the final show of Eurovision Song Contest? Song-wise I think not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIswu3YrrfU

Moldova – Pasha Parfeni

Despite the technical issues with his Madrid performance, Pasha, the Moldovan 2012 representative and returning artist of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, managed to pull off his performance. Great vocals and energy overall!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7LsW-dA_0U

Netherlands – Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper

It’s really sad to see my 2nd place to perform questionably in their own country’s party concert. Their vocals sound a bit off at times and as a duo their vocals don’t seem to connect on their live performance. I hope they fix it till their semi-final, I don’t want to see them become the shocking non-qualifier of the year.

Norway – Alessandra

Very much improved vocally, Alessandra, gets carried away by the strength of her song and her fans are absolutely loving it! The whistle note was so-so. She will improve, I am sure!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F97_a4eMpK0

Romania – Theodor Andrei

Theodor has a nice voice, but this song is totally “Off and On” so one would either like it or not. I don’t.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyin57pzpcc

San Marino – Piqued Jacks

Their are very very good vocally. Their lead vocalist sounds like Klaus Meine, frontman of Scorpions band. Their song is not at all bad after all.

Slovenia – Joker Out

I simply love this band and this song! One of my favourites! I love how they sound in each and every appearance they make before the contest. I hope they continue delivering up until the Eurovision finals!

Spain – Blanca Paloma

A blend of flamenco and modern sounds, bringing Spanish tradition to 2023. Her vocals are absolutely amazing. I just don’t get the hype around this entry, it is a great entry for Spain, but definitely not a top 3 entry as many fans are claiming over at social media!

Sweden – Loreen

Her vocals are out of this world! Another amazing performance of the former Eurovision 2012 winner and potential 2023 winner! And for those that claim that she sings with the assistance of an Auto-Tune device, I can assure you that even when she rehearsed in the corridors of Malmö Arena or Friends Arena during the Melodifestivalen season, she sounded exactly the same, or even better than the studio version! My winner for sure!

Switzerland – Remo Forrer

I absolutely love his Amsterdam (and every single one of his) live performance! I can’t wait to see this song complete and staged and Remo joined by his four dancers! I think he will qualify! But let’s wait and see!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGsRTZ5sPcA

Ukraine – TVORCHI

I love TVORCHI and their song and their Amsterdam performance. They sounded really really good, I am a fan of their style of music, but I don’t see this entry winning. Let’s see another country winning this year!

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

United Kingdom – Mae Muller

Come on, she doesn’t sound as atrocious as most of the Twitter people claim. And at least she enjoys it and the crowd loves her! I hope she will do much better in Liverpool!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EMepsNxZUU

 

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Netherlands: Eurovision in Concert 2023 takes place tonight in Amsterdam!

Eurovision in Concert 2023 takes place in The Netherlands tonight , with 29 of this year’s entrants performing live.

The concert will be hosted by Cornald Maas and Hila Noorzai. Cornald has been the Dutch Eurovision commentator since 2006. Hila is a radio DJ and member of the committee that selected this year’s Dutch representatives (Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper). She also hosted the Eurovision 2021 press conference in Rotterdam.

The full line-up is as follows:

  1. Albania – Albina & Kelmendi Familija
  2. Armenia – Brunette
  3. Australia – Voyager
  4. Austria – Teya & Salena
  5. Azerbaijan – TuralTuranX
  6. Belgium – Gustaph
  7. Czechia – Vesna
  8. Denmark – Reiley
  9. Estonia – Alika
  10. Finland – Käärijä
  11. France – La Zarra
  12. Germany – Lord of the Lost
  13. Iceland – Diljá
  14. Ireland – Wild Youth
  15. Latvia – Sudden Lights
  16. Lithuania – Monika Linkytė
  17. Malta – The Busker
  18. Moldova – Pasha Parfeni
  19. The Netherlands – Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper
  20. Norway – Alessandra
  21. Romania – Theodor Andrei
  22. San Marino – Piqued Jacks
  23. Slovenia – Joker Out
  24. Spain – Blanca Paloma
  25. Sweden – Loreen
  26. Switzerland – Remo Forrer
  27. Ukraine – TVORCHI
  28. United Kingdom – Mae Muller

In addition, Katrina Leskanich (Eurovision 1997, UK, winner, “Love Shine a Light“) will  appear as a special guest.

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