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Latvia: Sudden Lights with “Aijā” in Eurovision 2023!

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After one Semi-Final and a Grand Final, Supernova 2023, the selection process for the next Latvian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, has just finished.

The big winner of Supernova was Sudden Lights with the song “Aijā“, who will travel with the Latvian flag to Liverpool.

The Participants:

  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”

The Results:

The song with the highest number of votes based on the combination of votes from a jury panel and the Latvian public will be declared the winner.

Τhe results were as follows:

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

Sudden Light will wave the Latvian flag in Liverpool with “Aijā“!

Don’t miss the exclusive interview from Sudden Lights on our Youtube channel some days ago!

 

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

Latvia: The results of Supernova’s 2023 semi-final!

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The semi-final of Latvia’s national final, Supernova 2023, was completed successfully and the 10 finalists of Supernova were decided.

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

The participants:

The participants of tonight’s semifinal were:

  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”

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

The qualifiers:

The qualifiers of tonight’s semifinal were as follows:

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

Last year’s Supernova winner was Citi Zeni with “Eat Your Salad“. They ended up 14th in their semi-final with 55 points.

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

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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

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Latvian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

Source: lsm.lv

Latvia: Listen to the Supernova 2023 songs!

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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.

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

Eurovision 2022: Watch the Live-on-Tape performances of Albania, Latvia and Lithuania!

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Today, fans will be able to watch the Live-on-Tape videos of the competing countries of Eurovision 2022,  through the official YouTube channel of Eurovision.

About thirty out of the forty countries competing, accepted to present the Live-on-Tape performances of their representatives. EBU will present those performances through the YouTube channel of the contest, in groups of three. If the publication of the videos continues like this, in about ten days, we will be able to watch all the perfromances of the contestants.

The countries that will be presented today are the first three countries in the running order of the First Semi-Final, namely:

  1. Albania
  2. Latvia
  3. Lithuania

The first three Live-on-Tapes will be released one every thirty minutes from 16:00 to 17:00 CET.

  • 🇦🇱 Watch the Live-on-Tape performance of “Sekret” by Ronela Hajati:
  • 🇱🇻 Watch the Live-on-Tape performance of “Eat your Salad” by Citi Zēni:
  • 🇱🇹 Watch the Live-on-Tape performance of  “Sentimentai” by Monika Liu:

What do you think about the first Live-on-Tape videos of Eurovision 2022? Do you like them or do you prefer the live performances?

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Eurovision Song Contest!

Eurovision 2022: The Dress Rehearsal of the First Semi Final! (Live)

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Today is the first day of the Eurovision week! We can already hear the “Sound of Music” echoing from Pala Olimpico in Turin and it’s just a few days before we finally know who is actually going to win the 66th Eurovision Song Contest!

The dress rehearsal of the Eurovision 2022 First Semi Final has just started. EurovisionFun will be watching all the shows live at both the on-site press centre in Turin and at the online press centre and we will be covering this rehearsal, commenting on all the performances and describing in detail what is happening during the show.

You will be able to to follow the entire process and get the feeling that you are right at the heart of the contest! This article gets updated in nearly real-time, all you need to do is hit the refresh button on your browser and all the rest is on us!

We will keep you up to date with all the latest details about this dress rehearsal for the First Semi Final show, allowing you to get a glimpse of what you will get to see tomorrow May 10th, at 21:00 CEST when the actual semi-final show takes place.

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Eurovision 2022: Latvia’s Second Rehearsal!

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The fifth day of rehearsals continues with the Latvian group Citi Zēni entering the stage of PalaOlimpico for their second technical rehearsal with the song “Eat Your Salad“.

Everything about Citi Zēni:

Citi Zēni are an award-winning, 6-piece band from Riga, who were formed at the beginning of 2020. The self-proclaimed ‘Princes of Rap’ and ‘Divas of 21st Century Pop’ are just as well known for their energetic performances and eccentric style as they are for their cheeky lyrics. The band released their debut album, Suņi Iziet Ielās, to much critical acclaim and have already started work on the follow-up album, planning to release a second single from it shortly after the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest has taken place.

The eco-friendly sextet is made up of Jānis on vocals, Dagnis who contributes vocals and saxophone, Reinis on keyboards, Krišjānis playing guitar, Roberts giving us bass, and Toms on drums.

The Rehearsal

Citi Zeni enter the stage with a very energetic performance. They make great use of the floor led. Their performance is really upbeat and makes everyone dance. Vocally, the band was really good and they also use the background lights for their performance and have spectacular closing move.

Below you can watch an exclusive preview clip of Citi Zeni’s rehearsal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LFwvco99xw

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Latvia will perform on the Eurovision stage again on May 10, appearing second in the first semi-final.

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Latvia: Polina Gagarina and Natalya Podolskaya banned from entering the country over their support of Russia’s war in Ukraine!

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Latvia’s message is clear: Polina Gagarina and Natalya Podolskaya are not welcome in the country.

On Thursday, Latvia’s Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs included the two Russian representatives in Eurovision, on a list of 25 Russian entertainers and artists deemed “undesirable people” for “expressing active support for the long-running aggression of the Russian authorities against Ukraine”.

As Latvian public media LSV reports, the list includes 20 people who took part in a highly criticized event in Moscow on 18 March. Artists, including Polina Gagarina, performed at the Luzhniki Stadium to mark the eighth anniversary of Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and to support the country’s ongoing war in Ukraine.

President Putin appeared, stating that Russians “have not had such unity for a long time”.

But, as the BBC reports, not everyone in the audience actually wanted to be there. Many told the BBC they worked in the public sector, and that they had been pressured into attending by their employers. Students told that they had been given the option of a day off from lectures if they attended ‘a concert’. Some of the students we spoke to didn’t even know that the event was dedicated, in part, to support the war in Ukraine.

The list of undesirable persons in Latvia includes: Maria Sitela, Dmitry Guberniev, Vladimir Mashkov, Artyom Fence, Tina Candelaki, Viktor Polakov, Polina Gagarina, Nikolai Rastorgujev, Vitaly Loktev, Alexander Jerohin, Sergei Pereguda, Vasily Peguda, Vasily Denis Macujev, Nikita Mikhalkov, Valery Gergiev, Dmitry Streltsov, Alexei Tarasov, Pavel Suchkov, Alexei Kantur, Sergei Polunin, Victoria Ciganova, Stanislav Mikhailov.

Polina’s public support of the war created a negative impression Eurovision fans. Her 2015 entry — the peace anthem “A Million Voices” — is completely at odds with the brutal war Russia started in the name of Putin.

Latvia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained that “those included in the list of undesirable persons for Latvia clearly justify and propagate the unprovoked and unjustifiable Russian invasion and war in Ukraine. Latvia strongly condemns Russia’s unprovoked and unjustifiable war in Ukraine, which has lasted for almost a month and where Ukrainian civilians and soldiers are losing their lives every day as a result of the brutal actions of the Russian armed forces. Entry into Latvia is not allowed.”

Source: wiwibloggs.com

Latvia: Full results of Supernova 2022!!

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The public national broadcaster of Latvia, LTV, revealed today the full results of Supernova 2022 final.

206,491 were cast by the public, of which more than 50,000 were for the winning entry “Eat Your Salad” by Citi Zēni, while the entry that finished last received 2,100 votes.

The full results are as follows:

  1. Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad” – 50,566 votes (1st public) , 1st jury – 12+12 – 24 points
  2. Aminata – “I’m Letting You Go” – 30,983 votes (3rd public), 2nd jury – 8+10 – 18 points
  3. BUJĀNS – “He, She, You & Me” – 38,924 votes (2nd public), 8th jury – 10+3 – 13 points
  4. Miks Galvanovskis – “I’m Just a Sinner” – 16,060 votes (6th public), 4th jury – 5+7 – 12 points
  5. Elīna Gluzunova – “Es pabiju tur” (I was there) – 3,572 votes (8th public), 3rd jury – 3+8 – 11 points
  6. Mēs Jūs Mīlam – “Rich Itch” – 26,692 votes (4th public), 10th jury – 7+1 – 8 points
  7. Bermudu Divstūris – “Bad” – 24,216 votes (5th public), 9th jury – 6+2 – 8 points
  8. Inspo – “A Happy Place” – 6,432 votes (7th public), 7th jury – 4+4 – 8 points
  9. RAUM – “Plans” – 3,486 votes (9th public), 6th jury – 2+5 – 7 points
  10. Linda Rušeniece – “Pay My Own Bills” – 3,394 votes (10th public), 5th jury – 1+6 – 7 points
  11. Miks Dukurs – “First Love” – 2,116 votes (11th public), 11th jury – 0+0 – 0 points

Latvia is therefore represented by Citi Zēni with the consent of the audience and the jury with “Eat Your Salad”, with the band already going viral as in the lyrics of the song there is the phrase “Instead of meat I eat veggies and pussy”. However, due to EBU regulations, there has been a brief pause in the live interpretation of the song where the word pussy is mentioned.

https://youtu.be/_nQMRuVwzhY

Do you think that Citi Zēni will manage to bring the baltic nation back to the final after 4 consecutive eliminations in the semi-finals? Let us know in the comments below!!

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun.com for all the news related to the Latvian participation in the upcoming 2022 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin Italy.

Source: Eurovoix