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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 

Latvia: Citi Zēni is representing the country in Eurovision 2022!

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The grand final of Supernova 2022, the national final of Latvia, has just been completed, with the country choosing Citi Zēni as the final’s winners and therefore their representatives for Eurovision 2022 in Turin. This is the first time the country organized a national final after a one-year break were Latvia picked internally Samanta Tīna to represent the country in 2021 after winning the in 2020.

A total of eleven finalists, that were picked among 130 submitted songs, competed in the national final, claiming the ticket to Turin.

The eleven artists

The eleven candidates of the night were:

  1. Raum – “Plans“
  2. Linda Rušeniece – “Pay My Own Bills“
  3. Bermudu Divstūris – “Bad“
  4. Miks Galvanovskis – “I’m Just a Sinner“
  5. Bujāns – “He, She, You & Me“
  6. Elīna Gluzunova – “Es pabiju tur“
  7. Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad“
  8. Inspo – “A Happy Place“
  9. Mēs Jūs Mīlam – “Rich Itch“
  10. Aminata – “I’m Letting You Go“
  11. Miks Dukurs –“First Love“

Regarding Miks Dukurs, he has qualified as a wildcard and will compete in the final, following an evaluation by the organization which found out that the artist’s performance in the semifinal was affected by technical issues

50% of the results in the show comes from the jury, while the other 50% from the audience.

The Results

After the public and the international juries voted the top three of the national final is:

  1. Citi Zēni
  2. Aminata
  3. Bujāns

The big winner of Supernova 2022 were Citi Zēni with the song “Eat your salad“.

You can watch Citi Zēni’s performance in the national final here:

Do you agree with Latvia’s choice of representative for Turin? Tell us in the comments!

Latvia: Supernova 2022 presenters revealed!!

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A few hours ago, the Latvian public broadcaster LTV revealed the presenters of Supernova 2022.

The presenters of Supernova 2022 are Katie Schönberg and Lauris Reiniks.

We remind you that 17 acts are going to compete in the semi-final of Supernova. The semi-final is scheduled to take place on 5th of February 2022 at 21:05 EET on LTV1 and on REplay.lv, while the final on 12th of February.

The 17 acts of the semi-final are as follow:

  1. Bermudu Divstūris – “Bad”
  2. Markus Riva – “If You’re Gonna Love Me”
  3. Aminata – “I’m Letting You Go”
  4. BUJĀNS – “He, She, You & Me”
  5. Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad”
  6. Inspo – “A Happy Place”
  7. Miks Dukurs – “First Love”
  8. Beatrise Heislere – “On the way home”
  9. the COCO’NUTS – “In and out of the dark”
  10. KATŌ – “Promises”
  11. Elīna Gluzunova – “Es pabiju tur”
  12. Mēs Jūs Mīlam – “Rich Itch”
  13. Linda Rušeniece – “Pay My Own Bills”
  14. RAUM – “Plans”
  15. Zelma – “How”
  16. Patriks Peterson – “Can’t Get You Outta My Head”
  17. Miks Galvanovskis – “I’m Just A Sinner”

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun.com for all the latest news regarding the Latvian participation at the upcoming 2022 Eurovision in Turin, Italy.

 

Latvia: Miks Galvanovskis wins the online vote to compete at the Supernova 2022 Semi-Final with his song “I’m Just A Sinner”!

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A while ago, the online vote for the selection of the 17th contestant of the semi-final of “Supernova 2022″ came to an end.

Miks Galvanovskis was ranked first, by earning approximately the 33% of the votes, with his song “I’m Just A Sinner”.

The jury of LTV had already selected the 16 contestants of the semi-final of Supernova 2022 and today the 17th contestant was added, after the online vote was completed.

Therefore, the 17 artists that will compete in the semi-final of the Latvian national selection process are the following:

  1. Bermudu Divstūris – “Bad”
  2. Markus Riva – “If You’re Gonna Love Me”
  3. Aminata – “I’m Letting You Go”
  4. BUJĀNS – “He, She, You & Me”
  5. Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad”
  6. Inspo – “A Happy Place”
  7. Miks Dukurs – “First Love”
  8. Beatrise Heislere – “On the way home”
  9. the COCO’NUTS – “In and out of the dark”
  10. KATŌ – “Promises”
  11. Elīna Gluzunova – “Es pabiju tur”
  12. Mēs Jūs Mīlam – “Rich Itch”
  13. Linda Rušeniece – “Pay My Own Bills”
  14. RAUM – “Plans”
  15. Zelma – “How”
  16. Patriks Peterson – “Can’t Get You Outta My Head”
  17. Miks Galvanovskis – “I’m Just A Sinner”

The schedule for Supernova 2022 is as follows:

  • Semi-Final – 5 February
  • Final – 12 February

In 2021 at Rotterdam, Latvia Participated with Samanta Tīna and the song The Moon is Rising, getting 14 points in the second Semi-Final

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

Stay tuned at EurovisionFun, for all the latest developments regarding the Latvian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022!

Source: LTV

Latvia: Voting begins for the 17th candidate of Supernova 2022!

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As we informed you previously, the online voting started to select the 17th candidate of “Supernova 2022”. The jury of LTV has already selected the 16 participants to participate in the semifinals of Supernova 2022.

Another ten songs selected by the jury for the 17th ticket have been put to the public vote. Only the one who will receive the most public support will join the other semifinals and will appear live in the competition on February 5.

You can vote and listen to the songs until January 14 at 23:59.

The ten candidates for the 17th ticket to the semifinals are:

Antra Stafecka and Atis Ievins – “Call the Lights”
Darta Stepanova – “Brunumzeme”
Edvards Strazdins – “Open Road”
Katrina Dimanta – “My Voice”
Marta Ritova – “Let Me Go”
Martins Strods – “One More Time”
Miks Galvanovskis – “I’m Just A Sinner”
Rihards Berzins – “1 + 1 ″
Tetis – “Labākie vārdi”
Toms Kalderauskis – “Naked smile”

You can vote for your favorites every 24 hours by logging in to your social media profile. LTV will announce the winner of the vote on January 15.

Stay tuned to Eurovision Fun for all the news regarding Latvia’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Source: Supernova

Latvia: Listen to the 16 songs competing in Supernova 2022

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Latvia proceeds with the selection process to pick its representative for 2022, and presented the songs that are going to compete at Supernova 2022!

As said before, at the 7th of December the deadline for submissions for the Latvian national final TV  “Supernova 2022” expired. Breaking every previous record of participations, this time no less than 130 songs, that are competing to be Latvia’s next representative at the Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place in May 2022 in Turin, Italy.

From the 130, 16 songs and 16 artists managed to qualify, among them some very well known names.

Specifically, the 16 songs are as follows:

  • Bermudu Divstūris – “Triangle Bad”
  • Markus Riva – “If You’re Gonna Love Me”
  • Aminata – “I’m Letting You Go”
  • BUJĀNS – “He, She, You & Me”
  • Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad”
  • Inspo – “A Happy Place”
  • Miks Dukurs – “First Love”
  • Beatrise Heislere – “On the way home”
  • the COCO’NUTS – “In and out of the dark”
  • KATŌ – “Promises”
  • Elīna Gluzunova – “Es pabiju tur”
  • Mēs Jūs Mīlam – “Rich Itch”
  • Linda Rušeniece – “Pay My Own Bills”
  • RAUM – “Plans”
  • Zelma – “How”
  • Patriks Peterson – “Can’t Get You Outta My Head”

You can listen to the songs here!

The process

The decision for the artists that are going to participate at “Supernova 2022” will be taken by juries who are chosen by LTV and the selection process will be finished until the end of 2021.

The juries are going to decide based on the structure of the song based on its originality, adaptation, message, compliance with the recent trends in international music, the vocal ability of the contestants, their personality, their history in the music industry, as well as their ability for new music awards

The songs will be available to the public in January, while the tv shows for the “Supernova” competition are expected from the Latvian TV in February 2022.

LTV has yet to confirm publicly the format of Supernova 2022, having stated that there will be a relevant announcement in January.

The schedule for Supernova 2022 is as follows:

  • Semi-Final – 5 February
  • Final – 12 February

 

In 2021 at Rotterdam, Latvia Participated with Samanta Tīna and the song The Moon is Rising, getting 14 points in the second Semi-Final

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

 

Stay tuned in Eurovisionfun for all the latest news and information about the Song Contest.

Latvia: 28 songs remained for the national final of the country

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Latvia’s public broadcaster, LTV, reported in a statement that 28 songs had qualified to the next phase of the national final of Supernova.

Of the 126 songs the public channel received, the jury comprised of country music experts limited them to 28 and went to the next phase.

The jury consisted of:

Agnese Cimuška – Executive Director of the Latvian Music Development Society
Aiga Leitholde – Music Judge
Liena Grīna – Executive Director of the Latvian Association of Performers and Producters
Sabīne Brice – Marketing Director of Universal Music Latvia
Ilze Jansone – Producer of Supernova
Inese Saulāja – Warner Music Latvia Personnel Management and Development Specialist
Kaspars Zaviļeiskis – Music journalist
Jānis Žilde – Musician and presenter
Kaspars Mauriņš – Social Media Manager of Latvijas Radio 2
Rūdolfs Švēde – Program Manager of Radio Tev
Emīls Kazakovs – Program Manager of Kurzemes Radio
Toms Grēviņš – DJ at Piecei.lv
Artis Dvarionas – Radio SWH producer and singer
Aleksis Vilciņš – Presenter at Pieci.lv
Edgars Bāliņš – Wiwibloggs columnist and social media manager at Delfi.lv
Petri Mannonen – Head of Universal Music Finland and the Baltics
Martti Vuorinen – Universal Music A&R Artist
Pēteris Krievkalns – Creative Director of Supernova

The jury only listened to the songs without knowing the artists behind them. This week, they are expected to drop further, while the number of songs that will compete in the country’s national final remains unknown.

At the same time, the channel is keeping its cards closed, as it has not provided information on whether they will be semi-final, and what Supernova 2020 will look like. All we know so far is that the final will take place on February 8th.

The songs that will compete in the country’s national final will be released in January.

This year will be the 6th year that Supernova will take place with a generally moderate attendance at the competition. Aminata’s 2015 participation in Vienna (1st edition of Supernova) stands out, with the Baltic country taking the 6th place, making it the best country in the decade.

In 2019 Latvia was represented by the band Carousel with the song “That night” which failed to win the gold ticket for = the grand final, after taking the 15th place with 50 points in the semifinal.

Source/Image: escxtra/LTV

Latvia: Record of entries for Supernova 2020

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Last Wednesday, the entries deadline for the Latvian National Final,Supernova 2020 had been expired, and Latvia’s public broadcaster LTV has revealed that it has received 126 entries. This is the highest number of entries ever made in Supernova’s history. This is a sharp increase, especially if you consider that last year 83 just expressed interest to represent Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest.

The LTV channel shared some information about the songs submitted, including the fact that more than half of the applications were filed on the last day. Supernova producer Ilze Jansone revealed that many artists have submitted two songs. He also noted that they have seen more variety this year, with many young artists and more songs in the Latvian language. LTV has received entries covering a variety of music genres, including traditional pop, schlager and metal music.

The broadcaster will now review all applications to ensure that the listings comply with Supernova 2020 rules. The 2020 rules allow foreign participants to be producers or members of a band. However, the singer of the song must be Latvian.

Supernova’s grand final has been confirmed for February 8, 2020, but the Latvian public channel has not revealed whether the process of choosing its next representative  to Rotterdam will also include semifinals. Just last month, Jansone said: “At the moment we cannot yet officially reveal how the finalists will be selected, but we know that the final of the competition will be broadcast live on February 8th”.

LTV has been running Supernova for the last five years, with a generally moderate appearance in the Contest. Aminata’s 2015 presence in Vienna (1st edition of Supernova) stands out, with the Baltic country taking 6th place, achieving its best place in the current decade. In 2019, in Tel Aviv, Latvia, was represented by Carousel with the song “That night”. For another year, however, Latvia failed to qualify for the final after finishing 15th with 50 points in the semifinal.

Source: wiwibloggs.com

Latvia: Supernova 2020 Final on February 8

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Latvia’s public broadcaster LTV has announced recently that the country’s representative in Eurovision 2020 will be emerged through the national final, Supernova, which will take place for the sixth consecutive year. The Supernova 2020 final will be held in Riga on February 8.

Interested creators must submit their proposals in order to compete for the Latvian representation in Rotterdam until the 20th of November.

Submission are being applied electronically, via the relevant website and this year unlike previous years, it is possible to involve foreign creators and interpreters as long as there is a Latvian in the group.

It is not yet known whether the semi-finals will be held or if there will be only one final night, as, according to Supernova producer Ilze Jansone, some details have not been set yet.

We did not know Supernova’s fate for a long time and by the end of August the interest in the competition and the application process was higher than in the previous five years, so we expect more qualitative entries. At the moment, we still have a lot to decide on the selection process, but we are confident that the final of the competition will be live on February 8th.

(Ilze Jansone, producer of Supernova)

In Tel Aviv, Latvia was represented by the band Carousel with the song “That Night”, but with 50 points in the second semifinal they failed to qualify for the final.

Source:LTV