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Australia: Electric Fields will represent the country in Malmö with “One Milkali (One Blood)”!

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We finally have an announcement from the “Land Down Under”. SBS, the Australian public television, has revealed that Electric Fields will represent Australia in Malmö with their song “One Milkali (One Blood)”.

You can listen to “One Milkali (One Blood)”, below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ2IaHxCvdw

The entry’s reveal was scheduled for today, while a few days ago The Voyager, last year’s representatives, teased us with the announcement of their successors.

How we got to Electric Fields?

For the second consecutive year, SBS opted for an internal selection in order to decide its Eurovision 2024 act. No information was given regarding the procedure, while the rumors were excessive. Names like Delta Goodrem, Dannii Minogue and Dami Im were circulating as the potential Australian representatives with all of the aforementioned denying these rumors later.

It appears that Electric Fields were SBS pick for Eurovision 2024 and everyone else was just fans’ wishful thinking.

Who are Electric Fields?

Electric Fields is an Australian electronic music duo made up of vocalist Zaachariaha Fielding and keyboard player and producer Michael Ross. Electric Fields combine modern electric-soul music with Aboriginal culture.

They are no strangers to the Eurovision community. Electric Fields took part in the country’s first national final, Australia Decides – Eurovision 2019, where they placed second behind Kate Miller-Heidke with their song “2000 and Whatever“.

What do you think of  “One Milkali (One Blood)”? Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

Latvia: Supernova 2023 jury members have been revealed!

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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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEykwl9X9SY

Source: LTV

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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

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

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

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

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

Stay tuned to Eurovision Fun for all the news about  Latvia’s participation in Eurovision 2023!

Source: LSM

Latvia: Supernova confirmed as national selection with final in February 2023!

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Latvia’s public broadcaster LTV has confirmed the return of the program Supernova next year. The winner of the show will represent Latvia in Eurovision 2023.

Submissions for songs open on September 22nd at 9:00 CET and close December 1st at 22:59 CET. The selected songs as well as details of the process will be revealed in January 2023. The final of the show will take place in February and the winner will represent Latvia in Eurovision 2023, which will take place in United Kingdom

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: 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