The Latvian broadcaster has officially revealed the 26 hopefuls fighting for the right to represent their country at Eurovision this year. For Supernova 2020 we saw a big jump in submissions, as the broadcaster received 126 songs for consideration. They whittled that list down to 28 songs for the live audition round, but it seems that 2 songs were dropped …
Things have not looked good for Latvia in Eurovision in the last few years, given that they have not qualified for the Grand Final since the 2016 contest in Stockholm. But it seems that something has changed this year, and more artists are interested in representing the Baltic country than ever before. Today the Latvian broadcaster LTV revealed that 126 …
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It’s back! The (in)famous ESC United “Expert” Panel is returning once again! While we don’t claim to be professionally qualified to judge anything, we certainly have strong opinions, so our staff and editors got together to review all 41 of the songs taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 which will take place in Tel Aviv, Israel this May. …
[AdSense-B] After 2 semi-finals and a lengthy final, Carousel won Supernova with their song That Night and now will represent Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. Markus Riva reached the 2nd place while Laime Pilnīga reached the 3rd place. What do #YOU about this entry? You can discuss your opinion in our Latvian forum thread HERE.
[AdSense-B] In the past days, #YOU had the opportunity to tell us who’s your favorite act in “Supernova” and here are the results! In first place with 35% of your votes we have Carousel with “That Night”. With just a few votes behind, with 29%, we have Edgars Kreilis with “Cherry Absinthe”. Last, but not the least, #YOU gave third place to …
[AdSense-B] The second semi final for Latvia’s national selection has official ended, and the country has decided who will advance to the final show on February 16th. Eight Eurovision hopefuls took the stage, but only four of them could advance to the final. Among them was Markus Riva, who has participated in the Latvian national final every year since 2014. …
