Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

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Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Country Latvia
National selection
Selection processEirodziesma 2007
Selection date(s)Semi-finals
27 January 2007
3 February 2007
Final
24 February 2007
Selected entrantBonaparti.lv
Selected song"Questa notte"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (5th, 168 points)
Final result16th, 54 points
Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Latvia was represented by Bonaparti.lv in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Questa notte". "Questa notte" is a song in the Italian language, which finished sixteenth in the final competition, with 54 points.

The final of Eirodziesma took place on 24 February in Ventspils, with semi finals on 27 January and 3 February. LTV received 106 entries, which were narrowed down to 20 songs on 11 December 2006.

Before Eurovision[]

Eirodziesma 2007[]

Eirodziesma 2007 was the eighth edition of Eirodziesma, the music competition that selects Latvia's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition commenced on 27 January 2007 and concluded with a final on 24 February 2007.

Format[]

The format of the competition consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. The semi-finals took place at LTV studios in Riga and the final took place at the Olympic Centre in Ventspils. The three shows were hosted by Uģis Joksts and Kristīne Virsnīte. The two semi-finals, held on 27 January and 3 February 2007, each featured ten competing entries from which five were selected to advance to the final from each show. The final, held on 24 February 2007, selected the final winner from the ten qualifiers from the semi-finals.

Results during the semi-final shows were determined by a jury and votes from the public. In the semi-finals, the songs first faced a public vote where the top three entries qualified. The jury then selected an additional two qualifiers from the remaining entries to proceed in the competition. In the final, a public vote exclusively determined the winner in two rounds: the first round selected the top three songs and the second round selected the winner.

Competing entries[]

Artists and songwriters were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster until 20 November 2006. A record number of 106 songs were submitted at the conclusion of the submission period, and an international and local jury panel evaluated the submitted entries and selected 20 entries to compete in the national final. The international jury panel consisted of Wig Wam (2005 Norwegian Eurovision entrants), Zdob și Zdub (2005 Moldovan Eurovision entrants), Andrius Mamontovas (2006 Lithuanian Eurovision entrant) and Mario Galunič (Slovene editor and television presenter). The local jury consisted of Cosmos (2006 Latvian Eurovision entrants), Guna Zučika (MTV Baltic) and Sandris Vanzovičs (journalist and music critic).[1] The twenty competing artists and songs were announced on 11 December 2006.

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Aisha "Close Your Eyes" Valters Frīdenbergs
Beate "I Will" Artūrs Palkēvičs, Iveta Priede
Bonaparti.lv "Questa notte" Kjell Jennstig, Torbjörn Wassenius, Francesca Russo
Elli U "Always and Forever" Artūrs Palkēvičs, Roberto Meloni
"Trans-European Express" Virginia Barrett
Ēnas "Always" Lauris Valters
Gunārs Kalniņš and Jolanda Suvorova "What a Love Can Do to Me" Gunārs Kalniņš
H2O "Boys Never Tell They're Sorry" Mārtiņš Freimanis
Igete Gaiķe "Dundari Dandari" Igete Gaiķe
Intars Busulis "Gonki" (Гонки) Intars Busulis, Kārlis Lācis, Sergejs Timofejevs
Iveta Baumane "In Our Life" Iveta Baumane, Ingars Viļums
Kesija "You Are Losing Me" Marcos Ubeda, Terry Cox
Klaidonis and Linita "My Vow to You" Māris Sloka, Earl J. Dawson
Lenii "Take Off Your Mask" Lauris Reiniks
Morning After "Bye My Baby, Bye" Mārtiņš Freimanis
Red Bee "Can't Buy Good Lovin'" Indra Klimoviča, Ieva Rudzīte, Antra Lante, Nelli Bubujanca
Re:Public "Home" Re:Public, Jānis Rībens
Robert Wells, Johnny Salamander and Meldra "The Legends of Rock'n Roll" Robert Wells
Stacey "Feels Like Heaven" Anastasija Polipina, Roberto Meloni
VIA Meitenes "Little Bit of This" Rūta Reinika

Semi-finals[]

Two semi-finals took palce on 27 January and 3 February 2007. Ten entries competed in each show, with five entries qualifying to the final. The acts first faced a public televote where the top three entries qualified; a jury then selected an additional two qualifiers from the remaining entries to proceed in the competition.[2]

  Public vote qualifier   Jury qualifier

Semi-final 1 – 27 January 2007
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Result
1 Beate "I Will" 9 1,019 10 Eliminated
2 Elli U "Trans-European Express" 10 1,070 9 Eliminated
3 Red Bee "Can't Buy Good Lovin'" 2 2,465 4 Advanced
4 Re:Public "Home" 5 2,485 3 Advanced
5 Ēnas "Always" 6 2,071 7 Eliminated
6 Iveta Baumane "In Our Life" 7 1,175 8 Eliminated
7 Gunārs Kalniņš and Jolanda Suvorova "What a Love Can Do to Me" 1 5,840 2 Advanced
8 Igete Gaiķe "Dundari Dandari" 3 2,366 5 Advanced
9 H2O "Boys Never Tell They're Sorry" 4 2,128 6 Eliminated
10 Lenii "Take Off Your Mask" 8 7,537 1 Advanced
Semi-final 2 – 3 February 2007
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Result
1 Intars Busulis "Gonki" 1 4,856 4 Advanced
2 VIA Meitenes "Little Bit of This" 4 3,977 5 Eliminated
3 Robert Wells, Johnny Salamander and Meldra "The Legends of Rock'n Roll" 3 2,855 8 Advanced
4 Morning After "Bye My Baby, Bye" 6 1,252 9 Eliminated
5 Bonaparti.lv "Questa notte" 2 9,909 1 Advanced
6 Aisha "Close Your Eyes" 5 3,042 6 Eliminated
7 Kesija "You Are Losing Me" 9 5,620 3 Advanced
8 Stacey "Feels Like Heaven" 8 583 10 Eliminated
9 Klaidonis and Linita "My Vow to You" 10 7,004 2 Advanced
10 Elli U "Always and Forever" 7 3,040 7 Eliminated

Final[]

The final took place on 24 February 2007. The winner was selected over two rounds of public televoting. In the first round, the top three entries were selected to proceed to the second round. In the second round, "Questa notte" performed by Bonaparti.lv was declared the winner.[3]

First Round – 24 February 2007
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Intars Busulis "Gonki" 13,219 2
2 Robert Wells, Johnny Salamander and Meldra "The Legends of Rock'n Roll" 3,728 7
3 Red Bee "Can't Buy Good Lovin'" 2,002 10
4 Lenii "Take Off Your Mask" 10,477 4
5 Gunārs Kalniņš and Jolanda Suvorova "What a Love Can Do to Me" 12,776 3
6 Re:public "Home" 5,945 6
7 Ksenija "You Are Losing Me" 2,635 9
8 Bonaparti.lv "Questa notte" 32,900 1
9 Klaidonis and Linita "My Vow to You" 6,702 5
10 Igeta and Project Bradans "Dundari Dandari" 3,329 8
Second Round – 24 February 2007
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Intars Busulis "Gonki" 16,676 2
2 Gunārs Kalniņš and Jolanda Suvorova "What a Love Can Do to Me" 13,838 3
3 Bonaparti.lv "Questa notte" 49,422 1

At Eurovision[]

Because Latvia placed 16th at the 2006 contest, the country was forced to compete in the Eurovision semi-final. They performed 28th (last), following Austria they qualified from 5th place with 168 points.[4] In the final, Latvia performed 14th, following France and preceding Russia. They came in 16th with 54 points.[5]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Latvia[]

Points awarded by Latvia[]

References[]

  1. ^ https://esckaz.com/2007/lat.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "LATVIAN SEMI-FINALS 2007".
  3. ^ "LATVIAN NATIONAL FINAL 2007".
  4. ^ "Semi-Final of Helsinki 2007". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Grand Final of Helsinki 2007". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Results of the Semi-Final of Helsinki 2007". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Results of the Grand Final of Helsinki 2007". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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