Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Eurovision Song Contest 2022 | ||||
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Country | Latvia | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Supernova 2022 | |||
Selection date(s) | Online vote: 10–14 January 2022 Semi-final: 5 February 2022 Final: 12 February 2022 | |||
Selected entrant | Citi Zēni | |||
Selected song | "Eat Your Salad" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Latvia is scheduled to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, with "Eat Your Salad" performed by Citi Zēni. The Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) organised the national final Supernova 2022 in order to select the Latvian entry for the contest.
Background[]
Prior to the 2022 contest, Latvia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-one times since its first entry in 2000.[1] Latvia won the contest once in 2002 with the song "I Wanna" performed by Marie N. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Latvia was able to qualify to compete in the final between 2005 and 2008. Between 2009 and 2014, the nation failed to qualify to the final for six consecutive years. In the 2015 contest, Latvia managed to qualify to the final with the song "Love Injected" performed by Aminata, which placed 6th in the final, scoring 186 points, giving them their best placing since 2005. In 2021, Latvia was represented by Samanta Tīna and the song "The Moon Is Rising", but the country did not qualify for the final and finished last in the second semi-final with 14 points.
Before Eurovision[]
Supernova 2022[]
Supernova 2022 was the seventh edition of the Latvian national selection Supernova, which selected Latvia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The competition consisted of 17 entries, of which 10 took part in a final that took place on 12 February 2022.[2]
Competing entries[]
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On 7 October 2021, LTV opened a two-month submission period for interested singers and songwriters to enter the audition process for Supernova 2022.[3] All entries were required to be by a singer-songwriter that was aged at least sixteen and a citizen of Latvia, with foreign writers allowed only if they contributed to one third or less of the entry.
After all submissions were received, a jury formed of representatives of the main radio stations in Latvia assessed the songs, only being informed of the song title (not the singer). 16 acts were selected by the jury to take part in the competition.[2] The selected entries were announced on 5 January 2022.[4] In addition to the initial sixteen competing artists, LTV held an online vote between 10 and 14 January 2022 to determine a seventeenth act.[5]
Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
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and Atis Ieviņš | "Call the Lights" | Antra Stafecka, Atis Ieviņš, Oskars Deigelis |
Dārta Stepanova | "Brīnumzeme" | Valters Pūce, |
Edvards Strazdiņš | "Open Road" | Edvards Strazdiņš, Kerija Hauptmane |
Katrīna Dimanta | "My Voice" | Katrīna Dimanta, Reinis Briģis |
"Let Me Go" | Marta Ritova, Armands Varslavāns | |
Mārtiņš Strods | "One More Time" | Mārtiņš Strods, Evija Smagare |
"I'm Just a Sinner" | Miks Galvanovskis, Reinis Briģis | |
Rihards Bērziņš | "1+1" | Rihards Bērziņš |
Tētis | "Labākie vārdi" | , Valters Osis |
Toms Kalderauskis | "Naked Smile" | Liene Stūrmane, Kaspars Ansons, Toms Kalderauskis |
Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
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Aminata | "I'm Letting You Go" | Aminata Savadogo |
Beatrise Heislere | "On the Way Home" | Edvards Grieze, Beatrise Heislere |
"Bad" | Marats Ogļezņevs | |
Bujāns | "He, She, You & Me" | Intars Busulis, , , |
Citi Zēni | "Eat Your Salad" | Roberts Memmēns, Jānis Pētersons, Dagnis Roziņš, Jānis Jačmenkins |
Elīna Gluzunova | "Es pabiju tur" | Jānis Šipkēvics, Marts Pujāts |
Inspo | "A Happy Place" | Nadīna Stirniniece, Aivars Lietaunieks |
"Promises" | Kaspars Ansons, Anna Zankovska | |
Linda Rušeniece | "Pay My Own Bills" | Ralfs Eilands, Rūdolfs Ozols, Valters Sprūdžs |
Markus Riva | "If You're Gonna Love Me" | Markus Riva |
Mēs Jūs Mīlam | "Rich Itch" | Rūdolfs Ozols, Valters Sprūdžs, Ralfs Eilands |
"First Love" | Miks Dukurs | |
"I'm Just a Sinner" | Miks Galvanovskis, Reinis Briģis | |
"Can't Get You Outta My Head" | Elviss Pētersons | |
Raum | "Plans" | , , |
The Coco'nuts | "In and Out of the Dark" | Marija Valmiera, Pēteris Narubins, Toms Valmiers, Monta Kurme, Benijs Zeltkalis, Artūrs Strautmanis |
Zelma | "How" | Arturs Liede, Andrjus Jaņuns, Arta Zelma Jēgere |
Semi-final[]
The semi-final took place on 5 February 2022. Ten entries were selected by a professional jury and a televote in a 50/50 split vote. The members of the jury will be revealed after the Eurovision final.[6] On February 10th it was announced that LTV assigned Miks Dukurs a wildcard for the Supernova final, citing technical issues that impacted his semi-final performance.[7]
Jury and public vote qualifier Wildcard
Draw | Artist | Song | Result |
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1 | Citi Zēni | "Eat Your Salad" | Advanced |
2 | Miks Dukurs | "First Love" | Advanced |
3 | Linda Rušeniece | "Pay My Own Bills" | Advanced |
4 | Elīna Gluzunova | "Es pabiju tur" | Advanced |
5 | Raum | "Plans" | Advanced |
6 | Patriks Peterson | "Can't Get You Outta My Head" | Eliminated |
7 | Mēs Jūs Mīlam | "Rich Itch" | Advanced |
8 | Katō | "Promises" | Eliminated |
9 | Miks Galvanovskis | "I'm Just a Sinner" | Advanced |
10 | Markus Riva | "If You're Gonna Love Me" | Eliminated |
11 | The Coco'nuts | "In and Out of the Dark" | Eliminated |
12 | Aminata | "I'm Letting You Go" | Advanced |
13 | Bermudu Divstūris | "Bad" | Advanced |
14 | Beatrise Heislere | "On the Way Home" | Eliminated |
15 | Zelma | "How" | Eliminated |
16 | Bujāns | "He, She, You & Me" | Advanced |
17 | Inspo | "A Happy Place" | Advanced |
Final[]
The final took place on 12 February 2022. The winner was determined by a professional jury and a televote in a 50/50 split vote. The members of the jury will be revealed after the Eurovision final.[8]
The final also featured Uku Suviste and the Roop (respectively Estonian and Lithuanian representatives at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 and 2021) as guest performers.[8]
Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
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Votes | Rank | ||||||
1 | Miks Dukurs | "First Love" | 11 | 2,116 | 11 | 22 | 11 |
2 | Raum | "Plans" | 6 | 3,486 | 9 | 15 | 9 |
3 | Linda Rušeniece | "Pay My Own Bills" | 5 | 3,394 | 10 | 15 | 10 |
4 | Bermudu Divstūris | "Bad" | 9 | 24,216 | 5 | 14 | 7 |
5 | Miks Galvanovskis | "I'm Just a Sinner" | 4 | 16,060 | 6 | 10 | 4 |
6 | Bujāns | "He, She, You & Me" | 8 | 38,924 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
7 | Elīna Gluzunova | "Es pabiju tur" | 3 | 3,572 | 8 | 11 | 5 |
8 | Citi Zēni | "Eat Your Salad" | 1 | 50,566 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
9 | Inspo | "A Happy Place" | 7 | 6,432 | 7 | 14 | 8 |
10 | Mēs Jūs Mīlam | "Rich Itch" | 10 | 26,692 | 4 | 14 | 6 |
11 | Aminata | "I'm Letting You Go" | 2 | 30,983 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
At Eurovision[]
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 25 January 2022, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Latvia has been placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 10 May 2022, and has been scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[11]
References[]
- ^ "Latvia Country Profile". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ^ a b Granger, Anthony (5 October 2021). "