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Eurovision 2012 – Three more acts have completed their rehearsals at the Crystal Hall in Baku. We have now had our first sighting of the routines for Iceland, Greece and Latvia. Iceland were very polished and professional.  The special 3D video effects in the background of the acts this year is stunning. Check out videos [...]

Latvia: Anmary Arrives in Baku

Posted: May 12, 2012 by hulluna in Latvia

Latvia – Anmary and the Latvian delegation have arrived in Baku. Upon arrival Anmary and her backing singers gave an impromptu rendition of an Azerbaijan folk song ‘Sari Gelin‘. You can watch it here. Montenegro and Belgium have also already landed in Azerbaijan and Ireland’s Jedward are expected in three hours time.

Latvia: Beautiful Song by Anmary Goes to Baku

Posted: February 19, 2012 by hulluna in Latvia

Latvia – Anmary will represent Latvia in Baku, singing “Beautiful Song”. The results of the Super Final of Eirodziesma 2012 yesterday saw “Beautiful Song” beat “I Want You Back” by 2 points despite ”I Want You Back” being the favourite with the public.

Latvia: Five More Acts for Final

Posted: January 15, 2012 by hulluna in Latvia

  Latvia – The second semi-final for this year’s “Eirodziesma” was concluded tonight in Latvia. 5 successful acts went through to join last week’s 5 acts in the final, which will be held next month. 10 songs took part this evening, hosted by Kristīne Virsnīte and Valters Frīdenbergs. After last week’s zany performances, including Paula [...]

Latvia: The Second Semi-Final of Eirodziesma

Posted: January 14, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Latvia

  Latvia – Tonight the second semi-final of the Latvian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 will be held at the LTV studios in Riga. The show will see 10 artists compete for 5 places in the national final. The lucky qualifiers will be chosen by a 50/50 mixture of jury and televoting.The [...]

Latvia: Review of First Semi-Final

Posted: January 7, 2012 by hulluna in Latvia

Latvia – The first Latvian semi-final didn’t promise a very thrilling line-up if you just listened to the .mp3s. It burst in to life, however, with some over the top costumes, quirky dancing and, quite frankly, in some places, some rather out of tune singing! We take a closer look at the five songs that [...]

Latvia: 5 Acts Qualify From First Semi-Final

Posted: January 7, 2012 by hulluna in Latvia

Latvia – Tonight the first semi-final of the Latvian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 will be held at the LTV studios in Riga. The show will see 10 artists compete for 5 places in the national final. The lucky qualifiers will be chosen by a 50/50 mixture of jury and televoting. Here [...]

Latvia: First Semi-Final of Eirodziesma 2012

Posted: January 7, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Latvia

  Latvia – Tonight the first semi-final of the Latvian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 will be held at the LTV studios in Riga. The show will see 10 artists compete for 5 places in the national final. The lucky qualifiers will be chosen by a 50/50 mixture of jury and televoting.The [...]

Latvia: All Participants of Eirodziesma 2012

Posted: December 1, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Latvia

  Latvia – The Latvian national broadcaster LTV has revealed the artists that will be participating in the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 “Eirodziesma”. The 20 artists were allocated to two semi-finals from which 5 artists will proceed to the national final to be held on February 18. Apart from PeR, Miks [...]

Latvia: Musiqq Release Official Video

Posted: April 10, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Latvia

Latvia – The official video for the 2011 Latvian Eurovision entry has now been released. Musiqq will represent the Baltic country this year with their song “Angel in Disguise”. The video shows them in their (typical) clothes from the national final. Here you can watch the clip:

Latvia sends “Musiqq – Angel in Disguise” to Eurovision

Posted: February 27, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Latvia

Latvia – On this Super Saturday, Latvia was the last country to choose its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. The duo Musiqq will represent the Baltic country in Düsseldorf next May. A total of 12 artists competed for the honor to enter the Eurovision Song Contest for Latvia. Apart form Musiqq, Lauris Reiniks [...]

Latvia Decides – The Final of Eirodziesma 2011

Posted: February 26, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Latvia

Latvia -Tonight Latvia will choose their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. 12 acts qualified through the previously held semi-final of “Eirodziesma 2011″. The final will be held in Ventspils. Three songs will qualify for a super final. Out of these, the Latvian representative will be chosen. The decision will be taken by 60% [...]

The Qualifiers in Latvia, Lithuania and Croatia

Posted: February 20, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania

Eurovision weekend – Apart from the presentation of the Italian entry and the Swedish semi-final, we also had qualification rounds in all the Baltic countries and in Croatia last night. Here you can see an overview of the qualifiers in Latvia, Lithuania and Croatia!. Learn who qualified in Estonia by reading this article.

Eurovision weekend – Apart from the presentation of the Italian entry and the Swedish semi-final, we will also have qualification rounds in all the Baltic countries and in Croatia. Unfortunately all these events will happen simultaneously so you have to take a decision what to watch tonight. Here is an overview of the shows:

Eirodziesma 2011: 5 Acts Qualify

Posted: February 12, 2011 by Sekhmet Morgan in Latvia

Latvia – The second semi-final of the Latvian national final “Eirodziesma 2011″ for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf was held in Ventspils tonight. 10 songs competed for a place in the final. 5 directly qualified while the other 5 songs  go to the second chance round. Out of the 10 non-qualifiers from the [...]

Tonight: Second Semi-Final in Latvia

Posted: February 12, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Latvia

Latvia – The second semi-final of the Latvian national final “Eirodziesma 2011″ for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf will be held in Ventspils tonight. 10 songs will compete for a place in the final. 5 will directly qualify while the other 5 songs will go to the second chance round. Out of the [...]

Eirodziesma 2011: 5 Acts Qualify

Posted: February 5, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Latvia

Latvia – The first semi-final of the Latvian national final “Eirodziesma 2011″ for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf was held in Ventspils tonight. 10 songs competed for a place in the final. 5 directly qualified while the other 5 songs  go to the second chance round. Out of the 10 non-qualifiers from the [...]

Tonight: First Semi-Final in Latvia

Posted: February 5, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Latvia

Latvia – The first semi-final of the Latvian national final “Eirodziesma 2011″ for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf will be held in Ventspils tonight. 10 songs will compete for a place in the final. 5 will directly qualify while the other 5 songs will go to the second chance round. Out of the [...]

Latvia: Listen to the 20 finalists

Posted: December 14, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Latvia

Latvia – The Latvian national broadcaster LTV has revealed the 20 finalists that will compete to represent the Baltic country next May in Düsseldorf. The 20 acts will be allocated to 2 semi-finals from which 5 will qualify (2 by public and 3 by jury vote). A new second chance round added to the national [...]

Latvia: 71 songs for Eirodziesma 2011

Posted: December 8, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Latvia

Latvia – Yesterday, the deadline to submit songs for the Latvian national final Eirodziesma 2011 passed. LTV, the national broadcaster of the Baltic country received 71 entries (8 less than last year). A jury will listen to the songs and 20 of the songs will qualify for the televised part of the selection process. The [...]

Latvia: Eirodziesma on February 26

Posted: November 16, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Latvia

Latvia – The Baltic country has started its Eurovision preparations: Song submissions may already be sent to national broadcaster LTV. The submission phase ends December 6, when a jury of experts will choose 20 songs for the national final “Eirodziesma 2011″ The names of the qualifiers will be published December 14. The contestants will be [...]

Score analysis 6: Semifinal 1

Posted: June 28, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Analysis, Estonia, Finland, FYR Macedonia, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Slovakia

17. Latvia – Aisha – What for? From 2005 until 2008 Latvia always made it to the final, but last year and this year, they were less fortunate. In 2009 they came last with “Intars Busulis” in the second semifinal and this year they repeat this failure coming last in the first semifinal. Aisha’s singing [...]