Estonian Party – Today’s events at the Eurovision Village kicked off with The Estonian Party! Hundreds of Estonians were out in force waving their flags to see Ott Lepland (2012) and Tanel Padar (Winner 2001) perform together in a band alongside this year’s entrant Birgit, and neighbours PeR of Latvia. It was also expected that Finland would perform but sadly they did not come along. (more…)
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Pictures and Videos from the Estonian Party!
Posted: May 12, 2013 by hulluna in Estonia, Eurovision Song Contest 2013, Former participants, LatviaTags: Estonia, Eurovision Song Contest, Kuula, Ott Lepland, Tanel Padar
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Interview: PeR Happy with Second Rehearsal
Posted: May 11, 2013 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, Interview, LatviaTags: Eurovision Song Contest, latvia
Interview - Latvia‘s PeR have just spoken to Eurovision Times and have said they were really pleased with their second rehearsal this afternoon in the Malmö Arena. They also told us a little about what performances they have planned here in Malmö for the next two days, and revealed they have six toes. Want to know more? Watch the interview now… (more…)
Latvia: Please Explain the Rythym
Posted: April 20, 2013 by jadeukesc in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, LatviaTags: Eurovision Song Contest, here we go, latvia, per
Latvia – After three failed attempts at reaching the Eurovision Song Contest, Pop duo PeR have made it fourth time lucky by finally making it past the Latvian National Selection and will be the Latvian representative in Malmo at Eurovision 2013. PeR (which stands for Please Explain the Rythym) consists of members Ralfs Eilands and Edmunds Rasmanis and they are today’s spotlight act. (more…)
Latvia, Romania and San Marino Confirmed for Amsterdam
Posted: March 26, 2013 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, Latvia, Romania, San MarinoTags: Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision in Concert – The three latest acts to confirm their attendance at the Eurovision In Concert event in Amsterdam on April 13th are PeR of Latvia, Cezar of Romania and Valentina Monetta of San Marino. More information and tickets can be found here. So far 20 acts have confirmed that they will be performing at the event.
Latvia – The country has decided and they have chosen PeR to represent them in Malmo for Eurovision 2013 with the song “Here We Go”. A total of twelve acts competed to fly the Latvian flag in Sweden with three reaching the Super Final. Joining PeR were Samanta Tina with “I Need A Hero” and Marta Ritova and with “I Am Who I Am”. (more…)
Latvia: Details for the Final!
Posted: February 13, 2013 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, LatviaTags: Eurovision Song Contest
Latvia – Details of Saturday’s final, and the running order, have just been announced by national broadcaster LTV. Guests on the show, which starts at 20.25 (CET), include last year’s participants Anmary and Ott Lepland (Estonia). The ‘Dziesma’ show will be streamed on LTV’s website here. You can listen to the 10 songs here. Come back on Saturday night to let us know your thoughts as the acts perform live. (more…)
Latvia: Final Dziesma Line-up Decided
Posted: February 9, 2013 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, LatviaLatvia – The second semi-final has just finished in Riga, and 6 more acts have been lucky enough to go through to next week’s final. They were Ieva Sutugova, Dāvids Kalandija & Dināra, PeR, Marta Ritova, Niko and Pieneņu Vīns. The national Dziesma 2013 final takes place in Ventspils on Saturday 16th of February. Check out who was sent home and what the final lineup will look like… (more…)
Latvia: Second Semi-final Tonight!
Posted: February 9, 2013 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, LatviaLatvia – Tonight sees the second Dziesma 2013 semi-final taking place between 20:25 (CET) and 22:40 (CET) in the Palladium Concert Hall in Riga. You can watch it online here. 12 acts will take part with the aim of making it into the top 6 and into the final which will take place on the 16th February. (more…)
Latvia: First Semi-final Tonight
Posted: February 8, 2013 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, LatviaLatvia – Dziesma 2013 kicks off tonight as 12 songs battle it out for a place in Latvia’s national final. Six songs will go through to this final. This will be decided by 50/50 jury (9 music experts) and televote. The show starts at 20:15 (CET) and can be watched here. Listen to all the songs here. The second semi-final will take place tomorrow where six more songs will also qualify for the final on Saturday the 16th of February. (more…)
Latvia: Listen to the Songs!
Posted: January 15, 2013 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, LatviaLatvia – 24 acts have today been announced by LVT for this year’s national selection, Dziesma 2013, including a few names Eurovision fans will recognise from previous years. The 24 acts were chosen from 122 entries, with foreign composers allowed to submit songs. They will battle it out in two live semi-finals taking place on the 8th and 9th February. Listen to the songs here. (more…)
Latvia: Songs Online!
Posted: December 12, 2012 by Sekhmet Morgan in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, Latvia
Latvia - The 2013 Latvian national final, called Piecel Kajas Eirupo (Stand up Europe), but also still known under its original name Dziesma, has now confirmed the 24 semi finalists which will be participating. The songs are online, with information on the song writers and composers, but no performing artists yet. Find out more! (more…)
Latvia: ‘Stand Up, Europe’ Theme Launched
Posted: December 3, 2012 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, LatviaLatvia – LVT has indeed decided to run a new selection process this year, replacing the old Eirodzeisma format. They today announced a new 3 show event, with the theme of “Stand Up, Europe!” with a standing audience. LVT also revealed that they had a record 122 songs submitted including 40 compositions from countries such as Sweden, Denmark, the UK and the USA. 24 finalists and the title of the show will be announced next week.
Latvia: New Selection Process
Posted: October 19, 2012 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, LatviaLatvia – Goodbye Eirodzeisma… hello ??? Latvia’s Head Delegation, Zita Kaminska, today announced that there would be a new process for this year’s selection of the Latvian representative for Malmö 2013, and also suggested that there could be a name change for the national selection contest. Songs can now be submitted until November 30th 2012. (more…)
James Mitchell TV: Latvia 2012 Review
Posted: July 30, 2012 by jamesmitchelltv in James Mitchell TV, LatviaTags: James Mitchell TV, Olympics, vlog, Vlogger
James Mitchell TV – Hello everyone! I hope your country is doing well in the Olympics! (I’m sure they’re doing better than Ireland… all we have is drinking and fighting (… of which only one is an actual olympic sport!). Next up in the chain of reviews is Latvia’s “Beautiful” song… (more…)
Junior Eurovision in Crisis: Two More Countries Withdraw
Posted: June 28, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Latvia, Lithuania
Junior Eurovision – May the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 have been the last of its sort? It seems more and more likely that the 2012 edition will not be able to be held as more and more countries announce their disinterest in the format.The crisis may well end in the cancellation of Junior Eurovision 2012. The contest is supposed to be held this December in Amsterdam. (more…)
Eurovision 2012 : More of the First Rehearsals
Posted: May 13, 2012 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Greece, Iceland, Latvia
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 of the rehearsals. (more…)
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 – 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. (more…)
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 Dukure dressed as a huge cake, this week was not boring either. One of the favourites was Mad Show Boys, who dressed up as one of the Beatles, a Pet Shop Boy, Marilyn Manson, Dave Gahan from Depeche Mode and Mr Lordi! (more…)
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 show starts at 20:20 CET. (more…)
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 qualified for the final on 18th February, and the 5 that failed to do so. Did the rcorrect five qualify? (more…)
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 is the full result: (more…)
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 show starts at 20:20 CET. (more…)
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 Durkus and Trianas Parks, no artists known to Eurovision fans participate. (more…)
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 LatviaLatvia – 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 and Pienenu vins qualified for the super final of tonight’s show. (more…)
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% tele- and 40% juryvotes. These are the competing entries: (more…)
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. (more…)
Tonight: Semi-Finals in Croatia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia
Posted: February 19, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, LithuaniaEurovision 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: (more…)
