Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Country	Latvia
National selection
Selection process	Supernova 2023
Selection date(s)	Semi-final:; 4 February 2023; Final:; 11 February 2023
Selected entrant	Sudden Lights
Selected song	"Aijā"
Selected songwriter(s)	Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis; Kārlis Matīss Zitmanis; Kārlis Vārtiņš; Mārtiņš Matīss Zemītis
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Failed to qualify (11th)
Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, with "Aijā" performed by Sudden Lights. The Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) organised the national selection Supernova 2023 in order to select their entry for the contest.

Latvia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2023. Performing during the show in position 4, "Aijā" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Latvia placed 11th out of the 15 participating countries in the semi-final with 34 points.

Background

Prior to 2023, Latvia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 22 times since its first entry in 2000. Latvia won the contest once in 2002 with the song "I Wanna" performed by Marie N. Following the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, Latvia was able to qualify for the final between 2005 and 2008. Between 2009 and 2014, the nation had failed to qualify to the final for six consecutive years before managing to qualify to the final in 2015 and 2016. Latvia had failed to qualify to the final for five consecutive contests since 2017, including with their 2022 entry "Eat Your Salad" performed by Citi Zēni.

Before Eurovision

Supernova 2023

On 3 August 2022, LTV confirmed its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.[1] On 21 September 2022, it was announced by LTV that Supernova had been confirmed as the national final format to select Latvia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, and opened submissions for the selection.[2]

Format

The format of the competition consisted of two shows: a semi-final and a final. The semi-final, which was held on 4 February 2023, featured 15 competing entries from which the top ten entries advanced to the final. The final, held on 12 February 2023, selected the Latvian entry for Liverpool from the remaining entries. Results during the semi-final and final shows were determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and a public vote, with both the jury and public vote assigning points from 1–8, 10, and 12 based on the number of competing songs in the respective show. Viewers were able to vote via telephone or via SMS.[3]

Competing entries

On 21 September 2022, the broadcaster opened the song submission for artists to apply, with the deadline set for 1 December 2022.[2] It was later announced that 121 songs were submitted at the conclusion of the submission period.[4] The submitted songs were evaluated by a jury panel appointed by LTV and selected 15 performers and songs, which were announced on 5 January 2023.[3] Among the competing artists is Justs, who represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.[5] On 6 January 2023, Saule was disqualified from the competition due to the song being previously performed in 2021.[6]

Artist	Song	Composer(s)
24. Avēnija	"You Said"	Ernests Vīgners, Kārlis Grīnbergs
Adriana Miglāne	"Like I Wanna"	Adriana Miglāne, Charlie Mason, Darren Michaels, Martin Älenmark
Alise Haijima	"Tricky"	Alise Haijima
Artūrs Hatti	"Love Vibes"	Agnese Rozniece, Baiba Ozoliņa, Karlīne Anna Ērgle, Matīss Repsis, Toms Kalderauskis
Avéi	"Let Me Go"	Daniela Brilovska, Ieva Kudlāne, Raitis Aukšmuksts
Inspo	"Sway"	Aivars Lietaunieks, Nadīna Stirniniece
Justs	"Strangers"	Justs Sirmais, Uku Moldau, Weronika Maria Gabryelczyk
Katrine Miller	"Beaten Down"	Andris Lūkins, Katrīne Millere
Luīze	"You to Hold Me"	Luīze Vītola
Markus Riva	"Forever"	Markus Riva
Patrisha	"Hush"	Jūlijs Melngailis, Krists Indrišonoks, Nanna Prip Pedersen, Patrīcija Ksenija Cuprijanoviča, Rūdolfs Budze
Raum	"Fake Love"	Daniel Levi Viinalass, Jānis Jačmenkins, Reinis Straume
~~Saule~~	~~"Finally Happy"~~	~~Krišjānis Suntažs, Rolands Priverts~~
Sudden Lights	"Aijā"	Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis, Kārlis Matīss Zitmanis, Kārlis Vārtiņš, Mārtiņš Matīss Zemītis
Toms Kalderauskis	"When It All Falls"	Julianna Tīruma, Toms Kalderauskis

Semi-finals

The semi-final took place on 4 February 2023. In the semi-final, 14 acts competed and the top ten entries qualified to the final based on the combination of votes from a jury panel and the Latvian public.[6][7][8]

Semi-final – 4 February 2023[9]
Draw	Artist	Song	Result
1	Artūrs Hatti	"Love Vibes"	Advanced
2	Alise Haijima	"Tricky"	Advanced
3	Inspo	"Sway"	Eliminated
4	Toms Kalderauskis	"When It All Falls"	Advanced
5	Katrine Miller	"Beaten Down"	Eliminated
6	Justs	"Strangers"	Eliminated
7	Adriana Miglāne	"Like I Wanna"	Eliminated
8	24. Avēnija	"You Said"	Advanced
9	Markus Riva	"Forever"	Advanced
10	Avéi	"Let Me Go"	Advanced
11	Patrisha	"Hush"	Advanced
12	Raum	"Fake Love"	Advanced
13	Luīze	"You to Hold Me"	Advanced
14	Sudden Lights	"Aijā"	Advanced

Final

The final took place on 11 February 2023. The ten entries that advanced from the semi-final will compete. The song with the highest number of votes based on the combination of votes from a jury panel and the Latvian public, "Aijā" by Sudden Lights, was declared the winner.[10] In addition to the competing entries, the show featured guest performances from Eurovision Song Contest 2019 winner Duncan Laurence, and Elīza Legzdiņa and Beanie from Rudimental.[11]

Final – 11 February 2023[12]
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote		Total	Place
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Votes	Points	Total	Place
1	Alise Haijima	"Tricky"	3	5,607	3	6	8
2	Luīze	"You to Hold Me"	2	2,384	1	3	10
3	Raum	"Fake Love"	4	6,986	5	9	6
4	Toms Kalderauskis	"When It All Falls"	7	2,608	2	9	7
5	Artūrs Hatti	"Love Vibes"	1	6,251	4	5	9
6	Patrisha	"Hush"	10	50,958	10	20	2
7	Sudden Lights	"Aijā"	12	66,307	12	24	1
8	24. Avēnija	"You Said"	8	8,735	7	15	3
9	Avéi	"Let Me Go"	5	8,294	6	11	5
10	Markus Riva	"Forever"	6	27,302	8	14	4

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 31 January 2023, an allocation draw was held, which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, and determined which half of the show they would perform in. Latvia has been placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 9 May 2023, and has been scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[13]

Once all the competing songs for the 2023 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Latvia was set to perform in position 4, following the entry from Serbia and before the entry from Portugal.[14]

At the end of the show, Latvia was not among the ten countries announced as qualifiers for the final, and therefore failed to qualify to the final. It was later revealed that Latvia placed 11th with 34 points.

Points awarded to Latvia

Points awarded to Latvia (Semi-final 1)[15]
Score	Televote
12 points
10 points
8 points	Rest of the World
7 points
6 points	Azerbaijan
5 points
4 points	Ireland Portugal
3 points	Finland France
2 points	Serbia
1 point	Czech Republic Germany Moldova Netherlands

Points awarded by Latvia

Points awarded by Latvia (Semi-final 1)[15]
Score	Televote
12 points	Finland
10 points	Sweden
8 points	Israel
7 points	Croatia
6 points	Moldova
5 points	Czech Republic
4 points	Norway
3 points	Switzerland
2 points	Azerbaijan
1 point	Ireland

Points awarded by Latvia (Final)[16]
Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Finland	Estonia
10 points	Lithuania	Sweden
8 points	Sweden	Spain
7 points	Ukraine	Lithuania
6 points	Estonia	Cyprus
5 points	Israel	Israel
4 points	Croatia	Ukraine
3 points	Norway	Italy
2 points	Slovenia	Belgium
1 point	Czech Republic	Armenia

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Latvian jury:

Jānis Stībelis
Kristaps Vanadziņš
Aminata Savadogo
Asnate Rancāne

Detailed voting results from Latvia (Final)[16]
Draw	Country	Jury						Televote
Draw	Country	Juror 1	Juror 2	Juror 3	Juror 4	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Austria	12	13	7	18	13		21
02	Portugal	13	10	9	26	15		23
03	Switzerland	14	8	15	14	16		20
04	Poland	16	20	25	19	24		16
05	Serbia	25	25	12	20	21		18
06	France	23	9	11	9	12		14
07	Cyprus	4	7	16	6	5	6	22
08	Spain	10	2	1	5	3	8	24
09	Sweden	3	3	3	1	2	10	3	8
10	Albania	22	17	23	17	23		26
11	Italy	5	6	24	10	8	3	15
12	Estonia	1	1	4	2	1	12	5	6
13	Finland	24	11	21	21	19		1	12
14	Czech Republic	15	16	8	12	14		10	1
15	Australia	7	18	14	23	17		13
16	Belgium	8	15	5	13	9	2	19
17	Armenia	6	14	13	7	10	1	17
18	Moldova	11	24	26	24	20		11
19	Ukraine	17	23	6	3	7	4	4	7
20	Norway	18	19	17	25	22		8	3
21	Germany	21	21	19	22	26		12
22	Lithuania	2	12	2	8	4	7	2	10
23	Israel	9	5	18	4	6	5	6	5
24	Slovenia	20	22	22	16	25		9	2
25	Croatia	26	4	20	15	11		7	4
26	United Kingdom	19	26	10	11	18		25

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[process-2] Adams, William Lee (22 September 2022). "Latvia: Supernova 2023 song submission deadline set for December 1". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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[5] Roberts, Dale (5 January 2023). "Latvia: Artists and songs for Supernova 2023 announced". Aussievision. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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[7] "Dziesmu konkursa «Supernova» pusfināls jau sestdien; atklāta dalībnieku uzstāšanās secība". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). LSM. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

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[10] van Waarden, Franciska (11 February 2023). "🇱🇻 Latvia: Sudden Lights to Eurovision 2023". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[11] "Sestdien LTV konkursa «Supernova» finālā noskaidros Latvijas pārstāvi dalībai Eirovīzijā". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). LSM. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

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[2023detailedfinal-16] "Results of the Grand Final of Liverpool 2023". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 14 May 2023.