Latvia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 22 times since making its debut at the contest in

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, where the group Brainstorm finished third with the song " My Star". Latvia won the contest in 2002, with

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and the song " I Wanna", defeating

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by 12 points. Latvia is the second former

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country to win the contest. The 2003 contest was held in the Latvian capital Riga. The country achieved its third top 10 result in , when Walters and Kazha finished fifth with " The War Is Not Over". Latvia did not participate in the final from 2009 to 2014, when they failed to qualify from the semi-finals for six consecutive years, including finishing last on three occasions, in 2009, 2010 and 2013. Latvia qualified for the final for the first time since at the contest with Aminata and the song "

Love Injected Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Love Injected" written and performed by Aminata Savadogo, Aminata. The Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) organised the national final ''Supernova 2015'' in order t ...

". Her sixth place in the final is Latvia's fourth top 10 finish and best result in the contest since 2005. Latvia made its 10th appearance in the final in . Latvia has the distinction of having finished last in the Eurovision semi-finals more than any other country. Since its introduction in 2004, Latvia has finished last in five semi-finals, with

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Triana Park Triana Park ( lv, Triānas Parks) is a Latvian group founded in 2008 consisting of lead vocalist and founder Agnese Rakovska, guitarist Artūrs Strautiņš, drummer Edgars Viļums and bassist Kristaps Ērglis. Their style combines pop and electron ...

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Samanta Tīna Samanta Poļakova (; born 31 March 1989), better known as Samanta Tīna, is a Latvian singer, songwriter and composer. After having attempted to represent her country in the Eurovision Song Contest seven times earlier (in 2012, 2013, 2014, 201 ...

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Participation overview

All of Latvia's entries have been performed in English, except for three entries. In 2004

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performed "" in Latvian, in 2007 Bonaparti.lv performed "" in

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and in 2009

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as "". With the exception of " The Moon Is Rising" by

in 2021, all Latvian Eurovision entries have been chosen through a national final.

Hostings

Related involvement

Heads of delegation

Commentators and spokespersons

Image:Streips 2013.jpg, Karlis Streips is the first Latvian Eurovision commentator in history. He provided Eurovision Song Contest commentary until 2011 Image:Valters Frīdenbergs.jpg,

Valters Frīdenbergs Valters Frīdenbergs (26 October 1987 – 17 October 2018) was a Latvian musician, singer and TV-presenter. He was best known for representing Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 as part of Valters and Kaža duo with the song "The War Is ...

was lead commentator from 2011 until his illness and subsequent death in 2018 Image:Toms Grēviņš 3.jpg, Toms Grēviņš has been lead Latvian commentator since 2018

Photogallery

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performing " Angel in Disguise" in

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performing " Here We Go" in

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performing " Cake to Bake" in

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performing " Line" in

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Laura Rizzotto Laura de Carvalho Rizzotto ( lv, Laura di Karvaļu Rizoto; born 18 July 1994) is a Latvian-Brazilian singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist. She released her debut studio album ''Made in Rio'' in 2011 through Universal Music Brazil, which ...

performing " Funny Girl" in Lisbon (

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performing " Eat Your Salad" in

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Notes

References

External links

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