"Still Breathing" is a song by

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, 2016 ...

. It was chosen to represent

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

in the

Eurovision Song Contest 2020 The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was planned to be the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It would have taken place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, following the country's victory at the with the song "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence. The con ...

, before the contest was cancelled due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. The song was released as a digital download on 28 November 2019.

Eurovision Song Contest

The song was chosen to represent

Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 Latvia originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song " Still Breathing" written by Samanta Tīna and Aminata Savadogo. The song was performed by Samanta Tīna. Songwriter Aminata Savadogo represented Latvia i ...

, after

was selected through ''Supernova 2020'', the music competition that selects Latvia's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. On 28 January 2020, a special 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 was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 14 May 2020, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show. The contest, however, was cancelled on 18 March 2020 due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.

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Release history

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2020 singles 2020 songs Eurovision songs of 2020 Eurovision songs of Latvia Samanta Tīna songs Songs written by Aminata Savadogo {{2020s-song-stub