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Beautiful Song
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.
Latvia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Beautiful Song", written by Ivars Makstnieks and Rolans Ūdris, and performed by Anmary. The Latvian participating broadcaster, Latvijas Televīzija (LTV), organised the national final Eirodziesma 2012 in order to select its entry for the contest. Twenty songs were selected to compete in the national final, which consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. In the semi-finals on 7 and 14 January 2012, five entries were selected to advance from each show. Ten songs ultimately qualified to compete in the final on 7 January 2012 where two rounds of voting by a public televote and a ten-member jury panel selected "Beautiful Song" performed by Anmary as the winner.