Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022

Latvia is scheduled to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy. The Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) will organise the national final Supernova 2022 in order to select the Latvian entry for the 2022 contest.

Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Country Latvia
National selection
Selection processSupernova 2022
Selection date(s)February 2022
Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Background
Main article: Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2022 contest, Latvia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-one times since its first entry in 2000.[1] Latvia won the contest once in 2002 with the song "I Wanna" performed by Marie N. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Latvia was able to qualify to compete in the final between 2005 and 2008. Between 2009 and 2014, the nation failed to qualify to the final for six consecutive years. In the 2015 contest, Latvia managed to qualify to the final with the song "Love Injected" performed by Aminata, which placed 6th in the final, scoring 186 points, giving them their best placing since 2005. In 2021, Latvia was represented by Samanta Tīna and the song "The Moon Is Rising", but the country did not qualify for the final and finished last in the second semi-final with 14 points.

Before Eurovision

Supernova 2022

Supernova 2022 will be the seventh edition of the Latvian national selection Supernova, which will select Latvia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The competition will consist of between 16 and 24 entries, of which a number will take part in a final that will take place in February 2022. The exact format of the competition is due to be announced in January 2022 by LTV.[2]

Competing entries

On 7 October 2021, LTV opened a two-month submission period for interested singers and songwriters to enter the audition process for Supernova 2022. All entries are required to be by a singer-songwriter that is aged at least sixteen and a citizen of Latvia, with foreign writers allowed only if they contribute to one third or less of the entry.

After all submissions have been received, a jury formed of representatives of the main radio stations in Latvia will assess the songs, only being informed of the song title (not the singer). Between 16 and 24 acts will be selected by the jury to take part in the competition.[2]

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (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) splits 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.[3]

References
  1. "Latvia Country Profile". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  2. Granger, Anthony (5 October 2021). "🇱🇻 Latvia: Supernova 2022 Submissions Open on October 7". Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  3. "Rules–Eurovision Song Contest". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
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