The semi-final of Latvia’s Eurovision national selection “Supernova 2025” aired tonight, with ten out of nineteen contestants advancing to the final. View the full results!
The Latvian national broadcaster, LTV, held the semi-final of the Eurovision national selection “Supernova 2025” this evening at 20:10 (CET). The selection process has been used to choose Latvia’s Eurovision representative since 2015.
19 artists competed for ten spots in the final, which will take place on February 8th. This year, 96 songs were submitted to the selection committee and were chosen by a panel of judges including representatives from the local music and television industry, as well as experts from other countries. The show was hosted by Ketija Šēnberga and Lauris Reiniks.
The results were determined by a combination of public voting (50%) and a jury panel (50%). The winner of the national selection will represent Latvia at Eurovision 2025, set to be held in Basel, Switzerland.
Semi Final Results (Qualifiers in Bold):
- Marta – “Lovable”
- Tepat – “Sadejot“
- JUSTS – “Fit Right”
- KOBRA – “ZELTS”
- Adelina – “ELECTRIC LOVE”
- Citi Zeni – “RAMTAI”
- Emilija – “Heartbeat”
- Bel Tempo X Legzdina – “The Water”
- PALÚ – “Delusional”
- The Ludvig – “Līgo”
- Luka – “Stronger”
- Chris Noah – “Romance Isn’t Dead”
- Toms Kalderauskis – “Domāju, tu nāc”
- Julianna – “Something In The Water”
- Tautumeitas – “Bur Man Laimi“
- Rūta Dūduma – “Chemical”
- Katrīna Gupalo – “Scarlett Challenger”
- Sinerģija – “Bound By The Light“
- Markus Riva – “Bigger Than This”
Click on the song title to listen!
Familiar Faces Return to the Competition
- Justs – Represented Latvia at Eurovision 2016 with the song “Heartbeat“, which reached 15th place in the Eurovision final. He also competed in “Supernova” in 2023 but was eliminated in the semi-final stage.
- Citi Zēni – Represented Latvia at Eurovision 2022 with the song “Eat your salad“, which ranked 14th out of 17 in the semi-final.
- Katrina Gupalo – Competed in the Latvian national selection in 2024 with the song “The Cat’s Song” and reached third place.
- Markus Riva – Has participated in the Latvian national selection no less than eight consecutive times: in 2014 (“Lights On“) he reached 11th place, in 2015 (“Take Me Down“) he came second, in 2016 (“I Can“) he was eliminated in the semi-final, in 2017 (“Dynamite“) he was eliminated in the second quarter-final, in 2018 (“This Time“) he reached fifth place, in 2019 (“You Make Me Crazy“) he came second, in 2020 (“Impossible“) he did not pass the audition stage, in 2022 (“If You’re Gonna Love Me“) he competed in the semi-final but did not advance to the final stage, and in 2023 (“Forever“) where he finished fourth.
- Toms Kalderauskis – Competed in the local Eurovision selection in 2017 with the song “We Won’t Back Down” which did not pass the quarter-final stage. In 2022, his song “Naked Smile” was put up for online voting, where out of 10 songs only one was chosen to advance to the semi-final stage. Toms’ song was not selected.
Latvia in Eurovision 2024
Dons represented Latvia at Eurovision 2024 with the song “Hollow.” The song was chosen in the national finals after winning the title “Song of the Year.” In the grand final, it finished 16th with 64 points, which included 36 points from the juries (placing it 15th) and 28 points from the public (placing it 16th).
Latvia’s qualification for the final comes after seven years of failing to advance from the semi-final stage. Since the introduction of the semi-final system, the country has qualified for the grand final only four other times: in 2005, 2008, 2015, and 2016.
Eurovision 2025: This will be Lavia’s 25th participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. Latvia joined the competition in 2000 and achieved its best result in 2001 when singer Marie N reached first place with the song “I Wanna.”
