Though the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) stated that Russia is “welcome to participate” at Eurovision 2022 after the invasion of its neighbor and fellow EBU member Ukraine began yesterday, several high profile participants and delegations past and present have voiced their objections. The most high profile is Citi Zeni, who won Latvia’s national selection and will represent the Baltic nation …
To read about Citi Zēni in their own words, read our interview with the band from February 4. No Eurovision act this season has made a bigger splash than Citi Zēni did in the first 15 seconds of their Supernova-winning entry “Eat Your Salad”. So it should have come as no surprise that Latvia, Eurovision’s notorious wildcard nation, chose them …
Tonight Latvia’s Eurovision selection came to an end, and they decided who would be their artist for Turin this coming May. The running order for the show was announced on Tuesday February 8th, but would have to be amended when LTV announced that Miks Dukurs would join the line-up due to technical issues in the semi final. This resulted in …
Latvia will be selecting their representative tonight. 10 acts initially advanced to the final, but there was a wildcard given to one of the acts because of technical difficulties with their performance. After having discussed the first six songs yesterday, let’s take a look at the final 5 songs and give our reviews! On today’s review panel we find: Boris …
It’s another bumper Saturday in Eurovision world, as this evening sees a huge crop of talent take to stages across the continent. No less than FOUR songs for Eurovision 2022 will be decided this evening, with a clean sweep in the Baltics and the winner of Ukraine’s Vidbir set to be crowned. Alongside these shows, Melodifestivalen continues, the final line-up …
Today we were able to connect with Supernova finalist Miks Galvanovski’s ahead of tomorrow’s show. Despite being a former participant in Supernova, Miks described to us that this year is an entirely new version of himself, described his musical influences, and explained a bit about his Supernova song. Read more about it below! Hello there Miks – thank you so …
Latvia will be selecting their representative this Saturday. 10 acts initially advanced to the final, but there was a wildcard given to one of the acts because of technical difficulties with their performance. Today we will discuss the first 6 songs from the running order and tomorrow we will talk about the remaining 5! On today’s review panel we find: …
Just days after announcing the running order for the final show this coming Saturday, LTV announced that there will be an addition to the line-up. The jury and representatives from LTV both agreed to allow Miks Dukurs to compete again in the final due to technical failures during his semi-final performance. Speaking about the issue, LSM.lv explained that during his …
As we announced on Saturday, ten acts are still in the running to gain Latvia’s ticket to Eurovision this coming May. The remaining artists represent a few sure qualifiers like fan favorite Citi Zēni and former Eurovision participant Aminata (despite her at-home performance in the semi-final), and some shock qualifications – namely late-admit and wildcard winner Mik Galvanovskis. This marks …
In a packed weekend full of Eurovision shows, Latvia hosted their one and only semi-final to shrink the pack from seventeen artists down to only ten. Sixteen semi-finalists were announced on January 5th and included a number of former Eurovision artists such as Aminata, Marat Ogleznev, and Emil Balcer (both members of Musiqq). Then shortly after the announcement broadcaster LTV …
