Latvia LATVIA 2023 - Sudden Lights - Aijā

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[TiagoFS]

I really liked this one. This indie flavour makes it unique. 8 pts.

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

Well, time to share what in my opinion are the biggest pros and cons of all 37 songs in Eurovision. I'm starting things off with my actual number 1, Latvia. This are my pros and cons:

PROS:
There are a lot of pros, if you ask me. I find the composition really unique and authentic, I don't find any song similar to this one in recent years of Eurovision and the live performance was actually really good. I love the flow of the song and its strong but yet so simple message. I think it's an heartwarming song, I feel good after listening to this and I think a lot of people can feel the same way I feel, expecially in the bubble because the song is a grower: my personal experience is that I don't have it even as my winner of Supernova after the first listen, but it kept on growing on me every single time I was listening to this song and it never bored me. And another pro is that this song comes from Latvia, usually an underperforming country in Eurovision: the surprise factor for an entry like this from Latvia will give another boost of the song, because people like to compare things and this compared to almost all their entries is pure gold.

CONS:
It's a grower... Yes, it's both a pro and a con if you ask me, because while the bubble will love it more and more, the casual audience may not click on first impact and the first impact will be on the night of the first semifinal. This can cost Latvia a deserved (in my opinion) Q. Another con can be the genre not being everyone's cup of tea: the entry is quite experimental and the question is if it will surprisingly reach an audience more used to other genres.

CHANCES OF Q:
I'm maybe biased, but I saw in this song the same potential of "Saudade, Saudade" last year: it CAN definitely qualify. This year it will be more difficult because the semis are televoting only, but as Marta and Vaclav sang in 2015 "Hope Never Dies", and my hope is they can be the shocking qualifier of Semi 1.

 

[ayzelto]

Thye were good! Maybe not too memorable but vocally on point. They deserve qualification this time.

 

[Ezio]

This song gets a lot of points in the authenticity department, but a lullaby is never a strong choice for Eurovision. Latvia is in serious danger of continuing their NQ streaks. The Nordic friends in their semi and maybe mainstreet people could save this song for the finals. This song oscillates between boring and wow, that's cool. The ending is too timid. 6points

 

[harey]

I will be so sad if they don't qualify, they are my clear personal favourites this year får beyond the other songs I like. Am I delusional thinking they can break Latvia's NQ streak? T__T

 

[midnightsun]

Hey, France does vote in Semi 1, as well as Germany. We can do this!

 

[lacrymea]

Hey, France does vote in Semi 1, as well as Germany. We can do this!

Portugal votes too. I'll spend my 20 votes on them, they need them the most. Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but I believe if this entry's fans really united, they could make a difference.

 

[midnightsun]

Oh that’s great! I would love to see them qualifying!

 

[mauve]

I will give some votes for them as well!

 

[harey]

Hey, France does vote in Semi 1, as well as Germany. We can do this!

I have already planned to vote for them, but not 20 times because one vote costs 1€... I don't know if there is a limit of 20 votes in France, but it isn't cheap at all.

 

[midnightsun]

Oh wow, that’s a lot! Our votes are 0.14 EUR per telephone vote (landline) and I think 0.20 EUR per sms.

 

[lacrymea]

Oh wow, that’s a lot! Our votes are 0.14 EUR per telephone vote (landline) and I think 0.20 EUR per sms.

0.70 EUR over here. A bit of a robbery.

 

[MooseShoes]

0.70 EUR over here. A bit of a robbery.

As a resident of I can only dream of such low prices! Here's a link showing the different cost of a call / SMS per country:

https://twitter.com/ESCdiscord/status/1522907835662843907

 

[Ezio]

Yesterday i tried to recall all 37 songs from the back of my head. I failed miserably at Latvia and Georgia

 

[midnightsun]

Here's a link showing the different cost of a call / SMS per country

First of all: thanks for the link!

But wow! I didn’t realize the votes are that expensive in so many countries. I thought it was just a few. That’s ridiculous. If they want people to vote they should lower their prices!

That‘s sad for you all.

 

[vavera4ka]

Portugal votes too. I'll spend my 20 votes on them, they need them the most. Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but I believe if this entry's fans really united, they could make a difference.

Not sure where I saw this opinion, but it made enough sense for me to raise my hopes up lol
This song has no competition in this semi. Group battle: Malta and Ireland are kinda playing in the same corner and there will be vote splitting. Finland is too different of a rock. Indie... well, I guess Azerbaijan is indie, but they are probably one of the clearest outsiders in this semi.
So if you are in general a fan of this genre, you have only one song to throw your votes to.
Whether there will be enough fans to tip the scales remains to be seen, but you know... hope and all

 

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[yuki_vamp.esc]

holy cow! there's a lot of support in the current Ranking Game for Latvia!!!
LFG!!!

 

[MopManMoss]

holy cow! there's a lot of support in the current Ranking Game for Latvia!!!
LFG!!!

But sadly this place isn’t often representative of what happens at Eurovision

 

[yuki_vamp.esc]

This song has no competition in this semi.

Indeed, I even wondered how can some reactors and most of those top videos listed both Swiss and the Netherlands qualifying when both are in the same demographic thus splitting the votes.