Latvia LATVIA 2024 - Dons - Hollow

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[Looren]

1. Dons - Hollow

2. Saint Levica - Tick-Tock
3. Sasha Sil - Love is a Language

4. Avéi - Mine
5. Alekss Silvers - For The Show

6. Cat Song thingy
7. Heaven Raining Down stuff

8. Vestules - Kur

9. All the crap of that NF

 

[njdevils94]

Whoa this is a bunch of fucking crap. A panel of judges chose these out of 103 submissions. HOW?! How I ask.

With how many of these half finished demos LTV put through it even more bemusing how Askin didn't make it.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1732795075934011508

 

[mauve]

9. All the crap of that NF

mauve: Is this really our beloved Looren?

 

[NikolaiMoller]

 

[EscGeek]

I love/like almost everything!

@mauve, I'm the Looren now

This is the best NF this year for me followed by Norway so far. I still remember Dziesma 2014 being incredibly good and 10 years later you guys have another one for me to remember forever. It's almost like i handpicked songs myself.

The order of my faves will probably change a little, but this is it for now.

1-Katrīna Gupalo "The Cat's Song"
2-Avéi "Mine"
3-Jar of Kings "Wildfire"
4-Edvards Strazdiņš "Rock 'n Roll Supernova"
5-B/H "Amsterdam"
6-Agnese Rakovska "AI"
7-Papīra Lidmašīnas "Mindbreaker"
8-Ecto "Outsider"
9-Sasha Sil "Love Is a Language"
10-Dons "Hollow"
11-Saint Levića "Tick Tock"

Even Dons is on my green list. Though a little overrated, but if he's the one selected so be it.

My winner is the song about cats. That song about t-shirts was my number 2 a few years ago, but i love how latvia finds random things to sing about and makes it good.

 

[MAD20]

Dons song is amazing! The one that captivated me the most at first listen. Alekss one is not bad either, but I'm doubtful if those songs could squeeze Latvia into the final considering last years crime.

 

[Mainshow]

ASKIN would have easily been my number one in this NF.
This NF is such a letdown, imo. Very demo-ish indeed.
I low-key liked the Cat Song thingy and "Mine" on first listen but they need some sort od revamp, imo.
Latvia really tries hard to not break that "6-year-NQ-streak".

Don to Malmö, maybe? It's not my cup of tea but str8 folks may like it?

 

[Sabrewulf238]

I kind of like the Kitty Cat song tbh, it has a unique vibe to it.

Pretty meh selection overall though....Latvia what are you doing?

 

[NikolaiMoller]

WINNER

 

[lasse braun]

after the croatian hearmarathon i have done now also latvia - some interestic songs inside p.e. the guitarkings aka jar of kings or the wild one from ECTO but my no.1 song this year from latvia is this.
maybe also a grower?

the cat song is ok but not more - big favorite dons gives me not so much and the AI-song contains auto-tune = breaking the EBU-rules.
i will hope kur? can make the final and then there playing the dark horse card.

 

[FabiESC]

01 Katrīna Gupalo – The Cat’s Song 10/10
02 Patrīcija Spale – Heaven’s Raining Down on Me 9/10
03 Jar Of Kings – Wildfire 6/10
04 Alekss Silvers – For the Show 5/10
05 Papīra Lidmašīnas – Mind Breaker 4/10
06 ECTO – Outsider 4/10
07 Agnese Rakovska – AI 4/10
08 Avéi – Mine 4/10
09 Saint Levića – Tick Tock 3/10
10 Dons – Hollow 3/10
11 B/H – Amsterdam 3/10
12 Vēstulēs – Kur? 2/10
13 Sasha Sil – Love is a Language 2/10
14 Funkinbiz – Na Chystu Vodu 1/10
15 Edvards Strazdiņš – Rock n’ Roll Supernova 0/10

Katrīna Gupalo & Patrīcija Spale are the only ones who impress me, love both songs. The Rest is weak and absoultely not my taste. For me weakest line-up so far, but with 2 songs they could land high in my ranking, don't disappoint me.

 

[BorisBubbles]

prelim rankings, not many thoughts going on as per my usual:

ECTO - "Outsider" (still not over the shock of the saladfingers voice and i STILL cannot figure out whether he's asking whether i've ever felt like an eel, an eagle or a needle in a... vein? in a hay? in a plane? idk, i'm chuckling still, enjoy while it lasts before i come to my senses and the joy curdles into dislike)
Katrina Gupalo - "The Cat's Song" (still unsure whether she's really into cats or really into cats)
Vestules - Kur? (Cute enough, I like the duet vibe, and the jazz. However, we've already had Carousel)
Funkinbiz - "Na chystu vodu" (lol the Ukrainian, okay, babes. Not a bad track tho, sounds like the sort of lounge music that would be played in a Contemporary Art Museum to accompany the ex.hbition of toy ornothopters made from Fanta cans)

Patricija Spale - "Heaven is raining down on me" (Cutesy fluff, but it needs A Big Staging Moment to anchor it down.)
Dons - "Hollow" (i hate that this selection forces my Aarzemnieki truther self to back Dons)
Santa Levica - Tick Tock - (sang some incoherent words and they were mildly bemusing)
Agnese Radkovska - "AI" (lmao what trash. It would excite me more if I didn't know Agnese is also one of the least skilled vocalists in the known universe )
Avei - "Mine" (passed without comment, idk)
Alekss Silvers - For the show (an annoying gay with a trashy song, you know the drill)
B / H - "Amsterdam" (why does every reference to amsterdam AUTOMATICALLY boil down to "loldrugs". Officer, arrest THESE deviants and leave Puuhlup ALOooOooOOoOooOONE)

i am not commenting on THESE shitty songs.

Jar of Kings - "Wildfire"
Edvars Strazdins - "Rock 'n' Roll Supernova"
Papiras Lidmasinas - "Mindbreaker"

 

[MopManMoss]

I have fallen head over heels for Vēstulēs - Kur? However it is not what Latvia need to break the curse, I think the knock off hozier man is probably the choice

 

[BarefootBoogaloo]

Vēstulēs performed by kur?
Na Chystu Vodu performed by Funkinbiz
Hollow performed by Dons
Rock n' Roll Supernova performed by Edvards Strazdiņš
Outsider performed by ECTO

Amsterdam performed by B/H
Heaven's Raining Down on Me performed by Patrīcija Spale
The Cat's Song performed by Katrīna Gupalo
Wildfire performed by Jar of Kings

Tick Tock performed by Saint Levića
Mind Breaker performed by Papīra Lidmašīnas
Mine performed by AVÉI
For The Show performed by Alekss Silvers
Love Is A Language performed by SASHA SIL
AI performed by Agnese Rakovska

 

[Realest]

Dons sounds like a likely Qualifier.

 

[rasmuslights]

Dons sounds like a likely Qualifier.

I agree. While I don't think it will qualify with ease, I also don't think the public would place it in the bottom 5 of the semi, especially when the line-ups in nfs from Moldova, Malta, Luxembourg... are looking rather dire. If Switzerland qualified last year in a quite tough semi...


And in the final I think he'll do a top 10 with the juries so I really think he's a smart choice.

 

[LivingOrganism]

Compared to the usual quality of songs in Supernova, I guess this year is not that bad. The entries are mostly mediocre, but at least Hollow is pretty good. Let's just hope Dons actually wins the nf, because he's really the only hope for Latvia to qualify.

 

[Remembrance]

Well...

Dons - Hollow

It's obviously the best choice for Latvia, and they could do with having something credible in contest again (last year WAS credible, I admit).

 

[kamc]

This is the most obvious national final of the season with Dons steamrolling through. His song is just ok for me and is very much your typical Eurovision mid tempo man song.
My personal choice would be The Cat Song as it has a personality and a very catchy hook.

 

[EscGeek]

I'm perfectly content with Dons winning this, but watching the rest will be a real treat for me.

It's not only the kitty cat song (obviously my winner) and Avei being horny, there are several rock/rock-ish songs "doing it old school", & Agnese implementing the autotune just right and Sasha Sil doing her best impression of Anna Odobescu.