Latvia LATVIA 2024 - Dons - Hollow

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[lasse braun]

the complete unknown duet Vēstulēs have delivered their song very well - the game is yet not over.

 

[Sabrewulf238]

Katrina qualified that's all I needed.

 

[ag89]

This kitty cat thing got stuck in my head.

 

[MopManMoss]

the complete unknown duet Vēstulēs have delivered their song very well - the game is yet not over.

kur? Is my favourite of the entire year but its over dons is going to malmo

Vēstulēs were amazing I just hate the guys hair

 

[lasse braun]

 

[AliceEsc]

Ok I just watched Dons's live. God, his voice is so strong and clear. I liked his raw performance, there's something haunting about him. Live backing vocals after the 2nd verse would help.

 

[MAD20]

Just watched some of the performances and wow, the quality of Supernova as a NF this year is sooooo good. Dons did an amazing vocal performance and so did Katrina Gupalo. That 'I am your kitty kitty kitty cat' part has been stuck in my head since I first heard the song and I ADORE it.

 

[kamc]

Was Katrīna singing live? Her voice is insanely good, just so clear and great control, and she’s such a charismatic performer. Really hoping she can pull off the mother of upsets here and clinch victory over Dons but it seems an impossible task

 

[EscGeek]

I love this NF!

Katrina's stage presence stands out among anything i've seen this year across europe. She's living her song and sells it incredibly well.
Many songs may not be what you would call "competitive" but they are full of fun and this pleases yours truly

Dons is winning this and he will qualify in may. I'm sure of that.
Sasha Sil... this is the type of ballad i'm not bored listening to. I need more of those
Saint Levčia has too many words in its lyrics but i'm still going with the flow
Agnese sounded quite bad live.. i'll just pretend it never happend because the song is fire.

My fresh top:

Katrīna Gupalo "The Cat's Song"
Avéi "Mine"
Edvards Strazdiņš "Rock 'n Roll Supernova"
B/H "Amsterdam"
Dons "Hollow"
Jar of Kings "Wildfire"
Papīra Lidmašīnas "Mindbreaker"
Sasha Sil "Love Is a Language"
Saint Levića "Tick Tock"
Agnese Rakovska "AI"

 

[mauve]

For me Vēstulēs is my clear No 1. Songwise and also the performance was fantastic. But I guess Dons will go to Malmö. The song is okay, but nothing groundbreaking here.

 

[gingerale]

Alekss Silvers is an amazing singer and performer. Surprised and convinced me the most.
If it's not working this year Latvia should try an internal selection with him and invest in songwriting.

 

[Realest]

Dons - Hollow 5.4/10
Avei - Mine 3.0/10
Alekss Silvers - For the Show 2.6/10
Vestules - Kur 2.2/10
Saint Levica - Tick-Tock 2.0/10
Katrina Gupalo - The Cats Song 1.9/10
Ecto - Outsider 1.8/10
Funkinbiz - Na chystu Vodu 1.7/10
Edvards Strazdins - Rocknroll Supernova 1.5/10
Papira Lidmasinas - Mind Breaker 1.3/10

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

Honestly, I'm positively surprised by Latvia this year: the production of Supernova24 Is brilliant and the stagings for most of the songs were actually very promising. The Songs selected are not bad either.

 

[MopManMoss]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1754478728976150835

This doesn't help my delusions of kur? becoming a eurovision song

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

We all know Dons is gonna win this, but "Kur?" live sounded really great! I won't mind Vēstulēs winning either.

 

[MopManMoss]

Me to the person in the eastern european shop down my road as to why I am buying so many latvian sim cards

please i just want kur? at eurovision so bad

 

[njdevils94]

Televote Percentages from the semifinal.

Juries must've liked Funkinbiz a lot to push them through to the final. They are the only ones in the bottom 5 with the viewers that managed to qualify.

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

We all know Dons is gonna win this, but "Kur?" live sounded really great! I won't mind Vēstulēs winning either.

I must update this: "Kur?" is FANTASTIC! Now I WANT Vēstulēs to win, sorry Dons, but they deserve. I know it's not gonna happen, but this song has grown immensely on me with that live.

 

[Juliette]

I really like "Kur?". It's exceptional and sounds like something entirely different. But I won't stop listening to The Cat's Song for days still, I imagine

 

[lasse braun]

last night i have read a lot comments about that supersova semi on several places - maybe the wind is changing now but there is a problem for kur? to beat hollow,because the cat song was also strong on stage (my no.2) - the televotevotes for the cat song could damage the kur? result in that way,that ver? get not enough votes to beat hollow.
other option: the juries see hollow not at the top 2 - kur? wins it and makes second place in televote.
(no idea which vote system they will have in the final)
bookies says still 61% for hollow but i think,that is meanwhile much tighter.
if vestules can repeat that incredible appearance on stage once again i think everything is possible!
be honest,who would have thought that the two youngsters could deliver in this way -
this was the best on stage by a mile!
it has the same magic what bridges with alika had last year.
i feel here also a little bit sebi vibes and also the vibes of the lovely 2015 duets from norway & estonia.
here a lovely reduced live version.