Eurovision 2008 - Latvia

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History (1956 to 2007):

Latvia's previous appearances: 8 year(s) out of 52
Years participated: 2000-
Best result: 1st (2002)

Latvia has had one of the best starts of any Eurovision country. It secured 3rd place at its first attempt in 2000, with Brainstorm's quirky 'My star', and won the contest with Marie N's 'I Wanna' in 2002 (the less said about the intervening 2001 entry by Arnis Mednis, the better). In 2003, however, Latvia came down to earth with a bump - despite being the host nation, 'Hello from Mars' by FLY could only muster 24th place and 5 points, all of those from neighbours Estonia. Perhaps it was the white suits and scary dancing that did it? In 2004, Latvia therefore found itself in the unusual position of having to qualify in order to reach the Eurovision Song Contest proper. Unfortunately, while it's contribution to the evening's entertainment - 'Dziesma par laimi' by Fomins & Kleins - was lively enough, 17th place was not good enough to qualify.

Fortunately, 2005 represented a return to form for Latvia. Though 'The war is not over' by Walters and Kazha almost missed out on a place in the Final, securing the tenth and last qualifying spot by a margin of just 4 points over 11th placed Poland, its support bloomed in the Final, ending up with 153 points and 5th place. As a result, Latvia found itself directly qualified for the 2006 Final, but - true to form - did its usual trick of following up an excellent result one year with an unimpressive one the next, Cosmos' a capella song 'I hear your heart' picking up just 30 points in 16th place. So, it's back to the Semi Final again for 2007...

Latvia's 2007 entry, 'Questa notte', was performed entirely in Italian in Helsinki by Bonaparti.lv

This year's entry:



My opinion & prediction:

Oh, my Good, a comedy act. It seems last year Verka showed it was possible. You might recognise Roberto from last year Bonapart.lv entry. This song will remind the Romanians about ,,Imba – Yeke Yeke” (a song in their NF). This song is going to qualify, simply because it takes part in the second Semi Final, away from Dustin the Turkey.

My prediction for the Semi Final: 6th to 10th
My prediction for the Final: Definite qualifier; 14th to 16th