Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Country	Latvia
National selection
Selection process	Eirodziesma 2007
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals 27 January 2007 3 February 2007 Final 24 February 2007
Selected entrant	Bonaparti.lv
Selected song	"Questa Notte"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	5th, 168 points
Final result	16th, 54 points
Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Latvia was represented by Bonaparti.lv in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Questa Notte". "Questa Notte" is a song in the Italian language, which finished sixteenth in the final competition, with 54 points.

The final of Eirodziesma took place on 24 February in Ventspils, with semi finals on 27 January and 3 February. LTV received 106 entries, which were narrowed down to 20 songs on 11 December 2006.

Before Eurovision

Eirodziesma 2007

Eirodziesma 2007 was the eighth edition of Eirodziesma, the music competition that selects Latvia's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition commenced on 27 January 2007 and concluded with a final on 24 February 2007.

Format

The format of the competition consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. The semi-finals took place at LTV studios in Riga and the final took place at the Olympic Centre in Ventspils. The three shows were hosted by Uģis Joksts and Kristīne Virsnīte. The two semi-finals, held on 27 January and 3 February 2007, each featured ten competing entries from which five were selected to advance to the final from each show. The final, held on 24 February 2007, selected the final winner from the ten qualifiers from the semi-finals.

Results during the semi-final shows were determined by a jury and votes from the public. In the semi-finals, the songs first faced a public vote where the top three entries qualified. The jury then selected an additional two qualifiers from the remaining entries to proceed in the competition. In the final, a public vote exclusively determined the winner in two rounds: the first round selected the top three songs and the second round selected the winner.

Competing entries

Artists and songwriters were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster until 20 November 2006. A record number of 106 songs were submitted at the conclusion of the submission period, and an international and local jury panel evaluated the submitted entries and selected 20 entries to compete in the national final. The international jury panel consisted of Wig Wam (2005 Norwegian Eurovision entrants), Zdob și Zdub (2005 Moldovan Eurovision entrants), Andrius Mamontovas (2006 Lithuanian Eurovision entrant) and Mario Galunič (Slovene editor and television presenter). The local jury consisted of Cosmos (2006 Latvian Eurovision entrants), Guna Zučika (MTV Baltic) and Sandris Vanzovičs (journalist and music critic).^[1] The twenty competing artists and songs were announced on 11 December 2006.

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final took place on 27 January 2007. Five entries qualified to the final. The ten competing entries first faced a public televote where the top three entries qualified. A jury then selected an additional two qualifiers from the remaining entries to proceed in the competition.^[2]

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final took place on 3 February 2007. Five entries qualified to the final. The ten competing entries first faced a public televote where the top three entries qualified. A jury then selected an additional two qualifiers from the remaining entries to proceed in the competition.^[2]

Final

The final took place on 24 February 2007. The winner was selected over two rounds of public televoting. In the first round, the top three entries were selected to proceed to the second round: "Gonki" performed by Intars Busulis, "What a Love Can Do to Me" performed by Gunārs Kalniņš & Jolanda Suvorova and "Questa Notte" performed by Bonaparti.lv. In the second round, "Questa Notte" performed by Bonaparti.lv was declared the winner.^[3]

At Eurovision

Because Latvia placed 16th at the 2006 contest, country was forced to compete in the Eurovision semi-final,They performed 28th (last), following Austria they qualified from 5th place with 168 points. In the final, Latvia performed 14th, following France and preceding Russia. They came 16th with 54 points.

Points awarded by Latvia

See also

• Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest

References