# Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Latvia will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Bur man laimi", written by Asnate Rancāne [lv], Aurēlija Rancāne, Elvis Lintiņš, Gabriēla Zvaigznīte, and Laura Līcīte, and performed by themselves as Tautumeitas. The Latvian participating broadcaster, Latvian Television (LTV), organised the national final Supernova 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.

## Background

Prior to the 2025 contest, Latvian Television (LTV) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Latvia 24 times since its first entry in 2000. It won the contest once in 2002 with the song "I Wanna" performed by Marie N. Following the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, it was able to qualify for the final between 2005 and 2008. Between 2009 and 2014, it failed to qualify to the final for six consecutive years before managing to qualify to the final in 2015 and 2016. Having once again failed to qualify to the final for six consecutive contests between 2017 and 2023, it managed to qualify to the final in 2024 with the song "Hollow" performed by Dons, placing 16th with a score of 64 points.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, LTV organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2025 contest on 16 July 2024. LTV has selected their entries for Eurovision through a national final. Since their debut in 2000 until 2012, LTV had organised the selection show Eirodziesma, which was rebranded and retooled as Dziesma in 2013 and 2014. Since 2015, LTV organised the Supernova national final in order to select its entry, and on 24 July 2024, the broadcaster announced that it would return with organising Supernova 2025 in order to select its entry for the 2025 contest.

## Before Eurovision
### Supernova 2025

Supernova 2025 was the tenth edition of the national final format used to select Latvia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition commenced on 1 February 2025 with a semi-final and concluded with a final on 8 February 2025. The two shows in the competition took place at the Riga Film Studio in Riga, hosted by Ketija Šēnberga and Lauris Reiniks and broadcast on LTV1 as well as online via the streaming platform Replay.lv and the official Supernova website supernova.lsm.lv. Alternative broadcasts of the final also occurred on LTV7 with a sign language translation as well as online at lsm.lv.

#### Format

The format of the competition consisted of two shows: a semi-final and a final. The semi-final, held on 1 February 2025, featured nineteen competing entries from which the top ten advanced to the final from each show. LTV also had the right to advance a wildcard act to the final from the remaining non-qualifying entries in the semi-final, but ultimately opted against doing so. The final, held on 8 February 2025, selected the Latvian entry for Basel from the remaining ten entries. Results during the semi-final and final shows were determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote, with both the jury and public vote assigning points from 1-8, 10 and 12 to the competing songs. Ties were decided in favour of the entries that received higher points from the public. Viewers were able to vote via telephone or SMS, with a single SMS counting as ten individual votes.

#### Competing entries

On 20 August 2024, LTV opened a song submission window for artists to apply, with the deadline set for 21 October 2024. Performers were required to be Latvian nationals or permanent residents of Latvia, while songwriters and producers could be from any country. Additionally, a songwriting camp was held in Riga in late August 2024 in order to create songs to be submitted for the competition. At the end of the submission period, 96 entries had been received. The participants were selected by a jury composed of representatives of the Latvian music and television industry, as well as foreign professionals (whose names will be disclosed after the Eurovision Song Contest has taken place), and were announced on 20 November 2024 on the programme Rīta Panorāma [lv], broadcast on LTV1.
Among the selected competing artists were Justs and Citi Zēni, who represented Latvia in 2016 and 2022, respectively. On 28 January 2025, it was announced that Grēta had withdrawn her participation due to health problems.
Key: Entry withdrawn
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
| Adelina | "Electric Love" | Adelina JurevicaNicolas Jirahos |
| Bel Tempo and Legzdina | "The Water" | Andis AnsonsElīza LegzdiņaJūlijs Melngailis |
| Chris Noah | "Romance Isn't Dead" | Kristofer HarrisKrists Indrišonoks |
| Citi Zēni | "Ramtai" | Dagnis RoziņšEmmy Kristine Guttulsrud KristiansenJānis PētersonsMikus FrišfeldsOscar Immanuel MathisenToms Jēkabs Kagainis |
| Emilija | "Heartbeat" | Emilija BērziņaKaiya CampbellNiels Sakko |
| Grēta | "Monster" | Emma GaleGrēta GrantiņaJēkabs Ludvigs KalmanisKristaps ĒrglisSimon Davis |
| Julianna | "Something in the Water" | Julianna Tīruma |
| Justs | "Fit Right" | Aluel Ayok-LoewenbergJusts SirmaisOskars UhansRūdolfs Budze |
| Katrīna Gupalo [lv] | "Scarlett Challenger" | Edgars VilcānsKatrīna Gupalo |
| KoBra | "Zelts" | Katrīna KovaļukaKrišjānis Brasliņš |
| Luka | "Stronger" | Elizabete LukaševičaKaspars AnsonsKoos Kamerling |
| Markus Riva | "Bigger than This" | Markus RivaRoman Nepomiashchyi |
| Marta [lv] | "Lovable" | Jānis JačmenkinsJoel WernerMarta GrigaleMichaela StridbeckReinis Straume [lv] |
| Palú | "Delusional" | Jorens DaugulisOlga PalušinaRoberts Memmēns |
| Rūta Dūduma | "Chemical" | Jēkabs Ludvigs KalmanisRūta Dūduma-ĶirseTilde Wall |
| Sinerģija | "Bound by the Light" | Madara Fogelmane [lv] |
| Tautumeitas | "Bur man laimi" | Asnate Rancāne [lv]Aurēlija RancāneElvis LintiņšGabriēla ZvaigznīteLaura Līcīte |
| Tepat | "Sadzejot" | Andris ŽabrisEduards BarissEnriko Luiss Korvisons-RohassKrišjānis LaizānsMatīss BaronsMadara Dzene |
| The Ludvig | "Līgo" | Ārijs Šķepasts [lv]Jānis Ķirsis [lv]Jēkabs Ludvigs Kalmanis |
| Toms Kalderauskis | "Domāju, tu nāc" | Kate ElpoToms Kalderauskis |

#### Semi-final

The semi-final took place on 1 February 2025 where nineteen acts competed. The top ten entries qualified to the final based on the combination of votes from a jury panel and the Latvian public.
Semi-final – 1 February 2025 :
| Draw | Artist | Song | Result |
| 1 | Marta | "Lovable" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Tepat | "Sadzejot" | Advanced |
| 3 | Justs | "Fit Right" | Eliminated |
| 4 | KoBra | "Zelts" | Eliminated |
| 5 | Adelina | "Electric Love" | Eliminated |
| 6 | Citi Zēni | "Ramtai" | Advanced |
| 7 | Emilija | "Heartbeat" | Advanced |
| 8 | Bel Tempo and Legzdina | "The Water" | Advanced |
| 9 | Palú | "Delusional" | Advanced |
| 10 | The Ludvig | "Līgo" | Advanced |
| 11 | Luka | "Stronger" | Eliminated |
| 12 | Chris Noah | "Romance Isn't Dead" | Advanced |
| 13 | Toms Kalderauskis | "Domāju, tu nāc" | Eliminated |
| 14 | Julianna | "Something in the Water" | Eliminated |
| 15 | Tautumeitas | "Bur man laimi" | Advanced |
| 16 | Rūta Dūduma | "Chemical" | Eliminated |
| 17 | Katrīna Gupalo | "Scarlett Challenger" | Eliminated |
| 18 | Sinerģija | "Bound by the Light" | Advanced |
| 19 | Markus Riva | "Bigger than This" | Advanced |

#### Final

The final took place on 8 February 2025 where the ten entries that qualified from the semi-final competed. The combination of votes from a jury panel and the Latvian public resulted in a tie for first place among three songs, but since "Bur man laimi" performed by Tautumeitas received the most votes from the latter, it was declared the winner. In addition to the competing entries, the show featured multiple guest performances by 2015 Latvian entrant Aminata.
Final – 8 February 2025 :
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Televote | Total | Place |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Votes | Points | Total | Place |
| 1 | Chris Noah | "Romance Isn't Dead" | 7 | 27,808 | 7 | 14 | 5 |
| 2 | Palú | "Delusional" | 4 | 6,309 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Sinerģija | "Bound by the Light" | 3 | 6,184 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Citi Zēni | "Ramtai" | 12 | 22,562 | 6 | 18 | 3 |
| 5 | Tepat | "Sadzejot" | 2 | 4,848 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | The Ludvig | "Līgo" | 5 | 69,933 | 12 | 17 | 4 |
| 7 | Markus Riva | "Bigger than This" | 1 | 18,927 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | Tautumeitas | "Bur man laimi" | 8 | 61,028 | 10 | 18 | 1 |
| 9 | Bel Tempo and Legzdina | "The Water" | 6 | 15,047 | 4 | 10 | 6 |
| 10 | Emilija | "Heartbeat" | 10 | 56,577 | 8 | 18 | 2 |

### Promotion

The group received a budget of €5,000 from the Latvian Music Producers Association (LaIPA) for promotional activities.