Latvia in the Eurovision Song Festival 9

Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Festival 9 with the song "Zero love" written by Aminata. The song was performed by Aminata herself. The Latvian entry for the ninth contest in Gdańsk, Poland was selected for the ninth time through the national final Latviešu Superstar, organised by Latvijas Televīzija (LTV). An initial 10 entries competed in the national final which consisted of four shows: one semi-final, two battle and a final. Entries were selected to advance in the competition based on the votes from the public and internet votes. Four entries qualified to compete in the battles of Latviešu Superstar 9. After the two battles, two acts qualified to compete in the final. In the final, "Zero love" performed by Aminata was selected as the winner based on a public vote and a internet vote.
==Latviešu Superstar 9==
===Semi-Final===
;Table key
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Votes 	Total 	Place
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Internet	Televote	Total 	Place
01 	Masha 	"Lessons" 	6,244 	4,327 	10,571	8
02 	Paula Dukure 	"The missing ingredient"	252 	91 	343 	10
03 	Carnival Youth 	"Seagulls on bicycles" 	9,736 	8,020 	17,756	7
04 	Aminata 	"Zero love" 	10,953 	17,424 	28,377	2
05 	Olly Murs 	"Back around" 	9,374 	8,565 	17,939	6
06 	Rodion Gordin & DJ Gustavito	"My festival" 	13,482 	15,537 	29,019	1
07 	Katrine Lukins 	"Running red lights" 	11,352 	9,457 	20,809	5
08 	Justs 	"Are you there" 	11,185 	13,337 	24,522	3
09 	Laura Rizzotto 	"Bonjour" 	1,194 	2,193 	3,387 	9
10 	Franco Franco 	"By the lake" 	10,001 	11,175 	21,176	4
===Battles===
====Battle 1====
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Votes 	Total 	Place
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Internet	Televote	Total 	Place
01 	Justs 	"Are you there"	11,184 	13,336 	24,520	2
02 	Aminata	"Zero love" 	13,357 	18,174 	31,531	1
====Battle 2====
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Votes 	Total 	Place
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Internet	Televote	Total 	Place
01 	Rodion Gordin & DJ Gustavito	"My festival"	14,538 	14,902 	29,458	2
02 	Franco Franco 	"By the lake"	12,128 	18,274 	30,402	1
===Final===
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Votes 	Total 	Place
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Internet	Televote	Total 	Place
01 	Franco Franco	"By the lake"	12,973 	11,593 	24,566	2
02 	Aminata 	"Zero love" 	17,174 	21,563 	38,737	1