Latvia in the Eurovision Song Festival 5

Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Festival 5 with the song "Prime time" written by Jonas Brogger Filtenborg, Edvin Hjertquist and Aminata Savadogo. The song was performed by Aminata. The Latvian entry for the fifth contest in Cluj-Napoca, Romania was selected for the fifth 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 5. After the two battles, two acts qualified to compete in the final. In the final, "Prime time" performed by Aminata was selected as the winner based on a public vote and a internet vote.
==Latviešu Superstar 5==
===Semi-Final===
;Table key
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Votes 	Total 	Place
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Internet	Televote	Total 	Place
01 	Masha 	"Lessons" 	16,264 	15,586 	31,850	2
02 	Jenny May 	"Es gribu vel milet" 	12,374 	16,263 	28,637	3
03 	Samantha Tina 	"Stay" 	2,274 	3,475 	5,749 	10
04 	Antra Stafecka 	"It's the night" 	4,364 	4,475 	8,839 	9
05 	Diana Pashko 	"Ya ili ona" 	7,365 	6,253 	13,618	8
06 	Katrīna Bindere	"Tev līdzās" 	9,265 	8,253 	17,518	7
07 	Aminata 	"Prime time" 	18,273 	10,293 	28,566	4
08 	Paula Dukure 	"The missing ingredient"	10,293 	9,264 	19,557	6
09 	Maria Emilia 	"Doll eyes" 	19,273 	17,264 	36,537	1
10 	Katrine Lukins 	"Crash & burn" 	11,283 	10,123 	21,406	5
===Battles===
====Battle 1====
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Votes 	Total 	Place
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Internet	Televote	Total 	Place
01 	Jenny May	"Es gribu vel milet"	19,203 	11,273 	30,476	2
02 	Masha 	"Lessons" 	18,283 	16,273 	34,556	1
====Battle 2====
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Votes 	Total 	Place
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Internet	Televote	Total 	Place
01 	Aminata 	"Prime time"	19,273 	17,263 	36,536	1
02 	Maria Emilia	"Doll eyes" 	12,172 	9,826 	21,998	2
===Final===
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Votes 	Total 	Place
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Internet	Televote	Total 	Place
01 	Aminata	"Prime time"	16,735 	18,937 	35,672	1
02 	Masha 	"Lessons" 	13,284 	18,991 	32,275	2