Latvia in the Eurovision Song Festival 12

Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Festival 12 with the song "Svadhisthana" written by Denis Kotegov. The song was performed by Markus Riva. The Latvian entry for the twelfth contest in Bucharest, Romania was selected for the twelfth 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 12. After the two battles, two acts qualified to compete in the final. In the final, "Svadhisthana" performed by Markus Riva was selected as the winner based on a public vote and a internet vote.
==Latviešu Superstar 12==
===Semi-Final===
;Table key
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Votes 	Total	Place
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Internet	Televote	Total	Place
01 	Markus Riva 	"Svadhisthana" 	1,100 	3,980 	5,080	3
02 	Bermudu Divstūris	"Riņķi" 	320 	565 	885 	9
03 	Masha 	"Lessons" 	244 	321 	565 	10
04 	Lauv 	"Sims" 	5,715 	3,271 	8,986	1
05 	JĀNIS ĀRE 	"Ar mandolīni zaļumos"	2,563 	1,879 	4,442	5
06 	Franco Franco 	"By the lake" 	580 	310 	890 	8
07 	Katrine Lukins 	"Running red lights" 	3,553 	2,985 	6,538	2
08 	Patrisha 	"Lai tev sap" 	1,896 	1,376 	3,272	6
09 	Dana Sokolova 	"Z Pokoleniye" 	1,112 	740 	1,812	7
10 	Aminata 	"Pamet mani" 	2,112 	2,751 	4,863	4
===Battles===
====Battle 1====
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Votes 	Total 	Place
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Internet	Televote	Total 	Place
01 	Katrine Lukins	"Running red lights"	15,472 	2,483 	17,955	2
02 	Markus Riva 	"Svadhisthana" 	13,284 	10,193 	23,477	1
====Battle 2====
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Votes 	Total 	Place
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Internet	Televote	Total 	Place
01 	Aminata	"Pamet mani"	7,483 	16,463 	23,946	2
02 	Lauv 	"Sims" 	20,284 	4,325 	24,609	1
===Final===
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Votes 	Total 	Place
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Internet	Televote	Total 	Place
01 	Markus Riva	"Svadhisthana"	18,858 	13,436 	32,294	1
02 	Lauv 	"Sims" 	20,382 	10,224 	30,606	2