Latvia in the Eurovision Song Festival 17

Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Festival 17 with the song "Paisums.Bēgums" written by Aminata Savadogo, Krists Indrišonoks, and Kim W. The song was performed by Aminata. The Latvian entry for the seventeenth contest in Bratislava, Slovakia was selected for the seventeenth 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 17. After the two battles, two acts qualified to compete in the final. In the final, "Paisums.Bēgums" performed by Aminata was selected as the winner based on a public vote and a internet vote.
==Latviešu Superstar 17==
===Semi-Final===
;Table key
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Votes 	Total 	Place
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Internet	Televote	Total 	Place
01 	NOLA 	"Bessonnitsa" 	485 	1,128 	1,613 	8
02 	Samanta Tina 	"I got the power" 	282 	40 	322 	9
03 	Aminata 	"Paisums.Bēgums" 	3,119 	5,357 	8,476 	2
04 	MARTA 	"Kurš kuru" 	3,734 	1,988 	5,722 	3
05 	Deniss ft. Bacha 	"Ko tu dzirdēji par mani?"	112 	81 	193 	10
06 	NOLA 	"Nevynosimo" 	90 	1,555 	1,645 	7
07 	MARTA & Patrisha 	"Prom" 	928 	1,724 	2,652 	6
08 	Singapūras Satīns	"Degviela" 	2,284 	3,274 	5,558 	4
09 	Diana Goldberg 	"Ask for it" 	10,183 	1,983 	12,166	1
10 	ANNNA 	"Perfume" 	1,110 	1,625 	2,735 	5
===Battles===
====Battle 1====
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Votes 	Total 	Place
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Internet	Televote	Total 	Place
01 	MARTA 	"Kurš kuru"	19,284 	20,283 	39,567	1
02 	Singapūras Satīns	"Degviela" 	21,019 	18,110 	39,129	2
====Battle 2====
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Votes 	Total 	Place
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Internet	Televote	Total 	Place
01 	Diana Goldberg	"Ask for it" 	17,245 	9,274 	26,969	2
02 	Aminata 	"Paisums.Bēgums"	15,375 	20,284 	35,659	1
===Final===
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Votes 	Total 	Place
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Internet	Televote	Total 	Place
01 	Aminata	"Paisums.Bēgums"	19,247 	13,485 	32,732	1
02 	MARTA 	"Kurš kuru" 	20,128 	10,973 	31,101	2