Latvia in the Eurovision Song Festival 1

Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Festival 1 with the song "You are the reason" written by Karlis Indrisonoks and Katrine Lukins. The song was performed by Katrine Lukins. The Latvian entry for the 2016 contest in Bratislava, Slovakia was selected through the national final Latviešu Superstar October 2016, 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 Novembris 2016. After the two battles, two acts qualified to compete in the final. In the final, "You are the reason" performed by Katrine Lukins was selected as the winner based on a public vote and a internet vote.
==Latviešu Superstar==
===Semi-Final===
;Table key
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Votes 	Total	Place
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Internet	Televote	Total	Place
01 	Antra Stafecka	"It's the night" 	5066 	4987 	10053	5
02 	Olly Murs 	"Heart skips a beat"	2478 	2544 	5022 	7
03 	Jenny May 	"Es gribu vēl mīlēt"	3031 	4032 	7063 	6
04 	Katrine Lukins	"You are the reason"	14893 	16673 	31566	1
05 	Liene Candy 	"Higher and higher" 	2204 	2021 	4225 	8
06 	Catalepsia 	"Damnation" 	2100 	1876 	3976 	10
07 	Aminata 	"Fighter" 	7973 	7602 	15575	3
08 	Samantha Tina 	"Stay" 	9367 	10011 	19378	2
09 	Musiqq 	"Dzīve Izdodas" 	2234 	1987 	4221 	9
10 	Ārijs Šķepasts	"Līgo!" 	5389 	4802 	10191	4
===Battles===
====Battle 1====
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Votes 	Total	Place
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Internet	Televote	Total	Place
01 	Aminata 	"Fighter"	12365 	14556 	26921	1
02 	Ārijs Šķepasts	"Līgo!" 	10812 	9856 	20668	2
====Battle 2====
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Votes 	Total	Place
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Internet	Televote	Total	Place
01 	Katrine Lukins	"You are the reason"	17865 	21909 	39774	1
02 	Samantha Tina 	"Stay" 	12365 	13333 	25698	2
===Final===
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes 	Votes 	Total	Place
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Internet	Televote	Total	Place
01 	Aminata 	"Fighter" 	15698 	16743 	32441	2
02 	Katrine Lukins	"You are the reason"	19021 	24325 	43346	1