Supernova 8

**"Supernova 8"** is the seventh edition of the Latvian music festival, Supernova, to selected Latvia's entry to The Origin Song Contest.

The winning song will compete for Latvia at the The Origin Song Contest 08 to be held in TBD.

The format of the competition will consist of six shows: four semi-final rounds, a second chance round and a final. An initial 28 entries will be selected for the competition through one method : an open call for song submissions. The 28 competing entries will be divided into four semi-finals, with seven compositions in each. From each semi-final, the songs that earn first and second place qualify directly to the final, while the songs that place third and fourth proceed to the Second Chance round. The bottom three songs in each semi-final will be eliminated from the competition. An additional four entries will qualify from the Second Chance round to the final, bringing the total number of competing entries in the final to 12.

## Format

Supernova 8, organised by Latvijas Televīzija (LTV), will be 7th edition of the contest in which the competition will take place in different cities across Latvia. The final will be held at the Arēna Rīga in Riga. 28 entries will compete in the semi-finals, with seven entries taking part in each show. The top two entries from each semi-final advance directly to the final, while the third and fourth placed entries advance to the Second Chance round. The bottom three entries in each semi-final will be eliminated. An additional four entries will qualify to the final from the Second Chance round, bringing the total number of competing entries in the final to 12.

 Semi-final 1 | January 2020
 Semi-final 4
 Final | March/April 2020 | Rīga | Arena Riga

### Entry selection

Entries for the competition will be selected through two methods:

* 23 entries will be chosen by a selection panel from submissions received by LTV and international jurors through an open call for songs.

* 5 entries will be chosen by special invitations from LTV

LTV opened two submission contests that accepted entries between 12 October and 1 December 2019 for interested artists and songwriters to submit their proposals for the competition. Entries submitted for the competition were required to be released after 2013 and with singer/band that holds Latvian citizenship. The song mustn't be longer than 5 minutes.. The choice of language was free.

Following the conclusion of the submission periods, LTV received 378 entries. LTV will create a shortlist of entries from the received submissions and will form a selection panel that will be tasked to select 28 entries for the competition. The selection panel consisted of seventeen members: thirteen men and five women. Most of the jury members were Head of Delegations of other countries that have participated in The Origin Song Contest at least once.

### Presenters

A press conference will be held on 23 December 2019, it is expected that the hosts will be announced alongside the conference.

## Competing entries

The 28 competing artists will be revealed on 23 December 2019. Information regarding the selected songs will be published shortly before the semi-finals will start.

## Semi-finals

Supernova will commence with four semi-finals, which will determine the eight entries that will advance directly to the final and the eight entries that will qualify to the Second Chance round.

### **Semi-Final 1**

The first semi-final took place on 9 January 2020 at the Daugavpils Olimpiskais Centrs in Daugavpils. A total of 10085 votes were cast throughout the show.

### **Semi-Final 2**

The second semi-final took place on 30 January 2020 at the Daugavpils Olimpiskais Centrs in Daugavpils. A total of 8921 votes were cast throughout the show.

### **Semi-Final 3**

The third semi-final took place on 8 February 2020 at the Daugavpils Olimpiskais Centrs in Daugavpils. A total of 10213 votes were cast throughout the show.

### **Semi-Final 4**

The third semi-final took place on 18 February 2020 at the Daugavpils Olimpiskais Centrs in Daugavpils. A total of 8882 votes were cast throughout the show.

## Second Chance Round

The second chance round took place on 26 February 2020 at the Studio 6 in Riga. A total of 12843 votes were cast throughout the show.