Supernova 7

**"Supernova 7"** is the sixth 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 07 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. All six shows will be hosted by Katya Rudnitskaya (Kattie) , Malinda Kathleen Reese and Zane Dombrovska.

## Format

Supernova 7, organised by Latvijas Televīzija (LTV), will be 6th 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 |  | Daugavpils
 Final |  | 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 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 1 and 18 March 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 choice of language was free.

Following the conclusion of the submission periods, LTV received 246 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.

### Presenters

At a press conference on 14 April 2019, Katya Rudnitskaya (Kattie) , Malinda Kathleen Reese and Zane Dombrovska were announced as the hosts for all six shows of Supernova 7.

## Competing entries

The 28 competing artists were revealed on 19 April 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.

## Incidents

### Participating artists

On 19 April 2019 the twenty-eight artists which were set to participate were revealed, however on 23 April 2019 LTV decided to postpone Supernova, therefore all artists were forced to withdraw. Jaana Pelkonen was initially rumoured to participate in Supernova with the song "I Was Robbed" but then it turned out she was not Latvian and that song did not exist.

### Mysterious injuries

After the zombies from the "Izkāp no telefona!" advert were not allowed to enter Supernova with their song "Izkāp no telefona!" they decided to curse many of the participants, resulting in Laura Rizzotto being run over, HAIJIMA almost dying in Japan and host Malinda Kathleen Reese breaking her elbow.

### Withdrawal of Laura Rizzotto

On 20 July 2019 in an interview with TV3 Laura Rizzotto announced her withdrawal from the contest due to "LTV's unprofessional hosting of the national final". Rumours on Latvian TOSC fan groups suggest it was actually because the Head of Delegation forgot Laura's birthday.