Supernova 9

**"Supernova 9"** is the eight 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 09 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 9, organised by Latvijas Televīzija (LTV), will be 8th 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 | May 2020
 Semi-final 4
 Final | June/July 2020 | Rīgas Kinostudija

### 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 30 March and 19 April 2020 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 470 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: eleven 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 was held on 12 April 2020, where Samanta Tīna was announced as the host of all six shows.

## Competing entries

The 28 competing artists will be revealed on 12 April 2020. 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 14 May 2020 at the Studio 6 in Riga. A total of 11740 votes were cast throughout the show.

### **Semi-Final 2**

The second semi-final took place on 21 May 2020 at the Studio 6 in Riga. A total of 9808 votes were cast throughout the show.

### **Semi-Final 3**

The third semi-final took place on 30 May 2020 at the Studio 6 in Riga. A total of 10307 votes were cast throughout the show.

### **Semi-Final 4**

The third semi-final took place on 12 June 2020 at the Studio 6 in Riga. A total of 9859 votes were cast throughout the show.

## Second Chance Round

The second chance round took place on 18 June 2020 at the Studio 6 in Riga. A total of 13033 votes were cast throughout the show.

## Incidents

### Lawsuit against LTV

Following the jury announcement on 18 June 2020, Belgian broadcasters RTBF and VRT decided to sue LTV for not including them in the jury line-up.

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