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Posted by: Bré 10th September 2015, 02:59 PM
Latvia
Justs - Heartbeat
Posted by: Bré 10th September 2015, 03:00 PM
Song submissions are open from now until the beginning of November. Artists can apply through the application page on the Supernova website. The top 20 songs will then be chosen to progress in the competition, and they will be announced at the beginning of December.
There will be two preparation shows that will be shown in January, with live shows running each Sunday in February.
Earlier this year, Aminata won Supernova 2015 and represented Latvia with her song Love injected. Aminata scored Latvia their first top ten placing in ten years, finishing sixth, as well as bringing the country their highest ever points total.
http://esctoday.com/105586/latvia-supernova-returns-final-in-february/
Posted by: Bré 10th September 2015, 03:02 PM
Omg it's the annual Eurovision thread posted by me. Exciting.
I'd be surprised if Latvia found something as good as 'Love Injected' again but we'll see innit x Hopefully Ryan will make the first couple of posts less basic for me in the near future.
Posted by: Ryan. 10th September 2015, 03:04 PM
Already done! 
So pleased they are bringing Supernova back, this national selection was definitely the biggest surprise of 2015 - especially for their attention to international viewers with the online voting and special internet coverage of the Riga Beaver while the adverts were shown in Latvia! 
Posted by: ScottyEm 13th September 2015, 10:09 PM
"Love Injected" was ridiculously amazing.
Posted by: Ryan. 27th January 2016, 08:43 PM
This 3 minute song that was written by Aminata was uploaded last week, surely a good bet to be one of the Supernova finalists which will be announced this weekend?
Aminata's done it yet again! Love Justs' voice, this would be such a good Latvian entry for the 2nd year in a row. Although apparently last year's runner-up Markus Riva has submitted his whole album, I think he must go into this year as a big favourite.
Posted by: LexDANCE 31st January 2016, 09:49 PM
The semifinalists have all been confirmed just now
Heat One: 7th February
ElectroFolk – Miracle Drums
Catalepsia – Damnation
Edvards Grieze – New Day
Ivo Grīsniņš Grīslis – We Are the Light
Justs – Heartbeat
Marta Grigale – Choices
Paula Dukure – Look In The Mirror
Rūta Dūduma – Being A Friend
Sabīne Berezina – My Inspiration
Samanta Tīna – We Live For Love
Heat 2 – 14th February
Crow Mother – Demons
DVINES – Set It On Fire
Iluta Alsberga – On Hold
Madara Grēgere – You And I
Markus Riva – I Can
Marta Revota – Not From This World
Mārtiņš Ruskis – Still Holding Stars
Miks Dukurs – Paradise
MyRadiantU – We Will Be Stars
Samanta Tīna – The Love Is Forever
Samanta Tina, Markus Riva and ElectroFolk have all been in the National Final before and as has been said Justs is an Aminata cowrite.
All the entries available on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/ltvsupernova/tracks
Posted by: LexDANCE 31st January 2016, 09:58 PM
Early thoughts are that 'We Live For Love' sounds like Sofi Turbominge's recent ill-fated forays into audacity enabled key changes.
Ergo it's brilliant.
Posted by: Qassändra 31st January 2016, 10:44 PM
Safura Butcher Discotits 
Posted by: 💯 1st February 2016, 10:26 AM
Catalepsia's verses are so melodic. <3
*waits for Iz*
Markus' song will do nothing in the contest if they choose him. Please no.
what is Samanta tina doing in both heats though? erm
Posted by: Iz~ 1st February 2016, 02:16 PM
Samanta Tina must have some excellent connections in Latvia, she keeps coming back over and over again. Bet neither of them are anywhere near as good as I Need A Hero.
YES Catalepsia, bring it! Most plays on Soundcloud if that means anything. It's so nice to see some more power metal songs in these NFs. But then Crow Mother has four times as many 'likes' as most of them and that sounds similarly great if a bit more grindy/guitar-y.
Posted by: Vülker 1st February 2016, 03:38 PM
Just started listening to the tracks and OMG 'Set It On Fire' is absolutely amazing!
I would be thrilled if the BBC got behind an entry like this!
Posted by: Vülker 21st February 2016, 10:18 PM
Well, Samantha Tina withdrew and Markus Riva got eliminated so we now have Justs and Catalepsia through to the final with the public vote and MyRadiantU and Marta Ritova through with the jury vote.
It think it might be Justs' to lose.
Posted by: Ryan. 21st February 2016, 10:21 PM
Surprised Markus is out, he had a better song this year than last for me but I heard that the jurors were not fans at all tonight! I'm glad though as I think he was the biggest threat, although perhaps not...
Justs has convincingly won both of the televotes he's been in now, and you'd think that Markus' fans are more likely to transfer their votes to Justs over Catalepsia. I really hope Justs can do an Aminata and win every show just like she did!
Posted by: Ryan. 22nd February 2016, 06:09 PM
The voting breakdown is out and the Latvian televote got a bit close for comfort for Justs last night. The international online vote made him look more comfortable at the top but I hope that the tide isn't turning:
Posted by: Ryan. 28th February 2016, 12:00 AM
LATVIA
Supernova
28th February 2016
Begins at 7.25pm in the UK, 8.25pm in Central Europe and 9.25pm in Latvia
The show is scheduled to last 2 hours 20 minutes
Watch the selection on http://www.eurovision.tv/page/webtv?program=194943 or via the http://supernova.lsm.lv/live-stream/
Running Order
Click ♫ to listen to each song!
01 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfQAEXSP2zA Catalepsia - Damnation
02 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djujoEDD2OA MyRadiantU - We Will Be Stars
03 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mC1hi5p0Qs Justs - Heartbeat
04 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgUb9NHcNok Marta Ritova - Not From This World
Voting
There will be one round of voting which will be decided by 100% televoting. The televote will be a combination of televotes and SMS votes from the Latvian public as well as international online voting via the official Supernova website.
Potential Winners?
According to Betfair, Justs is a very clear favourite ahead of Catalepsia although they aren't offering odds for all four acts so they may not be totally reliable. That said, Justs has won both his heat and last week's semi-final although he only just beat Catalepsia in the Latvian televote last week, with the online voting giving him a cushion overall. Therefore, the result isn't as guaranteed as you may think!
Guest Performances
During the show, there will be guest performances by electronic music project Bandmaster, 2009 Latvian Eurovision representative Intars Busulis and 2015 Latvian Eurovision representative Aminata. And of course, the Riga Beaver will be entertaining all the international viewers when the commercial breaks are shown in Latvia!
Further details available at http://esctoday.com/110061/tonight-supernova-2016-final-in-latvia/
Posted by: AdamAloud 28th February 2016, 12:07 AM
Posted by: AdamAloud 28th February 2016, 12:07 AM
Also 2 and a half hours for a 4 song final, WHYYYYYY
Posted by: Ryan. 28th February 2016, 09:31 PM
In the most nail-biting vote of the national final season so far, Justs has taken victory ahead of Catalepsia by what we are predicting was less than 1% of the vote judging by the figures we were given throughout the show!
Posted by: Ryan. 28th February 2016, 09:42 PM
Crazy how Aminata has turned things around in Latvia from like 6 DNQs in a row to what is probably 2 top 10s in a row thanks to herself last year and then writing this song for Justs this year! 
Justs is about to become favourite to win on Oddschecker, can't quite see him winning but top 5 is a possibility! His performance from the first heat:
Posted by: ScottyEm 28th February 2016, 10:05 PM
Aside from the cliched lyrics in parts, this is another stellar entry from Latvia. Aminata really all kinds of amazing, Love Injected is my favourite Eurovision entry since Euphoria.
Posted by: Ryan. 29th February 2016, 12:27 AM
Aminata wasn't just there to support Justs, but she premiered her new single and I'm sure quite a few of you will be interested!
Posted by: Vülker 29th February 2016, 08:08 AM
Thank God this won! We needed a high quality piece of music this year. (And I can't quite believe I'm saying this in a Latvian thread.)
I wonder what they'll come up with for next year, surely they can't ask Aminata to write YET another one? (Do it, do it!)
Posted by: Ryan. 29th February 2016, 11:56 AM
Full voting breakdown: http://infogr.am/skatitaju_balsojums_supernova_finala
Confirmation that Catalepsia won the Latvian televote by 1,800 votes, but luckily Justs had a 3,600 vote advantage from the international online vote to give him victory by 1,800 votes overall!
Apparently Markus Riva's fans were all voting Catalepsia in protest of Markus being knocked out last week! 
Posted by: AdamAloud 29th February 2016, 01:56 PM
Missed this last night (due to a corker of a headache) but I'm glad Justs won! Should be a 2nd top 10 in a row for Latvia.
Posted by: Iz~ 2nd March 2016, 03:17 PM
Hadn't actually heard Justs before, I was too busy annoying Ryan by cheering for Catalepsia. Turns out I'd have been very happy with either winner, that is an excellent continuation of form for Latvia.
Posted by: Ryan. 2nd March 2016, 03:44 PM
Ryan always supports the high quality entries *.*
Posted by: aymnt 1st April 2016, 10:36 AM
I think that Latvian song will triumph in the jury voting.
Posted by: Ryan. 15th April 2016, 10:46 PM
For the Aminata fans, here is her brand new music video!
Posted by: Ryan. 1st May 2016, 04:41 PM
Music video is here!
Fantastic video, feels high budget when I imagine it wasn't and I could certainly imagine it on music channels alongside the likes of Jason Derulo or Nick Jonas!
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