
Samanta Tina finally goes to Eurovision for Latvia
Samanta Tīna has won the Latvian national selection, Supernova 2020 and as a result, will be the twenty-first Eurovision representative for Latvia. Samanta composed the winning entry with lyrics by Latvia’s 2015 artist Aminata Savadogo. Samanta’s song is a pop/dubstep-fusion song featuring Latvian folk music [read more…]

Samantina Tina amongst the last 9 in Latvia, Markus Riva out
Samantina Tina will take part in Supernova again in 2020. Broadcaster LTV announced the nine final candidates and the multiple former participant is on the list. Markus Riva has not made the cut.

Markus Riva and Samanta Tina take another shot in Latvia
Markus Riva is on the shortlist again for the Latvian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2020. He is one of the 26 hopefuls, a list that will be narrowed down to 8 by a jury panel for the actual final show.

Jury Darling Carousel denied Markus Riva a ticket to Eurovision
Eurovision 2019 is the year of jury darlings. No less than 9 times this preselection season, a song won without the support of the televoters. ESCDaily introduces them all to you in the build-up to Tel Aviv, moving on with Carousel from Latvia.

Carousel wins Supernova 2019 in Latvia
Carousel has won the final of Supernova 2019 today in Latvia and will therefore also represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv. Makus Riva was the runner-up.