It’s the time of year when the Post-Eurovision depression is in full swing, but there’s no better cure than to reminisce! Together with ESCDaily Editor, Dennis Van Eersel, we will be discussing each of this year’s competing nations – from their results to how we think they could improve in the future!
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Aminata represented Latvia at Eurovision 2015 with the song ‘Love Injected’, which was Latvia’s first qualification in seven years. Overall, Aminata achieved the nation’s fourth best placing at Eurovision, finishing in 6th place in the final.
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What’s a Latvian national selection without Markus Riva? With no less than seven participations in the Latvian national selections, the man is consistent at the very minimum. Some of his competing entries have done better than others, with ‘Take Me Down’ and ‘You Make Me So Crazy’ both finishing in second place. Meanwhile, on other…
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This year’s Eurovision Song Contest was one of the most unique yet, not only for the songs, but also for the organisation of the contest. With the COVID-19 pandemic still looming, each of the participating nations was expected to prepare a live-on-tape performance. This performance was prepared as a back-up just in case the nation…
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The queen of the night is coming! Samanta is bringing the fierceness on stage while in a long emerald green dress. She has three backing singers/dancers on stage with her, also wearing the same shade of green. The visors that they used in the performance of Still Breathing last year are back, but lord knows…
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Latvia started their Eurovision journey strong, debuting with a 3rd place finish and just two years later, the nation won the contest with Marie N. Since then, Latvia has been hit or miss, with non-qualification streaks not uncommon. Hoping to break the current non-qualification streak is Samanta TÄ«na with her powerful entry, The Moon is…
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Another Eurovision national final season has concluded, and we have (almost) all 40 competing entries for this year’s contest. That means it’s poll time! Who do you think should win this year’s Eurovision Song Contest? Vote in our poll below! You can vote for one act, or multiple, and once you’ve voted, make sure to…
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The Latvian Eurovision entry has now been revealed, with the song titled The Moon Is Rising. Representing the nation is Samanta TÄ«na, who was reselected after being chosen to represent Latvia for Eurovision 2020, which was inevitably cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To find the right song, a songwriting camp called RIGA LIVE was…
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We’ve officially hit March, and for Eurovision fans, this is indisputably the busiest month of the National Final season. At this point, we are looking at a calendar filled with an event each day for the first half of March, with the EBU cut off date for songs looming. With that said, let’s look at…
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With the unprecedented cancellation of Eurovision 2020, it has left the participating broadcasters with the question – will they re-select their 2020 entrant, or will they begin the selection process again to start afresh? We now know that the same 41 countries will be participating at Eurovision 2021, with a number of those broadcasters having…
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