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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We may not get to see our 2020 favourites take to the stage, but that doesn’t mean we can’t reminisce on our Eurovision favourites. This series is aimed to discover the team’s favourite entries from the 21st century, from 2001 to 2019. In collaboration with ESCDaily, we will be reviewing some of their 21st Century…
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Over the last three years, we’ve been trying to find your Best of the Bunch from each of the competing Eurovision nations. We’ve been recapping the entries from 2006 to 2015, and then giving you, the fans an opportunity to vote for which act you think is the Best of the Bunch! These polls are…
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As part of the Eurovision rules, each nation can have a maximum of 6 people on stage. Some acts use that to their advantage, featuring backing singers, dancers, or having a complete band on stage. Other times, nations may choose to present their acts as soloists on stage to focus on the talent within that…
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Latvia is one of Eurovision’s newer nations, as they made their debut in 2000. They have since participated in 17 contests, and reached 10 finals. Even in their short time in Eurovision (short in the context of the history of Eurovision), they have managed to win the contest in 2002 with Marie N and the song…
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On the eleventh day of Eurovision… We’re inching closer to the end of our journey, but before it ends, we make a stop off at Vienna, where the 60th Eurovision Song Contest took place after Conchita Wurst’s win the previous year. This was the second time Austria had hosted the competition, with the previous time…
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Although only having four songs in the final for Supernova this year, the Latvian national final was really entertaining (thanks to Riga Biebrs). At the time, I wasn’t overly impressed with the songs, but I was hoping that Aminata would win. And she did. Her performance was powerful, mesmerising and addicting, and I’m so glad…
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On Sunday night, Latvia’s Supernova came to an end. Four finalists were competing to win, and they were: Aminata – Love Injected MNTHA – Nefelibata ElektroFolk – Sundance Markus Riva – Take Me Down The artists received feedback from a panel of experts, including Kaspars Roga, who was a member of Brainstorm, and former national…
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