Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Latvian entry was selected through Dziesma 2014, a national final format that consisted of two semi-finals and a final, organised by the Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV). Aarzemnieki represented Latvia with the song "Cake to Bake" written by Guntis Veilands, which failed to qualify from the first semi-final, placing 13th with 33 points. This is the sixth year in a row that the nation has failed to qualify for the final.

Dziesma 2014 was the second edition of the Latvian national final that selected Latvia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. The competition consisted of two semi-finals on 1 and 2 February 2014 and a final on 22 February 2014. On 24 September 2013, LTV confirmed Latvia's participation in the 2014 Contest and announced that the format of Dziesma 2014 would remain similar to the previous year.

Two semi-finals took place in Riga on 1 and 2 February 2014, while the final took place on 22 February 2014 in Ventspils. 12 songs competed in each semi-final with the top 6 from each semi-final qualifying to the final. A 50/50 combination of public televoting and the votes from a jury panel decided the results of each show. In the final, there were two rounds of voting - the first to determine the three superfinalists and a second to determine the winning song that would represent Latvia in Copenhagen. Public televoting included voting by phone, SMS and through the internet, which accepted international votes. Both the semi-finals and the final were hosted by Ēriks Loks and Nauris Brikmanis.

On 1 October 2013, LTV opened the submission deadline for interested artists and composers to submit their entries until the deadline on 20 November 2013. LTV adopted the slogan "Made in Latvia" for the competition and only accepted entry submissions from Latvian residents, abolishing a previous rule that allowed for foreign submissions. Following the deadline, LTV received 73 entries of which 60 of the entries were in English, 11 were in Latvian, 1 was in Russian and 1 was in French. The 24 semi-finalists selected from the received submissions were revealed during a press conference on 2 December 2013. The songs selected for the competition were judged by director Aija Strazdiņa, singer Aija Vītoliņa, music producers and composers Ģirts Lūsis and Kārlis Auzāns, musician and composer Kristaps Krievkalns, British manager at Fascination Records Adam Klein, Swedish composer and producer John Ballard and Slovenian singer and 2011 Slovenian Eurovision entrant Maja Keuc. The composers of the selected entries had until 7 January 2014 to submit the performer and final version for their entry.

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