Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
| Eurovision Song Contest 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |
 Latvia
|
|||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Supernova 2015 | |||
| Selection date(s) |
Introduction shows: 18 January 2015 25 January 2015 Heats: 1 February 2015 8 February 2015 Semi-final: 15 February 2015 Final: 22 February 2015 |
|||
| Selected entrant | Aminata | |||
| Selected song | "Love Injected" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Aminata Savadogo | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (2nd, 155 points) | |||
| Final result | 6th, 186 points | |||
| Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
|
||||
Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Love Injected", written and performed by Aminata. Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) organised a new national selection show titled Supernova 2015 in order to select the Latvian entry. "Love Injected" performed by Aminata was the eventual winner of the competition, winning the right to represent Latvia at the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. In the second of the Eurovision semi-finals "Love Injected" placed second out of the 17 participating countries, securing its place among the 27 other songs in the final. This was the first time in six years that Latvia had managed to qualify to a Eurovision final. In Latvia's sixteenth Eurovision appearance on 23 May, "Love Injected" finished in sixth place, receiving 186 points and full marks from three countries. This was Latvia's best finish in the contest since 2005.
Prior to the 2015 Contest, Latvia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifteen times since its first entry in 2000. Latvia won the contest once in 2002 with the song "I Wanna" performed by Marie N. Since the introduction of a semi-final to the format of the contest in 2004, Latvia managed to qualify to compete in the final every year between 2005 and 2008. However, 2008 was the last time Latvia qualified for the final, up to this point. The nation had failed to qualify to the final for six consecutive years including with their 2014 entry "Cake to Bake" performed by Aarzemnieki.
The Latvian broadcaster for the 2015 Contest, who broadcast the event in Latvia and organised the selection process for its entry, was Latvijas Televīzija (LTV). Latvia has selected their entries for the Eurovision Song Contest through a national final. Since their debut in 2000 until 2012, LTV had organised the selection show Eirodziesma. In a response to the nation's failure to qualify to the final at Eurovision since 2008, between 2013 and 2014, the competition was rebranded and retooled as Dziesma. However, after failing to produce successful entries those two years, LTV announced that it would be organising a new selection procedure titled Supernova in order to select their 2015 entry.
...
Wikipedia